Boston Partners in Education, Inc.
ANNUAL
REPORT
FY15 September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015
BOSTON PARTNERS IN EDUCATION ENHANCES THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND NURTURES THE PERSONAL GROWTH OF BOSTON’S PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH FOCUSED, INDIVIDUALIZED, IN-SCHOOL VOLUNTEER SUPPORT.
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Welcome Letter
Big Cheese Reads
School Volunteer Program
Power Lunch
Math Rules!
Our Supporters
Financials
Board
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
A LETTER FROM OUR
BOARD CHAIR &
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, Fiscal year 2015 was an extremely busy and productive year. We built on the amazing momentum of 2014 and had great success. Staff and Board helped us break fundraising records and, more importantly, helped us reach our program goals of supporting over 3,000 K-12 students in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) thanks to 598 volunteer academic mentors in 73 schools across the city. We were able to make needed investments in technology, introducing e-readers to students and reading mentors in our Power Lunch program. We brought on an Education Pioneers Data Analysis Fellow, who helped us enhance our surveys and improve the way we analyze data and evaluate student success. We also launched a fabulous new website, bostonpartners.org, allowing all of our constituents the opportunity to learn more about what we do and how we support students in every neighborhood of Boston. In spring of 2015 our Big Cheese Reads, a sponsorship initiative that culminated in our annual gala, raised over $600,000, a record for the organization. Celebrating our corporate partner Fidelity Investments and their President of Workplace Investments, Jim MacDonald, helped us to deepen our partnership with this important Boston-based company. One highlight was hosting a Big Cheese Reading with 16 “Big Cheeses” from Fidelity and State Street Corporation, who paired up and read in eight middle school classrooms at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School in Dorchester. We worked diligently to create our latest three-year strategic plan, launched in the first month of FY 2016. We have some exciting plans, including a re-design of our School Volunteer Program, with the goal of serving 25% more students in Boston. During 2016-17, we will hit a milestone and celebrate Boston Partners in Education’s 50th anniversary.
We will visit our historic past, when we began as School Volunteers for Boston in 1966. From the start, we've had a strong partnership with BPS, which has continued to deepen over the years. We will also look to our future, finding better ways to support students, teachers and community members who want to volunteer as academic mentors. Our commitment to helping students stay in school and graduate on time is as strong as ever. We will continue to support students who have gaps in their their skills and knowledge. More importantly, our academic mentors will continue to encourage and build their students’ confidence, so they are ready for success and are able to reach their full potential. We are excited for what the coming year will bring. There is new leadership in BPS and we welcome Superintendent Dr. Tommy Chang and his team. We are ready to work with everyone in the district to build a “Culture of We.” We plan to continue deepening our school partnerships and serving more students by engaging more academic mentors, volunteers from our community. Thank you to our staff and Board of Directors, our volunteer academic mentors, the teachers and administrators in the Boston Public Schools, our partners, and most especially our donors. We are able to do our work because of the contributions all of you make over the year. We look forward to this year and the coming three years as we take our work to a new level, serving more students and sharing with all of you the impact our academic mentors have on their success.
Sincerely,
Pamela Civins Executive Director
Joseph Antonellis Board Chair Retired, State Street Corporation
Yearly Snapshot
IN 2014-2015, WE PLACED 598 VOLUNTEERS IN 73 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THESE ACADEMIC MENTORS HELPED SUPPORT 3,008 BPS STUDENTS, WHO RECEIVED THE EXTRA ATTENTION THEY NEEDED TO SUCCEED. Students like Kyra (left) met with an academic mentor once a week during the school year. She not only gained a mentor who could help her with reading, she also gained a friend.
Program Report
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BIG CHEESE READERS
BIG CHEESE READS
SCHOOLS STUDENTS REACHED
YEAR IN REVIEW
99%
OF BIG CHEESE READERS RATED THEIR EXPERIENCE "EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD"
The Big Cheese Reads introduces business, community, and cultural leaders (“Big Cheeses”) to middle school students in the Boston Public Schools through a one-time classroom visit. During this visit, “Big Cheeses” read to the students and share experiences that emphasize the vital role literacy plays in future achievement, particularly career success. In 2014-2015, 100 Big Cheese Readers reached 1,820 students in 24 Boston Public Schools.
THIS YEAR'S HIGHLIGHT
98%
OF TEACHERS RATED THE PROGRAM "EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD"
BIG CHEESE READS
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Our 11th Annual Big Cheese Reads Gala raised a record-breaking $600,000, making it our most successful Gala to date! Over 400 of our community partners gathered in support of public education and Boston Partners' mission. Funds raised from the Gala are used to support our inschool academic mentoring programs, helping us reach thousands of Boston Public Schools students in need of a mentor.
"YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE WHO WILL RISE UP HIGH SOMEDAY. BE THAT PERSON." - 6th Grade Student, Jackson/Mann K-8 School
BIG CHEESE READS
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"I NEVER IMAGINED WHAT AN IMPACT I COULD HAVE ON A CHILD'S LIFE BY VOLUNTEERING JUST A FEW HOURS A WEEK. I ALSO HAD NO IDEA WHAT AN IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON ME." SVP
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- Academic Mentor, Higginson/Lewis K-8 School
Program Report
SCHOOL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
91%
OF TEACHERS REPORTED THAT VOLUNTEERS WERE "EXCELLENT" OR "GOOD" AT IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
YEAR IN REVIEW Our longest-running program, the School Volunteer Program matches Boston Public Schools students in grades pre-K-12 with volunteer academic mentors in response to teacher requests. Any teacher can nominate students whom they believe will benefit from extra one-on-one or small group help. Most academic mentors support students in the subjects of math, reading and writing. In 2014-2015, the School Volunteer Program matched 818 students in 55 schools with 232 volunteers.
THIS YEAR'S HIGHLIGHT Because the program reaches so many students across so many BPS schools, it's long been a challenge for us to track SVP students' individual progress. In 20142015, working with BPS, we piloted a new system to capture students' upward momentum. By securing permissions to collect student ID numbers and report cards, we can now collect vital student outcome data to report on how students matched with mentors learn as they grow.
8/10
VOLUNTEERS SAID THEY LOOKED FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEIR STUDENTS REGULARLY
9,688
HOURS OF SVP TIME WERE SPENT BETWEEN ACADEMIC MENTORS AND STUDENTS
SVP
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"LEARNING GIVES OF CONFIDENCE THAT
YOU A CERTAIN KIND YOU CAN DO ANYTHING." - 8th Grade Student, The Martin Luther King, Jr. K-8 School
"READING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH AND YOUR DESTINY." POWER LUNCH
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- 6th Grade Student, Murphy K-8 School
Program Report
POWER LUNCH
76%
OF POWER LUNCH STUDENTS IMPROVED THEIR OVERALL GPA
YEAR IN REVIEW Power Lunch is Boston's premier early literacy intervention program for early readers in grades K–3, tailored for corporate volunteers. Power Lunch reading mentors meet with students during the school day, encouraging an enthusiasm for books and reading while providing students with a role model and a friend. In 2014-2015, 118 students were mentored by 202 corporate Power Lunch volunteers in eight schools.
THIS YEAR'S HIGHLIGHT We piloted the inclusion of 13 iPads as e-readers to three Power Lunch schools. Both students and mentors enjoyed using the devices as ereaders and to play educational games together. The implementation of iPads was such a success that we will expand the use of e-readers in Power Lunch in 2015-2016.
9/10
TEACHERS RATED POWER LUNCH AS "EXCELLENT" OR "GOOD"
1,930
HOURS OF POWER LUNCH READING TIME WERE SPENT BETWEEN ACADEMIC MENTORS AND STUDENTS
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Program Report
71%
MATH RULES!
OF MATH RULES! STUDENTS IMPROVED THEIR OVERALL GPA
YEAR IN REVIEW
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MATH RULES! STUDENTS WHO WERE "NOT MOTIVATED IN MATH" INCREASED THEIR MATH GPA
Math Rules! provides a way for elementary students to build solid math skills, build selfconfidence, and develop a love for the subject. Volunteers meet with small groups of students during their math period for at least one hour each week, supporting the students in completing their exercises. In 2014-2015, 252 students received math support from 64 Math Rules! volunteers in 10 schools.
THIS YEAR'S HIGHLIGHT
85%
OF VOLUNTEERS REPORTED THAT WORKING WITH THEIR STUDENT(S) WAS "EXCELLENT" OR "GOOD" AT IMPROVING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
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In 2014-2015, Math Rules! served more students than ever before! Thanks in part to a 55% volunteer retention rate from the previous year, Math Rules! was able to match new volunteers with additional students, increasing the number of students served by 25% and setting a new program record.
“THE JOY ON A STUDENT'S FACE AFTER THEY THEMSELVES GET TO THE SOLUTION IS TREMENDOUS.” - Academic Mentor, Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School
MATH RULES!
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Who We Serve
32%
BLACK
29%
HISPANIC
10%
ASIAN
STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS In 2014-2015, according to teacher nominations
5%
WHITE
4%
OTHER
*Demographics of remaining 20% of students are unidentified
ABOUT OUR STUDENTS
39%
SPOKE A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH IN THE HOME
64%
WERE NOMINATED FOR OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED EXTRA ATTENTION
78%
WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCHES, A COMMON INDICATOR OF POVERTY ACCORDING TO BPS
80%
WERE NOMINATED FOR OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED EXTRA HELP IN A SUBJECT
Students in our programs are typically "at risk of falling through the cracks," meaning they need academic support in a particular subject, have specific gaps in skills or knowledge, or would simply benefit from extra one-on-one attention from a caring adult academic mentor.
OUR SUPPORTERS $100,000+ Fidelity Investments State Street Corporation State Street Foundation, Inc.
$99,000 - $50,000
Joseph & MaryLynn Antonellis Boston Public Schools
$49,999 - $20,000 American Airlines Boston Financial Data Services Cummings Foundation Scott & Niki Hutzler JPMorgan Chase Foundation Jim & Carolyn MacDonald Salesforce.org TD Bank TD Charitable Foundation
$19,999 - $10,000 Bushrod H. Campbell and Adah F. Hall Charity Fund Cabot Family Charitable Trust Eaton Vance Investment Managers KPMG LLP Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P. NRG Energy Oracle PerkinElmer Foundation RICOH Salesforce.com Strategy& Weymouth Design
$9,999 - $5,000 Abt Associates, Inc. Anonymous AT&T Boston Consulting Group Build-a-Bear Workshop Foundation Gerald & Kate Chertavian Darren & Carrie Donovan John & Suzzara Durocher
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EMC Corporation Hemenway & Barnes, LLP IBM Inspirato LLC LABUR Consulting Liberty Mutual Insurance Nick & Diane Lopardo Mass Mentoring Partnership Kevin & Leslie McCafferty Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC Arthur & Connie Page Paul and Edith Babson Foundation John & Lisa Plansky PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Putnam Investments Michael Richards Ropes & Gray LLP Sanofi Genzyme The Boston Foundation Tiny Tiger Foundation Bob & Sue Walters Westfield Capital Management
$4,999 - $2,500 American Student Assistance Beacon Consulting Group Boston Trust & Investment Management Company Deloitte Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation Granite Telecommunications, LLC John Snow Inc. Peter Langevin Ivan & Heidi Matviak John & Jo Frances Meyer Michael Stone Portraits Pamela & Nino Micozzi Karen Mosman Randy Peeler Chris Ra Bob & Jan Sacco Salus Capital Partners Santa Claus Anonymous Seyfarth Shaw LLP StoneTurn Group, LLP Pauliina & Peter Swartz Winter Wyman Company, Inc.
$2,499 - $1,000 A&G Realty Partners American Tower Corporation Domenic & Elena Antonellis Biondolillo Associates, Inc. Boston Red Sox Brown Brothers Harriman Jay Burke Carlson Wagonlit Travel Christensen-Dunn Early Foundations Fund Clear Thinking Group, LLC Marion Colombo Comicazi Inc. Antinuke & Joshua Diver Ruth Dowling Carl Drisko & Allie Altman Ned Dubilo & Grace Zimmerman Dwyer Photography Ross & Deborah Elder Scott & Alexandra Steinert-Evoy FJN Charitable Foundation Howard Galligan Hannah & Jack Grove John & Mary Heveran Mimi & Roger Hewlett Stephanie & Robert Hood Ron & Megan Hovsepian Landis & Kristina Huffman Meg Jordan Laura & Barry Korobkin Joseph & Maureen Laurin Mike & Mandy LeBlanc Mark & Rainy Leonard London May Fair Hotel Drew Lynch Maine Beer Company James & Barbara Malerba Raj Marphatia Michael & Jacqueline McKenna Andrea Mintz Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Neff Marc Saunders Jay & Lynda Shuman Janet Smith & Joe Idzal Andrew Thorne Voya Foundation Jib & Beth Wilkinson Brad Wilson
OUR SUPPORTERS $999 - $500 Eleanor Andrews Jennifer Andrews Burke & Adam Burke Mike & Elaine Antonellis Gregory Ayres Arrin & Lisa Barmak Ben Elias Industries, Inc. Mr. Berman & Ms. Walsh William & Deborah Berman Joan Binstock John Black Blue Ridge Capital, LLC Boston Ballet Boston Harbor Hotel Kimberly Boucher Ken Burr Cedar Grove Gardens Edward Chazen & Barbara Gross Pamela Civins & Laura Koepnick Ryan Comes Bruce Daniel & Susan M. Dacey Randall & Michele Davis Cynthia Doe Michael Douvadjian Sean Downey Jennifer Erskine-Cashin & Bryan Cashin Fairmont Copley Plaza Google, Inc. Becca Gould Judy & Wes Harrington Christopher Horblit JetBlue Airways Douglass Karp Robert & Janet Kelley Domenic & Lydia Lalli Julia McCarthy Martin & Lisa McDonough Beth McHugh Margaret McKenna Rich & Marie Merullo David & Mary Ellen Morse Andy & Kathy Moser Gale Murray Richard & Debbie Oliver Thomas & Jill Pappas Sally Portle Fred Ramos & Bob Starmer
Gregory Reisch Jane Remillard Rosenbaum/Steinberg Family Foundation Richard Rossi Bob & Lee Salerno David & Kristin Shapiro Grant Simpson Starwood Hotels Deborah Thaxter The Bulfinch Companies, Inc. The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common The Ritz-Carlton, New York Battery Park Paul Traub George Trickel Andy & Lisa Tuite Walt Disney World Co. Zoo New England
$499 - $250 Carol & Ron Ayotte Sandra Bailly Kevin Barry Jeffrey Beale Rebecca Berman Janet Boucher Ellie Brink John Carey Citibank David Dolan DotOUT, Inc. Mark Drumb Matthew Duffy Joan Farahmand William Friedman Nathaniel Gaede Richard & Ruth Gaffey Barbara Garner Gillette Stadium Beth Gragg Bill & Martha Greene Stephen & Kristin Greene Walter & Nancy Grignon Grossman Marketing Group Hilton Boston Downtown, Faneuil Hall Chris Hock Barbara Hoffman Christopher Horan
Hyatt Regency Boston Hyatt Regency San Francisco InterContinental Boston InterContinental New York Times Square Jilmarr Foundation, Inc. Macy Kiley Skye Morrison Kramer Rob Kuppens Stewart Landers Gretchen Latowsky Meredith & Jim Laudisio Enid Louis Susan Malloy Mandarin Oriental Boston Todd Meringoff Rick Metters & Maura Embler Monique Murray Museum of Science New England Aquarium New England Revolution Charitable Foundation Ken Olivola Steven Pellegrino Celia & Philip Peterson Marc Price Sheraton Boston Hotel John & Linda Sweeney Tim Tobin Sally Waldron & Bill Neukomm Brian & Ellen Walsh Jordan & Mendie Welu Joseph Winn
WE ALSO WISH TO THANK: $249 - $1 donors 2014 Rodman Ride for Kids donors 2015 Boston Marathon速 donors 2015 Power Lunch Read-a-Thon donors
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FINANCIAL REPORT BOSTON PARTNERS IN EDUCATION, INC. Statement of Financial Position - August 31, 2015
ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Promises to give Prepaid expenses Total Current Assets FIXED ASSETS Equipment Less: accumulated depreciation Net Fixed Assets INTANGIBLE ASSETS Web site Total Assets
$655,972 $2,590 $4,588 $663,150
$28,583 ($5,717) $22,866
$88,330 $774,346
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Payroll withholdings Total Current Liabilities and Total Liabilities NET ASSETS Unrestricted Total Liabilities and Net Assets
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$3,976 $3,976
$770,370 $774,346
FINANCIAL REPORT SUPPORT AND REVENUE Grants and contributions In-kind donations Program fees Special events Less: direct costs Net revenue from special events Other income Interest Net assets released from restrictions Total Support and Revenue EXPENSES Program services: The Big Cheese Reads Math Rules! Power Lunch School Volunteer Program Total Program Services Supporting services: Management and general Fundraising Total Supporting Services Total Expenses Change in Net Assets
$ 496,671 $162,233 $80,000 $655,746 ($146,427) $509,319 $2,935 $503 -$1,251,661
$114,872 $158,014 $153,038 $319,726 $745,650
$156,183 $165,183 $321,366 $1,067,016 $184,645
Net Assets, Beginning of Year
$585,725
NET ASSETS END OF YEAR
$770,370
TO VIEW OUR 2015 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, VISIT: http://bit.ly/FY15Audit
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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Joseph C. Antonellis (Chairman) - Vice Chairman (retired), State Street Corporation Gregory Ayres - Senior Product Manager, Brainshark Sandra Best Bailly - Associate Professor of Practice, Assistant Director, Field Education, Simmons College Marion Colombo - Senior Vice President, Retail Banking, TD Bank Darren Donovan - Managing Principal, KPMG LLP Ruth Dowling - SVP Corporate Legal, American Tower Corporation John Durocher - Executive Vice President, Customers for Life, Salesforce.com Beth Gragg - Organizational Development Consultant John Heveran - SVP and CIO of Commercial Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance Christopher M. Horan - Founder & Managing Partner, Horan Communications
Stephen G. Huggard - Partner, Locke Lord LLP Scott Hutzler - Executive Vice President, Workplace Participant Services, Fidelity Investments Meg Jordan (Vice Chair) - former Human Resources Manager, Franciscan Children’s Hospital Joel H. Lamstein - President, John Snow, Inc. & World Education, Inc. Michael LeBlanc - Director, Northeast Sales, Illumio Nicholas A. Lopardo - Chairman & CEO, Susquehanna Capital Management Group Ivan Matviak - Executive Vice President, Head of Software & Information Solutions, State Street Global Exchange Martin J. McDonough - Regional Sales Director, North America, Mondi Group Michael McKenna - Sales Center Vice President, AT&T Arthur B. Page (Clerk) - Partner, Hemenway & Barnes, LLP Steven J. Pellegrino - Principal, sjpellegrino & co. John Plansky - Senior Partner, Strategy& Emmanuelle Renelique - Owner, Awakening Excellence Adult Day Health Center Robert Sacco - Client Vice President, Senior Location Executive, Boston, IBM Jay Shuman (Treasurer) - Chief Financial Officer, Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. Janet C. Smith - Director of Fund Administration, Putnam Investments Andrew Thorne - Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Paul Weiss - SVP of Trading & Marketing, NRG Energy Jib Wilkinson - Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP Brad Wilson - Partner, StoneTurn Group, LLP
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