Annual Report 2016 - 2017 FIRST Washington supports and engages today’s tech-native youth with a league of their own, inspiring them to build on their passions and preparing them to be the STEM leaders of tomorrow. Expanding their worlds. Getting their hands dirty. FIRST Washington ignites youthful minds through education, hard work, mentorship, and healthy competition. Just as important, participants are integrated into a fun, team-based learning environment created to encourage their interests, teach the benefits of collaboration, boost self-confidence, and illuminate the exciting world of STEM study and careers. At FIRST Washington, we sum it up this way: What’s going to be happening next in STEM is happening here. Our Executive Summary Dear Friends, It is our pleasure to share FIRST Washington’s impact for 2016-2017. FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Washington inspires young people ages 6-18 to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in the sport of science, technology and teamwork through fun and challenging robotics programs and competitions. Our exciting mentor-based programs build STEM skills, inspire innovation, and exec summary letter foster well-rounded life skills including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. We serve 10,791 youth on 1,034 teams across the four programs and we are the largest afterschool STEM program in Washington. FIRST programs rely on our amazing volunteer network of more than 5,500 individuals giving generously of their time and talents throughout the season. And of course, all of these efforts are made possible by the support of hundreds of individuals, companies, and foundations across Washington as well as our partnerships with the Washington State Legislature, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and FIRST. In FIRST Washington’s programs, industry mentors, teachers and parents team up with students not only to build robots, but to cultivate self-confidence and respect, and to teach youth the skills necessary to be the next generation of innovators and community leaders. At a time when STEM jobs are plentiful, the numbers of students earning STEM degrees and certificates in Washington has not kept pace with demand. FIRST Washington programs will help close this gap by inspiring students to pursue post-secondary education and training in STEM. Evaluations show students who take part in FIRST programs are 50% more likely to go to college and twice as likely to pursue science or engineering degrees. Thank you for joining us in the sport of science, technology and teamwork! We are grateful your partnership as we work together to bring FIRST programs to the over 1.1M youth in Washington State. Your support is changing lives! With gratitude, Conrad Ball Erin McCallum Chair, FIRST Washington President, FIRST Washington Our Impact 1,712 Volunteers who reinforce and augment our ranks 3,877 Coaches and mentors who support our students 580,669 10,791 Hours donated to FIRST Washington Young people ages 6-18 years old on FIRST teams 1,034 Teams across our state in 4 tiers of FIRST programs Our Reach FIRST Washington Teams 2016-17 by Region FIRST Washington Teams 2016-17 by Program Our Professional Development After receiving OSPI funding to launch a statewide STEM Robotics 101 (Robo101) Professional Development (PD) program in FY15/16, FIRST Washington partnered with private funders and local school districts to continue this impactful training throughout this past year. During FY16/17, FIRST Washington sponsored two different PD opportunities for teachers: STEM Robotics 101 Introductory PD This two-day workshop equips teachers with the resources and skills to become their school’s new STEM teacher by providing a hands-on introduction to Computer Science (CS) and STEM which is approachable for teachers and students alike. Teachers learn to build and program LEGO® robots, customize the free STEM Robotics 101 curriculum resources and adopt FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) as a leadership activity. During FY16/17, 131 teachers were trained during 10 workshops at five sites around the state. STEM Robotics 101 Advanced Topics PD This one-day workshop invites Robo101 Intro graduates back to share their experience in implementing STEM Robotics 101 in their classroom, resolve any curriculum/pedagogy/ classroom management issues and dig deeper into the STEM/CS capabilities of the LEGO® platform and Robo101 resources. Topics include advanced programming, data logging and an in-depth FLL primer. During FY16/17, 65 teachers were trained during five workshops at three sites around the state. Participant feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with comments including: “This has been one of the best professional development opportunities in my 25 years of teaching.” - Attendee, Richland “I learned so much during these two days. I appreciate the many and diverse resources provided for STEM Robotics 101.” - Attendee, Lacey “Great course! I wish I had had this10 years ago instead of trying to put it all together myself.” - Attendee, Kent “This was a fantastic collection of resources and this was incredibly well- presented! I don’t think I’ve ever learned this much in two days before in my life!” - Attendee, Vancouver Our Financials REVENUE Contributed Revenue $1,238,768 Program Revenue $416,885 In-Kind Donations $219,410 Special Events $116,757 Total Revenue: $1,991,820 EXPENSE Program Expense $1,476,673 Fundraising Expense $169,147 Administrative Expense $100,805 Total Expense: $1,764,625 Note: These numbers do not include funds in team booster accounts. Our Donors Visionary Partner Collaborator Ewing and Clark East ($500,000 and above) ($5,000 - $9,999) ($1,000 - $4,999) FlowPlay, FTC 4042 Washington State Legislature Anonymous Ronald Aigner, Microsoft Matching, Jane Gao, FLL 26701 FTC 11104 Mastermind Archibald Charity Foundation Darin Gee, Boeing Gift Matching AndyMark, Inc. ($100,000 - $499,999) Pat Atkinson Corey Golden, Boeing Gift Argosy Foundation Avista Foundation Arena Sports Matching Autodesk, Inc. Bonneville Power Astronics AES The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs The Boeing Company Administration Auvsi Cascade Chapter Foundation Daimler Trucks North America Carlos and Marjorie Blanco, Anuj Bansal, Microsoft Matching, Anne Gwynne, Microsoft Matching, Microsoft Boeing Gift Matching FLL 10720 FRC 4911 Genius C&C, Inc., FRC 3574 Battelle Foundation Fund Suzanne Hahn, FRC 4173 ($50,000 - $99,999) Haichen Chang, Microsoft Bellevue Sunrise Rotary, Lori Hittle Aven Foundation Matching, FRC 2976 FTC 9915 Mark Hofer The Bezos Family Foundation Cimtech, Inc. Sherry Zins Calvert Margo Hoppis Google Shawn Davis, Microsoft Matching, Stephen Bennison, Boeing Gift Binbin Hu, Microsoft Matching, Intellectual Ventures FLL 13396 Matching, FRC 1318 FTC 12089 Lam Research Foundation Lynne Dong, Microsoft Matching, William Bigbee-Hansen, Boeing Weiping Hu, Microsoft Matching, Fund FTC 11138 Gift Matching, FRC 3786 FLL 11123 M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust FLIR Systems John and Marion Brooks, Randy Hunt, FRC 2980 FTC 4216 Inventor Dennis Garrett, Boeing Gift Intel Volunteer Grant Program Matching, FRC 3574, FTC 11109 Mallik Bulusu, Microsoft Matching, ($25,000 - $49,999) FTC 9915 Abhishikt Jain, Microsoft Matching, Alliance for Education, FRC 2928 James Hunt, FRC 2980 FLL 2120 Curtis Burnett Anonymous, Seattle Hyster-Yale Deepak Jain, Microsoft Matching, Malcom Burnett, In Honor of Foundation Ali Khaki, Microsoft Matching, FLL 26569 Margarita Burnett-Thomas CenturyLink FLL 17513 Somu Jayabalan, Microsoft Caterpillar, Inc. F5 Networks Linn Larsen, LLC Matching, FLL 23753 First Tech Credit Union WHY I DONATE... Mentor Graphics Foundation Tesoro, FRC 2980, FRC 4173 At Century Link, we are proud to FIRST Washington Board of support FIRST Washington. We are excited and Directors inspired by a program where every student has the chance to go pro and we look forward to a Engineer future generation of STEM leaders ready to go to ($10,000 - $24,999) Alaska Airlines work in our community! Bamford Foundation - Kerry Zimmer, Marketing and Public Conrad Ball, Boeing Gift Relations Manager, West Region, Century Link Matching Bechtel Foundation Lucky Seven Foundation Siva Challa, Microsoft Matching, Brendan Jiang, Microsoft Matching, Community Foundation of Desiree Dickinson McNutt, FLL 3368 FLL 26701 North Central Washington FRC 2929 Peter Cook, FRC 5295 Sunil Kadam, Microsoft Matching, The Community Foundation of FLL 16605 MultiCare Health System Brian Daugherty, Microsoft South Puget Sound, FRC 5295 Matching, FLL 11881 Srinivas Kandibanda, Microsoft and FRC 4450 Nintendo of America Mohan Dharmarajan, Microsoft Matching Harvest Foundation PEMCO Matching, FLL 25050 Kent Chamber of Commerce Ken Johnston, Microsoft Matching, Puppet Labs Robert Donner, Microsoft Matching, Rohit Koppal, Microsoft Matching, FLL 9697 William Rall, Microsoft Matching, FLL 26221 FLL 28042 FRC 1318 Tammy King, Microsoft Matching, Downstream Properties, Leif Kornstaedt, Microsoft FRC 2930 Chandra Subba, Microsoft FRC 5295 Matching, FTC 11104 Matching, FLL 28042 Microchip Technology, Inc. Prakash Duggaraju, Microsoft Dharmesh Kumar, Microsoft Dan Rosenstein, Microsoft Mitch Tolson, Microsoft Matching, Matching, FLL 2120 Matching, FLL 23344 FRC 4089 Matching, FTC 11487 Bill Dunlap Preetha Kumaresan, Microsoft Kevin Ross and Sue Adams Brian Thomas, Adobe Matching Dupar Foundation Matching Boeing Gift Matching, Symbolic LLC James Troy, Sanjeev Dwivedi, Microsoft Jie Li, Microsoft Matching, FRC 3574 FRC 1318