2023 Impact Report: Achieve Apply Afford

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CROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

2022 Board of Directors Ginger Salt, Chair Natalie Jensen-Noll, Vice Chair Jeff Hibbard, Secretary Anne R. Westbrook, Treasurer Jason Wenker, Immediate Past Chairman Marquis Barnett Chad Brown Joyce Carson Annamarie D'Souza Chris Fox Don Geletko Bill Green Joan Healy Frank Ingram Barbara Maida-Stolle Tricia McManus Phillip Petros Tony Romeo Jeremiah E. Shipp LaTida Smith Israel Suarez John A. Wilson Mona W. Lovett, President & CEO

In 2023, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Crosby Scholars Community Partnership. Together, in the first thirty years of our organization, we have .graduated 14,264 Crosby Scholars seniors and helped to prepare them for ..college. The Class of 2023 was our 30th graduating class of Crosby Scholars ...with 1,054 graduates enrolling in 141 colleges and universities throughout ...North Carolina and across the world. We could not have impacted so many ..students, families and our community without you.

The vision of the Crosby Scholars Community Partnership is for every Forsyth County public school student to have the opportunity to pursue education after high school. Crosby Scholars’ programming for 6th through 12th grade helps students ACHIEVE in and out of the classroom and contribute to the community through service. During the junior year, Crosby Scholars provides each student with an advisor to help students APPLY to college and scholarships. If a Crosby Scholar has unmet financial need to enroll in college, Crosby Scholars provides Last Dollar Grants to help graduates AFFORD college.

Since 1992, Crosby Scholars has helped more than 35,000 students in preparing for successful college enrollment. We are grateful for the community support that allows us to help students pursue their dreams and reach their full potential.

As a first-generation college student, I understand the importance of the lifetransforming possibilities that a college education can offer. Today, I believe that access to education and the opportunity to obtain a four-year degree, twoyear degree, or credential is life-changing. Education opens the doors to a new future. The Crosby Scholars Program shares this message with our youth, striving to create opportunity for social and economic mobility and make generational change in our community.

As we embark on the community phase of our Achieve Apply Afford Capital Campaign, we thank you! Our affiliation with Goodwill of Northwest NC, our partnership with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and many strategic collaborations have us well-positioned to connect with students and families for change. With generous supporters, a dedicated board of directors and staff, along with a caring community, we know the best is yet to come!

Gratefully,

“I am incredibly grateful to receive the Last Dollar Grant from Crosby Scholars.

The support not only lightens the financial burden but also reinforces my beliefs in the value of education.”

- Tyler, Class of 2022 University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Crosby Scholars programming for 6th through 12th grade helps students ACHIEVE in and out of the classroom and contribute to the community through service.

A member of Reagan High School’s Class of 2023, Samir Flagg has been academically successful and community-oriented as a member of several clubs, organizations, volunteer groups and more. However, most people do not know about the struggles he endured on his way to success.

"Samir is incredibly kind, intelligent, and caring – he always helps other people,” said Stephanie Pearson, Flagg’s AP Environmental Science teacher. “I noticed he was sometimes late, but little did I know there were family members he was actually helping, and he sometimes had to work late the prior night.”

Flagg has consistently remained both optimistic and involved in the local community despite hardships as a child. He tragically lost his father in an act of gun violence when he was eight years old, and his mother unexpectedly died when he was 10. Flagg has since lived with his uncle and, despite everything, has not let his experiences hinder his path to achievement.

Samir is attending NC State University and plans to major in statistics and minor in entrepreneurship. - Jamison Bell, Staff Reporter for the Reagan High School Rooster & Crosby Scholar

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During the junior year, the Crosby Scholars Program provides each student with an advisor to help students APPLY to college and to financial aid and scholarships.

Class of 2023 Crosby Scholar Alecia Washington was the first African-American student to become Valedictorian at R.J. Reynolds High School in 100 years. Alecia is attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and was accepted to the Levine Scholars Program, UNC Charlotte’s premier merit scholarship valued at over $115,000.

Alecia shared, “UNC Charlotte has always been a top choice of mine, and to go there on a full academic scholarship is amazing.” She is grateful for the opportunity to be a Levine Scholar to help her achieve success as a nursing student and a young humanitarian.

“The Crosby Scholars Program has been a great support system for me throughout middle and high school. My Crosby Scholar Advisor has been a tremendous wealth of knowledge and support as I was applying to colleges and scholarship programs. My advisor read over my essays and made helpful suggestions, and also conducted a mock interview to help prepare me for the scholarship interview process. The actions and words of the Crosby Scholars’ staff made me feel supported and confident, for which I’m very grateful for.”

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The vision of the Crosby Scholars Program is to ensure that every public school student in Forsyth County has the opportunity to attend college. Since 1993, the Program has awarded over 11 million dollars to Crosby Scholars graduates. If a Crosby Scholar has unmet financial need to enroll in college, Crosby Scholars provides Last Dollar Grants to help graduates AFFORD college. In 2022-23, we have awarded $296,290 in Scholarships and $933,620 in Last Dollar Grants.

Robinson "Ross" Claytor of Mount Tabor High School was named Michael Nachman Scholar for the Crosby Scholars Class of 2023! This is an $8,000 scholarship awarded to the Crosby Scholars senior who holds the highest cumulative weighted GPA at the end of the second semester of senior year, and successfully completes the Crosby Scholars Program.

Ross shared, "The Michael Nachman is a great award that will definitely help me and others in the future receive a higher education and use that education to make the world a better place." Ross is most proud of being able to use his skills to give back to others in need through creating an education company where he teaches math and software development.

"I think that the most important thing is being able to look around and identify community needs and help others." Ross is attending Columbia University in New York City.

A Counselor’s View Stan Huck, long-time Director of School Counseling at Mount Tabor High School, knows how important it is for students to receive messages of encouragement.

Huck, one of eight children, was a first-generation college student who graduated from Ohio University and then obtained his master’s degree in counseling from Ohio State University.

“In high school, I wanted to go to college, and I wanted to be a teacher, that’s what I wanted to do, but I didn’t know how that was going to happen,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the opportunities that existed for me to learn about that, it would’ve been hard to do.”

His oldest sister set an example for him, attending two years at Ohio University and then teaching at a small Catholic school while she completed her 4-year degree in education.

"I don’t come from a city that had a program like Crosby Scholars,” Huck said. “Learning that there was this college access program that started with students in 6th grade was very powerful. There is a mountain of evidence that if students join Crosby Scholars and sustain their involvement and attend whatever workshop—if it is skill-building in any way— it’s benefitting them, they’re growing every day.”

“They’re understanding why it’s important to stay in school, to attend class, to pay attention, to make good grades.”

“When students are in high school, going to Crosby Scholars workshops and advising sessions, they’re getting a triple dose of learning what they need to do and how they need to do it and asking questions.

Now Crosby Scholars is doing another layer of advising for financial aid that is helping kids and families understand the dual decision of what you want to do and where you want to do it, but how it’s going to get paid for also.”

Huck appreciates that Crosby Scholars requires buyin from the students.

“Crosby Scholars doesn’t just let you join a club and sit in the back seat,” he said. “You have to engage; you have to be present. Within the time I’ve been here, I’ve seen a greater emphasis on reaching out to underrepresented students and getting families to understand how powerful this is, to make sacrifices to get to these programs, to get them involved.”

Huck said many Crosby Scholars qualify for financial aid, and they often come from families who do not have a plan for how to pay for college.

“I think that programs like this are incredibly important,” he said. “It has to go beyond the public education system, but it’s also got to be a partner with the public education system. Those elements are so uniquely the Crosby Scholars Program. It is a partner that works so closely with our school district and just continues to make big differences for our young people.”

A Capital Campaign for Crosby Scholars Budget

Crosby Scholars Programming

$4,100,000

Technology Enhancement

$900,000

Last Dollar Grants & Scholarships

$4,000,000

Endowment

$1,000,000 Total

Expenses & Revenue Expenses

College Access Programs 51%

Last Dollar Grants & Scholarships 24%

Audited for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

Public Support & Revenue Individuals & Corporations 42%

General & Administrative 16% Fundraising 9%

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Endowment Income 4%

*Financial contribution from Goodwill of Northwest NC is per the 2022 affiliation agreement with Crosby Scholars Community Partnership.

Goodwill of Northwest NC* 37%

Foundation Grants 10% Invitational 7%

thanks to you!

Mary Elizabeth Absher Denise D. Adams Thomas R. Adams AlarmQuest Allegra Marketing Print Mail Angie Anderson Gayle Anderson Mr. & Mrs. J. Bryan Andrews, Sr. Marie and Guy Arcuri Mr. Edward Armfield, Jr. Atlantic Packaging Jane and James Atha Atrium Health Wake Forest lllBaptist Avery Dennison Backyard Leisure Cindy and Todd Baker Zachary Baker Susan Baldwin Bank of America Foundation Gayle Barcio Deniece and Marquis Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Ed Battle James Baulding Ran and Frank Bell Cheryle Belo Stephen R. Berlin Bermuda Run Country Club Dr. Deborah Best Zackary Blair Blue Cross Blue Shield of North lllCarolina Brasfield & Gorrie Felice and Richard Brenner Margery and Andy Brown, III Candice and Ivey Brown Chad Brown Dr. Deidra Brown Nellie Broyhill The Budd Group Mr. and Mrs. John Burress, III Sara Butner Jennifer and Austin Byrne Lisa and Alan Caldwell Carolina Public Warehouse Kathy Carr Joyce and Ben Carson Peggy Carter Carter’s Charitable Foundation Gerogiana and Bill Carty

Evan and Jay Cavenaugh Kate Cavenaugh Centenary United Methodist lllChurch Shelby and Lee Chaden Dr. Jewel Cherry Jamique Chestnut Claire & HudnalllChristopher, Jr. City of Winston-Salem Lirisbeth Clemente-Marin Clinard Concepts & Solutions Mr. and Mrs. George Clinard Kathy Clinard Sharon and Thomas Cline Allison Coble Kristian Colato

Commercial Realty Advisors Mr. and Mrs. Mark Conger Mr. Pat Considine in honor of lllAlice Atwood Cook Medical Cope Foundation Joan and David Cotterill Harry Crosby Kathryn Crosby Mary Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Pat Crowley DG Consulting Dianne Dailey Sri Dama Carol and John Danforth Don Davis Mr. and Mrs. Duane Davis Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Davis Kristin and Harrison Dean Mitzi Dease Beth and Scott Derrick Cara Devine Thomas Douglas, III Laura Dray Luci and Dek Driscoll

Annamarie D'Sousa Barbara and William Duck Duke Energy Vincent R. Dyer ECU Health Marketing & lllCommunications Ecolab Alexandra Edens Susan Edge Educational Dimensions lllUnlimited Julia F. Edwards Marty Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Robert Egleston Beth and Jim Einstein Alice and Frank Elliott Ruby Elmore Carolyn M. Ely Linda and Mike Ernst Ernst and Young First Horizon Foundation Jessica Fisher Flow Automotive Companies Robbin and Don Flow Flow Lexus Meghan Flow Mr. and Mrs. James Ford Forsyth County Mr. and Mrs. Chris Fox Frank L. Blum Construction lllCompany Jenny and Bo Fulton, III Carrie Fulton Paul Fulton Patricia Gainey Galilee Missionary Baptist Church Jane Gallimore Gamma Kappa Boule lllFoundation Tanya Garanzuay Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Gardner Garner Food Company John Garrou Anne Garvey Janet and James Gauldin, Jr. Don Geletko D.A. and L.F. Gellatly GEMCAP Development Lisa and Bob Gfeller Kathy and Art Gibel Golden Corral Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Tony Golding Goodwill Industries of lllNorthwest NC

John Googe Susan and James Gordon Alex Graham Grantham Family Fund Green Foundation Nancy and Bill Green Bridget Greene Greif, Inc. Jo Anna and David Gresham Carol P. Grubbs GSRM Law Kurt Gula Half Past Three Janis and Carl Hall Jess Hancock Hanesbrands Mr. & Mrs. F. Borden Hanes, Jr. Natalie Harding Kathy and Jim Hardison Nancy Harris Harris Teeter Avery Harwood Hayden Design Jacqueline Haynes Joan Healy Jodi and Michael Heelan Laura Hemphill Miriam Hernandez Hero House Daniel Herring Bunny Hinkle Jeff Hibbard Carol and Chip Holden Shelley and David Holden William E. Hollan Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Hollan, III Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Holley Harolyn Holmes Joanna Holt Hometown Auto and Credit Marjorie Hoots Hope Counseling & Consulting lllServices Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hough Bernice & Lawrence Hudspeth

Jacqueline Hundt Johnetta Huntley Mrs. Betsy Hutchison I.L. Long Construction Company l Dr. Frank Ingram Miles Isler ITX Corp.

J. McLaughlin Jack and Jill Foundation Logan Jackson Deborah James James G. Hanes Memorial Fund l Jerry and Marcus Thornton lll"The Cool Program" Natalie Jensen-Noll and lllRichard Noll Kate and Trent Jernigan John W. and Anna H. Hanes lllFoundation Kay Johnson Rachel and Mark Johnson Christopher Jones Julie and Charles Jordan Kaplan Early Learning Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kaplan Kate B. Reynolds Charitable lllTrust Kathleen Ausen Fund Cynthia Kelley Liz and Stan Kelly Kelly Office Solutions Alyson and Joel Kilby Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Jim Kluttz Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kluttz Mary Knight Joyce Kohfeldt Endowment Judith Kuhn Nancy and Gilmour Lake Lambert Architecture + Interiors l Landmark Builders Kay and Robert Landry The Leon Levine Foundation Kimberly Lewellen Jim Lippard Celeste and Grant Little Louie and Honey's Kitchen Claudia and Kenneth Lovell, Jr. Mona and Daniel Lovett Katherine and Stephen Mabe Magnolia Construction Madlon and Kirk Glenn lllFoundation Barbara Maida-Stolle

Richard and Peggy Manz Philip Manz Maple Chase Golf & Country lllClub Marina and Wesley Davis Fund Mary Allen and Jim Martin Rita and Don Martin Morgan Marvelli Barbara and Gary Masi MassMutual Charitable Giving lllProgram Carlos Mata Carolyn Mathews Kae Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Mauney Tim Mauritz Lisa May Maynard Family Foundation Scott McAnally Susan and David McBride Bonita McCarson Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCarville Walter McDowell Tricia McManus McMichael Family Foundaion McMichael Mills Susan and Mac McMichael Michael Phelps Foundation Kandis Miller Wayne Miller and Jennifer lllAlbano-Miller Kay Miller John Millican Makayah Mitchell Modern Automotive

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Moore Angel and Rob Moore Becky Morgan Beverly Morris Willette Mosby-Reynolds Deborah Moser Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moser David L. Munoz Consulting Angie and Everette Murphrey Gracely Murphrey

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy Christine Myatt Mr. and Mrs. Steve Nachman Mrs. Joseph F. Neely Kathy and Danny Newcomb Jenny and Anc Newman Pat Newman Zakiyyah Niang Vanessa Noble Joan Noell Noll Family Foundation Gwen Nolting Novant Health Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ogburn, Sr. L.B. Olson Advertising Products Michael O'Neal Packaging Corporation of lllAmerica Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palmer Mr. and Mrs. David Park Parkway Ford Lincoln Parkdale Mills, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parrish Chris Patti Paul, Cox & Todd, PLLC Sarah and George Pennell Becky and Jay Perkinson Levette Perkinson Mr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Perry Phillip Petros Pfefferkorn Foundation Laura Phillips Anne and Frederick Philpott Piedmont Federal Savings Bank Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pleasants Frances and Steve Porter Helen Neely Pruden Rosemary Pulliam PwC Charitable Foundation QFC Quad Quality Labels & Packaging Quality Oil Company Janet Ray RayLen Vineyards & Winery Cammie and Henry Read Patricia Reavis Albert Redd Mark Reece, III Vicki-Ann and Kenneth Reed

Dr. Sharon Reid Anna Reilly and Matthew Cullinan Reynolda Rotary Club Reynolds American Foundation Richard and Marie Reynolds lllFoundation Scott Richardson Susan and Robert Richardson Ridge Care Senior Living Vanessa Rivers Lynn Roach Robert W. Lovett Fund Dr. Elwood Robinson Michael L. Robinson and Wynn lllTanner

Mae Rodney Mary and Henry Roemer Melissa and Randy Rogan Jill and Michael Rogers Tony Romeo Brenda Ross Lana Diana Ross Rotary Club of Winston-Salem Lisa and David Rowell Peggy and Eugene Ruble Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Rudolph, Jr. Diane and Tom Runser Ruth Sunday School Class of lllCollege Park Baptist Church Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Rutter The RY and Eileen L. Sharpe lllFoundation Janice and Mike Ryan Salem Benefits Group Salem Group Salem Leasing Corporation Ginger Salt Libby and Rick Samuels Oscar Santos Amanda and Adam Schaffernoth Peggy Ann Schuppert

thanks to you!

Vannoy Construction Melissa and James Vaughan Karen and Richard Vellucci Maria and Christopher Vernon Village Tavern Carol and Donald Voncannon Vulcan Materials Jerry Waddell Suzanne Wahrhaftig Linda Walker Jean and Jack Ward Chris Watson Kathy and Dudley Watts Richard Watts, Jr. Jean and Phil Waugh Wayne Cannon PT & Associates

Donations received from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

Named Scholarships AAMPED Scholarship

Kathryn Crosby Scholarship for Excellence

Advancing Capitalism Scholarship Carolyn "Mimi" Fox Education Scholarship Dean Smith Integrity Award Executive Director's Award of Distinction

Kristie Y. Mingo Memorial Scholarship Les and Evelyn Riley Memorial Scholarship

Fulton Carolina Medal

Mariam Niang Memorial Scholarship

Goodwill Willpower & Art Gibel Scholarships

Mary Katherine Dixson Scholarship

James L. Einstein College Scholarship

Mommie J Scholarship

Jessica Hill Davis Memorial Scholarship Joe Neely Memorial Scholarship John A. Taylor Achievement Award

Mona W. Lovett Community Service Awards Michael Nachman Scholarship Paul Fulton First Generation Scholarship Right Decisions Right Now Scholarship

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Jennifer Weaver Wells Fargo Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wells Amy and Jason Wenker Anne and Tom Westbrook WestRock Krista & David Wharton Janet and Harden Wheeler John Whitaker Katie Widle Williams Development Group Wildfire Elizabeth Wiles Ashly Wilson Dr. and Mrs. John Wilson Patricia Wimbrow The Winston-Salem Foundation Winston-Salem/Forsyth County lllSchools Winston-Salem Journal Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Winters Barbara and David Wolla Chris Wolla Womble Bond Dickinson Ruth Woodruff

Kenneth Simington Scholarship Fund

Lola Ann Blasingame Evans Memorial Scholarship

Friends of Bernardine Rea Scholarship

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Schiffman’s Jewelers Sciessent Tom Seaver Second Harvest Food Bank Mr. and Mrs. Zach Sharpe Shelco Dotti and Ed Shelton Family Fund Dr. Jeremiah Shipp Omari Simmons Kamuela Singleton Hayley Sink Oleta Sloan Donald Smith LaTida and Walter Smith Fund Sonja Smith Traci and Marshall Smith SML USA Kenneth and Susan Sommerkamp Sonoco Southeastern Pension Company Vickie Sprinkle State of North Carolina Brooke Stegeman Tara and Wade Stokes Jimmy Strickland Dr. Israel Suarez Cindy Sutton Becky and Don Symons Sarah Symons Megan and Anthony Tang Carolina Tapia Peggy Taylor Will Tibbs, VI Michelle and Robert Toborg Mrs. Ruby Touchstone Triad Academy at Summit lllSchool Truist Truliant Federal Credit Union John Trulove Elizabeth Truscott Tryon High School Donna and Shawn Tucker Karrie Tuttle Deborah and Samuel Tuttle Twin City Development Twin City Kiwanis Foundation Twin City Warehouses Helen D. Ullrich Betty Ann and O.D. Upshaw, Jr.

Wyndham Championship Amanda Young Nancy Young Youth Life Skills Institute Cindy Zimmerman

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Joyce Kohfeldt Determination Award Kay Landry Scholarship Award

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity-Gamma Kappa Boule Scholarship Wake Forest University Crosby Scholars Scholarship BJ McConnell Whatever It Takes Fund Wingate University Scholarship for Crosby Scholars

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100% High School Graduation Rate

Imagine if there were a program for public school students that graduated 100% of high school seniors and 98% of them enrolled in college. Crosby Scholars Community Partnership is that program.

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