Human connection is so important. The work you do is beautiful, and connects us to the daily world. —Gina

“StoryCorps keeps me mindful of my daily kindness impact. One kindness can change the world—one person at a time, one day at a time. —Karen, StoryCorps Corps Member

I believe that listening is an act of love too! Thanks for being the change that is needed. —Travis, App User ANNUAL REPORT 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS

STORYCORPS Annual Report 2017

Letters from Leadership...... 1 Dave Isay & Robin Sparkman Gara LaMarche

Year in Review...... 3

Memorable Stories of 2017...... 4

Supporters...... 5 mission Public Funders, Institutions, and Businesses National Sponsors EVERY STORY MATTERS Partner Stations AND EVERY VOICE COUNTS Producer’s Circle Corps Members Our mission is to preserve and

Financials ...... 13 share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. LETTER FROM THE LEADERSHIP

Board of Directors Dear Friends, Gara LaMarche, Chair Nearly 15 years ago, StoryCorps launched in Grand Central Terminal to give everyday people the chance to record Dane E. Holmes, Vice Chair meaningful conversations about their lives and to pass wisdom from one generation to the next. Michael Shuman, Vice Chair Half a million people have recorded StoryCorps interviews for inclusion in our archive at the Library of Congress— Jim Moore, Treasurer the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered—and tens of millions more have been moved by the Adelaide K. Jones, Secretary powerful stories we’ve culled from these recordings. Over the years, StoryCorps has tried to help people feel more connected, to increase hope and decrease fear, to shine a Dave Isay, Founder & President light on our best and truest selves, and to remind us all of the inherent value in every life and every story. Robin Sparkman, Chief Executive Officer Most people come to StoryCorps because they know and love one another. But in 2017, we began testing a new effort Directors to bring people on different sides of the political divide together. It doesn’t matter if they are strangers or the closest Audrey Choi of kin. We simply invite them to sit down for a StoryCorps conversation—not to argue about politics–and to get to Jane Phillips Donaldson know one another as human beings and take “one small step” toward each other.

Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg What we’ve seen in testing this new program has been extremely encouraging. Because participants are aware that Photo Credit: Wang Harvey Vanita Gupta they are speaking to their great-great-grandchildren through StoryCorps, they bring their highest selves to these Dave Isay Anne Herbert Mai conversations. While social media can often unleash our worst impulses, StoryCorps seems to bring out our best Elizabeth J. McCormack angels. We are excited to officially launch One Small Step in the fall of 2018, and hope that in the years to come the effort can help pump the breaks on the tribalism which is tearing at the fabric of our country. Scott Mitic Blythe Haaga Parker Other highlights of 2017 include: Vic Parker • 80,000 people recorded StoryCorps interviews through our recording booths, onsite recording options, or our Kim Rubey app. Jill Schlesinger, CFP® • We broadcast 57​ stories on NPR. Seventy-five percent of our broadcasts featured a storyteller from a diverse or Murray Sinclaire, Jr. under-represented group. Justine Stamen Arrillaga • Our stories were viewed tens of millions of times on social media. For example, our story featuring William Vanessa Toussaint “Lynn” Weaver was seen by more than 5 million people. Bradley Tusk • We re-launched our Military Voices Initiative to collect the conversations of service members and their families David Wadhwani who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. Emeritus Members • We launched StoryCorps DIY to help organizations learn how to do their own interview collection projects. Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley • We redoubled our commitment to our animated shorts: We’ll be producing more than two dozen animations Kevin Klose over the next two years, such as “Temple of Knowledge.” Soladay Maggie Credit: Photo Deborah Leff Robert F. Kennedy said that “All great questions must be raised by great voices and the greatest voice is the voice of Robin Sparkman Thomas A. Moore the people.” Every day we work hard to lift up those voices and to share their authentic stories with the world. Jack Rosenthal Thank you for believing in our work and for supporting our efforts. *Board as of May 2017

Dave Isay, Founder & President Robin Sparkman, CEO

1 MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

Dear Friends,

Has there ever been a time when the work of StoryCorps is more important to hold aloft the most cherished American ideals?

In 2017 we saw a resurgence of white supremacy at Charlottesville; fierce debates on immigration; children once again mowed down by a school shooter, this time in Parkland, Florida; lives destroyed by opioid abuse all across the American heartland.

Our country is more divided than ever, and too many of us are talking past one another and increasingly failing even to recognize one another’s common humanity, whatever our political differences.

StoryCorps points a way out of this dangerous spiral. An America where we listen to one another across bridges of experience, identity, and ideology.

You may stop for a moment and think about the travel ban on immigrants from certain countries when you hear the story of Philip, an Iraqi translator who Gara LaMarche worked with Americans in the Iraq war … ICE raids and deportations when Aiko and Roy Ebihara recall their time in deportation camps for Japanese Americans during the Second World War.

The toll of gun violence is inescapably real when Tom and Terry Sullivan talk about their son Alex, killed in the Aurora theater shooting while attending a showing of the latest Batman movie on his birthday–something he’d done every year, and which his parents continue to do in his memory each year.

And the grim cost of opioid addiction comes through when two Knoxville nurses, Carla Sanders and Kyle Cook, share their story of the sharp increase they’ve seen in babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, a condition marked by tremors and constant shaking in babies who experience withdrawal. Over the past decade, the incidence of babies born with NAS in their state has risen nearly ten fold.

We can’t deal with America’s challenges without listening to one another, and can’t overcome the gulfs in our society without working together. Besides its day-in, day-out work of capturing voices and stories too often This is a powerful program that unheard, StoryCorps is also launching One Small Step, to encourage Americans to spend time talking with someone whose politics are different from theirs. I’ve listened to for years. I believe in connecting humanity and this is In such small steps–in the work that StoryCorps has done for almost 15 years now–the promise of a better future lies. Thank you, on behalf of my colleagues and I who are proud to serve on the StoryCorps board–for the a significant means to do so. I truly generous support you provide to make this vital work possible. “ value StoryCorps! —Jennifer

Gara LaMarche, Board Chair 2 YEAR IN REVIEW 2017

StoryCorps Signature 10 Mobile Stops Interviews App Interviews Interview Participants in 2017 3,773 in 2017 34,506 in 2017 76,199 in 2017 Las Cruces, NM Providence, RI Number of StoryCorps signature interviews Number of app interviews recorded and Number of people who took part in a San Antonio, TX Burlington, VT facilitated and recorded in 2017 shared in 2017 StoryCorps interview in 2017 Nashville, TN Buffalo, NY

73,710 All Time 157,222 All Time 445,832 All Time Washington, DC Pittsburgh, PA Number of StoryCorps signature interviews Number of app interviews since 2015 Number of people who took part in Baltimore, MD Columbia, SC since 2003 interviews since 2003

ONE SMALL GOOGLE STORYCORPS STEP HOME DIY Almost everyone who has In 2017, StoryCorps partnered After 15 years of working closely recorded a StoryCorps with Google to deliver with community partners, in interview has done so to StoryCorps stories via smart- 2017 StoryCorps created a thank and honor a loved one. But in 2017, a time speaker devices like Google Home, triggering do-it-yourself set of multimedia resources to of national divide and discord, we began asking collections of our most universal stories with a help organizations develop their own interview people with different political viewpoints to simple voice command. With nearly a quarter collection projects. These guides offer crucial record StoryCorps interviews with each other. of all Americans using a smart-speaker device, tools to promote listening, build an archive, We’re calling it One Small Step: a project to StoryCorps voice commands like “tell me a love create dynamic public programming, and partner help people get to know each other as human story” and “tell me a story about gratitude” are with community organizations. beings and remember our common humanity. helping reshape the way people interact with audio in their homes. 482 organizations in 2017 Learn more and help us take Number of libraries, museums, and other 16 collections in 2017 one small step toward one Collections of stories based on themes like organizations that participated in pilot year holidays, emotions, and unheard voices another. 26+ states in 2017 “Hey Google. Tell me a States that used StoryCorps DIY, including StoryCorps story.” New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois, and California

3 PLAYLIST | SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE STORIES OF THE YEAR

William “Lynn” Weaver Johnny Holmes & Christian Picciolini Being Human, There or Here Tom Sullivan and Terry Sullivan

In 1964, Dr. William “Lynn” Weaver was one In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of Although it’s hard for him to imagine now, On July 20, 2012, a gunman shot and killed of 14 black teens who integrated West High security at a high school in Blue Island, when Philip, an Iraqi interpreter who worked 12 people in a packed movie theater in School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Weaver Illinois, where he met Christian Picciolini, a with the U.S. Army, first took the post, he Aurora, Colorado. One of the victims was also integrated the school’s all-white football teenage student who was the leader of a didn’t consider how dangerous it would be. In Alex Sullivan. He was celebrating his birthday team, along with other black players, including local neo-Nazi group. Christian was involved this podcast, Philip talks about his time with at the movies that night—something he had his older brother, Stanley. At StoryCorps, he for eight years before he renounced the the military, through a conversation he has done since he was a small child. Alex and a spoke about what it was like to play for the movement’s racist principles. He credits with the U.S. Army sergeant who sponsored group of friends planned to see a midnight West High School Rebels, his experiences in Johnny with being the person who helped his immigration. He also speaks with his showing of the latest Batman film, just as he the classroom, and how difficult it was for him turn him around. Christian and Johnny came nephew and recalls his years-long struggle to turned 27. Five years later, his parents, Tom to get a quality education there. to StoryCorps to remember how it happened. reunite with his family, whom he had to leave and Terry Sullivan, sat down at StoryCorps to Listen to the Story. Listen to the Story. behind in Iraq. remember him. Listen to the Podcast. Listen to the Story.

TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN Aiko & Roy Ebihara Carla Saunders & Kyle Cook Tom’s War

Last year marked 75 years since President Kyle Cook and Carla Saunders are neonatal After being drafted in 1969, Tom Geerdes In 2017, StoryCorps released: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order nurse practitioners at East Tennessee served as an army medic in the 11th Armored 9066, which authorized the internment Children’s Hospital in Knoxville. They spent Cavalry in Vietnam and Cambodia. Like broadcasts of Japanese Americans. Roy Ebihara was years caring for infants, but when the opioid many veterans, he returned home a changed 57 8 years old at the time, living in Clovis, crisis began in 2010, their jobs changed in man. At StoryCorps, Tom shared his long New Mexico. He watched as his town new podcasts ways they never anticipated. Over the past journey toward healing with his daughter, 50 grew increasingly hostile toward its small decade, the incidence of babies born with Japanese community. Roy’s family was Hannah Campbell. All of our broadcasts, podcasts and among the first to be forcibly removed neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) has Watch the Animation. hundreds of stories available on from their home. Roy’s wife, Aiko, was risen. Kyle and Carla came to StoryCorps to storycorps.org. also interned along with her family. At remember how this affected their patients StoryCorps, they reflect on the days leading firsthand. up to their internments. Listen to the Story Listen to the Story. 4 SUPPORTERS

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The Producer’s Circle is a dedicated group of StoryCorps donors who provide critical support for our mission by contributing $1,200 or more annually. Members of the Producer’s Circle play a leading role in helping StoryCorps grow into a timeless American institution.

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McGill Charity Muldoon Jim Ostrem Jenny Quenard Victoria Rossetti Chris Lopez Jim McIntire Andrew Mullen Susan Oviatt Joan Rachlin Sharon Rostosky Mark Loren Amy McIntosh & Jeffrey Toobin Laura & Craig Mullins Joyce Owen Kim Ramsey-White Marilyn & Brian Rothberg Christine Lorenz Faith & Betram McKeithen Kristi Multhaup In Paik Mark Randall Michael Rothschild Samuel Losh Margie McKenzie Kana Muraki Parker Palmer Kara Lynn Rankin Samantha Rounsavell Cynthia & Michael Loui Megan McKinnon Katherine Murphy Brett Palmiero Jyothi Rao Cameron Rowland Lung Louie Candace McLallen Cookie Murphy-Pettee Maria Papakirk Neda Ratanawongsa Pat Rowlett Margaret Low & Kinsey Wilson The Reverend William P. McLemore Joynal Muthleb Woodrow Paradis Mary & Bill Ratner David Royer Janice Lower Bruce McNamer William James Myers Mia Park Janet Rauh Lynn Rozental Beth & Roy Lubetkin Angela McPherson Claude Nagamine Karen & Richard Parker Timothy Rauwald Elory Rozner Timothy Luca Marilyn McPhie Patti Nagle Susan Pasarow Michael Raymond Cynthia H. Rudolphi Amy Luek Kevin McSpadden David Nagusky Kathleen Pasetty Nancy L. Reed Lisa Rummler Aubrey Lurie Ermagene McSwain Peter Nagusky Patricia Pasick Mary Reese Michael Runnels Jack S. Lusk Georgia & Raymond Meacham Robin Nakabayashi Patricia Patek Daniel Reidy Marie Russell Holland & K.C. Lynch Laura Meade Peter Nakada & Ellis Wood Patientco Holdings, LLC Margaret Reiff Kelly Russo James & Margot Mabie LeeAnn Meadows Lisa-Marie Napoli Angie Patterson Nancy Reilly Noelle Rutecki John Mackowiak Caryn Medved Lisa Nass-Romero Kay Patterson Michael Rendel Robin L. Ruth Randy Macon Monica Mellovitz Theresa Navarro & Joshua Chow Shannon Paul John & Ellen Rendle Robert Rutherford Brandon Madden Robert Melzer Martin Ndungu Diane Paulini Caroline Rennie Josephine Ryan Mary Jeanne Madden-Hvidsten David Meyer Christine Neitzke Mila Pavek Cyndy Renoff & George Taler Lee & Cheryl Sachnoff Julie Magri Kurt Meyer Davia Nelson Cynthia Paxton David M. Reville Joni Sackett Gene Mahon Kim & Evan Meyers Evan Nelson Nelson Peck Jr. Roger & Mary Beth Reville Robert Sacoff Eugene Majewski The Meyers/Nagel Family Sasha Nemecek & Daniel Zalewski Jesse Peel Sendhil Revuluri Lea Salamoun Don Mak Linda Millar Barbara Neumann Hilary Pennington Patrick J. Reynolds Joel Saldinger Bobbie Malone Jacqueline Miller Cynthia Newman Peter Pereira Cameron Richardson Meredith Salget Sherri Mancini Ellen Miller-Mapp Nellie Newman Perez-Sanz Family Susan Richardson Holly Salisbury Thomas Mann Claire Millet Chuck Nguyen Cathy Peters Kathleen Mary Richuso Dean Sanberg Geri Mannion Andrea Mills Katie Nichols Russ Peterson Laura Ricketts & Brooke Skinner Cindy A. Sanford Dina Mansour-Cole Sharon Millsap Regina & Rich Niemiec Sandra Peterson Christopher Rigling Nicole Santiago Susan Marcinek Amy Mimouni Matthew Niznik Nicholas Petron Lara Riker Srivalli Sastry-Kuppa Andrew Marinkovich Craig & Shawna Minassian Gary Noble James Pfingsten Mark Ringswald Egan Elizabeth Sato

9 CORPS MEMBERS

Angie Saxon Amy Skepner Elizabeth Story Susan Tsutakawa Nancy Wessels-White Reginald Wooden Hannah Scaife Ada Skyles Mark Stoughton Elizabeth D Tucker Theresa White David Woodhouse Ellen Schafhauser Barbara Slagle Laura Stout Jessy Tuddenham Candace Whitehead Patty Woods Ed Schemitsch Tom Slavin & Mark Thall Jim Stratton Anne Turnbull Trent Whittaker William Woolley Elliot Scherker & Karen Gottlieb, Tom & Ellen Slovis Ben Strauss-Malcolm & Cambria Tiffany Tyler Dan Widmaier Richard Wordes in honor of Michael Steve Small Marshall Jeanne Tyree-Francis Stuart Widman David C. Wright & Cynthia Nabut Scherker’s memory Beverly Smirni Philip & Dawn Streng Michael Uihlein Roger & Judith Widmann Carole Wunderlich Bonita Schey Dwight Smith John Stritzinger Judy Ullman Scott Wild Chloe Wurr Marc Schild Elenie Lea Smith Dave Strong Chris Ullmer Louise Wildeman Mia & Jesse Wyant David Schleper Leslie Smith Judy Stroud Christy Underkofler Patricia & Jack Wilensky Linda Wyatt Susan Schlesinger Linda Smith Mary Stroupe Ross Ungerleider Benaree P. Wiley Elizabeth Wyckoff Richard Schmidt Merrill Smith L. Su Edward Urban Jennifer Wilkinson & Tobin Steers Mike Wynn & Liza Kalamaha-Wynn Adam Schneider Zac Smucker-Bryan Henry Summer Gloria & Ernesto Uytingco Jamye & McDonald Williams Annalisa Xioutas Jules Schneider Lynda Snauffer John Supera Connie Van Fleet Judy Williams Kenji Yamada Karen Schneider Shelley Sneed Manuel Susarret Cynthia King Vance Karin Williams Tingting Yang Meryl Schrantz Bethany Snyder Joan Sussman Melinda & William J. vanden Heuvel Randolph & Lisa Williams Carole C. Yeaman Miles Schuck Larry Snyder Robin Svendsen Rory Vandenberg Sheryl Williams Kathi Yearian Liz Schulte Lyndall Snyder Joe Takehara Jennifer Vander Pyl Laurie Willis Amy Yenkin & Robert Usdan Pam Schulz Rachael Solem Jill Tallmer Mary C. Vanderschaaf Dana Wills Joseph Young Marsha Schumacher Susan Soller Shiro Tanaka Marty Vannatter Sara Willson-Thacker Pietr Young Charity Scott & Evans Harrell Phyllis & Richard Sommers Jay & Rita Tanzer Kim Varey Linda Wilson Jessica Yusuf Elizabeth Scott Peter Soto Kathleen Tarantelli Matthew Vass Louise Wilson John Zachman Beatrice Seaward Kenneth Souder Joan Tarasevich Mary Vaughan Suzan Windnagel Joyce Zeiss Stella Seiders Palmer & Julia Sparkman Virginia Tarleton Lisa Velazquez Sue Winter Leora Zeitlin Ronda Seifer Walis Margaret Spernoga Mark Tarnacki Bob Vermane & Shirley Wojcik Eva Wirthlin Judith & Joseph Zeterberg Jeffrey & Sheara Seigal Jim & Carol Spicher Priscilla Tate Meriel Vessey Kathryn L. Witkowski Kenneth Zimmerman Marilyn Seiler Ann Spindel Becca Taubel Clint Viebrock Stacy Wittmann Andrea & Mark Zola Carol Seitz Jennifer Spinner & Katherine Connie Taylor Michi Vojta Janet Wolf Johanna Zorn Peter & Patricia Seldin Broadway Juliana Taylor Bernard & Jane von Bothmer Ann Wolff Bert L. Zuber Amy Selmi Dempsey Springfield Robert J. Taylor IV Naomi Wachs Katharine B. Wolpe Zena Zumeta Jill Seltzer Sarah Squires-Doyle Sean Taylor Tokie Wade Andrea Wolper Sandra Zweig Mary Seraphinoff St Bernard’s School, Inc. Sudie Taylor Tarun Wadhwa Caroline Wooden Sheryl Zwerski Maria Serratore-Gunter Gloriana St. Clair Sarie Teichman Jessica Waggner Fred Wooden Joyce Zylke Anne-Marie Serre Shelley Staddon Teresa Tennant Brooke Walis Susan Shah Shelley Stall The Center, Palos Park, IL Cynthia & Garret Walker Riyad Shamma Rebecca M. Stapel-Wax Megan Thiele Kevin & Lisa Walker Hazel Shankem Ellen Starr Cindy Thomas Thomas Wallace Lorie Shaull Esta Stecher Craig Thomas Mary Wampler Ellen Shay Alexis Steele Jennifer Thomas Cheng Wang Dary & Ray Shenefelt Kate Stein Edward Thompson Rita Warpeha William R. Shepherd III Nikki Will Stein Gayen Thompson Bill & Alison Washabaugh Tula Shook Sandra Stein Jamila Thompson Sally Watters This list includes gifts made between Katherine Shorey Herold Vilja Stein Mary Jean Thomson Barbara Weaver Sandy Shortt Aileen Steiner Robin Thorner Angelina I. Wehrkamp January 1, 2017, and December 31, Maren Showkeir Barbara Stengel Steven Tietz John Weidman 2017. We are grateful to all of our Stuart Siefer Mark Stern William Toffey Kate Weil Emily Siegel Merle Stern Chris Toft Richard Weiland StoryCorps Supporters. This list Natalie Sikka Ellen McDonnell Stevens Jacqueline Tona Tina C. Weiner Benjamin Silfen Amy Stewart Christopher Topping Jay Weinstein recognizes contributions of $100 Nikki Silva Anne Stewart Elaine Torrence Mark Weiss or more. Every effort was made to Curt Simic, Sr. Chandra Stewart John Torres Matthew Weiss John & Adele Simmons Claire Stewart Vanessa & Angibeau Toussaint Nancy & Sarah Welch ensure its accuracy; if you should find Jed Simmons Kenneth & Linda Stewart Roger Townley Beata Welsh Kelly Simon Catharine Stimpson Kathryn & John Townsend Tim Werdmann an error or omission, please contact Lainie Simon Bob Stocco Chris Travers Lawrence Weschler Todd & Betiana Simon Kristine Stoesz Helen Trilling Cindy Westley Ellen Rae Huang, Director, Special Anna Singer Julie Stoiber Nandini Trivedi John Weting Events & Individual Giving Charles Singleton Andrea Stone Andrew Trout John Whalen David Sisson LIse Stone & Stephen Heintz Nick & Mary Tryforos Stephen Wheeler at [email protected]. Ramez Skaff Sarah Stoneking Tin Ki Tsang Laraine Whitcomb

9 FINANCIALS 2017

ASSETS REVENUE $9,734,206

Cash & Cash Equivalents $1,728,141 14.9% 12.4% Investments $1,010,276 Corporate Other Income $1,450,000 Unconditional Promises to Give $5,834,250 & Fees Other Receivables $506,007 $1,206,308 Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets $99,161 6.3% Property & Equipment, At Cost $636,949 Special Events (net of accumulated depreciation) $617,142 Security Deposits $63,817 5.0% Donated Total Assets $9,878,601 31.6% Services Foundations $487,822 $3,078,606

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS 13.8% Liabilities Individuals & Major Donors Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses $362,625 $1,339,832 Deferred Revenue $115,583 16.0% Government Loans Payable $38,138 $1,554,496 Promissory Note Payable $762,511 EXPENSES $9,829,015 Total Liabilities $1,278,857 13.4% Fundraising Net Assets $1,315,484

Unrestricted $1,958,071 Temporarily Restricted $6,641,673 Total Net Assets $8,599,744 72.2% 14.4% Program Services Total Liabilities & Net Assets $9,878,601 Management & $7,093,831 General $1,419,700

*StoryCorps’ fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

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StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. We do this to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and We love your poignant, heartfelt stories. That which helps usbuild reach the another’s connections heart, between people, to teach touch another’s spirit, as your stories do, shines a light of hopethe invalue these of listening, increasingly and to weave into the fabric disconnected times. Thank you. of our culture the understanding that everyone’s —Lee and Pete story matters. At the same time, we are creating an The stories we hear shape our worldview and our character. Byinvaluable sharing the archive stories for of future generations. ordinary Americans of widely varied backgrounds and experiences, StoryCorps encourages us, even in these polarized times, to recognize our common humanity,Listen to and hundreds of stories and learn more at to feel love and respect for all people. storycorps.org —David

We believe that this is a truly amazing opportunity for any American to have a chance to leave a bit of legacy for anyone who might want to know about them in the future. —Kellyanne ”