2019 ANNUAL REPORT
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear JA Dallas Friends and Supporters: Junior Achievement is 100 this year, and we honor and celebrate our past. JA, initially known for our entrepreneurship program, was founded by three men who believed in the power of personal responsibility and free enterprise. At the time, the country was at the end of the industrial revolution and the founders felt that entrepreneurship would ensure the success of the new economy. We are excited to celebrate this milestone and honor all those who came before us! JA students inspire us to innovate and look to the future! We started with one program, entrepreneurship, and have evolved to include financial literacy and work readiness. During the 1970’s & 80’s we grew to reach middle and high school students in the classroom. Current day, JA reaches students K-12 with 34 various curricula focused on our pillars: starting a business, learning to budget and relevant work skills.
Innovation has lead JA to update and revise curriculum so that it remains relevant for students. While elementary students still need hands-on materials, juniors and seniors in high school learn through digital components mixed with highly interactive programs and discussion. JA continues to bring volunteers into the classroom to add the component of mentoring and providing linkage between education and real-life. We are also innovating in these areas: Piloting four volunteer models to maximize volunteer time and effectiveness Semester-long high school classes for enhanced learning Expanding Capstone experiences Exploring 3DE, JA’s Academy learning experience, with Dallas ISD The future is bright, and 100 years from now, I know that because of the time, talent and attention we have given the youth in this city, that the community will be a better place. Thank you for your volunteer time, donations and dedication to JA to help us do our part. “Being a financial role model for the students is important because you are able to give the Sincerely, students information that might help them through their journey. I can’t wait until I get to volunteer with JA again.” Jan Murfield, CFRE PRESIDENT —Ally Volunteer 2018-19 JA BOARD OF DIRECTORS *JA Dallas Executive Committee Members
Jennifer D. Pierce AIG Brent Raindl, Chair* PlainsCapital Bank Jason Janning John Shelnutt James Collins* Hilti North America Blue Danube Jason Cramer Kevin L. Kemp Lissa Smith BKD, LLP FedEx Office Corey Anthony* CitiGroup Inc. AT&T Inc. Keith Doan Justin Lindley Christie Stanley* KRD Risk Management Gaston & Lindley Congruex Lindy Austin Services Paul Littlejohn Rachel Stoll Kirk Baylor Michael Doyle Capital One Financial AMN Healthcare IBM Capgemini North America Corporation Paul E. Sullivan Peter A. Burns Martin Evans* Brian Memory David Swiney* Nokia Corporation Valtegra Group Spencer Fane LLP KPMG LLP David Cargile* Peter Farruggia Tracy Merzi* Rudy S. Walker* KPMG LLP PepsiCo, Inc. Dallas Business Journal Regions Financial Sonia Carvalho John Gustafson Nicholas Mirabal Corporation “ I wholeheartedly enjoyed the experience. I loved Accenture, PLC American Airlines Group, Inc. BB&T Corporation Sandra Wells* how engaged they were, how excited their sweet Joann Chatfield* Alan K. Hamrick Jennifer Olvera Ernst & Young LLP faces were to have new lesson plans, and how MoneyGram International Credit Union of Texas Wells Fargo Bank David Whiting* infectious their hugs were at the end of class! If Comerica Bank Heath Cheek Phillip W. Huffines* Todd Patrick* you were to ask me to do it again, I’d move Bell Nunnally Grant Thornton LLP Huffines Communities Spencer Williams mountains to make it happen! ” Reginald Colby Zach Hunter Brad Phillips ACE Cash Express Coca-Cola North America PlainsCapital Bank Darling Ingredients, Inc. —AMN Healthcare Volunteer 2018-2019 IMPACT REPORT FINANCES AT A GLANCE
2019 2018
Contributions $1,010,067 $1,067,283 Donated Goods & Services $207,230 $433,824 Special Events $743,434 $786,523 Interest and Other $82,614 $107,218 “Junior Achievement for me was Support and Revenue $2,043,345 $2,394,848 about instilling in people the core foundation for self-growth, for self- respect and self-determination.” —Yesenia Cardenas, Program Services $1,900,871 $1,730,312 JA Alumni General and Administrative $163,403 $147,524 Fundraising $320,207 $299,950 Total Expenses $2,384,481 $2,177,786
Hear full story at youtube.com/jadallas1954 THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS The JA Partners listed below have generously donated funds to provide the JA curriculum to students. DALLAS DONORS Comerica Bank Hillwood Accenture, plc Commonwealth Business Bank Hilti North America AIG Communities Foundation of Texas Alex Holmes Alliance Data Systems Kenneth Cooper Holly & Phillip Huffines Allianz SE Jason Cramer S Ray Huffines Ally Financial Inc. Credit Union of Texas Huffines Communities American Airlines Group Inc. Dallas Independent School District Walter Humann American Honda Finance Corporation Thomas Dunning Tracey Huntley AMN Healthcare Steve Durham John Hutchinson Glenn Anderson East West Bank IMA Financial Group AT&T Inc. Ecolab Foundation Insurance Industry Charitable Ralph Babb Elevate Foundation, Inc. Bank of America Corporation Ernst & Young LLP Brian Jacoby Stephen Barnes Martin Evans Christy Jacoby Colleen Barrett Exxon Mobil Corporation Jason Janning BB&T Corporation Fairlease Robert Johnson BDO USA, LLP Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable JPMorgan Chase & Co. Billingsley Company Foundation Carol Kelly BKD, LLP FedEx Office Gary Kelly Blue Cross and Blue Shield Fogo de Chão Kevin Kemp Doug Brooks Frost Bank Kohl Foundation Jane Buckingham Gainsco KPMG LLP “ In the past three years, I have enjoyed having Tiffany Campbell Garland Independent School District Lancaster Independent School District JA visit my classroom. JA does an amazing job Capital One Financial Corporation Cami & John C. Goff LegacyTexas Bank every year teaching me and my classmates a David Cargile Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Lennox International Joseph Grant Liberty Mutual Foundation bout finances and money. I believe that this Cathay Bank Foundation Chick-fil-A, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP Sandra Beach Lin is a beneficial program because these are CitiGroup Inc. Green Bank Jack Lowe life skills that I will need to become a successful Citizens Bank Alan Hamrick Lyco Holdings Incorporated and productive adult. JA, thank you for City of Garland Linda & Milledge A. Hart, III Mavenir making a difference in our lives. City of Plano Haynes and Boone, LLP Tracy Merzi ” City of Rowlett Thomas O. Hicks David B. Miller —Dallas ISD 5th grader City of Sachse Hillcrest Foundation MoneyGram International James Collins Hilltop Holdings Jan Murfield Nancy A. Nasher Texas Women’s Foundation Brookshire Grocery Company The Community Foundation Tom Nealon The AYCO Company, L.P. Capital One The Louis and Peaches Owen Family Erle Nye The Moody Foundation Cavender’s Boot City Foundation Dana Oliver The Rosemary Haggar Vaughan Centene Corp Trane/Ingersoll Rand Open Bank Foundation Cooperative Teachers Credit Union Orix USA Corp. The Rosewood Foundation Delek Refining Jacob Ormsby The Theodore and Beulah Ed and Mary Heath Foundation Todd Patrick Beasley Foundation, Inc. Estes, McClure & Associates, Inc Trevor Pearlman TIAA Fair Oil, Ltd. PepsiCo, Inc. Kip Tindell Henry & Peters PC Jennifer Pierce Tolleson Wealth Management Hoeffner Foundation PlainsCapital Bank Toyota Motor North America Hood Packaging Populus Financial Group Travelers Foundation John Soules Foods PurePoint Financial United Services Automobile Association Kelly Community Federal Credit Union Brent Raindl United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. Justin Lindley Regions Financial Corporation University of North Texas at Dallas Gary Miller Rmax UT Southwestern Medical Center Oncor Philip Romano VEX Robotics Rick Murphey the Jeweler Vizient “Junior Robert Rowling Rogers Foundation Achievement is a Santander Consumer USA Herbert Weitzman Roosth Production Company Foundation Sandra Wells South Tyler Rotary Club good opportunity Douglas Scandling Wells Fargo Bank Southside Bank to understand what it Robert Schleckser David Whiting State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance takes to be successful as an Catherine Shae Spencer Williams Company entrepreneur in this country.” Simmons Bank Trisha Wilson Target Corporation Southern Methodist University Julie Winger Texas Bank & Trust —Mark Cuban, JA Alumni Southwest Airlines Company Workday State Farm XL Catlin Ronald Steinhart Zurich American Life Insurance Stephanie Stewart Company Dary Stone Lori Stone TYLER DONORS Paul Sullivan A.W. Riter, Jr. Family Foundation David Swiney Anonymous TBK Bank AS Genecov Foundation Telemundo 39 BancorpSouth Hear full story at Texas Instruments, Inc. Bank of America - Frisco youtube.com/jadallas1954 SCHOOLS SERVED The schools listed below have been directly impacted by our partners.
L G Pinkston High School Thomas Tolbert Elementary L L Hotchkiss Elementary W H Adamson High School Lida Hooe Elementary W T White High School Hear full story at Lorenzo de Zavala Elementary Whitney M Young Elementary youtube.com/jadallas1954 Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary William Anderson Elementary Margaret B Henderson Elementary William Brown Miller Elementary School Martha Turner Reilly Elementary Woodrow Wilson High School “ If Junior Achievement hadn’t Maya Angelou High School Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Middle School found me, I don’t think I would’ve Moises E Molina High School gone to college or pursued any E B Comstock Middle School MontessoriJunior Academy at Onesimo GARLAND ISD Eduardo Mata Elementary Hernandez“ Elementary Austin Academy for Excellence type of career. ” Edward Titche Elementary AchievementNathan is Adams a Elementary Bussey Middle School Eladio R Martinez Learning Centergood opportunityNew Tech High School At B F Darrell Classical Center at Brandenburg —Joseph Fortuno, to understand what it JA Alumni Elisha M Pease Elementary High School Coyle Middle School Emmett Conrad High Schooltakes to be successfulNorth as Dallas an High School Hudson Middle School F P Caillet Elementaryentrepreneur in this country.Oliver W” Holmes Humanities/ Jackson Technology Center for Math & George Peabody Elementary —Mark Cuban, Communications Junior Academy Science H Grady Spruce High School AchievementOran Alumni M Roberts Elementary Lyles Middle School H I Holland Elementary Piedmont Global Academy Memorial Pathway Academy Herbert Marcus Elementary Preston Hollow Elementary O’Banion Middle School Highland Meadows Elementary Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle School Sam Houston Middle School CEDAR HILL ISD Hillcrest High School S S Conner Elementary Schrade Middle School Cedar Hill High School Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary San Jacinto Elementary W J Sellers Middle School Ignite Middle School Sarah Zumwalt Middle School Webb Middle School DALLAS ISD J P Starks Math, Science and Technology School of Business and Management Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary Vanguard at Yvonne A Ewell Townview Center GRAND PRAIRIE ISD Ben Milam Elementary Jerry R Junkins Elementary School School of Science and Engineering at Grand Prairie High School Casa View Elementary John Ireland Elementary Yvonne A Ewell Townview Center Cesar Chavez Learning Center Jose May Elementary Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts IRVING ISD Charles A Gill Elementary Julian T Saldivar Elementary School Skyline High School Barton Elementary Dan D Rogers Elementary Justin F Kimball High School Sudie Williams Elementary Bowie Middle School David G Burnet Elementary K B Polk Center for Academically Sunset High School Brandenburg Elementary David W Carter High School Talented and Gifted Thomas C Marsh Preparatory Academy Crockett Middle School F M Gilbert Elementary PLANO ISD PRIVATE OR CHARTER J F Townley Elementary C M Rice Middle School SCHOOLS J O Davis Elementary Mathews Elementary Harmony School of Business J O Schulze Elementary McMillen High School Harmony Science Academy - Jack E Singley Academy Meadows Elementary Plano John & Margie Stipes Plano East Senior High School International Leadership of Texas Elementary School Plano Senior High School June Shelton School and John Haley Elementary Plano West Senior High School Evaluation Center John R Good Elementary Renner Middle School North Central Texas Academy Johnston Elementary Schimelpfenig Middle School Saint Mark’s Catholic School Lady Bird Johnson Middle Shepton High School Tyler Street Christian Academy School Vines High School Uplift Peak Preparatory High Lorenzo de Zavala Middle Wilson Middle School School School Legacy Prep Mesquite West MacArthur High School RICHARDSON ISD Legacy Prep Plano Nimitz High School Apollo Junior High Otis Brown Elementary Forest Meadow Junior High TYLER OFFICE Paul Keyes Elementary J J Pearce High School AW Orr Elementary School Sally B Elliott Elementary L V Berkner High School Bell Elementary School Stephen F Austin Middle School Lake Highlands Elementary Clarkston Elementary School T J Lee Elementary School College Street Elementary Thomas Haley Elementary Lake Highlands High School Cumberland Academy W T Hanes Elementary Lake Highlands Junior High Dixie Elementary School Liberty Junior High E J Moss Intermediate School LANCASTER ISD Northlake Elementary East Side Elementary G W Carver 6th Grade STEM Northwood Hills Elementary Mabank High School Learning Center Parkhill Junior High Owens Elementary School Ramey Elementary School Richardson High School I have learned so much about money and how LEWISVILLE ISD Richardson North Junior High Rice Elementary School “ Southridge Elementary Richardson West Junior High Robert E Lee High School important it is to save for my future. I would like to Spring Valley Elementary TJ Austin Elementary School personally thank you for your contribution to this. MESQUITE ISD Westwood Junior High UT Tyler Innovation Academy JA is a great program and I hope you will continue Dr John D Horn High School White Rock Elementary Velma Penny Elementary Mesquite High School Whitehouse Junior High to bring us these important financial lessons to Poteet High School Woods Elementary School our school They are really cool! Vernon Price Elementary ” —Dallas ISD 5th grader JA PROGRAMS
JA IN THE CLASSROOM JA is the bridge between school and life for grades K-12. Children have boundless potential, but too many are never encouraged to strive for success. With the help of volunteers from local companies and the community, students are introduced to the options available to them and shown how vital education is to their future.
JA FINANCE PARK® JA is a solution to poverty. We believe that if young scholars are taught to manage their money early, they will soar through life’s financial challenges. At JA Finance Park, high school students create and manage a monthly budget based on a simulated persona.
JA BIZTOWN® JA prepares studentsJA Standard for real life. Nothing leaves a lasting impression quite like experiential learning. At JA BizTown, JAfifth is theand bridgesixth grade between students school spend & life.a day Children in the shoes have of boundless CEOs, CFOs, potential - but too many are never employees, electedencouraged officials, to and strive consumers. for success. The experienceWith the help of being of volunteers from local companies, students are an adult for a dayintroduced inspires them to the to optionsdream bigger! available to them & shown how vital education is to their future.“After my trip to JA Finance Park I learned a lot of things necessary for success in my future, I also JA Finance Park® talked with an amazing volunteer who informed me of the JA is a solution to poverty. We believe if young scholars are taught to manage theirreal world.money I amearly very glad that I had the opportunity to - those students will soar through life’s financial challenges. AtJA Finance Park®experience, high school what I got from JA Finance Park because students create & manage a monthly budget based on a simulated persona. now for the future I know to set a budget and to try and live by it. Rather than to just JA BizTown® spend money.” JA prepares students for real life. Nothing leaves a lasting impression quite like experiential —Student, Conrad High School learning. At JA BizTown®, sixth grade students spend a day in the shoes of CEOs, CFOs, employees, elected officials, & consumers. The experience of being an adult for a day inspires them to dream bigger! JA EVENTS
Top Fundraising Team at the 30th JA Bowl-A-Thon: Huffines Communities celebrating the JA Bowl-A- Top Fundraising Team from AT&T poses with Enaxis girls just Spare Clowns from Huffines Communities! Thon, including JA Board Member Phillip Huffines JA Board Member Corey Anthony having fun!
BKD having some good old Western fun at Swing for JA Presenting Sponsor: CitiGroup, Legacy Texas Employees enjoying the 5th Student of the Year Jaylen Freeman the JA Birthday Bash! including JA Board Member Jason Cramer Annual Swing for JA as Empower Sponsor talks about impact JA had on his life
Event Emcee Scott Murray and 2019 Laureates - Bobby B. Lyle accepting on behalf Student hugs Mitch Hart before 2019 Laureate John C. Goff accepts his award student introduce speaker of Edwin L. Cox, Milledge A. Hart, III, John C. Goff he accepts award JA YES BOARD Adam Arikat Katie Manning Charles Sorbello, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Atmos Energy Treasurer J.P. Morgan Chase & Co Ray Butler Tara Miller USI Insurance Services Tara Miller Services April Talley Charles Schwab “Junior Achievement allows you to Ashley Campfield, Chair Bosque Moore impact a student’s life outside of what Wells Fargo Bank Oncor Anthony Watson you would do in a classroom. As my Tolleson Wealth mentee, I talk to Jakayla about what Matt Carroll, Chair-Elect Tunde Onwukeme Management entrepreneurship looks like inside Frost Bank of a non-isolated school setting.” Anna Pullen —Brad Chapman, JA Mentor Kasey Daniels Baylor Scott & White Health Comerica Lauren Quam Taylor Deves Bank of Texas IBM Ami Shah Libby Fanini, Secretary RealPage IMA Financial Group Hear full story at Tyler Shelton youtube.com/jadallas1954 Zach Hunter AT&T PlainsCapital Bank JA STAFF Jake Cook ADMINISTRATION Development Assistant Jan Murfield President EDUCATION Marsha Dean Laura Y. Hyatt Business Operations Manager Vice President of Programs & Education Anna Liberty Data Manager Caroline Cannon Senior Education Manager Tamiko Stenline Executive Assistant Lisa Foster Education Manager DEVELOPMENT Keshia Bruno Chad Kauffman Education Manager Chief Development Officer Amanda Ramirez Nancy Baumgarten JA BizTown® Manager Caroline Cannon, Senior Education Manager Vice President of Business Development Joe Luna Leah Chapman JA BizTown® Coordinator “ Always so grateful for the good works of Junior Marketing & Communications Director Jordyn Singer Achievement – our schools truly love the experiences you provide. Just recently when KPMG did JA in a Jasmine Seldon Volunteer Coordinator Day at Martha Turner Reilly a few weeks ago, I heard Development Manager Sharon Hale rave reviews from students, teachers, the principal Education Assistant Nikki West and the KPMG lead Debra Chism. Your efforts Development Manager Kathy Parks make a difference in the lives of our students. Paige Rogers Education Assistant It’s a partnership we truly value! ” Special Events Manager — Jane Didear, Dallas ISD THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS The JA Partners listed below have generously volunteered resources to provide JA curriculum to students. DALLAS ORGANIZATIONS Beck Group Community Volunteer - Dallas Garland Independent School Katherine Stephens Elementary Accenture, plc BKD, LLP CommunityBank of Texas District KPMG LLP ACE Cash Express Blue Cross and Blue Shield Coyle Community Goldin Peiser & Peiser, LLP Kriti Web Solutions AdviCoach BOK Financial Coyle Middle School Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Lake Highlands High School AIG Bottom Line 3 Marketing Inc. Credit Union of Texas Grant Thornton LLP Lake Highlands High School Allianz SE Bowl & Barrel Dallas Association of Financial Green Bank Heroes Ally Servicing Brandenburg Community Professionals Harley-Davidson Financial Lanier Community ALM First Financial BTH Bank Dallas Capital Bank Services, Inc. Launch Lesson Volunteers Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Bussey Community Dallas Independent School Harmony School of Business LegacyTexas - Grapevine Park Amadeus Cadence Trust & Asset District Harmony School of Business LegacyTexas Bank Grapevine Amegy Bank Management Deloitte & Touche LLP High School Heroes Main St American Airlines Group Inc. CAGE Inc. Dickey’s Barbeque Pit Herfurth Elementary LegacyTexas Bank Plano American Bank of Commerce Capgemini North America East West Bank Hewlett-Packard Company LegacyTexas Bank American Honda Finance Capital Institutional Services Inc Elevate Hilti North America LegacyTexas Bank Renaissance Corporation Capital One Financial Ernst & Young LLP Holland & Knight Square American National Bank of Texas Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation Hudson Community Lennox International AMN Healthcare Cathay Bank Eyemart Express Husch Blackwell Lyles Community AppDynamics CDW Corporation Fannie Mae Hyundai Capital America Lyles Middle School Armanino LLP Charles Schwab Corporation FedEx Office IBERIABANK MacArthur High School AT&T Foundation CiCi’s Pizza FHL Bank IBM MacArthur High School Heroes AT&T Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. FHLBank Dallas Ignite Community Mariner Wealth Advisors Atmos Energy Corporation CitiGroup Inc. Financial Planning Association of IMA Financial Group, Inc. Mathews Community Austin Academy Community Citizens Bank Dallas/Fort Worth Imprimis Group MoneyGram Foundation Austin Industries City of Garland First Convenience Bank inTelesystems MoneyGram International B H Freeman Elementary City of Rowlett Meadowknoll Banking Center Jack E Singley Academy High Mr. Cooper Bank of America City of Sachse First Guaranty Bank School Heroes Mutual of Omaha Bank Bank of America Corporation Classical Center at Brandenburg First United Bank Jackson Technology Community Navy Federal Credit Union Bank of America Merrill Lynch CNA International - Southern First United Bank - McKinney JPMorgan Chase & Co. Nimitz High School Bank of Texas Zone First United Bank-Dallas Junior Achievement of Dallas, Nimitz High School Heroes BB&T Corporation Coca-Cola North America Flowserve Worldwide Inc. Nokia Corporation BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc. Coca-Cola Refreshments Headquarters Junior Achievement USA North Dallas Bank & Trust Co. BDO USA, LLP Comerica Bank Franklin American Mortgage Co. Justin F Kimball High School North Dallas Community Bible Beal Service Corporation Commonwealth Business Bank Free Range Concepts LLC Justin F Kimball High School Fellowship - Dallas Frost Bank Heroes O’Banion Community O’Banion Middle School Southwest Airlines Company University of Texas at Dallas TYLER ORGANIZATIONS Suddenlink Oncor Spencer Fane LLP USI Insurance Services Altra Federal Credit Union Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Open Bank State Farm (USI Southwest) Austin Bank Trane/Ingersoll Rand Origin Bank State Farm Mutual Automobile UT Southwestern Medical Center Bank of Tyler Twistted Root Burger Co. OverShare Advice and Planning Insurance Company Valtegra Group LLP BTH Bank, Tyler Tyler Junior College LLC Strait Capital Veritex Community Bank Garland Capital One Financial Tyler Police Department’s Pegasus Bank Sunset High School Vines High School Corporation Divisions Community PepsiCo, Inc. Sunset High School Heroes Vines High School Heroes Cavender’s Boot City Response Unit PlainsCapital Bank TBK Bank Vizient Community Volunteer - Dallas UT Tyler Poteet High School TDECU W H Adamson High School Community Volunteer - Mabank UT Tyler University Academy Poteet High School Heroes Telemundo 39 W H Adamson High School Community Volunteer - Tyler High School Heroes Provista Texas Health Resources Heroes Community Volunteer Lindle Woodforest National Bank Quest Capital Management Texas Instruments, Inc. W T White High School Early College High School Woodforest National Bank, Tyler Rayboy Insider Search Thanksgiving Tabernacle Bible W T White High School Heroes Early College High School RealPage Fellowship Wallis Bank Heroes Regions Financial Corporation The AYCO Company, L.P. Washington Federal Gaston & Lindley Rent-A-Center The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano Webb Community Henry & Peters PC Richardson High School Third Coast Bank SSC Webb Middle School Henry Dennard Personal Richardson High School Heroes Thomson Reuters Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Financial Planner Rogers Healy and Associates TIAA Wells Fargo Bank Jacksonville High School Heroes Saint Mark’s Catholic School Tokio Marine America Insurance Wells Fargo Dealer Services John Soules Foods Saint Mark’s Community Co. Whiskey Cake John Tyler High School Salesforce Tolleson Wealth Management Whiskey Cake Holdings John Tyler High School Heroes Sam Houston Community Toyota Financial Services White Rock Community Junior Achievement of the Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Toyota Motor North America Woodforest National Bank NRH Greater Tyler Area Santander Consumer USA Travelers Companies, Inc. Woodrow Wilson High School Kelly Community Federal Credit SAP Americas TXU Energy Woodrow Wilson High School Union Saville, Dodgen & Company U.S. Bank Heroes Keystone Credit Union PLLC U.S. Trust Workday Lindale High School - Key Club School of Business and United Services Automobile Workforce Solutions Lindale High School Heroes Management at Yvonne A Association Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Middle Mentoring Minds, LP Ewell Townview Center Unitedhealth School Regions Financial Corporation Schrade Community UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Zurich American Life Insurance Robert E Lee High School Sellers Community University of North Texas at Co. Robert E Lee High School Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Dallas Heroes Simmons Bank University of North Texas at S. Southside Bank Southern Methodist University Denton Southside Bank JA HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS
Throughout the 1920s, JA operated During the war, JA Companies supported the During the 1960s, JA grew globally, with primarily in the Northeastern United war effort by managing recycling drives and the establishment of JA-affiliated Young States. Its work was lauded by President producing products, like clothes hangers, to Enterprise in the United Kingdom. Soon Calvin Coolidge. support our Armed Forces. after JA-associated organizations started in other parts of the world.
Junior Achievement was started in 1919 as Like many organizations, JA struggled After the war, JA began to grow nationally. The a way to help young people whose families during the Great Depression. Fortunately, first international JA office was established in moved from farms to the city gain the skills the business community continued to Canada during this time. needed to be successful adults. support the organization through these trying times. In the 2000s, JA brought experiential With the creation of the Personal learning to a whole new level with its Computer (PC), JA was one of Capstone experiences, like JA Finance the first organizations to bring Park and JA BizTown, when students computers into classrooms as part actually run a city for the day. of its Applied Economics program.
Today, JA is using technology to deliver blended-learning programs and other innovative experiences to nearly 5 million students across the United States. In the 1970s, JA started offering In the 1990s, JA began to offer programs programs in-schools for the first for every grade K through 12. JA also time with the introduction of its started offering programs in the former Project Business program. Soviet Union. INSPIRING TOMORROWS