Annual Report - The Steppingstone Foundation

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Annual Report
We talk a lot about the things that
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count here at Steppingstone. Almost
every time they meet, for instance,
Steppingstone's young Scholars recite
a pledge committing themselves to
values such as excellence and respect.
On the desk of every employee sits a
statement of the organization’s core
principles. It reads: “We are results
driven, setting and holding ourselves
to high standards.” It goes on to add:
“We work as a team with a clear and
measurable purpose.”
The decision, then, to focus this
year’s annual report on Steppingstone’s
impact came quite naturally. Since we
are measuring outcomes and tirelessly
tracking results all the time, why not
share more of them with you? Why not
demonstrate the difference our work
is making in the lives of Scholars and
their families? In school communities
and workplaces across the Boston
area? In the philanthropic aspirations
and satisfactions of donors?
Steppingstone's ambition to send
ever more students to college drives
much of what we do and, therefore,
much of what we measure. Initiatives
such as the National Partnership for
Educational Access and the College
Success Academy continue to grow
out of our stubborn desire to serve
greater numbers of underserved
students. NPEA counts more than 240
organizations as members. Only in
its second year, the College Success
Academy is bringing Steppingstone's
hallmark academic rigor, college
readiness, and support services to
scores of middle-school students
in three Boston public schools in
Allston-Brighton. Our programs and
services have expanded and extended
their reach to prepare and support
Scholars over a 10-year arc, all the
way to their college graduations.
Meanwhile, the very first Scholars to
complete a program at Steppingstone
are in their mid-30s and beginning to
write the main chapters of their adult
lives. Their stories, their families, and
their remarkable achievements are in
many ways reckoned as our own.
As you’ll see in the following pages,
we count a lot of things each year:
how many schools we partner with;
how many Scholars we admit, prepare,
place, and support; how many pencils,
books, and backpacks we need to
accomplish our work; how many hours
and dollars we spend doing it all.
In addition to all the performance
metrics, the things we count, there
are also all the people we count on–
those whose help truly advances our
transformative work: a dedicated and
experienced staff, as well as hundreds
of parents, donors, school partners,
and volunteers.
Without each of you, we could
never accomplish what we do. We
could never set so many Scholars on
the path to college, year after year.
We could never report the quantifiable
and recurring successes you’ll see
documented and celebrated in the
pages ahead. Our gratitude to you, and
to our many partners and supporters, is
just about the only thing included here
that defies measurement.
So, thank you for helping us to post
the results we have to report for 2012.
We count ourselves fortunate and we
count ourselves proud.
Brian J. Conway, Board Chairman
Michael P. Danziger, Founder
Kelly D. Glew, President & COO
Board of Directors
Board of Ambassadors
Amy Smith Berylson
Todd Bland
Chuck Brizius
Brian J. Conway, Chairman
Michael P. Danziger
Michael Denning
Mary Driscoll
Bart Epker
Lucy Galbraith
Thomas F. Gilbane, III
Andrew Hahn
William Helman
Allison Johnson
Darlene Jordan
Isabelle Loring
Dr. Richard I. Melvoin
A. Peter Monaco, Jr.
Mike Pascucci
Brent Edward Shay
John G. Simon
John S. Weinberg
Christina Wing-O’Donnell
Pamela Albright
Julie Barron
Jennifer Berylson Block
Linda Borden
Katie Bramley
Rob Broggi
Tricia Claudy
Erin Condron
James Coughlin
Laura DeBonis
Darren Donovan
Betsy Edie
Rick Edie
Jennifer Mugar Flaherty
Jonathan Goldstein
Blair Hendrix
Scott Jaeckel
Jana Karp, M. Ed.
Gord Kluzak
Joshua Levy
Libby Mallon
Anne Mitchell
Marsha Perreault
Emily Phillips
Drew Pluhar
Christian Porter
Rachel Rock
Pixley Schiciano
Anthony Schweizer
Rob Small
Jennifer Weymouth
Board of Advisors
Ann Coles, Ed.D.
William Fitzsimmons, Ed.D.
Chris Gabrieli
Paul Grogan
Joanna Jacobson
Thomas Payzant, Ed.D.
Karl Reid, Ed.D.
IFC Leadership Letter
2 Scholar Profile: Louise Barias,
The Steppingstone Academy '08,
Boston Latin Academy 2014
4 Placement Schools
4 Program Highlights
6 School Partner Profile: Mary Driscoll,
Principal, Thomas A. Edison K-8 School
8 Family Profile: the Denaud
Massenat Family
College Success Academy
10 Workforce Impact: Amanda Northrop,
Vice President, State Street Foundation
12 College Graduation List
13 Gift Report
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The Steppingstone Academy
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19 Donor Feature: Pixley Schiciano
20 Financial Report
% of Scholars are admitted
to independent, Catholic or
public exam schools
% of Scholars graduate
from high school
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The Steppingstone Academy
% of Scholars who
graduate from
independent schools
go on to attend
four-year colleges
80
% of Scholars earn
degrees from four-year
colleges within six years
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Louise Barias '08 in her chemistry lab
at Boston Latin Academy in Dorchester.
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Scholars receiving
support services
from Steppingstone
468
2,5
10
Extra days of school logged
by each Scholar in The
Steppingstone Academy
187
Petite and soft-spoken, Louise Barias
’08 can charm you with the low-key
manner in which she recounts her
considerable accomplishments. An
honor roll student at Boston Latin
Academy, member of the debate
team, leader in the Muslim Student
Association, and lab assistant at Brigham
and Women’s Hospital, Louise is not
only a Peer Leader with Steppingstone,
but also a Crimson Scholar at Harvard
University, where she has attended
summer classes.
“It’s been a lot of hard work,” says
the 17-year-old South End resident,
a steely focus in her eyes. “I wasn’t
always sure I was seeing the fruits
of my labor, but I can say now the
sacrifices have all been worth it.”
She hasn’t even graduated high
school yet, but Louise knows she’s
heading places where too few of
her peers will go. “Most of the kids I
went to middle school with are now
either high school dropouts or have
children already,” she points out. “In
fact, if it weren’t for Steppingstone,
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New Scholars
enrolled in 2012
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2,542
Additional hours
of academic work
completed by
each Scholar
in the College
Success Academy
I might have gone down the same
path. I doubt, for instance, I would
have known anything beyond my
own neighborhood. And I probably
would have ended up in a high school
without the resources I needed to
succeed.”
Instead, this burgeoning young
scientist will travel to Costa Rica this
summer to volunteer at an orphanage,
before applying to large research
universities this fall to get her degree
in microbiology. She’s already begun
visiting college campuses, thanks to
the tours Steppingstone runs. “My
parents never would have been able
to take me to the campuses I’ve
seen,” Louise notes. With help from
Steppingstone’s college services,
Louise can confidently expect to
become the first in her immigrant family
to attend college in the fall of 2014.
The scholarship she won this spring
helps assure it. The Christian A. Herter
Memorial Scholarship, which Steppingstone helped Louise earn, guarantees
that up to half the cost of the college
of her choice will be covered.
Despite everything else she juggles,
in what passes for “free time” during
her busy junior year, Louise still
manages to tutor younger Scholars in
Steppingstone’s Saturday SMASH
program—“because I came to every
single SMASH session when I was a
young Scholar,” she explains. “And not
just for the homework help, but for
the community.”
Of the many Steppingstone services
and experiences that have enriched
Louise’s life—first, as a Scholar, then
as a Peer Leader, tutor, and volunteer—what’s made the biggest difference?
“The study skills and the Latin I
learned at Steppingstone really gave
me an advantage going into Boston
Latin Academy,” she says. “But what’s
mattered most is the support I received
afterward. I talk to my Steppingstone
Advisor all the time, and the relationship has really grown over the years.
She’s seen me through a lot of things.
So, it’s not just the training I got and
the classes I attended—although they
did make me a more organized and
disciplined student—it’s really the
people who have carried me since.”
Changing Lives, One at a Time
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Hours of tutoring and
homework assistance
provided by Steppingstone
Steppingstone reaches all over the city of Boston to recruit, select,
prepare, and support motivated students. We serve 1,400 Scholars
each year. We do it one by one. But the numbers add up.
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The Steppingstone Academy Placement Schools
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Beaver Country Day School
Belmont Day School | Belmont Hill School
Boston College High School | Boston Latin Academy
Boston Latin School | Boston Trinity Academy
Boston University Academy
Brimmer and May School
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
Cambridge School of Weston
Commonwealth School | Concord Academy
Dana Hall School | Dedham Country Day School
Deerfield Academy | Derby Academy
Dexter School | Fay School | The Fenn School
The Fessenden School | The Governor’s Academy
Holderness School
The Meadowbrook School of Weston
Milton Academy | Newton Country Day School
Noble and Greenough School
John D. O’Bryant School
The Park School | Phillips Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy | The Rivers School
The Roxbury Latin School | St. Mark’s School
St. Paul’s School | St. Sebastian’s School
Shady Hill School | Southfield School
Thayer Academy | The Winsor School
Xaverian Brothers High School
College Success Academy Schools
Thomas A. Edison K-8 School
Gardner Pilot Academy
Jackson/Mann K-8 School
The Steppingstone Academy
College Success Academy
It’s hard to overstate the lasting impact
that The Steppingstone Academy
continues to have on thousands
of young people and hundreds of
institutions, well beyond the city of
Boston. Few organizations committed
to expanding educational access and
improving educational opportunities
can point to the kinds of results we
continue to see.
Scholars who complete The Steppingstone Academy’s rigorous program of
academic preparation are 800% more
likely than their peers in a public
district high school to complete a
bachelor’s degree. It’s a fairly staggering
contrast, but the odds and the data
show that today only one in 10 ninthgraders enrolled in a Boston Public
high school (that isn’t an exam school)
will complete a four-year
degree by the time he or she turns
25 or so. For Steppingstone Scholars,
eight out of 10 will earn a college
degree before they reach that same
age. Consider that 1,682 Scholars
have completed The Steppingstone
Academy’s 14-month-long academic
program to date, and you’ll get a sense
of what our work has achieved over
the past 23 years.
Steppingstone Scholars studied at
more than 40 independent, Catholic,
and public exam schools in the Boston
area last year. Alumni Scholars could
be found on the campuses of more
than 100 different colleges.
In 2012, more than 200 Scholars
attended The Steppingstone Academy’s
summer and after-school programs.
They came from every neighborhood
in the city of Boston and from families
with average incomes of less than
$40,000 a year. Many will be the first
in their families to attend college. But
like the hundreds of Scholars who’ve
gone before them, most will be framing
a college diploma by 2025.
Launched in July 2011 with the aim
of setting more Boston public school
students on the path to college, the
College Success Academy currently
serves middle-grade students from
three partner Boston public K-8
schools: the Edison School, the Jackson/
Mann School, and the Gardner Pilot
Academy. Scholars participate in a
rigorous summer and after-school
program, based on The Steppingstone
Academy model, that begins the
summer before fifth grade and
continues through the summer after
eighth grade. Math, English/language
arts, and science are the foundation
of the curriculum, and advisors track
Scholars’ academic and social-emotional
development throughout the program.
Once in high school, Scholars will
receive support and college-readiness
services to ensure they stay on track
to graduate from high school, and
ultimately a four-year college.
In 2012, the College Success Academy
continued to post promising early
results. Scholars began to outperform
peers on several key academic measures.
During their fifth-grade year, the pilot
class of College Success Academy
Scholars made greater gains in both
reading and math than peers across
the country, according to the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP),
a widely used diagnostic assessment
tool aligned to state standards. The
Scholars’ MAP results also demonstrated
that the College Success Academy’s
summer program is successfully
preventing summer learning loss.
In addition, the number of Scholars
achieving Advanced or Proficient scores
on the Massachusetts Comprehensive
Assessment System (MCAS) exams
increased in the spring of 2012.
1,682
Scholars have
completed
The Steppingstone
Academy’s 14-month
academic program
to date
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$39,981
% of College
Success Academy
Scholars qualify
for free or
reduced meals
Average income of
families participating
in The Steppingstone
Academy
150,000
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Underrepresented students served
by the National Partnership for
Educational Access in 2012
% of College Success
Academy Scholars
are English Language
Learners
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States in which NPEA
members serve students
National Partnership for
Educational Access (NPEA)
The National Partnership for Educational
Access marked its fifth year by adding
36 new members in 2012, bringing
the total number of organizations it
served to 242. Launched in 2007 to
share best practices among nonprofits
dedicated to providing college access
to underrepresented students, NPEA
has steadily expanded its services
and its reach. Last year, member
organizations in 33 states helped more
than 150,000 students. NPEA’s annual
conference, held in Chicago in 2012,
drew 321 attendees who benefited
from workshops, discussions, and
practical tools for improving college
access and collaboration.
Through NPEA, organizations
like the Massachusetts Educational
Financing Authority and The Boston
Foundation can engage with and learn
from organizations such as the KIPP
Foundation, A Better Chance, and
Johns Hopkins University Center for
Talented Youth. Meaningful programmatic improvements often result.
“Whether it’s attending one of the
local meet-ups, participating in a
webinar, having students attend a
college tour, or using the website to
connect with colleagues as passionate
about serving students as I am, NPEA
coordinates services for members
that I can’t find in any of my other
professional memberships,” says
Pamela Pleasants, Assistant Dean of
Admission, Milton Academy.
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Running a school with no extended
learning day, and more than 700
students who ride buses from as far
away as East Boston, principal Mary
Driscoll understands what it means to
have a partner like Steppingstone:
It means more students gain access
to extra academic instruction on-site.
It means students who lack resources
and live at a distance can take advantage
of a supportive community. But, most
of all, it means more students can
dream of going to college.
“Steppingstone’s College Success
Academy takes students and whole
families by the hand, beginning
in fourth grade, and tells them it’s
possible to think about college,” says
the principal of the Thomas A. Edison
K-8 School in Brighton. “It creates a
core of college-minded middle-school
students, who become a leaven in the
dough of the whole school community.”
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Now in the second year of its
three-year pilot, the College Success
Academy currently operates at
Driscoll’s Edison School, as well as
the Jackson/Mann School, where
additional Scholars from the Gardner
Pilot Academy also attend. Modeled
after Steppingstone’s first initiative,
The Steppingstone Academy, the
College Success Academy runs
summer and after-school programs
for middle-school students in Boston
public schools who want to ready
themselves for a college prep
curriculum in high school.
“We have this cohort of students
that spends extra time during the
summer and three afternoons a week
during the school year on academics,”
reports Driscoll. This year, nearly a
third of Edison’s fifth-graders enrolled
in Steppingstone’s rigorous program.
“They begin to understand how to
become good students and how to
conduct themselves in the world,”
she observes. “This tends to rub off
on peers and the rest of the school
community. Having even a handful of
Scholars in a classroom helps teachers
get more traction with the entire class.”
But the impact the College
Success Academy has on the school
community doesn’t stop at the classroom threshold, Driscoll points out.
“Many of our families are immigrant
families. They don’t speak English,
and they don’t necessarily understand
school culture in this country.” In
fact, more than 40 percent of Edison
students are English language learners.
“The College Success Academy builds
another bridge for them. It teaches
them that college can be within reach.”
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Independent,
Catholic, and public
schools that partner
with Steppingstone
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395
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129
Alumni enrolled in
four-year colleges
Enriching School Communities
Scores of schools, colleges, and universities benefit from the
difference that Steppingstone Scholars make in their communities.
Here are a few of the ways in which we count ourselves proud.
588
Scholars currently enrolled
in independent, Catholic,
and public exam schools
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Awards for academic,
extracurricular, and
personal achievements
received by Scholars
in 2012
Principal Mary Driscoll at the
Thomas A. Edison K-8 School in Brighton.
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5
5
29
Scholars elected
as class presidents
88
Colleges currently attended
by Steppingstone Alumni
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16
Different countries
where Scholars
were born
Financial aid dollars
awarded in 2012
by independent and
Catholic schools to
Steppingstone Scholars
and their families
$6,769,723
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260
Families received
financial aid
counseling from
Steppingstone
180
Families attended Steppingstone’s fall
conference to learn about college
admissions, readiness, and financial aid
When the envelope from The Roxbury
Latin School arrived that cold Saturday
in March, Monique Denaud watched
anxiously as her son, Alvin, opened it,
read it, and then broke into a smile.
He’d done it. He’d gotten into one
of the most selective and storied
independent schools in Boston. And
in that moment, Alvin’s mother, who
came to Boston from Haiti, could see
a future for her son that she’d scarcely
imagined the year before.
“I never would have known this kind
of opportunity might be a possibility,”
she says.
While Alvin Massenat’s acceptance
at Roxbury Latin resulted from his own
hard work as a Steppingstone Scholar,
it is also the upshot of his family’s
tireless efforts. In addition to caring
for Alvin and his two sisters, Saika and
Atamawa, Monique works at a nursing
home in Brookline and is studying
part-time to become a registered
nurse. “Although it is sometimes hard,”
she confides, “this is the time for me
to help my kids find schools where
they have the best chance at a future.”
When Alvin began his academic
preparation with The Steppingstone
Academy last July, Monique had
hoped Steppingstone would give him
the focus and confidence he needed
to find a school that would both
challenge and nurture him. It did.
“The teachers and staff at Steppingstone were so helpful in organizing us
and making us feel comfortable looking at different schools,” she observes.
Currently a sixth-grader at the Rogers
Middle School in Hyde Park, Alvin
will bring his love of math, guitar,
and running to the campus of RL as
a seventh-grader this coming fall.
A generous financial aid package
will help make it possible. “Without
Steppingstone, I never would have
thought about trying to afford the
cost,” notes Monique. “I can’t even
really put into words how I feel,”
she adds.
“I’m trying to give my kids the best
life possible. I had heard how great
Steppingstone was. Now, I know it’s
true.”
Alvin Massenat '13 with mother, Monique Denaud, and
sisters, Atamawa and Saika, in their home in Mattapan.
Helping Families
When Steppingstone comes into the life of a Scholar, possibilities
are changed. So are families. For generations.
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Philanthropic partners like the State
Street Foundation understand the
impact Steppingstone has on Boston’s
workforce and economy. Having
supported our work for 20 years, the
foundation, and its parent corporation,
State Street Bank, have both seen the
return on their investment. They’ve
seen it in the hundreds of Scholars our
programs have helped prepare for
employment in the job markets of
today and tomorrow, and among the
ranks of State Street’s own employees,
where some young Steppingstone
alumni can now be found. Here’s how
Amanda Northrop, Vice President of
State Street Foundation, explains the
difference that Steppingstone makes:
“We have deep roots in the city of
Boston, and the focus of our work
is improving the employability and
economic self-sufficiency of vulnerable
people. That’s why the State Street
Foundation has been supporting the
work of Steppingstone since 1992.
Steppingstone’s holistic approach
and its long-term work with Scholars
assures that more young people
graduate from high school and are
prepared to apply for and make sound
decisions about college.
“The impact of Steppingstone’s
work extends well beyond what
happens in the classroom, however.
It really prepares Scholars for life and
careers. Workers today need resilience,
critical thinking, and an ability to both
communicate effectively and relate to
people from a variety of backgrounds.
We need to make sure our local
communities are producing job-ready
young professionals with these
kinds of skills. Steppingstone helps
us do that.”
Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce
Steppingstone’s impact doesn’t end with alma maters.
It continues in the careers of alumni and in the workplaces that
hire the qualified young professionals we help prepare.
Three alumni who worked for State Street Bank in 2012:
Donavan Brown '95
Thayer Academy 2001
Tufts University 2005
The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University,
Masters degree in International Business, 2011
Analyst, Professional Development Program,
State Street Bank
Currently Assistant Vice President,
Relationship Management Group, Brown Brothers Harriman
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Kevin Tran '94
Boston Latin Academy 2000
Boston University 2004
Intermediate Associate,
State Street Global Markets
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Scholar parents hired by
Steppingstone's Admission
Department in 2012
Students worked
as peer leaders, teaching
assistants, and interns
in 2012
Alumni in the
workforce
Krystal Brooks '93
Boston Latin School 1999
36% of alumni work in
business or finance
4% in law
7% in non-profit
organizations
University of Massachusetts, Boston 2006
Audit Specialist, State Street Global Advisors
21% in science,
technology,
engineering,
and math
(STEM) fields
11% in arts and
entertainment
21% in education
Hours of employment, jobreadiness, and leadership training
provided to students and families
by Steppingstone in 2012
9,843
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Steppingstone Scholars have graduated from the following colleges and universities:
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Amherst College (2) | Babson College (4) | Barnard College (3) | Bates College | Becker College
Bentley College (2) | Berklee College of Music | Boston College (13) | Boston University (19) | Bowdoin College (4)
Brandeis University | Bridgewater State University | Brown University (7) | Bryant University (2)
Bryn Mawr College (3) | Carnegie Mellon University | Centre College | Cheyney College | The Citadel Military College
Clark University (3) | Clarkson University | Colby College | College of the Holy Cross (6) | College of Wooster
Columbia College, Chicago | Columbia College, SC | Columbia University (8) | Connecticut College (2)
Curry College (2) | Dartmouth College (7) | Duke University | Eastern Nazarene College | Eckerd College
Emerson College (2) | Emmanuel College | Endicott College (2) | Fisk University | Fitchburg State College
Florida A&M University | Fordham University (4) | Framingham State University (2) | George Washington University (5)
Georgetown University (2) | Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia State University | Gordon College
Hamilton College (3) | Hampshire College | Hampton University (3) | Harvard University (14) | Howard University
Johns Hopkins University | Johnson & Wales University (2) | Lasell College (2) | Lesley University
Maine Maritime Academy | Marlboro College | Manhattan College (2) | Massachusetts College of Art & Design (3)
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science (5) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2)
Middlebury College | Morehouse College | Mount Holyoke College | New York University (2) | Nichols College
Northeastern University (21) | Pace University | Pine Manor College (4) | Providence College | Rollins College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rhode Island School of Design | Salem State College (1) | Santa Clara University
Savannah College of Art & Design | Simmons College (7) | Southern Connecticut State University | Spelman College (6)
Springfield College | St. Francis College | St. John’s University (2) | Stanford University | Stonehill College (2)
Suffolk University (4) | Syracuse University (7) | Temple University (5) | The New School | Trinity College, CT (2)
Trinity College, D.C. | Tufts University (8) | Tulane University | Tuskegee University | Union College
University of California, Berkeley | University of California, Davis | University of Connecticut
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (19), Boston (15), Dartmouth (2), Lowell (2) | University of Miami
University of New Hampshire (2) | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | University of Pennsylvania (4)
University of Pittsburgh | University of Rhode Island (2) | University of Richmond | University of Rochester
University of Southern California (3) | University of Vermont (2) | University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin, Madison | Wellesley College (4) | Wentworth Institute of Technology (2)
Wesleyan University (2) | Williams College (4) | Yale University (6)
Founders’ Circle
$50,000+
2012 Gift Report
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Anonymous '
Anonymous (2 gifts)
L.G. Balfour Foundation
Mrs. Leonard Block +
Brian & Karen Conway )
Betsy & Michael Danziger +
The Ford Foundation 9
Charles Hayden Foundation )
Joanna & Jon Jacobson )
Liberty Mutual Foundation, Inc. )
Isabelle & Ian Loring '
Holly McGrath & David Bruce/
Highland Street Foundation '
A. Peter Monaco +
Medha Sinha & Arthur G. Epker III )
Richard and Susan Smith Family
Foundation 9
President’s Circle
$10,000 - $49,999
Anonymous '
Anonymous (2 gifts) +
Anonymous )
Abrams Foundation 9
Bain Capital Children’s Charity LTD )
Bank of America Foundation )
John G. & Amy Smith Berylson )
C. Hunter Boll )
The Boston Foundation
Linda & Mark Borden
Deb & John Brennan/Hunt Street Fund '
Kate & Chuck Brizius )
Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Julie & Kevin Callaghan
Mrs. Peter H. O. Claudy )
The Clipper Ship Foundation
Devin & Erin Condron
John & Stephanie Connaughton '
Kerrie & James Coughlin '
David & Victoria Croll )
Peggy & Dick Danziger +
Dean Welfare Trust '
Sandy & Paul Edgerley '
The Evans Family Foundation )
Fidelity Investments 9
Sandy & Dozier Gardner '
Debbie & Keith Gelb
Kate & Tom Gilbane '
Kaia & Jonathan Goldstein '
Barbara & Amos Hostetter '
Kimberly Hsu-Barber & Jeffrey Barber '
Olga & Scott Jaeckel )
Abby Johnson & Chris McKown
Allison & Edward Johnson )
Darlene & Gerald Jordan
Karen Kames & Christopher Gaffney )
Karp Family Foundation '
J. C. Kellogg Foundation '
Mary Beth & Adam Kirsch )
The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein
Fund, Inc. +
Linde Family Foundation '
Anne R. Lovett & Stephen G. Woodsum )
The Ludcke Foundation
Carolyn & Peter S. Lynch
Peter Lyon
Paul Maeder & Gwill York
Tristin & Martin Mannion )
Andy & Linda McLane )
Kristin & Stephen Mugford '
Brooke & William Muggia
Marion & David Mussafer '
Thomas O’Donnell & Christina
Wing-O’Donnell/The Karen Wing
Family Charitable Foundation )
Amelia Peabody Foundation
Red Sox Foundation
Stephanie & Adam Rogers 9
The Richard Eric Rosenberg Foundation )
Pixley & Kenneth Schiciano )
William E. Schrafft and Bertha E. Schrafft
Charitable Trust )
John & Susan Simon +
Christine & Robert Small )
State Street Foundation 9
The Tudor Foundation, Inc. '
Amanda & John Waldron
Amy & John Weinberg )
Jenny & Sandy Weymouth/Hess
Foundation '
Connie & Sankey Williams 9
Scholars’ Society
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous (3 gifts)
Melora & Andrew Balson '
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Block )
Jennifer & Jonathan Block )
Marina & Walter Bornhorst '
Katie & Don Bramley 9
Bushrod H. Campbell and Adah F. Hall
Charity Fund '
Constance B. Coburn & James DeK.
Houghton )
The Cosette Charitable Fund '
Lisa & Todd Cronan '
Laura DeBonis & Scott Nathan 9
Gretchen Effgen & Anthony Schweizer '
Cynthia A. Fisher & C. James Koch
Jennifer Mugar Flaherty & Peter G.
Flaherty II '
Nancy & Richard Friedman +
Abigail Ross Goodman & Mark Goodman
Blair & Jacqueline Hendrix '
Mariem Horchani & Stephen Murphy
Anne & Colin McNay 9
Barbara & Richard Melvoin )
Anne & Jeff Mitchell 9
Martha Mugar 9
Northern Trust
Pappendick Family
Marsha & Justin Perreault 9
Michael & Emily Phillips
Emily & Drew Pluhar '
Reebok Foundation
Lindsey & Matthew Russell
Jeanne & Bob Savitt )
Ellen & Steve Segal '
Richard, Ann, John & James Solomon
Foundation
Jennifer & Seth Stier 9
Suzie Tapson & Gordon Burnes '
Resa & John Wing
+ Denotes donors who have made gifts for at least 20 consecutive years.
) Denotes donors who have made gifts for at least 10 consecutive years.
' Denotes donors who have made gifts for at least 5 consecutive years.
9 Denotes donors who have made gifts for at least 3 consecutive years.
13
Benefactors
$1,000–$4,999
14
Anonymous (2 gifts) '
The Sidney & Beatrice Albert Foundation 9
Pamela & Bear Albright
Nichole & Richard Aldrich/
RA Capital Associates 9
Kristen & James Atwood 9
Fiona & James Benenson
Meg & Tomas Bergstrand 9
Tricia & Tim Blank )
Elizabeth & Seth Brennan
Bruce Breimer & Lorna Doran )
Jessica & Rob Broggi
Maribeth & Mark Brostowski
Robin & Marcia Brown
Bill & Barbara Burgess '
Cindy & Warren Burroughs, Jr. '
Susan Okie Bush '
Kristin & Joseph Casey
Katherine Chapman
Christensen-Dunn Early Foundations Fund )
Dr. John & Bette Cohen 9
Wendy & Travis Connors 9
Peter Cornetta
Sheena & David M. Danziger )
Margot & Jon Davis 9
Motoko & Gordon Deane
Coleen & Ted Dinneen )
Deanna & Tony DiNovi
Darren J. Donovan
Sadhana & Rick Downs '
Michael & Barbara Eisenson )
Lee & Jack Englert )
Mara & Stuart Feldman
Mark & Janelle Fisher 9
Joan FitzGerald 9
Betsey & Charlie Gifford
Lynn & James Gilbert
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Brad Goldstein/Oxbow
59
Boston schools from which
The Steppingstone Academy
drew Scholars
Sharon Grady
Judy Grant & Jon McLaughlin
Liz & Art Greenwood
Jeffrey & Victoria Hadden
Jeanne & Thomas Hagerty
Alex & Abbe Hocherman
Abigail Housen & Harry Lasker
Skip Hughes & Barry Tubman 9
Virginia Hutcheson 9
Susan Jefferson & Paisley Boney
Char Joslin & Les Cheek 9
Charlotte & Charlie Kline '
Tania & Gordon Kluzak )
Diana & Todd Knightly
Cynthia & Jeffrey Leach
Sondra H. Levenson
Kate Lubin & Glen Sutton '
Rania Matar & Jean Abouhamad
Pam & Stuart Mathews '
Rebecca Melvoin/Melvoin Foundation
Jim & Lisa Mooney '
Kelley Murphy '
Kathleen & Mike Nilles
Pete Oberle
Laura & Steve Peck 9
Carolyn & Phillip Perelmuter 9
PNC Foundation
Amy Feind Reeves & Douglas Reeves
Rachel Rock & Joshua Levy
Jean Weinberg Rose & Jeff Rose )
Carol & Bill Sahlman
Holly & Louis Salemy
Sue & Ted Saraceno
Caterina & Dan Schwinn )
Robert G. Segel & Janice L. Sherman )
Kristine & Ned Shadek
The Shane Foundation )
Barbara & Edward Shapiro
Brent Edward Shay +
Lori & Matthew Sidman
Esther Simon Charitable Trust +
Peter J. Solomon Family Foundation
Abby Sosland & Mark Goodman '
Sovereign Bank Foundation
Colleen Spencer
Jill & Michael Stansky
Paige & Rick Sutphin
Polly & Ming Tsai
Linette & Geoff Van Flandern
Diane & Ralph Vogel
Eve Waterfall & Claire Walton
Catherine & Scott Webster
Marilee Wheeler )
Linda Wisnewski & William Collatos
Patrons
$250–$999
84
Anonymous (3 gifts)
Anonymous
Anonymous
Alli & Bill Achtmeyer
Erica Adler
Russell Ain
Martina Albright & Jon Bernstein '
Dave Alexander 9
Mark & Kathy Alperin
Maren Anderson & Duke Collier
Marie & Alex Attia
Sara & Charlie Ayres
Jennifer & Bracknell Baker
Pam & Jesse Baker
Robert P. Ball )
James Barry
Susan Barry
Maryann & Paul Bell
Elizabeth & Coleman Benedict 9
Fred & Tricia Bentley )
Sheri E. Berman & Gideon Rose/
The Baobab Fund )
Elizabeth Berylson
Tyler Blackwell
Amy & Ben Bloomstone '
Kristin Blount
Elaine Boltz
Tarah & Allen Breed
Charles & Kathryn Brown
Liese & David Brown
Elizabeth Bryant
Chris Burke
Gail & Matt Burr
Jonathan Busch
Katie & Paul Buttenwieser )
Ania & Carlos Camargo 9
Jane Carr
Nicolette Clifford
Adam Cohen
Claire J. Cohen
Dimitri Cohen 9
Ashley B. Coleman
Jessica & Brian Collins
Casey & Christina Condron
Sarah & Lance Conrad
Drew & Kim Conway
Molly Conway
Hope & Louis Crosier )
David Crowley/Crowley & Cummings, LLC
Lindsay Deane
Kristen Deane
Scholars taken on Steppingstone college tours
Dick & Maryellen Denning
Emily & Michael Denning
Rob & Dubs Dickey '
Rose DiSanto & Stephen Starnes )
Trevor Doe
MaKenzie & Daniel Domb
David Donahoe
Laurie B. Donahoe )
Jeaniene & Mark Donovan
Beth & David Drubner
Beth Duggan '
Betsy & Rick Edie +
Tim Ehrlich
Jennifer & John Eielson 9
Epstein/Carver Family Foundation )
Caroline Erisman 9
Katherine Fabiani
Katie & Mike Fahey
June Ferestien & Michael Winton
Laurel & Ken Ferretti '
Michael Flaherty 9
Valerie & Doug Fleishman
Leslie & Michael Franchella
Timothy Furcillo
Adele Gagne & Rick Hardy
Beth Gilbert-Bono & Mark Bono
Kelly & Michael Glew )
Deborah Glotzer 9
Allison & Matthew Godoff
Andrew Gorgone 9
Melissa Gorham
Eric & Katie Green
Jessica Greenberg & Rob Bombardier
Donald & Martha Greenhalgh )
Andrew & Liz Hahn +
Elizabeth & Edward Halloran
Meredith Hanrahan
Michael & Chinita Hard '
Danielle & André Heard )
Zachary Heath
Robert & Ross Henderson
Tamara & Peter Hermann
Molly Hogue
Carrin Holborn
The Hoppin/Thomas Family
Charles Hovsepian
Joan Howland & William Webber )
Charles Humber
Barbara & Thomas Israel
Community Foundation of Southeastern
Massachusetts – Hope and David
Jeffrey Fund )
Julia & Peter Johannsen 9
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Johnson 3d '
Ann & Ed Kania
Thomas Karthaus
Will & Chris Kendall
Nicole & Arvind Khanna 9
Erin & Hyung-Do Kim
Louise Totten Knabe )
Connie & Peter Lacaillade
William Laub
Christina & David Lavalle
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Lee )
Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Lind '
William T. Lynch & Ingrid G. Larson )
Melissa & William Lyons
Alice & Todd Markson
Liz & Michael McCabe
Lynne Menichetti
Karen Meyers & Jay Zagorsky
Brian Morris
Victoria Moskowitz & Lee Glickenhaus 9
Nicole & Terry Murray
Elizabeth & Todd Needham
James Nicoletti
Amy & Tom Olivier
Anne O’Neil & James Ricotta
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Pellegrino9
Tom & Trish Perlmutter
Christian & Russ Porter 9
Katie & Brooks Porter
Stephen Richard
Ken & Kathryn Robinson
Brad Roblin
Kristin Roda
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew L. Root '
Christina Ros
Jenna Rothbard
Maggie Sahlman
Anni & Charles Santry
Tedd Saunders
Alys & George Scott
Robert F. Shapiro, Jr. +
Justin Shaw
Mark R. Simmons, Jr. 9
Adrienne & Curtis Smith
Mason Smith & Gordon Green
Steven M. Smith
Kendrin Sonneville
Barbara G. Starnes
Thomas Stemberg & Katherine Chapman
Robert A. M. Stern )
Rachel & David Stettler
Karen Welt Steeves & Jeff Steeves
Zoe & Brad Stoesser
Carol & Howard Stoner 9
John & Leslie Stonestreet
Shannon Stowell
David Sullivan
Mark & Katie Sullivan
Victoria Svirskiy
Derek Taff
Amy Tassendorf
Kerry & John Tavernese
Sandra & Bob Taylor 9
Marah Thornhill
Christina Tiemann
Arzu & Murat Tuncata 9
Rachelle Waiting
Courtney Jacobs Walsh
Lucas Walsh
Dix & Alexandra Wheelock
Sylvia D. Whitman
Regina Joseph Winslow
Jeremy Wintersteen
Doug & Abby Wolfson
Elizabeth & Robert Wood
Kate & Hamilton Wood '
Sara L. Wragge )
Daphne & Yishai Zohar
Friends
Up to $250
Anonymous '
Anonymous (4 gifts)
Anonymous (2 gifts) 9
Kristin Achtmeyer
Erica Allen
Nancy Allison
Michael Andreini
Michael Ansman
Alycia Aube
Joanna Aven Howarth
Stuart Badrigian
Maria Baimas-George
Samantha Bain
Jennifer Baker
Nell Beattie
Emily Beck
Audrey Bell
Cheryl & Adam Bendtsen
Adam Benson
Cam Berjoan
Brian Berube & Susan Wolff )
Robert Biederman
Helen Black
Nancy & Todd Bland
Kevin Bodkin
Kathryn & John Boger
James Bomberg
Patricia Bowler & David Wendell 9
Dr. William Boyd & Ms. Deborah Blish '
Tara Brady
Meghan Brahm 9
Hilary Brayton
Matthew Breuer
Teves Brighton
Jamie Brod
Nate Buffum
Alexandra Burns
Iris Butnaru
Shirley & Eugene Buzderewicz 9
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Byrnes
Robert J. Carpenter
David Carson
John Carter
Liza Casella
Young May Cha
Bruce Chafee
Jae Chang
Jane B. Clark
Megan Clark
Sara & Gregory Clark
Franklin Cohen & Frances Ginn
Claire Cohen
872
Samantha Cohen
Andrew H. Cohn '
Casey Coleman
Damon Coleman
Ann S. Coles
Allie Conway
Christina Corda
Alison Corey
Jessica Courtney '
Cornelia Cronan
Jessie Cronan
Chris & Meredith Danis
Constantine Davides
Molly Davidson
Michelle & Thomas Davis
Drew Davis
Caitlin Day-Lewis
Juliet DeFrancisco
Brian & Katy Denning
Charles Devens III 9
Patrick Devlin
Students
Margaret Dinan 9
applied to The
Mark Dolan
Steppingstone
Jamie Donelan
Academy
Courtney Doran
Andrew Dresner
Christine Driscoll 9
Mary Driscoll & Luke Hill
Mihaela Dumea
Molly & Stephens Dunne
Elizabeth Geller
Katie Dunphy
Bianca Germain
Sarah Dussault
Raya Gildor 9
Laura Eliason
Tom & Jeremy Glenn
Valerie Eliason & Matthew Bennett
Robert Glor
Sharon & Stephen Engler '
Nicolle Goldfinger
Taylor Evans
Alex Gonzalez
John Faubert & Elizabeth Pratt '
David Gould
Julie & Mike Fay
Christine Govern
Kathleen Federico
Angela Grant
Kate Femino
Marisa Greenwald
Marlene Ferrante
Tyler Griffith
Mark & Tobey Fidler )
Skylar Griggs
Nancy & Barry Fisch
Jackie Grodin
Edward Fish
Sean Grover
Rachel Fish
Michael Hacker
Andrew Flick
Antony Haivanis
Sarah & Charlie Forbes
Julia Halleran 9
Patrick Ford
Maura Halloran 9
Marc Fortier
Rachel Haltom-Irwin
David Foster
Yasmin Hamed
Beth Friedman
Rachel Hamilton
Elizabeth Friel 9
Mike & Leslie Hammer +
Courtney Gardner
Jenna Hardy
Laurence A. Geffin & Yurika Hashizume
Rebecca Harris
Geffin
522
Books purchased for Scholars
Baron Hartley '
Tom & Emily Haslett )
Mr. & Mrs. George Hatsopoulos )
Emily Hawkridge
Pat & Jeff Hayden
Robert Hayes )
Kelly Heard
Kate Heffernan
Katherine Hein
Mary & Winder Heller
Aaron Herr
Ann Hickey
Barbara & William Hickey
Polly & Prentiss Higgins
David Hill
Jonathan Hill
Diana Hoffman
Richmond Holden
Joe Horgan
William Hughto
Ben & Lisa Humphreys 9
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Emily Ingardia
Raymonde Jacquet
Sufia & Yasin Jamal 9
Mary Lee Jamieson
15
35
16
Megan Wells Jamieson
Doris & Robert Janowski
Matt Javitch
David & Mary Johanson )
Megan & Ted Johnson
Jack Kane
Lauren Kaplan
Brad Karelitz
Julia Karol
Sarah Kaster
Dana Katz
Margot Kearney '
Nell Kelleher
Brian Kelly 9
Monica Kelly
Keith Kenney 9
Allison Kent Trumbull & Robert Trumbull
Kimberly Kerivan
Matt Kessler
Lindsay Kneen
Carter Knight
Jeff Krafchick
Erica Krueger
Zachary Kubetz
Colleen & Rob Kurson
Kate Lagana
Dana Lampert
Joshua Langsam
Laura Moberg Lavoie & Brian Lavoie
Elena Lee
Meredith Legg
Liane & Lloyd Levenson
Stephanie Levy
Claire Lewis
Janet Lewis
Jennifer Lewis & Christopher Buell '
Tyler Lewis
John Lieb
Beckham & Robert Lindon
Lauren & James Lipscomb
Cara Lodigiani
Heather Long
Evan Lorey
Stephen Losordo Jr.
Kevin Love
Elizabeth Lyle
Hallie Mabrey
Bridget Mackey
Clara Maddox
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Maher )
Holly Maloney 9
Josh Mandel
Alicia Manning
Ivette & Ivan Manrique
Teachers on
our summer
faculty
Ashley Marlenga 9
Michael Marshall )
Stefanie Matthews
Peter & Porter May )
Abby Mayer
Shontel McAlpine
Joyce & Joseph McCaffrey
Claire McClintock
Katie McEvoy
Tricia & Geoffrey McGean )
Erin McGrath
Doreen McGuire 9
Molly McInerney
Joe McKeever
Colin Mckelligan
Jill Medvedow & Richard Kazis
Molly Melican
Shannon Milillo
Abigail Moffat
Eleanor Molyneux
Laura Montgomery
Sarah Moore
Veronica & Eric Morganti
Peter A. Mullin '
Anne M. Murphy
Colleen Murphy
Jessica Murphy
Julia Murphy
Melissa Murray & Kristin Arcangeli
Taraneh Naghieh
Anaide Nahikian
Elizabeth & Marshall Neilson )
Marianne & John Nelson )
Max Nibert '
Alexandra & Jonathan Nichols
Monica Niedermeyer
Emily Nixon
Daniel Noonan
Troy Norris
Jeffrey Nowil
Christopher O’Brien
Michael O’Brien
Ryan O’Connor
Caitlin O’Hara
Matt O’Malley
Thomas L. P. O’Donnell )
Robert & Sara Ohlheiser
Jessica Orsina
Elizabeth Owens
Danielle Palihnich
Elizabeth Parfit
Meggie Patterson
Camille Payne
Kay & Rodger Payne
Tom & Ellen Payzant 9
Richard Peaver
Josh Peck
Hadley Pennington
Heike Pfaeffle
Karen Pick )
Laura Pierce
Gina Placanico
Thomas Poaps
Marisa Porter
Julie & Michael Posternack
Amanda Powers
Caitlin Previdi
Arthur Price
Christian Price & John LoBue
Tyler Price
Chris Primiano
Alec Radzikowski
George & Fernande Raine
Elizabeth Rampolla
Elizabeth Ratto & Roy Y. Liu
Kyle Rattray
Sebastian Roervig
Jess Rowlands
Robert Rutkowski
Ellen Ryan
Gail Ryan
Emily Salema
Allison Elizabeth Savage
Patrick Scanlon
Magda & Stephen Schleicher
Anne Schwabenbauer
Suzy Schwartz
Ilana Sclar
Rachel Segall & James Hurley
Hilary Segar
Jesse Shaw & Elizabeth Lyons
Mary Sheehan
Gretchen Sherwood
Nathan Shippee
Amy Shirk
Richard Silverman )
Jacqueline Sims
Rahul Singh
Eleanor Smith
Jill Snider
Natalie Sperling
Vivian & Lionel Spiro
Sara Steele-Rogers
Joan & Robert Stein
Margaret Stewart & Ted Merritt
Molly Storer
William Stout
David Stringer
Griffin Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
John Switchenko
Anne Taylor
Lynne Mooney Teta & Anthony Teta
Rebecca & Kevin Tidmarsh '
Warren Tolman
Belinda & Seth Traub
James P. Tremble
Katie Tully
Nancy & Tony Ullman +
John Van der Stricht
Jane Viner
Katie Wadsworth
Andrea & Greg Wagoner
David & Gwen Wanger )
Elizabeth Ward 9
Valerie Weed
Michael Weiler
Andrew Weiner
Linda Weinstein
Chris Westlund
Betsy Wheeler
Jackie White
Mike White
Brandon Wilson-Evitt & Steven Evitt
Raymond Wu
Samantha Yanofsky
This report is accurate to the best of
our knowledge. We sincerely apologize
for any errors or omissions.
Steppingstone would like to thank
the following corporations for
their generous support:
$5,000+
The Charles Hotel
Di Santo Design
Ropes & Gray LLP
Up to $4,999
AAA
Artu Rosticceria & Trattoria
Beacon Hill Hotel and Bistro
Belmont Day School
Blue Ginger
Boston Organics
Boston Public School DELTAS
Bristol Lounge
Cape Cod Country
Captain John’s Charters
The Cambridge School of Weston
Castanea Partners
Delicious Desserts
Dexter and Southfield School
East Boston Savings Bank
East Meets West Catering
Exhale
Fay School
Fenn School
Four Preppy Paws
Goodwin Procter, LLP
The Governor’s Academy/
Dr. Peter H. Quimby
Gretta Cole
Harvard Business School Student
Association
Hingham Savings Bank
in-jean-ius
Ippolita
JoJo Loves You
L’Espalier
La Campania
Life in Synergy
Local 149
Lucca
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Matthew Bennet Photography
The Meadowbrook School of Weston
Mint Julep
Mistral
Newton Country Day School
North End Yoga
North River Outfitter
The Overlook Golf Club
Pam Walker Interior Design
Park School
Recycle Studio
The Ritz-Carlton
Roomba
The Roxbury Latin School
Sammy Leigh Photos
Samuel Adams
Sara Campbell Ltd.
Savenor’s Market
Shady Hill School
Simple Details Events
Smith & Wollensky
Tennis & Racquet Club
Tickets for Charity
Tie Your Apron
Towne Manicure
Twilight
Urban Decay
Veritas Tutors, LLC
W Hotel
Watermill Management Company
The Winsor School
Winston Flowers
Zipcar
Zocalo
Steppingstone would like to thank
the following corporations for
their matching gifts:
Anonymous (2 gifts)
Adobe Systems Incorporated '
American Tower
Bank of America Foundation
BNY Mellon
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation 9
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
Insurance Services Office, Inc.
State Street Foundation
Verisk
Wells Fargo Foundation '
Gifts were made to Steppingstone
in honor of the following individuals:
Jennifer & Jonathan Block
Kerry Brennan
Buckingham Browne & Nichols Class of
1997
Brian J. Conway
Zora Davis
Caitlin Day-Lewis
Spencer Gaffney
Kate & Tom Gilbane
Kelly Glew
Alison & Matthew Godoff
Kenneth Goulin
Allison Johnson
Julia Karol
Michael Lefebvre
Alison & Craig Levy
Ian & Isabelle Loring
Camille Payne
Emily & Michael Phillips
We are so grateful for the
generous support of Steppingstone
Alumni. A special thanks to
Alain Davis ‘91, Eric Andrew ‘94,
and Timothy O’Connell ‘96
for their leadership gifts.
Names in bold denote gifts
of $100 or more.
Leo Boatswain ‘91
Alain Davis ‘91
Katie O’Leary Keegan ‘91
Natasha Velickovic ’91
Ivan DeJesus ‘92
Timothy Healey ‘92
Lois Bonsu ‘93
Colgan Johnson ‘93
Eric Andrew ‘94
Alex Bien-Aime ‘94
Kevin Tran ‘94
Donavan Brown ‘95 & Lauren Brown '
Stephond Goler ‘95
Marcus Haymon ‘95
J. P. Jacquet ‘95
Johane Alexis ‘96
Channel Baez ‘96
Joy Kogut ‘96 9
Timothy O’Connell ‘96
Kaitlin Barry Pellerin ‘96 & David Pellerin
Cynthia Nguy ‘97 '
Emely Orellana ‘97
Kousha Bautista-Saeyan ‘98 9
A.T. Desta ‘99
Darian Reid-Sturgis ‘99
Lamarr Rollins ‘99
Robyn E. Gibson ‘00 9
Craig Groves ‘00
Keanna Hagood ‘00
Roshaun LaForce ‘00
Sophia Tsakmaklis ‘00
Tran Vu ‘00 9
Marissa Bias ‘01
Max Clermont ‘01
Donald Medor ‘01
Courtney Monahan ‘01
Samantha Salfity ‘01
Shanelle Walker ‘01
Tinyan Chan ‘02
Anthony Mathieu ‘02
72
Care packages (which included encouraging letters,
ramen noodles, highlighters, and more!) sent
to college freshmen before their first final exams
15
Languages spoken in the
homes of Steppingstone
families
17
234
School visits by Steppingstone staff
18
National Partnership for Educational
Access
Berylson Fund for Leadership
Development
We are grateful to the following organizations
for their support of NPEA.
Amy Smith Berylson and John Berylson
established The Berylson Fund for Leadership
Development to provide Steppingstone’s staff
with high-quality professional development
opportunities that would enable them to
better serve the needs of a growing organization.
In 2012, the Fund generously supported
programs of professional development
for three Steppingstone staff members.
President and Chief Operating Officer Kelly
Glew attended a course entitled “Strategic
Perspectives in Nonprofit Management,”
offered by Harvard Business School’s Social
Enterprise Initiative. The program cultivates
mastery in nonprofit leadership, with the aim
of improving organizational effectiveness.
Megan Wells, Director of Scholars and Families,
and Audra Peek, Admission Senior Associate,
participated in Boston University School
of Management’s Institute for Nonprofit
Management and Leadership. Over the course
of nine months, these talented members of
the Steppingstone staff learned best practices
in team, project, and financial management,
in addition to core leadership skills. We are
grateful for the support of the Berylson Fund,
which continues to foster excellence and high
levels of professional competency among
Steppingstone’s hard-working staff.
Anonymous
A Better Chance
ACT, Inc.
The Associated Colleges of Illinois
Boston College Law School
Buffalo Prep
Cate School
Chicago Scholars
The College Board
College Possible
The Common Application
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
DePaul University Center for Access and
Attainment
DePaul University Center for Intercultural
Programs
ERB
John Fanning, in honor of The Partners
Program at The College Preparatory
School
High Jump
Meredith Laban, in honor of Horizons at
Dedham Country Day School
Horizons for Youth
Illinois Network of Charter Schools
Indian Springs School
inRESONANCE
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Johns Hopkins University Center for
Talented Youth
Latin School of Chicago
Milton Academy
National Scholarship Providers Association
New Jersey SEEDS
Ninde Scholars Program
Oberlin College
Odyssey
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pine Manor College
Polk Bros. Foundation
Prep@Pingree at Pingree School
Project Grad Atlanta
Rainier Scholars
Reach for Excellence
Peggy Sarkela, in honor of REACH Prep
School and Student Services by NAIS
Schuler Scholar Program
SSATB
St. George’s Independent School
Foundation
147
397
Donors giving
for five
consecutive
years or more
Dollars raised at
our annual gala
$793,77
35
New donors
811
Donors who
gave in 2012
47
97
Each year, hundreds of individuals
777
5
Corporations and
foundations supporting
Steppingstone
11
Pixley Schiciano, member of Steppingstone's
Board of Ambassadors and a donor since 1999,
in her home in Wellesley, Mass.
and philanthropic organizations lend
their support to our work. You donate
your time, your expertise, your dollars.
We are humbled by not only what
you give to Steppingstone, but also
why you give. The reasons for your
generosity continually reward and
inspire us. Consider why Pixley
Schiciano supports Steppingstone,
and you’ll see what we mean:
“Steppingstone and the Scholars it
serves are just so inspirational. They
remind me all the time of why we care
and why our philanthropic support
matters. My daughter’s best friend is a
Steppingstone Scholar. My son’s
Latin teacher is also an alumnus of
Steppingstone. So, my family has
benefited directly and personally from
the impact that Steppingstone is making
in the world.
“I’m fortunate enough to have had
a lot of wonderful opportunities in my
life. What Steppingstone provides is
the chance to spread opportunities
around to others. But aside from
the great work, the people who are
drawn to this mission also inspire and
impress me. I get to share the passions
of an entire community of committed
people. And that’s just thrilling,
rewarding, and easy. It gives me such
a sense of fulfillment that I can honestly
say to myself: ‘This is something I
really want to go out and be a part of
today.’”
Gratitude
Steppingstone’s donors know their
generosity changes lives. Including
their own.
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Statements of Financial Position
Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets
Assets
Operating Revenue and Support:
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Current portion of accounts and pledges receivable
Other receivables
Prepaid expenses
Total current assets
$1,132,233
$1,038,617
7,235
62,003
2,240,088
Pledges Receivable, net of current portion and discount
Property & Equipment, net
Deposits
Total assets
923,716
128,251
45,428
$3,337,483
Fundraising events
Less - cost of direct benefit to donors
Net fundraising events revenue
Contributions and grants
Conference
In-kind revenue
Membership income
Other income
Interest income
Total operating revenue and support
$909,640
(89,576)
820,064
$3,581,783
$136,930
$107,331
$69,887
$10,636
$1,431
4,728,062
Operating Expenses:
Liabilities & Net Assets
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
Deferred revenue
Total current liabilities
Deferred Rent
201,790
118,205
319,995
75,287
Total liabilities
395,282
Net Assets
20
Unrestricted:
Operating
Property & Equipment
1,057,858
128,251
Total unrestricted
1,186,109
Temporarily restricted
1,756,092
Total net assets
2,942,201
Total liabilities and net assets
$3,337,483
Program Services:
Steppingstone Academy
College Success Academy
National Partnership for Educational Access
Replication
Total Program Services
2,315,678
783,654
410,786
83,768
3,593,886
Supporting Services:
General and administrative
Development
582,146
835,156
Total supporting services
1,417,302
Total operating expenses
5,011,188
Changes in net assets from operations
(283,126)
Other Revenues:
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Investments impairment allowance
Changes in net assets
Net Assets, beginning of year
Net Assets, end of year
(8,691)
(76,698)
(368,515)
3,310,716
$ 2,942,201
Financial Statements for December 31, 2012
2012
The Steppingstone Foundation, Inc.
The Steppingstone Foundation
Founded in 1990, The Steppingstone
Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization that develops and
implements programs that prepare
underserved schoolchildren for
educational opportunities that lead to
college success. Based on the premise
that, regardless of circumstance,
children can achieve at high levels
academically with effective preparation
and support, Steppingstone programs
emphasize rigorous standards and
achieve meaningful results.
The Steppingstone Foundation runs
three programs in Boston:
The Steppingstone Academy prepares
underserved middle-grade students for
admission to competitive independent,
Catholic, and public exam schools
through a rigorous 14-month academic
component, followed by comprehensive
support services to ensure that Scholars
thrive, graduate from high school, and
earn degrees from four-year colleges.
Each year, The Steppingstone Academy
serves 1,000 Scholars in grades five
through 12, and an additional 400
Alumni Scholars in college.
The College Success Academy,
which
welcomed its pilot class of 46 Scholars
in July 2011, provides after-school and
summer academic programming to the
students attending three partner
Boston public K-8 schools: the Jackson/
Mann, the Edison, and the Gardner
Pilot Academy. Scholars participate in
a program of academic preparation,
modeled after The Steppingstone
Academy, which spans four academic
years and five summers. Scholars
attend their first six-week summer
session before fifth grade, and attend
after-school classes three times a week
during the school year. In high school,
Scholars will receive comprehensive
support services, including academic
mentoring, social/emotional counseling,
and college guidance.
The National Partnership for Educational
Access (NPEA) is a membership
association that supports organizations
providing college access programming
to underserved students across the
country. NPEA has more than 240
members in 33 states, collectively
serving 150,000 students. Through an
annual national conference, regional
meetings, and professional development
offerings, NPEA serves as a convener,
disseminating best practices and key
findings to programs across the
country, in order to strengthen the
field of college access. Visit NPEA at
www.educational-access.org.
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The Steppingstone Foundation is grateful
to 23 staff members who contributed to
the research, reporting, and creation of
this report. We also thank the following
firms that donated or discounted their
services to make the design and printing
of this annual report possible:
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The Steppingstone Foundation is
committed to a policy of equal treatment
for all individuals.
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