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Annual Report 2015 | 2 Table of Contents During the school year, my Minds Letter from Board Chair Jon Bernstein...... 2 “ Matter mentors Minds Matter Seattle Student: Rasha...... 3 were a constant source of support, What We Do...... 4 especially when I was Who We Are...... 5 overwhelmed and stressed about college Minds Matter Chicago Alumnus: Johnathan...... 6 applications. They let Minds Matter In Action...... 7 me know that I am good enough when Minds Matter by the Numbers...... 8 I don’t feel like I am. Minds Matter Twin Cities Mentor Story: Kong & Drew...... 9 To know that I have people outside of my Class of 2015 College Acceptances...... 10 family that support me Summer Program Experience...... 12 and want to see me Minds Matter Denver Junior: Silvia...... 12 succeed has given me the motivation to keep Minds Matter Volunteer Spotlight: Jonathan...... 13 pushing myself. I want Minds Matter San Francisco Alumna: Zhi...... 14 to make them – and myself – proud.” Thank You to Our Supporters...... 16 Minds Matter Leadership...... 25 Chapter Contact Information...... 26 -Nancy, Minds Matter NYC alumna and Wheaton College Class of 2019
Annual Report 2015 | 1 Dear Friends and Supporters: time, and our program offers experiences well beyond those of a standard college prep program. We are about helping students find their talent and potential, nurturing them to become not just Minds Matter transforms the lives of accomplished high school college graduates, but those who can help shine the light for students from low-income families by broadening their dreams future generations. and preparing them for college success. Our students come Across the country, Minds Matter is powered by more than 1,700 from households where the average family income is less than extraordinarily dedicated volunteers and fewer than 10 paid $24,000 and they have achieved an average GPA of 3.8. staff nationwide. We run a lean shop, and that is reflected in the Outside of Minds Matter, opportunities for this population are far results of last year’s independent ROI study. In 2015, we served more limited as compared to their wealthier peers: 611 students – a 7% increase over 2014. In addition, we now • High schools with predominantly low-income students have 1,257 program alumni, some of whom have earned roles have 1,000 students per counselor versus a national on our staff and board. average of 471 students per counselor. As we ended fiscal year 2015, Minds Matter leaders from • 50% of our nation’s high-achieving, low-income students across the country gathered to begin charting the plan for our do not apply to a single selective college or university. next phase of growth. Our meetings reinforced our shared vision • 75% of students at competitive colleges come from for an entrepreneurial chapter network with a unified vision for families with incomes in the top 25%, while less than 10% programmatic excellence. We are eager to propel Minds Matter of students come from the bottom half. forward and look forward to continuing to serve our wonderful students. Minds Matter is actively addressing these gaps, providing our students with the tools and resources they need to achieve college On behalf of our students, volunteers and staff, thank you for your success, and realizing a 100% four-year college acceptance rate ongoing support of this very special organization. for our program graduates – with greater than 70% attending very, highly, or the most competitive colleges as defined by Barron’s. Minds Matter volunteers challenge our students, many of whom will be the first in their families to attend college, to create a new G. Jonathan Bernstein vision of themselves. Ours is an intense and rigorous program that Board Chair of Minds Matter works to help our students evolve in significant ways, allowing for deep and lasting change. Looking Ahead to Fiscal Year ‘16 Our volunteers and students all invest a significant amount of • Ellen Magnis joins Minds Matter as Executive Director
• Minds Matter named by the prestigious 100 Women in Hedge Funds organization as its 2016 beneficiary
2 | Minds Matter Minds Matter Seattle Student: RASHA
Rasha, a junior at Minds Matter Seattle, initially a challenge for Rasha. But Rasha is pursuing a career in medicine. has proven her commitment to getting I want to Witnessing violence and war as a child a quality education and achieving her “ in her home country of Iraq left Rasha dreams. Rasha explains that back in help care wanting to do what she could to help Iraq, it was sometimes dangerous to go the people there. Rasha explains, “They to school and the teachers were very for people” deserve a better life . . . I want to help strict. She feels the teachers in the Untied -Rasha, Minds Matter Seattle care for people.” Rasha grew up in States make learning fun, and she feels Junior Baghdad, Iraq, and spent nine years in more interested in her own education Egypt before moving to the United States now. Minds Matter Seattle President Ann three years ago with her family, seeking Rubin says, “I believe Rasha has the a safer home and better education. She patience and diligence to succeed.” And joined Minds Matter in 2014. Rasha is happy to be a part of Minds Matter. She says, “I think I’m getting the Rasha dreams of becoming a primary right education I deserve.” care doctor or surgeon, and Minds Matter’s summer programs helped her pursue that passion. Rasha’s Minds Matter Mentors helped her apply to attend the MultiCare Nurse Camp over the summer, to pursue her passion in the medical field. During the five-day camp, Rasha tested medical devices, practiced suturing, and shadowed professional nurses and other healthcare providers.
Attending high school in the United States without speaking any English was
Annual Report 2015 | 3 What We Do Minds Matter is a comprehensive and highly-successful three-year Minds Matter program that empowers young people from low-income families to achieve college readiness and success. Founded in New York City transforms the lives in 1991 by six Wall Street professionals who understood that the gap in low-income student achievement is not one of intelligence, of accomplished but resources, Minds Matter has developed a successful program incorporating academics, mentoring, and enrichment experiences that high school prepare students for bright futures.
students from low- Our Three-Year Program Beginning in their sophomore year of high school, our students spend income families 4-6 hours per week during the school year in Minds Matter sessions with their volunteer mentors and instructors. Our sophomore by broadening program centers on cultivating the math and writing/critical thinking skills that are the foundation of our students’ academic success. In the their dreams and junior program, students work with their mentors on test preparation for the SAT and ACT standardized exams During the summers after their sophomore and junior year, students attend summer enrichment preparing them for programs at prep schools, colleges, and universities across the country and around the world. In the senior program, students work college success. closely with their mentors on college applications, financial aid forms, financial literacy, and navigating the college application process. Our volunteers guide seniors through the college selection process, helping our students determine what school and area of study might be best for them.
Throughout the program, students gain confidence and ambition, strengthen their skills in writing, critical thinking, test-taking, and mathematics, and flourish into young adults who are ready and excited to succeed in college. Minds Matter proudly boasts a 100% success rate for students’ acceptance into four-year colleges and universities.
4 | Minds Matter Who We Are
Our Students
Each day, Minds Matter is inspired by the commitment and drive of the students we serve. Our students choose to spend 4-6 hours per week improving their academic abilities and preparing themselves for the future.
The average family income of our students is $24,360, and nearly half of them live below the federal poverty line. They are typically the first in their family to attend college. Many of them want to become doctors and teachers; they’re determined, focused, and fully aware of the value of higher education to their lifelong successes. It is impossible to not be impressed by these young people.
Our Volunteers
Minds Matter could not exist without the dedication and commitment of more than 1,700 volunteers nationwide. Many of our mentors are working professionals who devote their time to enriching the lives of our deserving students. It is not uncommon for mentor/mentee relationships between volunteers and their students to continue beyond the three-year program and into the students’ college and post-collegiate experiences. Our volunteers are a motivational powerhouse, always available to provide a listening ear and an encouraging word to the students they mentor.
Annual Report 2015 | 5 Minds Matter Chicago Alumnus: JoHnathan
With the help of Minds Matter Chicago, Johnathan beat the odds in one of the city’s most challenged neighborhoods – graduating from high school in Englewood and Without enrolling Pomona College on a full scholarship. “ “I love all of you,” Johnathan wrote in an e-mail to the Chicago chapter during his first you, I semester at Pomona College. “Without you, I wouldn’t have the chance to be here.”
wouldn’t During his three years with Minds Matter, Johnathan attended summer programs at Davidson College and in Peru. With his mentors Megan and Stephen, he navigated the have the maze of college admissions and financial aid, becoming a Posse Scholar and winning chance to a Gates Millennium Scholarship. be here” A few months into his freshman year, Johnathan says Pomona is great. He’s taking genetics, economics and writing courses. He admires his professors and has made -Jonathan, Minds Matter friends from all over – but that’s not to say college doesn’t have its challenges, too. Chicago Alumnus and “I’m working hard to boost my grades,” Johnathan shared. He goes to mentoring and Pomona College class of tutoring sessions, plus office hours with his professors – admirably taking advantage of 2019 available resources to help him succeed, just as he did with Minds Matter Chicago.
Minds Matter Chicago alumnus Jonathan studies in a Saturday Minds Matter session. 6 | Minds Matter Minds Matter in Action
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100% 73% 611 3.78 of students are of students admitted to Students served in the Average incoming admitted to 4-year Barron’s Most, Highly, 2014-2015 school GPA of Minds Matter colleges & universities or Very Competitive year students schools Annual Report 2015 | 7 Minds Matter by the Numbers 1,700+ volunteers across 1,257 all chapters in FY15 alumni across the country
89% 17:1 of students identify as Return on Investment minorities 93% $24,360 of tracked alumni are enrolled average family income for students in or have graduated from 4-year colleges and universities 73% 86% of tracked alumni who enrolled of students are eligible for free or in college at least 4 years ago reduced lunch have graduated from 4-year universities and colleges
8 | Minds Matter Minds Matter Twin Cities Mentor Story: Kong & Drew Minds Matter volunteer Drew tells the story of Kong, a bright Minds Matter student determined to attend his dream school. Drew writes:
“Kong is one of the first alumni of Minds Matter Twin Cities. Since he began in Minds Matter, Kong wanted to pursue a career in engineering. Kong had his heart set on attending the University of St. Thomas, but he diversified his applications among other public schools in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin at the behest of his mentors. Kong was accepted into almost all the programs to which he applied, and the financial aid packages followed. Kong would be able to attend the University of Minnesota at almost no cost, but St. Thomas was a different story. Though the aid package was generous, there would still be a $20,000 shortfall. Given the tradeoff, it would seem that Minnesota was the practical choice. Kong was torn. On one hand he had successfully completed his mission of gaining acceptance to a four-year university to study engineering, and could do so at little cost. On the other hand, it wasn’t his dream school.
Kong had applied to three scholarships that would make up the difference in cost between St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota, but he wouldn’t know if he’d received them until after his decisions to the colleges were due. Kong came up with a game plan: He would ask the universities for an extension so Kong celebrates his high school he could make a more informed decision. First he called St. Thomas. I sat on mute as part of a three way graduation with his mentors and call and only Kong knew I was on the phone. I bit my fingernails nervously as Kong let St. Thomas know Drew. that they were his first choice and that he’d like an extension. They agreed to grant Kong an extra week. Next came the call to the University of Minnesota, where unfortunately Kong was told he would not get an extension. Kong was defeated, but I told him we would call the scholarship providers the next day to see if they could provide any insight.
I received an unexpected phone call that night from Kong. He spoke very slowly and expressed his thanks for our efforts that day, and that it meant a lot to him that we were trying. He then said that the University of St. Thomas called him earlier and he just got off the phone. The purpose of the call was to tell him that he shouldn’t wait on those outside scholarships and that they would like to provide him with a full scholarship package. We both spent the next sixty seconds yelling in excitement.
Kong is currently part of the University of St. Thomas Class of 2019, studying mechanical engineering.”
Annual Report 2015 | 9 College Acceptances We’re consistently impressed by and proud of our Minds Matter students. 100% of our students are accepted into four-year universities and colleges, and many are accepted into some of the most competitive schools in the country. Below is a list of some of the schools into which graduates of our class of 2015 were accepted:
Allegheny College Daemen College Northeastern University American University Dartmouth College Northern Illinois University Baldwin Wallace University Denison University Notre Dame of Maryland University Barnard College DePaul University Nyack College Bentley University Dickinson College Ohio State University Bowling Green State University East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Oregon Institute of Technology Brandeis University Fordham University Pace University Bryn Mawr College Franklin and Marshall College Pacific Lutheran University Caldwell College Hamilton College Pennsylvania State University California State Polytechnic University, San Illinois Institute of Technology Pomona College Luis Obispo Indiana University of Pennsylvania Princeton University California State University, Long Beach Ithaca College Providence College California State University, Northridge Jackson State University Purdue University California State University, San Francisco John Carroll University Reed College California State University, San Jose Kenyon College Saint Louis University Carroll College Lehigh University Saint Mary’s College City College of San Francisco Lewis & Clark College Skidmore College Cleveland State University Long Island University Smith College Colorado State University Loyola University Southern Illinois University Connecticut College Loyola University Maryland St. John’s University Cornell University Marquette University St. Olaf College CUNY Baruch College Marymount Manhattan College St. Thomas University CUNY City College Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Stonehill College CUNY Hunter College Health Sciences Suffolk University CUNY New York City College of Massachusetts Institute of Technology SUNY Albany Technology Middlebury College SUNY Brockport CUNY Queens College Mount Holyoke College SUNY Buffalo CUNY Staten Island North Carolina A&T State University SUNY Fredonia CUNY York College Northeastern Illinois University
10 | Minds Matter SUNY Geneseo SUNY New Paltz SUNY Potsdam Trinity College Tufts University Union College University of California Berkeley University of California Irvine University of California Los Angeles University of California Merced University of California Riverside University of California San Diego University of California Santa Cruz University of Colorado - Boulder University of Colorado - Denver University of Denver University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Miami Four Minds Matter Seattle students–two seniors and two University of Michigan, Ann Arbor juniors–interned at The Boeing Company in Seattle, WA University of Minnesota last summer. Boeing offers high school students who are University of Pennsylvania interested in aerospace manufacturing an opportunity to get University of Richmond University of St. Thomas hands-on experience and to shadow in their particular area Villanova University of interest. Washington State University Wellesley College Wesleyan University West Chester University Wheaton College Williams College
Annual Report 2015 | 11 Summer Program Experience During the academic year, Minds Matter volunteers mentor students, work with them on standardized test preparation, and provide individualized tutoring in writing and math. In the 430 summer months, students have the opportunity to further that learning and have unforgettable students attended experiences at summer programs across the nation and around the world. Students learn in a summer programs college setting, meet other talented and highly motivated high school students, and gain new in FY15 perspectives on the world around them. We provide students with this invaluable experience by connecting them to the best summer programs, guiding them along the application process, and providing them with the financial aid and support network to make college-immersion 7 summer programs possible. Ivy League Minds Matter Denver Junior: Schools hosted Minds Matter SILVIA students for summer programs With the help of the Rocky Mountain Harvard University Club and Minds Matter, I had the “amazing opportunity to spend my summer at Harvard. I have wanted to go to Harvard since I was 10 years old, so being there for almost two months was truly a dream come true. 0 Being there was like being in a different world. I was able to meet new people, live the college dollars spent by experience, and gain a vast array of knowledge. students or their While I was there I took a Law and Psychology families on class where I had thought provoking conversations summer with my classmates and professor, and met other programs people who were passionate about the same topics Silvia (center) with her mentors Rachael and Sean as me, which made the class even more rewarding.
At the end of the summer, I was ready to come back home to see my family, but I didn’t want to leave Harvard. I cannot express how thankful I am to everyone who helped me make this dream come true; if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have had one of the best experiences of my life. I really hope that I have the opportunity to go to Harvard again, this time hopefully as a full-time student.”
12 | Minds Matter Minds Matter Volunteer Spotlight: Jonathan “ It didn’t take long Jonathan began as a mentor in the Minds Matter NYC chapter and is currently the Chapter for me to notice President of Minds Matter Washington, D.C. the many constants Upon moving to Washington DC, I had few friends in the metro area. I was actively “looking for new people to meet but also ways to help my community, as I had for five between chapters amazing years with Minds Matter in New York City. I was beyond excited when I heard of Minds Matter: that the DC chapter would be accepting its first class of students. Having been a part of the established NYC chapter, I was excited and nervous to help start a new chapter from extremely dedicated scratch. To create a grassroots movement in the DC area, a geographical location ripe with competitive non-profits, was a dream come true. volunteers,
The DC chapter at Minds Matter operates like a true start-up, where individuals wear enthusiastic and many hats, frugality breeds resourcefulness, and the saying “all hands on deck” rings true. It didn’t take long for me to notice the many constants among chapters of Minds intellectually Matter: extremely dedicated volunteers, enthusiastic and intellectually curious mentees, curious mentees, and an incredible leadership network in the board of directors. and an incredible This year, the DC chapter has six wonderful mentees and 12 mentors who support them. As we approach the first round of summer program deadlines and introduce new leadership network geographical opportunities, it is so rewarding to see the smiles on the mentees’ faces. I want to thank Minds Matter of Washington for not only welcoming me with open arms, in the board of but also for being my refuge in a new city. Minds Matter has helped me acclimate to my new life in DC, and I hope to do the same for the mentees on their journey to college. I directors.” look forward to providing more updates on our mentees’ successes! -Jonathan, Minds Matter ” Washington, D.C. president
Annual Report 2015 | 13 Minds Matter San Francisco Alumna: ZHI
Zhi remembers one thing about the first time she met her mentors, Sean and Isaac: I grew up believing I “They asked so many questions.” When she entered the Minds Matter program, “ Zhi was a shy student. But after seeing her mentors every Saturday, the ice had to do everything thawed, and the trio started to talk more about her school work, challenges, and for myself. Slowly, passions. Zhi’s mentors felt like friends who had gone through the process and but surely, I learned could provide some valuable insight and guidance.
how to ask for help… “Sean and Isaac are the most optimistic people I’ve met, and it really helped to be it was a huge lesson around them because I was pretty anti-social then.” Zhi cites their enthusiasm as to realize that I the element that helped her get into the material and her homework. Zhi’s summer sometimes can’t do it program experiences at Andover and Princeton further helped her open up to her mentors because her summer trips were opportunities where she learned how to all. If anything, I need connect with others and put herself out there. community.” “I grew up believing I had to do everything for myself. Slowly, but surely, I learned how to ask for help,” she said. “There was a lot on my plate. At first, it was -Zhi, Minds Matter San Francisco difficult to go to my mentors for guidance or assistance when I felt like there was Alumna and Hamilton College so much to do. It was a huge lesson to realize that I sometimes couldn’t do it all by Class of 2019 myself. If anything, I need community.”
Zhi never really thought about college aside from the fact that she wanted to go.
“Nobody in my family had gone to college, so I had no idea what the process entailed or what I needed to do. I didn’t even know what different types of colleges there were outside of state schools,” she said. With Sean and Isaac’s encouragement and guidance, Zhi explored colleges she would have never even considered. She ultimately applied to 19 schools, including a few out-of-state schools. She was accepted into the majority of the colleges, and her final choices were Middlebury, Kenyon, and Hamilton. Hamilton came out on top because Zhi had such a positive college visit there. Hamilton also offered to cover 100 percent of Zhi’s tuition.
14 | Minds Matter When Zhi looks back, she knows that the investment and hard work that she put in as a Minds Matter student changed her life. Every Saturday, Zhi woke up before 7 a.m. to make a long commute from the Bay View district in order to get to Minds Matter. For hours, she tuned in to college prep courses and critical thinking exercises, and connected with her mentors to think deeply around goals, setting a vision of success.
“What would I have been doing otherwise?” Zhi asks herself, “I would’ve probably just been watching TV all those Saturdays. Despite my passion and hard work, I know I wouldn’t be where I am today without Minds Matter.”
Zhi (center) with her mentors Isaac (left) and Sean (right)
Annual Report 2015 | 15 Thank You to Our Supporters
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Walter Ryder | New York City Lisa Sweeney | San Francisco Aaron Yaffa | Chicago “ I want everyone Salesforce.com | Los Angeles Paul Taheri | New York City Serge Zborovsky | National at Minds Matter Kimberly Schaefer | Los Angeles Joseph Taylor | Los Angeles Brian Zeigler | Denver to know that more Hon. Evan J. Segal | San Francisco Nishit Thakkar | National Haiyang Zhang | Los Angeles Selati Family Foundation | Chicago Time Warner | Los Angeles John Zitzner | Cleveland than helping me John Semeraro | New York City James Toms | National academically they Andrea Sharkey | New York City Suzanne Trihas | Cleveland helped me as a Devon Shendleman | Denver Truist | Portland, Chicago person. They were Ben Sherman | New York City UBS | Chicago there through the Sherman & Howard, LLC | Denver Albin Ulle | Denver tough decisions Thomas Siebert | Chicago United Way | Philadelphia and all the Julie Silcock | Boston United Way of Columbia-Willamette | Portland disappointments. Harinder Singh | San Francisco Gina Valo | Washington, D.C. No one gives up Adam Sloyer | National Marcin Varanka | New York City Ben Smith | Denver on you and that's Ver-A-Fast by the Hand Foundation | Jeffrey Smith | Denver the best feeling in Cleveland Natalie Smith | Chicago the world.” Fred Vescio | Twin Cities Eric Snorteland | Denver Trent Vichie | National El Sonderegger | Twin Cities Manuel Villar | National Souleles Family Charitable Trust | Jill Weihrauch | Twin Cities Chicago - Marissa, Minds Matter Matthew Weinstein | New York City Lisa Souter | Chicago Clevelad alumna and Jeff Werbalowsky | Twin Cities Martin Spit | New York City Baldwin Wallace University Westfield Insurance | Cleveland Emily Spitz | Chicago Class of 2019 Andrew Whitehouse | New York City Kris Spraker | New York City Christian Wilson | National Adam Steiner | National Joseph Wolak | Washington, D.C. Jeff Stern | Los Angeles Susan Wolf | Los Angeles Frank Story | New York City Timmy Wozniak | Denver Kelly Sullivan | National
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Board of Directors Advisory Board Executive Committee
G. Jonathan Bernstein, Chair G. Jonathan Bernstein, Chair Avanti Deshpande
Tina Admans, Los Angeles Representative Michael Ashkar Candra Gill
Savinay Chandrasekhar, Denver Representative Brent Ashton Michael Jones
Edith Chao, San Francisco Representative Melanie Girton Ashkay Khanna
Graham Covington, Portland Representative Leanne Huebner Joseph Larson
Courtney Gardner, Boston Representative Alexandra Kosslyn Brian McAllester
Kelly Miller, Twin Cities Representative Stewart Lee Kevin Meskell
Jonathan Schwebel, Washington, D.C. Representative Deborah McGinn Joel Presti
Brent Shelley, Cleveland Representative Connie Miller Mark Shpizner
Catherine Simonsen, Seattle Representative Shari Noonan Valerie Sun
Steven Song, New York City Representative P. Hunter Philbrick Michelle Wood
Rhonda Bell, Chicago Representative Michael Recht Staff Chris Uhrinek, Philadelphia Representative Elvis Rodriguez Ellen Magnis, Executive Director (As of Jordan Sedrish September 2015) Ashish Shah Jade Keena, Director of Operations Michele Michaelis Slifka Shelly Zhou, Program & Development Assistant
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