2013 annual report - Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota

2013
ANNUAL
REPORT
T
he building blocks of our new strategic direction for the Mentoring
Partnership of Minnesota (MPM) have been constructed. Our shared
vision is to ensure that there are quality mentoring experiences for all
young people in Minnesota. In partnership with our many stakeholders,
we will work to build and elevate the capacity of programs, systems and policies to
strengthen youth mentoring relationships. Over the next three years we will focus
on the following strategic priorities:
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
 Build and sustain a statewide mentoring partner network
 Design and implement new program innovations (tools/products) based on
quality standards in the pursuit of quality outcomes
 Expand delivery of MPM services to multi-state region
POLICY
 Reinvest resources to strengthen public policy systems and deepen support for
mentoring
VISIBILITY
 Working from a finalized strategic marketing plan, increase MPM’s footprint
by leading statewide awareness and recruitment campaigns and provide
recognition to high-quality mentoring programs
SUSTAINABILITY
 Create and institutionalize a MPM-specific strategic revenue business plan
 Strengthen private investments within the broader mentoring field
In the midst of planning for the future, we also revamped our training service to
incorporate innovative approaches by:
 offering inclusive space for the mentoring community to have conversations
about issues of race, class, and privilege
 enhancing programs by broadly disseminating tools and resources
 partnering with mentor programs to create a supportive environment for
survival-based youth
We premiered the Coaches’ Mentoring Challenge recruitment campaign with the
University of Minnesota football program and engaged over 1,000 new mentors.
We partnered with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership to replicate
the use of QMAP® in four other states. And we continued to recognize quality
programs here in Minnesota for their leadership and contributions to the broader
mentoring community.
As the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota moves into the next decade, we want
to thank our many program, funding, and community partners for their sustained
commitment to ensure that every young person in Minnesota has access to quality
mentoring experiences.
Executive Director
2013 FINANCIALS
ASSETS
2013
CURRENT ASSETS
2013 Robert J. Dayton Quality Mentoring Award
Recipients and 2013 MPM Board Members
R
ecipients of the 2013
robert j. dayton
quality mentoring
awards
Cash and Equivalents
$
2,966
Grants Receivable
195,006
Prepaid Expenses
7,474
Total Current Assets
205,446
PROPERTY AND
ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORY
Demonstrates significant strides in
implementing quality program
practices. ● A.C.E.S. (Athletes
Committed to Educating Students)
INNOVATION CATEGORY
Demonstrates program stability, strong
management, operations, evaluation
and design features with an innovative
mentor program model. ● Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Central MN
LEADERSHIP CATEGORY
Demonstrates a sustained commitment
to program quality while also providing
leadership to the broader mentoring
field. ● Kinship Partners
21,540
EQUIPMENT
OTHER ASSETS
81,677
Grants receivable, less
current portion
TOTAL LONG TERM ASSETS
$
308,663
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2013
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable
$
Line of Credit
27,726
39,391
7,581
Accrued Payroll Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities
74,698
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted
(24,368)
Temporarily Restricted
258,333
Total Net Assets
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET
ASSETS
233,965
$
308,663
2013 FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS
CORPORATE AND FOUNDA
FOUNDATION
TION GIVING
3M Foundation
The Lansing Group LLC
Andersen Family Foundation
Oak Grove Foundation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN
Otto Bremer Foundation
Marvin and Betty Borman Foundation
Prospect Creek Foundation
Campbell Family Foundation
Securian Foundation
CenturyLink
Sheltering Arms Foundation
Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation
Stone Pier Foundation
Douglas & Wendy Dayton Foundation
Target Foundation
Edward Dayton Family Fund
Thomson Reuters
Federated Insurance Companies
Wells Fargo Foundation MN
General Mills Foundation
Whitney Foundation
Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
Youthprise
IWCO Direct
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
Anonymous
Sarah Dixon
Kim Kunkel
Katie Patnaude
Mike & Beth Shogren
Delony & Erik Anderson
Bonnie Dyson
Kent & Sandy Larson
Shannon Pierce
Terri Sullivan
Jim Bartholomew
Bill & Kathy Farley
Beverly Lohs
Suzanne & Bob Pitsor
Tom Teigen
Lisa Bittman
Katy Friesz
Richard & Joyce McFarland
Katie Okerstrom
Darrell Thompson
Garrett & Noel Black
Joellen Gonder-Spacek &
Mike Spacek
Tyler & Kim Middleton
Linda Oto
Kim Tsujimoto
Linda & Dale Blyth
Mike & Tina Guyette
Jan Morlock
Peter & Patsy Riley
Ernie & Joan Valente
Karena & Mark Casey
Laura & Mark Heyne
Mark & Katie Mortenson
Lorene & Doug Rutherford
Reed Watson
Pat & Anita Cooper
Travis & Kris Hoaglund
Mary & Dean Neumann
Polly Roach &
Dave Patterson
Vera Watson
Robyn Cousin
Owen Imholte
Joan & Dick Niemiec
Stephen W. &
Karen Sanger
Mary Wells
David & Kitty Crosby
Judith Kahn
Barbara Nilles
James Scheibel
Holly & Peter Whitcomb
Bob & Joanie Dayton
Penny Kallas
Eileen O’Connell Conzet
Otto & Janet Seidenberg
C. Angus & Margaret
Wurtele
Bruce & Ruth Dayton
Susan Larkin
Douglas & Cindy Palmer
Michael Sheridan In honor
of Kathryn Marinello
Pahoua Yang Hoffman
& Brian Hoffman
Jim Diesing
Mike & Nancy Keller
THE QUALITY
MENTORING
ASSESSMENT PATH
I
nspired by MPM’s success in
developing the QMAP® (Quality
Mentoring Assessment Path)
process, and Mass Mentors in
creating its QBM (Quality-Based
Mentoring) structure, MENTOR is
exploring ways to create a National
Quality Mentoring System for the
Mentoring Partnership network. To
advance this initiative, MENTOR is
facilitating a Field Test to replicate
these existing quality systems in eight
other states. Through the Field Test, a
National Advisory Council will
determine which elements of the two
systems will define critical components
of a national model. MPM has served
on the National Advisory Council since
its inception, and helped develop the
Field Test design. MPM staff trained
Mentoring Partnerships in four other
states on implementing QMAP,
supported roll-out of quality initiatives
in these states, and piloted replication
processes in 2013. MPM will continue
to provide coaching on use of the
QMAP tool and process throughout the
two year Field Test.
Partners meet all of the Dedicated Partner
Expert requirements
and follow 100% of the best
practices.
2013 EXPERT PARTNERS

Athletes
Committed to
Educating Students

FamilyWise

Kinship of Aitkin
County

BBBS of Central
MN

Free Arts
Minnesota

Kinship of Greater
Minneapolis

BBBS of the
Greater Twin Cities

ISD 659 Northfield
Public Schools

Mentor Duluth

Bolder Options

Kids ‘n Kinship

YMCA Twin
Cities

Elk River YMCA
Dedicated
Partners complete the online
QMAP Assessment and
participate in a review with MPM staff to create a 12month Improvement and Innovation Plan as a means of
working toward following 100% of the best practices.
2013 DEDICATED PARTNERS

BestPrep

Family Pathways

Success Through
Adults Reaching
Students

BBBS of Southern
MN

ISD 284 Wayzata
Public Schools

TreeHouse

Blue Earth Area
Mentors

Jewish Family and
Children's Services

Urban Ventures

Bridges Kinship
Mentoring

Kinship Partners,
Inc.

Volunteers of
America—MN

Children's Home
Society and Family
Services

Mankato Family
YMCA Brother/
Sister Program

Wabasha County
Social Services

CommonBond
Communities

Mower County
Mentoring Program

Women's Initiative
for Self
Empowerment

Comunidades
Latinas Unidas en
Servicio

One2One

Youth Farm and
Market Project

DARTS

Parenting With
Purpose

YouthCARE

DinoMights

Project DIVA

YWCA of Mankato

Everybody Wins!
Minnesota

Rochester Area
Family YMCA
2013
TRAINING INSTITUTE
HIGHLIGHTS
C
OLLABORATIVE MENTORING WEBINAR
SERIES MPM collaborates with leaders
from capacity building and technical
assistance partnerships in the youth
mentoring field to deliver a series of
webinars for mentoring professionals on
innovations and best practices. Facilitated
by MENTOR, the monthly series features
webinars focused on sharing ideas for
mentoring practice, mentoring research
"round-ups," and highlights of innovation in
the mentoring field. MPM staff contribute to
the success of the webinar series by acting as
panelists, moderating discussions, and
recruiting speakers.

Number of Collaborative Mentoring
Webinar Series Attendees: 2,073

More than 4 in 5 webinar attendees
highly valued the webinar content and
expertise of the panelists
S
AFE (SCREENING APPLICANTS FOR
EFFECTIVENESS) MPM’s training
director became the first of four individuals
in the country to become certified to deliver
the SAFE training. The SAFE content
helps to ensure that practitioners have the
information they need to effectively screen
mentors to keep kids safe from harm.
Participants have said, “This is one of the
best training sessions I have attended” and
“In my six years this has been the most
beneficial and valuable training that I have
attended.” Additionally, 100% of
participants recommend this workshop to
other mentoring program staff.
ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE PRACTICE (EEP)
MPM offered an intensive two day Elements
of Effective Practice training to 28
individuals that deepened their
understanding of best practices in
mentoring and increased their ability to
integrate them into their programs. EEP
has been praised as “a very good way to
start in mentoring” and “structured to get
the most out of each topic.”
T
RAININGS AND PRESENTATIONS MPM served 850 individuals
with its expanded offering of contract trainings and customized
presentations based upon consumer demand and trends in the
youth mentoring field. In addition, MPM provided more than 26
organizations with in-person or telephone technical assistance
consultations. 2013 trainings included:
NEW in 2013! Positive Communication Training Seeing a
need for mentors post-match to reflect and address challenges in
their new mentoring relationship, this training was created to focus
on active listening, building trust, and offering tools for modeling
positive communication in an engaging way for young people.
NEW in 2013! Peer-to-Peer Mentor Training Because many
colleges have programs to support first-generation students and
students of color with an emphasis on mentoring, this new training
was designed to focus on the role of a mentor, healthy
communication, and tools for building effective relationships with
older adolescents or college-age mentors.
NEW in 2013! Screening Applicants for Effectiveness (SAFE)
With so much media attention surrounding adults who have taken
advantage of youth and the surprising lack of field-wide screening
policies, this training—the only one of its sort in the Midwest—
takes an in-depth look at a program’s screening practices to ensure
that protocols are in place to keep kids safe.
Maximize Your Impact Many adults wish to make an impact on
the life of a child and choose to become mentors. This training is
structured to provide them with a foundation in youth development
to effectively work with young people to create meaningful and
successful relationships.
Become a Spark Champion The thought of a successful and
fulfilling future is a difficult thing to imagine for many at-risk
youth. Based on Search Institute's Sparks concept, this training is
designed to help mentors discover and nurture teenagers' “sparks”
to help them succeed.
other year, MPM surveys mentoring
Every programs
to provide an in-depth
assessment of youth mentoring in our state.
Survey findings provide a snapshot of how
programs are supporting young people in
Minnesota communities. MPM uses this data to
identify emerging needs and trends, strengthen
our understanding of the reach and value of
mentoring programs, and articulate the collective
impact of mentoring in Minnesota.
MPM IS USED AS A STATEWIDE RESOURCE
IMPACT:
MN MENTORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
CONNECTIONS:
HOW AND WHERE MATCHES MEET
COMMITMENT:
INVESTED MENTORS EXCEED GOALS
YOUTH NEEDS:
WHAT SUPPORT ARE PROGRAMS PROVIDING?
YOUTH SERVED:
WHO ARE PROGRAMS SERVING?
OUTREACH:
WHO IS BEING MENTORED?
OPPORTUNITY:
THOUSANDS OF MN YOUTH NEED A MENTOR
2013
MARKETING HIGHLIGHTS
COACHES’ MENTORING CHALLENGE
In 2013
Weber Shandwick selected MPM as a
“Making a Difference" pro bono client.
Over the course of the year, Weber Shandwick collaborated
with MPM to develop effective call-to-action messaging as a
means of creating a greater awareness about mentoring and
to inspire more Minnesotans to become mentors.
STATE OF MENTORING INFOGRAPHIC
Every other year, MPM measures the collective
impact of mentoring on Minnesota youth
through a statewide survey. In an effort to
share the findings of the state of mentoring,
Weber Shandwick collaborated with MPM to
create a statewide communication plan that
included traditional and new media, such as a
custom-designed infographic.
KEY MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

In 2008, in an effort to help close a
“mentoring gap,” mentoring advocates and
college football coaches, Bill Snyder (Kansas)
and Tom Osborne (Nebraska), issued a
friendly challenge to their fans to see which
state could sign up the most new mentors.
In 2013, University of Minnesota Gophers
Coach Jerry Kill joined the challenge and
engaged almost 1,100 Minnesotans in a
commitment to support youth mentoring.
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In 2011, Iowa joined the Coaches'
Mentoring Challenge.
In 2013, Minnesota and Michigan
joined the team.
In 2013, nearly 9,000 mentors
nationwide stepped up to the challenge
to help bridge the mentoring gap.
In 2014, the campaign was endorsed by
the Big 12 Conference and three more
teams joined the challenge: Oklahoma,
Texas and West Virginia.
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Earned media coverage resulting in
2.2 million impressions
More than 25 million total impressions,
PR Newswire pickup, earned and social
media
Star Tribune story in Philanthropy
section
Minnesota Daily front page placement
Other highlights included: St. Cloud’s WJON-AM radio,
Motherhood Mindfully blog, Motherhood Moment blog, U of M’s
Minnesota Daily, Mankato State University’s Reporter, St.
Thomas’ tommiemedia.com, Duluth News Tribune and Brainerd
Dispatch
PR TOOLKIT
MPM and Weber Shandwick worked
to create a thorough PR Toolkit for
every user, no matter how much (or
little) experience they may have
working with the media, to leverage
effective media strategies. MPM
worked extensively with its experts
and with our network of mentoring
programs to create a resource that
helps boost media engagement and
exposure for our network of mentoring
programs. The resulting PR Toolkit,
available on the MPM website,
provides not only a complete copy of
the toolkit, but also customizable templates.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert J. Dayton, Founder and Chair Emeritus
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
Katie Okerstrom, Category Management Analyst
General Mills
Jim Andersen, President
IWCO Direct, The Instant Web Companies
Linda Oto, Coordinator, Connected Kids
ISD 659 Northfield Public Schools - Community Education
Garrett Black, VP of Health Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Doug Palmer, Senior VP
Corporate Commercial Credit, Wells Fargo Bank MN
Jim Diesing, Small Business Loan Specialist
Wells Fargo Bank MN
R.T. Rybak, Mayor
City of Minneapolis
Andrew Furco, Assoc. Prof., Assoc. VP for Public
Engagement, Office for Public Engagement
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Jim Scheibel, Professor
Hamline University
Joellen Gonder-Spacek, Executive Director
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
Jaci Sears, Student
Executive Youth Board Alum
Judith Kahn, Executive Director
Teenwise Minnesota
Mike Shogren, Board Chair and Treasurer
President, Event Content
Gloria Lewis, President and CEO
BBBS of the Greater Twin Cities
Darrell Thompson, Executive Director
Bolder Options
Beverly Lohs, VP of Human Resources
IWCO Direct, the Instant Web Companies
Holly Whitcomb, Learning Strategist
3M Center of Marketing Expertise
Tyler Middleton, VP/GM - Twin Cities Metro
CenturyLink
Pahoua Yang Hoffman, Manager,
Content Administration and Govt. Affairs
Twin Cities Public Television
Mark Mortenson, Board Vice Chair and Secretary
CIO/Corporate Secretary, Mortenson Construction
MPM STAFF
Joellen Gonder-Spacek
Executive Director
Irene Baltazar-Chon
STEP-UP Intern
Brad Jacobson
Operations and Marketing
Manager
Katie Batz
2013-2014 AmeriCorps
Promisefellow
Mai-Anh Kapanke
Associate Director
Ashley Bemmels
2012-2013 AmeriCorps
Promisefellow
Maivncais Her
Jen Lindwall
Director of Training and Quality Public Policy Graduate Intern
Assurance
Maria Paschke
Program Support Specialist
Polly Roach
VP of Strategic Services
Nicki Patnaude
2013 AmeriCorps Promisefellow
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