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SEO CLASS GIFT INITIATIVE

SEO CLASS GIFT INITIATIVE. Final Docket Presentation. 7/30/2011. Progress to date…. Researched 100+ Organizations in New York City Narrowed down to list of 20 to visit Drafted Metrics to abide by Conducted site visits all around New York

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SEO CLASS GIFT INITIATIVE

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  1. SEO CLASS GIFT INITIATIVE Final Docket Presentation 7/30/2011

  2. Progress to date… • Researched 100+ Organizations in New York City • Narrowed down to list of 20 to visit • Drafted Metrics to abide by • Conducted site visits all around New York • Narrowed it down to a final docket of 10 organizations What’s next?

  3. Remember, you can only vote once you donate!

  4. Final Docket for Voting Presenting… Blue Engine City Squash Let’s Get Ready Peer Health Exchange America Scores Everybody Wins Donors Choose Advocates East Harlem Global Action Project

  5. Overview Mission: To harness the power of service to advance educational equity and excellence in America. During one-year terms of service, teams of Blue Engine Fellows—recent college grads—work to accelerate academic achievement in high-need public high schools. Blue Engine recruits, selects, trains, and supports recent college graduates who dedicate one year of service to accelerate academic achievement in high-need public high schools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss_O87_9_SI

  6. The Numbers Annual Budget: $600,000 What can $5,000- $7,000 do? Provide 810 hours of high quality, high dose instruction for high school students in the classroom Percent of students served within a school: 100% Rather than dispersing individuals across multiple sites, Blue Engine Fellows are placed in school-based teams. They take on entire grade levels one by one with the goal of creating critical masses of students who acquire the academic skills they will need to succeed in college and complete their degrees on time.

  7. First Year Results

  8. First Year Results

  9. Academics: CitySquash demands a lot of its students. Their goal is to foster a love of learning and help them get – or stay – on track to attend college.  Squash: because squash is a small sport in America, winning scholarships to prep schools and colleges through squash is a realistic goal for many of our players. Mission: Enabling at-risk youth from the Bronx to fulfill their academic, athletic and personal potential.

  10. Mentoring: Each student is matched with an adult in the community who serves as a mentor. Travel: Through squash, members have the opportunity to explore the world beyond the Bronx. Nutrition: Seminars to the students and their parents on the importance of making smart dietary choices Employment: CitySquash provides our high school and college students with the opportunity to explore their career interests and find gainful employment.

  11. The Numbers 125 elementary, middle high school and college students are enrolled in CitySquash 84 percent is the academic average of the CitySquash middle school team 38 CitySquash students were admitted to selective parochial and independent high schools $5 million in financial aid have been won by CitySquashers attending prep schools 49 national urban squash titles have been won by CitySquashers  20 states in America have been visited by our students on CitySquash-funded trips 7 European countries have been visited by our students on CitySquash-funded trips

  12. Mission Statement • to expand college access for motivated, low-income high school students by providing FREE SAT preparation and college admission counseling. • Cost Measure • $50:  books and materials for one Let's Get Ready student  • $500: sponsors one Let's Get Ready student entirely • Success Rate • Over 90% of Let's Get Ready students go directly to college after high school. • On average, LGR students increase their SAT scores by 110 points • Budget • About $1.8 Mil • Target Population • Low-income students who are first-generation college applicants • Community Involvement • 1st generation college students, sets a great precedent for younger peers

  13. Mission • give teenagers the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions • training college students to teach a comprehensive health curriculum in public high schools that lack health education • What Our Contribution Can Do • Fully fund one class of 30 students • Success Rate • 90% of PHE high school students said they will use something they learned from PHE workshops to make a healthy decision in the future • 74% of PHE high school students said they had already used something they learned from PHE workshops to make a healthy decision during the six months the program ran • Results and measurements of success • PHE high school students made statistically significant increases in their health knowledge, with a 16% improvement from Pre-Test to Post-Test • Budget: Roughly around $3M, with only four full time staff employees • Target Population: 9th grade high school students that lack health education and in which the majority of the students live at or below the poverty line • Principals report higher attendance on PHE course days

  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKlxZEoAnLE Soccer increases physical fitness and teaches students lessons in sportsmanship, discipline, problem solving, and teamwork. Writing poetry teaches students to develop creative writing and speaking skills. It also provides an outletfor students to voice personal issues and develop emotionally. These experiences help motivate students to believe in themselves and invest in their education.

  15. Target Population: Schools with 80% + students on free or reduced lunch Currently Serving: 5,000 youth in 14 cities Nationwide Results: Health and Fitness: • Lower levels of Body Mass Index (BMI) • Increased levels of physical activity Education and Literacy: Average writing proficiency Increase/yr. • Females: 18 % improvement • Males: 33 % improvement Youth Development • Increased frequency of daytime classroom attendance during the America SCORES season • Increased reporting of feelings of self-confidence, self-efficacy, and enjoyment of learning $5,000 = We can sponsor 5 or more students next academic year!

  16. The mission is to increase children’s prospects for success in school and life though one-to-one reading experiences with caring adults. Power Lunch: Lunchtime literacy and mentoring program proven to improve reading skills and attitudes. Pages to Popcorn: incorporates 6 books into a summer curriculum where children meet to read and then watch the movie as a group. Build a Book: Students learn about specific book areas and incorporate it into their own book which is completed at the end of 6 weeks.

  17. Target Population: Elementary School Students • 60+ Corporate Partners, Participating Organizations and Universities including: Bank of America, UBS, ING, Morgan Stanley, Banco Popular & New York Mets • $5000= Build a book program for 40 students • Includes New Books, Supplies, Instructor, and Snacks • 350 new books for students • Average of $10/book including shipping and handling fees http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9QRz49VMkU&feature=related

  18. Quick Facts: $17.7M donated to DonorsChoose in 2010 93.9% of donations goes towards projects In the past 10 years, DonorsChoose has impacted 75,000 students Our donation could make a HUGE impact: Potentially aid 16 New York classrooms or nearly 500 students!

  19. Individual Case Advocacy: 6,200 people Workshops: 5,650 people Helpline: 5,000 calls Projects: Various

  20. Operating budget: $4.5 million • Fundraising expenses 9% • Management and general expenses 4% • Areas for growth • Expanding helpline hours • Adding full-time staff members

  21. Giving kids the academic and enrichment opportunities they would have if they were born 20 blocks south, through • High school program: College readiness • K-8: Building literacy and math skills • Family support: Counseling and workshops • Total Functional Expenses: $2,767,535 • Money spent directly on services: 71.4% • Areas for growth • Plans to double elementary program this year • Want to serve alumni

  22. Mission: to work with young people most affected by injustice to build the knowledge, tools, and relationships needed to create media for community power, cultural expression, and political change Works with 14-21 year olds in 50 schools across the city (mostly outside of Manhattan) Sampling of programs: Urban Voices, Media in Action, Youth Breaking Borders, SupaFriends, College and Career Preparation, On-site Counseling Budget: $600,000; six full-time staff members; four part-time Each program $40 K - $65 K

  23. Visible impact for donation: Split donation evenly across all programs, buy new camera kits, get new editing station, MTA cards, food supplies • Impact of activities • 92% say they learn about social justice • 100% have learned to work in a group • Have helped media skills of students build over years, especially many of those who say three to four years • Have reached about 1,000 young people (65-70 per year) http://www.youtube.com/user/GlobalActionProject

  24. Through strategic partnerships and outreach, their youth-produced media are seen by annual audiences numbering 200,000 and are used by organizers and educators in curricula and community campaigns for social justice. • Films have made it into festivals for even wider community engagement • White House has honored G.A.P. for its effectiveness in developing creativity and fostering academic success by engaging young people in the arts and humanities.

  25. Scholars Program

  26. SEO Scholars Overview Currently serves 365 students attending over 100 public high schools Scholars take part in 720 additional hours of training in critical reading, critical writing, vocabulary, grammar, and math In 2009 and 2010, SEO 12th grade scholars scored as high or higher than their counterparts on the SAT The 2011 class earned $1.7M in scholarships and awards All 2011 scholars were accepted to a four-year college, including: Dartmouth College Cornell University University of Michigan Skidmore College

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