annual report 2012
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Tiffany Gu Chief E eye, Ph.D. xecutive Officer 2
impact
BELL expands learning time for scholars in grades K-8 who attend under-resourced public schools in urban communities. BELL scholars increase their time on task in order to eliminate summer learning loss, catch up to their peers, and narrow the opportunity and achievement gaps.
Summer Learning Outcomes
15,436
+9%
86%
88%
Scholars Served in 2012
Average Daily Attendance
98
School Partners
Increase in Self-Confidence
After School Outcomes
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+5%
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91%
States
Cities
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Percentile Rank Increase in Literacy & Math
Percentile Rank Increase in Literacy & Math
Increase in Parent Engagement
BELL Summer helped my daughter because the smaller groups are better for her. BELL gave her an advantage going into high school. Before, in math and science in particular, she had trouble focusing in school, and her principal recommended she participate. In BELL Summer, she got extra help in math – her weakest subject – and she truly excelled. She loves the program.”
TANISHA BELL PARENT SPRINGFIELD, MA
Scholars are experiencing more success in their classes because of the preparation BELL gave throughout the summer. The impact of the summer learning program is also evident among students who have, in the past, had behavior issues in school. Thanks to the positive mentorship and social skills building activities in BELL Summer, these students are more motivated, focused, and engaged in learning.”
FRANKIE POLLOCK DEAN OF STUDENTS THOMOSBORO ACADEMY CHARLOTTE, NC
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approach
This has been a great experience for my son – he enjoyed engaging with his friends, going on field trips, learning different things. BELL has given him an opportunity to be himself, to be creative, and to get ready for the next grade, not just mentally, but socially as well. From this level, it only gets harder. The 9th grade sets a whole foundation for what you’re going to do in high school. It’s so critical – you have to be ready for the 9th grade, and BELL Summer has helped him be ready to succeed.”
DERRICK BELL PARENT CHARLOTTE, NC We use the word “scholar” so that children understand that they really are special because they take the time to keep their minds active and to be ahead of their peers.”
MARILYN ROSS BELL TEACHER BRONX, NY
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BELL increases student achievement by partnering with schools and school districts to expand learning time. We customize educational experiences that take place in the summer, after school, before school, and on weekends and during school vacations, based on the needs and resources available in the schools and communities we serve. At the center of BELL’s approach is a focus on building literacy and math skills. Activities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), health and physical fitness, and community service reinforce core academic skills and strengthen scholars’ engagement in learning. While BELL’s programs continue to evolve, one thing has never changed: our commitment to delivering the highest-quality learning experiences possible. That commitment can be summarized in BELL’s five
CORE ESSENTIALS: 1. We demonstrate HIGH children can excel.
EXPECTATIONS that all
2. We DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS to support each scholar’s success. 3. We believe exceptional leadership creates an
ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING. 4. We demonstrate TEACHING 5.
EXCELLENCE. We provide relevant and ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
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learning & innovation
Every year, BELL gains new experience and expertise. We embrace a culture of continual improvement, constantly finding ways to strengthen quality and better serve the needs of scholars, families, and schools.
STEM
BLENDED LEARNING
We are working with schools and community organizations to bring more science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers into BELL classrooms, to test and roll out hands-on STEM curriculum in the summer, and to expose scholars to careers in the sciences. In 2012, scholars discovered robotics in San Jose, CA, conducted water quality experiments in Spartanburg, SC, and participated in field trips to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the New York Hall of Science.
We are pairing classroom instruction and hands-on learning with technology-driven curricula to boost scholar engagement and propel achievement. Interactive lessons in reading and math reinforce key skills and generate deeper motivation to learn among scholars. They also provide additional data and insight into scholar learning needs that our teaching staff can use to further differentiate instruction.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEXT-GENERATION ASSESSMENTS
We are adopting new English Language Arts curricula and incorporating more nonfiction text into our literacy toolkits to best prepare scholars for success in high school. We are testing and expanding the use of character and leadership development curricula to help scholars meet the social challenges encountered in middle school.
We are piloting new computer-adaptive assessments that align more strongly with Common Core learning standards and are more efficient to use at scale. Our team is accessing data at a faster pace, leading to more time on task for scholars.
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We had a very good experience with BELL Summer. BELL raised philanthropic support to enable us to serve more students during the summer than we had in the past - for the same cost to the district. I really appreciated BELL contracting with an independent research company to measure program impact. As we are discussing our second year, I have been impressed with the continual improvement that BELL is proposing to make their program even more responsive to the needs of our students.”
DONALD MARTIN SUPERINTENDENT WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS
Having the opportunity for our students to participate in BELL Summer is very important. We’re confident that having five weeks of learning time to engage in academics and enrichment provides students more time on task, prevents summer learning loss, and, even better, helps them progress further than where they were when school ended in June.”
ALISON COVIELLO PRINCIPAL PS 154 BRONX, NY
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expanded learning partnerships
One of the most important things learned over the past 20 years is that partnerships are central to impact and sustainability. Student success is and always will be driven by factors inside and outside of the school classroom and calendar. By aligning school and community resources, BELL is better able to meet the full spectrum of student needs.
SUMMER QUEST
PROJECT L.I.F.T.
FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY CHILDREN’S INITIATIVE
In New York City, a new initiative between the Department of Education, Fund for Public Schools, and Department of Youth & Community Development expanded access to creative, engaging, and fun summer learning programs for at-risk students. BELL operated two of the city’s first 12 Summer Quest sites and served 240 scholars.
In Charlotte, NC, local donors partnered with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools and invested in a focused effort to boost achievement in the city’s nine lowest-performing schools. BELL was invited to serve 1,000 students across these schools in order to eliminate summer learning loss and prepare students to succeed in the new school year.
In San Jose, CA, the city, one of its school districts, and a local intermediary organization, the Franklin-McKinley Children’s Initiative, worked together to bring BELL Summer to one challenged school. School test data showed that students in all other schools in the district experienced summer learning loss – while students participating in BELL Summer gained new skills.
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HOW CORPORATE PARTNERS ARE HELPING
In 2012, through its Smarter Summers campaign, Walmart helped BELL partner with school districts, share program costs, and deliver fun, educational, and healthy summer learning experiences for than 4,000 middle school scholars in Boston, Baltimore, Detroit, and New York City. Walmart further invested in BELL’s partnership model to reach additional scholars in San Jose and San Rafael, CA, Springfield, MA, Charlotte and Winston-Salem, NC, and Spartanburg, SC.
Target has made early literacy a priority and helped BELL strengthen the reading and writing skills of scholars in grades K-3 -- BELL’s Early Readers. Since 2007, Target’s support has helped thousands of scholars learn how to read by the third grade, a critical juncture when children switch from learning to read to reading to learn.
Target is proud to support BELL and the work they do in literacy. By helping kids learn to read proficiently by the end of third grade, we’re putting more of them on the path to high school graduation so they’re ready for college, a career and life.”
LAYSHA WARD, PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS TARGET
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strategic plan
2012 marks the halfway point for BELL’s strategic plan. The organization is raising growth capital to expand its impact, advance its sustainability plan, and generate more evidence of impact. Thanks to the generosity of foundation, corporate, and individual donors, BELL has raised more than $13M against a growth capital goal of $16.8M through 2014.
PRIORITIES
2012 ACHIEVEMENTS
2013 PRIORITIES
IMPACT
Expanded BELL’s reach in three new cities while producing strong scholar outcomes.
Expand learning time in one additional new city and achieve scholar outcome goals.
SUSTAINABILITY
Formed new public-private partnerships in North Carolina, South Carolina, and California to share program costs.
Deepen partnerships with schools and school districts to unlock renewable public funding, test new partnership models, and build regional advisory boards.
EVIDENCE
Completed data collection during BELL Summer and collected follow-up fall test data for a rigorous independent evaluation of the program’s effectiveness.
Complete final phase of independent evaluation activities by collecting state test data for BELL Summer participants and the control group.
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HOW THE FOUNDATION COMMUNITY IS HELPING Tipping Point Community is helping BELL build partnerships and expand its impact in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of BELL’s Social Innovation Fund-driven strategic plan. Their growth capital helped to build a local leadership team and seed new partnerships in San Jose and San Rafael. The Tiger Foundation is one of BELL’s greatest champions in New York. In 2012, the Foundation increased its investment in BELL to help us build our evidence base and further strengthen quality and impact. We invest in BELL because it prevents summer learning loss - a key contributor to the achievement gap. BELL’s quality programming, academic rigor, and proven results, in addition to the organization’s strong leadership and commitment to continuous improvement made it a great fit for our highly engaged, results-oriented approach to philanthropy.”
DANIEL LURIE, CEO & FOUNDER TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY We have been pleased to support BELL’s work in New York since 2002. Our funding has enabled BELL to reach thousands of scholars with extended-day and summer literacy and math instruction, ensuring students continue on a path to high academic achievement. We have continued to invest in BELL because of the academic results its scholars achieve due to its focus on a high-quality program supported by a rigorous curriculum. We look forward to continuing to see BELL bring high quality programs to young people in New York City as it enters its third decade.”
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TO ALL WHO MAKE BELL’S IMPACT POSSIBLE, THANK YOU. Foundations & Other Sources
financials FY12 FINANCIAL SUMMARY July 1, 2011 -- June 30, 2012 Support & Revenue Total: $26,055,555 In-Kind & Other (7%) $1,926,645 Individuals & Events (4%) $948,086
Public Contracts (51%) $13,273,452
Corporations (10%) $2,479,940
The Altman Foundation
Matilda R. Wilson Fund
American Eagle Outfitters Foundation
National Summer Learning Association
Andor Capital Management LLC
The New York Community Trust
Associated Grant Makers of MA
The New York Community Trust, the Ada Fund
Bain Capital Children’s Charity
Barr Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Bank of America
Bernard Family Fund Boston After School & Beyond
The Philanthropic Initiative
The Boston Foundation
The Pinkerton Foundation
Castanea Partners
Charles Hayden Foundation
PNC Foundation
Citizens Bank
Prudential Foundation
Clayton Baker Trust
PSEG
Con Edison Corporate Giving Program
Cogan Family Foundation
Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation
Desire2Learn, Inc.
Robert Treat Paine Association
The District Management Council
Rowland Foundation, Inc.
eCratchit
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
EMC
Samberg Family Foundation
Ernst & Young
Evans Family Foundation FAO Schwarz Family Foundation Foundation to be Named Later Frank Family Foundation
Fundraising (3%) $803,972 General & Administrative (7%) $1,860,569
Program (90%) $23,016,256
George H. & Jane A. Mifflin Memorial Fund
William E. & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust Yawkey Foundation
Corporations Atlantic-ACM
The Baupost Group Charitable Fund Capital One
Deutsche Bank
Shippy Foundation
Francis M. Walley Insurance Agency
Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation
Gillette Company
Social Impact Exchange The Starr Foundation
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Goulston & Storrs The Hartford
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.
The Heckscher Foundation for Children
Thomas & Stacey Siebel Foundation
Highland Street Foundation
Tiger Foundation
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Tipping Point Community
MetLife Foundation
J.P.B. Foundation
United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley
Metro Medical
Knez Family Charitable Foundation The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
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Wells Fargo Foundation
120 Broadway Partners
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Expenses Total: $25,680,797
The Wallace Foundation
Lone Pine Foundation, Inc.
The Edmond N. & Virginia H. Moriarty Foundation, Inc.
Foundations (29%) $7,427,432
Lockhart Vaughan Foundation
Victoria Foundation Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation
KPMG LLP Macro Risk Advisors
New York Life Foundation Piedmont Natural Gas The PIMCO Foundation Pitney Bowes Foundation
The Reebok Foundation Seawall Development Company
Christopher & Heather Crosby Randi & Joel Cutler
Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.
James Czapla
Solomon McCown & Company, Inc.
Bob & Susan D’Angelo
Sovereign Bank State Street Foundation Target Corporation ThermoFisher Scientific, Inc. TJX Foundation Walmart Warburg Pincus Foundation WilmerHale
Anthony & Deanna DiNovi Richard Donovan Paul & Sandra Edgerley John Eydenberg Jennifer Fortner Joe & Alison Freeman Joe & Ruthanne Fuller Gregory Galeaz Joseph Gilles Jason Ginsburg Gabriel Gomez
Individuals
Larry & Beth Greenberg
Geraldine Acuna
Gene & Susan Guill
Brett & Kate Alessi
Jennifer & David Gorman
Dave Ament
Donna Hale & John Donovan, Jr.
Paula Arrojo & Franco Finstad John Averill Jesse & Pamela Baker Rachel Berkey & Michael Sperling Nicholas Bogard Michelle Boyers & Brad Gerstner
Paul & Diane Margolis
Susan & Peter Simon
Sean & Jill Marsh
Rhonda & Robert Skloff
Lauren & Joseph Mazzella
Rob & Dana Smith
Joseph & Kathleen McCarthy
Garrett & Catie Smith
Stanton & Lindsay McCullough Paul & Susan Meister Doug Miller Karen & Jeff Miller Martha Minow Michele & Dave Mittelman J.D. Moriarty Valerie Mosley John & Kathleen Murphy George & Sharyn Neble Soren & Caroline Oberg Timothy & Cathy O’Neil Steve & Judy Pagliuca Lynne & Tim Palmer Jim Pallotta
Ray Hammond & Gloria White-Hammond
Susan Paternoster
David & Sheryl Harkins
Chris Piela
Barbara & Amos Hostetter
Carole & Art Prest
Scott & Olga Jaeckel Lisa Joyce Nancy Kaplan
Jacob Bryant
Neal & Sue Karelitz
Chris Bulger & Sylvia Maxfield
Robert Kelley
Joseph Campanelli
John Kim & Kathy Choi
Russell Carlson
Charles & Jeri Queenan Pamela & Richard Remis
Lauren Smith & James Boll Laurene & Scott Sperling Robert & Kathleen Stansky Maureen Sweeney Mark Taber Susan & Michael Thonis Joe Timilty Peter Vaughan-Vail
Best Buy Boston Public Schools First Book National Book Bank
Newark Public Schools Springfield Public Schools
Kent Weldon Nina & Theodore Wells Jeffrey Wright
Public Sources of Funding 21st Century Community Learning Centers Baltimore City Public Schools Bank Street College of Education
Richard Romanow
Boston Public Schools
Etta & Mark Rosen
Corporation for National & Community Service
Justin Sadrian & Lee Kellogg Sadrian
Detroit Public Schools
Todd & Ashley Carlson
Gordon Lawrence
Maurice & Luly Samuels
Marc & Denise Casper
Seth & Cindy Lawry
Will & Jodi Scarbrough
Kenneth & Virginia Colburn
William & Leslie Lee
Robin & Steven Scari
Alan & Sherry Leventhal
Doug & Andi Shaw
Laraine & Jeff Levy
Gary & Caryl Shaw
Phil & Lisette Cooper
Donald & Bridgette Manekin
Brian Shortsleeve
Thomas Corcoran
Harry & Jaime Manion
Michael & Wendy Simches
In-Kind
Jackie & Alan Weinstein
Debra Smith Knez
Bill Connolly
Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Public Schools
Larry & Dawn Weber
Department of Youth & Community Development
Jennifer & Peter Conley
The After School Corporation (TASC)
New York City Department of Education
Jennifer Rynne
Peter Kellogg
Springfield Public Schools
Richard & Patti Wayne
Peter & Lisa Roblin
Joshua Ross
Spartanburg School District 7
Family League of Baltimore City, Inc. Franklin McKinley Children’s Initiative Madison Square Boys & Girls Club New York City Department of Education San Rafael City Schools
Donors listed gave at least $1,000 from the period beginning July 1, 2011 and ending September 30, 2012. This list is accurate to the best of our knowledge. Please contact Anne Cademenos (617-740-0431) if your name has accidentally been omitted from this list.
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events & board of directors BELL has given me an edge of maturity and leadership that most young people my age may not have. This edge will help me on my road to success. I realize the road is long but I’m not afraid because BELL has given me a foundation for high school and my future.”
BENJI BELL ALUMNUS BOSTON, MA
Thank you to everyone who sponsored, supported and celebrated BELL through this year’s Talent Show, Be Extraordinary, and Homecoming events! These special events raise essential funds for our programs and introduce new friends to BELL.
TALENT SHOW BELL kicked off its 20th Anniversary Celebration with the Talent Show Gala in November. BELL scholars performed alongside R&B singersongwriter Colby O’Donis, a Boston University step team, and a Berklee College of Music a cappella group. Benji, a BELL alumnus, and Josette, a BELL parent, shared personal stories and celebrated BELL’s legacy with 280 guests at the Revere Hotel in Boston.
BE EXTRAORDINARY Jonathon Batiste and the Stay Human Band headlined a special evening to celebrate BELL scholars with 175 guests at Millesime in New York City in March.
HOMECOMING BELL’s Young Professionals Council rang in the new school year in September at The Union Club in Boston. The event introduced 180 new friends, volunteers, and donors to BELL.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Laurene Sperling, Chair Sperling Family Charitable Foundation Paula Arrojo Goldman Sachs Nicholas Bogard J. Nicholas Arthur Tiffany C. Gueye, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer, BELL Gene Guill Retired, Deutsche Bank Kathleen Kelley Queen Anne’s Capital Management, LLC John J-H Kim The District Management Council; Harvard Business School Debra Knez Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation Donald Manekin Seawall Development Company Doug Miller Miller InSights, LLC Soren Oberg, Vice Chair Thomas H. Lee Partners Prof. Charles Ogletree, Jr., Chair Emeritus, Harvard Law School Chris Piela FCCI Insurance Group Justin Sadrian Warburg Pincus Garrett Smith District Management Council Dr. Lauren Smith Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health
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