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Transcript of FLY 2008 Annual Report
2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Facilitating Leadership in YouthSupporting youth East of the Anacostia River in Washington DC
FLY’s first graduating high school senior (pictured here) successfully completed her freshman year of college at Virginia Stage University. She returned to FLY over summer break as a camp counselor to teach a dance class to the younger youth.
Lead. Learn. Inspire.
FLY prepares youth for college
FLY’s six seniors graduated in June 2008! In fall 2008, they left home to attend Virginia
Commonwealth University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Allegany College, and Virginia State University
FLY brought youth to visit local colleges as well as out-of-town institutions including Harvard, MIT and George Mason University
Off to College!
FLY prepares youth for college
FLY’s Educational Advocacy Program was expanded to serve FLY youth that have graduated from high school and had applied to and been accepted for admission to 2 or 4 year colleges and universities
This was an unplanned development for this program, but it quickly became apparent that FLY youth would continue to need educational advocacy to succeed in college
FLY provided a wide range of advocacy services from assisting students in managing their financial aid awards and student loans, housing assignments, communicating with college administration and professors, to identifying and accessing services at their schools
FLY college youth received many hours of coaching about administrative requirements and higher education protocol to help them succeed in their new endeavors!
Supporting successful transitions to higher education
FLY youth find funds for college With the help of FLY’s Dollars
for Scholars program, Two FLY youth were awarded the
2007 Gates Foundation DC Achiever’s Award and each received a $50,000 college scholarship
Three more FLY youth were awarded the 2008 Gates Foundation DC Achiever’s Award for the 2008-2009 academic year
Two FLY youth won the “Beat the Odds” scholarship ($20,000)
One FLY youth won the Horatio Alger scholarship ($20,000)
Three FLY youth won the “Hoop Dreams” scholarship ($10,000)
Young Men in FLY meet with David Williams and Polemarch of the Mu Mu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity after an info
session at George Mason University
Learning outside the classroom for success inside the classroom
Grade Advancements for the
2007-2008 School Year
Grades 3-6: 100% Grades 7-8: 100% Grades 9-12: 90%
(18 of 20)
2008 Summer Camp Class
at American University
Several youth struggled academically the previous year, but progressed to receive greatly improved first semester Fall ‘08 report cards, including ten youth who made honor roll
FLY summer camp
Located at American University,five days a week for seven weeks
2008 Classes (ages 8-12)Art SwimmingFashion Design
Culture Shock Spoken Word Dance
Young leaders emerge
Youth members of FLY attended the weeklong National Youth Organizing Training Institute in Detroit in March 2008
Three FLY teens, chaperoned by a FLY AU student leader, attended the weeklong FBR (Friedman, Billings, Ramsey) leadership development program held at GWU
Other training topics ranged from public speaking, to conducting effective door-to-door outreach, to how to draft an action plan
All 30 teens were placed at successful eight week paid summer internships. Teens also worked on college prep work in small groups with their mentors
FLY teens receive leadership development & training
Young leaders emerge
Spent over 40 hours participating in District-led community meetings about the impending redevelopment of Barry Farm and spent an additional 20 hours participating in resident coalition-led meetings
Conducted 3 youth-led Know-Your-Rights workshops for over 65 DC teens
Interviewed and evaluated prospective summer camp staff
Led youth development and communications trainings for our summer staff and volunteers
FLY teens then reach out to their peers & their community
“I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to you for your continued support for my grandchildren, Keagoe and Kristopher Stith. They have been involved since elementary school and now they are [a few months] away from college. You have been instrumental in giving them a safe place to stay with your afterschool programs, and in your tutoring programs by having American University students take them under their wings. Thanks to this they have excelled in academics and are…receiving scholarships. You have kept them busy with positive involvements and have truly nurtured their minds. I am very impressed with your organization because everyone is so caring and dedicated. There are just no words to express just how grateful we are to you.”
“Please accept our sincere gratitude, for you have played an important part in preparing my young men for their future.” -Christine Stith, Grandmother of Kris and Keagoe (pictured)
FLY’s funds at work
FLY Financials
Organizational Accomplishments
2008: Diversification of Revenue & Decreased Reliance on Foundation Funding 242% increase in the number of individual donors
from 2007 (77) to 2008 (186) 146% increase in the amount of individual and
small business donations from 2007 ($52,143)
to 2008 ($76,461)
Thank you to each of our individual donors. Every gift of every size helps our youth succeed.
Organizational Accomplishments
FLY’s board of directors and 12 committee members successfully executed a benefit at the Harman Center to celebrate our 5th anniversary in April.
The event netted over $60,000! A very special thanks from FLY to the Benefit Committee Members
FLY’s Board of Directors instituted
a “give or get” policy. All members
contributed to fundraising and 80%
of the board also personally
donated.
So many compassionate people fundraising for FLY in 2008. Thank you!
FLY’s 5th Anniversary Benefit
Five years of FLY: a successful anniversary celebration and fundraiser held at the Harman Center for the Arts in April 2009 raised over $60,000! Special guests included President Cornelius Kerwin, honored for continuing American University’s close partnership with FLY, as well as Kojo Nnamdi, guest speaker.
Foundation SupportOther Support
Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationCleveland Park Congregational ChurchColumbus Foundation
DC Commission on the Arts & HumanitiesCommonweal Foundation
Metro TeenAidsCommunity Foundation of the National Capitol Region Anacostia Smithsonian MuseumLois and Richard England Family Foundation Urban Institute, East of River InitiativeHazen Foundation
Workers of St. AlbansHerb Block Foundation
Hill-Snowdon Foundation
Kimsey Foundation, East of River Initiative Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
Levy Family FoundationCorporate Support
Richard E. & Nancy P. Marriott FoundationAnacostia Coordinating Council, Inc.Meyer Foundation
Booz, Allen, Hamilton Inc.Moriah Foundation
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, East of River Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
King & Spaulding, LLP United Jewish Endowment Fund
Linowes and Blocher, LLPWashington Area Women’s Foundation
PepcoWashington Nationals Dream Foundation PNC BankWorld Bank, East of River InitiativeZuckerman Spaeder, LLP
2007-2008 Institutional Support
2007-2008 Institutional Support (Cont’d)
In-kind SupportApril 2008 Benefit Committee
American UniversityCo-Chair: David Shiffrin
Chadbourne & Parke, LLPCo-Chair: Susan Taylor
DC Central Kitchen
ONE DCJudy Bacon
Derry Noyes CraigAdditional thanks to our organizational
Mindy Detzler collaborators.
Mary Jane Glass Without you, FLY wouldn’t be as fly!
Rhonda HendersonBarry Farm Community Coalition
Heidi MaloniBarry Farm Recreation Center
Milica MitrovichBarry Farm Resident Council
Jan RossBLOC (Building Leaders, Organizing Communities) Peggy ShiffrinDCAYA (DC Alliance of Youth Advocates)
Sue SpockYEA (Youth Education Alliance)
Barry SpodakWashington College of Law Economic DevelopmentBarbara Tannenbaum Legal Clinic at American University (Susan Bennett)Mannie Tobie
Karen Tompkins
Sylvia Travaglione
Charise Van Liew
Kathy Wenger
Robert Wilkins
Another special thank you to the 60 American University tutors and mentors who
volunteered in 2008!
Build community. Invest in youth
FLY Board of Directors Jan-April 2008
Rhonda Henderson, President
David Shiffrin, Vice President
Mindy Detzler, Secretary
Daphne Edwin, Treasurer
Martin Jenkins
Milica Mitrovich
Michelle Tafel
Iman Tyson
Zack Schwartz
Keagoe Stith
Anne Wiseman
FLY Board of Directors May-December 2008Iman Tyson, President
Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
David Shiffrin, Vice President Board member at: WETA, Cultural Development
Corporation, Arena Stage
Karen Gerlach, PhD, SecretaryDirector, Student Activities, American University
Adam Weers, CPA, TreasurerManager of Development, Trammell Crow Company
Rhonda HendersonCenter Director, Kaplan Inc
Martin JenkinsFLY Youth Council Representative, Freshman at Alleghany
College
Amit MehtaCounsel, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Milica Mitrovich
Zack SchwartzFLY Club President, Sophomore at American University
Keagoe StithFLY Youth Council Representative, Senior at Duke Ellington
High School
Charise Van Liew, ex officio