2009 Annual Report - America`s Promise Alliance

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ANNUAL REPORT
Bringing America to a
Tipping Point
For the past two years, our Alliance has focused on ensuring
that America’s students graduate high school ready for college,
work and life. It is a natural and seamless extension of our
historic mission.
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Today, half of our young people of color — and one-third of students overall — are dropping
out of high school. Nothing more clearly illustrates how we are failing far too many of our
children. And nothing threatens the future prosperity, security and values of all Americans
more ominously than allowing the crises in graduation rates and readiness for college and
work to continue.
We know that just 12 percent of the nation’s high schools account for half of all dropouts. By
stopping the epidemic there, we will move toward a tipping point that will make America a
Grad Nation. We will attain that goal only if we complement education reform by providing the
supports that children need so they can come to school ready and motivated to learn.
This theory of action is simple, but the action itself requires effort from all Americans, of all
ages and sectors, from all walks of life.
We are working like never before in all 50 states and in key communities. Our national partners
and their local affiliates are making unprecedented commitments to a unified strategy. Yet our
work is only beginning.
The country now knows we face a crisis. By turning this awareness into action, and by
engaging the full power of our Alliance to help mobilize the nation, we will turn the tide on
behalf of America’s young people and our common future.
Marguerite Kondracke
President and CEO
America’s Promise Alliance
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The country now knows we face a crisis.
That’s a huge first step on the road
toward becoming a Grad Nation.
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We are working like never before in
all 50 states and in key communities.
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Raising Awareness and
Galvanizing Action
When students drop out, we all pay. This year, the price included $320 billion in lost wages and
productivity among those who should have been part of the class of 2009, and millions more in
future criminal justice-related expenses, public assistance costs, reduced tax contributions and less
consumer purchasing power.
Meanwhile, post-secondary institutions spend
Most significantly, we moved ahead with the
millions each year in remedial education for
dropout prevention summits our Alliance began
students unable to handle basic college work.
convening in all 50 states and 55 key cities. The
A recent Pentagon study found that 7 of 10 young
summits have brought together leaders from
people wanting to enlist in our armed forces
every sector: 30,000 mayors and governors,
are ineligible to serve because of health or
school superintendents, principals and school
education issues.
board members, business leaders, community
leaders, nonprofit leaders, concerned individuals
In short, the crises in graduation rates and
and young people themselves (including many
readiness for college and work have placed our
who dropped out of school). By the end of 2009,
nation at risk.
we had completed 84 summits.
This is the alarm we have helped raise,
The summit movement exemplified how Alliance
summoning citizens, communities and policy-
partners are aligning efforts behind the goal of
makers to make ending the dropout crisis an
raising graduation rates and readiness for success
urgent priority.
beyond high school. The dropout summits would
not have been possible without the generosity of
Since we launched a national dropout prevention
AT&T and State Farm. These partners contributed
campaign in April 2008, our efforts have
indispensable financial support. More, they also
generated more than 300 million media
took part in many of the summits, making the case
impressions that have helped more Americans
why all sectors of the community — especially
recognize the dimensions of the problem. This
businesses — have a vital stake in ensuring that
year, we also released a follow-up to our path-
ours is a Grad Nation.
breaking report, Cities in Crisis, which detailed the
costs of low high school graduation rates in our
50 largest cities.
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From Dropout Summits to
Dropout Prevention
We engaged in the summits not simply to raise awareness but to rouse states and communities to
action. And that’s what is happening in every summit location. As each summit concluded, the
real work in that state or community began.
They are focused on increasing involvement by
performing schools and reopening them as
parents and other adults in children’s education,
schools of promise.
identifying students at risk of dropping out, better
aligning high school studies with college and
In Chicago, multi-sector partners of a newly
workforce needs and creating multiple pathways
formed Chicago Alliance launched a campaign to
to graduation.
improve student engagement and reduce truancy
in some of the city’s lowest performing high
Louisville, Kentucky, is working toward cutting
schools.
its dropout rate in half. The efforts involve the
mayor’s office, schools, America’s Promise
South Carolina launched a statewide initiative
Alliance, and local affiliates of two Alliance
called Graduation Matters. As part of this effort,
partners, the Chamber of Commerce and United
the state is developing an action plan to
Way. They are focused on increasing involvement
strengthen low performing schools and provide
by parents and other adults in children’s
more supports to young people who need them.
education, identifying students at risk of dropping
out, better aligning high school studies with
All of these education-related efforts have one
college and workforce needs and creating multiple
thing in common: they grew directly out of
pathways to graduation.
dropout prevention summits we helped convene.
We engaged in the summits not simply to raise
In Detroit, where a relatively small number of high
awareness but to rouse states and communitiesto
schools account for the majority of dropouts, the
action. And that’s what’s happening in every
United Way created a $10 million venture fund to
summit location. As each summit concluded, the
help these schools and to improve ACT scores.
real work in that state or community began.
Meanwhile, the city is closing some of the lowest
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A recent Pentagon study found that 7 of 10 young people
wanting to enlist in our armed forces are ineligible
to serve because of health or education issues.
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We must increase the presence of the Five Promises
in the lives of children who are now most at risk.
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Beyond School Reform — and
How We’re Getting There
Strengthening schools is central to raising graduation rates. But it is not enough.We know
that too many young people are unable to achieve in school because they don’t receive
enough of the basic resources that build success.
For this reason, along with supporting education
In 2009, we also implemented an initiative called
reform, we are working to ensure that children
Impact 5 that empowers young people
come to school ready to learn, motivated to
themselves to identify resource gaps in their
succeed, and able to build on what they have
communities. Then, the program gives them the
learned when school is not in session. In other
tools, including financial support and technical
words, we must increase the presence of the
assistance, to develop and lead efforts that
Five Promises in the lives of children who are
increase the presence of the Five Promises in
now most at risk.
their schools, neighborhoods and communities.
Toward that end, we have launched or sustained
Early in 2010, AT&T agreed to underwrite the
a variety of initiatives during the past year.
local and national grants that will help mobilize
Drawing on our Alliance’s unique strength —
young people to drive change.
the power of our national partners and their
local affiliates — we are building unprecedented
cross-sector collaboratives to bring new
resources to the high schools and neighborhoods
that account for half of all dropouts. Starting
in 12 cities, we are bringing the community
together in these neighborhoods, creating
new synergies and magnifying our power to
drive change.
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In partnership with Gallup, we also launched the
By year’s end, we had recognized 169 Promise Places,
Gallup Student Poll — an unprecedented tool that
which provide models for the community and inspire
gives young people a more powerful voice. The
others to act on behalf of youth.
on-line survey, now being embraced by communities
and school districts across the country — measures
With help from presenting sponsor ING, we also are
hope, engagement and well-being, which are among
continuing the 100 Best Communities for Young
the most reliable indicators of whether students will
People competition. By recognizing outstanding,
stay in school and succeed.
communitywide efforts to improve the well-being of
young people, the competition builds awareness of
Because Gallup contributed the architecture that
the resources children need, encourages cross-sector
allows data to be sorted down to the level of the
collaboration and offers a platform for sharing
individual school district, school systems can use
successful strategies.
the poll to pinpoint problems and identify solutions.
Entries for the next competition began arriving from
This year, to increase awareness of the importance of
communities in early 2010.
having the Five Promises in children’s lives, we began
specially designating Promise Places that meet the
holistic needs of children. A Promise Place, where
children can experience all Five Promises under one
roof, can be anywhere: a school, community
organization, place of worship, or other organization.
The Oasis Center in Nashville, TN, became the first
official Promise Place.
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More than 330 schools and 58 school districts participated
in the first Gallup Student Poll in March 2009.
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will benefit more than 335,000 students.
Aligning with a
Common Objective
During 2009, our Alliance once again experienced the largest growth in our history. Such a
significant increase in our numbers— from 250 national partners to nearly 400 by year’s end
— reflects a growing recognition not only that the work we share is vitally important to
America’s future but that sharing the work is vital if we are to become a Grad Nation.
Our partners understand that old ways of working
Other partners are organizing their traditional work
and funding in silos, even in the common cause of
and areas of focus in new ways that align with
supporting America’s young people, are
Alliance goals.
inadequate to the task we face. To bring
meaningful, sustainable change, we must align our
For example, City Year launched In School and On
efforts toward common goals and collaborative
Track, an initiative focused on at-risk young people
approaches.
in high schools (and their feeder schools) that
produce a disproportionate number of students
During the past year, those efforts have begun to
who drop out.
coalesce with increasing speed, as our partners
work to ensure that more students graduate high
The First Tee is expanding its National Schools
school ready for college, work and life.
Program for students in grades K-5 in collaboration
with school districts, youth organizations, after-
Many — such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, the
school programs and Alliance partners. Its effort
United Way, Boys & Girls Clubs, Catholic Charities
will benefit more than 335,000 students in 650
and the American Academy of Pediatrics — are
schools, and the program will be introduced into
actively involved in the cross-sector collaborations
Boys and Girls Clubs to reach even more children.
that are bringing more of the Five Promise
supports to under-resourced neighborhoods in 12
In these and other ways, our Alliance is amplifying
initial cities.
the power of many partners to turn the tide against
the dropout crisis.
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Wal-Mart, one of our most engaged business
partners, is focused on solving the growing
problem of hunger among families, along
with helping us mobilize communities to end
We are enormously appreciative of all of our generous
the dropout crisis.
investors. They give us the support we need to execute
our mission of ensuring our young people have the
fundamental resources they need to succeed.
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Other major funding partners for our efforts to
raise graduation rates and college/work
readiness include AT&T, the Annenberg
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State Farm, the lead sponsor of our Dropout
Foundation, The Bill & Melinda Gates
Prevention Campaign, is putting greater
Foundation, The Boeing Company, Fidelity
philanthropic emphasis than ever before on
Investments, Ford Motor Company,
communities surrounding our lowest
GlaxoSmithKline, ING Foundation, Jim and
performing high schools. Building on its long
Donna Barksdale, Rockefeller Foundation,
history of working on behalf of the nation’s
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Target.
most vulnerable youth, State Farm has
committed to sponsor dropout prevention
summits in every U.S. state by the end of
2010. These summits will engage students and
leaders from communities, faith-based
organizations, government and the private
sector to help decrease high school dropout
rates from across the country.
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Throughout their hotel system, Ritz-Carlton is
providing career exploration opportunities for
young people through its outstanding
Succeed Through Service initiative — a proven
strategy for keeping students engaged in
school and motivated to succeed.
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Our investors make our work possible to ensure children and
youth have the fundamental resources they need to succeed.
Paramount among the legislative achievements
for children this year was the passage of the
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act.
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The Right Direction:
Making Children & Families a
Priority on Capitol Hill
In 2009, First Focus continued making children and families a priority in federal policy and
budget decisions.
Through the dissemination of research and
Paramount among the legislative achievements
timely policy analysis, First Focus raised
for children this year was the passage of the
awareness regarding the need to provide
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
adequate and sustainable funding for children’s
Reauthorization Act. This large-scale expansion
programs across five core issue areas: child
of CHIP will reduce the ranks of uninsured
health, child welfare and safety, early care and
children by four million. First Focus played a
education, family economics, and immigrant
leading role in drafting the legislation, working
children and families.
with congressional staff on key elements of
the bill. In acknowledgment of the leadership
In order to create a strong, unified and credible
role First Focus played in advocating for the
voice on child and family policy, First Focus
renewal of the program, President Bruce Lesley
regranted money and fostered partnerships
was invited by President Obama to attend
with 30 influential state-based organizations.
the presidential signing ceremony at the
In 2009, our state advocacy strategy sought to
White House.
demonstrate the strong bipartisan support for
innovative action by policymakers to improve
First Focus also played a significant role in
the lives of our children.
the economic stimulus legislation, known as
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
While the House-approved version of the
legislation included more than $155 billion in
spending and tax cuts aimed at children, the
Senate significantly cut the investment to
approximately $111 billion. First Focus took an
active role in restoring the cuts to children’s
programs in the Senate legislation. Through the
creation of a key fact sheet and an aggressive
dissemination and media outreach strategy,
First Focus was able to work with policymakers
and advocates to raise this amount, providing
$142 billion in economically stimulative
investments for children.
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As the focus of the Congress shifted to reforming
In addition, First Focus has launched a media
our nation’s health system, First Focus engaged in
strategy with national, state, and Capitol Hill
a variety of activities to best position children in
publications to ensure that the public and
the health reform debate. Activities included:
policymakers are aware of the needs of children
commissioning independent research to develop a
during this effort.
solid research foundation for policy proposals;
developing and disseminating policy materials to
While pressing for increased investments in
explore leading issues of interest; conducting
children as part of the fiscal year 2010
policy briefings for congressional staff; and
appropriations process, First Focus also worked
engaging state networks and state-based
toward the publication of Children’s Budget 2009,
advocacy partners in efforts to win support for
the newest edition of its comprehensive guide to
proposals that hold the greatest promise for
all federal spending on children. The book, built
reducing the number of uninsured children.
off last year’s highly successful research,
documents the last five years of individual
appropriations for the more than 180 federally
supported programs that benefit children. To
date, First Focus has distributed more than
10,000 copies of the publication in hard and
electronic form and copies, including distribution
to each congressional office and every
congressional committee.
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First Focus engaged in a variety of activies to best position
children in the health reform debate with Congress.
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The percentage of schools classified as “high poverty”
has risen from 12 percent to 17 percent.
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We Built Momentum in 2009, and
We Are Building a Movement
Amid a sense of progress in the past year we also feel a heightened sense of urgency. The
economic recession that continued throughout 2009 has placed even greater stress on children
and families already most at risk, and it has increased their ranks.
The percentage of schools classified as “high
We made important strides last year. They are
poverty” has risen from 12 percent to 17 percent.
part of a much longer journey. But we know that
Meanwhile, the economic environment has made
we are on the right road. As more Americans join
even more clear the need for a workforce that is
us in walking that road together, we will become
educated and ready for the challenges of a
the Grad Nation that our children deserve and
globally competitive marketplace.
our future demands.
We believe that our nation now understands the
stakes and the scope of the task before us. The
next phase of that task involves moving from
national awareness to community action.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
2009
2008
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Grants receivable
Pledges receivable, net
Prepaid expenses and other
Due from related parties
Investments
Furniture and equipment, net
Investment - option based compensation
Total assets
$
4,765,422
144,951
18,447,673
90,326
49,568
3,933,835
1,416,582
-
$ 28,848,357
$
7,675,439
498,357
20,574,617
119,361
2,999,132
1,602,961
51,257
$ 33,521,124
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
Total liabilities
Net assets
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
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$
510,354
397,404
1,091,163
353,984
$
468,161
130,000
51,257
1,131,492
445,143
2,352,905
2,226,053
5,818,961
20,676,491
7,640,645
23,654,426
26,495,452
31,295,071
$ 28,848,357
$ 33,521,124
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
Temporarily
Unrestricted
2009
Total
Restricted
REVENUE AND SUPPORT
Revenue and support
Contributions
Grants
Other income
Net assets released from restrictions
Total revenue and support
$
1,148,124
2,068,616
26,735
11,453,454
14,696,929
$
8,475,519
(11,453,454)
(2,977,935)
$
9,623,643
2,068,616
26,735
11,718,994
EXPENSES
Program services
Alliance building
100 Best communities
Dropout prevention initiative
Featured communities/Promise zones
Research
Service learning
Financial literacy
Awareness/Communications
Partnerships & Programs
Relationship development
First Focus
Total programs
2,884,601
36,665
2,081,945
1,271,480
365,816
54,325
554,186
1,816,518
464,471
3,084,201
12,614,208
-
2,884,601
36,665
2,081,945
1,271,480
365,816
54,325
554,186
1,816,518
464,471
3,084,201
12,614,208
Supporting services
General and administrative
Fundraising
Total expenses
3,713,180
713,275
17,040,663
-
3,713,180
713,275
17,040,663
(2,343,734)
(2,977,935)
(5,321,669)
522,050
-
522,050
(1,821,684)
(2,977,935)
(4,799,619)
7,640,645
23,654,426
31,295,071
5,818,961
$ 20,676,491
$ 26,495,452
Change in net assets from operations
Non-operating activity
Investment return, net
Change in net assets
Net assets, beginning of year
Net assets, end of year
$
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
Alma J. Powell
VICE CHAIR
C. Gregg Petersmeyer
Founder & CEO
Personal Pathways, LLC
SECRETARY TREASURER
Kathleen A. Murphy
President, Personal Investing
Fidelity Investments
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
Managing Director and Head
TIAA-CREF Institute
Peter L. Benson, Ph.D.
President & CEO
The Search Institute
Larry A. Klane
President & CEO
Korea Exchange Bank
Joel Klein
Chancellor
NYC Department of Education
Alyssa Bisanz
Youth Impact Network
America’s Promise Alliance
Charlene Lake
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
Chief Sustainability Officer
AT&T
Katherine Bradley
President
CityBridge Foundation
John E. Maupin, Jr.
President
Morehouse School of Medicine
Neil Bush
Chairman and CEO
Nexus Energy
Michael K. Powell
Chairman & CEO
MK Powell Group
Daniel A. Casey
Immediate Past Chair
YMCA of the USA
Deborah Quazzo
Founder
NeXtAdvisors, LLC
Raymond G. Chambers
Chairman
Amelior Foundation
Edward B. Rust
Chairman & CEO
State Farm
Brian Comer
President, Public Markets
ING
Jin Roy Ryu
Chairman & CEO
PMX Industries, Inc.
Poongsan Corporation (Korea)
Angela Diaz
Director
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Raul Fernandez
Chairman
ObjectVideo
Harold Ford
Vice Chairman
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Brian Gallagher**
President and CEO
United Way Worldwide
Stephen Goldsmith***
Vice Chairman
Board of Directors
Corporation for National
& Community Service
Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.
National Director
Amachi
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Latasha Kinnard
Youth Impact Network
America’s Promise Alliance
Margaret Spellings
President & CEO
Margaret Spellings & Co.
Richard D. Stephens
Senior Vice President
Human Resources and Administration
The Boeing Company
Harris Wofford (Emeritus)*
Former U.S. Senator
Former CEO
Corporation for National and
Community Service
Elaine Wynn
Director
Wynn Resorts
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Serves as Honorary Advisor to the Board
Serves as Chair of Trustee Steering Committee
Serves as CNCS liaison
The country now knows we face a crisis. By turning this awareness into
action, and by engaging the full power of our Alliance to help mobilize the
nation, we will turn the tide on behalf of America’s young people
and our common future.
Marguerite Kondracke, President and CEO, America’s Promise Alliance
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TRUSTEES
Steven Anderson
President and CEO
National Association of
Chain Drug Stores
Larry Brown
President
Work, Achievement, Values
and Education
Jeanne Allen
President
Center for Education Reform
Michael Brown
President and CEO
City Year
Michael Ansari
Founder and CEO
MIC Industries
Daniel Cardinali
President
Communities In Schools Inc.
Rui Bao
Youth Partnership Team
America's Promise Alliance
John Castellani
President
Business Roundtable
Joe Barrow
CEO
The First Tee
Jim Clifton
CEO
Gallup
William Bell
President and CEO
Casey Family Programs
Kathy Cloninger
CEO
Girl Scouts of the USA
John Graham
Executive Director
American Society of
Association Executives
Jay Berkelhamer
Past President
American Academy of Pediatrics
Thomas Cochran
Executive Director
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Jodi Grant
President
Afterschool Alliance
Carolyn Berkowitz
Vice President of Community Affairs,
and President of the
Capital One Foundation
Capital One
Michael Cohen
President
Achieve, Inc.
JD Hoye
President and CEO
National Academy Foundation
Tom Van Coverden
President and CEO
National Association of Community
Health Centers
Walter Isaacson
President and CEO
Aspen Institute
Jean Blackwell
CEO
Cummins Foundation
Matthew Boring
Youth Partnership Team
America's Promise Alliance
Don Borut
Executive Director
National League of Cities
Janet Bray
Executive Director
Association for Career and
Technical Education
John Bridgeland
President and CEO
Civic Enterprises
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Steve Culbertson
President and CEO
Youth Service America
Betty Edwards
National Middle School Association
Donald Floyd
President and CEO
National 4-H Council
Brian Gallagher
President and CEO
United Way of America
Byron Garrett
CEO
National PTA
Nicola Goren*
President and CEO
Corporation for National and
Community Service
Irv Katz
President and CEO
National Collaboration for Youth
Daniel Domenech
Executive Director
American Association of School
Administrators
Thomas Donohue
President and CEO
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Kathy Dwyer Southern
President and CEO
National Children's Museum
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Serves as CNCS liaison
Donna Klein
President
Corporate Voices for
Working Families
Charles Kolb
President and Founder
Committee for Economic
Development
Wendy Kopp
President and CEO
Teach for America
Jack Kresnak
President and CEO
Voices for Michigan's Children
Bruce Lesley
National Executive Director
First Focus
Steve Loflin
Executive Director
National Society of Collegiate
Scholars
Michael Lomax
President and CEO
United Negro College Fund
Gail Manza
Executive Director
MENTOR
Glenn Means
Youth Partnership Team
America's Promise Alliance
Rhonda Mims
President
ING Foundation
Nathan Monell
CEO
Foster Care Alumni of America
Marc Morial
President and CEO
National Urban League
Roxanne Spillett
President
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Neil Nicoll
President and CEO
YMCA of the USA
Dorothy Stoneman
President and Founder
YouthBuild USA
Michelle Nunn
Co-Founder and CEO
HandsOn Network &
Points of Light Institute
Tony Tijerino
President and CEO
Hispanic Heritage Foundation
William O'Hare
Senior Fellow
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Gerry Tirozzi
Executive Director
National Association of Secondary
School Principals
Kathy Payne
Senior Director of Education
Leadership
State Farm
Karen Pittman
Executive Director
Forum for Youth Investment
Wendy Puriefoy
President
Public Education Network
Sean Rush
President
Junior Achievement
Jim Vella
President and Executive Director
Ford Motor Company Fund
Isabel Sawhill
Vice President and Director
Economic Studies
The Brookings Institution
Judy Vredenburgh
President and CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Ray Scheppach
Executive Director
National Governors Association
Gene Wilhoit
Executive Director
Chief Council of State School Officers
Cynthia Schmeiser
President and COO
Education Division ACT, Inc.
Brent Wilkes
National Executive Director
League of United Latin
American Citizens
Lawrence Selzer
President and CEO
The Conservation Fund
Bob Wise
President
Alliance for Excellent Education
Kenneth Smith
President
Jobs for America's Graduates
Father Larry Snyder
President
Catholic Charities USA
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A Home Within
Academy for Educational Development
Accent on Success - Goal Setting
for Students
The ACE Mentor Program of America
Achieve, Inc.*
ACT, Inc.*
Action for Healthy Kids
Ad Council
ADLit.org
AdvancePath Academics, Inc.
Afterschool Alliance*
After-School All-Stars
Aid Scholar
All Kinds of Minds
Alliance for Children and Families
Alliance for Excellent Education*
Alliance for School Choice
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc.
AMACHI
American Academy of Pediatrics*
The American Academy
American Association of School
Administrators*
American Bar Association
American Camp Association
American Institutes for Research
American Insurance Association
American Publishers Hearst
American School Health Association
American Society of Association
Executives*
American Youth Policy Forum
Americans Helping Americans
AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare
Annie E. Casey Foundation*
Asia Society
Aspen Institute*
ASPIRA
ASPIRE
Association for Career and Technical
Education*
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Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development
Atlantic Philanthropies
AXELA Government Relations, LLC
BACCHUS Network
BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life)
Best Friends Foundation
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America*
Biz in a Boxx
BOOST Collaborative
Boys & Girls Clubs of America*
Boys Town
Breakthrough Collaborative
Bright Futures Press
Brookings Institute*
Business Roundtable*
Building Educated Leaders for Life
Camp Fire USA
Camp to Belong
Campaign for the Civic Mission
of Schools
Capital One*
Career Corner Digital
Career Kids
Careerstone Group
Cascade Education Consultants
Casey Family Programs*
Catholic Charities USA*
CBK Associates
Center for Education Reform*
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for the Improvement
of Child Caring
Cesar E. Chavez Foundation Champions
Character Education Partnership
Child Life Hope
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
College Board
College Summit
College Track
Colorin Colorado
Committee for Economic Development*
Common Cents (Penny Harvest)
Common Sense Media
Communities in Schools*
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions
of America
Community Health Councils, Inc.
Community Matters
Community-Matters
The Conference Board
Conservation Fund*
Corinthian Colleges, Inc
Corporate Voices for Working Families*
Corporation for National and
Community Service*
The Corps Network
Council of Chief State School Officers
CreateAskate.org
Cristo Rey Network
CVS Pharmacy
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Destination Imagination
Destination Marketing Association
International
DetachedKids.com
Diploma Plus
Do Something
DonorsChoose.org
Earth Force
EarthEcho International
Education Commission of the States
Education Northwest
EverFi, Inc.
Exchange City
Experience Corps
Family One Network, Inc.
Family, Career and Community
Leaders of America
FamilyWize
FasTracKids International
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Financial Services Roundtable
Firefighter's ABC's
First Focus*
The First Tee*
For Pits Sake, Inc.
Ford Motor Company Fund*
Forum for Youth Investment*
Foster Care Alumni of America*
Frederick Douglass Family Foundation
Friends of the Children
Future Fisherman Foundation
Gallup*
Genesys Works
Genuine Self Images
Girl Scouts of the USA*
Girlshealth.gov
Junior Achievement Worldwide*
KaBOOM!
KIDNEYWISE
Kids at Hope
Kids Flower Foundation
Kids Off The Block
KIPP Foundation
KPMG
LD Online
Leadership Education for Asian
Pacifics, Inc.
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free
League of United Latin American Citizens *
Learning for Life
Learning Is For Everyone
Learning Point Associates
LearnServe International
LIFT
Lions Clubs International
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
MIC Industries, Inc.*
Manpower Inc.
March of Dimes
Marriott International
Mattie C. Stewart Foundation
McBride College Bound
MENTOR*
Milton Hershey School
Mobilize.org
Mocha Moms, Inc.
Momentum Wellness
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Multicultural Foodservice &
Hospitality Alliance
My Life is About 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 for Community
College Entrepreneurship
National Association of Chain
Drug Stores*
National Association of Charter
School Authorizers
National Association of Community
Health Centers*
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of School Nurses
National Association of Secondary
School Principals*
National Black Child Development Institute
National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards
National Campaign to Prevent Teen
and Unplanned Pregnancy
National Center for Learning
and Citizenship
National Center on Addiction & Substance
Abuse at Columbia University
National Center on Time & Learning
National Children's Museum*
National Civic League
National Coalition for Exemplary Schools
National Coalition for Parent
Involvement in Education
National Collaboration for Youth*
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Council for Better Schools
National Crime Prevention Council
National Dropout Prevention
Center/Network
National Education Association
National Endowment for Financial
Education
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Foster Parent Association
National Governors Association*
National Human Services Assembly
National Indian Education Association
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*
Global Youth Justice, LLC
Golf Course Builders Association
of America
Grant Station
Healthy Kids Challenge
Heartland Truly Moving Pictures
Hepatitis Foundation International
The Hershey Company
Hispanic Heritage Foundation*
Hmong National Development
Home Builders Institute
Homework Help on Demand
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.
The Jack Kemp Foundation
Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG)*
Jobs for the Future
Journalism Center on Children
& Families
Jumpstart
National Recreation and Park
Association
National Runaway Switchboard
National Safe Place
National Society of Collegiate
Scholars*
National Urban League*
*CEO serves as Alliance Trustee
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National Visionary Leadership Project
National Wildlife Federation
Nativity Miguel Network of Schools
Naviance
Neediest Kids
Net Literacy
Nick Lowery Youth Foundation
Northrop Grumman
Nurse-Family Partnership
One Warm Coat
Operation Blessing International
Operation Hope
Our Park Place
Parent-Child Home Program
Parenting Teens Resource Network
Parents as Teachers
Partnership for Afterschool Education
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 Rockets
Redwoods Group
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC
Road Care Plus
Roots & Shoots
Rural School and Community Trust
Safe Kids Worldwide
Safety 4 Kids, LLC
Sajai Foundation
Sappi Fine Paper North America
Scholar Centric
Scholarship America
School Biz Match, Inc.
School for Integrated Academics
and Technologies
schooltube.com
SIF Association
SkillsUSA
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Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
Southern Institute on Children &
Families
Space Foundation
State Education Agency Network
State Farm Insurance*
StreetSchool Network
Students Today Leaders Forever
Success For All Foundation
Success Foundation
Tailwag Studio, Inc.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce*
U.S. Conference of Mayors*
U.S. Dream Academy
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Public Service Academy
UN Foundation
United Jewish Communities
United Way Worldwide*
Up 2 Us
US Careers Online
USA Graduate.com
USTA Serves
Voices for Michigan's Children*
Volunteer USA Foundation
WAVE
Teach For America*
What's Your Issue Foundation
Working in Support of Education
YMCA of the USA*
YourRXCard Inc.
Youth Development & Research Fund
Youth Service America*
Youth Venture
Youth Volunteer Corps of America
YouthBuild USA*
YouthNoise
Zero to Three
RESEARCH COUNCIL
J. Lawrence Aber
Ph.D., Professor
Applied Psychology and Public Policy
New York University
Constance Flanagan
Ph.D., Professor
Human Development and Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University
Peter J. Pecora
Ph.D., Senior Director of Research
Services
Casey Family Programs
Robert Balfanz
Ph.D., Co-Director
Everyone Graduates Center
Johns Hopkins University
Roberta Golinkoff
Ph.D., Professor
University of Delaware
Karen Pittman
Executive Director
The Forum for Youth Investment
Robert Grimm
Ph.D., Director
Research and Policy Development
Corporation for National and
Community Service
Michael D. Resnick
Ph.D., Professor and Director
Healthy Youth Development Prevention
Research Center
University of Minnesota
Rick Belous
Ph.D., Vice President
Research, United Way of America
J. David Hawkins
Ph.D., Kozmetsky Professor of Prevention
Department of Social Work
University of Washington
Jean Rhodes
Ph.D., Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Gary Bowen
Ph.D., Kenan Distinguished Professor
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Ph.D., Professor
Department of Psychology
Temple University
Isabel Sawhill
Ph.D., Vice President and Director,
Economic Studies
The Brookings Institution
Jomills H. Braddock
Ph.D., Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Miami
Kelleen Kaye
Director, Research
National Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy
Peter C. Scales
Ph.D., Senior Fellow
Office of the President
Search Institute
Richard F. Catalano
Ph.D., Director
Social Development Research Group
University of Washington
Kenneth Land
Ph.D., John Franklin Crowell Professor
Department of Sociology
Duke University
Susan Siegel
Vice President
Research, Evaluation and Training
Communities In Schools National
Michael Conn
Ph.D., VP
Girl Scouts Research Institute
Richard M. Lerner
Ph.D., Bergstrom Chair in Applied
Developmental Science
Eliot-Pearson Department of
Child Development
Tufts University
Carl S. Taylor
Ph.D., Professor
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
Brian Barber
Ph.D., Founding Director
Center for the International Study of
Youth and Political Violence
University of Tennessee
Martha Cox
Ph.D., Director
Center for Developmental Science
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Susan Curnan
Ph.D., 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., Edwina S. Tarry Professor
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University
Peter Levine
Ph.D., Deputy Director
Center for Information and Research
on Civic Learning and Engagement
University of Maryland
Kristin Anderson Moore
Ph.D., President and Senior Scholar
Child Trends
William O'Hare
Ph.D., Senior Fellow
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Heather Weiss
Ph.D., Director
Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard University
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Ph.D., Professor
Harvard Graduate School of Education
James Youniss
Ph.D., Professor
Life Cycle Institute
The Catholic University of America
David Osher
Vice President
American Institutes for Research
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INVESTORS
Powell Leadership Circle
Our premier group of supporters
committed to making a strong
investment in our nation’s most
vulnerable young people. Powell
Leadership Circle members make
an investment of at least $1 million
annually.
Annenberg Foundation
AT&T Foundation
Jim and Donna Barksdale
The Boeing Company
Casey Family Programs
GlaxoSmithKline
ING Foundation
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Jin Roy Ryu
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC
State Farm
Wellspring Foundation
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Foundations
Business Leaders
Atlantic Philanthropies
Bounce Network
Annie E. Casey Foundation
CityBridge Foundation
Emerald Foundation
Foundation for Child Development
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Charles and Ann Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Pearson Foundation
Petersmeyer Family Foundation
Roberts Family Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Robert K. Steel Family Foundation
Pearson Foundation
Verizon Foundation
Bank of America
Chevron Corporation
Comcast Corporation
Duke Energy
Florida Power and Light
Ford Motor Company
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Southern Company
We are also grateful to hundreds of
other friends who supported us
through contributions in 2009.