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Contents
By the Numbers
Donors
Multi-Year Investors
Our Leadership
Investing in the Future
How the Village Works
Ecosystem and Look Ahead
Alignment & Extended Learning Time
What THINK Together Does
Alumni Stories: The Best and Brightest
Chairman and CEO Message
Vision and Mission
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On the Cover: THINK Together alumni Rafael Sanchez receives his diploma and shakes hands with UC Riverside Chancelor Timothy White during graduation ceremonies.
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message
The picture on the cover of this annual report
is of THINK Together alumni Rafael Sanchez
receiving his diploma from the Chancellor Timothy
White of UC Riverside after earning his degree
in engineering. While Rafael was born with talent
and brought tremendous drive and a great work
ethic to his academic pursuits, it took a village to
help him succeed.
— S. Paul Revile,
S e c r e ta ry
of
E d u c at i o n ,
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M a ss a c h u s e t t s
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t THINK Together, we strongly believe
that it takes support from parents, schools
and the community for students to reach
their full potential. Where parents lack resources
or their own positive experiences with school
systems, it takes even stronger schools and more
effective support from the community for students
to succeed.
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With THINK Together’s help, Rafael became the
first in his family to graduate high school, not to
mention college. He completed his degree in
just four years, a huge feat for an engineering
major. He began attending THINK Together’s
Shalimar Teen Center when he was in ninth
grade and the center quickly became his second
home. It was through THINK Together that Rafael
connected to the broader village and he took part
in extracurricular activities, namely working with
the Orange County Congregational Community
Organization.
“That helped me get to college,” he said.
“That’s what made me different, and that’s why
I got so many scholarships.”
Vision
Mission
All children will receive the support they
To provide high-quality, academically
need from family, school and community to
oriented out-of-school programs for
enable them to reach their full potential and
students regardless of race, creed,
become productive adults and responsible,
or socioeconomic status.
contributing members of the community.
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He recalls competing for a scholarship with a
young man who seemed to have an advantage
over him. Everyone predicted that young man
would win the scholarship, but in the end, Rafael
prevailed.
Demographic Shift
In the last 25 years, the student population in
California has shifted dramatically. Today, 52%
of California’s K-12 students are Latino and 5%
are African-American. While there are obviously
exceptions, that means largely 57% of California’s
student population are on the wrong side of the
achievement gap, wherein the average 18-yearold Latino or African-American student performs
at the level of the average 13-year old white or
Asian student.
California’s workforce suffers because of the
persistence of this education gap. We’ve said
this before, but it bears repeating: workers in this
state over the age of 50 are the most educated
in the world, while those under the age of 35 are
the least educated workforce in the developed
world. As we all know, California faces a variety of
challenges, but improving education and closing
the education achievement gap needs to be at the
top of the list.
Blame Game
We can all sit around and play the blame game
and make the tired claims that schools are failing,
or that they are not getting enough funding, etc.
We are here to tell you that the story on the
ground is more encouraging than you think. Many
schools and school districts are getting a handle
on how to better serve the current population of
students. Academic support programs like THINK
Together and others are maturing and showing
results. The challenge now becomes, how do
we, as a society, turn these “islands of success”
into “continents of success” so that more students
benefit and the California workforce can regain its
preeminence?
donors help fund THINK Together programs,
creating the margins of excellence that help us
transform mere childcare programs into rich
academic support programs that help students
like Rafael succeed. Certainly, you as a donor
are part of Rafael’s village.
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It is highly unlikely that
we will be successful in
closing the achievement
gap until we build the
kind of support systems
for low-income children
that children from uppermiddle class families
benefit from.
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Finally, the voters are part of Rafael’s village.
If we voters don’t agree to fund California’s
schools at adequate levels, the price of an
underperforming workforce, incarceration, and
the social safety net will dwarf the front-end
investment in education. We urge everyone
to get involved with your local school board.
In most communities, the school district is the
biggest “business” in town. It produces one of our
most important products, and yet a very small
percentage of eligible voters vote in local school
board races.
Thanks to people like you, progress is being
made. Please help us replicate and scale what
is working, both at THINK Together and in our
schools, so that California can remain the most
innovative, productive economy on the planet,
not to mention, the best place to live.
Fran Inman, Chair
You Are Part of the Village
Rafael had a combination of paid staff and
volunteers who provided him with academic
support and mentoring to reach his full potential.
Volunteers are part of Rafael’s village. Private
Randy Barth, Founder and CEO
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Career Goals: To work in community health
THINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008
Education: Bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UC Riverside
Career Goals: To go on to medical school and become a doctor
THINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008
Education: Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from UC Riverside
Career Goals: To get a master’s or doctorate and then work as an
aerospace engineer
THINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008
Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering from UC Riverside
Aurea Martinez knows first hand the power
of Teaching.
Nancy Vargas wants to help others just as
THINK Together has been Helping her stay
on the right path.
Ever Arias (left of center) hopes to someday
be known as Dr. Arias.
Rafael Sanchez admits he didn’t just attend
THINK Together to get homework help. He
attended to socialize with his friends.
“THINK Together was my foundation,” she said. “When it came to
homework, my parents didn’t know how to help me. At first, I was
scared to go. But when I went there, I felt comfortable and safe. It was
a place of learning. There was all this encouragement. The key to my
success was all that support.”
Like many of her peers, Aurea is the first in her family to attend college,
something she truly enjoyed. After graduating from Newport Harbor High,
she went on to UC Santa Barbara. She calls college the best four years
of her life.
She looks back fondly on her years at the Shalimar Teen Center and the
habits she learned there she carries on today as she enjoys reading,
especially biographies and autobiographies.
THINK Together, she said, is special because it’s part of the community.
“It really reaches out to the community through the parents and gets
them involved,” she said. “That’s important. If the parents are not
involved, it doesn’t work.”
Aurea is training for a marathon this fall. After that she will be applying for
fellowships and hopes to leave California and work on the East Coast.
Because of her experience at THINK Together, she wants to work in some
sort of youth program. And her advice to today’s youth is to not settle for
mediocrity but pursue all forms of education, even if it’s a community college
or trade school.
“There are so many roads to take,” she said. “Any one is fine as long as
you keep your goal in mind.”
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Nancy is the first in her family, not only to graduate college but high school
and middle school. She began attending THINK Together’s Shalimar Center in
elementary school and took English courses. She left THINK Together when
she hit middle school and started hanging out with the wrong crowd.
After being accused of doing something she didn’t do, she realized she had
lost her way and returned to THINK Together as a 10th grader. She went on to
graduate from Newport Harbor High School and attended UC Riverside with
fellow THINK Together alums Ever Arias and Rafael Sanchez.
She believes THINK Together changed her Costa Mesa community for the better.
“The first night I moved into Costa Mesa, somebody was stabbed and
died next to my window,” she said. “It was really unsafe and with THINK
Together, the gang involvement went down. There is a park there now
and that helps improve our community.”
Nancy said it was the staff at the Shalimar Learning Center who gave her confidence
in her ability. Because of that confidence they instilled in her, she enrolled in
honors classes that she might not have taken if it wasn’t for THINK Together.
Her parents are now big believers not only in the education THINK provides but
the safe haven it has become in the neighborhood.
“We went through some hard years,” Nancy said of her family. “THINK
Together was definitely there for me. When kids have problems at home
they need another place. They are thankful because if THINK Together
wasn’t there, I might have gone to a worse place. I think that’s the same
situation for many kids who need a safe place to go.”
This Shalimar Teen Center alum credits
THINK Together for Inspiring him to strive for
the best.
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But he also admits, it was a Nurturing
environment for Kids.
Ever became involved in the Teen Center as a high school student. His
parents didn’t speak very much English and THINK Together was the only
way he could get help.
“A lot of my friends were in THINK Together,” he said. “It felt like an
extension of school. It felt more like home. I remember there was a
couch there. And afterschool, I’d go there and relax on the couch.”
Because the Center was close to home, he knew all the kids there. Though
he spent many hours at THINK Together, he struggled in language arts.
Still, he was motivated to try harder when he compared himself to his fellow
students.
He enjoyed going so much that he’d leave straight from school on the bus
and get to the Shalimar Teen Center even before it opened. He credits
THINK Together for opening up extracurricular opportunities that were key
to his college path.
He immersed himself in honors courses, graduated from Newport Harbor
High and went on to UC Riverside, where he studied chemistry. With his
bachelor’s degree completed, he now plans on applying to medical school
and hopes to attend UC Irvine’s Prime Program, where he can specialize in
providing medical care to the Latino community.
After graduating from Newport Harbor High, Rafael attended UC Riverside
and took four and five classes each quarter so that he could get through
college in four years. He did that while holding a job at the same time.
“The fact that we were in a program where everyone had that goal of
going to college motivated us and pushed us to try harder than what we
thought we were capable of,” he said. “I worked hard but it’s not what I
did. THINK Together and other scholarships made it possible for me to
graduate. Where you begin is not where you are going to end.”
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Career Goals: To get a master’s degree in education
THINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008
Education: Bachelor’s degree in sociology and Latin American
studies from UC Santa Barbara
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Rafael and others need to not only overcome the achievement gap but they
need to confront their own cultural conflicts where their families don’t value
college the same as work.
“Our site coordinator (Bethany Grimes) made me feel like going to
college was the only option,” he said. “When I told my mom I wanted
to go college, she wanted to know why? But she understands now.”
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2010
2011
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of the team was
ineligible to play, but
by 2011 that number
dropped to only 2%.
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upplemental Educational Services (SES) is a federally funded, free
hrough a long-term strategic partnership, THINK Together manages
the Children and Families Commission of Orange County’s Early
tutoring program for qualifying students. THINK Together’s SES Tutoring
Literacy Program, which consists of center-based and community
Program is designed to provide one-to-one or small group instruction in
wide programs.
the greatest areas of academic need, English Language Arts or Math. A preassessment is administered to determine each student’s targeted area of need
This program, serving about 16,000 children countywide, promotes reading to
Using evidence-based practices, the THINK Together for Teens High School
and a post-assessment is used to measure gains in that target area. As shown
children every day to build language and learning skills for life. The program’s
program is designed to respond to the unique needs and strengths identified by
in the chart below, student gains made within each district were significant.
activities help Orange County’s young children and their families achieve
students, teachers and administrators.
S.E.S. 2011-2012 Pre- and Post-Assessment
literacy in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
researchPreshows
that students
participating in the
program during
the
S.E.S.External
2011-2012
and
Post-Assessment
Statistically
Significant
Growth
by District
Also, to ensure high school athletes maintain academic eligibility to participate in
2010-2011 school year demonstrated statistically significant gains in both ELA
Significant Growth by District
In order to measure progress in literacy among the students in the centercompetitive sports, an Athletic Tutorial Program is offered after practice throughStatistically
and in Math on
the 2011 California Standards Test (CST) when compared
100%
based program, the Preschool Language Scale Assessment, Fourth Edition
7 p.m. This innovative Athletic Tutorial Program has produced significant results
to non-participants. This was true for each year of the three year evaluation
100%
(PLS-4) was administered to students before and after participating in the
by increasing grade point average and improving athletic eligibility.
funded through80%
the federal High Quality Supplemental Educational Services
Early Learning and Math Program. This nationally normed assessment
Demonstration Grant project (HQSES); a grant THINK Together received in
80%
measures auditory and expressive skills. Children participating in THINK
For example, previous to the Athletic Tutorial Program, the Valley High School
60%named one of five national demonstration sites by the U.S.
2008 when it was
ELPM demonstrated significant growth on these measures.
football team lost an average of 16 of its then 60 players to athletic ineligibility
60%
Department of Education to bolster student achievement by aligning instruction
Early
Learning
Program
Early Learning Program
40%
and had a combined team grade point average of 0.85. After the first year of
Standardized Assessment
PLS-4 Standardized
between SES and the Federal 21st Century Community Learning PLS-4
Centers
Early
Learning
and
Math
Program
PLS-4 Assessment
Standardized Assessment
40%
the program, the team lost two of its now 90 players, and attained a team
grade
of Auditory and Expressive Skills Total Average Score
of Auditory and Expressive Skills Total Average Score
afterschool programs.
The
HQSES
three
year
qualitative
and
quantitative
of
Auditory
and
Expressive
Skills
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Average Score
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point average of 2.65. In the second year the team continued to improve and
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standards in core academic subjects, meet all graduation requirements
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Our data shows the students who participate in our THINK Together High School
Moreno Valley USD
program are six times more likely to graduate from high school than their peers
who never participate. Participants also demonstrated growth on the 2011
California Standards Test (CST) in English Language Arts; whereas students who
never came
to theof
program
experienced
a decline
in performance.
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THINK also assessed children on knowledge of Basic Skills important to
kindergarten readiness and again found that children demonstrated
significant growth in each indicator.
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very year, studies show most young people lose about two months of
grade-level equivalency in math skills over the summer. Low-income
youth also lose more than two months in reading achievement while their
middle-income peers maintain or make slight gains.
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Thanks to large investments by the Packard Foundation, the Walmart Foundation,
California ASES and Federal 21st Century Community Learning Center funds,
and the programming support of the National Summer Learning Association,
THINK Together has developed programs and initiatives to eliminate that summer
learning loss, serving 20,000 students throughout the state. Students are
enriched with English Language Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and
Math instruction as well as outdoor education and field trips. In Los Angeles, San
Diego and Sacramento, more than 90% of our sites demonstrated student growth
from pre-test to post-test in math, resulting in significant overall growth.
For the second straight year, our program in Santa Ana Unified School District
was a finalist for the National Summer Learning Association’s Summer Program
of the Year.
Because summer programs are funded by hard-to-acquire government funds
and in great part by private philanthropy, less than 27% of the state’s children
have access to summer learning. THINK Together is actively looking at ways to
increase access to these important programs.
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n Pre-THINK
n Post-THINK
during
THINK summer
program
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Letters
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Change in Algebra Skills Assessment Scores
during THINK summer program
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Average Scores, Pre/Post (2011-2012)
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and Math Program (ELMP)
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One of the keys to THINK Together’s success is aligning our
curriculum to support the same curriculum being taught during
the school day. And a recent research study conducted through
a THINK Together / UCI Doctoral Fellowship partnership
supports the effectiveness of this approach. A recent research
study conducted through a THINK Together / UCI Doctoral
Fellowship partnership supports those conclusions.
Communication: THINK Together works
in tandem with school partners to address
curriculum needs and track academic
progress of individual students
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Align
Partnership: There is
a strong partnership
between THINK Together’s
afterschool program and the
school day curriculum.
Student Achievement
In this study, survey data was collected from
principals and THINK Together staff at 25
schools in Santa Ana Unified School District.
Bennett’s findings indicated that THINK
Together sites designated
as highly aligned
Communication
on the three scales of academic resources,
communication, and partnership had a
statistically
significant positive effect on English
Academic
Partnership
Language
Arts
(ELA) scaled scores on the
Resources
California Standards Test (CST).
Sites that were misaligned on communication and
partnership had a statistically significant negative
effect on CST scaled scores for ELA, and Math.
For her efforts, Bennett was awarded the 2012
California Educational Research Association’s
Achievement
Outstanding Paper Student
of the Year.
The Outstanding
Paper award is presented to the conference
attendee who receives the highest numerical ratings
from educational researchers and reviewers.
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he flagship of
THINK Together’s
academic
support model is
our comprehensive,
extended learning time
program that benefits
low-income K-12 children
who study after school at
hundreds of school sites
and community centers
throughout the state.
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Academic
Resources
the achievement
gap, such as critical
thinking, problem
solving, creativity,
entrepreneurial
skills, collaboration,
communication,
Partnership
social responsibility
and leadership.
A typical THINK
Together program at
an elementary school
Our standards-based curriculum intentionally
site serves between 90 and 200 students
aligns with core day instruction and extends
each school day. At each site, students learn
student learning in a safe, adult-supervised
from program leaders who work alongside
Student Achievement
environment that consists of academic and
community volunteers and are supervised
enrichment elements and a healthy living
by one full-time site coordinator. Homework
assistance is provided to students individually
component that includes physical fitness,
or in small groups to help them understand
character and nutritional education. We
and complete daily assignments. Language
strive to enrich our students with 21st
skills are promoted through fluency-building
Century Learning skills to help them close
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We have found that Teaching, Helping, Inspiring
and Nurturing our Kids is more than just reading
them a book or helping them with homework.
Instead, we believe that for kids to achieve their
full potential, they need the entire village of support
that is common among upper middle-class families.
he study led by UCI Doctoral Fellow and
THINK Together’s Manager of Evaluation
Tracy Bennett, assessed the impact of
school day and afterschool program alignment
on student achievement from 2010-2011.
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Academic Resources:
THINK Together provides
students with relevant
curriculum for ELA, math
and technology.
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and thevillage
Communication
Academic
strategies and we focus on strengthening Partnership
Resources
skills in STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, Mathematics).
Students also enjoy enrichment activities
that may include visual and performing arts
like music, dance, drama, and art activities.
Healthy Living is promoted through a
four-pronged approach that includes: the
Coordinated Approach to Children’s Health
Student Achievement
(CATCH) curriculum which promotes physical
activity; nutrition education that includes
Harvest of the Month, Dairy Council, and
federal nutrition lessons.
Align
According to internal and external analyses,
many of our school district partners have
been able to demonstrate notable, and in
some cases significant, academic gains for
the children they serve.
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the
EXTENDED
LEARNING TIME
PROGRAMS
THINK’s Ecosystem
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pper income children have high-quality
health care, are read to early and
often, have access to high-performing
preschool and K-12 schools, youth sports,
arts and music lessons. They are exposed to
multiple enrichment offerings throughout their
childhood and youth so that they can have
different learning opportunities and discover
their passions.
In contrast, the lower-income children served
by THINK Together’s programs rarely have
those systems of support. THINK Together
believes we can build a robust community of
support for children through public funding for
early childhood and extended learning time
programs, the generous philanthropy of our
investors and donors through collaboration
with local partners.
On the right is a list of the Ecosystem of
academic support services that THINK
Together offers to develop that village.
In the pages that follow, we provide a
graphic illustration of villages in various
stages of development in the six counties
we serve. The illustrations show how we
are helping to create the villages with
our school district and strategic partners,
investors, employees and volunteers that
we believe will help children achieve their
full potential.
• Extended Learning
Time Programs
TUTORING
(SES)
PROGRAMS
Daily comprehensive
programs delivered afterschool that consist of
academic enrichment,
homework help, nutrition and
structured physical fitness,
as well as other enrichment
opportunities in STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts and
Math). Staffed at a 20:1 ratio, this
program is provided for approximately 600
hours per school year.
Summer Learning Programs
•Project-based,
hands-on learning focused on
English Language Arts, math and STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math), supplemented
with enrichment in music, dance, physical fitness
and theme-based field trips. Each summer
season offers an additional learning theme with
accompanying interactive learning opportunities.
Early Literacy and Math Program
•A support
program for parents and caretakers
of young children (0-5) that promotes the
development of regular reading routines, and
provide guidance in using other learning tools
to increase their child’s vocabulary, so that he/
she enters kindergarten with basic literacy and
math skills.
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PROGRAMS
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EARLY
LITERACY
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Saturday Programs
•Combination
of academic support and test
preparation with engaging enrichment opportunities
including sports, music and the arts to attract
parents and students to schools on weekends.
Provide literacy, English classes and other
educational opportunities for parents.
(SES) Program
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than 40-to-50 hours per school year of small
group tutoring (5:1 student-staff ratio) to give
students targeted academic support in English
Language Arts or Math.
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Orange Unified School District
Santa Ana Unified School District
Tustin Unified School District
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Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana
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SCHOOL DISTRICT &
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
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Cal State Fullerton
California State Parks - Crystal Cove
Discovery Science Center
Festival of Children
Google
Heritage Museum of Orange County
j.k. livin foundation
Network for Healthy California SAUSD
OC Fair
Orange County Council Boy Scouts of America
Pacific Symphony
Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana Library
Santa Ana Police Department
Toyama Karate Do Organization
UC Irvine
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EMPLOYEES
OC
EXTENDED
EXTENDED
LEARNING
LEARNING TIME
TIME
230+
Gifts of $10,000+
Anonymous
Bank of America
Bart and Deborah Thomsen
Bill Holmes
Broadcom Corporation
Charles Abbott Memorial Foundation
Church of the Messiah
Comerica Bank
Donald J. Crevier
Draper Family Foundation
Eric and Connie Boden
Capistrano Enrichment Sites (8)
Highland Learning Center
Highland Teen Center
Noah Teen Center
Raising a Reader Community Sites (26)
Reach Out and Read Clinics (76)
Shalimar Learning Center
Shalimar Teen Center
VOLUNTEERS
16K
47K
STUDENTS
CHILDREN
Ages 0-5 served through Early
Literacy and Math program
The Croul Family Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
The Irvine Company
Toni Mendoza
Ueberroth Family Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Weingart Foundation
Western Digital
Women of Vision
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SUMMER
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
For
For the
the last
last three
three years
years in
in OC
OC (2008-2011),
(2008-2011), THINK
THINK Together
Together has
has had
had a
a unique
unique grant-funded
grant-funded opportunity
opportunity to
to
partner
partner with
with the
the School
School of
of Education
Education at
at UC
UC Irvine
Irvine to
to provide
provide research-based
research-based evidence
evidence for
for understanding
understanding
the
the impact
impact that
that THINK
THINK Together
Together has
has had
had on
on student
student achievement.
achievement. These
These external
external analyses
analyses demonstrate
demonstrate
three
important
trends
related
to
academic
achievement
among
program
participants:
three important trends related to academic achievement among program participants:
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MATH
TARGETED MATH
TARGETED MATH
TUTORING MATTERS
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8
8
O.L. Halsell Foundation
Orange County Community Foundation
1700
TUTORING
TUTORING
(SES)
(SES)
CHANGES
CHANGES IN
IN SCALED
SCALED SCORE
SCORE POINTS
POINTS ON
ON THE
THE
2011
CALIFORNIA
STANDARDS
TEST
(CST)
2011 CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST (CST)
Majestic Realty Foundation
Marion Knott
Orange County United Way
Orion Property Partners Inc.
Pacific Life Foundation
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Randy and Mary Barth
RR Medical Services, Inc.
Sam and Susan Anderson
Sempra Energy Foundation
Southern California Edison
St. Joseph Health System
St. Norbert Church
Tarsadia Foundation
The California Endowment
Children and Families Commission
of Orange County
EARLY
EARLY LITERACY
LITERACY
AND
AND MATH
MATH
Academic
Academic Outcomes
Outcomes || Santa
Santa Ana
Ana
MAJOR DONORS
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Leona Aronoff Charitable Foundation
COMMUNITY PROGRAM
SITES
10
ABC
ABC
Fluor Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
100+
Served per year
THINK
THINK || Services
Services in
in Orange
Orange County
County
61
ORANGE COUNTY
6.7
6.7
0.6
0.6
0
0
-8
-8
LAYERING
LAYERING
MATTERS
MATTERS
4.8
4.8
4
4
-4
-4
TARGETED ELA
TARGETED ELA
TUTORING MATTERS
TUTORING MATTERS
-2.3
-2.3
-5.2
-5.2
-10.2
-10.2
ONE YEAR
TWO YEARS
ONE YEAR
TWO YEARS
LONGEVITY IN PROGRAM MATTERS
LONGEVITY IN PROGRAM MATTERS
1
1
2
2
3
3
14
14
12.4
12.4
12
12
13.6
13.6
LAYERING
LAYERING
MATTERS
MATTERS
8.3
8.3
8
8
6
6
2
2
3.7
3.7
0.2 0.4
0.2 0.4
20
12
NON-THINK
NON-THINK
10
10
4
4
Annual Report
SB
4.8
4.8
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LA
THINK ELT
THINK ELT
THINK ELT+
THINK ELT+
THINK SES
THINK SES
SES+
SES+
1
1
ONE YEAR
TWO YEARS
ONE YEAR
TWO YEARS
LONGEVITY IN PROGRAM MATTERS
LONGEVITY IN PROGRAM MATTERS
Longevity
Longevity in
in Program
Program Matters
Matters
The
The more
more students
students attended
attended THINK
THINK afterschool
afterschool (ELT)
(ELT) or
or test
test prep
prep instruction
instruction over
over Saturdays
Saturdays and
and Spring
Spring Break,
Break, the
the
more
likely
they
were
to
experience
significant
gains
on
both
the
CST
in
Math
and
in
ELA.
more likely they were to experience significant gains on both the CST in Math and in ELA.
Targeted
Targeted Instruction
Instruction Matters
Matters
Students
Students who
who attended
attended small
small group
group tutoring
tutoring in
in content
content that
that met
met their
their specific
specific needs
needs experienced
experienced significant
significant gains
gains on
on
the
CST
in
both
Math
and
in
ELA,
regardless
of
content
targeted.
the CST in both Math and in ELA, regardless of content targeted.
Layering
Layering of
of Services
Services Matters
Matters
The
The greatest
greatest gains
gains over
over one
one or
or two
two years
years were
were made
made by
by students
students who
who participated
participated in
in multiple
multiple programs;
programs; in
in particular
particular
the
most
impressive
gains
were
among
students
who
participated
in
SES
tutoring
plus
one
other
THINK
Together
the most impressive gains were among students who participated in SES tutoring plus one other THINK Together
program
program (typically,
(typically, students
students only
only enroll
enroll in
in SES
SES for
for one
one year).
year).
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SD
VILLAGE
THINK | Services in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES
Annual Report
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SCHOOL DISTRICT &
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Azusa Unified School District
Baldwin Park Unified School District
Bassett Unified School District
Covina-Valley Unified School District
Duarte Unified School District
East Whittier School District
El Rancho Unified School District
Little Lake City School District
Los Nietos School District
Lynwood Unified School District
Montebello Unified School District
Mountain View School District
South Whittier School District
City of Whittier Police
Chief’s Advisory Committee
New Futuro
j.k. livin foundation
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles County Health Department
Pico Rivera Chamber of Commerce
94
AZUSA
AZUSA
70+
MAJOR DONORS
Gifts of $1,000+
LA
ADP
Anne Turner
California Community Foundation
Cigna
VOLUNTEERS
Comerica Bank
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Fran Inman
Green Foundation
Jakob and Marlene Ackermann
Joanne Corday Kozberg
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kaiser Baldwin Park Medical Center
LA84 Foundation
Leona Aronoff Charitable Foundation
Majestic Realty Foundation
Marina Medical Billing Service
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
RL Public Relations + Marketing, Inc.
Rose Hills Foundation
Rose Hills Mortuary & Memorial Park
Sempra Energy Foundation
Southern California Edison
Sysco Foods
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Walmart Foundation
Weingart Foundation
Xerox Community Involvement Program
(2008-2011)
(2008-2011)
In
In Azusa
Azusa USD
USD and
and Baldwin
Baldwin Park
Park USD,
USD,
evaluation
results
show
that
when
evaluation results show that when
compared to
to students
students who
who never
never
compared
came
to
THINK
Together,
students
came to THINK Together, students
who
who attended
attended the
the program
program over
over two
two
years
made
significant
gains
on
years made significant gains on their
their
state standardized
standardized assessments
assessments in
in
state
both
English
Language
Arts
(ELA)
both English Language Arts (ELA)
and
and Math.
Math.
30
30
30
30
22
22
786
14
14
24.4
24.4
14.2
14.2
22
22
10.7
10.7
20
20
-2.1
-2.1
0
0
ELA
ELA
MATH
MATH
NON-THINK
NON-THINK
THINK
THINK
NON-THINK
NON-THINK
THINK
THINK
SUMMER
SUMMER MATH
MATH GAINS
GAINS (WALMART
(WALMART SITES)
SITES)
CHANGE
CHANGE IN
IN ALGEBRA
ALGEBRA SKILLS
SKILLS ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT SCORES
SCORES
20
20
16
16
13.5
13.5
11.7
11.7
MIDDLE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCHOOL STUDENTS
STUDENTS
FAILING
A
CORE
CLASS
FAILING A CORE CLASS WHO
WHO
IMPROVED
BY
AT
LEAST
IMPROVED BY AT LEAST ONE
ONE
GRADE
AFTER
PARTICIPATING
GRADE AFTER PARTICIPATING
IN
IN THINK
THINK TOGETHER
TOGETHER (n=711)
(n=711)
44%
MATH
MATH
PRE-THINK
PRE-THINK
POST-THINK
POST-THINK
12
12
20
12
5.2
5.2
6
6
-2
-2
17.4
17.4
14
14
5.2
5.2
6
6
12.3
12.3
11.3
11.3
57%
ELA
ELA
8
8
4
4
0
0
12
BALDWIN
BALDWIN PARK
PARK
(2008-2011)
(2008-2011)
EMPLOYEES
Served per year
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
SCHOOL SITES
672
STUDENTS
SUMMER
SUMMER
Academic Outcomes | Azusa and Baldwin Park
Plaza de la Raza
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce
19K
TUTORING
TUTORING
(SES)
(SES)
EXTENDED
EXTENDED
LEARNING
LEARNING TIME
TIME
Annual Report
LA
SB
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BALDWIN PARK
PARK
BALDWIN
MOUNTAIN VIEW
VIEW
MOUNTAIN
Students
Students in
in both
both Baldwin
Baldwin Park
Park USD
USD and
and Mountain
Mountain View
View
SD
attending
the
four
week
Smarter
Summers
program
SD attending the four week Smarter Summers program
funded
funded by
by Walmart
Walmart Foundation
Foundation experienced
experienced significant
significant
gains in
in math
math skills,
skills, as
as measured
measured by
by a
a pre
pre and
and post
post
gains
assessment.
assessment.
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SB
SAC
SD
SAN BERNARDINO
OCOC LA
VILLAGE
18K
660
77
40+
THINK | Services in San Bernadino County
EXTENDED
LEARNING TIME
TUTORING
(SES)
Annual Report
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20
12
Arrowhead United Way
Building Industry Association, Baldy View
SATURDAY
Comerica Bank
Charles Abbott Memorial Foundation
Leona Aronoff Charitable Foundation
Cal State San Bernardino
Charles Abbott Memorial Foundation
Inland Action
Inland Empire United Way
Innovation Economy Corporation
Lewis Corporation
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital
NBC News Radio KCAA AM 1050
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Riverside Chamber of Commerce
San Bernardino County Alliance for Education
San Bernardino Valley College
St. Joseph Health System
UC Riverside
University of Phoenix
University of Redlands
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Randall Lewis
Bruce and Nancy Varner
Tobin and Erin Brinker
Weingart Foundation
AT OR ABOVE PROFICIENT ON 2011 CSTS AFTER TWO YEARS OF PARTICIPATION
6
4.2
4
Jurupa Unified School District
Lake Elsinore Unified School District
Moreno Valley Unified School District
Nuview Union School District
Perris Union High School District
Temecula Valley Unified School District
Val Verde Unified School District
Children’s Initiative
City Council Member William Batey
SB
3.9
0
14
28
City of Moreno Valley
County Supervisor Bob Buster
Department of Public Social Service
GAIN Program
Inland Action
Innovation Economy Corporation
Lewis Corporation
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital
Loma Linda University Medical Center
MVUSD Work Experience
NBC News Radio KCAA AM 1050
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Riverside Chamber of Commerce
Riverside Community College District
Riverside County Office of Education ROP
Rotary Club in Wildomar
San Diego Padres
Wildomar Youth Soccer
20
12
Mayor of Wildomar
Kaiser Riverside
Leona Aronoff Charitable Foundation
Majestic Realty Foundation
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Randall Lewis
S.L. Gimbel Foundation at The Community Foundation
Serving the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino
Southern California Edison
Weingart Foundation
THINK
RC
AT OR ABOVE PROFICIENT ON 2011 CSTS AFTER TWO YEARS OF PARTICIPATION
15
ELA
TEMECULA
EL
THINK
12.5
MATH
THINK
10
TEMECULA
EL
5
2
25+
SATURDAY
CHANGE IN PERCENT
17.5
OVERALL
DISTRICT
71
Academic Outcomes | Temecula
MATH
4.8
TUTORING
(SES)
ELA
OVERALL
DISTRICT
11K
392
Adriana Kingston
Bruce and Nancy Varner
Celeste Cantu
Charles Abbott Memorial Foundation
Comerica Bank
Stater Bros. Charities
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
St. Joseph Health System
CHANGE IN PERCENT
7.5
RIVERSIDE
22
VILLAGE
Major Donors | Gifts of $1,000+
Academic Outcomes | Colton
8
RC
SD
School District & Strategic Partners
Majestic Realty Foundation
Paul and Susan Shimoff
Children's Fund, Inc.
Children's Initiative
SAC
EXTENDED
LEARNING TIME
Major Donors | Gifts of $1,000+
BNSF Foundation
RC
THINK | Services in Riverside County
School District & Strategic Partners
Colton Unified School District
Cucamonga School District
Ontario-Montclair School District
Redlands Unified School District
Rialto Unified School District
Victor Elementary School District
SB
Annual Report
LA
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OC
In Colton Joint USD, the percentage of THINK Together participants
performing at Proficient or Above on the state standardized
assessments outpaced the district rates, especially in Math.
1.4
0
-5
-2.1
THINK
In Temecula, the percentage of THINK Together participants
performing at Proficient or Above on the state standardized
assessments significantly outpaced the district rates, in both
English Language Arts and Math.
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SB
RC
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SD
OC LA
OC
VILLAGE
SACRAMENTO
94
2K
TUTORING
(SES)
SUMMER
EXTENDED
LEARNING TIME
Annual Report
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Major Donors | Gifts of $1,000+
Federal Work Study Program
Home Depot
Sacramento Employment Agency
UC Davis
Workforce Investment Board
Comerica Bank
Leona Aronoff Charitable Foundation
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Walmart Foundation
Lewis Middle School
Comerica Bank
Oceanside Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District
Mann Middle School
Marston Middle School
Leona Aronoff Charitable Foundation
Majestic Realty Foundation
Pacific Beach Middle School
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Roosevelt Middle School
Taft Middle School
Walmart Foundation
Enjoyed learning
PRE-THINK
POST-THINK
2
16
5.3
1.5
11.2
12.1
8
4
ELA
20
12
SD
Felt like they mattered
Belonged at the program
Were successful in the THINK
summer program
Were liked by their summer
program teacher
Had at least one good
friend in the program
59.0%
61.9%
SUMMER MATH GAINS
(WALMART SITES)
66.3%
CHANGE IN ALGEBRA SKILLS
ASSESSMENT SCORES
69.5%
PRE-THINK
80.7%
POST-THINK
16
14
91.6%
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As in the other Walmart Foundation programs, San Diego
students attending the four week Smarter Summers program
experienced significant gains in math skills, as measured by a
pre and post assessment.
1.0
0
Wangenheim Middle School
AT THE 2012 THINK TOGETHER SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM IN
SAN DIEGO, STUDENTS FELT THAT MOST OF THE TIME OR ALWAYS THEY:
CHANGE IN ALGEBRA SKILLS ASSESSMENT SCORES
4
Major Donors | Gifts of $1,000+
SUMMER SURVEY RESULTS
SUMMERMATH
MATHGAINS
GAINS(WALMART
(WALMARTSITES)
SITES)
SUMMER
12
SUMMER
SAC
7.7
6
14
10
Academic Outcomes | San Diego
In Elk Grove USD, the percentage of THINK Together
participants performing at Proficient or Above on the state
standardized assessments outpaced the district rates, in both
English Language Arts and Math. In addition, students
attending the four week Smarter Summers program funded by
Walmart Foundation experienced significant gains in math
skills, as measured by a pre and post assessment.
8
1624
Escondido Union School District
Bell Middle School
Children’s Initiative
Academic Outcomes | Elk Grove
AT OR ABOVE PROFICIENT ON 2011 CSTS
AFTER TWO YEARS OF PARTICIPATION
65
School District & Strategic Partners
Felicita Elementary School
CHANGE IN PERCENT
SD
VILLAGE
SAN DIEGO
Del Rio Elementary School
20
12
11.7
8
4
MATH
OVERALL
DISTRICT
16
SAC
THINK | Services in San Diego County
School District & Strategic Partners
Elk Grove Unified School District
Natomas Unified School District
Sacramento City Unified School District
Twin Rivers Unified School District
RC
14
9
THINK | Services in Sacramento County
EXTENDED
LEARNING TIME
SB
Annual Report
LA
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THINK
OVERALL
DISTRICT
THINK
0
ELK GROVE
0
SAN DIEGO
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This past April, Board Member Leona Aronoff-Sadacca issued a $500,000 dollar-for-dollar
challenge to her fellow board members and THINK Together supporters.
a perfect
match
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T
he money comes at a critical juncture in
California’s future. The most recent state
education statistics show that 37% of the
state’s youth drop out of high school. Breaking
down those numbers further shows that 44% of
those dropouts are African American and 48%
are Latino. Further, only 18% of low-income
students of color go on to college and only 9% of
those students graduate.
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“
The need for investors is greater than ever as we look to
the village to collaborate with us on closing the education
achievement gap and establishing the Margins of Excellence.
­
— Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
”
By 2020 economists predict California will
have a deficit of 1 million qualified workforce
candidates.
As a longtime businesswoman, AronoffSadacca understands how critical it is for
California to reverse that tide. In addition to
being an investor in the program and a board
member, She also chairs THINK Together’s
Inland Empire Leadership Council, providing
guidance and support.
W
hile there are many notable and
successful programs that care for
children in the afterschool environment,
THINK Together’s academic and results-driven
programs set us apart from others in the field.
Public/Private Funding Model
Because public funding requires a 33% match of
in-kind and/or private revenue, we leverage that
funding through partnerships with foundations,
corporations and individuals like Aronoff-Sadacca.
These investments provide us with the resources
necessary to enhance our Margins of Excellence,
which in turn improves academic performance.
This financial support enables us to continue
development of our traditional extended learning
time programs and provide full-time Site
Coordinators at each of our sites, along with part
time Program Leaders who work directly with the
students. We see this as key to the success of
ou programs. Having a full-time Site Coordinator
is essentia in delivering high quality programs
and advancing a seamless program model and
strengthening partnerships with the school day.
Because the Site Coordinators in partnership
with the Program Leaders are responsible for the
on-site implementation of all program elements,
their individual skills and stability are the primary
determinants of program quality and student
outcomes.
Investment in Staff
Having a full-time site coordinator is essential in
delivering high quality programs and advancing
a seamless program model and strengthening
partnerships with the school day. Because
the site coordinators in partnership with the
program leaders are responsible for the on-site
implementation of all program elements, the
coordinator’s individual skills and stability are
the primary determinants of program quality and
student outcomes.
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Our Margins of Excellence:
The THINK Together Difference
Alignment with School Day
In order to align our curriculum with the scope
and sequence of core day instruction, Site
Coordinators meet on a regular basis with
principals and teachers, and thus are equipped
to respond to the specific needs and requests of
the faculty and administration.
Results Driven
THINK Together has invested in both internal
and external evaluation to help us understand
and demonstrate the value of the support
we provide our district partners. Extensive
analysis is conducted annually for each of our
programs on stakeholder satisfaction in addition
to student performance on assessments for
both participants and non-participants. Through
regional evaluation teams, front-line staff are
guided through a data-reflection process using
both formative and summative data to inform
program development and keep programs
results-driven.
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The community answered
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca’s
challenge and raised
$722,000. That, combined
with her matching offer,
resulted in an investment of
$1.2 million toward THINK
Together’s academic
support programs.
Experienced Leadership
THINK Together also hires veteran school
district administrators as General Managers
to oversee our regional offices. Each office
has local recruiting and human resource
departments as well as Quality Assurance
Coaches. Each Quality Assurance Coach
oversees 10-12 sites and provides necessary
training and staff development to maintain a
high quality of program. THINK Together
supports our staff’s valuable contribution by
providing curriculum, offering specialized training
sessions, and hosting seminars to advance
knowledge about successful programming,
child development, and promoting positive
relationships with youth.
Our goal is to provide staff an optimistic and
team-oriented culture where one can live the
organization’s values.
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Sat Tamaribuchi
Retired VP of Environmental Affairs
The Irvine Company
Chair
Fran Inman
Senior Vice President
Majestic Realty Co.
Randy Barth
Founder & CEO
THINK Together
Secretary
Darrel Anderson
President (Ret.), Knott Anderson
Enterprises
Treasurer
Glenn Howard
Attorney and CPA
Annual Report
Doug Antone
President & CEO, (Ret.) Networks In Motion, Inc
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Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
Founder, Aronoff Capital
Kathy Braun-Lewis
President (Ret.), Western Digital
Eric Boden
Chairman & CEO (Ret.), HireRight
Mary Lynn Coffee
Attorney at Law, Nossaman LLP
Ken Salgado
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Board Members
Steve Bilt
President & CEO
Smile Brands Group Inc.
Bobbi Dauderman
Board Member Emeritus
Steven Perryman
Board Member Emeritus
William F. Podlich
Co-Founder & CEO (Ret.) PIMCO Advisors
Jerry Dauderman
Investor & Philanthropist
Pete Aguilar
Mayor, City of Redlands
Kendra Doyel
Group V.P. Public Relations & Governmental
Affairs, Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Carole Beswick
CEO, Inland Action
Rod McDermott
Managing Director
McDermott & Bull Executive Search
Lupe Valdez
Director Public Policy & Community Affairs
Corporate Relations, Union Pacific Railroad
John O’Donnell
Chairman, The O’Donnell Group, Inc
Mark Abbott
Director, Charles Abbott Foundation
Paolo Leon
Architect, Taylor Architects
Gilbert Ivey
Chief Administrative Officer, Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California
Hon. Frances Muñoz
Board Member Emeritus
Donnie Crevier
Owner, Crevier Classic Cars
Chair
Barbara Wachsman
Corporate Director, Benefits Program and
Strategy,The Walt Disney Company
Gloria Bañuelos
Sr. Community Benefit Health Specialist
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical
Center
Dora Barilla
Executive Director, Center for Health Policy
and Leadership, Loma Linda University
Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
Michael Bautista
Grants Officer, Loma Linda University
Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
Amy Cousineau
Network Officer, Children’s Network
of San Bernardino County
Martha Bernadett
Founder and CEO, Molina Foundation
Executive Vice President, Research and
Innovation, Molina Health Care
Angela Eddins
Educational Consultant
LaRonda Fisher Rogers
Vice President/Senior Relationship
Manager, Union Bank - Southern California
Commercial Group
Jayne Muñoz
English Instructor, Santa Ana College
Steve Kenagy
Vice President/Senior Relationship
Manager, City National Bank
Eric Nelson
Vice President, Red Mountain Retail Group, Inc.
Gloria Macias Harrison
President (Ret.), Crafton Hills College
Barbara Wachsman
Corporate Director, Benefits Program and
Strategy, The Walt Disney Company
Wellness Committee
Rabbi Hillel Cohn
Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu El
Carrie Gilbreth
Senior Vice President and General
Manager, Westbound Communications
Fran Inman
Senior Vice President
Majestic Realty Company
Fran Inman
Senior Vice President
Majestic Realty Co.
Don Moe
Board Member Emeritus
Chair
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
Founder, Aronoff Capital
Alan Arkatov
President, Changing.edu
Senator Martha Escutia (Ret.)
The Senators Law Firm
Marion Knott
Philanthropist
Ryan Faulkner
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
St. Joseph Health System
Amy Hathaway
Health Promotion Manager
Cigna Healthcare
Jorge Delgado
President,ValueSat LLC
Michael Kerr
CEO, Bluestone Communities
Reyna Del Haro
Area Director of Public Affairs, Kaiser
Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center
Los Angeles County
Leadership Council
Brigitte Bren
Attorney/Education Advocate
Ranney Draper
Chairman, Spring Creek Investors
Celeste Cantú
General Manager
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Kevin Hayes, II
Sr. Vice President-Southern California
Lincoln Property Company
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Sam Anderson
Board Member Emeritus
Inland Empire
Leadership Council
Tony French
Principal, Philanthropist
The French Company
Judith Valles
Former Mayor of San Bernardino, College
President (Ret.) and Lifelong Educator
Board of Advisors
Brigitte Bren
Attorney/Education Advocate
Ryan Faulkner
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
St. Joseph Health System
Susan Shimoff
Educator & Philanthropist
Richard Chinnock
Chair of Pediatrics, Loma Linda School of
Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical
Center and Children’s Hospital
Steve James
Executive Director
California Milk Processor Board
Joanne Kozberg
Partner, California Strategies, LLC
Lisa Mundt
Executive Director, Molina Foundation
Randy Possinger
Executive Director of Philanthropy,
Loma Linda University Medical Center and
Children’s Hospital
Azhar Qureshi
Senior Vice President, Community Health
St. Joseph Health System
John Stratman
Area Director of Public Affairs
Kaiser Permanente Orange County
Cheryl Vargo
Sr. Community Benefit Health Specialist
Kaiser Permanente Orange County
Community Advisory Council
Co-Chair
Ernesto Morales
Executive Director for Business Development
The Rose Hills Company
Co-Chair
Lupe Valdez
Director Public Policy & Community Affairs
Corporate Relations, Union Pacific Railroad
Javier Angulo
Director of Government, Public and
Community Affairs, Walmart
Andrea Avila
Deputy, Los Angeles County Supervisor
Don Knabe
Cheryl Baptiste
Director of Human Resources
Wurth Louis and Company
Hector Galvan
Regional Multicultural Marketing Manager
Sprint
2012
Donnie Crevier
Owner, Crevier Classic Cars
Rebecca Cupp
Pharmacy Merchandiser
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Eric Dahms
Vice President for National Accounts
Market Manager, Cigna Healthcare
Gilbert Ivey
Chief Administrative Officer, Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California
Patty Juarez
Senior Vice President, Regional Vice
President, Wells Fargo Commercial
Banking Group
investors
Multi-year investors provide the financial base for the organization. Their private donations
enable us to leverage tens of millions of dollars in public support, which makes all the work we
do together possible.
$3 Million - $10 Million
The Irvine Company
The Walmart Foundation
Children and Families Commission
of Orange County
$250,000 - $999,999
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
Orange County United Way
The Rose Hills Foundation
Edison International
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Ueberroth Family Foundation
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Weingart Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
Anonymous
Anonymous
Bank of America
California Community Foundation
The California Endowment
Charles Abbott Memorial Foundation
Draper Family Foundation
Bill Holmes
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
David Kim
Marion Knott
LA84 Foundation
Majestic Realty Foundation
John and Patricia D. O’Donnell
Ralphs and Food 4 Less
Randy Raykovich
St. Joseph Health System
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Women of Vision
$50,000 - $99,999
Sam and Susan Anderson
AT&T Foundation
Eric & Connie Boden
The Eisner Foundation
Church of the Messiah
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
The Green Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
William and Pat Podlich
Bart and Deborah Thomsen
Western Digital Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999
Anonymous
Randy and Mary Barth
Tom T. Beeghly
Broadcom Corporation
California Milk Processor Board
Jay and Kris Carnahan
Children’s Fund, Inc.
City of Santa Ana
Donnie Crevier
The Croul Family Foundation
Jerry and Bobbi Dauderman
Fluor Foundation
Sempra Energy Foundation
Tony French
Bruce May
Michael Mugel
O.L. Halsell Foundation
ORION Property Partners
Pacific Life Foundation
Tarsadia Foundation
S.L. Gimbel Foundation at The Community
Foundation Serving the Counties of Riverside
and San Bernardino
University of Phoenix
$10,000 - $24,999
Barry J. Aronoff
Barney & Barney Foundation
Kari Bloom
BNSF Foundation
Mark and Bridget Bogh
Donald and Brigitte Bren
CarMax Foundation
Bill and Mary Lynn Coffee
Jerry and Bobbi Dauderman
Chris P. Dialynas
Edwards Lifesciences
Firstgiving
Henry L. Guenther Foundation
Kevin and Jenny Hayes, II
Headlands Reserve, LLC
John Herklotz
Kenneth A. Lester Family Foundation
Steve and Angela Perryman
Sprint Foundation
Hindu Matiya Patidar Samaj Inc
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Innovate Partners, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center
Joanne Corday Kozberg
Rod and Laura McDermott
Toni Mendoza
The Nikols Company
Nossaman LLP
The O’Donnell Group, Inc.
Orange County Community Foundation
Alan Pettis
William and Barbara Roberts
Roripaugh Family Foundation
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Stater Bros. Charities
Steven Perryman Family Trust
Sysco Foods
Taco Bell
Donald and Betsy Tarbell
Union Pacific Foundation
United Way
Warne Family Charitable Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
William and Jean Wenke
Annual Report
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
2008-2013 multi-year
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Valued Partners
We value our strategic partners who enable our success and help us to advance our mission.
Joanne Kozberg
Partner, California Strategies, LLC.
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The Irvine Company
Walmart Foundation
Children and Families Commission of Orange County
$250,000 - $500,000
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
$100,000 - $249,000
The Rose Hills Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Ueberroth Family Foundation
Weingart Foundation
Annual Report
$50,000 - $99,000
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Eric & Connie Boden
California Community Foundation
Bill Holmes
Marion Knott
Lincoln Property Company*
Orange County United Way
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP*
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
$25,000 - $49,000
Bank of America
Broadcom Corporation
Children’s Fund of San Bernardino County
Donnie Crevier
Sempra Energy Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Majestic Realty Foundation
California Milk Processor Board
RR Medical Services, Inc.
S.L. Gimbel Foundation at The Community Foundation
Serving the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino
Southern California Edison
Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, Bruce May*
Tarsadia Foundation
$10,000 - $24,000
Anonymous
Anonymous
Sam and Susan Anderson
Randy and Mary Barth
Jay & Kris Carnahan
Charles Abbott Memorial Foundation
Church of the Messiah
The Croul Family Foundation
Draper Family Foundation
Fluor Foundation
Barney & Barney Foundation
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center
Toni Mendoza
O.L. Halsell Foundation
ORION Property Partners
Pacific Life Foundation
Roripaugh Family Foundation
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Sysco Foods Los Angeles
Bart and Deborah Thomsen
Western Digital Foundation
$1,000 - $9,999
Jakob and Marlene Ackermann
ADP
Jon and Kathryn Allen
Allergan Foundation
Anaheim Community Foundation
Doug Antone
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* In-kind contribution to THINK Together
David and Marseilla Barth
Tom Beeghly
Bergman Family Foundation
Tobin and Erin Brinker
Celeste Cantu
Vito and Renee Canuso
Cigna Foundation
Cityspan, Inc
Bill and Mary Lynn Coffee
Community Foundation of Western Nevada
Daily Technology Systems*
Jerry and Bobbi Dauderman
Beccie Dawson
Tia Dwyer
Edward and Helen Shanbrom Family Fund
Edwards Lifesciences
eMaxx Partners, LLC*
Wells Fargo
Festival of Children
National Christian Foundation
The PIMCO Foundation
Tony French
Michael & Katherine Frobenius
Lori Goodrich
Dan and Sue Guggenheim
Guideposts
Lawrence Gustafson
Henkel of America
Glenn and Joyce Howard*
Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research
Robert and Michelle Kargenian
Adriana Kingston
Don Knabe*
Joanne Corday Kozberg
Law & Mediation Office of Troy Roe, Esq.
Randall Lewis
Livingston Family Foundation
Marina Medical Billing Service
Robert and Marilyn McIntyre
Donald and Patricia Mersch
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Charity League, Orange Villa Park Chapter
National Orientation Director’s Association*
Jim and Martha Newkirk
The Nikols Company
Nossaman LLP*
The Elite OC
Ted and Suzanne Paulson
Michelle Pelliccino
RL Public Relations + Marketing, Inc.
Rose Hills Memorial & Mortuaries
Mike and Marja Selna
Paul and Susan Shimoff
Gerry and Maclyn Somers
Southern Wine and Spirits
Starbucks Coffee Company
Starbucks Foundation
Taco Bell
Satoru Tamaribuchi
Donald and Betsy Tarbell
Target
Thagard Foundation
The California Endowment
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
Truist
Anne Turner
United Way Silicon Valley
Bruce and Nancy Varner
Rick Ventura
CynDee Zandes
$500 - $999
Garth and Marian Bergeson
Bobbi Blase
Jose Candelas
Karen Kay Carlson
Sue Cornell
Xerox of Orange County
Luis and Monica Florian
Reser’s Fine Foods
Ken Geisick
Janet Hryniewicki
Hughes Schmidhauser Family Fund
John Hussey
Fran Inman
Don and Linda Kelly
Kohl’s
Michael and Cristine LeBlanc
Timothy and Margaret Leyden
Peter and Alicia Maciel
Henry and Janet Miedema
Riley and Rebecca Newman
Roya Noorbakhsh
Jenel Prenovost
Management Applied Programming, Inc.
Maria Reichel
Shelly Sennikoff
John and Mary Ellen Simon
SPRITT Family Services
Surface Mount Technology Association
Barbara Wachsman
William and Jean Wenke
Xerox
$1 - $499
Farrokh and Neda Abolfathi
Rowena Abuan
Adrian and Sylvia Acevedo
Corey Allen
Wendy Alvarez
Don and Carol Averill
Victoria Baikova
James and Diane Bailey
Janet Barkawi
Dennis and Debbie Barlow
Steven Barth and Amy Luskey-Barth
Greg Bates and Joann Leatherby
Frank and Mary Beard
Larry and Sue Ann Beaty
Lorne and Nikolette Beaty
Jaime and Eva Becerra
Rosemary Becerra
David Bickle
Richard and Jondra Bjorkman
Kathleen Blank
Marie Blom
Patrick and Andrea Bogan
Nelson and Maria Bonilla
Gordon and Carol Bowley
David and Patricia Boyle
Celeste Brockwell
Roy and Joyce Brown
Mildred Carley and Patricia Bruggere
Walter and Roberta Brzozowski
Patricia Buenrostro
David and Cheryl Bui
Marisa Bumpus
John Campbell
Carmen Cardenas
Emily Carrero
Daisy Carretero
Ronald and Irene Ozaki
Pacific Quartz, Inc.
Ken Packer
Charles and Madeline Peters
Donna J. Phebus
Nina Phuong Phu
Becky Pollock
Anthony and Melissa Prater
Turtle Rock Preschool, Inc.
Produce Marketing Association, Inc.
Progressive Produce Corporation
Terrance Purdy
Coral Quijada
Angel V. Ramos and Margarita B. Jahen-Ramos
Gary and Sally Ratliff
Maritza Recinos
Joan B. Rehnborg
Rose Roberts
Pauline Robertson
Freddy Rodriguez
Ernest and Dorothy Roiz
Larry and Karen Root
Stanley and Sandra Rosenbloom
Alan L. and Linda A. Ross
Alicia P. Ross
Frank and Martha Rutherford
Richard Rutledge and Tehnaz Daruwala-Rutledge
Maria Salazar
Maria Sanchez
Norma Santillan
Kalonji Satterfield
Behzad Izadi and Maryam Sayyedi
Cory and Lisa Shaw
Earl and Edith Shemwell
Paul and Sybil Silverstein
Edward Simon
Loretta Simon
Jerold and Phyllis Siperstein
Lisa Somerville-Bennett
Karin Somogyi
Eric and Polly Stanbridge
Jeff and Lourdes Stanfield
Kathleen Stauffer
Gary M. Stewart
Sherry Suffens
Ray and Donna Thagard
Agnes In Fan Tham
The David Salon
William Theriault
Willard Tolles
Michael and Theresa Triay
Bill Turpit
United Way California Capital Region
Maria Lucy Uribe
Enrique Valenzuela and Guadalupe Valdez
Robert Van Hyning
Sean Varner
Frances Vasquez
Jesus Vasquez
Betsy Vega
Octavio Cortes and Betty Vo
Kimberlee Wallace
Neal Waner
Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
Sally Welsh
Westbound Communications, Inc.
Grace Wickersham
Larry and Bette Wise
Jim Wood
Harry and Mary Woodward
Douglas C. and Gretchen Wride
Cheryl Wright
Farshad Yamini
Waheeda Yousofzoy
Ali Zamanian
Sandi Zinmaw
Annual Report
$1 Million - $3 Million
donors
Ralph and Alice Linnert
Thomas and Connie Linnert
Bob and Nahid Lomax
Meghan Loper
Mark and Cathy Louchheim
Bob Lubanski
Briana Maldonado
Babak Marefat
Rik and Peggy Martin
Tiffany Martin
Jill E. Mc Whertor
Mark and Janelle McLoughlin
Annel Medina
Richard and Gretchen Miller
Juan Mojarro and Cynthia Jauregui
Pamela Molina
Elizabeth Morales
Elizabeth Muniz
Rodolfo and Sandra Munoz
Mary Muth
Network for Good
Cuong and Monica Nguyen
Helen Nieto
Niloo Nikpur and Shami Tolooei
Donna Nolan
Leslie A. Nuevo
Christine Odam
Dean and Daniela O’Dell
Patricia Odlum
Uriel and Lorena Ojeda
Orange County Library Association
Virdiana Oregel
Juan and Alicia Oropeza
Joshua Robles and Barbara Orourke
Kay Wickett Ostensen
Joseph Ouellette
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David and Reta Carter
Robert and Otilia Castanon
Roxana Castro
Fernando and Alicia Cazares
Charles and Susan Champion
Neftali Chan
Arlis Childs
Jim and Valerie Coffee
Rabbi Hillel and Rita Cohn
Ayodele Coker
Jeff and Christi Colby
Aliso Creek Consulting Inc
Phillip and Eliette Contreras
Alex and Carleen Corrales
Ocean Peace Counseling
Allison Cox
Earle and Brett Craig
Ben and Lynn Crowell
Milford Dahl, Jr.
Charles and Margaret Daniher, Jr.
Janisheia DeCuir
Linda Dempsay
Jeanne Dennis
Melissa Diaz
Miguel and Maria Diaz
Gregg and Valerie Dixon
Joan M. Donahue
David and Leigh Donaldson
Megan Dorsey
Elaine Dove
Richard and Susan Duran
Uwe Duveneck
Lou and Ima Epstein
Michael Esperon
Maria Luisa Espinosa
Josephine Ferris
LaRonda Fisher-Rogers
Natalia Flores
Coast to Coast Foundation
Eric and Kathleen Freed
BP Fabric of America Fund
Ganahl Lumber Company
Lupe Garcia
Rebecca Garcia
Laurel Peniche Gartman
Andrew and Catharina Gerken
Michael Glaze
Danny Vega and Denise Gonzalez
Gary Good
Capital Group
Art and Claudia Gutierrez
David Guzman and Karen Stein-Cueva
Bruce Haas and Cynthia Woelfel
Todd Hanson
Cyrus Hardiman
Christian and Ann Marie Harrie
Eric Hasanoff
Chris Hite
Robert Horn
Michele Houston
IBM
Gary and JoAnn Jackson
Gordon and Wilma Jackson
Dylan Jamner
Aniceto and Esperanza Jasso
Cyndi Johns
Alec and Olivia Johnson
Kara Johnson
Lucy Jordan
Mazoud Reza Kashanian
Stacey and Leslie Kato
Ina Katz
Ann C. Kelly
Greg and Virginia Kelsch
Gail Kiralla-Orr
Larry and Myra Kirschenbaum
J. Susan Koch
Stephen and Shiva Krutiak
Karl and Norma Kuehl
Robert and Lisa Kuhel
Beatriz Laborde
Allison Lantz
April Leal
Monalisa Lee-Johnson
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revenues and
expenses
Annual Report
THINK Together
Statement of Activities
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8%
For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012
Philanthropy
1%
__________
School Age Care
2011-2012
__________
Revenues 1%
ASES/21st CCLC (K-12)**
54,603,010
Supplemental
Supplemental Education Services (K-12)
727,940
Educational
Early Childhood Literacy and Math (0-5)
1,000,000
Services
School Age Care (K-5)
317,164
(K-12)
Philanthropy
5,149,028
Other
126,424
__________
Total Revenues
61,923,566 Expenses 23%
Program Services
Program
ASES/21st CCLC (K-12)**
54,108,233
Services Supplemental Education Services (K-12)
671,545
In-Kind
Early Childhood Literacy and Math (0-5)
921,226
School Age Care (K-5)
520,234
Community
Sites
(K-12)
812,400 __________
0%
Other
57%
Program Services State
2012
$61.9 M
Total Program Services
Fundraising
General & Administrative
Total Expenses
Net
Income
57,033,638 1,082,143
3,549,348
__________
10%
Program Services Federal
Expenses
61,665,129
__________ 258,437 __________
__________
6%
2%
__________
1,577,237
__________
__________
General & Administrative
Fundraising
Ending Net Assets **Includes recognition of In-Kind program services, such as THINK-recruited volunteer time
and facility and snack costs contributed by school district partners.
2012
History of Revenues & Expenses
$61.6 M
70,000,000
60,000,000
50,000,000
40,000,000
REVENUES
70,000,000
92%
EXPENSES
30,000,000
60,000,000
20,000,000
Program Services
50,000,000
40,000,000
10,000,000
REVENUES
EXPENSES
30,000,000
2006-2007** 2007-2008** 2008-2009** 2009-2010** 2010-2011** 2011-20012** 2012-2013**
Projected
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20,000,000
70,000,000
10,000,000
60,000,000
2006-2007** 2007-2008** 2008-2009** 2009-2010** 2010-2011** 2011-20012** 2012-2013**
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