2022 ASC Annual Report

DRIVING THE GROWTH OF NATIONAL SERVICE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT

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Introduction

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Staff and Board of Directors

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Membership

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Training & Technical Assistance

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Youth Service

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Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

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Signature Events

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Grants, Sponsors, and Donors

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Introduction 2022 was a year

categorized by growth for America’s Service

Commissions. We added four new staff positions

to our team, after having added three new

positions in the second half of 2021.

As we grew our team, we

expanded the services we offer to our network, deepened our philanthropic

partnerships, and

broadened our reach as a thought leader in the

We hired four new staff

positions in 2022.

national service field.

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Staff

KAIRA ESGATE Chief Executive Officer

CHAD DRISCOLL

RACHEL BRUNS Chief Engagement Officer

ELISA GLEESON

Training & Technical Assistance Manager

Membership & Training Manager

CASEY REYNOLDS

NAEJLA WALTON

State Policy Manager

Operations Manager

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MONICA GREENFIELD Membership Specialist

ASHTON YOUNT

BRAD KMOCH

Chief Advancement Officer

Marketing & Communications Manager

NAILAH METWALLYIBRAHIM Membership Coordinator

ALLI ZUEL

Volunteer Engagement Manager

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Board of Directors 2022-2023 Board Officers Judd Jeansonne, Chair · Executive Director, Volunteer Louisiana Ginna Holmes, Vice Chair / Public Policy Chair · Executive Director, Michigan Community Service Commission Katie Abbott, Resource Development Chair · Executive Director, Serve Alaska Cat Keen, Membership Chair · National Service Programs Director, Volunteer Florida Jeanne Duffy, Treasurer · Executive Director, Serve Wisconsin Kate Scheuritzel, Secretary · Director of Programs, Serve Connecticut 2022-2023 Board Members John Albright · Chair, Missouri Community Service Commission Thenera Bailey · CEO, SISGI Group and SISGI Beyond Good Ideas Foundation Kristen Bennett · CEO, Service Year Alliance Owen Brown · Youth Commissioner, Volunteer Mississippi Vanessa Diamond · Commissioner, Serve Virginia Al Dixon · Commissioner, Serve Alabama Steve Epstein · Chair, Volunteer New Hampshire William Hall · Executive Director, ServeOhio Beverly Hoster · Chair, Oklahoma Community Service Commission Julia Keehner · Chair, Volunteer West Virginia Charlette Kremer · Commissioner, Serve Idaho Shelly McAlpin · Executive Director, Serve Wyoming Beth McGuinness · Director of Programs, Massachusetts Service Alliance Jessica Noble · Executive Director, Kansas Volunteer Commission Nathan Rix · Commissioner, Oregon Serves Richard Swarttz · CFO, Lead for America Marty Weinstein · CEO, Bay Area Community Resources and Co-Chair, California AmeriCorps Alliance With Thanks for Their Service — Outgoing Board Members Maureen Eccleston · former executive director, PennSERVE Caroline Farmer · former executive director, Volunteer NC Marc McAleavey · former executive director, Serve Indiana Lisa Spinali · former commissioner, California Volunteers 4

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Our Membership ASC is a membership-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization representing the 52 state and territorial service commissions.

In addition to providing a wide-range of services to commissions, we also provide

membership opportunities in three major categories: Individual Members, AmeriCorps Program Partner Members, and States for Service (S4S) Coalition Members.

ASC represents commissions and their programs as well as the broader state service ecosystem by:

Providing one unified national voice for service on critical issues

Educating members of Congress and state legislators on the value of national service and volunteerism

Facilitating training and technical assistance for commissions and their programs Coordinating peer-to-peer learning opportunities for the national service and volunteer field

Our membership from 2021 to 2022 mostly stayed consistent across all membership categories, as represented in the graph below. Please note that commission membership is always a stable number from year-to-year.

2021

2022

750

622

613

500

238 256

250

52 0

52

Commissions

45

59

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S4S Coalition

AmeriCorps Programs

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Membership Satisfaction We pride ourselves on being a member-centered association. In 2022, we were pleased to

receive the following feedback from commissions through our annual Member Satisfaction Survey.

98% of respondents stated they receive responses from ASC staff in a timely manner.

100% of respondents stated the information provided by ASC is helpful to advancing their work.

100% of respondents feel that ASC, as their association, reflects and elevates their commission and the work they do.

96% of respondents said that ASC effectively advocates on their behalf to key stakeholders

85% of respondents feel their Partner Service Fees (similar to membership dues) are a good value for the services received.

100% of respondents rated our services as "excellent" or "good."

100%

of respondents rated our services as "excellent" or "good"

AmeriCorps Member Assistance Program The AmeriCorps Member Assistance Program (MAP) is designed to support AmeriCorps programs in providing accessible and quality mental health services to AmeriCorps members and employees of their organizations. In order to participate in MAP, the

AmeriCorps program must be an existing ASC member or join as part of MAP enrollment.

In 2022, we had 27,813 individuals enrolled in MAP, with 47 states and territories represented.

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Training & Technical Assistance We continue to increase the number and types of support services we offer to our 52

commissions and their programs, while still ensuring affordability and tailored support

where commissions feel they need it most. In addition to the offerings described in this

spread, we also added four ASC staff positions in 2022 to better serve our membership.

Committees ASC invites commission staff to participate in the following committees to inform and guide our organizational work: Finance, Membership,

Public Policy, and Resource Development. In 2022, 54 commission staff served on committees.

Learning Communities We facilitated six learning communities in 2022: Communications & Marketing, Executive Directors, Fiscal Officers, Program Evaluation,

Program Officers, and VGF. Each learning community met monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly for relevant training.

Workgroups ASC facilitates workgroups in a variety of topic areas to allow small groups of commission staff to come together for discussion and collaboration. In 2022, 160 commission staff participated in 13

workgroups: Accelerator, Climate Action, Fiscal, Grantmaking, JEDI, Member Experience, Monitoring, National Service Criminal History

Checks, Public Health, Recruitment and Enrollment, Staff Support, VISTA Sponsors, and Workforce Development.

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Opt-In Services In 2022, we were pleased to offer the following services and training events — above and beyond our standard assistance — that commissions could choose to participate in.

AmeriCorps Fiscal Boot Camp (hybrid) — 72 attendees

AmeriCorps Program Boot Camp (hybrid) — 68 attendees

Beyond AmeriCorps Rules and Regulations Management Training — 57 attendees Civic Engagement Planning — 4 commissions (new) Commission Leadership Circle — 8 commissions Commissioner Engagement — 8 commissions

Community Minded Program Development — 4 commissions (new)

Developing an Effective and Inclusive Work Culture — 4 commissions (new) Disaster Services Convening (in-person) — 29 attendees (new) Encore Fellow — 3 commissions

Evaluation Plan Technical Assistance — 7 commissions (new)

Evidence Building Technical Assistance — 8 commissions (new) Executive Director 8-Part Training Series — 7 commissions Federal Grants Management Training — 17 commissions Fiscal Officer 7-Part Training Series — 32 attendees

Grantmaking Convening (in-person) — 26 attendees; 18 commissions (new) Planning Grant and Technical Assistance Model — 4 commissions Program Development Strategy — 4 commissions (new)

Program Officer 8-Part Training Series — 19 attendees; 14 commissions

Program Officer Convening (in-person) — 29 attendees; 20 commissions (new) Recruitment and Retention Coaching Series — 8 commissions Strengths Accelerator Visits (in-person) — 5 visits VGF Convening (in-person) — 27 attendees

Services and trainings were delivered virtually unless otherwise noted.

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Youth Service One way ASC supports our membership is through our efforts to expand and advocate for youth service opportunities around the country. In 2022, ASC released a report entitled "America’s Youth Service Landscape," provided recommendations to the AmeriCorps agency on reestablishing service-learning funding, presented at the National Youth

Leadership Conference and the Youth Service America Summit on the role of commissions in advancing youth service, and finalized a youth service funding toolkit for commissions.

Thanks to generous funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, ASC has been able to provide subgrants to commissions for their youth service work. In 2022, 11 commissions

(AR, CO, CT, IA, MA, ME, MI, MN, NC, OH, UT) completed grants that were awarded in YEAR to assess the youth service landscape in their respective states and explore opportunities for expansion of the quality or quantity of youth service. In addition, we were able to award grants to five states to expand afterschool programming.

Alaska Afterschool Network and Serve Alaska

Alaska will place AmeriCorps members at existing afterschool programs in rural Alaska to increase the number of girls engaged in STEM and address ongoing workforce shortages.

Iowa Afterschool Alliance and Volunteer Iowa

Iowa will support low-income students, small programs, and underfunded programs —

particularly those focused on STEM education and bridging the gap for students of color.

Michigan Afterschool Partnership and Michigan Community Service Commission

Michigan will provide capacity support in the areas of professional development, communication, and research for afterschool providers across the state.

Utah Afterschool Network and UServeUtah

Utah will support 10 afterschool programs that serve neighborhoods and schools with high social vulnerability indexes and low STEM engagement.

Wyoming Afterschool Alliance and Serve Wyoming

Wyoming will support afterschool programs focused on service-learning and STEM.

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Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion ASC continues to prioritize our commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in all of our organizational work. Some highlights from 2022 include:

JEDI Plan We updated our JEDI plan to reflect our larger staff team and current

goals and priorities. Each staff member has responsibilities in the updated plan. We also developed a land acknowledgment — which is published on our website — for use at in-person events, and created a framework for

expanding access to affinity groups for commission staff and AmeriCorps program staff.

Staff Training Our team participated in two JEDI trainings led by The SISGI Group, one focused on The Anti-Racism Handbook (Thema Bryant and Edith G.

Arrington) and one focused on subtle acts of exclusion. In addition, each

staff member identified individual, JEDI-related professional development opportunities for continued learning.

Advocacy Efforts We continued our advocacy efforts to reduce match burdens, improve access to fixed amount grants, increase the cost per MSY and living

allowance, and reduce other AmeriCorps program grant barriers. We also provided feedback to Next100 on its equity recommendations for state/territorial service commissions.

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Signature Events Leadership Convening In February 2022, we hosted our annual Leadership Convening for commission executive directors and commissioners, which included a livestream of the in-person programming for those who were not able to travel to Washington, DC. We had 96 attendees, representing 45 of 52 commissions.

The programming included an overview of the ASC strategic plan and current priorities; public policy updates; a dialogue with leadership from the AmeriCorps agency; sessions on philanthropy, talent pipelines, and alum engagement; and more.

National Service Training Each year, ASC hosts our National Service Training (NST) regional events in three locations. In 2022, NST occurred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Burlington, Vermont; and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Hosted in partnership with Serve Wisconsin, SerVermont, and Serve New Mexico, the NST events were financially supported by 40 commissions.

We welcomed over 1500 attendees from across the country, including more than 250 commission staff and commissioners, nearly 1000 AmeriCorps program staff, and approximately 100 presenters.

The theme was Shaping the Future. Emmy award winning storyteller Sarah Eagle Heart delivered the keynote address, and we offered numerous workshops covering topics including but not limited to: AmeriCorps programs; financial and grants management; justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion; state and territorial service commissions; and volunteer and member engagement.

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Innovation and Leadership Awards On September 22, we recognized community leaders from across the nation at our virtual Innovation and Leadership Awards.

Typically hosted in Washington, DC, the event is held each year to recognize the accomplishments of state/territorial service commission staff, commissioners, service programs, and their champions. Our 2022 festivities kicked off a year’s worth of celebrations in honor of our 25th anniversary, which will culminate at our 2023 Innovation and Leadership Awards reception.

Congratulations to our 2022 awardees!

Friend of ASC: Schultz Family Foundation (WA) State Service Leadership: Governor Gavin Newsom (CA) Outstanding Commissioner: Charlette Kremer (ID) Outstanding Commission Executive Director: Jahn Kelly (CO) Outstanding Commission Staff: Kate Scheuritzel (CT) Outstanding Service Program: Green Iowa AmeriCorps (IA) Outstanding Service Program Staff: Erika Hermosillo (CA) Honor Roll: LaDawn Stoddard (UT)

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Thank you to our partners!

ASC relies on the support of the 52 state and territorial service commissions, as well as foundations, organizations, and individuals who recognize the importance of national service in our communities. Their contributions, both financial and through their work, extend our reach and help support ASC’s 25 years of uniting states in service.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Mott Foundation is committed to supporting efforts that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society and has been a longtime supporter of ASC, youth service, servicelearning, and afterschool networks. The Mott Foundation awarded a $343,000 grant to ASC to create collaborative partnerships between statewide afterschool networks and state service commissions. Five partnerships were selected to support the expansion or creation of afterschool programs in their respective states. Read more on page 9.

Schultz Family Foundation (SFF) Through its National Service Challenge, SFF has provided an opportunity for participating commissions to share, learn, and document emerging practices in national service. One challenge identified is access to emergency aid dollars for AmeriCorps members to meet basic needs, like housing and transportation, which otherwise may prevent members from completing their service. As a result, SFF has provided a $750,000 grant that will establish a pool of matching funds for commissions interested in offering emergency assistance to AmeriCorps members experiencing hardship. ASC will also be able to underwrite any fees associated with contracting a vendor to administer the emergency fund application process and distribution of financial support.

Ballmer Group The Ballmer Group continues to partner with ASC through their $250,000 grant to support our policy work to expand and incentivize national service and improve accessibility to service through federal and state policy changes.

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Top Sponsors

Sponsors

Individual Donors

AL!VE

Katie Abbott

Charles Harris

DF Meetings & Events

Thenera Bailey

Judd Jeansonne

Cigna

Future Generations University Galaxy Digital

Janna Pennington LLC

Jump Start Training & Development Massachusetts Service Alliance MAVA

McMahon Consulting Group Oklahoma AmeriCorps Parson Williams Group See What I Mean Think For Good

Volunteer Florida

Volunteer Mississippi

Wisdom and Wellness, LLC

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John Albright William Basl

Kristen Bennett Owen Brown

Rachel Bruns Gina Carroll

Vanessa Diamond Jessica Dorsey Chad Driscoll

Maureen Eccleston Steve Epstein Kaira Esgate

Caroline Farmer

Monica Greenfield William Hall

Ginna Holmes Julia Keehner Cat Keen

Gail Klearman Brad Kmoch

Char Kremer

Shelly McAlpin

Beth McGuinness

Barbara McIntyre Shirley Sagawa

Kate Scheuritzel Lisa Spinali

LaDawn Stoddard Richard Swarttz

Martin Weinstein

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