2014
ANNUAL REPORT
Making
Summer
Count
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INVESTING IN
OUR FUTURE
Who we are?
Mission Statement
Our mission at Project One, Inc. is to help prevent, as early as possible, the academic failure of economically
disadvantaged children and youth, and the unemployment of youth and young adults in Louisville Metro neighborhoods.
What we do?
Saving Our Children and Youth -- One Child and One Youth at a time---
Project One was formed in 1985 to improve and nurture the educational and work-based learning skills of
economically disadvantaged elementary, middle- and high-school students, by providing before- and after-school
[Out-of-school Time] (OST) educational and work-force developmental services. Project One services include
academic tutoring; leadership training; mentoring; college selection assistance; employ-ability skills training; exposure
to jobs through job shadowing/work experiences, summer jobs placement, and employment internships. Project One
aims to provide healthy, social skills development that support life-long learning, economic empowerment and selfsufficiency.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MISSION STATEMENT
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WHAT WE DO?
Letter to our Stakeholders
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Study: Summer Jobs Reduce Violent Crime
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2014 Data and Numbers
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A- Summer Jobs Program
B – Community Scholars
C – Ages
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Board of Trustees
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Donor List
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Auditor's Report
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A LETTER TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS --PROJECT ONE, INC.------------------- 30 Years Now
Making Summer Count for over 15,000 Youths!!!
Bishop C. James King, Jr.
The 63rd Bishop in The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Elected: July 1, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland
President and CEO of Project One, Inc.
From 1985 - 2015, "Making Summer Count" continues to be our mantra for 15,000
plus economically disadvantaged youth in the Metro Louisville, Kentucky community.
It is my esteemed honor and pleasure to present to each of you our 2014 Annual
Report. This report shares with you the programmatic and fiscal aspects of our work.
We would like to thank all our Board of Trustee members, foundations, corporations,
employers, families and youth for making this report possible. Thank you for answering
the call and continuing to be our partner at Project One, Inc in preparing our youth for
successful transitions in adulthood.
Charles J. King, Jr.
President and CEO, Project One, Inc.
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Study: Summer Jobs Reduce Violent Crime Among Disadvantaged Youths
By Ross Pomeroy - December 4, 2014
Comments
Give a disadvantaged youth a summer job, and he or she will be much less likely to commit a violent crime. That's
the conclusion from a randomized controlled trial just published to the journal Science.
University of Pennsylvania criminologist Sara Heller oversaw the study, which took place in 13 high-violence schools
in areas of Chicago. 1,634 students participated in the summer of 2012. Almost all of them were minorities, and
more than 90% were on free or reduced lunch. 350 students were randomly assigned to 25-hour per week summer
jobs, another 350 were given 15-hour per week jobs along with 10 hours of social-emotional learning classes "aimed
at teaching youth to understand and manage the aspects of their thoughts, emotions, and behavior that might
interfere with employment," and the remaining students carried on with their lives as normal. Jobs were paid at the
Illinois minimum wage and lasted 8 weeks.
With the help of the Chicago Police Department, Heller observed arrest data for the duration of the study and 13
months after. Arrests for violent crime decreased 43% among the two treatment groups compared to the control
group. Property and drug-related crimes slightly increased, but the differences were statistically insignificant.
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Importantly, Heller found that the largest decreases in violent crime rates came months after the jobs program
ended, meaning that it wasn't specifically being in the program that prevented crime; the experience may have
engendered lasting behavioral change.
There was little difference in effect size between the two treatment groups -- either the job-alone or the job plus
classes -- which indicates that the classes weren't the sole reason for the reduction in violent crime.
So what was? In societal studies like these, the answer is very open to interpretation.
"The experimental design cannot tease out which program element or elements generate the decrease in violence,"
Heller admitted.
Youth employment programs have been studied in the past with mixed results. Most of the time, the program costs
seem to outweigh the societal benefit. In this case, the program cost an estimated $3,000 per student ($1,400 for
wages and $1,600 for administrative costs) while yielding around $1,700 in benefits from reduced crime. So the
benefits did barely outweigh the administrative costs.
However, Heller insists that preventative programs like these are still more cost-effective than remediative
punishment like prison.
"The results echo a common conclusion in education and health research: that public programs might do more with
less by shifting from remediation to prevention. The findings make clear that such programs need not be hugely
costly to improve outcomes for disadvantaged youth; well-targeted, low-cost employment policies can make a
substantial difference, even for a problem as destructive and complex as youth violence."
Source: Sara B. Heller. "Summer jobs reduce violence among disadvantaged youth." Science. 5 DECEMBER 2014 •
VOL 346 ISSUE 6214
(Images: AP, Science)
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Penn study: Summer jobs seem to lower
teens' violent crime rate
By Tom Avril, Inquirer Staff Writer
POSTED: DECEMBER 06, 2014
A summer jobs program for teenagers appears to cut the rate of violent crime, according to a new study by a
University of Pennsylvania researcher.
And not because the youths were too busy working to break the law. Those who were randomly chosen to get
the eight-week positions were arrested for violent offenses 43 percent fewer times than their peers, and most of
that difference occurred during the 13 months after the jobs were finished.
The findings by Sara B. Heller, an assistant professor of criminology at Penn, are reported in Friday's issue of
the journal Science. Teens in the study were generally from lower-income families, and one-fifth of them had
previously been arrested.
Heller, who conducted the study in Chicago in cooperation with the city government, said it was not entirely
clear why the summer jobs seemed to have a lingering positive impact after they concluded, at the end of
summer in 2012.
One factor may have been "soft skills" learned on the job, such as conflict resolution and self-control, said
Heller, who came to Penn from the University of Chicago in 2013. Each youth was partnered with a mentor,
who may have helped teach those skills, she said, calling the results "surprising and really exciting."
"We don't have a lot of success stories for reducing violence among disadvantaged youths," she said.
Indeed, there is scant evidence that teen jobs programs can have a lasting impact on crime, said Dan Bloom, a
policy area director for MDRC, a New York-based nonprofit policy research group. A few programs have been
found to lower crime rates but they had a residential component and were costly, he said.
The Chicago program, dubbed One Summer Plus, cost less than $3,000 per youth, said Evelyn Diaz,
commissioner of the city's Department of Family and Support Services, which oversaw it. Of that total, about
half went toward the teen's wages ($8.25 an hour - the minimum in Illinois - for 25 hours a week) and the rest
went toward paying the mentors and administrative costs, she said.
"You just don't expect for a short-term, relatively low-cost program to have such enduring effects," Diaz said.
Bloom, who was not involved with the Chicago research, said he would want to see additional research to make
sure that such programs reduce crime, but he said that Heller's study was well-designed and that its findings
promising.
"It's always better to replicate a finding like this, but this is already a lot more than we knew before," Bloom
said.
He also credited the administration of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for a willingness to see whether the
program was effective. Heller, the study author, said the same. "There are some policymakers who are afraid of
finding out if programs they like don't work," she said.
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The 730 teens who were offered jobs were picked at random from among 1,634 applicants. Their number of
arrests for violent crimes was slightly lower than that of the remaining 904 teens while the jobs lasted, but the
difference did not become statistically significant until six months into the study - three months after the jobs
were completed.
From there, the gap continued to widen. At 16 months, police data revealed 5.1 arrests for violent crimes per
100 youths who were offered jobs, compared with 9.1 violent-crime arrests per 100 teens who were not.
Heller said that the results may underestimate the impact of the jobs program, as a quarter of the teens who were
offered jobs did not accept them, though some of those teens found other jobs on their own.
Some of the teens who were not offered jobs also found employment on their own, but Heller she did not yet
know how many. She said the number was likely to be low, citing a past study that found just 9 percent of
African American teens were employed. Of the teens in the study, 95 percent were black.
Heller said it was too soon to perform a full analysis of whether the program paid for itself, as she would need
to know whether the program yielded any long-term effects on employment, among other factors. Still, she said,
early evidence suggests that the program's price tag may already be outweighed by such benefits as reduced
costs to the justice system and less suffering by victims.
The jobs program did not appear to have an impact on the rates of nonviolent crimes. Heller said the reason
might be that although the jobs may have taught teens to resolve conflicts, those other types of offenses do not
involve conflict.
The jobs included serving as a day-camp counselor, cleaning vacant lots, planting community gardens, and
performing clerical work for nonprofit groups and government offices. Those in office jobs had some tedious
tasks, such as paper-shredding.
"We explained that everybody's first job is a horrible job," Diaz said. "You've got to do some of that."
One mentor was assigned to every 10 youths. These adults were available to give advice around the clock, and
some went beyond the call of duty, Diaz said.
When one young man got into trouble with the law and had to go to court, the mentor appeared before the judge
to recommend that the teenager stay on probation rather than go to a detention center, she said.
Philadelphia also is known for having a strong teen-jobs program, Diaz said. She said her office had exchanged
ideas with Philadelphia Youth Network, a local nonprofit that works to get teens employed.
A key to both cities' approaches is that the teenage years are not too late to make a difference, she said.
"Lots of people will write off teenagers, especially if they've already gotten in trouble with the law," Diaz said.
"We don't give up on any child."
tavril@phillynews.com
215-854-2430
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Making
Summer Count
Project One - 2014 - Data
Based on 336 in Placements
Program
Project One Summer Jobs Campaign for Youth 2014
Performance Flow Chart
Recruitment
Enrollment
Training
Placement
Actual
Goal
Actual
Goal
Placement
Actual
SEEP, TAG and
Community
ScholarsYEAR
ROUND
Grades: 7-10
938
344
312
123
248
Summer Jobs
ONLY
Grades: 10College
138
116
104
51
88
1,076
460
416
174
336
Summer ONLY
Community
Scholars
Grades: 1-6
18
18
18
18
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Total
18
18
18
18
18
Total
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Age
Age 17 Age 18
5%
1%
Age 16
10%
Age 13
28%
Age 15
28%
Age 14
28%
Project One - 2014 - Data
Based on 336 in Placements
Project One Summer Jobs Campaign for Youth 2014
Performance Flow Chart
Making
Summer Count
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Project One, INC
Board of Trustees --- 2014 - 2015
Dr. Jonathan Lott, Chair
Mr. Jim Strickland, Vice Chair
Mrs. Marita Willis- Past - Co- Chair
President, Community Ventures
Dr. Allene Gold – Past Co-Chair
Director, Talent Center, JCPS
Mrs. Andrea Jackson, Secretary
Mr. Michael Anderson, Treasurer
Miss Alice Lucille Martin-Immediate
Past Secretary and Treasurer
Retired Teacher, JCPS
Mrs. Lula Green, Assistant Treasurer
Dr. Charles King
President and CEO
Project One, Inc.
Dr. Raymond Burse
Attorney
President, Kentucky State University
Mrs. Kim Sweazy
Community Relations
Toyota
Ms. Vickie Greathouse
Human Resources
Housing Authority
Dr. Ralph Fitzpatrick
Vice President
University of Louisville
Dr. Keith Knapp
President
Christian Care Communities
Mr. Greg Nichols
President
Automatic Air
Mr. Jim Strickland
President
Computer Support
Miss Edith Thrower
Insurance leader
Cincinnati,OH
Mrs. CheRhonda Greenlee
President
Reality First
Mrs. Debra Rayman
Human Resources, Mgr
Norton Healthcare
Mr. Varick Tucker
Human Resources, Mgr
MSD
Ms. Reba Doutrick
Retired, Executive
Insight Cable
Mrs. Gail Strange
Retired, Executive
Brown and Williamson
Mr. Ben Ruiz
Co-Owner
AdHawks
Mr. James Crook
Businessman
Cincinnati, OH
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The Annual Report
2014 Donor List
Project One, Inc. wishes to thank the following foundations, companies and individuals
for their generosity and support of children and youth in the Annual Summer Jobs
Campaign and After School programs.
The Gheens Foundation, Inc.
Kosair Charities Foundation
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
Mrs. Sandy Metts
The Cralle Foundation
MSD
Kindred Healthcare
Dr. Ed Wimberly
Mr. David Jones, Sr.
Miss A. Lucille Martin
Housing Authority of Louisville
AT&T
Jefferson County Public Schools
PNC Bank
Owsley & Christy Brown Foundation
Norton Healthcare
The Hon. Jim King - Metro Council
Brown Forman
Christian Care Communities, Inc,
TARC
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Fifth Third Bank
Bishop Sylvester Williams, Sr.
Chase Bank
University of Louisville
LG&E
The Metro Council Members
GLI
Fourth Street Live
Dr. Kevin W. Cosby
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Leveston
United Parcel Service
Ms. Andrea Jackson
Mr. George Merrifield
Bishop C. James King, Jr.
Dr. Robert Peoples
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Financial Statements and
Independent Auditor’s Review Report
December 31, 2014
ANDERSON & ANDERSON
Certified Public Accountants
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Financial Statements
And
Independent’s Auditor’s Review Report
Project One, Inc.
December 31, 2014
CONTENTS
Page
Cover Page………………………………………………………….…..1
Inside Cover Page……………… ………………………………….…..2
Table of Contents Page…………… ……………………………… … 3
Independent Auditor’s Letter... ……………………………………….4
Independent Auditor’s Review Report……………………………..…5
Statement of Financial Activities…….…………. …………………….6
Statement of Financial Position …………………… …………….…...7
Notes to Financial Statements………………………………………….8
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Anderson & Anderson
Post Office Box1822
Quincy, FL 32353
ANDERSON & ANDERSON
March 10, 2015
Project One, Inc.
Board of Trustees
We have reviewed the accompanied financial statements for THE PROJECT ONE, INC. FOR THE 2014 AUDIT REVIEW
and performed certain other tests to ensure that the financial statements and related notes to the financial
statements are reasonable, I can attest that PROJECT ONE, INC. appears to be operationally and financially sound.
Given the fact that PROJECT ONE, INC. has had outstanding audit reviews over the years, I can assume that this
organization will continue to provide quality service and the supporting documentation for accountability and
maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free
from material misstatements.
Given that this PROJECT ONE, INC. 2014 Audit Review Report shows the continuing improvement in the financial
accounting of which is a testament to the continuing devotion of the Project One, Inc. administration, staff and
stakeholders.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Fred Anderson, Jr.
Certified Public Accountant
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ANDERSON & ANDERSON, CPA’S
Post Office Box 1822 Quincy, Florida 32353 (850) 627-2920
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REVIEW REPORT ON COMPILATION OF
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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We have compiled the accompanying statement of financial position of PROJECT ONE, INC., as of December
31, 2014, and the related statement of activities and cash flow of the year. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Project One, Inc. management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial
statements base on our review.
We conducted our review in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. These standards require that we plan and perform the review to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. A review includes consideration of internal
controls over financial reporting as a basis for designing review procedures that are appropriate in circumstances, but
not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the programmatic operations.
A compilation is limited to presenting in the form of financial statements’ information that is representation
of management. We have not audited but reviewed the accompanying financial statements.
We believe that the Audit Review evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our opinion.
OPINION
In our opinion, the financial statements reviewed and referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of PROJECT ONE, INC as of December 31, 2014, and the changes in its assets and its cash flow for the
year ended
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Fred Anderson, Jr., CPA
March 10, 2015
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Project One, Inc.
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
For The Year Ended December 31, 2014
FINANCIAL REPORT
JANUARY 1, 2014 – DECEMBER 31, 2014
Income
2014
Metro Louisville Grants
Corporations
Foundation
$40,000.00
70,000.00
119,000.00
Individual Gifts
68,952.00
CME Church
50,000.00
The 29th Anniversary Gala
63,138.00
Other Income- including the Job-A Thon
50,158.00
Total Income
461,248.00
Operational Expenses
Expense Items
Personnel Salaries and Fringe Benefits
21,400.00
Utilities
33,774.00
Office Supplies & Equipment Maintenance
15,250.00
Computer Lab Expansion
Program Outreach and Development
25,000.00
201,000.00
Client Assistance
81,303.00
Other Expenses Include - 29th Anniversary Gala
12,419.00
Insurance & Workman's Comp
$8,000.00
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After School University & Community Scholars
45,000.00
Accounting Services and Tax Preparation
3,000.00
Evaluation
5,000.00
Payroll Taxes
2,046.00
Telephone
2,962.00
Legal Fees
1,000.00
Postage & Shipping
Total Expenses
Overall Net Gain(Loss)
594.00
457,748.00
3,500.00
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014
Assets
Cash
Property
Scholarship Fund
3,500.00
220,572.00
4,000.00
228,072.00
Liabilities
Equipment
120,909.00
New Computers
25,000.00
Total Liabilities
145,909.00
Equity in the property
Total Liabilities and Equity
82,163.00
228,072.00
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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND POSITION
For The Year Ended December 31, 2014
NOTE 1
NATURE OF ACTIVITIES
Project One, Inc. is a 501c3 organization exempt from income tax. The corporation is organized and operated
exclusively for charitable and public purposes. In carrying out its corporate purposes, the corporation shall have all
the powers enumerated in Chapter 273.171, ET. seq., of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.
In furtherance of the general purposes of the corporation, the purposes of the corporation are to facilitate the
economic, educational and social development of inner city youth through training, educational and job development
programs. After School Programs and Summer Jobs for economically disadvantaged youth are cornerstones of the
organization.
NOTE 2
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE REVIEW
The accompanying reviewed financial statements were conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America.
A. The Project One classifies its net assets and revenues, gains and losses based on the existence or absence of
donor - imposed restrictions.
B. Unrestricted: These net assets are not subject to donor-imposed stipulations, and are fully available at the
discretion of Project One management and Board of Trustee (the “Board”) to utilize in any part to its mission,
program or supporting services.
NOTE 3
INCOME TAXES
As stated in the Nature of Activities, Project One, Inc. is a non-profit organization pursuant to Section 501 (c) (3)
organization of the IRS, and therefore is tax-exempt.
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NOTE 4
EQUIPMENT AND OFFICE FURNITURE
The Book Value of the equipment and office furniture at Project One has been estimated by the management at a
cost of $220,572.00. This estimation was based upon depreciation as laid out by the Tax Consultant in line with the
value asset by the Internal Revenue Service.
NOTE5
MANAGEMENT REVIEW
However, based on the review and preparation of the financial statements, Anderson & Anderson have found no
irregularities involving the administration of officers who have significant roles in the financial internal control
structure.
NOTE6
PROGRAM OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT
The Project One, Inc. Program Outreach and Development category of expenses consist of 12 programmatic
enterprises and they are as follows: 1. The Fatherhood Programs, 2. My Brother's Keeper and My Sister's Keeper, 3.
The After-School University for Tutoring and Mentoring 4. Talent and Gifted Scholars Programs, 5. JET (Junior
Executive Training) Programs, 6. SEEP (Summer Earning and Enrichment Programs), 7. Community Scholar's
Programs for Elementary students,
8. The Mayor's Summer Jobs Program for ages 16 and above, 9. Summer Jobs
with The State of Kentucky and Financial Education for youth and adults, 10. EEATT (Early Employment And Training
Time) Programs for ages 13-15. 11. State funded programs with The State of Kentucky. 12. STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math) Programs.
Fred Anderson Jr.
Fred Anderson, CPA
205 N Love St, Quincy, FL 32351
Phone: 850-627-2920
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