Annual Report 2006 - 2007 Table of Contents Letter from the Chair: Maggie Daley 3 About After School Matters 4 After School Matters Participating Locations 5 Our Partners and Participating Organizations 8 Our Board of Directors 11 Donor List 15 Financial Overview 19 After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 page 2 of 23 After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 Dear Friends, Year after year, After School Matters continues to reach more teenagers across Chicago with programs that open their minds to the possibilities of a brighter future. We have steadily increased the number of lives we touch by increasing the number of programs we offer. In 2007 alone, we offered Chicago teens nearly 900 programs with a collective 28,000 opportunities, which is a significant expansion from the 180 teens across three high schools we served when we first began. Here are a few highlights from 2007: • After School Matters has expanded programming to 17 new high schools, bringing the total to 58 throughout the City of Chicago. In addition, we are currently partnering with over 100 community-based organizations. • In May, our teens provided the backdrop for the visit and public talk of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion. Teen apprentices painted more than 1,000 square feet of banners in traditional Tibetan style at four of our campuses. All 7 banners came together to create an elaborate backdrop viewed by the 11,000 visitors who attended the Dalai Lama’s talk. • This summer, 15 apprentices working together in a program at the Gary Comer Youth Center were awarded Student Emmys by the National Academy for Television Arts & Sciences for their film “In the Pocket,” a documentary about their community. Apprentices from our Traditional Animation Apprenticeship at Gallery 37 won Best Chicago Film at Chicago’s Future Filmmakers Festival for their animated short “Sounds of Planet Chicago.” • Launched by Abbott, our science37 program completed its first semester of programming. At Lindblom College Prep High School, teens in the 21st Century Bioscience: Solving Global Health Issues Apprenticeship studied the design, discovery, and development of drugs, as well as labs involving DNA science, or “the CSI type of technology." The program culminated with apprentices choosing global health crises that could benefit from the development of new pharmaceuticals. Teens created posters outlining how companies would need to research, develop, test, refine, find approval, market, and sell those pharmaceuticals to the public. • Over the course of a four-year study, researchers at the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago concluded that students who had high rates of attendance in our programs also had higher graduation rates than peers who did not participate in our programs, while students who participated in several semesters of our programs had increasingly higher graduation rates compared to their peers who did not participate. Helping Chicago teens achieve their highest potential is at the heart of what we do. With the support of foundation and corporate funders, individual donors, and public partners, After School Matters has created a solid network of out-of-school opportunities for teens that equip them with valuable skills while inspiring optimism about their futures. On behalf of the thousands of teens we serve, thank you for helping make such a positive impact on their lives. Cordially, Maggie Daley Chair After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 page 3 of 23 After School Matters Annual Report Page 1 of 1 About After School Matters Through After School Matters, teens participate in beneficial activities that keep them engaged, learning, and safe while developing their potential. Our vision drives a mission that emphasizes the importance of public partnerships and the potential of Chicago teens. Our values underscore and guide our work. Vision: Chicago’s teens need to believe they have a future, and adults need to help them get there. Mission: To create a network of out-of-school opportunities, including apprenticeship and drop-in programs, for teens in underserved communities. After School Matters achieves its mission by: ! Aligning and maximizing neighborhood physical and programmatic resources; ! Solidifying partnerships between citywide agencies and organizations; and ! Mobilizing creative, coordinated, and sustainable investment in teens. At After School Matters, we are a dedicated team of professionals who: ! Believe in the talent, creativity, and energy of teenagers and the contributions they make to our communities; ! Embrace the power of collaboration with people of all backgrounds; ! Encourage innovative, thoughtful decision-making and continuous improvement; ! Cultivate leadership, support career development, and acknowledge achievement; and ! Foster a caring, creative, and dynamic work environment. After School Matters is one of the largest after-school initiatives in the nation serving teenagers. We have grown to 58 neighborhood campus sites. Each “campus” consists of the local school, park, library and community-based organizations in that neighborhood. Every year, a team of more than 1,000 talented instructors, school liaisons, Chicago Park District specialists, librarians and community-based organizations work together to administer our programs. They work collaboratively to support an expansive, highly coordinated network of opportunities for teenagers—helping to revitalize Chicago’s communities and enrich the lives and futures of teens throughout the city. After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 page 4 of 23 After School Matters Annual Report Page 1 of 1 After School Matters High School Campus Programs Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 2 8 7 9 4 5 10 11 6 1 3 19 13 18 17 15 12 20 1614 27 22 Downtown 23 21 30 31 24 Region 29 25 28 26 34 33 37 40 38 35 39 32 36 44 43 46 48 42 47 45 50 52 41 49 51 53 56 After School Matters 57 High School Campus 55 58 54 After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 After School Matters High School Campus Programs Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Region 1 1. Chicago Academy 4. Mather High School 7. Senn Campus 9. Taft Campus Senn High School / Rickover Naval Taft High School 2. Chicago Math & Science 5. Roosevelt Campus Acadmey Norwood Park Academy Roosevelt High School Broadway Armory Roden Library Horner Park Edgewater Library 3. Foreman Campus Mayfair Library 10. Uplift High School Foreman High School 8. Sullivan Campus Kosciuszko Park 6. Schurz Campus Sullivan High School 11. Vaughn High School Portage-Cragin Library Schurz High School Loyola Park Kilbourn Park Rogers Park Library Portage-Cragin Library Region 2 12. Clemente Campus 14. Noble Street Charter High 16. Orr Campus 18. Ramirez Charter High School Clemente High School School – Exelon Campus Orr Community Academy Clemente Park Orr Park 19. Steinmetz Academic Centre Humboldt Park Library 15. North Grand High School Legler Library 20. Wells High School 13. Kelvyn Park Campus 17. Prosser Campus Kelvyn Park High School Prosser Career Academy Kelvyn Park Blackhawk Park North Pulaski Library North Austin Library Region 3 21. ACT Charter High School 24. Clark Campus 26. Crane Campus 29. Manley Campus Clark High School Crane Tech Prep. High School Manley Career Academy 22. Al Raby School Clark Park Touhy-Herbert Park Douglass Park Austin Library Legler Library Douglass Library 23. Austin Campus Austin High School / Austin Business 25. Collins Campus 27. Douglass Academy 30. Marshall High School and Entrepreneur Academy Collins High School Austin Town Hall Douglass Park 28. Juarez Campus 31. Phoenix Military Austin Library Douglass Library Juarez Community Academy Academy Harrison Park Lozano Library Region 4 32. Curie Campus 34. Farragut Campus 36. Kenwood Academy High School 39. Tilden Campus Curie Metro High School Farragut Career Academy Tilden Career Academy Curie Park Shedd Park 37. Little Village High School Fuller Park Archer Heights Library Sherman Park Library 35. Kelly Campus 38. Phillips Campus 33. Dunbar Campus Kelley High School Phillips Academy 40. Youth Connections High Dunbar Vocational Career Academy Kelly Park Anderson Park School Lake Meadows Park Brighton Park Library Chicago Bee Library Chicago Bee Library Region 5 41. Bogan High School 44. Hancock High School 48. Lindblom Campus 51. Simeon Campus Lindblom College Preparatory High Simeon Career Academy 42. Englewood Campus 45. Harper High School School West Chatham Park Englewood Academy High School Lindblom Park Woodson Library Sherwood Park 46. Hubbard High School Sherman Park Library Kelly Library 52. South Shore Campus 47. Hyde Park Academy 49. Perspectives High School at South Shore Community Academy 43. Gage Park Campus Calumet Nash Community Center Gage Park High School South Shore Library Gage Park 50. Robeson Campus Gage Park Library Robeson High School Hamilton Park Kelly Library Region 6 53. Bowen Campus 55. Fenger Campus 57. Julian High School Bowen High School Fenger Career Academy Bessemer Park Ada Park 58. Washington High School South Chicago Library Pullman Library 54. Carver Campus 56. Harlan Campus Carver Military Academy Harlan Community Academy Carver Park Abbott Park Altgeld Library Woodson Library After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 page 6 of 23 After School Matters Fall 2007 Community Programs 8 13 5 6 9 2 1 7 10 14 12 3 11 16 29 37 15 34 21 30 32 24 4 28 66 3920 3823 27 31 2619 40 18 36 35 25 33 1722 50 42 47 57 52 55 5456 43 46 49 60 4859 44 5141 45 53 58 64 68 71 63 67 62 74 73 61 70 69 72 65 8892 75 77 85 94 89 90 81 86 93 87 79 83 82 84 80 76 78 104 101205 106 97 100 103 9196 After School Matters 101 Community Program Site 95 107 99 98 108 After School Matters Annual Report 2006 - 2007 After School Matters Partners and Participating Organizations Our Public Partners After School Matters is grateful to our public partners for their ongoing support and efforts on behalf of the teens of Chicago.