I AM STARFISH

IMPACTREPORT2018

Unearned adversity blocks potential. Starfish unleashes it!

COVER DESCRIPTION2018 College and Career Fair2018 Leadership Camp

CONTRIBUTORSGisele Garraway, President & CEOAmera Schaefer, Director of Operations & AnalyticsLauren Cunningham, Operations Manager/Match SpecialistJennifer McCloud, VP of Advancement & Marketing

CREATIVE SERVICESGirt Enterprises LLC

BOARD MEMBERSDonald Agin, Jr.Aylin BartlettJane BeamanKaren DaughteryMike FeeneyCraig FortnerNorman “Tom” FunkGisele Garraway

Steve GillmanMonique JacksonEric JohnsonThomas B. Lazard, CAMSTonya Lengar SandersPatrick Lenihan (Chair)Tom MalastoMike McCann

Angela Michael (Vice Chair)Gisela MillerRyan MillerDan NiersteWilliam PadgettTeresa ShafferVincent ViverosEmily Wilson

Starfish Initiative6958 Hillsdale CourtIndianapolis, IN 46250communications@starfishinitiative.org317-955-7912www.starfishinitiative.org

FORGING PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTYONE RELATIONSHIP AT A TIME

Dear Friends of Starfish Initiative,

The 2018 academic year for Starfish Initiative was certainly one of our finest thanks to the incredible commitment from the greater Indianapolis community. Our staff of 8 full-time team members leveraged the “heart, hand & brain equity” of our corporate allies, college partners and hundreds of volunteer mentors.

Starfish provided 425 talented, yet vulnerable Marion County high schoolers our distinctive 3Cs programming – College readiness, Career exploration and Character development. This time-tested curriculum offers a pathway out of poverty for these extraordinary youth toward achieving the American Dream – making a better way for their families and communities.

Most importantly, alongside Starfish programming was the contribution of over 26,000 hours of one-on-one mentoring from 425 Starfish-trained

volunteers. These interactions are more than a feel-good effort; this is college-educated talent investing in our collective future by preparing Indy’s teens for the rigors of college and professional careers by imparting bridge-to-work life skills.

Please peruse our 2018 Impact Report. While we can readily quantify the many college enrollments, millions of scholarship dollars earned and best-in-class college persistence of our graduates; we cannot measure the value of the 1000 + genuine and durable intergenerational relationships that have been cultivated that cross place, race, economics and identity.

Please consider joining us in 2019 as a community investor –donate or become a mentor!Unearned adversity blocks potential: Starfish unleashes it!

GISELE GARRAWAY,P r e s i d e n t & C E O

Starfish Initiative inspires, encourages, and prepares promising, economically disadvantaged students for college and career success. To achieve this goal, Starfish pairs economically disadvantaged high school students one-on-one with college-educated mentors.

SCHOLAR FOCUS

HIGH RETURNS TO CLOSING OPPORTUNITY GAPS

• intellectually curious• solid GPA• motivated learners

• 100% low household income • 45% single parent/guardian headed • 86% first generation college candidates• victims of violence or abuse• limited community supports• 84% ethnic minorities

425 Teens Served in 2018

YOUR DONATIONS

Your financial support underwrites our 3C’s

programs which prepare Scholars for charting a

path out of poverty.

SCHOLAR DREAMSStarfish Scholar Hau is a freshmen at Roncalli High School. Hau believes he is capable of motivating and helping others achieve their own successes. “I want to give my best effort and all I’ve got in my power to progress in school. Then, I want to have the chance to be able to go to college to get my own bachelor’s degree and have an engineering career. Overall, I want to help the world with my career any way I can to make the world more suitable.”

MENTOR CONTRIBUTIONYoni is Hau’s Mentor. Both Yoni and his wife are committed to mentoring Starfish Scholars. Matched since early August 2018, Yoni’s decision to become a Mentor was due in large part to his wife’s positive experience. “She has told me how much she enjoys spending time with her mentee and how excited she is preparing her for college.” Yoni is an Attorney with the Marion County Public Defender Agency. “I wanted to volunteer more in my community and I believe Starfish’s outreach is greatly needed. Once I heard about the lack of male mentors and how they are desperately needed, I jumped at the chance to help out.”

Yoni recently helped Hau achieve one of his goals to meet Holocaust Survivor, Eva Mozes Kor, at the Candles Holocaust Museum. “So we checked out the museum and she gave a really moving and powerful lecture about her life. It was definitely a great experience and great meeting her,” said Hau. Hau presented his original drawing to Ms. Kor, a cool portrait of her. She loved the portrait and signed it.

His mentor made it happen!

Thank you to our great Scholars and Mentors!

Yoni (Mentor), Eva Mozes Kor, & Hau (Scholar)

EFFICIENCY & STABILITY

College Readiness Career Exploration Character

260 college acceptances 6 Workplace Encountersattended by 200+ scholars

250 teens attend 3 day / 2 night leadership camp

$7M Scholarships 65% of Scholars express interest in STEM careers

Summer game plan -300 teens completed

Year 1 to 2 persistence: 77%

Summer Employability Workshop and Teenworks internships

45% of Scholars completed community service

College Visits - 900+ 75% of Scholars using the Career Cruising platform to take Career Interest

Assessments  

105 mock interviews conducted by Lilly  Hearts and Hands and other Lilly

employees

100% of 2018 class reported at least 3 goals for

increasing their social and cultural capital

College & Career Fair attendees - 625+

54% of Scholars created a Summer Game Plan to Visualize careers, Gain Hands-On

Experience within that field and Plan further steps to determine if it is a good fit and plan for which colleges would be best

100% of scholars worked on the development of soft

skills with their mentors and match specialists

Fiscal2017

Fiscal2018

% of Board Giving 100% 100%

% of Staff GivingUnited Way

100% 100%

2017/2018 ACADEMIC/FISCAL YEAR

49%scholar,

mentor &alumni sv cs23%

G&Asalaries

12%occupancy

8%admin

2%comm’ns

fundraising

6%

21%corp

45%grants30%

indiv

4%in-kind

SCHOLARSELECTION

MENTORRECRUITMENT& SCREENING

ACTIVE MATCHMANAGEMENT

SCHOLARPROGRAMMING

& SUPPORT

MENTORTRAINING &

SUPPORT

4 YEARS OF SUPPORT

STARFISHPROPRIETARY

MATCHINGLOGIC

425 Matches Served

THE STARFISH APPROACH

BY THE NUMBERS

TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOLARS SERVED(Since founding in 2003)

333

STARFISH CLASS OF 2022Applications

233

201

150

118

45%55%

3.60

Interviews

“Yes” Interviews

Freshmen Week Invitations

Completed Freshmen Week

MaleFemale

Average GPA

School AdversityMiddle School government grade% ELA ISTEP pass% MATH ISTEP pass

Adversity Score measured:

HOW WE IDENTIFIED THE CLASS

· 52 middle school presentations· 1,200 8th graders or 95% of the current 21st Century 8th graders· First time calculation of ADVERSITY SCORE.

Race (UWCI definitions) %

African-American or Black 29%

Asian 15%

Caucasian / White 15%

Hispanic 27%

Two or more races 13%

Geographic Adversity% of poverty by zip code% of unemployment by zip codeAvg. income per zip code

In-Home AdversityHome income levelNumber of people living at homePrimary care giverParent/guardian primary languageHome education levelRaceGender

Thanks to all of our 2017-2018 Donors$50,000+Gisele & Levi GarrawayLilly Endowment, Inc.Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, Inc.Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation, Inc.

$25,000 - $49,999Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Foundation, Inc.Opus FoundationPWC Charitable FoundationUnited Way of Central Indiana

$10,000 - $24,999Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Inc.AnonymousBryan and Jackie BarrettCircle of Sisterhood Foundation, Inc.Corteva AgriscienceLumina Foundation for EducationSusan Mahony & John BamforthMarian Inc.Fred and Peggy MarinoMary J. Proctor TrustMCE Investments, Inc.Dennis and Kristen MurphyNavient FoundationOrthIndyThe Ackerman FoundationThe Haddad FoundationTom Wood ToyotaToyota Dealer Match Program

$2,500 - $10,000Donald AginAngie’s ListDenny BarrettAylin BartlettBKD FoundationCNO Financial GroupCrowe LLPCumminsThomas DavidsonFifth Third BankFranciscan Holding Corporation

Hanover CollegeHomeAdvisor, Inc.Hoover Family FoundationKen IsleyLouis JungheimKiwanis Foundation of IndianapolisLacy and Patricia JohnsonLacy FoundationManaged Health ServicesRick MillerAlan and Sally MillsPacers Foundation, Inc.Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central IndianaTeachers Credit UnionTom Wood LexusTrifecta ClinicalTWG Development, LLCJeffrey WaltersWRTV-6

$500 - $2,499Alerding CPA GroupAnonymousAslon GroupBank of America Matching Gifts Barnes & Thornburg, LLPBowen Family FoundationDianna BrewerVaughn & Josephine BroadnaxBuildsmart Construction, LLCCapital Group Companies GlobalLeah CarrollCenterfirstEric ChamberlainEthan CorbettConor DelehantyDonald and Myra Fisher Family FundElanco Animal HealthFrost Brown ToddMonica and Carson GoffErin HedgesHerff JonesMax Hittle

Mark HosfeldIndiana Philanthropy AllianceIndiana University HealthIndySHRMKrogerTom LaskeyPatrick LenihanJim and Mary LintzenichDionne LomaxMike McCannMechnical Contractors Progress CouncilBryan OranderBob ParksPepper ConstructionPaige PitcockRatio ArchitectsMichael SmithEric SpohnState Farm Companies FoundationScott & Ursula SteeleThe Allstate FoundationThrivent FinancialUnited Way of Midland CountyW. Scott and Janice T. Montross FundWalter and Ruth Wright Charitable FoundationPatti WebserScott and Mary WellsWilhelm Construction, Inc.William and Marianne SellersJulie D. WoodDennis Zimmerman