2006 Annual Report - America`s Promise

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A N N U A L
R E P O R T
WHO WE ARE
We are the nation’s largest alliance of
corporations, nonprofit organizations,
foundations, policymakers, advocacy and
faith groups committed to harnessing the collective
strengths of a partner network to improve the
well-being of our young people. We are proof
that the power of the Alliance is greater than the
sum of its parts.
Together, we know that the success of our children
is grounded in having caring adults in their lives,
safe places, a healthy start, an effective education
and opportunities to help others.
Building on the legacy of our founder, General
Colin Powell, we are the leader in forging strong
and effective partnerships committed to seeing
that children experience the fundamental
resources they need to succeed — the Five
Promises — at home, in school and in the
community.
WHAT WE DO
Through increasing awareness, advocating for
children and engaging in a few powerful initiatives,
we use the strength of our partnerships to more
effectively and strategically bring the power of the
Five Promises to America’s children — enabling
them to have the resources they need to succeed
in life, lead happier, healthier and productive lives,
and build a stronger society.
“The job of ensuring the well-being of our children is
too big for government alone. It is too big for parents
alone or for nonprofits alone or for schools alone. But
it is not too big for all of us pulling together. That is the
real power behind our Alliance. We accomplish far
more working together than any of us can achieve
working alone. It is the only way we can succeed. The
challenges confronting our young people are
ultimately a challenge to our nation’s future. And we
can meet those challenges only as a nation.”
Marguerite W. Kondracke
President and CEO
America’s Promise Alliance
Dear Friends,
As we enter our second decade, our Alliance has never been stronger,
more productive, or more relevant. But our work has also never been
more urgent.
In 1997, our Alliance began after all the living presidents came together and challenged
Americans to make the well-being of our young people a national priority. On separate
fronts across this nation, Alliance partners and many others have taken up the challenge.
Today, our revitalized Alliance is stronger than ever before. We are forging more of the
multi-sector collaborations that deliver lasting, meaningful change. More than any other
time in our history, we are increasing awareness, taking action and engaging in direct
advocacy for children and youth.
At the same time, the challenge America faces remains large and urgent.
As a nation we have equipped too few of our young people with the resources that
yield success. In a country that rightly aspires to leave no child behind, we have
shortchanged millions.
The consequences of this failure are all too evident:
•
Roughly 25% of all students and 50% of students of color fail to complete high
school on time, and most will never earn a diploma.
•
Only 30% of our 8th-graders are proficient in math.
•
The infant mortality among African Americans is more than twice as high as
the national average.
•
A recently released report by UNICEF on child well-being ranked 21 developed
nations. The United States finished next to last.
In a 21st-century world that is more interconnected and competitive than ever before,
we cannot afford to continue in this direction. For all of us, keeping the promise of
America to our young people is both an economic necessity and a moral imperative.
Based on research and experience, our Alliance partners affirm that increasing high school
graduation rates — our overarching priority — is the long-term key to reversing the failures
that turn disadvantaged young people into disenfranchised adults, and places our whole
nation at risk.
The key to improving graduation rates, in turn, is ensuring that more young people experience
the Five Promises, the resources that correlate with success.
Toward that end, we have refocused our Alliance with a new strategic plan, powerful new
collaborations, a new emphasis on advocacy, new action and new energies.
Together, we are committed to changing the way America serves children and families — and
to harnessing the collective power of the Alliance to bring about sustained change in the lives
of millions of disadvantaged young Americans. We believe we have taken important new
steps in that direction.
Marguerite W. Kondracke
President and Chief Executive Officer
The past 12 months have marked a turning point
for the America’s Promise Alliance.
We believe they may also mark a turning point
for America’s children.
children’s lives) in ways that give greater
focus to the work of all youth-serving
organizations.
And it is built upon three powerful pillars:
■
raising awareness;
■
taking action through strategies
that will bring more Promises to
more young people; and
■
Beginning in 2005 and building momentum
advocating on behalf of children
and families.
throughout 2006, we have taken our work
to a higher level and are fulfilling another
Most of all, our plan involves working
part of our founding vision. More than
together as an alliance, harnessing the
simply complementing the efforts of our
power of many partners. In this area our
partners, we are magnifying them and
efforts already are bearing fruit. We are
forging an ever stronger Alliance poised
evolving into an alliance of unified action
to have an even greater impact on our
and advocacy as well as unified purpose,
nation’s young people.
based on a common framework, shared
decision-making, collaborative effort and
The center of this transformation is a
collective accountability. New and newly
new five-year strategic plan, developed
re-energized partners are committing to
with over 100 partners and facilitated by
work together to accomplish more for young
The Bridgespan Group.
people than they can achieve separately.
The plan, which lays out a bold but
We are becoming a whole that is truly
achievable goal, aims to improve the
greater than the sum of its parts. In the
well-being of children in America, especially
process, we are giving new visibility
those most at risk. It provides strategies
to the urgent needs of young people
for gauging our progress (including a
in communities, in the business world
bi-annual national survey that measures
and in Washington, D.C.
the presence of the Five Promises in
THE FIVE PROMISES
CARING ADULTS
who are actively involved
as parents, teachers, mentors,
coaches and neighbors
SAFE PLACES
that offer constructive
use of time
A HEALTHY START
and healthy development
EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
that builds marketable skills
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OTHERS
by making a difference
through service
RAISING AWARENESS
Every Child, Every Promise
In 2006, the Five Promise vision — the organizing framework
of our Alliance — was reaffirmed as one of the most reliable
gauges of child well-being.
Bolstered by experience and empirical
measures outputs (such as teen
research, many have long believed
pregnancy rates, juvenile crime,
that these five developmental
or test scores and high school
resources are the key building
graduation rates), Every Child,
blocks in young people’s lives.
Every Promise measures inputs —
We understand that increasing
the resources with which we are
the presence of these wrap-around
equipping our children to succeed.
supports increases the likelihood that
young people will
Every Child, Every Promise is
become successful,
galvanizing our Alliance. Since
productive
the report’s release, we have
members of
witnessed a growing recognition
society.
of the interconnected, Five Promise
framework as the standard against
That belief was
which efforts on behalf of young
confirmed by
people should be measured.
path-breaking,
independent
Our Alliance now also has a clearer
research, commissioned by the
roadmap for action, advocacy
Alliance and two years in the making.
and awareness than ever before.
In November 2006, we issued a
Americans for the first time can see
detailed report on this research,
how far we as a nation must go in
Every Child, Every Promise:
order to deliver every Promise to
Turning Failure into Action.
every child, particularly those most
at risk. And, for the first time, our
The report documents how the Five
research — which we will update
Promises work in combination to
every two years — gives us reliable
build success. Equally important, the
benchmarks by which to gauge
research for the first time maps the
progress and hold our
presence of each of the Five Promises
nation accountable.
in the lives of our young people.
Unlike previous research, which
KEY FINDINGS
PROMISES PRODUCE RESULTS
Children receiving at least four of the Five
Promises are more likely to succeed
academically, be socially competent and
avoid violence.
CHILDREN NEED PROMISES HOLISTICALLY
Young people do best when they receive the
Promises across all areas of their lives: home,
school and community.
PROMISES LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD
Receiving at least four of the Five Promises
is a great equalizer. Young people from
disadvantaged backgrounds who experience
the Five Promises can do as well as their
middle-class counterparts.
MOST CHILDREN LACK PROMISES
More than two-thirds of America’s young
people ages 6-17 – 34 million children —
experience too few of the Five Promises to
have a reasonable chance of success.
MORE THAN 10 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE
are receiving just one or zero Promises and
are on course for failure.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC CHILDREN
are half as likely to have enough of the
Promises as their white counterparts.
START EARLY, BUT DON’T STOP
Society reaps the greatest return on “human
capital” when investments in young people
occur consistently from preschool through
adolescence.
TARGET THE DISADVANTAGED
Continual investments in disadvantaged youth
produce the most dramatic results, such as
increases in high school graduation and
college enrollment, as well as declines in
convictions, probations and welfare applications.
RAISING AWARENESS
The 100 Best Communities
for Young People
In 2005, we inaugurated the
100 Best Communities for Young
People, an annual competition
that has raised awareness of
how communities can pull
together for young people and
inspire others.
The competition — made possible
in part through the generosity of
Alliance partner Capital One, the
BOARD MEMBER TIM RUSSERT WITH
founding sponsor — spotlights multi-
TEENS FROM ONE OF THE 100 BEST
sector collaborations that allow more
COMMUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
children to experience more of the
Five Promises.
Regional Best
Practice Forums
To increase awareness and help others
replicate the successes of the 100 Best
in their own communities, we held a
series of Regional Best Practice Forums
in 2006.
Through these gatherings — made possible by
Alliance partners State Farm and Ford Motor
Company — communities can learn and share
AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE BOARD
best practices with America’s Promise Alliance
CHAIR ALMA POWELL (LEFT) AND CEO AND
representatives, other100 Best communities and
PRESIDENT, MARGUERITE W. KONDRACKE
community leaders.
(FAR RIGHT), PRESENTS A CHECK TO A
100 BEST COMMUNITY WINNER.
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ALABAMA
• Sylacauga
ALASKA
• Anchorage
ARIZONA
• Chandler
• Scottsdale
• Tempe
• Yavapai County
ARKANSAS
• Little Rock
CALIFORNIA
• Chino
• Long Beach
• Irvine
• Sacramento
• San Jose
• San Mateo County
• Solano County
COLORADO
• Denver
• Loveland and
Fort Collins
CONNECTICUT
• Bridgeport
• Milford
• South Windsor
• Stamford
FLORIDA
• Bradenton
• Coral Springs
• Jacksonville
• Pembroke Pines
• St. Petersburg
• Volusia
HAWAII
• Honolulu
IDAHO
• Caldwell
• Madison County
and Rexburg
• Meridian
• Nampa
• Salmon
INDIANA
• Evansville
• Indianapolis
IOWA
• Des Moines
• Lamoni
• Black Hawk County
KANSAS
• Lawrence-Douglas
County
• Greater Kansas
City Salina
KENTUCKY
• Mt. Sterling
• Lexington
• Louisville
• Murray and
Calloway County
• Ohio County
MAINE
• Old Town
• Waterville
MARYLAND
• Baltimore
• Howard County
• Wicomico County
and Salisbury
MISSOURI
• Greene County
and Springfield
• Greater Kansas City
• St. Joseph
• St. Louis
MONTANA
• Missoula
NEBRASKA
• Buffalo County
• Girls and Boys
Town
NEW HAMPSHIRE
• Manchester
NEW MEXICO
• Albuquerque
NEW YORK
• Central Finger
Lakes Region
NORTH CAROLINA
• Charlotte
• Fort Bragg
• Wayne County
NORTH DAKOTA
• Grand Forks
MASSACHUSETTS
• Barnstable County
• Brockton
• Cambridge
OHIO
• Columbus
• Findlay-Hancock
County
MICHIGAN
• Alger and
Marquette Counties
• Jackson County
OKLAHOMA
• Oklahoma City
MINNESOTA
• Mankato
• Olmsted County
and Rochester
• St. Louis Park
OREGON
• Benton County
and Corvallis
PENNSYLVANIA
• Abington
• Central Bucks
County and
Bensalem
• Clarion County
• Harrisburg
• York
RHODE ISLAND
• Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA
• Rock Hill
SOUTH DAKOTA
• Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
• Greene County
and Greeneville
• Memphis
• Nashville
TEXAS
• Austin
• Houston
• Nueces County
• Sugar Land
VIRGINIA
• Chesapeake and
Virginia Beach
• Chesterfield County
• Newport News
and Hampton
WASHINGTON
• Bellevue
• Pierce County
and Lakewood
• Spokane
WEST VIRGINIA
• Mercer County
WISCONSIN
• Appleton and
Fox Cities
• Green Bay
• Pembroke Pines
• St. Petersburg
• Volusia
WE STRONGLY BELIEVE
THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE
FOR 15 MILLION OF OUR
MOST AT-RISK CHILDREN
WILL MAKE AN
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE
FOR AMERICA.
TAKING ACTION
15 in 5
Together, in the next five years, we aspire to improve the lives of at least
15 million disadvantaged young people by ensuring that they experience
more of the Five Promises.
In pursuit of this overall goal, our highest
have potential for the greatest gains.
priority as an Alliance is to improve high
We strongly believe that making a
school graduation rates. We strongly
difference for 15 million of our most
believe that equipping more young people
at-risk children will make an important
with more of the Five Promises will
difference for America.
increase the numbers who earn high
school diplomas. As research shows,
Our strategic plan includes measurable
improving high school completion rates
benchmarks as we move toward this
will yield dividends in the form of higher
15 in 5 goal. We will track progress on
lifetime incomes for those who graduate,
key indicators of child well-being. Setting
higher tax contributions, fewer
bench-marks and measuring results not
incarcerations and reduced dependence
only allows us to assess the effectiveness
on public assistance. We believe that
of our efforts and gauge the scope of the
delivering more of the Five Promises is a
task before us, but it is a way of holding
powerful investment our collective future.
ourselves accountable for keeping
America’s Promise to our young people.
We will focus on those young people
who now experience the fewest Promises.
Research shows that these children
TAKING ACTION
Our National Action Strategies
Early in 2007, more than 90 leaders from all sectors, representing
both current and prospective Alliance partners, met to decide which
strategies to pursue as starting points toward our 15 in 5 goal. We
forged consensus around three main ideas:
All Kids Covered
We will see that the 6.5 million children eligible for but not covered by SCHIP
(State Children’s Health Insurance Program) or Medicaid are enrolled. We regard
this as a crucial first step toward healthcare assurance for all children.
Where the Kids Are
We will use schools and other places where children and their families gather
as hubs to coordinate delivery of services, such as immunizations and
after-school and mentoring programs, to an estimated 11 million
disadvantaged, school-aged youth.
Ready for the Real World
At a juncture that is critical to their motivation to stay
and succeed in school, we will engage all 11.7 million
middle-school students in service learning and
opportunities to explore careers.
These strategies do not stand alone. Rather,
they complement and reinforce each other —
and drive greater collaboration. Together,
they form an operating plan for attaining
our 15 million goal.
TAKING ACTION
Katrina’s Kids
After Hurricanes Rita and
Katrina, our Alliance launched
Katrina’s Kids — a unique
initiative that unites the public
and nonprofit sectors at the
local level.
Starting in Houston, where more than
20,000 young people who fled Katrina’s
wake enrolled in schools, we targeted
the already distressed Alief area,
which contains Houston’s highest
concentration of Katrina evacuees.
There, we helped a number of
Alliance partners — led by
the United Way of the
Texas Gulf Coast, the
YMCA of Greater
Houston and
Communities In
Schools — build
unique public-private
partnerships.
KATRINA’S KIDS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INVOLVING PARTNERS
Houston’s Kids focused initially on
providing ongoing educational and
FROM THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT SECTORS, INCLUDING:
HOUSTON
NEW ORLEANS
GULF COAST
United Way of the Texas
Gulf Coast
Houston/Harris County’s
Joint City/County
Commission on Children
Alief Independent
School District
Children’s Museum
of Houston
Communities in Schools
Harris County Parks and
Recreation
Department
USDA Summer Food
Service Program
YMCA of Greater Houston
Harris County 4-H Clubs
United Way for the Greater
New Orleans Area
Communities In Schools
City Year of New Orleans
Tulane Center for
Public Service
Hands On New Orleans
Second Harvest
of New Orleans
Louisiana Children’s
Museum
School To Career Initiative
of the United Way
Boys and Girls Clubs
of the Gulf Coast
United Way of
South Mississippi
Junior Achievement
of Mississippi
Girl Scouts of Gulfport
and Harrison County
YMCA - Gulfport
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Community College
other supports in safe places during
the summer months. Based on
strong, early success, the program
is being extended year-round with
more organizations joining the effort.
Now we are moving forward with
locally focused and administered
programs in Louisiana and Mississippi.
These path-breaking efforts also
provide a model for public-private
collaborations in communities
across America.
ADVOCATING FOR YOUTH
First Focus
In 2005, the America’s Promise Alliance launched an affiliate organization,
First Focus, which serves as our partner in advocating for young people at
the national and state levels.
To ensure that our leaders fully appreciate
ideology. For 2006 and 2007, First Focus is
the impact their policy and budget decisions
concentrating its policy efforts on
have on children and families, First Focus is
the core areas of children’s health
working to build a broad, bipartisan coalition
(particularly the reauthorization of
of leaders from the business, nonprofit and
the State Children’s Health Insurance
advocacy communities and to advance
Program), education and family economics.
evidence-based solutions that transcend
“CHILDREN ARE ONE-QUARTER OF OUR
POPULATION, BUT ALL OF OUR FUTURE.
FIRST FOCUS EMBODIES THIS
PHILOSOPHY BY BRINGING A UNIQUE
APPROACH TO CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY.
WE RESEARCH AND ANALYZE EACH
ISSUE AND POLICY PROPOSAL BASED
ON ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: ‘IS IT BEST
FOR OUR NATION’S CHILDREN?’”
BRUCE LESLEY
PRESIDENT, FIRST FOCUS
“WE BELIEVE EVERY CHILD IS A CHILD OF PROMISE.”
COLIN AND ALMA POWELL
ADVOCATING FOR YOUTH
The Colin & Alma Powell Legacy Campaign
To honor our 10th anniversary, it is fitting that we create a lasting tribute to two
visionaries whose tireless efforts have nurtured this Alliance throughout its first
decade — and whose leadership continues to inspire others to join our work.
Accordingly, we have established the Colin and Alma Powell Legacy Campaign.
Through this extended giving campaign,
Now, more than ever, America’s position in
we seek to raise $50 million to help us
the world tomorrow hinges on how we
attain our goal of improving the lives of
prepare America’s young people today.
15 million disadvantaged young people
And now, more effectively than ever, the
over the next five years. With monies
America’s Promise Alliance is delivering
contributed to the Legacy Fund, we will
that message, mobilizing our fellow
seed the three National Action Strategies,
citizens, and catalyzing change through
so that Alliance partners can begin their
the power of collaboration channeled into
coordinated work in select communities.
national action.
The Legacy Fund will also support
Alliance efforts to build awareness
of the urgent needs of our young people
and advocacy efforts on federal policy
issues affecting children, through First
Focus, our policy affiliate.
To learn more about how you can contribute to the
Powell Legacy Campaign, please go to
www.americaspromise.org/legacycampaign
America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
2006
2005
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$
Grants receivable
Pledges receivable, net
Prepaid expenses and other
Investments
Furniture and equipment, net
Investment - option based compensation
Total assets
4,513,839
$
4,124,297
636,258
543,956
8,562,156
13,549,481
37,622
34,065
1,958,763
1,829,958
70,427
112,143
142,087
_____________
130,723
_____________
$ 15,921,152
_____________
_____________
$ 20,324,623
_____________
_____________
$
$
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
666,219
842,599
Balance due to regrantees in future years
181,500
—
Obligation under option based compensation
142,087
130,723
Capital lease obligation
Total liabilities
16,150
_____________
52,878
_____________
1,005,956
1,026,200
4,238,185
3,544,721
Net assets
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
10,677,011
_____________
15,753,702
_____________
Total net assets
14,915,196
_____________
19,298,423
_____________
Total liabilities and net assets
$ 15,921,152
_____________
_____________
$ 20,324,623
_____________
_____________
America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006
Temporarily
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
REVENUE AND SUPPORT
Contributions
$
Grants
1,022,275
$
3,644,798
$
4,667,073
4,715,771
-
4,715,771
253,794
-
253,794
6,783
-
6,783
8,721,489
____________
(8,721,489)
_____________
______________
14,720,112
____________
(5,076,691)
_____________
9,643,421
______________
Alliance partnerships
6,123,383
-
6,123,383
Communications
1,696,511
-
1,696,511
1,198,148
-
1,198,148
639,967
-
639,967
2,593,132
____________
_____________
2,593,132
______________
12,251,141
-
12,251,141
1,657,823
-
1,657,823
Fundraising
117,684
____________
_____________
117,684
______________
Total expenses
14,026,648
____________
_____________
14,026,648
______________
693,464
(5,076,691)
(4,383,227)
Net assets, beginning of year
3,544,721
____________
15,753,702
_____________
19,298,423
______________
Net assets, end of year
$4,238,185
____________
____________
$10,677,011
_____________
_____________
$14,915,196
______________
______________
Investment income
Other income
Net assets released
from restrictions
Total revenue and support
EXPENSES
Program services
Research and government/
community relations
Partner relationship development
First Focus
Total programs
Supporting services
General and administrative
Change in net assets
2006 Board of Directors
JAMES M. ALLWIN
Chairman, Board of Directors
Communities in Schools
JAMES L. BARKSDALE
President and CEO
Barksdale Management Corporation
PETER L. BENSON, PH.D.
President, Search Institute
GEOFFREY T. BOISI
Chairman and Co-Founder
MENTOR
KATHERINE BRADLEY
President
CityBridge Foundation
GEOFFREY CANADA
President and CEO
Harlem Children’s ZONE
JEAN CASE
CEO
The Case Foundation
G. STALEY CATES
President
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
RAYMOND G. CHAMBERS
Chairman
Amelior Foundation
JOHNNETTA B. COLE, PH.D.
Immediate Past Chair
Board of Directors
United Way of America
ROBERT M. DEVLIN
Chairman
Curragh Capital Partners
ANGELA DIAZ
Professor of Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director
Mount Sinai Adolescent
Health Center
STEVEN L. MILLER
Chairman
Board of Directors
Points of Light Foundation
BRIAN GALLAGHER
President and CEO
United Way of America
CAL RIPKEN, JR.
Founder
Ripken Baseball, Inc.
Executive Vice President
Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation
STEPHEN GOLDSMITH
Chairman
Board of Directors
ROBERT B. ROGERS
Chairman Emeritus
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Corporation for National
and Community Service
DANIEL HORGAN
Youth Program Officer
TIMOTHY J. RUSSERT
Washington Bureau Chief
Moderator of Meet the Press
NBC News
Three Rivers Workforce
Investment Board
MICHAEL JORDAN
Former Professional
Basketball Player
KATHRYN KENDALL
Member
Youth Partnership Team
America’s Promise Alliance
LARRY A. KLANE
President
Global Financial Services
Capital One
JOEL KLEIN
Chancellor
NYC Dept. of Eduction
ALFRED LIGGINS III
President and CEO
Radio One, Inc.
JIN ROY RYU
Chairman and CEO
PMX Industries, Inc.
Chairman and CO
Poongsan Corporation (Korea)
RODNEY SLATER
Chair, Board of Trustees
United Way of America
HARRIS WOFFORD
Former U. S. Senator and former
CEO Corporation for National
and Community Service
JUDY WOODRUFF
Award-Winning Journalist
ALI ZAIDI
Member
Youth Partnership Team
America’s Promise Alliance
2006 Trustees
STEVEN ANDERSON
President and CEO
National Restaurant Association
THOMAS DONOHUE
President and CEO
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
RUI BAO
Youth Partnership Team
America’s Promise Alliance
DAVID EISNER
CEO
Corporation for National and
Community Service
JOHN BRIDGELAND
President and CEO
Civic Enterprises
LARRY BROWN
President
Work, Achievement, Values
and Education (WAVE)
KYLE CALDWELL
President and CEO
ConnectMichigan Alliance
DANIEL CARDINALI
President
Communities In Schools, Inc.
JOHN CASTELLANI
President
Business Roundtable
DAVID CHERNOW
President and CEO
Junior Achievement Worldwide
KATHY CLONINGER
Chief Executive Officer
Girl Scouts of the USA
THOMAS J. COCHRAN
Executive Director
U.S. Conference of Mayors
JOHN ENGLER
President
National Association
of Manufacturers
DONALD FLOYD
President and CEO
National 4-H Council
BRIAN GALLAGHER
President and CEO
United Way of America
ROBERT GOODWIN
President and CEO
Points of Light Foundation
JOHN GRAHAM
President and CEO
American Society of
Association Executives
JODI GRANT
Executive Director
Afterschool Alliance
JEFF HAYWARD
Youth Partnership Team
America’s Promise Alliance
PAUL HOUSTON
Executive Director
STEVE CULBERTSON
President and CEO
Youth Service America
American Association of
School Administrators
WALTER ISAACSON
KAREN PITTMAN
President and CEO
Executive Director
The Aspen Institute
Forum for Youth Investment
IRV KATZ
ISABEL SAWHILL
President and CEO
Vice President and Director
National Collaboration for Youth
Economic Studies
The Brookings Institution
ALAN KHAZEI
CEO and Co-Founder
City Year
RAYMOND SCHEPPACH
Executive Director
National Governors Association
CHARLES KOLB
President
Committee for Economic Development
KENNETH SMITH
President
Jobs for America’s Graduates
WENDY KOPP
President and Founder
Teach for America
KATHY DWYER SOUTHERN
President and CEO
National Children’s Museum
GAIL MANZA
National Executive Director
MENTOR
ROXANNE SPILLETT
President
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
MEGAN MILLARD
Youth Partnership Team
America’s Promise Alliance
DOROTHY STONEMAN
President and Founder
YouthBuild USA
RHONDA MIMS
President
ING Foundation
SANDY ULSH
President and Executive Director
Ford Motor Company Fund
NEIL NICOLL
President and CEO
YMCA of the USA
TOM VAN COVERDEN
President and CEO
National Association of
MICHELLE NUNN
Community Health Centers
Co-Founder and CEO
Hands On Network
JUDY VREDENBURGH
President and CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
2006 Alliance Partners
Afterschool Alliance
Alliance for Excellent Education
Alliance for Young
Artist and Writers
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association of
School Administrators
American Bankers Association
American Bar Association
American Hotel &
Lodging Association
American Insurance Association
American Society of
Association Executives
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Aspen Institute
Atlantic Philanthropies
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Brookings Institution
Business Roundtable
Camp Fire USA
Camp To Belong
Capital One
Catholic Charities USA
Center for Law and Social Policy
Circle K International
City Year
Civic Enterprises
Committee for Economic
Development
Communities In Schools Inc.
ConnectMichigan Alliance
Corporate Voices for Working Families
Corporation for National
and Community Service
CVS/pharmacy
National Fatherhood Initiative
David & Lucile Packard Foundation
National Governors Association
Destination Marketing Association
National League of Cities
International
National Recreation and Parks Association
Diversity Pipeline Alliance
National Restaurant Association
Fannie Mae Foundation
National Safe Place
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
First Book
National Wildlife Federation
Ford Motor Company Fund
Nurse-Family Partnership
Forum for Youth Investment
Parents As Teachers
Girl Scouts of the USA
Pew Partnership for Civic Change
Girls & Boys Town
Points of Light Foundation
Hands On Network
Public Education Network
Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
Public Library Association
ING Foundation
Redwoods Group
Interfaith Youth Core
Safe Kids Worldwide
i-SAFE, Inc
Salvation Army
Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG)
Sappi Fine Paper North America
Junior Achievement
Society for Human Resource Management
KaBOOM!
Space Foundation
Kiwanis International
State Farm
Manpower
Teach for America
Marriott International, Inc.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
MENTOR
U.S. Conference of Mayors
NACDS Foundation
U.S. Dream Academy
National 4-H Council
United Jewish Communities
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
United Way of America
National Association of Community
Volunteers of America
Health Centers
National Association of Manufacturers
Work, Achievement, Values
& Education (WAVE)
National CASA
YMCA of the USA
National Children's Museum
Youth Serve, Inc.
National Civic League
Youth Service America
National Collaboration for Youth
YouthBuild USA
National Dropout Prevention
Center/Network
2006 Youth Partnership Team
RUI BAO
Chesterfield, MO
PIERRE BATTON
Long Beach, CA
ALYSSA BISANZ
Mesa, AZ
DANIELLA EGUIGUREN
Burke, VA
JEFF HAYWARD
Pierre, SD
ANDEE JOHNSON
Brentwood, TN
KATHRYN KENDALL
Evansville, IN
GLENN MEANS
Mt. Sterling, KY
MEGAN MILLARD
Greer, SC
CANDACE PEEBLES
Memphis, TN
RICARDO ROBINSON
Johns Island, SC
ALI ZAIDI
Edinboro, PA
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