CrossPurpose Corporate Partnership

HOW YOUR COMPANY CAN

SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS

HELLO! Finding and retaining talent is especially competitive in today’s workplace. Studies show that when your company partners with a nonprofit it can boost employee morale, create a positive workplace culture, strengthen bonds between employees, and develop leadership skills among employees. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) continues to grow as a way for companies to set themselves apart of the competition and is quickly becoming an expectation by consumers.

Companies that incorporate CSR can experience benefits like better brand recognition, positive business reputation, increased sales, and customer loyalty.

At CrossPurpose, we care about partnering with companies who want to make the workplace better for their current and future employees. In this packet we'll outline how you can cultivate a philanthropic workplace culture that engages employees and consumers alike while benefiting the broader community.

As the Strategic Partnerships Manager, I am excited for how we can holistically partner to meet your company's goals, engage your employees and consumers in social good, and create opportunities for transformational change for our neighbors.

Sincerely, Liz Latsa Strategic Partnerships Manager elatsa@crosspurpose.org Direct: 720.663.7179 Mainline: 720.724.9544

CROSSPURPOSE AT A GLANCE We exist to abolish economic, relational, and spiritual poverty through career and community development.

THE PROBLEM

300,000 people in Denver live in economic poverty.

We want to change that.

When we started working with our neighbors in northeast Denver in 2008, we knew that the problem of poverty could not be solved with fragmented or relief-based approaches.

Instead, we focused on creating a model that would eliminate poverty itself, rather than simply lessening its

less than 2% of those in poverty are homeless. We serve the other 98%.

effects. By participating in our tuition-free career and

$17,000/year

community development program, our students (called Leaders) can graduate from poverty and participate in

is the average income of a single-parent in poverty.

meaningful work.

Current & Future Locations

THE RESULTS

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nORTH Metro 2023

Population Served

79% $3,239

nE DENVER 2012

Leaders have graduated to date.

Men, women and children out of poverty. of alumni are still employed at 12 mos. average monthly wage post-program.

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62% unemployed

pre-program

80% ethnic

minorities

$244/month

South Metro 2021

average wage pre-program

By 2020, CrossPurpose successfully completed a five-year goal to get 1,000 people out of poverty. We are now pursuing a new strategic plan to expand the program and bring 5,000 people out of poverty by 2025.

For every $1 invested in our Leaders, we see a $6.45 return, based on earned income, decreases in government benefits, and taxes paid.

Data as of June 2022

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS Leaders apply and are accepted into a six-month long program broken into three phases.

Personal Development

skills Development

career launch

tools for development 7 one on one coaching sessions

8 hours of counseling offered

100+ hours of personal development

35 life & career skills taught

CrossPurpose graduates complete the program with a new job skill, a livable wage career and a strong sense of community and support. After graduation, Leaders join the Alumni Association where they receive continued services, including financial coaching, professional development and the opportunity to give back to future Leaders.

The average wage for Leaders upon graduation over the last year is

$19.78/hour.

BUILDING COMMUNITY

During the program, Leaders will develop over

70 new relationships.

We want to build an institution of excellence in our city — one that exists for all, endures a hundred years from now and empowers tens of thousands of families to escape poverty.

- Jason Janz, CEO

CREATING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TOGETHER

CrossPurpose strives for excellence and integrity in all we do. We aim to partner with companies who share our values and seek to meet the needs of our Leaders and community in a holistic way.

Corporate Partners Goals Corporate Social Responsibility Your company seeks the common good of our city.

Employee Engagement Your team can experience boosted employee morale and positive workplace culture.

Values-driven company Your company lives out its values in word and deed.

KPI & Metrics Your company has a bottom line that drives business.

CrossPurpose Goals On Mission for Social Good We are working to abolish economic, relational, and spiritual poverty for our neighbors.

Volunteer Oppotunites There are multiple ways to get involved on a recurring or one-time basis.

Values-driven non-profit We value community, relationships, belonging, and a vision for a better city.

Metrics-driven non-profit We are one of the few nonprofits to have received funding based on our metrics.

PARTNER WITH PURPOSE

Your partnership creates transformational change in the community while also engaging your employees and consumers in social good.

GIVE There are several ways to give that support our Leaders in their journey towards a new future.

Employee giving program Workplace fundraisers Join The Neighborhood, our monthly community of supporters Annual donations Sponsor a Leader, a Cohort, or an event Legacy giving through our endowment Join the Live Different Society, our professional advisory council

EMPLOY We are always looking to grow our network of Employer Partners. You can help connect business owners and employers who could hire Leaders directly from the program. To learn more about employing Leaders, contact Meredith Stricker, Director of Career Services at mstricker@crosspurpose.org.

VOLUNTEER Get hands-on experience and build relationships by volunteering.

Join our Mock Interviews team Host a Shadow Day for Leaders at your workplace Volunteer as an Ally, a small group facilitator for one six-month cohort Participate in other events throughout the year

TESTIMONIALS

In this video, employer partner, General Air, shares about how they got connected with CrossPurpose, what their experience has been, and about organizational alignment on values.

"It was a perfect match...for us to take what CrossPurpose is trying to do and our mission and vision of striving and thriving to get people an opportunity and career."

In this video, Darnell Smith shares about the loss of his brother in a fatal shooting, his time at CrossPurpose, and launching his own trucking business.

"What motivates me now is my kids, my grandkids...for them to see me in a different mind frame, a different life, a different way of living."

WANT TO GET INVOLVED? Schedule a 1:1 meeting with Liz Latsa to learn how your company can get involved.

Join us at an upcoming Lunch & Learn to learn about the Leader journey.

Want your team to learn more about CrossPurpose? Schedule an info session to educate your team and how they can get connected.

To learn more about ways to partner, contact Liz Latsa, Strategic Partnerships Manager at elatsa@crosspurpose.org.