FORGING AHEAD:
Plan 2020
Our Children, Our Focus With crystal clarity, as it has been from our inception, the focus of The Pittsburgh Promise is our children. We repeatedly said, and continue to say, that Pittsburgh’s promise lives in every one of her children. They are the reason we provide scholarships, promote school reform, leverage neighborhood development, and infuse the region’s workforce with preparedness and diversity. All children deserve opportunities to expand their visions, schools that prepare them well for bright futures, neighborhoods that are conducive to growth, and a marketplace that is eager to receive them and invest their gifts and skills in meaningful and productive ways.
The theme of this plan is the acronym F.O.C.U.S. In order to deliver the results that our children need and deserve, for the next five years we will focus on at least the following:
As we prepare for the next leg in our ultramarathon, we look back to take into account all that we learned in our first eight years, briefly celebrate successes, and carefully reflect on struggles.
Successful fundraising + effective organization + compelling communication + insatiable urgency = important and impactful scholarships and services
We also forge ahead to do our best and work our hardest on behalf of our children, schools, neighborhoods, and workforce, and to sustain that work for as long as possible.
Fundraising Organization Communication Urgency, and Scholarships and Services The formula that will guide our steps for the next five years is this:
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