ANNUAL REPORT 2018

1 DEAR FRIENDS, school to serve 1,758 Los Angelinos With demand for US programming at Last year marked 25 years since (1,580 youth; 178 adults) in 2018 - an all-time high, we continue to push The Unusual Suspects Theatre 400 more participants than any prior forward and bring transformative Company (US) was formed – a year in our history. Our residencies theatre arts into classrooms, remarkable milestone in our history culminated in 21 free public detention and community centers as we continued to expand our performances that were attended by across Los Angeles, and are more programming into new partner sites, 1,548 family members, friends, faculty, committed than ever to building serve more youth and families, and incarcerated minors, and community plays, building character and building work alongside our highly skilled and members. communities. esteemed teaching artists, volunteers, As juvenile justice reform increasingly In partnership, school districts and partner becomes a key priority, US remains community organizations. at the center of the conversation Since actress Laura Leigh Hughes as a thought leader. Where youth founded US as a small program detention becomes a matter designed to give foster youth a voice of public health and safety and following the L.A. Riots in 1993, we community improvement, we will Melissa Denton, have grown to provide intensive, continue to illustrate that investing in Executive Director in-school and after-school theatre rehabilitation and reintegration is key. residencies in multiple middle and Co-founder of the Arts for high schools and juvenile detention Incarcerated Youth Network (AIYN), centers as well as intergenerational a 15-member interdisciplinary theatre workshops and programs collaborative network that provides for residents in disadvantaged exceptional arts programming to help communities. build resiliency and wellness, eliminate The safe, collaborative environment recidivism, and transform the created in our free workshops, juvenile-justice system, we continue coupled with our sequential learning to disassemble the school to prison activities, proven methodology, and pipeline, offering comprehensive MISSION deep, individualized mentorship is solutions and prevention programs to working to stimulate creativity; help combat the issue. AIYN has grown develop literacy and communication tremendously in its reach, impact and The mission of The Unusual Suspects demand, and has led to the formal Theatre Company (US), a nonprofit skills; and strengthen the self- confidence, coping skills, and vital creation of our burgeoning Voices 501c3 organization, is to mentor, from Inside Program educate and enrich underserved youth protective factors necessary for our We know that youth who participate through the creation of collaborative, underserved youth to overcome in diversion programs such as VIP original theatre. prevalent family and community risk factors. are 2.5x less likely to re-offend and In 2018 alone, we expanded our these programs equitably reduce the VISION residencies into six new partner negative consequences and social sites, strengthening our presence costs associated with justice system involvement, as well as reduce The Unusual Suspects Theatre in both the South L.A./Watts area systems costs and improve public Company’s vision is a world where all and the juvenile justice system. In safety. youth are given the opportunities and fact, between our flagship Youth support they need to succeed. Theatre Residency Program (YTRP) and our growing Voices from Inside Program (VIP), we now have more programming for incarcerated, system-engaged, and high-risk youth than ever before. In total, we offered theatre-arts education and Melissa Denton mentorship programs in and out of 2 3 BUILDING PLAYS. BUILDING CHARACTER. BUILDING VOICES FOR ARTS PLAYS. & SOCIAL THEATRE BUILDING ENRICHMENT PROGRAM CHARACTER. (VAST) Shown to help students build valuable teamwork, communication & socialization skills, VAST provides in-class, standards-based residencies, wherein two US teaching artists work alongside the classroom teacher to guide students in small groups as they collaborate to create & perform short theatre pieces. Devoted to Los Angeles’ youth, US believes that there is hope for each one if given the right YOUTH THEATRE In 2018, we: opportunity and support. A majority of the youth involved in our programming live in poverty, have • Provided six multi-week, visions of futures shaped by violence and loss, struggle with reading and writing skills, and as a result, RESIDENCY PROGRAM have low self esteem and broken relationships. Our team uses the stage as a vehicle for confidence, (YTRP): in-class residencies hope, reconciliation, and belonging. • Served 628 students, including 619 Our flagship program offers VOICES FROM INSIDE In 2018, we: Serving over 1,300 unduplicated individuals through our six program models each year in Los Angeles experiential theatre-arts education underserved youth and 9 adults County, both in our school programs and juvenile detention centers – in conjunction with a county PROGRAM (VIP) • Provided fifteen 12 and mentoring to improve the well- • Offered workshops throughout and state approved curriculum developed by US – youth write, direct, and perform their stories, week residencies uncensored and in their own voices. The resulting outcomes are lasting and life-changing. being of underserved students and 27 classrooms across 4 schools VIP is an outgrowth of our 20+ years of experience working with • Served 279 high-risk and/ US engages a highly-trained teaching team — including guidance and mentorship from professional incarcerated minors via a series (including second-chance schools) teaching artists (TA), staff and Volunteer S.T.A.R. Mentors (VM) for a nearly 3:1 youth-to-adult ratio of two sequential 10-week after- in Inglewood, Los Angeles and incarcerated & system-engaged or incarcerated minors — to lead students through the collaborative creation and performance of an original play. TAs and school residencies wherein children San Fernando at: College Bridge youth. In partnership with AIYN, • Offered workshops at 4 sites VMs receive regular training on our standards-based curriculum, classroom-management, and conflict collaborate to create and perform an Academy - Inglewood, D.S. Jordan VIP’s site-responsive 12-week model including: LA County Probation resolution & de-escalation strategies for troubled youth. TAs also undergo training from mental health original play born out of their shared High School, San Fernando High includes in-class and/or after-school Sites Camp Gregory Jarvis, and social work professionals regarding the effects of trauma on youth, post-traumatic stress disorder, workshops conducted on site at cultural empathy, and child/brain development. hopes and fears. School and Vaughn Middle School. Campus Kilpatrick and Central juvenile-justice facilities, high-risk In 2018, we: Juvenile Hall, as well as David area high schools, and juvenile Starr Jordan High School. • Provided ten, 10-week residencies day reporting centers that serve • Served 401 underserved and/ teens identified by the Los Angeles “My self-confidence has gotten so “I learned that you can come together or incarcerated youth County Probation Department “My favorite part of this program much better. There’s not a lot of places with many other people that you as being at significant risk of was learning new things. I • Offered workshops across South like this one, where people accept thought you would never come incarceration. The program’s unique LA, San Fernando, Commerce, learned… coping skills; how to you, and that’s made me much more together with – people I got in fights curriculum combines standards- Watts, North Hills and Pacoima cope with my anger. It was hard confident in myself.” with, people that I cussed out. When based theatre-arts education with at: Thomas A. Edison Middle to participate, cause I don’t like to I feel that I’m going down the wrong trauma-informed healing practices. School, San Fernando High “My first day I was so nervous, and be out there like that. I overcame path and doing something bad that’s While guiding participants in the Brandon, 15 year-old School, Dorothy Kirby Center, then we started playing games and it by taking a risk, putting going to lead me back to jail, I can collaborative creation of original, YTRP participant Edwin Markham Middle School, talking about how you feel. I was think I have a family on the other side. socially relevant, uncensored myself out there. You guys (the Francisco Sepulveda Middle School, happy, and I decided to stay in school, I have an ensemble that’s gonna be theatrical material, the cutting-edge teaching artists) try your hardest Maclay Academy of Social Justice because my first day I was trying to there to support me… There’s people get kicked out of school and go back program works to stem minors’ to motivate people to be in the and Vaughn Middle School. around me that are encouraging me to [juvenile detention], but y’all guys harmful tendencies and provides a group. ‘Just keep trying’ - that’s to do something good with my life and make me feel better, so I decided to positive, safe environment where what I needed.” trying to help me be successful.” stay in school.” high-risk minors can learn to trust others, which becomes a gateway to Joseph, 17 year-old Makieyah, 15 year-old Antonio, 16 year-old other accomplishments. VIP incarcerated youth participant YTRP Incarcerated Youth VAST student 4 5 BUILDING COMMUNITIES. BUILDING COMMUNITIES.

THEATRE & CULTURE ACCESS PROGRAM (TCAP): TCAP allows low-income, underserved youth and adults to experience professional theatre together, connecting an inter- generational mix of US alumni and current students, and families to experience important cultural events often for the first time. Outings are accompanied by workshops before and after the performance to foster an active experience for all. In 2018, we: • Provided four cultural outings, taking families to live theatre shows: “Right2Recess” at Second City PARENT PRACTICA Hollywood, “Bordertown Now” “It was my first time to play with PROGRAM (PPP): at Pasadena Playhouse, “Living my son and it was exciting…I Parent PrACTica offers one-off Out” at CSU Northridge and “La sessions or short series of workshops Vispera” at 24th Street Theatre liked every single [activity] because we can share it with anybody. It’s led by teaching artists who guide US’s six comprehensive program models provide a cohesive approach to strengthening the family • Served 94 disadvantaged something you can do in the home. parents through fun and creative unit and in turn, forging stronger communities. In seeking to replace negative outcomes like teen youth and adults ensemble building games that pregnancy, gang involvement and crime with positive cycles and community engagement, US’s “The program really helped my kids There was a lot of communication are designed to teach emotional intergenerational programming decreases social isolation and increases protective factors for express themselves and be more reducing child maltreatment. Additionally, our model fosters relationship-building among families & and happiness. It was a good expression, non-verbal behaviors and communities and provides valuable mirroring & mentoring opportunities for local adults and youth, confident. They came out of their experience.” gestures, listening skills, eye contact, building a stronger, healthier, more vibrant and resilient Los Angeles. shell; not only to their cast members, conversation and social skills. but to me as well, and vice versa. Tita, PPP parent participant In 2018, we: It helped them communicate a The Unusual Suspects is proud to NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES • Provided 23 evening offer the following community-based, PROGRAM (NV): lot more with me. It brought our workshop sessions intergenerational programs: family closer together, as we did NV engages intergenerational • Served 283 disadvantaged community residents, alongside something as a family. I didn’t want youth and adults. to participate, but watching my our youth alumni, in creating and • Offered programming across performing an original modernized daughter ask me to participate in Arleta, North Hills, San Fernando, fable/morality play through an something she wanted to do, I did it, Pacoima and Van Nuys at: Penny intensive 12-week residency. and it made her happy, and at the Lane Centers; V.I.S.A. (High In 2018, we: end, I enjoyed it. It felt amazing to School) at Vaughn Next Century • Provided one 12-week residency hear my daughter say, ‘Mommy, you Learning Center; Pacoima Charter Elementary School; did great,’ and me letting her know • Served 73 disadvantaged CCRC, Volunteers of America; youth and adults the same thing, and hearing her Working Hand in Hand Child • Offered workshops at thanking me for doing this with her.” Abuse Prevention Conference; Pacoima Charter Elementary Montague Charter; Friends of School in Pacoima – Brenda, NV parent participant the Family; Gault St. Elementary; and Sepulveda Middle School.

6 7 SUCCESS STORIES SUCCESS STORIES

DESTINY CABLE: JULIO QUIJADA: An only child, Destiny Cable grew Julio, a US Board of Director and up in the underserved neighborhood alumnus, was formerly incarcerated of Pacoima. As a student at Vaughn and now works in Post-Production Middle School, Destiny participated at NBC Universal where he is in our YTRP from fall 2012 through following his dream of working in film spring 2014. Prior to her first US development while pursuing a degree residency, Destiny shared her desire in Cinematic Arts and English at West to gain confidence in herself; that L.A. College, and holds a Motion she was “scared to talk in front of Picture, Television and Stage Crafts people,” afraid they might think she Certificate. Julio is also a member of was weird. Over the course of her Mayor Garcetti’s Los Angeles Tech time with US, she co-wrote and Pipeline initiative which connects starred in two original plays with diverse student to careers in the fast- her fellow students, and gained the growing technology sector. important self-confidence she had Julio Quijada been seeking, and so much more. Fast-forward 4 years, and Destiny recently completed her senior year in high school, spending after-school TAMEKA CARTER: hours giving back as a VM in US’s two 10-week residencies at Vaughn Middle Tameka, an US Advisory Council School. member and alumna, came to US as Tameka Carter a young student, homeless and with Destiny has since been on the college few opportunities for a way out. Now, track, sharing “I did not always Tameka is a Program Coordinator at want to go to college. The Unusual Harbor UCLA Medical Center, having Suspects were part of the switch graduated from Cal State Long Beach in my brain that made me see how in 2006. Tameka has a passion for the going to college would add to my life.” arts and seeing youth realize their And when she does go off to college, potential and worth. Destiny will become the first in her family to do so.

Destiny Cable

US ALUMNI US strives to take our services to the next level by offering a free program for youth who have participated and completed a program with US. The goal is to build on the relationships formed during the workshops and offer support services to alumni members by linking them to postsecondary resources within their community. From providing recommendation letters, to including alumni on professional theatre outings, to internship opportunities, we aim to help our youth reach their goals whatever they may be.

8 9 UNUSUAL SUSPECTS PARTNERS UNUSUAL SUSPECTS PARTNERS

COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS 100% of our participants are from low-income families in Los Angeles County with the majority living in South Los Angeles, Pacoima and San Fernando. A portion of the participants we serve live throughout Los Angeles County and participate in our workshops at juvenile detention facilities. There are currently 16,000 youth in the LA County Juvenile Justice System — the largest in the nation. To have the greatest impact, we believe it’s essential to reach youth where they are. That means all of our unique programming takes place at partner schools and juvenile camps throughout LA County. Dorothy Kirby participants on stage for their original play “The Secrets We Don’t Know” in 2018.

Partnerships and collaborations with schools, School, Van Nuys - Partnership for Los Angeles Schools cultural organizations, community groups --Child Care Resource - LAUSD Arts Education Branch and funders are at the heart of The Unusual Center, Porter Ranch - Arts Community Network Florence Firestone Suspects’ mission, and support our work. --The Help Group, Sherman Oaks - Los Angeles County In US’s South Los Angeles service area of Florence-Firestone 2018 PROGRAM SITES --Canoga Park Library, Canoga Park Probation Department --LAUSD Arts and Lit - Boys and Girls Clubs of Carson Los Angeles Unified School District Festival, San Fernando - El Nido Family Centers (Pacoima) 38% 57% 43% --Markham Middle School (Watts) - Star View Adolescent Center of families of local adults of households --Sepulveda Middle School (North Hills) with children are Professional Theatre Partners - Vista Del Mar have annual incomes of have less than a --San Fernando High School less than $25,000 high-school education headed by single parents (San Fernando) --Second City --Thomas A. Edison Middle --Pasadena Playhouse (U.S. Census Bureau). --24th Street Theatre School (South L.A.) “The Unusual Suspects helps pave --Vaughn Middle School (San Fernando) --CSU Northridge Theatre Department the way. They start peeling away Watts --David Starr Jordan High School (Watts) --The Geffen Playhouse the layers of defensiveness, and In US’s South Los Angeles service area of Watts --Maclay Academy of Social allow us to help them. They create Justice (Pacoima) COLLABORATORS AND a different group of youth. All these --Pacoima Charter Elementary (Pacoima) FUNDERS: th young people that are supposed to 44% 49% 12 We are proud of our 10+ years history working be “anti-social,” they start having with the following collaborators and funders: of families of local adults Watts ranks 12th out Public Charter Schools fun and working together in this have annual incomes of have less than a of 209 L.A. neighborhoods --College Bridge Academy - --Arts for Incarcerated Youth program, and that just lends itself to less than $25,000 high-school education in violent crime Network (AIYN) Inglewood (Inglewood) the camp setting. The youth will tell --Boys and Girls Clubs of the South Bay you that the time at the camp went (U.S. Census Bureau). --Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock Juvenile Detention and Juvenile Day by fast when they’ve participated --County of Los Angeles Reporting Centers Board of Supervisors with The Unusual Suspects. They Pacoima --Central Juvenile Hall --Thomas A. Edison Middle School get to express themselves. It’s their In US’s San Fernando Valley service community of Pacoima --Dorothy Kirby Center --The Los Angeles County first time doing theatre, and often --Campus Kilpatrick Department of Mental Health their first time doing something ~ --Camp Gregory Jarvis --The Los Angeles County at school that’s fun. By putting 20% 45% 18% Chief Executive Office something together as a team, of families of local adults of households with Community Partners --Pacoima CEO finishing something, and having live below the federal have less than a children are headed by --Florence Firestone CEO poverty line high-school education single parents --Pacoima Community Center others come see it, I’ve seen the --Los Angeles Unified School District young people who have participated --Montague Charter Academy for (U.S. Census Bureau). the Arts and Sciences, Pacoima --Friends of the Family have a sense of accomplishment --Office of 2nd District Supervisor --Penny Lane Family Centers, North Hills and great pride.” Mark Ridley-Thomas --Gault Street Elementary --Office of 3rd District Michael Varela, Probation Director, Supervisor Sheila Kuehl Dorothy Kirby Center 10 11 IN 2018, US YOUTH AND ADULT PARTICIPANTS IN OUR NV 2018 RESULTS SERVED 1,758 PARTICIPANTS PROGRAM GAINED 21ST CENTURY When we reflect on the outcomes of those who participate in our programs, who then go on to graduate, gain employment, contribute to their communities and break AT OVER 20 SITES CAREER & LIFE, LEARNING & generational, systemic cycles of poverty, the benefit of our work stands strong. INNOVATION SKILLS. VIA 753 WORKSHOPS Increased Social Skills and CULMINATING IN 21 FREE PUBLIC Critical Thinking by 28% PARTICIPANTS IN OUR YTRP AND VAST PROGRAMS PERFORMANCES Managed stress in positive ways GAINED 21ST CENTURY CAREER & LIFE, LEARNING & ATTENDED BY 1,548 AUDIENCE MEMBERS 70% INNOVATION SKILLS. Problem Analysis Increased Social Skills and Increased in Collaboration, of VAST participants Productivity by 35% Communication and Critical shared they learned new Thinking by 36% skills that they are using at Felt they did better in school school or work. Improved in public speaking Managed stress in positive ways Writing & revising 91% 82% Understood & shared feelings of core program of core program of others Problem Analysis participants improved participants reported their vocabulary score. an increased feeling of self-confidence

THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF ARTS 100% 100% PROGRAMS LIKE US’S ARE CLEAR of parents participating MENTORSHIP EDUCATION INCARCERATION of incarcerated minors in NV agreed: “I am in our YTRP agreed: a better parent” as a At-risk youth often don’t have access Levels of education have been Many youth end up returning to prison to adults who model healthy relational correlated with issues of poverty, if not provided real opportunity for “I learned to respect result of the residency. people that are and communal behaviors. The benefits income and crime. Youth who reform while there. Numbers among of healthy relationships formed successfully complete our programs youth who participate in arts programs different than me.” between mentors and mentees in are more likely to perform well while in like ours compared to those who do conjunction with arts programming are school, go on to graduate and not are staggering. both immediate and long-term. attend college. YTRP PARTICIPANTS AT DOROTHY KIRBY DETENTION CENTER REPORTED 82%

80% of incarcerated of YTRP participants minors increased expressed: “I learned 46% their ability to 58% manage emotions in MORE4 LIKELYx 80% the benefits of positive ways. collaborative decision 46% of at-risk youth mentored are An at-risk student involved in the The rate of re-incarceration making.” less likely than their peers to start arts is four times more likely to is 58% lower for those who using illegal drugs and 27% less be recognized for participate in arts programs. 12 likely to start drinking academic achievement 13 EVENTS EVENTS

Actress/Supporter Rachel Bloom The Unusual Suspects 10th Annual: Be Unusual Gala was held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel empowering the audience. in Downtown Los Angeles and raised close to $200,000 towards furthering its mission! Honorees Tiffany Haddish and Teaching Artist Zach Brown were honored on May 8 as Board Member and Host Melissa Peterman entertained 250 VIP guests for an evening of laughs and theatrical performance, and educated an audience of sponsors such as Netflix, Paramount, Comcast NBC Universal, CBS Entertainment Diversity & Inclusion, HBO and more on our critical cause.

14 15 IN THE NEWS US GUEST STARS

TIFFANY HADDISH NAMES THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS HER CHARITY OF CHOICE US was proud to see Tiffany Haddish name The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company as her charity of choice in Variety magazine’s October 9, 2018 “Power of Women: Los Angeles” issue. As a foster child whose confidence and love for performing blossomed when she attended an improv class for at-risk kids, Tiffany knows first- hand the transformative power the arts can have. Introduced to The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company by Sara Scott, US Board Chair and Senior Vice President of Development & Production at Universal Pictures, Haddish immediately was hooked on The Unusual Suspects’ program. “This needs to be everywhere,” she says. “Because a lot of schools are cutting out drama and things where you learn Supporter and Actor/Filmmaker to have a voice.” Malcolm M. Mays with fellow As Haddish says in Variety, a high- Page Play Readers before a quality, mentorship theatre-arts Dorothy Kirby Center Page education program like The Unusual Play Performance. Suspects “would have meant the world to me. I definitely would not have been in as much trouble as I was in school. It teaches you when to do something — and when not to.” ACTOR/FILMMAKER Page Play readers who have MALCOLM M. MAYS regularly stopped by to lend their AWARDS Tiffany has worked directly with The talent include: The Unusual Suspects is proud Unusual Suspects’ youth participants LENDS SUPPORT TO THE “Communication is the key to everything, and a lot of times kids are to be nationally recognized for its through our Youth Theatre Residency UNUSUAL SUSPECTS • Victor Williams told that you are supposed to be seen, not heard. When you’re saying work in several areas within the Program, our flagship practicum • Ben Garant to them, ‘Hey, we want to see you, and hear you’, that can change The Unusual Suspects is honored to arts including juvenile justice. where US’s Teaching Artists, • Nancy Carell Volunteer Mentors and program staff somebody’s whole existence.” be supported by a roster of talent • 2000 National Juvenile • and more. provide 10 weeks of after-school including talented actor/filmmaker Justice Award playwriting workshops and 10 weeks -Tiffany Haddish Malcolm M. Mays who lends his time • 2008 National Arts of performance workshops to middle- and financial generosity to our cause. and Humanities Youth and high-school youth in the most Program Award underserved communities. Tiffany was • 2013 Otto Rene Castillo also honored at our 10th Annual Be Award of Political Theatre Unusual Gala.

16 17 WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS THAT HAVE --Robert and Lori Bernstein --Ed Harris and Amy Madigan --Mary Fairman CONTRIBUTED TO FUND OUR WORK OVER THE YEARS... THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS GENEROSITY! --Robert and Meghan White Skinner --Elizabeth An --Mary Haft --Robert and Nancy Wallan --Elizabeth Breitner --Mary Ramos --Roderick Spencer and Alfre Woodard --Elizabeth Craft and Adam Fiero --Matt Adler LEADING SUSPECTS ($300,000+) --The Ray Charles Foundation --Wanda Sykes and Alex Niedbalski --Roma Maffia --Emily Deschanel --Matthew Gloin --California Arts Council --The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation --Jason Blum --Scripps Networks Interactive --Eric Emery --Matthew McGorry --Johnny Carson Foundation --Thomas and Leslie Reed --Brigitte Hanson --Sean Smith and Carter Covington --Erica and Kenny Messer --Max Jong --The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation --Wendy Garen --Sydney Kamlager-Dove --Shirlee Berger --Erik Baiers --Meisha and Brian Rainman --Ralph M. Parsons Foundation --William and Helen Stuber Endowment Fund --Sam R. and Lynn Scott --Sidney Stern Memorial Trust --Eveleen Liu --Mica Campbell --Weingart Foundation --Margery Tabankin --Sisters Perpetual Indulgence --Francis Hawkings and Carla Morgenstern --Michael Grizzi SUPER SUSPECTS ($10,000+) --Nigel Boyd --The Franklin Cole Foundation --Frank Marshall --Michal Sela-Amit, PHD and Moshe Amit MEGA SUSPECTS ($100,000+) --Argyros Family Foundation --Harold R. and Winifred R. Swanton Foundation --The Hundreds is Huge --Frederick Bush --Michelynn Woodard --Angell Foundation --Ed and Diane Coghlan --Susan and Don Kang --The Laugh Factory --Gary Stewart --Mike Shapiro and Amy Ellenberger --Annenberg Foundation --Scott and Tracie Hamilton --Kristina Segesvary --Tiffany Haddish --George Dennis --Molly Hughes --City of Los Angeles, Department --Michael and Jan Meisel --TrueCar --Tim Hedrick --Glenn and Madelynne Cardoso --Monique Cole of Cultural Affairs --Slate Digital --Peter Breitmayer and Michelle Pedersen --Tod Carson --Greg Hughes --Murray Oden and Mary Ramos --Dwight Stuart Youth Fund --Barrio Action Youth & Family Center --HBO --Trevor Olsen --Guy Ruffin --Patrick Fabian --National Endowment for the Arts --Celebrity Fight Night Foundation --United Talent Agency --Healthy Start Office - Narbonne High School --Pauline Lowe --Paul and Monica Bancroft Family Foundation --Hanley Foundation (of California SERIOUS SUSPECTS ($2,500+) --Venable LLP Foundation --Heather Upton --Philip Beauregard --The Ahmanson Foundation Community Foundation) --3 Arts Entertainment --Viola Davis and Julius Tennon --Hedi Jalon --Preston and Cari Lewis --The Green Foundation --Netflix --Alexander & Baldwin Foundation --Warner Bros --Hilary Weisman Graham --Rachel Goldberg --The Herb Alpert Foundation --Kevin and Anita Smith --Angela Nissel --Watch Entertainment, Inc. --Honey Sharp Lippman --Randie and Bobby Harmelin --The Los Angeles County Department --Leonard Bazemore --Annabeth Gish and Wade Allen --Wayne Wilderson --Illumination Entertainment --Rich Miner of Arts and Culture --Michael De Luca --AT&T --Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation --Innovative Artists --Richard and Dana Kind --The Rose Hills Foundation --Ira B. and Myra Brown Fund --Bruce Cameron and Cathryn Michon --J Scott Apter --Richard Ziman --Daniel J. and Andrea Revy O’Connell --Cami and Brian Kinahan LIKELY SUSPECTS ($1,000+) --Jane Jelenko and The Honorable William Norris --Robert Brada and Virginia Reeves TOP SUSPECTS ($50,000+) --Joseph Trapanese --Catherine Brodniak --Abigail Sider and David Richard Shayne --Jason Mayland --Robert Gersh --Carol and Frank Biondi --Rachel Bloom and Dan Gregor --Cedric Yarbrough --Andrea Hutchman --Javier Winnik --Robin and Brian Christenson --California Community Foundation --Jeff Dunham --City National Bank --Andrea Rich Fund (of California --Jeff and Gayle Gerber --Roger Lowenstein --Alison Cardoso --Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation --Daniel Berendsen Community Foundation) --Jeremy Rosen and Jodi Kruger --Roger S. Firestone Foundation --Nancy and Steve Carell --Variety Power of Women --Decker Sadowski --Ann Potenza Smith --Jim and Debbie Burrows --Roy Silver --The Carol and James Collins Foundation --Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation --Elisa Rodriguez --Annie Deng --Joe Provost and Sisi Tran --Russell Bell --Elbridge and Evelyn Stuart Foundation --Entertainment Industry Foundation --Elizabeth and Kevin Weiss --Annie Laks --Joel Axelrod --Sally Fairman and Kevin King --Liberty Hill Foundation --Kevin Kane --Friars Charitable Foundation --Antoinette Trucks --John and Mary Jane Hughes --Sandy Fox --Annie and Scott Lukowski --Open Society Institute --FX Networks --Arleen Sorkin and Chris Lloyd --John McIlwee --Sarah Key --S. Mark Taper Foundation --Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services --Greenberg Glusker Fields --Arnold and Carol Sank --John Money --Scott and Catherine Curry Williams --The Brotman Foundation of California Claman & Machtinger LLP --Barbara Hughes --Jonathan Hatch --Scott Stuber PRIME SUSPECTS ($20,000+) --Paul Fallon --Hasbro Children’s Fund --Bettina Camoroda --Jonathan Hirsh --Shari and Richard Foos --Larson Charitable Foundation --Howard Deutch and Lea Thompson --Albert and Karen Chou --Bill Resnick --Joseph Schirripa and Ellen Mercier --Spencer O. Taylor --Paramount Pictures --Jackson Browne --Austin and Virginia Beutner --Brad MacDonald --Jospeh Maffia --Stacey Savelle --Shirley and Walter Wang --James Costa --Bernstein Family Foundation --Bradford and Phyllis Bancroft --Judith Shore --Stacey Snider and Gary Jones --Colin Campbell and Gail Lerner --Jamie Diamond and Jim Goodman --Bloomberg Philanthropies --Broadway Federal Bank --Judy Reyes --Stephen Christy --The Fletcher Jones Foundation --Jane Rollins --Bruce Greenwood and Susan Devlin --Carissa Stewart --Julie Pop --Stephen Hanks --Deborah Lintz --Janine Perron --Crail-Johnson Foundation --Casey Stangl and John Spokes --Julie Tugend --Stephen Nathan --Melissa Peterman and John Brady --Jeff and Lana Melman --David and Pamela Peterman --Catherine (Cathy) Scanlon --Kathy Kinney --Stephen Root and Romy Rosemont --Wells Fargo Foundation --Judith Lee and David R. Brown --Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali --Cathy Dreyfuss --Katja Amirkhanian --Steven Rogers --CBS Entertainment --June Koizumi --Hector and Carolee Elizondo --Charles O’Connor --Keith Foglesong --Susan Lee Hoffman --Goldman Sachs --Karen Kay --James E. & Diane W. Burke Foundation, Inc. --Charlotte White --Kelly and Mark Holscher --Susan Nero --Drew McCoy and Amy Aquino --Kerry and John Toolan --Jennifer Lisle and Mike Revy --Chelsea Kane --Kelly and Michael Peterson --Susanna Styron --Rhino Entertainment --Kiaran Snyder Allen Blue --John Gogian Family Foundation --Chuck and Lori Binder --Kerry Farmer --Sydell Albert --Women Helping Youth --Laphonza Butler --Kaiser Foundation Hospitals --Chuck Saftler --Kim Bajaj --Symantec --Lara and Christian Magnusen --Karine Rosenthal and Bob Fisher --Clay Williams --Kit Pongetti and Mark Stegemann --Terin Ratner MAJOR SUSPECTS ($5,000+) --Laura Zwicker --Kirsten Vangsness --Craig Mazin --Laura and David Ford --Tess Paras --Li Lu --May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust --J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath --Daniel and Diana Attias --Laura Leigh Hughes --Thruline Entertainment --Macquarie Group Foundation --Meisel Family Foundation --Dana Farner and Melissa Denton --Daniel M. Timmons --Laura Lyn Greene --Time Warner Inc. --Maile Flanagan and Lesa Hammett --Nina Tassler and Jerry Levine --Lois “Elle” Johnson --Darris Hatch --Lee Garlington --Tom and Dana Grogan --Marga Massey --Pearlman Geller Family Foundation --Leslie Frances Neale --David and Anita Fairman --Lee Ruttenberg --Tommy Hinkley and Tracey Needham --Mariette Hartley and Jerry Sroka --Reba McEntire Fund --APA Talent and Literary Agency --David and Julie Borsari --Lenore Suffness --Tony and Aubrey Moradian --McKuin Frankel Whitehead LLP --Russ and Donna Cashdan --Find Your Light Foundation --David and Rita Milch --Lev Ginsburg --Tony Bushala --Molly Cartmill --Sara Scott --Brian A Jonason --David Wescoe --Lily Yu --Trisha Simmons and Tom Velasquez --Nariman Teymourian --Satterberg Foundation --New Roads for New Visions --Deborah Forte --Lisa and Klaus Kutschke --Victoria Dummer --Nathalie Gabbay and Michael Huddleston --Stephen and Sherie Carrol --Kris Strobeck --Denise Decker --Lori Bass --Wendy and Leonard Goldberg --Not Just Us Foundation --The Flourish Foundation --Ivan Axelrod --Denise Martinez and Ben Patrick --Marc Gomes --Wesam Keesh --Patricia Pugliese --The James Irvine Foundation --Mark Gordon --Donna Etchison --Mariska Hargitay and Peter Herman --William Ho --Peter Sadowski --The Lia Fund --Ryan Jones --Doug Mand --Mark Duplass --William Morris Endeavor Entertainment --Rebecca Liebowitz --The Louis L. Borick Foundation --Office of 3rd District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl --Duane Lyons --Marshall Ragir --Zach Helm --Richard Vazquez 18 19 FINANCIALS FINANCIALS

MAJOR SOURCES OF SUPPORT (2018/2017) EXPENSES (2018/2017)

Foundation and Corporate Contributions - 42%

Government Grants - 13% Program Expenses - 81% Individual Contributions - 21% 2018 Fundraising Expenses -14% 2018 Earned Income - 21% Management and General Expenses - 5%

Other Income - 3%

Foundation and Corporate Contributions - 50% Program Expenses - 87% Government Grants - 7% Fundraising Expenses - 7% Individual Contributions - 21% 2017 2017 Management and General Expenses - 6% Earned Income - 17%

Other Income - 5%

MAJOR SOURCES Year ended Year ended EXPENSES Year ended Year ended OF SUPPORT 12/31/18 12/31/17 12/31/18 12/31/17 Foundation and Corporate Contributions $434,886 $487,682 Program Expenses $755,509 $737,404

Government Grants $129,713 $66,997 Fundraising Expenses $132,318 $63,772

Individual Contributions $214,821 $202,635 Management and General Expenses $50,368 $51,904

Earned Income $210,541 $164,984 Total Expenses $938,195 $853,080

Other Income $33,853 $46,232 *This page reflects preliminary unaudited financial data for FY 2018 and does not include FY 2018 in-kind donations. Additionally, US adopted a new accounting policy that took effect in FY 2017 impacting how awarded government grants are recognized. Total Revenue $1,023,814 $968,530 and Support $0.81 OF EVERY DOLLAR GOES TO PROGRAM SERVICES

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS ORGANIZATION STAFF

David Borsari Angela Nissel Sara Scott Melissa Denton Adrienne Shelnutt Alexa Nieblas Attorney Author / Television Writer / Producer Board Chair, SVP Production Executive Director Program Manager Development & Development , Universal Pictures Communications Assistant Russ Cashdan Melissa Peterman Hedi Jalon Nick Williams Attorney, Hogan Lovells US LLP Actor Kristina Segesvary Director of Development Grants Manager Rachel Reed Wealth Strategist, Goldman Sachs & Communications Part Time Grant Writer Albert G. Chou Julio Quijada Michael Halpin VP, Private Wealth Management, Student, Advocate Yolanda Androzzo Operations Manager Mario Hernandez Goldman Sachs Alison Sternberg Program Director Part Time Outreach Coordinator Karine Rosenthal Vice President, Investor Rafael Sanchez Annie Deng Writer / Producer Relations, Smile Direct Club Program Associate Real Estate Agent, COMPASS Realty Decker Sadowski Charlotte White Ryan Jones Actor Program Manager, Economic VP, Development & Production, Development & Opportunity TEACHING ARTISTS Allspark Pictures, Hasbro Studios Zones, Accelerator for America Jozben Barret Rich Hutchman Marta Portillo

ADVISORY COUNCIL Brittany Belinski Jessica Kowalski Monica Quinn

Marlene Beltran Cuauhtin Shereen Macklin Brandon Rachal Shawn Amos Annabeth Gish Lara Magnusen Zach Brown Robb McMillan Tara Ricasa Bradford Bancroft Rachel Goldberg Johnny Ortiz Erik Escobar Carene Rose Meketichayan Channing Sargent Tameka Carter Laura Leigh Hughes Luis J. Rodriguez Christiane Georgi Robert Paterno Monique Sypkens Ed Coghlan David Henry Hwang Elizabeth Silver Bria Henderson Carissa Pinckney Sally Fairman Sydney Kamlager-Dove Julie Tugend Catherine Holly Becky Poole Markese Freeman Deborah Lintz Kirsten Vangsness

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