impact report
OPPORTUNITY We can bring communities together to fight poverty. Most polarized social climate in recent history
13,000 people in poverty in NE Denver
SOLUTION Through our one-year career and community development program, we prepare and equip unemployed and underemployed neighbors for meaningful careers with sustainable living wages, and build relationships across lines of race, class, and political views, reweaving the fabric of a frayed society.
2017 Impact “Before Uprise, I was in a halfway house trying to do life by myself. Since joining the program, I have learned how to trust others again and the importance of persistence and ambition. In Training Camp, I was taught communication skills and expanded my insight on the internal aspects of emotional, intellectual, and financial poverty. I sincerely believe when someone has a family like Uprise, they can overcome the barriers in front of them. Thank you, Uprise, for not judging me, for your strength, for your structure, and for the program.”
2,319 interest forms 160 new Leaders 22 career tracks 100 volunteers 40 graduates
Abdullah, 2017 Graduate 776% average wage increase
MISSIONAL GOALS By 2020, we aim to:
Scale to three CrossPurpose sites
Walk with 1,000 men, women, and children out of poverty
Replicate the program in cities across the country
FINANCIALS 5-Year Revenue Goal 4.6 M
2016
2017
raised 5.3 M
2018
2019
2020
total budget 17.5 M
$20,747 $2,954,022 investment per Leader
wealth created to date
www.crosspurpose.org
THANK YOU It’s been three years since this journey of living different began. The substantial, life-changing, and economically empowering results we’ve seen in the lives of our neighbors would not have been possible without friends like you. Thank you for your commitment to giving generously, supporting wholeheartedly, loving expensively, and helping to make 2017 our best year yet!