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LETTER FROM OUR LEADERSHIP Dear Friends, Expanded Horizons, and Mustard Seed Impact. The MasterCard Foundation became an Thank you for another astonishing year at important strategic partner of Resolution’s, Resolution—it is you and your partnership in greatly supporting our efforts in Africa and more Resolution’s mission that makes this work generally supporting our mission globally. We possible! Our Social Venture Challenges and also welcomed Aramark, Neuberger Berman, and Fellowship have reached new audiences and UBS as strategic partners in 2016. Of course, our WHAT WE DO continue to ignite and empower an increasingly longest tenured partners, Resolution’s own Guides diverse and global community of young and volunteers, continue to shine brightly as the changemakers who become driving forces for anchor point for our direct work with our Fellows, Founded in 2007, The Resolution good; our partnership model continues to build and we are deeply grateful to each of our over 200 Project, Inc. is a U.S. 501(c)(3) pathways for young people and organizations Guides for their commitment and generosity. nonprofit dedicated to fostering youth to expand their impact and extend their efforts leadership development around the in the social sector; and our organizational 2016 brought other emotions as well. We were world through collaborative social leadership made a seamless transition to lay sorry to see Tracey Allard move on from the entrepreneurship. the groundwork for growth ahead. Executive Director role after accomplishing so much for the organization, but we were thrilled OUR VISION In 2016, we ran two new Social Venture that she chose to stay on as a Resolution Challenges representing firsts for the Ambassador. We were also glad that the A generation of leaders with a lifelong organization: our first ever SVC on the continent organization’s leadership transition was buffered commitment to social responsibility of Africa in partnership with the MasterCard by the Board’s decision to bring George Tsiatis on Foundation at the Baobab Summit in Accra, and as CEO. As a co-Founder, George’s knowledge of OUR MISSION our first at a conference focused on students and respect within the organization will enable of color at the CUNY BMI (Black Male Initiative) him to take on key goals around building strategy, To develop socially responsible young conference at Bronx Community College in technology, and visibility. leaders and empower them to make a partnership with BNY Mellon. Each of these positive impact today conferences expanded the reach of Resolution’s We are pleased to share this annual report and life-changing opportunity, and connected us with highlight our collective impact. For your support inspiring and creative undergraduate students and investment in our mission, we are deeply from new backgrounds who were seeking to grateful, and we look forward to our continued launch social ventures and generate measurable partnership supporting socially responsible benefits for their home communities. leaders in creating positive impact today. We also expanded our partnerships significantly— Sincerely, some new partners include Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Youth, Oliver B. Libby, George M. Tsiatis, Howard Levine. Hello Tomorrow, Henry Street Settlement Chair CEO Treasurer 3 OUR HISTORY OUR IMPACT Since Resolution’s inception in 2007, we have 1,078,722 direct and indirect beneficiaries of Fellow-implemented social provided a pathway to action for over 250 creative, ventures. energetic undergraduate students around the world. Thanks to the generosity of our friends, 207 paid employees of Fellow-implemented social ventures (not volunteers, donors, and supporters, we have grown including Fellows employed at their own venture). from 20 Fellows at the end of 2011 to more than 255 Resolution Fellows today. These Fellows More than $4,500,000 raised by Fellows in follow-on funding through are working in 20 U.S. states and 60 countries, developing innovative approaches and sustainable external grants and independent fundraising. solutions to pressing global issues. They are driving progress in their communities, and their efforts have benefited more than 1 million people thus far—making each Resolution Fellow a change agent Community Growth and a force for good. 60 Resolution Fellows are as diverse as the issue 55 areas and geographies they serve— economically, 50 racially, and ethnically. Our Fellows originate from 45 countries including the Dominican Republic, 40 Ghana, China, Zimbabwe, Honduras, Bangladesh, 35 Mongolia, Indonesia, the United States, and many 30 more. These Fellows are implementing ventures 25 both in their own countries of origin and beyond. 20 15 10 Resolution believes that activating young people 5 through social entrepreneurship has an enormous 0 impact—they become engaged early in making 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 positive changes in the world, and the character of their leadership is defined by a sense of social New Fellows New Ventures responsibility. 4 Venture Issue Area Energy and Equality and Environment Empowerment 11% 12% Health and Wellness 13% Humanitarian Relief Education 3% 25% Basic Needs 12% Development 24% Ventures started by Resolution Fellows 77% Non-profit organizations 14% For-profit organizations 7% Combination of for-profit and non-profit organization 2% Unsure/not yet determined 5 FELLOW SPOTLIGHTS SHARIF SHRESTHA HERB Cooperative For Economic Empowerment About the Fellow The Issue and His Resolution How We Help Sharif is a co-founder of “Herb Cooperative for Motivated to address both the abject poverty and Sharif credits his Resolution Fellowship with giving Economic Empowerment” (also known as Herbs gender inequality that he witnessed in rural Nepal, him access to a network of socially-responsible for Change), a social venture that aims to alleviate Sharif and his team founded the Herb Cooperative leaders and like-minded peers, alleviating the poverty and promote gender equality in Mude for Economic Empowerment. The social venture, sense of loneliness associated with social and Chiraite, two remote villages in eastern which utilizes a worker cooperative model, is entrepreneurship and providing him with external Nepal. Sharif is currently studying Biochemistry at introducing new farming techniques and markets validation and credibility. In addition, his Fellowship Hamilton College, where he is a social innovations for herbs that are native to the region. By making has helped him feel more confident about his team member and student assistant at The Arthur small adjustments to their farming practices, leadership skills and has enabled him to have a Levitt Public Affairs Center. Since becoming a people are able to greatly increase their revenue, positive impact on two communities. Resolution Fellow, Sharif has been very active in the Fellow with the ultimate goal of increasing an individual’s facilitated several internship connections for Sharif, community in New York, including attending socials income by 200%. In addition, to help break down including connecting him to Resolution Board and Resolve 2015, participating in the 2015 Fellow some of the gender inequality and income disparity Member Stephen Sadove, Deallus Consulting, and Solution Session, and representing Resolution at that is often found in these farming communities, Bristol-Myers Squibb. Sharif also works closely the Social Good Summit. He also has been hard the model of the social venture is set up to ensure with his Resolution Guide, Raafi-Karim Alidina, a at work on his social venture, which was one of the that both men and women are engaged and have Research Analyst who has done extensive research featured Commitments at the 2016 Clinton Global equal status in the cooperative. on development and gender equality throughout Initiative University Meeting in Berkeley, CA. Sharif Asia. At CGI U 2016, Sharif spoke to the new presented his Commitment on stage with President SVC Winners about how pivotal his Fellowship Bill Clinton, and his presentation can be viewed experience has been for him and welcomed them here (Sharif starts speaking at minute three). graciously to the community. 6 SAM PEURIFOY USolar About the Fellow The Issue and His Resolution How We Help Sam Peurifoy is the founder of “USolar,” an Growing up in Missouri, Sam observed a serious Sam has received ongoing assistance from his education initiative that helps Miami-Dade public deficit within the public school system’s science- Guides, Polina Dekhtyar and Siva Vedhagiri, who middle school students understand alternative based resources and programs. He responded have helped with both USolar and his academic energy through hands-on workshops. Sam to this educational gap by creating USolar, an career. In addition to mentoring Sam with USolar, graduated from the University of Miami in 2016 organization that empowers university students Polina and Siva have provided him with a plethora with a B.S. in chemistry and mathematics, with to volunteer at Miami-Dade public middle schools of career advice and professional development. emphases in organic synthesis and statistical and provide workshops on alternative energy and Thanks to their support, Sam was able to speak analysis. He is currently at Columbia University environmental protection. This program provides with an associate at DuPont about internship pursuing a PhD in chemistry with full tuition and students with information on sustainable energy opportunities. While Sam is currently pursuing