WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:01.679 I'm Ken Jockers, and I'm the 2 00:00:01.680 --> 00:00:03.239 executive director here at Hudson 3 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:04.139 Guild. 4 00:00:04.140 --> 00:00:05.939 Hudson Guild is a settlement house. 5 00:00:05.940 --> 00:00:08.519 We operate 15 classrooms 6 00:00:08.520 --> 00:00:10.589 along the west side of Manhattan 7 00:00:10.590 --> 00:00:12.449 for children from poor and 8 00:00:12.450 --> 00:00:14.279 working poor families where they 9 00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:16.349 get a really excellent start 10 00:00:16.350 --> 00:00:17.789 to their education. 11 00:00:17.790 --> 00:00:20.219 We've been here for 121 years, 12 00:00:20.220 --> 00:00:22.079 and our goal is to do 13 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:23.969 two things: fight poverty 14 00:00:23.970 --> 00:00:25.050 and build community. 15 00:00:26.170 --> 00:00:27.399 Sincerely, I don't think there's 16 00:00:27.400 --> 00:00:28.569 anything more important than what we 17 00:00:28.570 --> 00:00:29.570 do. 18 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:33.829 Hudson Guild and Viking Global 19 00:00:33.830 --> 00:00:35.299 started to work together at a really 20 00:00:35.300 --> 00:00:37.849 important time for Hudson Guild. 21 00:00:37.850 --> 00:00:39.529 When we met them, we were just 22 00:00:39.530 --> 00:00:41.779 coming out of a pretty significant 23 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:44.419 fiscal crisis in this organization. 24 00:00:44.420 --> 00:00:46.399 And our conversation 25 00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:48.739 with them about 26 00:00:48.740 --> 00:00:51.679 the finances of this organization 27 00:00:51.680 --> 00:00:53.539 is part of what helped 28 00:00:53.540 --> 00:00:55.609 sort of turn our ship 29 00:00:55.610 --> 00:00:58.009 and made us more successful.