2019 Report to the Community

1 Dear Friends, Doing the Most Important 2019 Next Door We had a memorable and exciting 2019 at Next Door. Board of Directors The milestone year marked our 50th Anniversary! Work in Milwaukee Bob VanHimbergen, CPA, Chair We went back to the place where Next Door was Johnson Controls, Inc. founded — Our Savior’s Lutheran Church — to launch our Dan Sisel, Vice Chair While we’ve had a lot to celebrate in 2019, one of our 50th Anniversary Fundraising and Community Relations Berengaria Development − biggest challenges is the national teacher shortage for early A Marcus Family Company Campaign. The year continued with ten more successful childhood educators. We are working hard to attract and events, nearly 100 community partnerships supporting the Bradley Jansen, CPA, CFE, Treasurer maintain staff with multiple measures introduced this year. PwC work of Next Door and a fundraising campaign raising They include raising Next Door’s minimum wage from $7.1 million to date for our critical early childhood educational Katherine Lambert, Secretary $12 to $14 an hour, offering financial support to pay back Lambert Law, LLC programs and building renovations at our 29th Street campus. student loan debt, and adding two success coaches working Tracey Sparrow, Ed.D., President with staff members to address work and life challenges. Next Door We wish to thank all of our friends and supporters — both past and present — for contributing to our campaign and Paul Bee All of these accomplishments couldn’t happen without the Milwaukee Bucks helping us commemorate Next Door’s 50 years of serving support and dedication of an outstanding Next Door team Angela Bier, M.D. Milwaukee. You can read more about the campaign on page 14. - our teachers, staff, administrators, board directors, parents, Pediatrician – Retired volunteers, donors and community partners. We thank you Jeb Bentley In 2019, we continued building strong community all for empowering Next Door year after year to do the most Northwestern Mutual partnerships to enhance the high quality early childhood important work in Milwaukee! Simone Conceicão, Ph.D. programming and family support services we deliver to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee central city families. Rebecca Cook ManpowerGroup One of our biggest achievements was the opening of Benjamin S. Cordani Next Door’s Family Success Center. The center offers a Caterpillar, Inc. hub of much-needed services for Next Door families and Bob VanHimbergen, CPA Tracey Sparrow, Ed.D. Vicky Cordani neighborhood residents ranging from basic healthcare Board Chair President Community Volunteer screenings to medical diagnoses of autism for children. Darrian Davis Our partners include Children’s Wisconsin, Maximus, Community Volunteer Medical College of Wisconsin and the Next Step Clinic led Robert Duncan by Marquette University and Mental Health America Children’s Wisconsin of Wisconsin. Mark Filmanowicz The Walbec Group Sadique Isahaku, Ph.D. Milwaukee Area Technical College Jason Klein US Bank Marge Laughlin Elementary School Teacher – Retired Molly Mulroy We Energies Tanika Murphy Harley-Davidson Motor Company Amy Rislov Sentry Insurance Wendy Schueller Baird Sean Scullen Quarles & Brady Our Mission: Next Door supports the intellectual, Quamale Stanton Policy Council Chair/Parent Representative physical and emotional development of children by partnering Barbara Wanzo Black Arts MKE with their families for success in school and the community.

2 3 To secure a strong future for Next Door, our work is Next Door will maximize philanthropy to guided by our strategic plan focused on providing the Next Door’s Strategic Plan: support our quality programming. highest quality experience to our children, families and staff. The plan includes five position statements. Year Three Achievements · Next Door doubled overall fundraising activity from Below are some key accomplishments in 2019. $2.1 million in FY18 to $4.1 million in FY19. We also doubled our ten-year fundraising average ($2 million) in FY19. Next Door will be recognized as the · Next Door launched a successful 50th Anniversary preeminent leader in early childhood Fundraising and Community Relations Campaign with education in Milwaukee. $7.1 million raised and pledged to date to support our early childhood educational programs and building renovations · 80% of Next Door students met developmental at our 29th Street campus. See page 14 for more on benchmarks for literacy, math, cognitive, language, 85% 81% campaign results. physical and social emotional development. Literacy Cognitive Development · Next Door’s emphasis on literacy and math for Next Door will be the employer of choice three to five-year-old children resulted in positive gains in the 2018-2019 school year. among early childhood providers. Our four-year-old children saw a 41% increase 81% · Next Door raised its minimum wage from $12 to $14 to offer in math from fall to spring and a 37% increase Social more competitive wages. in reading over the same period. Emotional · Next Door launched a pilot program offering financial · 75% of classrooms scored in the top 10% support to help teachers pay off student loan debt. nationally for a teacher-student interaction 86% assessment called CLASS. Physical 81% · Next Door added two Success Coaches as an additional Development Language resource to help employees manage work and life · 87% student attendance rate for the challenges. 2018-2019 school year. 73% · Annual survey results showed a 4.8 out of 5 score Next Door will leverage its assets to Mathematics evaluating how employees feel about their manager caring about their concerns, helping them learn and grow and support the strategic plan, including board Next Door will extend its reach through governance, volunteer engagement, quality partnerships. making it easier to do their job. · Annual survey results showed a 4.5 out of 5 score physical facilities, and information · Next Door opened its Family Success Center with evaluating how employees feel about Next Door operating technology. much-needed community resources for Next Door families with strong values and moving in the right direction. and neighborhood residents. The support included the · Next Door received a state grant to increase safety and launch of the Next Step Clinic — an extensive coalition security measures at our sites, like more outdoor lighting, of community partners providing mental health and electronic card readers and door locks. developmental services for underserved Milwaukee · Annual survey results show 88% of Next Door Board children and families. Directors are very satisfied with their decision to join the · Next Door completed its first year with the Leading Men board; 94% agree or strongly agree that they understand Fellowship program from Literacy Lab — featuring young the financial status of Next Door; and 94% agree or men of color working in our classrooms to gain experience strongly agree that the Next Door Board plays an active as early childhood educators and help children get ready role in developing annual goals and objectives and for school. long-range strategic direction for the organization. · Next Door welcomed 14 Marquette University · Survey results showed 97% of Next Door volunteers are students, including Burke Scholars, as Early Literacy satisfied or very satisfied with their experience at Next Door; Fellows supporting our teachers with literacy/language School Readiness Report 99% are likely to return; and 100% are very likely or likely to development for children. We also worked with Early Head Start & Head Start — recommend Next Door. Marquette and AmeriCorps to develop the 414 Fellows Children Meeting Developmental Benchmarks program, offering 30 students as classroom volunteers for the 2019-2020 school year also focusing on literacy/language development for children.

4 5 Next Door Parent Success Supporting Next Door Families

Over the past year, Imani took one more step furthering her Support Services Accessed by Families parent engagement with Next Door. She joined the Policy 1,774 Meet Imani London Council – a parent governing body of Next Door where (2018-2019) children served parents learn about agency operations and programs, Imani London says she’s not one of those parents who sit on develop family engagement plans, and evaluate, discuss and Financial Education 1,558 the sidelines of their child’s education – and she’s proving that vote on business matters similar to the board of directors. 5% families served at Next Door. Job Training 6% Parenting “I like seeing the under-workings of everything and seeing 100% “I think it’s just the type of person I am – just wanting to what’s really going on behind your children’s education,” English as a Second Education Language 24% of children attend really be involved and see what’s going on. Being involved Imani said. Next Door free of charge in my daughters’ education is very important to me,” (ESL) Training lmani said. 6% 82% of children are living in Imani enrolled her two daughters — Eliora and Aadya — Housing at Next Door in the fall of 2018. She spent their first year households at or below Assistance the poverty level volunteering in Aadya’s room every day. 8% “I would eat breakfast with the children, sit on the floor and 1,286 sing songs, play in the different learning areas and interact cases of families with all the students – not just my daughter,” Imani said. accessing support services Adult Imani joined both of her daughters for family learning events Education 100% hosted by Next Door throughout their first year. 9% of children have These opportunities allow parents to engage with their Health health insurance children in educational and interactive activities based on different themes, like recycling and holidays. Education 19% 98% of children have “Those are really fun and the kids love them!” Imani said. Emergency/Crisis Intervention a medical home Imani’s heavy involvement led to close relationships with 11% Various 136 her daughters’ teachers, who told her about another way to (relationship, substance abuse, pediatric mental engage with Next Door and advance her own education. domestic violence, child support services) 12% health consultations Imani enrolled in the Early Childhood Scholars program – a collaboration with Milwaukee Area Technical College 6 that allows Next Door parents to earn an early childhood languages spoken by credential to launch a teaching career at Next Door. families supported by staff The scholars take evening classes at Next Door taught fluent in them by MATC faculty with additional training from Next Door Through all of her involvement at Next Door, Imani says she’s staff. Imani hopes to start teaching here next year. feeling more empowered as a parent and feeling good about her family’s future. “Next Door has given a lot to me when it comes to my children and their education and the relationships they’ve built “Next Door has really made me more confident as a with me, so I would love to be able to give back to them,” mother. When my daughters come home, I feel more she said. confident to be able to give them what they need,” she said.

6 7 Meet Mariah Pondexter Next Door Alumni Meet LaParis Mondy-Walton Next Door Adult When Mariah Pondexter looks back to her early years at When LaParis Mondy-Walton discovered Next Door’s adult Next Door, visits to the library to select free books stand Success education department, she found the catalyst she needed to Education Success out vividly. get her life back on track.

“It was your book that you could take home and keep for as “I would say Next Door prepared me for life. It helped long as you wanted, read it as much as you wanted and you me cope in life. It helped me to get back out into the real 145 students participated in our Adult didn’t have to worry about returning it to the library,” world,” LaParis said. Education program in the 2018-2019 Mariah recalled. school year. Teachers and volunteer tutors LaParis came to Next Door in 2016 — about a decade after Mariah visited the library with her classmates as part of dropping out of high school to care for her ailing mother and led more than 7,000 hours of instruction. Next Door’s Books for Kids program, which collects donated to support her brothers. books from the community and distributes them for free to Next Door students to help build their home libraries. Her goal was to earn her high school diploma through the state’s High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) “I did really enjoy that program and I remember it fondly,” program. Next Door’s adult education department offers Mariah said. academic preparation and life skills development for that program, and LaParis took full advantage of the support. Mariah attended Next Door from 1997 to 1999 from age three to five. Today, she’s 26 and busy building her resume “I would come every day — Monday through Thursday. for medical school. Sometimes I would be here from 7:30 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon,” she recalled. “I’ve always wanted to become a doctor since I was really young,” Mariah said. “I want to give people a chance to live, LaParis worked closely with Next Door adult education take care of them and make sure they’re OK.” instructors and volunteer tutors on math, reading and language arts. She had a lot on her plate — juggling her school Mariah’s resume includes a bachelor’s degree from work with a full-time job, pregnancy and a Lupus diagnosis. UW-Madison where she earned a full-ride academic scholarship, a year in AmeriCorps serving in Milwaukee “LaParis persevered despite the many personal and Public Schools, and a year overseas in England earning a academic obstacles she faced. We admired her for master’s degree in Public Health at New Castle University. balancing all of this throughout her training here,” said Peter Kafkas, one of Next Door’s adult education instructors. From her studies in England, Mariah gained valuable LaParis still keeps in touch with her Next Door instructors. experience learning about preventative care strategies “I wanted to get some LaParis credits Peter for his determination to keep her She has come by for help on college assignments and and doctor-patient relationships. She focused her actual experience on track. She also worked with Kaitlin Koepke who she requested letters of recommendation, which they wrote for dissertation on diabetes prevention and started building a working with patients in described as a “wonderful influencer” and a “great motivator.” her. Their impact on her shines through her zest for life and bedside manner to better connect with her future patients. the healthcare field and Paris is pictured, center, with the two instructors. soaring confidence. thought working as an “I think as a doctor, I’ll be more aware of the different kinds EMT would be a good In 2018, LaParis completed the HSED course and “Now I’m like, ‘This is your life, you’re either going to waste of factors that affect people’s decisions about their health,” start,” Mariah said. received her high school diploma. She went on to enroll at it or you’re going to use it. So right now, I’m utilizing every Mariah said. Milwaukee Area Technical College in the Cosmetologist moment to make it better for me and my family,’” She’s working 12-hour Apprenticeship Program. She chose this field because of LaParis said. After finishing her master’s program, Mariah decided to take shifts as an EMT while the positive ways it makes people feel. one more step before medical school. applying to medical schools. “That’s my thing — I like to make people feel good about In spring of 2019, Mariah earned her Basic Life Support themselves. That touches me and makes me feel good about credential at Waukesha County Technical College to become Mariah’s dream is to myself,” LaParis said. an Emergency Medical Technician, or EMT. attend medical school in Wisconsin and eventually serve To become a volunteer tutor, She currently works for the Milwaukee-based company, the north side community where she grew up. Her goal is to become a salon owner and teach in the contact Martina at Paratech Ambulance Service. cosmetology field. 414.999.2529 or “I want to work in underserved communities and low-income communities, and be able to help people who might not have “I have little doubt that she will fulfill whatever she sets out to [email protected] the resources to get the medical care they need,” Mariah said. do,” Peter said.

8 9 Since 2015, Next Door has led a federal grant program Our Community Partners working to increase access to high quality early childhood Child Care Partnership education for Milwaukee families. Program Next Door collaborates with an extensive group of local The grant features an Early Head Start Child Care and national partners to offer valuable resources that Partnership (CCP) program with nine early childhood organizations (shown below) with 11 sites across Milwaukee enhance the high quality early childhood education In addition, the CCP program provides Next Door Family County. experience for our children and families. Advocates to help families at the partnership sites access In 2005, Next Door joined the Educare Learning Network important community resources. The advocates also arrange as the third Educare school in the country. Today, the network At each location, a Next Door instructional coach offers · Aurora Family Services for children to have medical and dental screenings. teachers individualized coaching and professional of 25 schools employs a best practice, research-driven · Bryant and Stratton College model for high quality early childhood education for children development opportunities — all to raise the quality of learning This partnership program allows Next Door to directly reach living in poverty. The Buffett Early Childhood Fund and the · Cardinal Stritch University and care in their classroom. 344 children across 69 classrooms and indirectly impact Ounce of Prevention are two principal partners in · Children’s Wisconsin 1,400 additional children at the partner sites. the network. · Clayton Early Learning Academy - EMBRACE · DentaMed · Employ MKE Partner Spotlight: Marquette University · LENA · Literacy Lab In 2019, Marquette University marked a series of ongoing and new projects with Next Door. · Marquette University • The launch of the Next Step Clinic at Next Door supporting · Maximus mental health and developmental needs of underserved · Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy Milwaukee children and families. · Medical College of Wisconsin Pathways • Developing the 414 Fellows program with Marquette and · Milwaukee Area Technical College AmeriCorps to offer 30 students as classroom volunteers · Milwaukee Center For Independence for the 2019-2020 school year with a focus on literacy/language development for children. · Milwaukee Coalition for Children’s Mental Health (part of Mental Health America of Wisconsin) • 14 Marquette University students serving as Early Literacy · Milwaukee Justice Center Mobile Legal Clinic Fellows supporting our teachers with literacy/language development for children (pictured below). · Milwaukee Public Museum and CCP Teacher Success Kohl’s On the Move • Implementation of LENA (Language Environment Analysis) technology measuring student-teacher conversational · Milwaukee Public Schools Nancy Fernandez is an early childhood teacher at La Causa interactions in an effort to build language development. · Milwaukee School of Engineering — one of Next Door’s CCP partners. She works with • Research on the Calm Classroom program working to · Milwaukee Succeeds Next Door instructional coach, Lesvia Gregory — a professional development resource Nancy says she can help children build coping mechanisms and classroom · MJ Care productivity through mindfulness instruction. always count on. · New Threads of Hope · Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee “I love it because sometimes we have questions and we · ResCare have struggles — and she’s always there for us,” Nancy says. · Safe & Sound Lesvia monitors Nancy’s teaching strategies through · School Community Partnership for Mental Health classroom observations — some of which are recorded. · Social Development Commission Foster During one-on-one coaching sessions at least once a week, Grandparent Program they discuss Nancy’s performance, student assessment tools, · United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County professional development opportunities, and anything further she may need. · University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “I’ve been growing a lot, especially with Lesvia helping me. · Wisconsin Literacy, Inc. I feel like I’m a different teacher right now, more confident and more secure,” Nancy said.

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Celebrating our First 50 Years

Total funds raised (to date) towards $7.1M Next Door’s 50th Anniversary To commemorate our first 50 years of serving our Campaign for early childhood community, Next Door launched a 50th Anniversary educational programs and the Campaign in January 2019. The campaign focused on three renovation of our 29th Street campus main areas of activity — fundraising, community relations and events — with a purpose of re-engaging long-time friends Total donors (to date) towards who were a part of Next Door at its beginnings, bringing 981 Next Door’s 50th Anniversary new community members into the Next Door family, and Campaign for early childhood increasing awareness of and supporting the highest quality educational programs and the early childhood education in Milwaukee for the years ahead. renovation of our 29th Street campus We started the year with our President’s Breakfast at the 1,576 Community members engaged place where Next Door began — at Our Savior’s Lutheran during the 11 events hosted Church — and hosted our pinnacle celebration in the Special visitors from community beautiful atrium and ballroom of our 50-year partner 135 partners including the Milwaukee Northwestern Mutual. Bucks, Boswell Books, UWM Athletics, Scripps WTMJ4, PNC Bank’s Throughout the year, we welcomed dozens of community “Grow Up Great” Planetarium, members and organizations into Next Door to provide Executive Women Intl., and more inspiring experiences for our students; help increase awareness of the critical issues related to early childhood Books donated through community education through screenings of the documentary 92,307 book drives No Small Matter; celebrate our staff’s daily investment in our mission with a picnic and a holiday breakfast; participate in the Stories shared from 50 years of history 30th year of our annual Walk for Children with a parade-style 50 neighborhood walk and block party; share 50 stories from Media coverage from CBS58, 50 years; volunteer and donate books; and join our biggest 28 FOX6, WISN12, WTMJ4, BizTimes ever Read with Me — with 335 volunteers reading to every Media, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, child at Next Door on a single morning. Urban Milwaukee, 103.7 KISSFM, Wisconsin Public Radio, Milwaukee We thank everyone who was a part of our 50th year — PBS Black Nouveau, and a feature your support made this milestone year one we will story used in Comic Relief USA’s never forget! Red Nose Day national campaign

50th Anniversary Committee Thomas Arenberg Kathryn Housiaux Jamie Morningstar Brenda and Matt Levatich Lynn Barney Dr. Sadique Isahaku Tanika Murphy Chairs Donna Baumgartner Mary Kellner Sharyn Parsons 50th Anniversary Celebration Lisa Berman Hans Kirkegaard Sue Pieper Peter Bruce Jay Koenitzer Jeanne Prochnow 50th Anniversary Celebration Jennifer Buchanan Kathy Lambert April Rechlitz Subcommittee Mary Conlon Tim Larson David Romoser Rebecca Cook Marge Laughlin Nancy Roos Community Read with Me Vicky Cordani Brenda Levatich Rev. Ed Ruen Subcommittee Susan Doyle Usamah Loveless Bob VanHimbergen Linda Groth Laurie Mahoney Craig Williams

14 15 Meet Camilla Levin We welcomed hundreds of community members as Next Door’s volunteers at Next Door during 2019. They read with Thank You to When Camilla Levin started volunteering for Next Door’s our children in the library, cleaned and repaired donated adult education program, classes took place in a choir room Longest-serving Volunteer books for Books for Kids, served as classroom helpers, Our Volunteers with students learning from the risers. worked in our gardens, tutored our adult education students and did so much more to lend a helping hand. It was the 1980’s and Next Door was at its original location We thank you for your time, commitment and service at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Camilla started coming 2,316 people, including parents and to Next Door. one to two times a week as a volunteer tutor but that didn’t community members, volunteered more last long. than 69,000 hours in the 2018-2019 school year. 200+ Volunteer Hours Bayside Middle School Equips Company Mary Ellen O’Sullivan “I very soon started coming to every session. In time, I came Jim Benefiel Bruce Beehler Debra Erickson Annegret Paas to be referred to as unpaid staff,” Camilla said jokingly. Bonnie Chmielewski Nancy Bornstein Jessica Fiebrantz Valerie Phillips Meg Fox L’Tanya Brabham Shennel French Sincere Pollard their GED. When they earned it, Camilla recalls the adult Ginny Gribble Andrea Broggy Kevin Gannon Zoe Postula education team holding graduation celebrations for them. Andrew Hope Cardinal Stritch University Juan Garcia PricewaterhouseCoopers Barbara Schwister CoreLogic Inc. Gena Gilmore Lily Regan There was one student Camilla remembers working with for Julie Cummings Girl Scout Troop #8913 Grace Rigney about five years who earned her GED but couldn’t attend a 100-199 Volunteer Hours Abigail Dobbins Kristina Gorecki Rise Youth and Family celebration at Next Door — so Next Door came to her. Executive Women International Claire Fritsche Isabel Hernandez Joe Schmitz GPS Education Partners Cristina Galliani JCP Construction Roger Schroeder Greendale Middle School Good City Brewing Rita Kehl Stacie Shaw “The staff and I went to her home, we took her a cap and Harley-Davidson Motor Company Gordon Brothers Elena Krukowski Shannon Sims gown, some gifts and a cake and had a personal celebration Holy Family School Patty Hammer Julie Kuehl Starbucks Coffee for her. It was very special to me because she came in at a Rita McDonald Bob Hirschi Lake Bluff School Erin Taylor very low level of education and she worked doggedly to get Messmer Saint Mary Madeline Janisch Jordan Lazovik Evan Tillman Milwaukee Bucks Kyle Johnson Kasey Leaf University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee her GED,” Camilla recalled. Northwestern Mutual Kennedy Lake Janice Levy Athletics Department Christine Pagenkop Brenda Levatich Steven Lewis Jackie Wales Today, Camilla comes to Next Door once a week during PNC Bank Amalia Liguori-Conneff Life Navigators WE Energies the fall, winter and spring to tutor adult education Jana Ranson Lincoln School for the Arts Rebekah Long Christine Weisbrook Miranda Spindt Marquette University Mary Ellen Luxem Abeni Wichinski students. Next Door’s Adult Education Coordinator, Janiya Swayzer Marquette University Joy Mancuso-Mohsen Faith Yang Peter Kafkas, says Camilla is one of those volunteers who St. John Vianney High School Staff Milwaukee Business Journal connects well with her students and stands out with her John Wierschem Badger Meter Isabella Montgomery Marquette University Early math instruction. Mortenson Construction Mt. Carmel Church Literacy Fellow 50-99 Volunteer Hours New Horizons Shorewood Maddie Myers Mary Coughlin Molly Nystedt Debra Newsom Marquette University “Camilla’s experience as a tutor and her ability to convey Evelia Guerrero Rexnord Bridget O’Brien Burke Scholar mathematical concepts is truly inspiring. She is immensely Gruber Law Offices Rockwell Automation appreciated by the students and the adult education staff,” Julie Hall St. Eugene School Camilla came to Next Door four days a week to work Kate Hennessey St. Monica School Peter said. Brigid Hughes Christine Standley one-on-one with adult education students in morning Mel Johnson Mumal Tunio and afternoon sessions. At the time, she was one of a few Camilla says she’ll continue volunteering as long as she can Alison Keefe University School of Milwaukee Marycruz Valdivia volunteers serving this program focused on preparing because of the high level of fulfillment she experiences on Pakou Lee students for testing to earn a High School Equivalency Camilla Levin Annie Wegner LeFort every visit to Next Door. ManpowerGroup Wilson Elementary School Diploma like the GED. Medical College of WI “Education has always been a passion of mine and I just get Ozaukee Congregational Church 10-24 Volunteer Hours Atwater Elementary School “There was a universal yearning to improve their lives, a lot of gratification from it. I always say I get more out of it Jane Pfaff especially for their children,” Camilla said of the students Jeanne Prochnow Cassandra Backus than the students do,” Camilla said. Grace Rigneym Gwen Berglind she worked with. “They were highly motivated, happy to Amy Rovin Peter Blenski be there and appreciative of any help, so it was always a Dr. Mark Rhyner Barbara Bracey positive experience.” St. Robert Catholic School Brew City Marketing Lynn Tolcott Brookfield Chamber To learn more about volunteer Karen Zimmermann of Commerce Camilla continued volunteering with Next Door when the Jackson Bubolz agency moved to the 29th Street building in the early 1990’s. opportunities at Next Door, 25-49 Volunteer Hours Judy Buchs contact Martina Stevens at Elfrieda Abbe Claire Casey CG Schmidt She remembers working with students who persevered Leah Allegretti 414.999.2529 or Associated Bank Dominican High School significant hardships in their lives while working toward [email protected] Keoni Bailey Khadijah Drame Baird Empower Retirement

16 17 Books for Kids

Creating a love of reading early on!

Next Door’s Books for Kids program works to ensure children in Milwaukee have access to books they can call their own! Through generous community donations, we distribute free books to help Next Door students and children in the community build home libraries and develop a love of reading early on. We give the books away through our Read with Me program, our Mobile Library and our weekly Community Library.

During the 2018-2019 school year: books distributed to children, 71,419 families and teachers 130 book drives books distributed from the 10,010 Books for Kids Mobile Library 1,962 volunteer reading hours 2,121 hours of volunteer book cleaning Books for Kids Turns 30!

We’re celebrating Books for Kids 30th birthday in 2020! Over the past three decades, Books for Kids has evolved into a heartwarming and community-driven program that has distributed nearly two million free books to children to help them build their home libraries.

We kicked off the celebration with a special visit from the E.W. Scripps Company and its Milwaukee affiliate, WTMJ4, and Scholastic Books. They all partnered to share a book fair experience with Next Door students where each child selected a brand new book to take home. Overall, this generous program donated more than 1,000 free books to Next Door! To learn more about book drives We thank everyone who has supported Books for Kids over and volunteer opportunities with the past 30 years. Whether you donated books, led a book Books for Kids, contact Jackie at drive, read to a child in our library or cleaned the donated 414.999.2509 books we receive, you have all helped enrich a child’s life with or [email protected] the joy and magic of reading!

18 19 Many donors make gifts in honor or in memory of those 2018-2019 Financial they care about. These gifts are a meaningful way to pay Tribute Donations tribute to their values and to help children get a strong Outcomes start to life. The following gifts were made between January 1 and December 31, 2019.

2018-2019 Operating Revenue In Honor of Joan Aker In Honor of Mary Conlon In Memory of Tom Reynolds James Giffin Dr. Isabel Bader Jennifer Reynolds Year Ended June 30, 2019 Robert Ferriday and Barbara McMath In Memory of Loren Aman In Honor of Amy and Rich Roven Benjamin and Eileen Kelly Marsha Morrow Jamie Gualdoni In-Kind Other In Memory of Francis R. Croak In Memory of Nancy Andrich In Honor of Linda Sauntmon Goods & Services 1% Federal & State Judith Croak 5% 80% Operating Revenues Amount Percentage Laurel and James Moschetz Executive Women International In Memory of Daryl Diesing In Honor of Tom and Diane Arenberg In Honor of Marni Seigle Federal & State $20,956,115 80% Mary and James Conlon Private Dr. Mary Arenberg Robert Stein Contributions Private Contributions 3,684,781 14% Edward and Doris Heiser In Honor of Kay & Fred Austermann In Memory of Susan Seigle 14% In Honor of Robert Duncan In-Kind Goods & Services 1,290,377 5% Ben and Lee Kordus Susan and Alan Carneol Jean Woodmansee Poklasny Other 274,435 1% In Memory of Dr. Alfred Bader In Honor of Sepp’s Birthday Party In Memory of Andy Feiring Baird Foundation, Inc. Augie Engelken TOTAL $26,205,708 100% Florence Steinberger Mary Ellen and Scott Stanek Heather James In Honor of Agapi Goodman In Honor of Grace, Emma, Hudson, Brooke, In Honor of Geoffrey Sparrow Angela Alevizos Ashley, Avery, and Weston Bailey Jennifer Sparrow Renee Alex Joan Aker Jamie Berger In Honor of Dr. Tracey Sparrow In Memory of Sherree Baker Michael and Rachelle Hart Vincent and Margaret Sparrow Janice Navarro 2018-2019 figures are from audited financial statements Jacqueline Ngo In Honor of Suzanne Sprenger James Papachristou In Honor of John Bauer’s 70th Birthday Alexander Sprenger of Next Door Foundation. A fundraising and community Janel Perez Thomas and Mary Pat Kirchen Benjamin Sprenger relations campaign was launched in FY19 as a part of Georgia Stergiades Michael Korducki Next Door’s 50th Anniversary. Excess revenue over expense Randy Strauss In Memory of Judy Wied includes funds pledged and designated for multiple years of In Memory of Joan Brengel Timothy and Danielle Strauss Katherine Romanski Richard and Sara Aster In Honor of Ann Gordon In Honor of John, Lisa and Alexis Wilson early childhood education programs and the renovation of Baird Foundation, Inc. Todd and Kathleen Gordon James and Catherine Wilson our 29th Street campus, which have not yet been expensed. Richard and Sharon Canter 2018-2019 Operating Expense Mary and James Conlon In Honor of Richard Hackl In Honor of Sue Ziegler–Harper Year Ended June 30, 2019 Cristina and Jeff Crogan Melissa Swartz Kevin and Amy Ziegler John and Nancy Dickens In Memory of Joan Whipp Stacy Gnacinski & Barbara Meyer Beth Mullen In-Kind Goods & Services Thomas and Ann Goris Depreciation 5% Personnel Gary and Joanne Grunau In Honor of Mary Kellner 3% 48% Operating Expenses Amount Percentage Jupiter Hills Ladies Golf Association Susan Apple Support Services Mary and Ted Kellner Personnel $11,251,827 48% In Honor of Brenda Levatich 4% Krugler Family Charitable Fund Sarah Kies Fringe Benefits 2,524,721 11% Charles and Mary Ann LaBahn Contractual Travel & Training 411,425 2% Jane Ladky and Charlie Vogel In Honor of Laurie Mahoney F. V. Lindsay Daniel and Susan Minahan 12% Occupancy 1,406,323 6% Marian and Bill Nasgovitz In Memory of Robyn Martino Supplies 2,143,095 9% Christopher and Anne Noyes Linda Bergmann George Oliver Contractual 2,940,378 12% Planned Parenthood In Honor of Barb McDonald Support Services 948,062 4% Joseph Radtke Marge Schumann Supplies Depreciation 719,573 3% Mary Ellen and Scott Stanek In Honor of Roberta Mori 9% Gloria Stanford Mark and Jill Goldstein In-Kind Goods/Services & Other 1,306,378 5% Martha and Jim Suttmiller In Honor of Molly Mulroy Total Expenditures $23,651,782 100% Mr. and Mrs. Mat Tecosky Occupancy Marietta and Richard Tierney WEC Energy Group 6% Dr. Curtis and Theresa Waligura In Honor of The Murphy Family Dee Stewart Way Travel & Training Kelly and Sean Little 2% Anna and Russel Werner Fringe Benefits In Memory of Roger Nimmer In Honor of Joan and Peter Bruce on their Portal Inc. 11% 50th Anniversary Gregory and Rhonda Oberland In Honor of NIS- Community Connection Committee In Memory of Henry & Jennie Chan Dana Herdeman Dr. Carlyle Chan and Patricia Chan

20 21 Next Door’s generous donors play an extremely Greater Milwaukee Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Schultz Gail Reynolds Mark Vachalek valuable role in ensuring Next Door students receive Thank You to Our Donors Bechthold Family Fund Daniel and Jayme Sisel Lynn and Paul Rix Vanguard Charitable - The James Lawlis Family Fund Barbara Stansberry Tchernavia Rocker Oswald Charitable Fund the highest quality early childhood education. They also Joseph and Laura Mantoan Fund Alice Jo Star Elizabeth and David Scalf Mr. Chris Engelken and help us provide a host of critical community resources Nichols Family Fund Dr. Frank and Elsa Sterner Schmidt/Kil-Bac Ms. Jennifer Verbrigghe to help families succeed. We wish to extend our sincere Randall Family Fund Studio Gear LLC Catherine Shaw and Robert Storm Margaret Wartman appreciation to our donors who represent individuals, Sterner Family Fund Melanie and Gary Thompson Kristin and John Sheehan Jay and Madonna Williams Greater Milwaukee Association Ann Marie Uselmann and Rodger Sonneborn and Zettabell and Willie Williams families, community foundations and corporations. of Realtors Youth Foundation Michael McCrea Yvette Gideon Carolyn Ziebert Without your significant investment in Next Door, Dr. Susan Gruber Robert and Ellen Venable Deborah Spriggs-Ross we couldn’t do the most important work in Milwaukee! Claire and Glen Hackmann Gilbert and Linda Vraney St. John Vianney Parish * Deceased The following gifts were made between January 1 and Hamacher Resource Group WEC Energy Group Florence Steinberger Hammes Company Jack and Hester Werner Myranda Syrjanen December 31, 2019. Paul F. and Lois K. Heiss Bonny Wesson Victoria Teerlink Family Foundation, Inc. George and Ann Whyte The American Association of Helwig Carbon Products Employees Craig Williams Blacks in Energy - WI Chapter $250,000+ $10,000-$24,999 Greater Milwaukee Foundation James and Camilla Levin Dana Herdeman Thrivent Choice Dollars Buffett Early Childhood Fund A Friend of Next Door Burns-Schrader Family Fund Joe and Laura Mantoan Mark and Jan Homan $500-$999 Deanna and Eric Tillisch Harley-Davidson Motor Company A.O. Smith Foundation, Inc. Colton Charitable Fund Dr. Brent and Susan Martin Kathryn and John Housiaux A Friend of Next Door Lynn Tolcott Mary and Ted Kellner American Family Insurance Group Hope H. Anderson Fund National Insurance Services Howard & Frankie Alper William and Marianne Arpe Mark and Sue Umhoefer Kelben Foundation Dr. Isabel Bader Sterner Family Fund of Wisconsin, Inc. Family Foundation Atkinson/Ells Charitable Foundation United Way of Metropolitan Northwestern Mutual Foundation Steven and Melanie Booth Gruber Law Offices, LLC Gregory and Rhonda Oberland Robert Jansen John Baumgartner Chicago Bostik Jon and Ann Hammes Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Sally Jarrar John Berg $100,000-$249,999 Virginia Bowen Jason and Dawn Koenitzer Park Bank Foundation, Inc. Jewish Community Foundation Danielle Bly Bader Philanthropies Inc. Joan and Peter Bruce Charles and Mary Ann LaBahn Amy and John Rislov Anne & Stephen Kravit Thomas and Elissa Bolger Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. Thomas and Carol Butler ManpowerGroup Dan and Mary Schroeder Donor Advised Fund Susie Brotz Herzfeld Foundation Robert and Linda Davis Charles and Brunetta Matthews Drs. David Shapiro and Jane Hawes Eileen & Howard Dubner Fund Central Standard Craft Distillery Payne & Dolan, Inc. Bob and Sarah Duncan Linda and John Mellowes Smith Family Donor Advised Fund Virginia John* Jerrilyn Childs Ruth Betty Zillman* Greater Milwaukee Foundation and Charter Mfg. Co. Timothy and Nancy Speaker Jacqueline and Gregory Johnson Rebecca Cook Next Door Committee Bob and Linda Davis Family Fund Milwaukee Bucks U.S. Bank Benjamin and Eileen Kelly Judith Croak $75,000-$99,999 Catherine and Walter Lindsay PNC Foundation We Energies Kenneth and Mary Lee Jacobs Crysdahl Foundation Listings Greater Milwaukee Foundation Foundation Fund Jonas and Sylvia Prising William N. and Janice V. Godfrey Charitable Trust Gloster and Yvonne Current Hitler Family Fund Quarles & Brady LLP Family Foundation Trust 111 Anonymous Fund Peter Kies and Molly Gallagher John and Nancy Dickens Advancement Committee Finance & Administration Hepburn “Bootstrap” Foundation Stacey and Steven Radke Thora Vervoren Hans and Ellen Kirkegaard Steven Dubner Matthew and Brenda Levatich Vicky Cordani - Chair Committee Herb Kohl Philanthropies Rexnord Gracia and Jim Willis Marja and Jeff Koenitzer Kevin Duvalle and Fred Lueneburg Paul and Kathleen Roller Tracey Sparrow Bradley Jansen - Chair Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation Rexnord Foundation Inc. John and Lisa Wilson Joyce Koenitzer John and Linda Meurer Shirley M. & Roger H. Schroeder Hans Kirkegaard Tracey Sparrow Jewish Community Foundation Rite Hite Corporation Foundation Kohl’s Corporation GE Foundation Sadique Isahaku Barbara Wanzo Siegel Family Charitable Fund Nancy and Michael Roos $1,000-$2,499 Krugler Family Charitable Fund Greater Milwaukee Foundation $50,000-$74,999 Linda Groth Dan Schroeder Johnson Controls Foundation Robert and Margaret Schuemann Albert J. & Flora H. Ellinger Jeffrey and Pamela Lueken Bill & Gwen Werner Fund Donald and Donna Baumgartner Brenda Levatich Roger Schroeder Laurie and Mike Mahoney Molly and Mike Shapiro Foundation Robert and Katie McDonald Ann Gordon Linda and Michael Groth Rob McDonald ManpowerGroup Foundation Inc. Dr. Tracey and Geoffrey Sparrow Michael and Renae Aldana Judith and Paul McGhee Katherine and Michael Grebe Richard and Suzanne Pieper Board Development Dan Sisel Matrix Foundation Telly Foundation, Ltd. Alper Services Tom and Anne Metcalfe Michael and Patricia Grebe Red Nose Day Fund Committee Jason Klein Lynn Nicholas Townsend Foundation Baird Foundation, Inc. Jay Miller and Donna Faw Ginny Gribble at Comic Relief USA Amy Rislov - Chair Bryce Unger Larry and Jeanne Prochnow Tritech Corporation of America John and Carol Bannen Dr. Edwin and Mary Jo Montgomery A.L. Hentzen Family Foundation Inc. Bert L. and Patricia S. Steigleder Tracey Sparrow Mark Filmanowicz Ralph Evinrude Foundation Walbec Group Bartolotta’s Restaurant Group Molly Mulroy Kristine Jensen Charitable Trust Bob VanHimbergen Jeb Bentley United Way of Greater Milwaukee Lynn and Paul Rix We Energies Foundation Brian and Robin Bloczynski Nancy M. and Douglas M. Yeager Jewish Community Foundation Mason and Julie Ross Weyco Group Francis and Anne Brzezinski Family Foundation Paul & Susan Bernstein and Waukesha County, Inc. Endowment Committee Human Resources Committee Robert and Brenda VanHimbergen John and Kim Schlifske James and Yvonne Ziemer Mrs. Franklin M. Buchta Network for Good Donor Advised Fund Jennifer Verbrigghe - Chair Amy Rislov - Chair William Stark Jones Foundation Scripps Howard Foundation Bladen and Julia Burns North Shore Bank - Sarah Kies Kathy Lambert Ellen Luby Richard and Ann Teerlink $2,500-$4,999 Lisa Cadotte and Tony Milczarek Brookfield Square Mark and Sara King Kay Austermann Rebecca Cook U.S. Bank Foundation Linda & Barry Allen Foundation CG Schmidt George Oliver Jason and Terri Klein $25,000-$49,999 Bob Ferriday Tracey Sparrow Weiss Family Foundation Thomas and Diane Arenberg Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation Outsource America, Inc. John and Patricia Konkel Lynn and Charles Barney Doris Heiser Tanika Murphy Arzbaecher Family Foundation Christin Cleaver Janice & Raymond Perry Ben and Lee Kordus Brady Corporation Foundation Tracey Sparrow Lyndsay Zwirlein $5,000-$9,999 Helen Bechthold Pamela and Jim Coleman Community Foundation Krugler Family Charitable Fund Four-Four Foundation Bob VanHimbergen Sean Scullen Joan Aker Cindy Benning Mary and James Conlon Bruce and Mary Ellen Pindyck Arthur and Nancy Laskin Greater Milwaukee Foundation Bary Morgan Kay and Fredrick Austermann Lisa Berman Cristina and Jeff Crogan Maureen Post Jordan Lazovik-Dunham and Ildy and Skip Poliner Fund Program Committee John and Maija Bentley John Brandser Julie and Sean Cummings Ruth Ritter Thomas Dunham M. Drake Breskvar Fund Molly Mulroy - Chair Dr. Angela Bier and Dr. Jimmy Kim Children’s Wisconsin Daniel and Mary Czarnecki Donald and Marsha Roecker Luke and Meike Mansfield Joan and Fred Brengel Susan Doyle Brewers Community Foundation Susan and Thomas Doyle Joanne Danforth and Katherine Romanski William J. McKearn Family Foundation Heather Erlandson Michael Carter Ernest and Sally Micek Stewart Edwards W. David and Gael T. Romoser John and Linda Meurer Kathy and Ian Lambert Tracey Sparrow Vicky and Benjamin Cordani Family Foundation Dorothy Inbusch Foundation, Inc. Rovin Family O’Neill Foundation Inc. Margaret and Steven Laughlin Mary Kellner Robert and Linda Davis Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation Carl and Karen Engelhardt Jane and Scott Schroeder Herbert Quigley and MARLO Foundation, LTD Marge Laughlin Executive Women International Bradley Jansen Mark and Holly Filmanowicz Wendy Schueller Christine Radiske Marian and Bill Nasgovitz Roger Schroeder Robert Ferriday and John & Kathleen Schneider Claire Fritsche PieperPower Liz Scalf Barbara McMath Family Foundation Heiner and Barbara Giese Angie Bier Foley Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. B. Robert Kill Jared Potter Greater Milwaukee Foundation Natasha King Wendy Schueller Simone Conceicao

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