2008 annual report - America`s Promise Alliance

2008 ANNUAL REPORT
better together.
Dear Friends:
The work of America’s Promise Alliance has always been based on the understanding that we accomplish more together
than any of us can achieve separately. Quite simply, we are better together.
Through our partners and their local affiliates, our Alliance has brought growing awareness to the graduation crisis
that limits the futures of so many young people. And we have engaged states, cities and communities in turning
this awareness into concerted action to bring more of the Five Promises into the lives of young people.
In 2008, our Alliance grew from 160 to more than 250 national partners. As our efforts have increasingly borne fruit,
an exciting and diverse group of partners has aligned with this movement — and we have become an even
stronger force for change.
The task ahead remains formidable. Yet I am more confident today of our success than ever before.
Our Alliance is stronger and more cohesive. And we are singularly positioned to fulfill the critical
role of helping Americans join together in support of our children.
Marguerite Kondracke
President and Chief Executive Officer
THE TASK OF EQUIPPING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, WORK AND LIFE REQUIRES
ALL OF US, TOGETHER. ANSWERING THAT CALL, WE UNITE PARTNERS IN A SINGULARLY POWERFUL
ALLIANCE, RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEED, ADVOCATING FORCEFULLY FOR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES, AND MOBILIZING OUR NATION INTO EFFECTIVE ACTION.
We are better together
— and better able to realize
the dream we share for
the children we cherish.
Our
Alliance grew from 160 to more than
250 partners in 2008.
IT WAS THE LARGEST SINGLE INCREASE SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1997.
This dramatic growth affirms the importance of
More than ever, our national partners and their
our work, the appeal of our collaborative model,
affiliates aligned themselves in 2008 around
and the growing visibility of our efforts.
our efforts to positively influence high school
graduation and college readiness. Many are
Alliance Chair Alma Powell with
students at Smothers Elementary
School in Washington, D.C.
Our partners recognize our potential to achieve
involved in planning our Dropout Prevention
more together than any of us can accomplish
Summits. Others, like United Way of America
alone. They see that we are making a
and Boys & Girls Clubs of America, have
measurable impact in the lives of young people
launched agendas through their national
— and that our Alliance is uniquely suited to
networks to reduce the dropout rate. Partners
convening and energizing Americans of every
are also taking a “deeper dive” in twelve
sector. They understand the importance of
communities across the country where the
providing every young person with the Five
dropout crisis is most severe. In these and
Promises they need to graduate high school
other ways, we harness our collective power
prepared for college and a career.
to bring about positive change.
THE FIVE PROMISES ARE THE KEY BUILDING
BLOCKS IN CHILDREN’S LIVES.
CARING ADULTS
who are actively involved as parents, teachers,
mentors, coaches and neighbors.
SAFE PLACES
that offer constructive use of time.
A HEALTHY START
and healthy development.
AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
that builds marketable skills.
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OTHERS
by making a difference through service.
America’s dropout rate isn’t a problem.
It’s a catastrophe.
Through this campaign, news about the dropout crisis
reached more than 250 million Americans. This
enormously successful effort was made possible thanks
to the help of our Alliance partners, many of whom
extended the message through their own networks. State
UNTIL LAST YEAR, MOST AMERICANS SIMPLY DID NOT REALIZE
Farm served as the presenting sponsor for the campaign,
THAT ROUGHLY ONE-THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS FAIL TO COMPLETE
with strong support from many other national sponsors.
HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME.
Community awareness and action
The 100 Best Communities for Young People competition
They had not heard that young people who drop out of
was also an effective vehicle for raising awareness and
high school are much more likely to wind up in poverty
promoting community engagement. Meanwhile, as part
or prison. They had not known that many of our students
of our strategy to target audiences of influence, America’s
who earn diplomas are unprepared for college and work,
Promise Alliance Chair Alma Powell spoke extensively
or that these failures impose huge and growing costs
across the country about how our Alliance is bringing
upon our nation.
Americans together to address the challenges our children
face. Her January interview on The Today Show reached
Together we are changing that.
more than five million viewers.
In April, we brought sustained attention to these issues
with the launch of our Dropout Prevention Campaign.
In conjunction with the event, then Secretary of Education
Margaret Spellings announced the goal to establish the
first uniform standard for measuring graduation rates,
enabling Americans to see the true scope of the dropout
problem. In addition, we released Cities in Crisis, a
groundbreaking report that showed an overall graduation
rate of less than 50% among the largest public school
systems in our 50 largest cities.
Then Secretary of Education
Margaret Spellings speaks at the April 1
Dropout Prevention Campaign launch
If actions speak loudest....
we’re being heard across America.
2008 WAS A YEAR OF ACTION FOR OUR ALLIANCE.
We not only mobilized Alliance partners to
pursue common strategies, we engaged them
in an unprecedented collaboration. And we
demonstrated a new, scalable way of working
together.
New Jersey Governor Jon S.
Corzine and Alliance Chair Alma
Powell at New Jersey High
School Graduation Campaign
symposium held at Rutgers
University October 15, 2008
Dropout Summits
In February 2008, we convened our first
statewide dropout prevention summit in Jackson,
Mississippi. By the end of the year, we had
facilitated 20 others in states and cities across
the nation. And we will convene more than
100 by June 2010. The summits bring together
mayors, governors, community leaders,
educators, policymakers, Alliance partners
and representatives from the business and
nonprofit sectors.
But the summits are not mere meetings. They
are the leading edge of a nationwide movement.
They have engaged participants to work together
across sectors to improve graduation rates. After
the Dropout Summit in Detroit, the city set a
ten-year goal to graduate 80% of its youth from
35 high schools with significant dropout rates,
and the local United Way announced the creation
of the $10 million Greater Detroit Venture Fund
to assist these schools and improve ACT scores.
In Mississippi, every school district was
mandated to create a local action plan, and a
statewide awareness campaign was developed
to keep children in school.
In September 2008, we brought together partners
as part of our Featured Communities Action
Forum, initiating a new, more intensive way of
working together. That work is continuing into
2009 and beyond.
NATIONAL ACTION STRATEGIES
Last year, we began bringing to life three
action strategies. Our Alliance partners
agreed to share ownership and resources
for these strategies, which also support
our priorities of raising graduation rates
and improving college and workforce
readiness. The action strategies include:
Where the Kids Are
With schools as hubs, we are creating
strong community partnerships to provide
children and youth in low-income
communities integrated supports and
opportunities.
All Kids Covered
An effort to ensure that all children
participate in publicly funded health
insurance programs for which they
are eligible.
Promise Zones and Featured Communities
In four Promise Zones and 12 targeted
communities, we are matching the severity
of the dropout crisis with a strong
commitment from Alliance partners and
their local affiliates to bring more Promises
to disadvantaged young people.
Ready for the Real World
At a critical juncture in their education,
we are providing students in grades
6-8 with high-quality experiences in
service-learning and career exploration.
We are engaging our partners and their
local affiliates, as well as community
leaders and local organizations to combine
resources and work collaboratively to
deliver wrap-around supports for children.
Children don’t vote.
But they have a powerful voice.
IN 2008, BIPARTISAN POLICY AFFILIATE, FIRST FOCUS CONTINUED ITS
ROLE AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN ADVOCATING FOR THE HEALTH,
EDUCATION, WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.
We saw numerous legislative victories throughout the
year, including the renewal of the Healthy Start program,
the key piece of federal legislation used to combat our
nation’s infant mortality rate. First Focus also helped
ensure the continuation of the State Children’s Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP), by leading the effort for full
funding and timely passage of SCHIP shortfall legislation.
First Focus gave a voice to those children adversely
affected by the foreclosure crisis by educating
policymakers and the public of its impact. We secured
national media coverage on this issue, including a cover
story in USA Today and numerous discussions on cable
news channels such as CNN.
Our influence around children and the federal budget
dramatically increased in 2008, as First Focus authored
and distributed more than 20,000 copies of our innovative
report, Children’s Budget 2008. We also launched a
companion website, www.childrensbudget.org.
To give children a louder voice in the 2008 elections, we
unveiled an advertising campaign entitled “Vote for Me,”
which called attention to key children’s issues. We
launched the campaign with ads in major papers during
the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
and continued placements in the newspapers of key
swing states.
In addition, First Focus published Big Ideas for Children:
Investing in Our Nation’s Future — a compilation of 22
innovative policy proposals by respected thought leaders
from across the country. Our effort to find solutions to
dramatically improve the lives of America's children was
distributed nearly 15,000 times in both print and
electronic form.
The task ahead is great — but not as great as the
energy we are summoning together.
OUR WORK GOES FORWARD IN 2009 AMID A DIFFICULT
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT.
Now, perhaps more than ever, we must help all
Americans recognize that the economic crisis and the
dropout crisis are inseparably intertwined. America will
not remain prosperous or globally competitive when
millions of our students leave high school — with or
without diplomas — lacking critical skills needed for
college and the workforce.
During 2009, we will deepen and broaden the efforts
launched last year. We will forge even stronger
collaborations and bring our models of “doing business
differently” to more places. We will forcefully advocate
for children and families with the new administration and
Congress. We will strengthen our Alliance with solid
partners aligned with our goals and strategies.
In 2008, we began an effort to improve high school
graduation rates across the country through the power
of collaboration. As awareness of the dropout crisis
grows and the Alliance’s model for action spreads, we
As in previous times of great national challenge, however,
Americans are pulling together. The response to our
Dropout Prevention Campaign — from partners and
potential partners, communities, policymakers and the
public — gives us great confidence that we have begun to
awaken a sleeping giant.
look towards a future where more young people in
America graduate from high school prepared for
success in college, work and life.
A M E R I C A’ S P R O M I S E A L L I A N C E
S TAT E M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L P O S I T I O N
DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007
2008
2007
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Grants receivable
Pledges receivable, net
Prepaid expenses and other
Investments
Furniture and equipment, net
Investment - option based compensation
Total assets
$
7,675,439
498,357
20,574,617
119,361
2,999,132
1,602,961
51,257
$
4,932,750
822,081
16,102,909
194,407
3,713,876
87,903
50,980
$ 33,521,124
$
25,904,906
$
$
707,284
286,635
50,980
68,367
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Balance due to regrantees in future years
Obligation under option-based compensation
Deferred rent
Capital lease obligation
468,161
130,000
51,257
1,131,492
445,143
2007
2008
YEAR END NET ASSETS
(IN MILLIONS)
Total liabilities
Net assets
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
2,226,053
1,113,266
7,640,645
23,654,426
7,012,994
17,778,646
31,295,071
24,791,640
$ 33,521,124
$
25,904,906
$
A M E R I C A’ S P R O M I S E A L L I A N C E
S TAT E M E N T O F A C T I V I T I E S
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008
Temporarily
Restricted
Unrestricted
REVENUE AND SUPPORT
Contributions
Grants
Other Income
Net assets released from restrictions
$
Total revenue and support
2,837,476
4,776,964
22,193
9,860,514
$
15,736,294
(9,860,514)
Total
$
18,573,770
4,776,964
22,193
-
17,497,147
5,875,780
23,372,927
797,839
1,294,050
2,153,908
1,339,739
304,180
1,492,211
2,215,177
789,964
3,407,397
-
797,839
1,294,050
2,153,908
1,339,739
304,180
1,492,211
2,215,177
789,964
2
3,407,397
13,794,465
-
13,794,465
1,848,674
537,608
16,180,747
-
1,848,674
537,608
16,180,747
Change in net assets from operations
1,316,400
5,875,780
7,192,180
Non-operating activity
Investment return, net
(688,749)
-
(688,749)
627,651
5,875,780
6,503,431
7,012,994
17,778,646
24,791,640
EXPENSES
Program Services
Alliance Building
100 Best Communities
Dropout Prevention initiative
Featured Communities/Promise Zones
Research
Awareness/Communications
Partnerships & Programs
Relationship Development
First Focus
UNRESTRICTED
$7.6
RESTRICTED
$23.7
$31.3
YEAR END NET ASSETS
(IN MILLIONS)
Total programs
Supporting Services
General and Administrative
Fundraising
Total expenses
Change in net assets
Net assets, beginning of year
Net assets, end of year
$
7,640,645
$
23,654,426
$
31,295,071
AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
Alma J. Powell
VICE CHAIR
C. Gregg Petersmeyer
SECRETARY TREASURER
Kathleen A. Murphy
FOUNDING CHAIRMAN
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Marguerite W. Kondracke
James L. Barksdale
President and CEO
Barksdale Management
Corporation
Stephanie Bell-Rose
President
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Jean Case
CEO
The Case Foundation
Daniel A. Casey
Immediate Past Chair
YMCA of the USA
Peter L. Benson, Ph.D.
President and CEO
The Search Institute
G. Staley Cates, CFA
President
Southeastern Asset
Management
Alyssa Bisanz
Youth Partnership Team
America’s Promise Alliance
Raymond G. Chambers
Chairman
Amelior Foundation
Geoffrey T. Boisi
Co-Founder
MENTOR
Chairman and CEO
Roundtable Investment
Partners, LLC
Brian Comer
President, Public Markets
ING
Katherine Bradley
President
CityBridge Foundation
Neil Bush
Chairman and CEO
Nexus Energy
Geoffrey Canada*
President and CEO
Harlem Children’s Zone
Angela Diaz
Director
Mount Sinai
Adolescent Health Center
Brian Gallagher**
President and CEO
United Way of America
Stephen Goldsmith***
Vice Chairman
Board of Directors
Corporation for National
and Community Service
“There is no they.
W. Wilson Goode, Sr., D. Min.
National Director
Amachi
John E. Maupin, Jr.
President
Morehouse School of Medicine
Latasha Kinnard
Youth Partnership Team
America’s Promise Alliance
Steven L. Miller
Chairman and President
SLM Discovery Ventures, Inc.
Larry A. Klane
President and CEO
Korea Exchange Bank
Kathleen A. Murphy
Secretary Treasurer
America’s Promise Alliance
President, Personal Investing
Fidelity Investments
There is only we.”
ALMA POWELL, CHAIR, AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE
Joel Klein
Chancellor
NYC Department of Education
Deborah Quazzo
Founder
NeXtAdvisors, LLC
Edward B. Rust
Chairman and CEO
State Farm
Marguerite Kondracke
President and CEO
America’s Promise Alliance
C. Gregg Petersmeyer
Vice Chair
America’s Promise Alliance
Founder and CEO
Personal Pathways, LLC
Jin Roy Ryu
Chairman and CEO
PMX Industries, Inc.
Poongsan Corporation (Korea)
Alfred Liggins, III
President and CEO
Radio One, Inc.
Alma J. Powell
Chair
America’s Promise Alliance
Rodney E. Slater
Partner
Patton Boggs, LLP
“We lost a great friend and tireless champion for young people last year in Tim Russert, who served
on our board until his untimely death in June. Tim is irreplaceable, but we continue to draw
energy and inspiration from his example.”
MARGUERITE KONDRACKE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE
Richard D. Stephens
Senior Vice President
Human Resources and
Administration
The Boeing Corporation
Harris Wofford
Former U.S. Senator
Former CEO
Corporation for National and
Community Service
Judy Woodruff
Senior Correspondent
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Elaine Wynn
Director
Wynn Resorts
Chair
Communities In Schools, Inc.
*
Serves as Honorary Advisor
to the Board
** Serves as Chair of Trustee
Steering Committee
*** Serves as CNCS liaison
AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE TRUSTEES
Steven Anderson
President and CEO
National Association
of Chain Drug Stores
Michael Ansari
Founder
Chairman and CEO
MIC Industries
Rui Bao
Youth Partnership Team
America's Promise Alliance
Matthew Boring
Youth Partnership Team
America's Promise Alliance
Kathy Cloninger
CEO
Girl Scouts of the USA
Brian Gallagher*
President and CEO
United Way of America
Janet Bray
Executive Director
Association for Career and
Technical Education
Thomas Cochran*
Executive Director
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Nicola Goren+
Acting CEO
Corporation for National
and Community Service
John Bridgeland
President and CEO
Civic Enterprises
Steve Culbertson
President and CEO
Youth Service America
Daniel Domenech
Executive Director
American Association of
School Administrators
John Graham
President and CEO
American Society of
Association Executives
Joe Louis Barrow
CEO
The First Tee
Larry Brown
President
Work, Achievement, Values
and Education
William Bell
President and CEO
Casey Family Programs
Michael Brown
President and CEO
City Year
Jay Berkelhamer
Past President
American Academy of Pediatrics
Daniel Cardinali*
President
Communities In Schools, Inc.
John Engler
President
National Association
of Manufacturers
Walter Isaacson
President and CEO
The Aspen Institute
Carolyn Berkowitz
Vice President
Community Affairs
Capital One
President
Capital One Foundation
John Castellani
President
Business Roundtable
Donald Floyd
President and CEO
National 4-H Council
Irv Katz
President and CEO
National Collaboration for Youth
Thomas Donohue*
President and CEO
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Jodi Grant
Executive Director
Afterschool Alliance
JD Hoye
President
National Academy Foundation
Donna Klein
President and CEO
Corporate Voices for
Working Families
Charles Kolb
President
Committee for Economic
Development
Wendy Kopp
President and Founder
Teach for America
Nathan Monell
CEO
Foster Care Alumni of America
Marc Morial
President and CEO
National Urban League
Neil Nicoll
President and CEO
YMCA of the USA
Isabel Sawhill
Vice President and Director,
Economic Studies
The Brookings Institution
Tom Van Coverden
President and CEO
National Association of
Community Health Centers
Raymond Scheppach
Executive Director
National Governors Association
Jim Vella
President and Executive Director
Ford Motor Company Fund
Lawrence Selzer
President and CEO
The Conservation Fund
Judy Vredenburgh*
President and CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of America
Michelle Nunn*
Co-Founder and CEO
Points of Light
Hands On Network
Kenneth Smith
President
Jobs for America's Graduates
William O'Hare
Senior Fellow
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Father Larry Snyder
President
Catholic Charities USA
Gail Manza
Executive Director
MENTOR
Kathy Payne*
Senior Director of
Education Leadership
State Farm
Kathy Dwyer Southern
President and CEO
National Children's Museum
Glenn Means
Youth Partnership Team
America's Promise Alliance
Karen Pittman*
Executive Director
Forum for Youth Investment
Rhonda Mims
President
ING Foundation
Sean Rush
President
Junior Achievement
Jack Kresnak
President and CEO
Voices for Michigan's Children
Bruce Lesley
President
First Focus
Bob Wise
President
Alliance for Excellent
Education
Roxanne Spillett
President
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Dorothy Stoneman
President and Founder
YouthBuild USA
*
+
Trustee Steering Committee
Members
Serves as CNCS liaison
AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
J. Lawrence Aber, Ph.D.
Professor
Applied Psychology
and Public Policy
New York University
Brian Barber, Ph.D.
Founding Director
Center for the International Study
of Youth and Political Violence
University of Tennessee
Rick Belous, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research
United Way of America
Gary Bowen, Ph.D.
Kenan Distinguished Professor
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Jomills H. Braddock, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Miami
Richard F. Catalano, Ph.D.
Director
Social Development
Research Group
University of Washington
Martha Cox, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Developmental
Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Susan Curnan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director
Center for Youth and
Communities
The Heller School for Social
Policy and Management
Brandeis University
Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D.
William McDougall Professor
of Public Policy
Director
Center for Child and
Family Policy
Duke University
Greg Duncan, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
of Education
University of California Irvine
Constance Flanagan, Ph.D.
Professor
Human Development and
Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University
Robert Grimm, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Policy
Development
Corporation for National
and Community Service
J. David Hawkins, Ph.D.
Kozmetsky Professor of
Prevention
Department of Social Work
University of Washington
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Temple University
Kelleen Kaye
Director, Research
National Campaign to
Prevent Teen and
Unplanned Pregnancy
Kenneth Land, Ph.D.
John Franklin Crowell Professor
Department of Sociology
Duke University
Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D.
Bergstrom Chair in Applied
Developmental Science
Eliot-Pearson Department
of Child Development
Tufts University
Peter Levine, Ph.D.
Director
CIRCLE
Tufts University
Kristin Anderson Moore, Ph.D.
Senior Scholar
Child Trends
William O'Hare, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Annie E. Casey Foundation
David Osher
Vice President
American Institutes for Research
Peter J. Pecora, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Research
Services
Casey Family Programs
Karen Pittman
Executive Director
Forum for Youth Investment
Peter C. Scales, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Office of the President
The Search Institute
Heather Weiss, Ph.D.
Director, Harvard Family
Research Project
Harvard University
Jean Rhodes, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts
Boston
Susan Siegel
Vice President
Research, Evaluation
and Training
Communities In
Schools National
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director
Economic Studies
The Brookings Institution
Carl S. Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
Michael D. Resnick, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Healthy Youth Development
Prevention Research Center
University of Minnesota
James Youniss, Ph.D.
Professor
Life Cycle Institute
The Catholic University
of America
“Our children and their
education deserve to be our highest priority."
MARGUERITE KONDRACKE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE
AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE PARTNERS
Academy for Educational
Development
Achieve, Inc.
ACT, Inc.
Afterschool Alliance*
After-School All-Stars
Alliance for Children and
Families
Alliance for Excellent Education*
Alliance for Young Artists
& Writers, Inc.
American Academy of
Pediatrics
American Association
of School Administrators*
American Bankers Association
American Bar Association
American Camp Association
American Institutes for Research
American Insurance Association
American Publishers Hearst
American Society of
Association Executives*
Annie E. Casey Foundation*
Aspen Institute
ASPIRA Association, Inc.
Association for Career and
Technical Education*
Association for Supervision
and Curriculum
Development
Atlantic Philanthropies
BELL (Building Educated
Leaders for Life)
Best Friends Foundation
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of America*
Boys & Girls Clubs of America*
Boys Town
Breakthrough Collaborative
Bright Futures Press
Brookings Institution*
Business Roundtable*
Camp Fire USA
Camp To Belong
Capital One*
Career Corner Digital
Careerstone Group
Casey Family Programs*
Catholic Charities USA*
CBK Associates
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for the Improvement
of Child Caring
Character Education Partnership
Child Welfare League of America
Children for Children
Children’s Aid Society
Children’s Hospice International
Children’s Way
CHOICES Education Group
CIRCLE
Circle K International
Citizen Schools
City Year*
Civic Enterprises*
Civil Air Patrol
Close Up Foundation
Coalition for Community Schools
Cohen Strategy Group, LLC
College Board
Committee for Economic
Development*
Common Cents (Penny Harvest)
Common Sense Media
Communities In Schools, Inc.*
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions
of America
Community Health Councils, Inc.
Community Matters
Conference Board
Conservation Fund*
Corporate Voices
for Working Families*
“We can do
Corporation for National
and Community Service*
Corps Network
Council of Chief State
School Officers
CreateAskate.org
Cristo Rey Network
CVS/pharmacy
David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
Destination ImagiNation, Inc.
Destination Marketing
Association International
DetachedKids.com
Diploma Plus
Diversity Pipeline Alliance
Do Something
Donors Choose.org
Earth Force
ERTHNXT
Exchange City
Experience Corps
Family One Network, Inc.
Family, Career and Community
Leaders of America
FamilyWize
Fannie Mae Foundation
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Financial Services Roundtable
First Book
First Focus*
The First Tee*
Ford Motor Company Fund*
Forum for Youth Investment*
Foster Care Alumni of America*
Friends of the Children
Future Fisherman Foundation
Gallup
Girl Scouts of the USA*
Girls Incorporated
girlshealth.gov
this because we will do it together.”
FATHER LARRY SNYDER, PRESIDENT, CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
Golf Course Builders Association
of America Foundation
Heartland Truly Moving Pictures
HelloCREATIVITY
Hmong National Development
Homework Help on Demand
HOPE worldwide
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
Imagine America Foundation
iMentor
ING Foundation*
Innovations in Civic Participation
Institute for Global Education
and Service Learning
Intel Computer Clubhouse
Network
Interfaith Youth Core
International Franchise
Association
Internet Keep Safe Coalition
Internship Institute
i-SAFE, Inc.
Jobs for America’s Graduates*
Jobs for the Future
Junior Achievement*
KaBOOM!
Kids Hope USA
Kids Off the Block
Kiwanis International
KPMG
Leadership Education for Asian
Pacifics, Inc.
Leadership to Keep Children
Alcohol Free
League of United Latin
American Citizens
Learning for Life
Local Initiatives Support
Corporation
Manpower
March of Dimes
Marriott International, Inc.
Mattie C. Stewart Foundation
MENTOR*
MIC Industries*
AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE PARTNERS.... continued
Milton Hershey School
Mocha Moms, Inc.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Multicultural Foodservice &
Hospitality Alliance
NACDS Foundation
National 4-H Council*
National Academy Foundation*
National After School
Association
National Alliance of Faith
and Justice
National Alliance to Advance
Adolescent Health
National Assembly on
School-Based Health Care
National Association for College
Admission Counseling
National Association of Chain
Drug Stores*
National Association of
Community Health Centers*
National Association of
Counties
National Association of
Elementary School
Principals
National Association of
Manufacturers*
National Association of Police
Athletic/Activities League
National Association of
Secondary School
Principals
National Black Child
Development Institute
National Business Alliance for
Education
National Campaign
to Stop Violence
National CASA
National Center for Learning
and Citizenship
National Children’s Museum*
National Civic League
National Coalition for
Exemplary Schools
National Collaboration
for Youth*
National Conference of
State Legislatures
National Crime Prevention
Council
National Dropout Prevention
Center/Network
National Education Association
National Fatherhood Initiative
National FFA Organization
National Foster Parent
Association
National Foundation for
Teaching Entrepreneurship
National Governors
Association*
National Human Services
Assembly
National Job Corps Association
National League of Cities
National Middle School
Association
National Neighborhood Day
National Organizations
for Youth Safety
National Phlebotomy Association
National PTA
National Recreation and
Park Association
National Restaurant
Association
National Runaway Switchboard
National Safe Place
National Society of Collegiate
Scholars
National Student Partnership
National Urban League*
National Wildlife Federation
National Women’s Law Center
National Youth Leadership
Council
NativityMiguel Network of Schools
Neediest Kids
Northwest Regional
Educational Laboratory
Nurse-Family Partnership
Operation Blessing
Operation TLC2
Our Park Place
Parenting Teens Resource
Network
Parents As Teachers
Performance Institute
Pew Partnership for Civic
Change
Points of Light & Hands
On Network*
Public Education Network
Public Library Association
Reaching At-Promise Students
Association
Reading Is Fundamental
Redwoods Group
Road Care Plus
Rural School & Community Trust
SADD, Inc.
Safe Kids Worldwide
Safety 4 Kids, LLC
“No organization is acting
more boldly to address this [dropout]
crisis than America’s Promise Alliance.”
VICKI PHILLIPS, EDUCATION DIRECTOR, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
Sajai Foundation
Salvation Army
Sappi Fine Paper North America
Scholar Centric
School Biz Match, Inc.
School for Integrated Academics
and Technologies
Search Institute
Self Reliance Foundation
SkillsUSA
Society for Human
Resource Management
Southeast Asia Resource
Action Center
Space Foundation
Special Olympics
State Farm*
StreetSchool Network
Students Today Leaders Forever
Success for All Foundation
Tailwag Studio, Inc.
Teach for America*
U.S. Chamber of Commerce*
U.S. Conference of Mayors*
U.S. Dream Academy
U.S. Public Service Academy
United Jewish Communities
United States Naval Academy
United Way of America*
US Careers Online
USTA Serves
Volunteers of America
Work, Achievement, Values
& Education*
Working in Support of Education
YMCA of the USA*
YourRxCard Inc.
YouthNetwork.org
Youth Service America*
Youth Volunteer Corps
of America
YouthBuild USA*
Zero To Three
*CEO serves as Alliance Trustee
AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE YOUTH PARTNERSHIP TEAM
Kia Albertson-Rogers
Spencer Van-Etton High School
Spencer, NY
Niharika Jain
Harvard University
Shreveport, LA
Amy Baker
Providence College
Washington, DC
Latasha Kinnard
Washington University
Chicago, IL
Rui Bao
Yale University
St. Louis, MO
Glenn Means
Morehead State University
Mt. Sterling, KY
Alyssa Bisanz
Arizona State University
Mesa, AZ
Zak Newman
Ronald Reagan High School
San Antonio, TX
Matthew Boring
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Julia Sewell
Augsburg College
Minneapolis, MN
“It starts with you as youth leaders,
trying to lead by example.”
DAVID WALKER, PRESIDENT & CEO, PETER G. PETERSON FOUNDATION
AME R ICA’S PROMIS E ALLIANCE INVE STOR PARTNE RS
$5,000,000
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Donna & Jim Barksdale
The Boeing Company
Charles and Ann Johnson
Foundation
State Farm Companies
Foundation
$1,000,000 -4,999,999
The Annenberg Foundation
Michael Ansari
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Capital One
Casey Family Programs
Claire Giannini Fund
Corporation for National and
Community Service
The David & Lucile Packard
Foundation
ING Foundation
The Kluge Moses Foundation
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Jin Roy Ryu
Wal-Mart Foundation
$500,000 - $999,999
AT&T Foundation
Ford Motor Company Fund
Robert K. Steel Family
Foundation
The Simon Foundation for
Education
$100,000 - $499,999
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Bank of America Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Eli & Edythe Broad
Foundation
Goldman Sachs Foundation
Google
MCJ Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
WE tv
$25,000 - $49,999
Bradley Charitable Fund of
The Community Foundation
for the National Capital Region
Business Roundtable
The Coca-Cola Company
The J. Willard & Alice S.
Marriott Foundation
Lockheed Martin
Deborah Quazzo
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Staples
$10,000 - $24,999
Comcast
Diane and Guilford Glazer Fund
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
and Co. L.P.
Pew Charitable Trust
Ronald Sargent
The Joyce Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
American Beverage Association
American Council for
Excellence & Opportunity
Rose-Marie and Jack R.
Anderson
BlueCross BlueShield
Association
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
David M. Cote
Crowe Chizek's Company
Florida Power & Light
Allan Hubbard
InfoReliance Corporation
Jarden Branded Consumables
Media Intelligence
National Beer
Wholesalers Association
PMA Group
Reynolds American
The United Associations
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
$1,000 - $4,999
The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Alexandra and Arnaud
de Borchgrave
Roy Coffee
Patricia Cox
CSX Corporation
Direct TV
Distilled Spirits Council
Warren Gorrell
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
David Maddox
Patricia Maddox
Newman's Own Foundation
Andrew Ryder
Mark Settles
Sara Star
Strategic Investment
Management
Takehiko Suzuki
UST Public Affairs Inc.
Karen Wolfe
We are also grateful to hundreds
of other friends who supported us
through contributions in 2008.
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