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2010-11 Annual Report
What
does
success
look
like?
Teaching Helping, Inspiring & Nurturing Kids
Together
Table of Contents
Mission and Vision
3
Chairman and
CEO’s Message
4
Faces of Success
6
Locations 8
Milestones
9
School Support
Ecosystem
11
District Snapshots
12
Program Snapshots
14
Board of Directors
16
Multi-year Investors
18
Philanthropy
19
Donors
20
Revenues & Expenses 22
Looking Ahead
24
Cover photo: Nadia Flores, THINK Together
graduate and Director of Community Outreach.
Photo courtesy of Gilberto Cardenas, 1998
THINK Together graduate. Gilberto is a military
veteran who holds a B.A. in Mathematics from
the University of California, Irvine. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
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“If we’re serious about closing achievement gaps, if we’re
serious about turning around under-performing schools, we
can’t just keep doing business as usual. The fact that our school
calendar is still based on an agrarian economy is stunning to
me and the fact that we have been so slow to move is just
unacceptable. We don’t need to study this issue anymore. …
We just have to do something about it.”
Arne Duncan
Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
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Vision
All children will receive
the support they need
from family, school and
community to enable them
to reach their full potential
and become productive
adults and responsible,
contributing members of
the community.
Mission
To provide high-quality,
academically-oriented
out‑of-school programs
for students regardless
of race, creed, or
socioeconomic status.
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Chairman & CEO’s Message
W
hat does success look like for THINK
Together? We frequently get asked that
question. So, we thought that we would use
this report to share our thoughts about the answer to
that question for our key stakeholders and others who
might be interested.
Success for THINK Together is described in our vision:
“All children will receive the support they need from
family, school and community to enable them to reach
their full potential and become productive adults and
responsible, contributing members of the community.”
Fran Inman, Chair
Unfortunately, because of the achievement
gap and changing state demographics,
California’s workforce under age 35 is one
of the least educated in the developed
world, in sharp contrast to the state’s
current workforce over 50, which is one
of the world’s most educated.
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How are we doing?
Take a look at the cover of this report. In the center is
Nadia Flores. We first met Nadia as a 13-year-old in
the Shalimar neighborhood in Costa Mesa. In 1994,
Nadia was an 8th grade student who was drifting
along with no real goals and who didn’t even plan to
graduate from high school. Today, thanks to the inspiration and support she received at THINK Together,
which enabled her to recognize her potential, this UC
Santa Barbara graduate is THINK Together’s Director
of Community Outreach, overseeing our burgeoning
early literacy programs.
Nadia, and hundreds of THINK Together alumni like
her, have become productive adults and responsible,
contributing members of their communities. We’ve
proven we can do this in one neighborhood. The
question now is can we do this at scale in communities across California?
Why is scale important?
In California and across America, we have a problem
known as the achievement gap. This is the gap that
exists between the academic performance of certain
ethnic/racial groups. The academic performance of
18-year-old African-American and Latino students is at
the overall level of 13-year-old Asian and Caucasian
students. More than half of all California students are
African-American (5%) and Latino (52%).
Unfortunately, because of the achievement gap
and changing state demographics, California’s workforce under age 35 is one of the least educated in
the developed world, in sharp contrast to the state’s
current workforce over 50, which is one of the world’s
most educated.
While it is wonderful that THINK Together helped
a few hundred young people in Costa Mesa achieve
their American Dream, for the broader society, it is
only meaningful if we replicate this work at significant
scale — in communities across the state.
How is THINK Together performing against
this challenge?
In terms of numbers of students served, our growth in
recent years has been staggering. Five years ago, THINK
Together served 2,000 students. In fiscal/school year
ending on June 30, 2011, we served 75,000 students in
our various programs. In the current year, 2011-12, we
will serve more than 100,000 students at more than 400
locations across 30 school districts and more than 30
cities in California.
We are doing this with a workforce of nearly 2,500
paid staff and more than 5,000 volunteers. Revenue
has grown from under $3 million in 2006 to more than
$60 million in the current year.
Why has THINK been able to grow in a
difficult environment?
There are two reasons. 1) Results. 2) Efficiency. This
report highlights some of our results. The financial
efficiencies that accrue from our scale, together with
private philanthropy, enable us to invest those incremental dollars into program quality that enables us to
achieve great results.
The private investment that comes from philanthropy (about 10% of our total revenue) provides the
foundation for success. Without the philanthropy, our
financial model (and therefore program model) unravels. For donors, your dollars are leveraged greatly
against public dollars to achieve life-changing results
at society-changing scale.
We believe that California’s and America’s best days
lie ahead. We see it every day as our youth are working
hard to be part of the next generation of the American
Dream. It is this hope and drive that made America
great. With smart investments in our future, Together,
we can rise to the challenges of the 21st Century.
Thank you for joining us on this amazing journey!
Randy Barth, Founder & CEO
Fran Inman, Chair
Randy Barth, Founder & CEO
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Faces of
success
America Arias
Profession: ABC-Affiliate TV news producer
Education: B.A. in political science with minor in
journalism, Calif. State University, Fullerton (CSUF)
Years in THINK Together programs: 2000-2005
Making her mark in TV news
Breaking into the highly competitive television news
business is no easy feat. Yet, within two years after
graduating from California State University, Fullerton
(CSUF), and the successful completion of a newsroom
internship in Los Angeles, America Arias, 24, was
chosen as a daytime news producer. She directs the
11 a.m. Emmy award-winning weekday newscast for
ABC affiliate KFSN-TV in Fresno, where she supervises
10 on-air anchors, reporters, as well as news crews. As
the news producer, she shapes what goes on the air,
scripts the on-air talent, and oversees the editing of
the stories and footage taken in the field.
“One of the greatest benefits I received from my
years at THINK Together was the inspiration I drew
from volunteers — many of whom were college
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students. They instilled in me the vision that I, too,
could attend college, graduate, and have a high-paying job. I attribute my professional success today, in
large part, to the support, tools and encouragement
I received at THINK Together.”
Javier Diaz, M.A.
Profession: School-community liaison
Education: B.A. in sociology, CSUF; master’s in
education, Loyola Marymount University
Years in THINK Together programs: 1994-1997
Passing it forward
Javier Diaz, 32, wanted a way out of the neighborhood and lifestyle of west Costa Mesa, and he
understood — even at a young age — that education was the key to a new life and brighter future.
After high school, he served in the U.S. Marines,
rising to the rank of Sergeant. Later, he pursued
a college degree, and became a THINK Together
employee, working at a THINK Together community
site. After earning a bachelor’s degree and teaching
credential, Javier was hired by the Laguna Beach
Unified School District to serve as the school-community liaison. His role is to help limited- and nonEnglish speaking children and teens to be successful in school. He teaches workshops for parents and
meets one-on-one with families to do exactly what
was done for him at THINK Together — provide
direction and guidance about the higher education
opportunities available to their children.
“THINK Together was there for me just as I am
there for the families, children and teens that I now
serve through the school district. I get a chance to
pass it forward and do for other youngsters what
THINK Together did for me.”
Paolo Leon
Profession: Architect/Job captain
Education: B.A. in architecture, USC; pursuing
MBA, Chapman University
Years in THINK Together programs:
1996-2004
Blueprint for success
The old adage ”success occurs when preparation
meets opportunity” could never be more true than
for alumnus Paolo Leon, 25. Seeing his potential while
a student, THINK Together staff encouraged Paolo
to apply to a prestigious private high school. He was
accepted and graduated with honors. He attended
USC and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in
architecture. During his high school years, he often
volunteered at various THINK Together fund-raising
events. Fate knocked on his door the evening he sat
beside the owner of MVE, an Irvine-based architectural firm. The owner was impressed with Paolo and
gave him an internship. The internship led to full-time
employment. Today, Paolo oversees all of MVE’s projects that relate to institutional design, and supervises
project teams.
“Neither of my parents are native English speakers. They could not help me with homework nor did
they understand anything about our higher education system. THINK Together staff saw my potential,
nurtured it and encouraged me to strive. The THINK
Together program broadened my world. I even have
my job today because of an opportunity that was
afforded to me while I was still in high school!”
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“To all of you who work with
nonprofit organizations or
NGOs … unless you are
operating at the scale of the
problem you are seeking to
address, you don’t have a
solution — you have a hobby.”
Thomas L. Friedman
Sacramento County
2011-12
County
Orange
Los Angeles
Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
8
School
Districts
3
11
6
2
6
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Pulitzer Prize winning author of That Used To Be Us
and The World Is Flat – Aspen Ideas Festival, 2011
San Bernardino County
Los Angeles County
Riverside County
Orange County
San Diego County
100,000 students
75,000 students
Milestones
Opened 150
new sites
across 19
school districts
in Los Angeles,
San Bernardino
and Riverside
Counties
serving more
than 20,000
students.
15,000 students
4,000 students
’09
’10
Began providing
free tutoring
services to low
income students
under the federal
Supplemental
Educational
Services (SES)
program outlined
in the No Child
Left Behind
(NCLB) Act.
Launched inaugural
summer learning
program, serving
11,000 students.
Named by the U.S.
Department of
Education as one
of five National
Demonstration
Sites to study
and develop a
national model
for the alignment of SES and
21st Century
Community
Learning Center
(21st CCLC)
Funded-afterschool programs.
Awarded $690,000
grant from the
Children & Families
Commission of
Orange County to
pilot early literacy
programs at Santa
Ana Unified School
District schools.
Awarded a
$250,000 grant
from Southern
California Edison
to establish
Robotics Labs at
41 middle schools.
50,000 students
Awarded first
$1 million
private
grant from
The Irvine
Company.
28,000 students
Chosen as
1 of 2 Bank
of America
Neighborhood
Builder Awards
($200,000) in
Orange County,
and 1 of 78
nationally.
’08
35,000 students
’05 ’06 ’07
Awarded $8.5
million grant
from The Irvine
Company.
Awarded a 5-year
$1.14 million annual
21st Century AfterSchool Safety and
Enrichment for
Teens Program
(ASSETs) grant to
launch and sustain
key high school programs in Azusa and
Santa Ana USDs.
Awarded the management of the
Santa Ana Unified
School District’s
extended learning
time programs.
Awarded a 5-year
$2.7 million annual
21st CCLC grant
to support summer learning and
Saturday programs.
Launched placebased early
literacy pilot
programs in
partnership with
the Children
& Families
Commission of
Orange County.
Awarded Ameri­
Corps grants totaling $936,000 to
support leadership
development and
community service
at sites in Southern
California.
Awarded $500,000
grant from Rose
Hills Foundation to
support programs
in Los Angeles
County.
Received $200,000
to set up the
Raykovich Family
College Bound
Scholarship Fund
for students
attending the
ASSETs programs
at Santa Ana
Unified School
District’s Century
and Valley High
Schools.
’11
Added more than
50 new extended
learning time sites
statewide.
Garnered a $3.5
million 5-year grant
from the Walmart
Foundation to provide summer learning programs in Los
Angeles, San Diego
and Sacramento
Counties.
Awarded a $125,000
grant from the
David and Lucile
Packard Foundation
for summer learning
programs in Santa
Ana.
Recurring annual
donation of
$100,000 from
the Ueberroth
Foundation.
Awarded $100,000
from the Ralph M.
Parsons Foundation.
Opened the Capital
Regional office
to support the
northern California
expansion.
Served more than
20,000 students in
summer learning
programs statewide
at 8 sites.
’12
Added more than 80
new extended learning
time sites statewide.
Quadrupled the early
literacy investment,
which enabled expansion to 91 locations,
including pediatric
clinics with the Reach
Out and Read Program.
$1 million grant from
the Children & Families
Commission of Orange
County.
Awarded a $200,000
Weingart Foundation
grant for capacity
building and program
expansion with the goal
of supporting the ability
to serve an additional
10,000 more students
in 2011-12.
Partnered with the
j.k. livin foundation
(founded by actor
Matthew McConaughey)
to expand the fitness/
wellness curriculum
in the high school
programs in Azusa and
Santa Ana USDs.
Launched educational
technology pilots in
Orange, Los Angeles and
Sacramento Counties.
Expanded high school
digital media programs.
Implemented a digital
media middle school
pilot program with
Sempra Energy.
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Support Ecosystem
Extended Learning
Time Programs
Daily comprehensive programs consist of academic enrichment,
homework help, nutrition and structured physical fitness, as well as
other enrichment opportunities in STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, Math). Staffed at a 20:1 ratio, this program is
provided for approximately 600 hours per school year.
Summer Programs
Project-based, hands-on learning focused on English Language
Arts and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math),
and supplemented with enrichment in physical fitness and themebased field trips. Each summer season offers an additional learning
theme with accompanying interactive learning opportunities.
Early Literacy
Assists parents and other caretakers of young children (0-5 years)
in developing regular reading routines, and provide guidance in
using other learning tools to increase their child’s vocabulary, so
that he/she enters kindergarten with basic literacy skills.
Saturday Programs
Combines academic support programs and test preparation
with engaging enrichment opportunities including sports, music
and the arts to attract parents and students to schools on
weekends. Provides literacy, English classes and other educational
opportunities for parents.
Tutoring (SES)
Offers 40-to-50 hours per school year of small group tutoring (5:1
student-staff ratio) to give students focused academic support in
English Language Arts, math and other core subjects.
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District Snapshots
THINK Together is working with
our school district partners to
close the achievement gap. In
April 2011, Education Trust-West
published A Report Card on District
Achievement. Four of the leading
school districts in California that are
successful in closing the achievement
gap are current THINK Together
partners. THINK Together programs
are an integral part of the success
equation for students.
API* Scores Increased an Average of 24%
2002-2010
900
2002
814
2010
807
800
735
700
723
662
2
659
9
589
9
600
570
0
500
Lake Elsinore
USD
Little Lake City
SD
Baldwin Park
USD
Santa Ana
USD
*Academic Performance Index
Closing the
Achievement Gap
Baldwin Park USD
Education Trust-West named the district as
one of the top two in the state for successfully
closing the achievement gap. THINK Together
has played a pivotal role in this success.
Baldwin Park USD
California Standards Test (CST) Gains (2008-2010)
THINK students showed greater gains in
English Language Arts (ELA) after
participating for 2 or 3 years.
40
ELA
30.2
30
22.7
19.5
20
10
16
12
22.9
THINK students showed greater
gains in Math across all years of
participation.
Math
14.1
11.9
10.0
8
4
6.7 6.4
0
4.6
3.4
2.1
0
1 Year
2 Years
Non-THINK
3 Years
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
THINK Extended Learning Time Programs
Baldwin Park USD – Math Gains
California Standards Test (CST) Scores
370
THINK students compared to
non-THINK students on CST
math scores (2 years)
365
365
360
360
355
355
350
350
2008 CST
2010 CST
THINK
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THINK students compared to
non-THINK students on CST
math scores (3 years)
2007 CST
Baldwin Park
2010 CST
School Support Ecosystem Success
Santa Ana USD
THINK Together is working to transform
and integrate out-of-school time programs,
which previously operated in silos, into an
integrated School Support Ecosystem, which
is coordinated and aligned with the school
day. SAUSD, a long-standing partner, is the
sixth largest school district in California and
the most Latino school district in the nation.
Santa Ana USD
California Standards Test (CST) Gains
School Support Ecosystem
The more THINK programs in which students participate, the
better they do in both English Lanuage Arts and Math.
25
20
35
ELA
18.7
13.9
15
12.3
9.7
10
4.7
5
0
Non-THINK
2 Years
THINK Extended
Learning Time
Only
29.5
Math
18.2
15
-15
19.7
14.5
6.5
5
-5
0.7 1.1 0.5
1 Year
25
2.1
-5.1
-11.8
1 Year
THINK Summer
& Saturdays
Only
2 Years
THINK SES + Summer &
Saturdays or Extended
Learning Time
Summer Learning
Elk Grove USD
Summer learning loss is one of the leading factors contributing to the achievement gap. To combat this, THINK
Together operated summer learning programs, serving
more than 20,000 students, in eight cities from San Diego
to Elk Grove. In collaboration with the Elk Grove USD,
through funding from the Walmart Foundation and with
the support of the National Summer Learning Association,
THINK Together provided a Smarter Summers program
for middle school students.
Smarter Summers focused on
Math Vocabulary
Growth from Beginning
inquiry-based, hands-on learnto End of Summer 2011
ing in the STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts,
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Program Snapshots
High School Program
Students enrolled in the THINK Together high
school program are six times more likely to
graduate from high school than their peers.
Our high school programs are voluntary and
consistently draw more than 120 students daily.
The high school program includes a healthy
snack, homework help, academic tutoring
and enrichment including digital media arts,
photography, dance, fitness, wellness and more.
To ensure high school athletes maintain academic
eligibility to participate in competitive sports,
tutoring is offered after practice through 7 p.m.
Thanks to THINK Together staff and volunteers,
students complete their homework and are ready
for exams the following day.
S.E.S. 2010-2011 Pre- and Post-Assessment
Statistically Significant Growth by District
Supplemental Educational
Services (SES)
90%
Aggregate Scores
80%
70%
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30%
20%
10%
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Supplemental Educational Services (SES) provide
free one-on-one or small group instruction in math
and English Language Arts to qualifying students
attending public schools designated as program
improvement. THINK Together’s SES program
was named as one of five national demonstration
sites by the U.S. Department of Education to align
extended learning time programs with the school
day to bolster student achievement and close the
achievement gap.
100%
Early Literacy Program
Gains in Early Learning: Home-Based versus
Center-Based HABLA* 2010-2011
125
120
123.63
Pre-Treatment
115
Test Scores
119.4
Post-Treatment
113.4
Growth: 22.13
Growth: 15.2
110
Growth: 14.7
104.2
105
101.5
100
98.7
95
90
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Through the generosity of the Orange County
Children and Families Commission, THINK
Together’s Early Literacy Program (ELP) is now
countywide and poised to serve more than
57,000 youth and families in 2011-12. ELP, which
targets children (ages 0 to 5) and their parents,
uses highly cost-efficient, evidence-based early
literacy tools — including Raising A Reader and
Reach Out and Read — to give parents access
to books so that their young children have basic
HABLA Home-Based
Year 1 Only
HABLA Home-Based
Year 2 Only
HABLA Center-Based
Year 1 Only
(THINK Pilot)
*Home-Based Activities Building Language Acquisition (HABLA) Program
Developed by Dr. Virginia Mann of UC Irvine
literacy and vocabulary skills to prepare them for
kindergarten. The program also helps parents
embrace their role as their child’s first teachers.
The center-based HABLA program (a researchbased language acquisition program), which targets children ages 3 and 4, has proven to be an
effective strategy in improving preschool language
acquisition skills.
Learning Academy
THINK Together’s long-standing fee-based
school age care program has evolved into the
THINK Together Learning Academy. The Learning Academy, a unique model in the industry,
blends THINK Together’s core competency —
academic alignment with the school day — with
the best elements of traditional child-centered
activities, which encourage exploratory learning, wellness, healthy living, social development
and character building. The Learning Academy
provides year-round licensed, fee-based care for
preschool and school-aged children.
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2011
Leadership Councils
Inland Empire
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
Chair, Leadership Council
Founder, Aronoff Capital
Pete Aguilar
Mayor, City of Redlands
Carole Beswick
President & CEO, Inland Action
Mark Bogh
President, Bogh Construction
Hillel Cohen
Rabbi Emeritus
Congregational Emanu El
Lois Lauer
Owner, Lois Lauer Realty
Susan Shimoff
Educator (Ret.)
Los Angeles County
Alan Arkatov
President, Changing.edu
Brigitte Bren
Attorney & Education Advocate
Jorge Delgado
President, ValueSat, LLC
Sen. Martha Escutia
The Senators Law Firm (Ret.)
Lynda Boone Fetter
Principal, Samuelson & Fetter, LLC
Fran Inman
Sr. Vice President, Majestic Realty Co.
Gilbert Ivey
Chief Administrative Officer
Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California
Lupe Valdez
Director of Public Affairs
Union Pacific Railroad
Barbara Wachsman
Director, Health Management
Walt Disney Co.
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2011
Board of Directors
Fran Inman
Chair, Board of Directors
Sr. Vice President
Majestic Realty Co.
Executive Committee
Darrel Anderson
President (Ret.)
Knott Anderson Enterprises
Board of
Advisors
Sam Anderson
Board Member Emeritus
Bobbi Dauderman
Board Member Emeritus
Ranney Draper
Chairman
Spring Creek Investors
Michael Kerr
CEO, Bluestone Communities
Marion Knott
Philanthropist
Don Moe
Board Member Emeritus
Hon. Frances Muñoz
Judge (Ret.)
Harbor Municipal Court
John O’Donnell
Chairman, The O’Donnell
Group, Inc.
Steven Perryman
Board Member Emeritus
William F. Podlich
Co-Founder & CEO (Ret.)
PIMCO Advisors
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
Founder
Aronoff Capital
Eric Boden
Chairman & CEO (Ret.)
HireRight
Kathy Braun-Lewis
President (Ret.)
Western Digital
Mary Lynn Coffee
Attorney At Law
Nossaman, LLP
Glenn Howard
Attorney & CPA
Randy Barth
Founder & CEO
THINK Together
Ken Salgado
Partner
Moss-Adams LLP
Brigitte Bren
Attorney & Education
Advocate
Rod McDermott
Managing Director
McDermott & Bull Executive
Search
Celeste Cantú
General Manager
Santa Ana Watershed
Project Authority
Jerry Dauderman
Investor & Philanthropist
Ryan Faulkner
Vice President, Workforce
Planning & Diversity
St. Joseph Health System
Jayne Muñoz
English Instructor
Santa Ana College
Eric Nelson
Vice President
Red Mountain Retail Group
Alan Pettis
Partner
Innovate Partners, Inc.
Lynda Boone Fetter
Principal
Samuelson & Fetter, LLC
Sat Tamaribuchi
Environmental Policy
Consultant
Tony French
Principal
The French Company
Ken Venner
Chief Information Officer
Broadcom
Kevin Hayes, II
Sr. Vice President - CA
Lincoln Property Company
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2008-13
Multi-year Investors
Multi-year investors provide the financial base for the organization. Their private donations enable us to
leverage tens of millions of dollars in public support, which makes all the work we do together possible.
$3 Million - $10 Million
The Irvine Company
The Walmart Foundation
Children & Families Commission of Orange County
$250,000 - $ 999,999
Edison International
Orange County United Way
The Rose Hills Foundation
Ueberroth Family Foundation
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Weingart Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
Anonymous
Susan Abbott
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
Bank of America
Draper Family Foundation
Bill Holmes
David Kim
The Marion Knott Foundation
LA84 Foundation
Majestic Realty Foundation
John and Patricia D. O’Donnell
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation
Randy Raykovich
Women of Vision
$50,000 - $ 99,999
Anonymous
Sam and Susan Anderson
AT&T Foundation
California Community Foundation
Church of the Messiah
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
The Eisner Foundation
The Green Foundation
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
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$25,000 - $49,999
Anonymous
Charles Abbott Associates, Inc.
Tom T. Beeghly
Jay and Kris Carnahan
City of Santa Ana
Fluor Foundation
Tony French
James Irvine Endowment Foundation
Michael Mugel
Bart and Deborah Thomsen
University of Phoenix
Western Digital
$10,000 - $24,999
Barry J. Aronoff
BNSF Foundation
Kari Bloom
Mark and Bridget Bogh
CarMax Foundation
The Croul Family Foundation
Jerry L. and Bobbi R. Dauderman
Chris P. Dialynas
Edwards Lifesciences
Henry L. Guenther Foundation
Kevin and Jenny Hayes, II
Headlands Reserve, LLC
John Herklotz
Hindu Matiya Patidar Samaj, Inc.
Fran Inman
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Innovate Partners, Inc.
Michael A. and Kari L. Kerr
Alison Kleim
Roger and Joanne Kozberg
Kenneth A. Lester Family
Foundation
Rod and Laura McDermott
Toni Mendoza
Nossaman, LLP
The O’Donnell Group, Inc.
O.L. Halsell Foundation
Orange County Community
Foundation
Orion Property Partners, Inc.
Pacific Life Foundation
Alan Pettis
Steve and Angela Perryman
William F. and Pat J. Podlich
William H. and Barbara U. Roberts
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Sprint Foundation
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Stater Bros. Charities
Donald and Betsy Tarbell
Tarsadia Foundation
Union Pacific Foundation
United Way
Warne Family Charitable Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
William and Jean Wenke
Valued Partners
We value our strategic partners who
enable our success and help us to
advance our mission.
Philanthropy
The need for
THINK Together forged a new partnership in 2010-11 with the j.k. livin foundation.
The foundation is helping to expand THINK Together’s wellness and fitness curriculum in its high school programs. Here THINK Together Founder/CEO Randy Barth
(left) is joined by actor Matthew McConaughey, his life partner Camila Alves (both
founders of j.k. livin) and Geoffrey Canada, president/CEO of the Harlem Children’s
Zone, at the 2011 Annual Benefit Dinner where the partnership was unveiled. Both
McConaughey and Canada headlined the event as keynote speakers.
T
“In my opinion, the
person doing the best
job improving education
in California is Randy
Barth, President and CEO
of THINK Together in
Santa Ana, California …
THINK Together provides
academic learning
through specially
designed after-school
and summer programs
throughout Southern
California to more than
100,000 students. The
results are encouraging
— academic improvement
scores have been off the
charts, so to speak.”
Millions of $
he public funding garnered for THINK Together programs are
designed to be enhanced with a 33% local funding match. The
state and federal grant funds cover only the basics and the
direct program costs. Quality enhancements, which increase student
achievement, are funded exclusively by private philanthropy.
As the largest non-profit provider of extended learning time
programs, THINK Together’s statewide infrastructure enables us
Donald Bren
to leverage private philanthropy across the publicly-funded distriChairman, The Irvine Company
bution system to provide high-quality programs in every commuForbes, October 2011
nity. Private gifts enable us to offer hands-on learning enrichment
opportunities in STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, Math), digital technology, wellPublic/Private Economic Model
ness and more.
Private philanthropy also funds our successful
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summer learning program. Without the generosity
Private Philanthropy
$100
of private foundations and private philanthropy,
100
Revenue
20,000 students in California would have been
75
without a summer learning option. With your help,
$50
we can serve even more in summer 2012!
50
Finally, private funds also underwrite the cost of
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the evaluation of our programs. We use academic
$10
$5
assessments to ensure our programs align with
0
2010-2011
2013-2014
school day priorities.
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Donors
2010-11
$1,000 - $9,999
$1 Million - $3 Million
The Irvine Company
The Walmart Foundation
$250,000-$999,999
Children & Families Commission of
Orange County
$100,000 - $249,000
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
Ueberroth Family Foundation
$50,000 - $99,999
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Majestic Realty Foundation
Orange County Community Foundation
Orange County United Way
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
University of Phoenix
Women of Vision
$25,000 - $49,999
Bank of America
California Community Foundation
Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation
Leona Aronoff Charitable Foundation
Fund
Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation
RR Medical Services, Inc.
The Bank of America Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
The Kroger Co. Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous
Bart and Deborah Thomsen
Bill Holmes
Charles Abbott Associates, Inc.
Church of the Messiah
Fluor Foundation
Fran Inman
Innovate Partners, Inc.
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
O.L. Halsell Foundation
Orion Property Partners, Inc.
Pacific Life Foundation
The Croul Family Foundation
The Green Foundation
Union Pacific Foundation
United Way
WD Foundation
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Allergan Foundation
American Carreer College/West
Coast University
American Funds
Andrew C. and Elisabeth C. Schutz
Andrew Oksner
Anheuser-Busch
Barry J. Aronoff
Beccie Dawson
BNSF Railway Company
Celeste Cantú
Comerica
Cornerstone Communications
Crevier BMW
Dan and Sue Guggenheim
David and Pat Lamb
David E. and Marseilla A. Barth
Don and Linda Kelly
Donald and Brigitte Bren
Donald J. Crevier
DPI, Inc.
Fainbarg Family Foundation
Gilbert and Dora Carrion
Glenn A. and Joyce G. Howard
Heineken USA
Jack and Louise B. Light
James Pennella
Jay and Kris Carnahan
Jennie-O Turkey
Jerold and Phyllis Siperstein
Jerry L. and Bobbi R. Dauderman
Jim and Martha Newkirk
John and Patricia D. O’Donnell
Jon and Kathryn Allen
Kevin and Jenny Hayes, II
Kevin Hayes
LaRonda Fisher
Law & Mediation Office of
Troy Roe, Esq.
Lori Goodrich
Luis and Monica Florian
Lynda Boone Fetter
Margolis Family Foundation
Mary Lynn Coffee
Max and Artyn Gardner
McDermott & Bull Exec. Search
Metropolitan Water District
Mike and Kathy Lewis
Mike Marin
Miller-Coors
Nossaman, LLP
Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Recreational Music Center
Richard B. and Donna J. Phebus
Robert and Michelle Kargenian
Rose Hills Company
Ryan Faulkner
Sam and Susan Anderson
Samueli Foundation
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Satoru Tamaribuchi
Songstad & Randall, LLP
Southern California Edison
St. Joseph Health System
Stater Bros. Charities
Stephanie Sloggett O’Dell
Susan Shimoff
Taco Bell
Ted and Suzanne Paulson
Thagard Foundation
The California Endowment
The Community Foundation
The Nikols Company
Thomas Reyes
Tom T. Beeghly
Tony French
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
Truist
University of Phoenix
Vehicle Donation Processing
Center, Inc.
William and Jean Wenke
William H. and Barbara U. Roberts
Young’s Market Co.
$500 - $999
Barbara Wachsman
Bruce Barge
Cal American REO
Corey Brixen
Edison International
Edward and Jayne Muñoz
Eric Boden
Eric Nelson
Erin Nicole Bucci
G. Thomas and Cynthia Johns
Gene and Maricela Mason
Gerry and Maclyn Somers
Greg and Virginia Kelsch
Henry and Janet Miedema
IBM Employee Service Center
James M. and Beverly Peters
James R. and Judy G. Bergman
Jill Groff
Jim and Valerie Coffee
John and Mary Ellen Simon
Knights of Columbus Council
Larry and Myra Kirschenbaum
Linda Kennedy
Lois Lauer
Maria Reichel
Mark and Janelle McLoughlin
Mark and Shelli McElroy
Meghan Loper
Michael Alan Osoff
Premier Paving, Inc.
Rabbi Hillel and Rita Cohn
Ray and Donna Thagard
Renee Gabbard
Rob Thornton
Rod and Laura McDermott
Security Bank of California
Surface Mount Technology
Association
Tides Foundation
Timothy and Margaret Leyden
TJ and Kate O’Donovan
William D. Claster
$1 - $499
Adam Gillman
Adolfo Herrera
Adriana Kingston
Alan and Ellen Shimamoto
Alex and Carleen Corrales
Alicia Maciel
Alicia P. Ross
Allison Cox
Allison M. Ouellette
Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin
Amy Gruenke
Ana Sanchez
Anamarie Auger
Andrew and Catharina Gerken
Andrew Wong
Angela Adams
Angie Ramirez
Ann C. Kelly
Anthony and Rosalie Lugo
Antonette Roberto
Anuradha Vaid
April Martinez
Arnold C. and L. Marie Forde
Arnulfo Cardenas
Arts Orange County
Ashley Post
Beatriz Laborde
Becky Pollock
Beverly Peters
Bill and Melanie Shane
Bill Fennessy
Bill Turpit
Bob Riddle
Bobbi Blase
Brenda K. Deeley
Brian Akian
Brian Piedmonte
Brian Ruiz
Briana Maldonado
Bruce Haas and Cynthia Woelfel
Carl and Marguerite Hill
Carlos and Dana Guzman
Carlos Raul Hernandez
Carol Lambert
Carollyn Lobell
Cathy Fiore
Charles and Rececca Cupp
Chendra Harris
Chiu & Wang, Inc.
Chris and Lynn Casey
Chris Hite
Christine Ann Le
Christine Goldhammer
Christine Van Dyke Mazzarella
Colleen Scanlon
Craig and Trisha Shipcott
CynDee Zandes
Daisy Carretero
David and Cheryl Bui
David and Gloria Spencer
David and Leigh Donaldson
Debbie Ewing
Delia Maldonado
Dennis V. O’Hern
Dianne Felts
Dianne O’Healy
Dick and Mary Allen
Dick Wilmot
Dominic Griffin
Don and Carol Averill
Donald and Betsy Tarbell
Donald and Stacy Gillett
Donna Nolan
Doug and Serena Potter
Douglas C. and Gretchen Wride
Earl and Edith Shemwell
Edge Research
Edward Bonilla
Edward Simon
Eleni Christianson
Elisa Ferree
Elizabeth Flanigan
Elizabeth Sainz
Elvia Valdez
Enedelia Ornelas
Enrique Valenzuela and
Guadalupe Valdez
Eric and Olga Dean
Eric and Polly Stanbridge
Eric Portillo and America
Rodriguez
Erik and Linda Pasin
Esperanza Rueda
Fedelito Macaspac
Fernando and Alicia Cazares
Fernando Reyes
Frank and Martha Rutherford
Frank and Mary Beard
Frederick and Beverly Johnson
Gail Kiralla-Orr
Gary and JoAnn Jackson
George and Annamaria Kurtz
Gina Deann Zavala
Glenn and Mary Layton
Gordon K. and Wilma D. Jackson
Gordon S. and Carol C. Bowley
H.R. and L. Perez
Hayim Ninyo
Henkel Corp - Electronics Group
Hoaily Phan
Icela Cazarez
Irlnada Hipolito
J. Matthew and Lois Osborne
James and Elaine Slipe
James and Susan Ivison
James Eggert
James Laird
Jami Marie Mendoza
Janet G. Barkawi
Janet S. Hadley
Jeanne Behling
Jeff and Christi Colby
Jeff and Lisa Bennett
Jeff and Lourdes Stanfield
Jenel Prenovost
Jennifer Cullens
Jennifer Rowe
Jeremey Shumaker
Jerry and Katherine Dyche
Jessica Barajas
Jessica Serna
Jill E. McWhertor
Joan B. Rehnborg
Joan M. Donahue
Joanne Hopkins
John and Josephine Kiralla
John and Judith Coyne
John Campbell
John Gori
John Hanson
John Kleponis
John Reichel
Jorge and Amy Delgado
Jose Salazar
Josephine Ferris
Joshua and Susan Wheeler
Joshua Felix
Ju-Hsien and Bini Teng
Juile Lippert
Kara Johnson
Karen Munroe
Karla Perez
Katie Berry-Cowen
Katie R. Barth
Kevin and Carla Schmissrauter
Kimberly Menninger
Knights Ladies
Kristie D. Mathis
Kristie Holt
Kristy Lee McKinley
Kurt and Michelle Blodgett
Kurt Mair
Lakeland Village PTA
Larry and Bette Wise
Larry and Karen Root
Larry and Marilyn Glick
Larry McKenney
Laura Jauregui-Valdez
Laurel Peniche Gartman
Lawrence Gustafson
Leticia Magana
Lexington Financial, Inc.
Lillian Maldonado French
Linda B. Dempsay
Linda Casey
Loren Pannier
Lou and Ima Epstein
Lucy Jordan
Lyner Nuevo
Lynn Petersen
Mad Nick, Inc.
Marcos and Lupita Calderon
Maria Atilano
Maria Guzman
Maria Lucy Uribe
Maria Sanchez
Marianne Jagers
Maricela Amaya
Marina Lopez
Maritza Recinos
Mark and Cathy Louchheim
Mark and Joan Coleman
Mark Giordano
Martin and Cathie A. Olsky
Martin Uriarte, Jr.
Marty and Lisa Patterson
Mary Anne Skorpanich
Mary Frances Baker
Matthew and Kathleen Clark
Maynard and Sherri Carkhuff
Megan Dorsey
Melissa Jenkins
Melissa Penfield
Mia Castillo
Michael and Karen Berkery
Michael and Katherine Frobenius
Michael and Theresa Triay
Michael E. and Sajee Lekawa
Michael Ellzey
Michael Fahey
Michelle Gallegos
Michelle Marquez
Michelle Martinez
Miguel and Maria Diaz
Miguel Colon
Molly Doughty
Mona Hudson
Monique Phan
Nancy K. Fortune
Nancy Rodman
Natalia Flores
National Charity League, Orange
Villa Park Chapter
Neal Waner
Network for Good
Nicole Bunni
Norberto and Erica Cardoso
Paolo Leon
Pat and Michele Murphy
Patricia Holt
Patricia Tyson
Patrick and Jill Rico
Patrick O’Healy
Paul and Sybil Silverstein
Paul Shimoff
Priscilla Vazquez
Produce Marketing Assoc., Inc.
Quinn Cao
R.M. Oreilly
Ralph Ramsey
Raquel Sanchez
Redlands Educational Partnership
Foundation/AAA Academy
Regina Burdtell
Rex Reeves
Richard and Cynthia Succa
Richard and Kim Crawford
Richard and Pamela Maxson
Richard M. and Elinor Jane Hall
Richard Rutledge and Tehnaz
Daruwala-Rutledge
Robert and Marisa Kiss
Robert and Terry Citron
Robin Harbor
Robin Leftwich
Rolf and Carol Engen
Ronald and Irene Ozaki
Rose Roberts
Rosie Benquechea-Rogers
Rupa Patel
Salvador Lopez
Sandra Brunbaugh
Sandra L. Sewell
Scott Harrison
Scott Perkins
Sherry Edwards
Silvia Salas
Siria Trujillo
St. John’s Lutheran Church of
Orange
Stacey A. Griffin
Stacey and Leslie Kato
Stephanie Hernandez
Stephen and Linda Paliska
Stephen Coyne
Steve and Beth Wikle
Steve Mikkelson
Steven E. Barth and Amy
Luskey-Barth
Susan Huhndorf
Taft Elementary
Tanya Lee
Terrance Purdy
The Prudential Foundation
Matching Gifts
Thomas and Connie Linnert
Tia Dwyer
Tiffany Lee
Tim Blett
Timothy F. and Katherine S. Cornell
Tony Chang
Tracy and Cynthia Bennett
United Way California Capital
Region
United Way of the Inland Valleys
United Way Silicon Valley
University of California, Irvine
Van Nguyen
Vanessa Price
Veronica Gutierrez
Veronica Vaca
Vetta Samarin
Victor Gonzalez
Vipul Kumar
Walter and Dolores Duckett
Walter T. and Roberta Brzozowski
Whistle Stop Snack Shop
William Malkasian
William Sanford
Yolanda Estrada
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Revenues &
THINK Together
Statement of Activites
For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2011
Revenues
ASES/21stCCLC (K-12)**
Supplemental Educational Services (K-12)
Early Childhood (0-5)
School Age Care (K-5)
Philanthropy
Other
Total Revenues
Expenses
Program Services
ASES/21stCCLC (K-12)**
Supplemental Educational Services (K-12)
Early Childhood (0-5)
School Age Care (K-5)
Community Sites (K-12)
Total Program Services
2010-2011
44,042,635
902,213
550,000
520,832
4,605,358
134,121
$50,755,159
43,820,141
775,403
496,060
514,708
745,852
$46,352,164
Fundraising
General & Administrative
1,145,609
2,851,897
Total Expenses
$50,349,670
Net Income
Ending Net Assets
$405,489
$1,318,799
**Includes recognition of in-kind program services such as volunteer time, and facility and snack costs contributed by school district partners.
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Expenses
Historical Revenues and Expenses
W
70
60
Millions of Dollars
hile THINK Together has efficiently managed
the business aspects of our operation,
minimizing expenditures wherever possible, this
chart indicates that our revenues only slightly
outpace our operating costs. Private philanthropy
is needed to provide program enhancements,
fund innovative pilot programs in STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), as well as
evaluation and data gathering.
50
Revenues
Expenses
40
30
20
10
0
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12*
*Projected
2%
Supplemental Educational
Services (K-12)
21%
Program Services
In-kind
1%
School Age Care
9%
Philanthropy
14%
Program Services
Federal
2011
$50.7 M
53%
Program Services
State
Revenues
2011
$50.3 M
6%
General &
Administrative
2%
Fundraising
92%
Program Services
Expenses
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Looking Ahead
Goals for 2011-14:
• Scale our core extended learning time programs
(after-school, summer, spring break and small group
tutoring) statewide.
• Expand opportunities to integrate the comprehensive Ecosystem model into communities already
benefitting from one or more core extended learning time programs.
Extended Learning Time Program priorities:
• Digital Learning — Strengthen our core English
Language Arts and Math academic support by
leveraging technology to give more students access
to student-centered learning.
• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,
Math) — Expand access to more hands-on and
inquiry-based learning opportunities that will better
prepare students for the workforce.
• Wellness — Leverage innovative ideas and models
from other sectors to educate students about
obesity, healthy lifestyle choices, bullying and other
health/fitness related topics that impact the quality
of their lives.
Ecosystem priorities:
• Build our presence in early childhood education by expanding our early literacy efforts
and by providing preschool programs.
• Expand our parent-pay programs in middleclass communities statewide. We endeavor
to bring best practices in Digital Learning,
STEAM and Wellness to this segment of our
extended learning time programming, so that
all of our students will be better prepared for
the workforce.
• Continue our Promise Neighborhoods efforts
in Santa Ana.
• Leverage our infrastructure and data-driven
integrated school model to broaden community collaborations and meet the needs of our
school district partners.
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