ANNUAL REPORT

A YEAR IN REVIEW | 2019 “I AM TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT LED ME TO DISCOVER MYSELF AS A LEADER.” - ALUMNI A YEAR OF GROWTH AND PREPARATION We talk a lot about growth at Outward Bound, but it’s so much deeper than just the opportunities we create for students to grow. As an organization, we too need to see where we can expand our capabilities as a group and as individual members of a crew. In 2019, our focus on these strategies would unknowingly prepare us for the greatest challenge our school would face in the year that followed. Just like ‘duffel shuffle’ when students arrive on campus on day one, we emptied our bags and took stock of what we had, what was needed, and how we could hit the trailhead as prepared as possible for what was to come.

We worked with 6,339 students throughout the year, spanning 11,774 student program days. Our student outcomes report card, which has been our measurement tool since 2016, saw increases in social-emotional learning skills jump as much as 25% over 2018 and nearly 50% since we began collecting data in 2016. When combined with our commitment to delivering the Character Curriculum with our partners, used by 19 schools throughout the year, we can truly see the growth happening in the schools we work with.

We ended the year with an important milestone as we transitioned the name of our school to Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School in tandem with the launch of our new campus and offices in Washington DC. This expansion project required many years of internal planning and external partnerships to complete but we finally have a second location from which to bring our programs to youth in the Nation’s Capital.

None of this growth is possible without your commitment to our vision, your support of our relentless innovation, and your belief in the importance of Outward Bound in your community.

Ginger Mihalik Andrew M. Brooks Executive Director Chairman, Board of Trustees

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Experiential learning is at the heart of what we do at Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School (CBOBS). Our programs are committed to personal growth. Individuals stretch beyond their potential in their learning, take on new initiatives and brave adventures, and nurture a sense of responsibility for the community in which they live. Providing these programs to our 6,339 students served in 2019 requires unwavering support from our committed donors.

We’re committed to the highest level of transparency. Our organization earned a 2019-2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar, showcasing the progress and results we’re making toward our mission.

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CONTRIBUTIONS & GRANTS $2,153,226 PROGRAM $2,243,963

PROGRAM TUITION $1,188,875 FUNDRAISING $282,234

DONATED GOODS & SERVICES $30,170 GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE $341,557

INTEREST & OTHER REVENUE $74,778 TOTAL $2,867,754

TOTAL $3,447,049

NET INCOME $579,295

3 PROGRAM DATA

Our students came to us from many different trails including middle and high schools, corporations, nonprofits, and even the US Naval Academy. We remained focused on providing the most meaningful outcomes for every student— all 6,339 of them. For yet another year we spent more than 11,000 student program days in the field across wilderness expeditions and one-day programs—Insight and Outward Bound Professional.

STUDENT TOTAL: 6,339

16% 81% 3%

STUDENT PROGRAM DAYS: 11,774

55% 43% 2%

EXPEDITION INSIGHT PROFESSIONAL

SCHOOLS SERVED BY TYPE & SUB-TYPE

CHARTER: 32 38% 63%

PUBLIC: 47 55% 45%

INDEPENDENT: 30 67% 33%

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5 CHARACTER CURRICULUM BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN WILDERNESS & CLASSROOM For many of the students that we serve, talking about their ideas and experiences of leadership, decision- making, and perseverance happen for the first time on expedition. Our Character Curriculum gives schools and teachers the lesson plans to prepare students intellectually for when they will need to put those ideas to work during a course. In 2019, we served 896 Student Programs Days (SPDs) with the curriculum which was a 49% increase over 2018.

For nearly three years, our team has been using a 19-question survey designed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This tool uses pre- and post-course responses from students to measure change within a defined social emotional skill set. The data below expresses the cumulative change of all our expedition students in 2019. Totals reflect the average scores of all students’ responses on a 7-point scale.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS

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EMOTIONAL SELF-EFFI- CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROBLEM-SOLVING PERSEVERANCE CACY

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TOTAL PARTNERS USING CC TOTAL LESSONS DELIVERED

6 OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

PUBLIC & CHARTER SCHOOLS Gilman School Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) ACCE Academy for College Landon School and Career Exploration Loyola Blakefield Travis Manion Armistead Gardens EMS Mercy High School Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Acad. Augusta Fells Savage Ins of Visual Arts Norfolk Academy Wilderness Leadership & Learning, Inc. Baltimore City Public Schools Park School of Baltimore World Trade Center Institute Baltimore Collegiate School For Boys Roland Park Country School Y of Central Maryland Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust Saint Francis of Assisi Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School Sisters Academy of Baltimore CORPORATIONS City Neighbors Charter School 1 St. John’s College High School Baltimore Gas & Electric Company City Springs EMS St. Paul’s School Bon Secours Health System Commodore John Rodgers EMS School The Bryn Mawr School for Girls Constellation, An Exelon Company ConneXions Community Based Arts School Waldorf School of Baltimore Harkins Builders Cross Country EMS Washington International School T.Rowe Price Dickey Hill EMS The Leadership Digital Harbor High School HIGHER EDUCATION Under Armour, Inc. East Baltimore Community School at Henderson-Hopkins John Hopkins Carey Business School Frederick Douglass High School Johns Hopkins University GOVERNMENT General James Gholson Middle School Johns Hopkins University Technology Ventures Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Green Street Academy Johns Hopkins University Women’s Basketball Parks Hampden EMS Loyola University Baltimore City Health Department Hampstead Hill Academy Stevenson University Prince George’s County Police Athletic League Hazelwood EMS UMBC Independence School Local 1 United States Naval Academy James McHenry EMS Participated in Police Youth Challenge (PYC) John Poole Middle School NONPROFITS & YOUTH SERVING EMS: Elementary Middle School Lee Montessori ORGANIZATIONS Maree Farring EMS Art with a Heart Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School Association of Independent Maryland Schools Mt. Royal EMS Baltimore Corps New Era Academy Baltimore SquashWise Patterson High School #405 Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore Patterson Park Public Charter School Bridges Baltimore REACH Partnership School Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Renaissance Academy Church Roland Park EMS Catherine’s Family & Youth Services, Inc. SEED School of Maryland Esperanza Center Southwest Baltimore Charter School (SBCS) I Am Mentality/Youth Male Empowerment Project Stadium School JTap The Crossroads School La’alot The SEED School of Washington, D.C. Living Classrooms Foundation Thomas Jefferson EMS Maryland State Education Association Tunbridge Public Charter School Mission Continues Western High School Native American Lifelines Windsor Hills EMS Parks and People Foundation, Inc Peace Camp INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS Roberta’s House Boys’ Latin School of Maryland Soccer Without Borders (SWB) Cristo Rey Jesuit High School St. Francis Neighborhood Center Episcopal High School The Village Learning Place Georgetown Day School

7 SCHOLARSHIPS $897,684 5,925 [93%] IN SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID STUDENTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT

8 “I AM RETURNING FROM THIS COURSE NOT THE TENTATIVE PERSON THAT LEFT, BUT SOMEONE WITH FULL CONFIDENCE AND A DETERMINED MINDSET THAT WANTS TO KEEP CHALLENGING HERSELF AND LEARNING. I HAVE A MUCH MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SHARE.” - DALILA H., SCHOLARSHIP ALUMNUS 2019 MERIT SCHOLARS Every year nearly 100 students apply for one of our two full scholarship courses: Get Out And Lead (GOAL) or Youth Leadership Corps (YLC). These summer courses offer middle and high school youth a chance to take on a new leadership challenge. The program is merit-based, meaning that all applicants go through an interview and selection process before being asked to join a crew. Many of these students are previous Outward Bound alumni, and others are coming to us in hopes of adding another dimension to their education before moving into their next academic phase.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP CORPS (YLC) GET OUT AND LEAD (GOAL)

Cooper A. Angus B. Antonio D. Matteo B. Steven F. Brock B. Dalila H. Andrew J. Nathan H. Chiara B. Logan L. Christian M. Olivia N. Noah P. Nan S. Zachary R. Sydney S. Eleah B. Oliver S.

OUTWARDBOUNDCHESAPEAKE.ORG/SCHOLARSHIPS

9 POLICE YOUTH CHALLENGE

THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF PYC After the unrest that occurred in Baltimore in April 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray Jr., Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School (CBOBS) worked with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) and a variety of funders to significantly expand the program to include all active duty BPD officers, trainees and command staff. The program expansion officially began on January 14, 2016. At this time, CBOBS also began an internal quantitative study of the program. Results presented in this report are preliminary and include all study data collected since January 2016.

KHAI OVERTON GIVES TEDX PRESENTATION In October 2019, Police Youth Challenge Program Coordinator, Khai Overton gave a TEDx talk,“Rebuilding the Connections between Two Pillars of the Community”. The event brought together 14 different speakers around the theme of being a pioneer. Khai was able to highlight the work and impact of PYC, and his own passion toward building a stronger Baltimore. Focusing on Intergroup Contact Theory, a means to address the power dynamic between the officers and youth, Khai talks about how the Police Youth Challenge, at its core, works to shift perceptions.

Watch the talk in full at outwardboundchesapeake.org/pyc

PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS THAT SHOWED SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR RESPONSES

SOCIAL DISTANCE

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10 CHALLENGE ACCEPTED 64% MORE YOUTH 88% OF OFFICERS FIND OFFICERS TRUSTWORTHY THINK YOUTH ARE TRUSTWORTHY 7,477 PARTICIPANTS 79 ORGANIZATIONS SERVED

* data above from January 2016 - December 2019

OUTWARDBOUNDCHESAPEAKE.ORG/PYC

11 OUR DONOR COMMUNITY

$100,000+ Malia and Jeff Joy Lois and Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation Kramon & Graham The Lookout Foundation Theodore Bauer and Kristin Powers L’Aiglon Foundation Timothy P. Magnani Governor’s Office of Crime Control and M&T Bank McCracken Consulting, LLC Prevention Mike Morrill and Mary Page Michel Randolph C. Metcalfe Maryland State Department of Education - SAI Nellie and Truman Semans Fund Michael and Susan Ford Charitable Fund Program Patient First John Nelson Proskauer Rose Pan Family Charitable Fund $50,000 - $99,999 Rosedale Federal Susan and Hugh Phelps Andrew and Cassandra Brooks Stifel PNC Foundation Richard W. and Donna Lee Frisch PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Joseph and Kathy Hardiman $1,000 - $4,999 Justin and Vanessa Redd Kahlert Foundation Kyoko and Stephen Redd Abell Foundation, Inc. Outward Bound USA William and Susannah Rienhoff Benjamin, Cooper and Maureen Ackerly James and Rosie Smith Fritz Schroeder David and Bonnie Allan Under Armour, Inc. Barbara Shapiro Suzanne Avirett Suzy and Eddie Dunn Fund John Avirett T. Rowe Price Group $20,000 - $49,999 Deborah Dawson and Jerald Bailey True Chesapeake Oyster Company Aegon/Transamerica Foundation Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Ziger/Snead LLP Architects Baltimore Ravens PC Baltimore Gas & Electric Company Bank of America Charitable Foundation Alfred and Muriel Berkeley Terry Besch $500 - $999 Bunting Family Foundation Richard Berndt Evan Athanas Charles Crane Family Foundation, Inc. Brown-Forman Corporation Baltimore Subway Group Corporation Charlotte and George Riggs Charitable Fund Brown Advisory Kate Beck Harry and Betty Lichtman Charitable Fund Marc Bunting Benjamin M. Baker Charitable Fund The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation George and Anne Bunting Janice Bonner Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Charles and Sherry Fenwick Fund Stacey Boyer Baltimore City John and Tracey Chessare Jacqueline and David Carrera Chimes Foundation, Inc. Ellington Churchill, Jr. David and Stephanie Citron $10,000 - $19,999 Jo Coyle Cleveland Dodge Foundation Arbor Dog Foundation E. Hervey Evans and Katherine Smith Evans Craig Coleman Arthur M. Blank Foundation Michael and Susan Ford Damion and Towan Cooper Bloomberg Philanthropies James and Edith Garrett D.F. Dent and Company, Inc. The Bozzuto Group. Eliza Graham Clinton and Diana Daly Mary Catherine Bunting Amy Macht and George Grose Thomas Danis Frank E. and Miriam Loveman Foundation, Inc. Seth Hamed Deauville Fund of the Baltimore Community Michael Hankin Mark Joseph Foundation Hugh D. and Amy H. McGuirk Fund Leroy M. Merritt Charitable Trust Feather Foundation, Inc. Abby and Peter Jackson Northrop Grumman Foundation Mark Fetting and Georgie Smith Kent Family Foundation Peter R. and Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, LLP Pace Kessenich Richard and Lisa Rapuano Leslie Hall Joseph Kovars T. Rowe Price Foundation Harbor Investment Advisory Frank Lance Dixon and Janet Harvey Legum Foundation, Inc. $5,000 - $9,999 Gail and Mark Hennes Benjamin F. Lucas Brett and Vicky Rogers Fund Howard Bank Mick O’Shea’s Irish Pub Clayton Baker Trust Kelly & Associates Insurance Group /KELLY Payroll Mary Miller Constellation, An Exelon Company Klingenstein Foundation George Mumford Arthur and Kathryn George Stephen C. Proudman and Laura Kohler Leigh Purcell Greenspring Associates Brian and Dana Ledyard Chris Rhodes J.S. Plank and D.M. DiCarlo Family Foundation Lewis Contractors, LLC. Richard and Sheila K. Riggs John J. Leidy Foundation

12 James Shea Harriet Van Kleeck IN-KIND Scott and Lindsay Vane Leigh and Henry Lowe Arc’Teryx The Walmart Foundation Lauren Macsherry Alfred and Muriel Berkeley Bridget McCusker Andrew and Cassandra Brooks UNDER $500 Edith and Henry McHenry Brown-Forman Corporation Anita McMullin Tom Bruggman Amazon Smile Cary Moon Marc Bunting Michelle Andres Lori Mostofsky Christopher Schafer Clothier Suzanne Bailey Courtney Mullin Classic Catering Alan Baker James Murry Jo Coyle Andy Bauer Cassandra Naylor Tracy Devine Lis Bayne Douglas and Michelle Nelson Earth Treks Hampden David Bonnett Gail Nengel Enterprise Applications Douglas Bothner Amy and Charles Newhall Flowers & Fancies Mary Brooks Catherine Newsom Friendship Creative Printers Nick Cairns Marla and James Nix Joseph and Kathy Hardiman Zachary Caplan Jessica Norwitz Heavy Seas Beer Caplan Family Foundation Charles and Margaret Obrecht Prigel Family Creamery Albert J. and Annie Caputo Patricia Odell Radcliffe Jewelers James Carter Jo and Ed Orser Avi Rubinsky Maureen M. and Edward C. Cassidy Eric Park Total Wine & More Beverley and Marian Compton James Piper Demian Costa Karen and Allen Plaster Dennis Coyle John Polk Susan and Murray deMuth Leanna Powell Denis J. Callaghan Jim La Prad and Kathleen Costello La Prad Walter F., Elizabeth and Edward Grove John Prugh Justin Ellis Melissa Riorda Elizabeth Embry Robert Matthews Evan English Scott Rodgville Wilton Farmwald Daniel and Hallie Rugg George Farrant Ladan, Sahra and Said Daneshmand Charles Donoho Finnerty John Schmick Tom and Wesley Finnerty Dara Schnee David Frisch James Seba Earl P. and Martha P. Galleher Natalie Sherman Thomas O. Gamper, AIA Carey Fetting-Smith Carolyn Gaynor Henry Smyth Patricia Brown and Joseph P. Gill David Stathis Vincent Greene Steve and Sue Norwitz Charitable Gift Fund Natalie Haney Stuart Sutley Marie-Christine Haney Margaret Tahboub Andrew Holter Kimberly Taylor Mark Holzrichter Michael Tsakalos Monty and Stephen Howard John Waire Howard L. Sollins and Barbara M. Resnick Family Fund Samuel Walters Errol G. Hurtt David Ware Iredell and Jennie Iglehart David Warner Marie Luise Janes Mac and Ann Williams Chris and Nikki Janian Peter Winstead Robert Jeffrey Meg Wise Elizabeth Jones Tim and Laura Zulick Kathleen Kilby

13 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ANDREW M. BROOKS CLINTON R. DALY ARTHUR C. GEORGE BRETT ROGERS CHAIR OF THE BOARD CHAIRMAN EMERITUS BALTIMORE CITY HEAD OF LEGAL RETIRED – ASSOCIATE PARTNER PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER T. ROWE PRICE BROWN ADVISORY BROWN ADVISORY NANCY WHITEMAN-GREENE BONNIE CASLOW ALLAN CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN CHAIRMAN & COMMERCIAL FRITZ SCHROEDER VOLUNTEER SR. MANAGER OF LARGE REAL ESTATE LAWYER VICE PRESIDENT CUSTOMER SERVICES MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C. DEVELOPMENT JOHN AVIRETT BGE & ALUMNI RELATIONS PARTNER JOSEPH R. HARDIMAN JOHNS HOPKINS GREENSPRING ASSOCIATES E. HERVEY EVANS FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER PRESIDENT & CEO VOLUNTEER JAMES SEBA ALFRED R. BERKELEY ERAZMUS INC. FOUNDER VICE CHAIR JEFFREY S. JOY VICOUR HOLDINGS PRINCETON CAPITAL JOHNNIE FOREMAN CHAIRMAN EMERITUS MANAGEMENT LLC DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEER NATALIE SHERMAN INCLUSION, AND EQUITY OF HEAD OF WEALTH PLANNING MARC G. BUNTING GILMAN SCHOOL GANESHA MARTIN, ESQ. &WEALTH FOUNDER AND CFO PRESIDENT ALPINE BAGELS AND BREWS, INC. RICHARD W. FRISCH G.M.M. CONSULTING, LLC JAMES W. SMITH FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER AJ CAPUTO CHAIRMAN EMERITUS MICHAEL MORRILL SUBWAY DEVELOPMENT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT BUSINESS CONSULTANT VICE PRESIDENT & COO BALTIMORE & PHILADELPHIA BALFOUR BEATTY INVESTMENTS DF DENT & COMPANY JAMES R. GARRETT DAVID M. CITRON, CFA FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER CHRIS RHODES TRUSTEES EMERITUS CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT CO-FOUNDER SITA CULMAN WMS PARTNERS LLC RESOLVE GROWTH PARTNERS FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER

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