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The Pittsburgh Promise DREAM BIG WORK HARD GIVE BACK MOVING UP & MOVING FORWARD ANNUAL REPORT 2016 The Pittsburgh Promise ANNUAL REPORT 2016 DREAM BIG WORK HARD GIVE BACK 1 2016 ANNUAL REPORT encourages Pittsburgh’s students and greater community to dream big, work hard, and give back. The Promise can be seen in the big dreams of K-12 students, the hard work of Promise Scholars pursuing post-secondary degrees and certifications, and through Promise Alumni who give back to the region by enriching the workforce and bolstering our communities. BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF Franco Harris Chester R. Babst III Edith Shapira, M.D. Lauren Bachorski Chair Managing Shareholder Psychiatrist Director of Communications Member of the NFL Hall of Fame Babst Calland Private Practice Afiya Bey Owner, Super Bakery, Inc. Workforce Development Manager William Benter Candi Castleberry Singleton Janay Coleman Anne Lewis Founder & Chairman Founder & CEO Scholarship Manager Vice Chair Acusis Dignity & Respect, Inc. Board Chair Saleem Ghubril Oxford Development Company Anthony Hamlet, Ed.D. James Spencer Executive Director Superintendent President & CEO Heather Hackett Kiya Tomlin Pittsburgh Public Schools EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc. Communications Coordinator Treasurer Founder & Custom Designer Kirk Johnson Ian Stewart Kristin Koerner Uptown Sweats by Kiya Tomlin Senior Vice President CEO of Treasury Services, BNY Mellon Development Administrative Assistant Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Chairman, BNY Mellon Pennsylvania DREAM BIG Marsha Kolbe Debra Kline Demchak Director of Development Secretary Pamela Little-Poole James E. Taylor, Ph.D. Community Leader Community Leader Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Steve Kroser UPMC Data & Technology Manager WORK HARD William Peduto Maxwell King Katina Lee Mayor Demetri N. Zervoudis Executive Committee Operations Manager President & CEO City of Pittsburgh Senior Vice President GIVE BACK The Pittsburgh Foundation Covestro Betsy Magley Jackie Perlow, Esq. Major Gifts Officer Clerk Mark Laskow Shawn Kintner Nelson Federal Court Executive Committee Director of Programs Managing Director The Pittsburgh Promise Greycourt & Co., Inc. Blake Ruttenberg Lyndsey Rozzi Executive Vice President Scholarship Coordinator ANNUAL REPORT 2016 American Textile Company Shelley Scherer, Ph.D. Associate Executive Director Julie Shepard Events & Relationships Manager Gene Walker Partnerships Manager 2 3 2016 ANNUAL REPORT Franco Harris Chair Saleem Ghubril Executive Director A single In December 2015, Henry Rowan died at the age of city’s kids because they are worth it, and because we all 92. In 1953, in his basement in New Jersey, he invented need them to succeed. If they do, we do also. If they scholarship a furnace to melt metal and created a global company don’t, we all suffer the consequences. called Inductotherm. Later, he made a gift to Glassboro State College. (Glassboro is a school where, in 1983, I Since 2008, we have had the privilege of investing in can touch a took some classes when I was struggling to find my way If our most more than 7,300 urban youth. We've provided more in this world.) Mr. Rowan’s gift was $100 million. It than $100 million in Promise scholarships for their thousand lives. was the first, and still one of very few gifts of that size, vulnerable kids post-secondary education. More than 90% of them to be given to a public educational institution. Mine did. were low or moderate income students. succeed, we all do. Mr. Rowan studied engineering at MIT. When asked Some sailed to success effortlessly. Some struggled. why he made this gift to Glassboro rather than MIT, Most put their noses to the grindstone and did he said: “Without a doubt, MIT is the finest whatever was necessary to cross the finish line. And, engineering school in the world. But a gift of this As we inspire our students to I know firsthand what a difference a scholarship can Many studies show that college- Pittsburgh's companies have hired many of them. I am honored to serve as the Chair of The Pittsburgh magnitude would not have the impact at MIT that it Promise Board of Directors. I know that my make. College was not on my radar when I was in high dream big dreams, to work hard school. My family could not afford to send my siblings educated communities experience will have at Glassboro.” colleagues on the board also feel the privilege and the Thank you, UPMC, for getting us started with a to reach them, and to commit to responsibility of leading The Promise toward continued and me, so we all expected to enlist in the military. reduced poverty, crime, unemployment, transformational investment. Thank you, Promise board Glassboro is a public college. It admits the majority impact and a sustainable future. All of that changed when Penn State offered me a and staff, for stewarding that trust carefully. Thank of students who apply (it admitted me). It turns very giving back as they are able, join us scholarship. and hopelessness, while they also see you, dear friends in philanthropy, in business, and in few away. It takes risks on students that other schools neighborhoods for staking your claim, and declaring in fanning the flames of their dreams, The Pittsburgh Promise exists to promote excellence opportunity and volunteerism go up. would not admit. Some of these risks pay off. Some More than 7,300 students have already received a with us that “all kids are our kids.” and equity in our urban schools, to make the quality Hope is what a scholarship provides: a don’t. The school, nonetheless, thinks that average applauding their successes, and scholarship from The Pittsburgh Promise. Imagine students, late bloomers, and students of humble of life better in our neighborhoods, and to infuse celebrating their spirit of giving. our region’s workforce with diverse talent. We are the impact their collective lives will have. Add to that vision for what can be despite what is. means are worth the risk. Sincerely, committed to raising $250 million for the scholarships another several thousand students who are on the pathway to The Promise. Calculate that impact. needed to continue to deliver these results. In December 2007, Jeffrey Romoffannounced UPMC’s commitment to invest $100 million in urban youth who attend urban public schools in Educational equity leads to economic equality and a I am astounded by the results that our community’s Pittsburgh. In an interview, he said, “There is nothing more just Pittsburgh for all. All of our kids matter, and investments are yielding. I can tell you that lives are Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director more important than the education of our children. until they all can live up to their promise, our work being changed. Together, we can continue to make a Thus, it was not a challenge for UPMC to consider is not done. Thank you for joining us in this work. difference – but we can’t do this without you. investing $100 million in The Pittsburgh Promise. It Hand in hand with you, side by side with our kids, our was not something that we considered to be foreign to Scholars, and their families, we will press on, so that With gratitude, our mission. Indeed, it was something we considered their promise can flourish. to be essential to our mission.” UPMC made a bold statement. They said they were going to bet on our Franco Harris, Chair 4 5 DREAM BIG WORK HARD GIVE BACK Ada Senior, Pittsburgh CAPA Promise scholarships are a key component to realize this Emerging research vividly demonstrates the impact that post-secondary attainment made on vision. The Pittsburgh Promise provides scholarships for employment opportunity during the most recent economic recession and recovery. post-secondary education to graduates of PPS who meet basic eligibility criteria. The individual scholarship is up Bachelor’s degree or higher Associate’s degree or some college High school or less to $30,000 ($7,500 per year for 4 years). To be eligible, students must: 8.6 million • Live in the City of Pittsburgh and be enrolled in PPS for at least the four years of high school The driving force behind the work of Recession Recovery Dream Big The Pittsburgh Promise is to realize the • Graduate with a 2.5 minimum GPA (2.0 to go dream and the fullest potential of the to CCAC with a second chance “Promise Extension” scholarship) promise that is in each and every one of 1.3 million our children. • Maintain a minimum school attendance rate of 90% • Enroll in one of more than 200 approved colleges, It is our dream – and our aspiration – that universities, trade or technical schools in DREAM BIG: My dream is to discover a way to marry every child in Pittsburgh Public Schools my passions for medicine and art. I’ll be entering college Pennsylvania undecided, but I’m excited to identify a field of study (PPS) will graduate from high school, will that works for me. Maybe one day, I’ll be a surgeon that pursue post-secondary education, and will uses art and design to create new methods! While we do not believe that -5.5 million earn a degree, diploma, or certificate. WORK HARD: Academics are important to me; I a 4-year degree is always necessary, maintain a high GPA and take rigorous classes. As a “The oak sleeps in the acorn, Promise Ambassador, it’s my job to table in the lunch we are certain that a high school room, talk to my peers, and connect students who have the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest diploma is not enough. vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. questions to The Pittsburgh Promise office. I work hard During the recession, workers During the recovery, workers Workers with more than a high Dreams are the seedlings of realities.” to ensure that my classmates understand The Promise with a high school diploma with a high school diploma school education gained 11.5 scholarship and take advantage of it.
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