WHAT WAS THE HAPPIEST MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE? THE SADDEST? WHO WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE? CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT HIM OR HER? WHO HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? WHAT LESSONS DID THAT PERSON TEACH YOU? WHO HAS BEEN THE KINDEST TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE? WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS YOU’VE LEARNED IN LIFE? WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY? ARE THERE ANY WORDS OF WISDOM YOU’D LIKE TO PASS ALONG TO ME? WHAT ARE YOU PROUDEST OF IN YOUR LIFE? WHEN IN LIFE HAVE YOU FELT MOST ALONE? HOW HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU’D IMAGINED? HOW HAS BEING A PARENT CHANGED YOU? WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS FOR YOUR CHILDREN? WHAT WAS YOUR CHILDHOOD LIKE? WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE RELATIVES? HOW DID YOU AND ANNUAL REPORT GRANDPA MEET? WHAT WAS MOM LIKE GROWING UP? WHAT WERE YOUR PARENTS LIKE? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF ME? 2013 CONTENTS 22 21 20 19 16 15 6 5 4 3 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7

Continue the Conversation the Continue Mission and Core Principles Staff StoryCorps Board of Directors 2013 StoryCorps Funders Financial Highlights Financial StoryCorpsU O EO C d n a t n e d i s e r Inaugural P & r e d n u 10th o Anniversary Highlights F e h t m o r Message from the Board Chair f e g a s s e M Additional StoryCorps Initiatives StoryCorps Additional Capturing the Diversity of Our Nation Sharing Our Stories Recording Stories Across America Legacy StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative Chicago in StoryCorps Gala Highlights MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER & PRESIDENT AND CEO

At StoryCorps, we have worked body and soul over the past decade to nurture and grow this organization. With a laser-like focus on the ethos and core values of StoryCorps, we have built an organizational culture that is fueled by excellence, integrity and a fierce commitment to public service. Every day the interviews we record help people—especially those who feel most invisible in our society—understand how much their own lives matter, and every week our broadcasts, celebrating the stories of everyday people, remind listeners that “this is what’s important!” We have been and always will be guided by a simple truth: that every life and every story matter equally and infinitely.

As you will see, hear, and read in our latest Annual Report, 2013 was a milestone year for StoryCorps. We celebrated our 10-year anniversary, using the opportunity to reflect on our evolution and rapid growth. How have we served the nation in the past 10 years? Here are a few highlights: • We collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with some 90,000 participants across America. Ours is the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered. • We opened StoryBooths in Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, and New York and launched MobileBooths that have visited hundreds of towns and cities across America. • We broadcast 500+ segments on NPR’s , heard by millions across the country every Friday. • We published a series of New York Times best-selling books and produced award-winning animations. Dave Isay, Founder & President Here are some highlights from 2013: • We put on our first annual gala—a resounding success. • We completed the first full year of our Military Voices Initiative. This collection will serve as a definitive record of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan through the eyes of those who experienced them. • We continued to grow StoryCorps Legacy, an initiative that delivers the StoryCorps recording experience to those facing a life- threatening illness. • We laid the groundwork for our OutLoud Initiative. This multi-year program will record, preserve, and share the stories of LGBT people across the United States. • We increased the number of students participating in StoryCorpsU, our yearlong curriculum for high-needs schools.

In 2014, StoryCorps will continue to expand and improve upon the unique and extraordinary service we deliver to the country. In the decade to come, we will redouble our efforts to help foster a nation that fully recognizes, respects, and nurtures the dignity of humanity. We are deeply honored by your belief in StoryCorps and express our profound appreciation for your support.

Robin Sparkman, CEO Dave Isay, Founder & President Robin Sparkman, CEO 3 MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

The year 2013, marking our 10th anniversary, was not just a milestone of our past accomplishments, but a guidepost for our future—the year when it really became clear that what started as Dave Isay’s dream in a cramped walk-up office in Chinatown was well on its way to becoming an enduring national institution:

• We were recognized with the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions—$1 million to strengthen our institutional capacity and financial stability. • We held our first-ever gala—a 10th anniversary celebration—honoring longtime supporters Stanley Shuman and Jack Rosenthal, emceed by Stephen Colbert, and featuring a number of those who’ve told their stories to us over the past decade. That raised a million dollars, too! We also expanded our membership program and broadened our donor base. “It’s not just a tattoo.” • We launched our first StoryBooth in Chicago—fittingly, the home of the late Studs Terkel, an inspiration for StoryCorps, who christened our very first booth in Grand Central Terminal in 2003. We now have StoryBooths in four cities, including New York, Atlanta, and San Francisco. • Our fourth collection of stories, Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps, was released, and our first half-hour animated special premiered on the PBS series POV.

All these things, and what lies on the horizon for 2014, like the launch of our OutLoud LGBTQ initiative, happen not just because people love StoryCorps, which so many millions do, but because farsighted individuals and institutions recognize that this great American institution—at once as intimate as a talk with your grandmother and as ambitious as an archive of the nation’s voices, from 9/11 to the civil rights movement to Katrina and Sandy Hook—cannot play the role it must play “It was very easy to be patient with him.” without financial support.

Talk of the kind that StoryCorps fosters is beautiful, but it is not cheap. Providing our services at no charge to all who have a story to tell is only possible through the generosity of supporters like you. So please accept my thanks, on behalf of our board and staff, and please be as generous as you can with additional support.

Gara LaMarche, StoryCorps Board Chair “You feel like being gay is like a virus.” 4 10TH ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTS

In 2013, StoryCorps celebrated a decade of recording everyday stories from coast to coast with a series of special events, including: 2003 2010 October: StoryCorps is February: StoryCorps • The release of our fourth book: Ties That born with the opening of a records its 30,000th Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the StoryBooth in Grand Central interview. First Ten Years of StoryCorps Terminal in New York. Summer: StoryCorps’ • An inaugural gala in New York City, attended first series of animations by hundreds 2005 premieres on public • A prime-time half-hour animation special, May: StoryCorps launches television and online. Listening Is an Act of Love, that premiered on its two MobileBooths from the PBS series POV on Thanksgiving the Library of Congress. 2011 • A 10th Anniversary Membership program StoryCorps’ weekly September: StoryCorps broadcasts debut on NPR’s rolls out its education In just 10 years, StoryCorps has become a Morning Edition. program, StoryCorpsU, revolutionary force in our culture by recognizing with its first curriculum for the power and value in every story. We have: 2007 high-school students in • Collected and archived more than 50,000 June: StoryCorps receives New York City; Washington, a rare institutional interviews with nearly 100,000 participants DC; and St. Louis, MO. across the country. Peabody Award. • Broadcast more than 500 segments on NPR’s February: StoryCorps 2012 Morning Edition, heard by millions. launches the Griot Initiative April: StoryCorps receives • Published three New York Times best- to collect the stories of a Peabody Award for selling books, with our fourth released in African Americans. animations and audio October 2013. commemorating the • Created award-winning animated shorts for 2008 10th anniversary of the PBS’s documentary series POV. September: StoryCorps’ September 11, 2001, • Launched eight special initiatives to diversify Griot Initiative becomes the terrorist attacks. StoryCorps’ participants, partnerships, largest collection of African archive, edited stories, and audience. American stories in history. 2013 • Created StoryCorpsU, an interactive youth November: StoryCorps October: StoryCorps development program for high-needs schools. launches the first celebrates its 10th • Received two George Foster Peabody annual National Day of anniversary with an Awards, a rare institutional Peabody Award, Listening on the day after inaugural gala, hosted by and a $1 million MacArthur Prize for nonprofit Thanksgiving. Stephen Colbert. YEARS excellence in 2013.

5 INAUGURAL GALA HIGHLIGHTS

On October 30, 2013, StoryCorps celebrated 10 I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU WHY I LOVE STORYCORPS. WE LIVE years of listening to America with an inaugural gala hosted by Stephen Colbert. The gala honored IN A TIME IN WHICH ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IS A SOURCE two of StoryCorps’ greatest champions—founding Board member Jack Rosenthal and longtime OF DIVISION. EVERYTHING PLAYS AS A POLITICAL STATEMENT. supporter Stanley S. Shuman. COASTAL CITIES VERSUS SMALL TOWNS, MSNBC VS. FOX, Thanks to the leadership of gala co-chairs Alex and Michael Shuman, and Dane and Barbara COSTCO VS. SAM’S CLUB. BUT YOU DON’T HEAR ANY POLITICAL Holmes, more than 400 people came together to celebrate the everyday voices that make AGENDA ON STORYCORPS. YOU DON’T HEAR ANY AGENDA AT StoryCorps so meaningful. “ ALL. YOU JUST HEAR A DESIRE TO SHARE. —Stephen Colbert With the generous support of our donors, a grand total of $1.1 million was raised. ” 400 PEOPLE attended $1.1 MILLION raised

Stephen Colbert addressed gala attendees Hundreds of guests gathered to celebrate StoryCorps' 10th anniversary 6 STORYCORPS IN CHICAGO

With its loyal listening audience, diversity, and long history of shared storytelling, Chicago was an obvious choice for our newest StoryBooth.

On May 21, 2013, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Public Media, StoryCorps opened a permanent StoryBooth in Chicago.

Located in the Chicago Cultural Center, our latest StoryBooth also features a public exhibition area that allows visitors to listen to StoryCorps stories and watch a selection of StoryCorps animated shorts, as well as to learn more about how to participate in a StoryCorps interview.

Since opening our doors, our Chicago StoryBooth staff had successfully recorded 926 stories by the end of 2013. To accommodate an overwhelming demand to record, the Chicago StoryBooth staff extended the length of recording days to increase service to the public.

The official Chicago StoryBooth launch party, held at the Chicago Cultural Center, drew more than 200 StoryCorps fans, community partners, participants, and funders.

926 INTERVIEWS

“I went as macho as I could be to mask “She attracted people wherever she went.” what I was underneath. ” 7 MILITARY VOICES INITIATIVE

For the Military Voices Initiative (MVI), 2013 represented a year of significant program growth. From an expansive outreach network to a soaring interview collection, 2013 saw MVI become one of the premier platforms for veterans, service members, and military families to share their stories.

MVI enacted a broader engagement effort by hosting a series of six distinct community events that improved the awareness of veterans’ experiences through the simple act of listening. 100 COMMUNITY

From June 3 to June 21, MVI partnered with KPBS and the USS Midway Museum to record and archive more than 100 stories PARTNERS with San Diego’s veteran and military community. “I didn’t even recognize myself.” more than 1,000 INTERVIEWS in 82 CITIES “I’m so thankful for everything you’ve done.” & 30 STATES

In October, StoryCorps and the New York Public Library presented a panel titled “Our Stories to Tell” to help bridge the gap between military and civilian communities. 8 STORYCORPS LEGACY

Since its launch in 2010, StoryCorps Legacy has partnered with more than 25 organizations, including hospices, adult and children’s hospitals, nursing homes, and disease-specific centers, to record more than 675 interviews.

In 2013, StoryCorps Legacy made improvements to its already successful program: • Legacy expanded services to collect the stories of children affected by serious illness. • To increase Legacy’s national presence, Legacy staff spoke at the City of Hope’s conference in Los Angeles and at the International Institute of Reminiscence and Life Review conference in . • Four new fee-for-service extension partnerships allow Legacy’s partners to extend their recording 675 periods by six months to a year. INTERVIEWS • A formal evaluation highlighted the profound impact that Legacy has on participants.

Ellis and his mom, Jennifer, talk about their experiences in the hospital, having surgery, and living with Hirschsprung’s disease.

THROUGH THE STORYCORPS PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS THEIR OWN VOICES AND TO SHARE THEIR AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES “ RELATED TO LIFE WITH ILLNESS AND THEIR HOPES, FEARS, AND IDEAS.— Diane Rode, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital

Melanie and her mother, Ana, talk about Melanie’s liver transplant and the effects the operation has had on their family. ” 9 RECORDING STORIES ACROSS AMERICA

Since our founding in 2003, StoryCorps has given more than 90,000 people the chance to record their STORYBOOTHS stories and leave behind a legacy in sound for future generations. Throughout 2013, we recorded StoryCorps partners with local organizations and public radio stations in Atlanta, San Francisco, more than 5,000 interviews with over 11,000 participants in towns and cities across the entire and Chicago to record, share, and preserve the stories of these unique communities. In 2013, country. These stories are preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, StoryCorps housed recording booths in the Atlanta History Center, the Chicago Cultural Center, and creating an archive that is now the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered. San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum.

StoryCorps provides the interview experience in a number of different ways. DOOR-TO-DOOR Trained facilitators travel across the country recording stories on-site, bringing professional, portable • 5,508 interviews with 11,250 participants recording equipment to corporations, organizations, and even family reunions. This service provides a meaningful StoryCorps experience to a variety of communities. • 1,342 MobileBooth interviews with 2,678 participants STORYCORPS @ YOUR LIBRARY • 1,485 Door-to-Door interviews with 3,068 participants StoryCorps @ Your Library (SCL) is a two-year pilot project of the American Library Association 2,093 StoryBooth interviews with 4,317 participants (ALA) Public Programs Office and StoryCorps, with support from the Institute of Museum and • Library Services (IMLS). Pilot libraries receive equipment, training, promotional materials, and other 512* StoryKit interviews with 1,123 participants resources to help them develop community documentation projects using the popular and unique • StoryCorps-facilitated interview model.

MOBILEBOOTHS Our iconic MobileBooth, a converted Airstream trailer, travels the country to record the stories of everyday people. Each year StoryCorps’ MobileBooth visits 10 cities and towns for an extended stay of four to six weeks. At every stop, we partner with local radio stations and community-based organizations to ensure a diverse representation of communities from rural to urban, east coast to west coast. To date, our Mobile facilitators have toured all 50 states and have recorded nearly 20,000 stories.

2013 MOBILE STOPS Santa Fe, NM Phoenix, AZ Las Vegas, NV St. George, UT Boise, ID Cheyenne, WY Yakima, WA Rapid City, SD Los Angeles, CA

*This number includes Legacy StoryKit and StoryCorps @ Your Library recordings, as well as VIP rental StoryKits. 10 SHARING OUR STORIES

BROADCAST BOOKS Through our award-winning weekly broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition and Our fourth book, Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps, Saturday, StoryCorps reaches millions of listeners each week. was released in October 2013 to commemorate StoryCorps’ 10th anniversary. Ties That Bind includes 41 stories that celebrate the power of the human bond and capture the moment at which individuals ANIMATION become family. StoryCorps’ animated shorts feature the stories of everyday people, told in their own voices and brought to life with animation from the Rauch Brothers. The Animation team completed its fifth season of production in 2013 and released StoryCorps’ first-ever feature-length program, Listening Is an Act of Love. This half-hour special premiered on Thanksgiving 2013 and was broadcast nationally on the PBS documentary series POV. • 3,500 telecasts of Listening Is an Act of Love in 48 of the top 50 public television markets reached 95% of public television watching audiences and 560,000 viewers.

ARCHIVES The StoryCorps Archive is the largest single collection of recorded conversations ever collected, unprecedented in scope: • More than 52,000 interviews • More than 30,000 hours of audio • More than 250,000 digital objects, including audio, interview and participant data, photographs, and supplementary materials totaling more than 17 terabytes.

PRESS StoryCorps’ 10th anniversary contributed to major press coverage in a variety of outlets, including , The Observer, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, New York Post (Page Six), , Parade, Daily Beast, New York Times City Room, New York Magazine (Vulture), Buzzfeed, Weekend Edition Sunday, Here & Now, The Forum, and Radio Boston.

SOCIAL MEDIA StoryCorps’ social media channels grew more than 60 percent. Follow us on and join us on Facebook for all of the latest updates.

11 CAPTURING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR NATION

An organization-wide emphasis on diversity is central to our work at StoryCorps. For this reason, we set annual diversity goals and reserve 50 percent of interview openings for the constituencies of more than 350 community organizations. To ensure that the StoryCorps Archive, broadcasts, and animations fully represent the diversity of voices in America, StoryCorps’ Participant Diversity Team sets and supports the achievement of organization-wide participant diversity goals.

In 2013, StoryCorps teamed up with NPR to conduct an in-depth listener survey. This survey provides empirical data to help us better understand our listener base and impact on listeners. Below are some key findings: 385

• StoryCorps exposes listeners to diverse populations and increases understanding of/empathy COMMUNITY toward diverse populations. • 80% of respondents agree that StoryCorps has exposed them to people of different races/ PARTNERS ethnicities than their own. • StoryCorps creates a sense of common bond with others, including people of different backgrounds. • 79% of respondents agree/strongly agree that StoryCorps has helped them see the value of everyone’s life story and experience. In 2013, StoryCorps partnered with 385 community organizations. • StoryCorps is seen as relevant to understanding social issues, events, or policies. • 73% of respondents agree/strongly agree that StoryCorps helps humanize social issues, SELECT COMMUNITY PARTNERS events, or policies. Friedman Place | Mercy Housing | DePaul University | University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program | SEIU Local 1 | Gateway to Learning Special Education and Training Center | Chicago House | Imerman Angels | Chicago Freedom School | National People’s Action | Enlace & University of Illinois Participants’ identities by community at Chicago School of Public Health | Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center | Center for Asian American Media | The Links, On Lok Lifeways | Accion Latina | Open’hood with Highland Hospital | 20 Peralta Hacienda Historical House | Mexican Museum | California College of the Arts with Bayview African American Opera House | Tech Women | Pomo Nation in Pinoleville | Hunts Point Alliance for Children | East NY Farms | Job Path NYC | Bronx Documentary Center | Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless | Hispanic/Latino Got Your 6, Washington, D.C. | Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, New York, NY | Veterans 15 15% History Project, Washington, D.C. | Pritzker Military Library, Chicago, IL | The Mission Continues, St. Asian 13% Louis, MO | Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Arlington, VA | Texas A&M University | Georgia 10 Association to Benefit Veterans | Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs | LGBTQ The American Military Partner Association, San Diego, CA | Zen Hospice Project | Mount Sinai Kravis 8% 7% Children’s Hospital | Primary Children’s Medical Center | University of Utah | Buena Vida Continuing 5 Care and Rehabilitation Center | Connecticut Children’s Medical Center | Hinds Hospice | Forbes Hospice | Hospice of the Valley | American Red Cross Atlanta Chapter | Georgia Latino Alliance For Human Rights | Georgia Association for Latino Elected Officials | Friendship Baptist Church | Asian 0 Pacific American Historical Society 12 ADDITIONAL STORYCORPS INITIATIVES

SEPTEMBER 11TH INITIATIVE “STORYCORPS IS INSPIRATIONAL. In partnership with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, StoryCorps has recorded more than 1,200 interviews with people impacted by the tragedies at New York’s World Trade Center on A REAL TRIBUTE TO THE BEST OF February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001. HUMANITY. WE KNOW OURSELVES GRIOT INITIATIVE Our Griot Initiative ensures the contemporary experiences of African Americans are preserved and BY OUR STORIES, AND THE accessible for generations to come. In partnership with the future Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, StoryCorps Griot is one of the largest collections of African AUTHENTICITY OF THE STORIES TOLD American voices ever gathered. AT STORYCORPS TEACHES US ABOUT HISTORIAS INITIATIVE “ THE HUMANITY WE ALL SHARE.” StoryCorps Historias collects the living history of Latinos in the United States and celebrates stories from Latinos of numerous national backgrounds. In partnership with the Benson Latin American —Ellen, California Collection at the University of Texas, it is the largest collection of Latino voices ever gathered.

Recorded to date 687 TOTAL LEGACY INITIATIVE INTERVIEWS 1,036 TOTAL MVI INTERVIEWS ” 1,322 TOTAL SEPTEMBER 11TH INITIATIVE INTERVIEWS 3,588 TOTAL HISTORIAS INTERVIEWS 6,667 TOTAL GRIOT INTERVIEWS “When I was a kid, I didn’t realize that you “You remember the first dinner together?” were different.”

13 STORYCORPSU

StoryCorpsU (SCU) is an interactive, yearlong youth development program for high-need schools. The program uses StoryCorps interview techniques, radio broadcasts, and animated shorts to support the development of identity and social intelligence in students. Through the course of the year, kids get to record and share their own stories about where they’re from, who they are, and where they are going.

As our students share stories with their teachers, families, and fellow students, powerful human connections are established, and this plays an important role in high school completion.

SCU benefits educators as well. In a third-party evaluation conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the 2012–2013 school year, teachers reported that they knew their students better, were more effective teaching diverse students, and were more interested in their students.

STORYCORPSU WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR MANY REASONS, BUT THE MOST VALUABLE REASON WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY STUDENTS THROUGH THE SHARING OF THEIR 592 STUDENTS “PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. I WAS ABLE 7 SCHOOLS TO LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES WITHOUT 32 CLASSES BEING JUDGMENTAL AND VIEW THEM 28 TEACHERS 4 CITIES AS STRONG AND RESILIENT YOUNG “I didn’t think I would ever tell a teacher...” PEOPLE.—StoryCorpsU teacher

” 14 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

In 2013, 75.5 percent of expenses were directed to supporting our programs. Revenue was supported by the success of the 2013 gala. StoryCorps managed its expenses carefully and once again ended the year with a modest surplus.

REVENUE Revenue Amount Percentage ASSETS Corporate $1,142,859 13.9 Cash & Cash Equivalents $2,181,368 Foundations & Major Donors $2,561,135 31.3 Unconditional Promise to Give $2,989,544 Government $2,174,606 26.5 Miscellaneous Receivables $690,444 Individuals $174,781 2.1 Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets $78,566 Donated Services & Materials $94,299 2.4 Property & Equipment, At Cost $165,433 Special Events $912,007 11.1 (net of accumulated depreciation) Other Income $1,035,302 12.7 Security Deposits $39,683 Total Revenue $8,194,989 100 Total Assets $6,145,038 LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS EXPENSES Liabilities Expenses Amount Percentage Accounts Payable & Other Liabilities $397,643 StoryCorps Program $6,146,235 75.5 Deferred Revenue $201,944 Management & General $802,563 9.8 Note Payable $637,427 Fundraising $1,193,640 14.7 Book Advance $21,250 Total Expenses $8,142,438 100 Total Liabilities $1,258,264 Net Assets Unrestricted $1,442,951 Temporarily Restricted $3,443,823 Total Net Assets $4,886,774 Total Liabilities & Net Assets $6,145,038

15 2013 STORYCORPS FUNDERS

$500,000 & above Rupert Murdoch Elizabeth J. McCormack Joshua L. Steiner The Atlantic Philanthropies, Inc. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Scott Mitic Tom Tryforos Corporation for Public Broadcasting NoVo Foundation Jim Moore Susan & David Viniar Ford Foundation Oregon Health & Science University/ Morgan Stanley Barbara & Howard Wollner John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Doernbecher Children’s Hospital National Endowment for the Arts Harvey M. Schwartz The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation $1,000–$4,999 $100,000–$499,999 Alex & Michael A. Shuman The Scully Peretsman Foundation Judy & John M. Angelo Annenberg Foundation Jeanne & Herbert J. Siegel Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Anonymous (2) Arcus Foundation Tides Foundation Nan & Stephen Swid Rebecca & Daniel P. Baker The Boeing Company Trust for the National Mall Stephanie & George Tenet Paul F. Balser, Sr. Charina Endowment Fund W.K. Kellogg Foundation Lybess Sweezy & Ken Miller Peg & Bill Balzer Institute of Museum and Library Services Rosalind P. Walter Billie Tisch Lily & Douglas Band The Joyce Foundation The Weissman Family Foundation Windmill Lane Foundation Patricia Bauman & the Honorable John Landrum The Kaplen Foundation Bryant The Marc Haas Foundation $10,000–$24,999 $5,000–$9,999 Andi & Tom Bernstein Newman’s Own Foundation 21st Century Fox Allison & Frank Addante James L. Brooks Open Society Foundations Mary Lake Bennack & Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Airbnb Mike Brown Polk Bros Foundation Judy & Howard P. Berkowitz Anonymous Gretchen Burke Pumpkin Trust Clarissa & Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Foundation AOL Hilary & Joseph Califano Sidney & Stanley S. Shuman Patti & Ray Chambers Diana & Dick Beattie Karen Callahan & Jeremy Resnick Teleflora Citi Timothy C. Collins Pamela & Richard Cantor Colbert Family Fund of the Coastal Community Edward S. Moore Family Foundation Bryan J. Carey $25,000–$99,999 Foundation of SC Paul J. Huchro Catle Harlan, Inc. Allen & Company, LLC Cornelia & Michael Bessie Foundation Jane Isay Jennifer Chaiken & Sam Hamilton BayTree Fund Louise Hirschfield Cullman & Lewis B. Cullman Deb & Fred Kuntzman Chasen & Don Spero Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Roberta & Steven A. Denning Linda & Benjamin V. Lambert Ellen Chesler Bloomberg Philanthropies Louis G. Elson Deborah Leff Audrey Choi Carnegie Corporation of New York Jane Hartley & Ralph Schlosstein Cathie Levine & Josh Isay Sandra Cisneros David Bohnett Foundation Marlene Hess & James D. Zirin Anne & Vincent Mai CMS Packaging Jane Phillips Donaldson Barbara & Dane E. Holmes Catie & Donald Marron Connected Minds, Inc. Susan & Roger Hertog Andy Horning May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Pilar Crespi & Stephen Robert The John S. & James L. Knight Foundation Addie & Tom Jones The Mosaic Foundation (of R. & P. Heydon) The Crowell Family Jurate Kazickas & Roger Altman Marie Josee & Henry R. Kravis News Corporation Foundation Julie & Peter Cummings Seth A. Klarman Brian J. Lee Susan & Alan J. Patricof Eric Dunn Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust Bonnie & Rick Reiss Cheryl & Blair Effron Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Dan W. Lufkin/The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation William D. Siegel Sara & Fred Epstein Thomas A. Moore Susan & Morris Mark on behalf of Mark Asset Lyn & David M. Silfen Sarah Feinberg Charlotte Moss & Barry S. Friedberg Management Sarah E. Smith Frayda & Ronald Feldman Lisa Mueller & Gara LaMarche 16 2013 STORYCORPS FUNDERS

$1,000 –$4,999 (cont.) Scott Painter Flo Wiener & Rick Hobish John Cunningham David Fischer The Par Group David D. Wildermuth Peggy Daniel Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Frederica Perera & Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr. Jeanne & Larry Wilson Robert Davis Craig Frischkorn David Reville Judy Wise & Sheldon Baskin Alex C. Demestihas John Fujii Carol Robertson Connie Wolf Richard A. Eisner Gail A. Furman Paula L. Root & Dr. Leon Root Elaine & Jim Wolfensohn Vickie Feldstein Gary L. Ginsberg Donna & Benjamin M. Rosen Amy Yenkin & Robert Usdan Leo Figgs Frank Golding Marjorie & Jeffrey Rosen Carolina Zaph & John H. Josephson Jeanne Donovan Fisher Raj Goyle The Rosenkranz Foundation Jim Fleischer Sonya & Javier Guardo Holly Russell & Jack Rosenthal $250–$999 Davey Frankel The Hebrew Home At Riverdale Taly & Andy Russell Carol Hill Albert Scott Frewing Susan & Richard L. Hecht Derek V. Schuster Renita Jones Anderson Ronald Martin Frye Bonnie & Eric Helpenstell Jeffrey & Sheara Seigal Anonymous (3) Jennifer D. Gallagher Melinda & Bill vanden Heuvel Nicole Seligman & Joel Klein Brian Aydemir Susan George Thomas C. Israel Stephanie & Fred Shuman Bryan Bagnall Dale Giolas Hannah & Lon Jacobs Ruth Lande Shuman Quarup Sakiyama Barreirinhas Adam Goldstein John & Barbara Vogelstein Foundation Caroline Sidnam Carl Berger Betsy & Michael Gonnerman John B. Stetson Kentucky Bourbon Karla & Stanley Smith Martin Berkowitz Margaret Goodman Jane & Gerald Katcher Joy Solomon Payal Berning William Gorin Leah Keith & Dan Cohen Mary & David Solomon/Goldman Sachs Gives David Bernstein Vartan Gregorian Dylan Klempner Maurice Sonnenberg Paul Binder Milner A. Grimsled Debra Kocher Robin Sparkman Dorothy Black Arlis Grossman Lynn Korda Kroll Daniel Spurgeon Fraser & Deirdre Black Rosemary Haefner Lagunitas Brewing Company Stephen & Myrna Greenberg Philanthropic Fund James Edward Bohnen Sheffield Hale Ruth & Sid Lapidus Leila & Mickey Straus Lynne J.F. Boswell Thomas Halford Kim Larson & Gary E. Knell Herb Sturz Michelle Brekken Cheryl & Fred Halpern The Lauder Foundation Susan H. Sussman Valerie Bressman John Hildreth Maribelle & Steve Leavitt The Tang Fund Shelley Brian Page & Brian Ikeda Longsight, Inc. Nicki Newman Tanner Ralph Bush Milton Isay Atiba Mbiwan Laura R. Walker/New York Public Radio Dan Butler Glen Jepsen Kathryn McAuliffe & Jay Kriegel Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum Patricia Carr Clennita Justice & Robert Bogle Ronay & Richard Menschel Kathryn Anderson Weaver & Wm. Lynn Weaver Ron Chernow Stephen Kelly Sally Minard John S. Weinberg Esther Choy James Robin King Shawna Shepherd Minassian & Craig A. Minassian Michael Weinstein Irwin Chukerman Robert Klingenberg Jo Minow Renee & Peter Whitehead Bonnie Clarke Bloomfield Knoble Moment Lois Whitman Derek B. Clegg Barbara Kornet KJ & Margie Moore Judith & Roger Widmann Emily Coates Fred Krautz Tracy & Larry Nagler Wien Family Fund Debbie N. Cote Doug & Wendy Kreeger 17 2013 STORYCORPS FUNDERS

$250 –$999 (cont.) Teresa Ann McMahon David Rivard Robert Taylor Carolyn Krizek Bruce McNamer Steve & Jennifer Teems Sandra Laby Sharyanne McSwain Nancy J. Rocker Adam M. Temple Joan & Kevin Lafferty Stephen McWilliams Seth P. Rosebrock Thomas Test Jay Langner Elaine Melko Steven Rothschild Karen Ong dela Torre Eugene Lee Middle Road Foundation John N. Saindon Heather Torres Lucy & Ken Lehman Wynn Miller Peter S. Samis Stacey Triesch Ellen & Martin Levine Jan Stepto Millett Caron Sapire Kim & Terry Turner Kim & David Levine Jeffrey & Linda Millington Graham Saunders Cynthia King Vance Leslie & Peter Levine Morgan Monaco Lisa & Tim Saunders Catharine E. Wall John Lietzau Ana Nguyen Carolyn Schodt & Howard Lesnick Cheng Wang Sarah Darer Littman J. Morrow Otis Jon D. Schwefler Alison & Bill Washabaugh Jan & Cary Lochtenberg James H. Ottaway, Jr. James Seagroves Susan Wells Lutz & Carr CPA’s LLP Christine Patterson Ella Seely Katie Wingenbach Harry Lynch Evans Paull Susan L. Shah Pam Woodley Maureen Maas Richard A. Pecorella Erin E. Shine William Woolley Susan Donna Mangum Kathleen Peratis Jeffrey & Eileen Simon David C. Wright Stephen Manlove Pamela A. Perkowski Tom Slavin Eric Yap Geraldine Mannion Jan Piercy Norman Soep Nancy Youman Jennifer Mansfield Susan Puder Susan & Peter Solomon David L. Zahm, Ph.D Elena Maslia Marks Donna Pugh Dempsey Springfield Rafael Zaklad Lenore S. Maslia Joyce Purnick & Max Frankel Patrick Stiff Sarah Brown Mathews Helen Hilton Raiser Rietta Cybele Stoneman Loretta Mccarthy John S. Rauth StoryWorth.com Amy McIntosh & Jeffrey Toobin Roger & MaryBeth Reville Mike Syers

2013 NATIONAL BROADCAST SPONSORS & LOCAL MEDIA PARTNERS 2013 NATIONAL PARTNERS

18 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Senator Bill Bradley Gara LaMarche, Chair Managing Director, Allen & Company LLC President, The Democracy Alliance

Audrey Choi Deborah Leff Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Attorney with the United States Government

Jane Phillips Donaldson, Vice Chair Scott Mitic Co-Founder and Principal, Phillips Oppenheim CEO and Co-Founder, TrustedID, Inc.

Sarah Feinberg Jim Moore, Treasurer and Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation Operating Partner, TDR Capital, London

Dane E. Holmes Tom Moore Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Director, Former CEO and Chairman, Advaxis Inc.

Dave Isay, President Jack Rosenthal Founder and President, StoryCorps Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Philanthropies; Former President, New York Times Company Adelaide K. Jones Foundation Principal, Phillips Oppenheim Michael Shuman Kevin Klose Founder and Principal, MASdesign President Emeritus, National Public Radio; Dean, University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill Murray Sinclaire, Jr. College of Journalism President and CEO (Co-Owner), Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC

19 STORYCORPS STAFF

EXECUTIVE CONTRACTS & ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES EDUCATION MOBILE Dave Isay President Kathleen Payne Associate Manager, Contracts & Elaine Davenport Interim Manager, Education Eliza Bettinger Interim Site Supervisor, Mobile Meridith Burkus Director, External Relations Organizational Services Lauren Kalogridis Education Associate Jordan Bullard Senior Coordinator, Mobile Donna Galeno Director, Programs Stephanie Roth Senior Manager, Contracts & Eva Liao Education Associate Leslee Dean Facilitator, Mobile Organizational Services Sharyanne McSwain Director, Finance & Administration Jennifer Proulx Manager, Education Jesse Gutierrez Senior Outreach Coordinator, Mobile Ashwini Shridhar Senior Coordinator, Participant Kathrina Proscia Special Assistant to the President Relations Melvin Reeves Associate Director, Education & Special Lisa Polito Site Supervisor, Mobile Projects Jessica Sperling Evaluation Specialist Mayra Sierra Facilitator, Mobile Amarilis Rodriguez Content Assistant, Education COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Andrew Wallace Coordinator, Participant Relations Callie Thuma Facilitator, Mobile Geraldine Ah-Sue Facilitator, SF StoryBooth Christina Veloz Manager, Mobile FINANCE Shirley Alfaro Site Supervisor, Chicago StoryBooth CUSTOM SERVICES Dina Zempsky Manager, Mobile Cherise Jones Associate Manager, Finance Noam Bar-Zemer Coordinator, Military Voices Initiative Michelle Bova Associate, Custom Services Stephanie Burton Facilitator, Atlanta StoryBooth Alia Haddad Coordinator, Custom Services PRINT & ANIMATION HUMAN RESOURCES Tramaine Chelan’gat Manager, Community Engagement Emily Hsiao Coordinator, Business Development Lizzie Jacobs Senior Producer, Animation/Senior Editor, Lianna Newman Coordinator, Human Resources Print Perri Chinalai Associate Manager, StoryCorps Legacy Abby Lesnick Manager, Custom Services Tina Chong Coordinator, StoryKit Kate Parvenski Senior Coordinator, Human Resources Maya Millett Co-Producer, Animation/Associate Editor, Alissa Pelc Associate Director, Corporate Partnerships Print Alexis Creer Senior Coordinator, StoryCorps Legacy Megan Thiele Manager, Human Resources Makeba Seargeant Production Assistant Natalia Fidelholtz Site Supervisor, SF StoryBooth DEVELOPMENT Luis Gallo Facilitator, D2D INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Zhaleh Afshar Coordinator, Board Affairs PRODUCTION Jill Glaser Facilitator, D2D Jose Castillo Coordinator, Information Technology Cassandra Alvarez Associate Manager, Development Jasmyn Belcher Producer Cristina Kim Facilitator, D2D Communications Dean Haddock Senior Manager, Information Technology Jud Esty-Kendall Production Assistant Frank Kingman Senior Facilitator, SF StoryBooth Eoin Delap Development Associate, Individual Giving Chanda Khatso Web Developer Michael Garofalo Senior Producer Nhu Tiên Lu Coordinator, Military Voices Initiative Scott McCraw Associate Director, Institutional Giving Kira Limer Senior Coordinator, Information Systems Yasmina Guerda-Lee Producer Sylvie Lubow Senior Coordinator, Military Voices Frances O’Connell Development Associate, Individual David Marichal Programmer Initiative Giving Isaac Kestenbaum Production Manager Katie Miles Facilitator, D2D Mo Pepin Development Associate, Development MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Anita Rao Production Assistant Communications Anjuli Munjal Supervisor, D2D Amy Adsley Assistant, Marketing & Communications Nadia Reiman Producer Tori Scott Associate Director, Individual Giving & Special Facilitator, Chicago StoryBooth Graphic Designer Katie Simon Producer André Perez Events Beth Cole Site Supervisor, Atlanta StoryBooth Associate Manager, Program Promotion Amanda Plumb Hana Tahirovic Senior Development Associate, Jeremy Helton Jorge Rojas Facilitator, D2D Institutional Giving Krisi Packer Manager, Brand Marketing & Publicity RECORDING & ARCHIVE Senior Coordinator, Archive Daniel Sitts Facilitator, D2D Nick Vermane Senior Development Associate, Individual Kelley Simons Senior Coordinator, Marketing & Talya Cooper Christina Stanton Facilitator, D2D Giving & Special Events Communications Elaine Kamlley Recording Operations Specialist Lauren Waits Facilitator, Atlanta StoryBooth Diana Velez-Griffen Senior Coordinator, Marketing & Virginia Millington Manager, Recording & Archive Communications John White Senior Facilitator, D2D Elizabeth Perez Coordinator, StoryCorps @ Your Library Alicia Williams Facilitator, Chicago StoryBooth Tamara Thompson Coordinator, Archive Adam Wilson Associate Director, Community Engagement

20 MISSION & CORE PRINCIPLES

MISSION StoryCorps’ mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. We do this to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. At the same time, we are creating an invaluable archive for future generations.

CORE PRINCIPLES StoryCorps is built on an uncompromising commitment to excellence throughout the organization that includes an intense focus on the collecting, sharing, and preserving of people’s stories; high-quality organizational management; and the care and support of an extraordinary work environment where respect and dignity are paramount. • The interview session is at the heart of StoryCorps. We treat participants with the utmost respect, care, and dignity. • StoryCorps maintains a relentless focus on serving a wide diversity of participants. “We make a very odd couple.” • StoryCorps is a public service.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE WORK YOU DO; EVERY TIME I HEAR ONE OF YOUR STORIES, I FEEL UPLIFTED AND MORE CONNECTED TO OTHERS THROUGH OUR COMMON HUMANITY. ­—Barbara Harris, Cambridge, MA “ ” Marking the Distance

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Here are ways you can stay connected with us:

Record your story: .org/reservations

Subscribe to our weekly podcast: storycorps.org/podcast

Watch our animations: storycorps.org/animation

Read our best-selling books: storycorps.org/books

Subscribe to our blog: storycorps.org/blog

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: fb.com/storycorps and @StoryCorps

Hear more stories: storycorps.org/listen Support our work: storycorps.org/members THANK YOU

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