IPSF ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 Times have changed since most of us were in school. State support dwindles by the day.If we want our kids to have the education they deserve, the only people we can depend on are ourselves. Parents. Business. The community. IPSF. All of us joined together in a circle of support. Since 1996, IPSF has existed for one teachers the flexibility to organize their As you read this report, you’ll learn reason: To make sure our children get classrooms into small reading groups more about what our community has a world-class education. that encourage every type of reader, made possible– what YOU have made and instill a love of reading that lasts possible– in support of education. This IPSF Annual Report will give you a lifetime. The City of Irvine matched a picture of what you have helped us those gifts, showing their commitment Today, as state budgets continue to accomplish, where your donations go, to the education of their residents. shrink, your support is more important and the good things they’ve made than ever. Critical, in fact, if we are to possible. We also want to celebrate Fine Arts education is thriving in Irvine ensure our children have the tools they and thank the parents, community thanks to you. Your donation helped need to be competitive and to excel, members, alumni, businesses, corpo- IPSF provide after-school and sum- whatever their chosen field. rations and associations who come mer enrichment classes, as well as together in support of excellence in our award-winning Instrument Rental Our goal at IPSF is simple: to be here education. We are truly fortunate to Program and Honors Concert. now, and into the future, supporting live in a community that values enrichment opportunities you simply education so highly. With your help, IPSF was able to can’t find anywhere else. For every fund Zero Period PE in our middle child. For your child. This past year, your donation helped schools, to allow students the flexibility us pay the salaries of instructional to take an extra elective. To explore. With gratitude, assistants, who in turn give elementary To discover that new passion that will NEDA ZAENGLE, IPSF CEO make a difference in their lives. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ADVISORY COUNCIL AND STAFF Before we go on to break down the numbers, it’s only fitting that we present you with some of our greatest assets: The people who make IPSF what it is. Some of our staff receive salaries. The rest volunteer their time, for our benefit. And yours. Board of Trustees TRUSTEES Executive Team OFFICERS Anila Ali, Educator Neda Zaengle Chair Rob Brinkman, VIZIO CEO Jeff Larsen Loucinda Carlton, Community Leader MVE Architects Dr. Robert Chow, StemCyte Sherry Slunka Kristin Crellin, Schools First FCU Chief Financial Officer Vice Chair Dennis Gibbs, Irvine Unified School Robert Braithwaite District Administrator, retired Debbie Rugani Hoag Hospital Thad Martin, HoneyBaked Ham, Inc. Chief Program Officer Steve Nelson, So California Edison Secretary Keyvan Samini, Naso & Samini Cheryl Braun Carol Choi Trish Shute, O.C. District Attorney Director of Community Relations OUR United Exchange Corporation Julie Tapp, Team Kids ASSETS Julie Weis Walker, Wells Fargo Wendy Bokota SOME MonetarY. Treasurer Director of Development SOME MOST Jason Lee EX-OFFICIO Community Leader Steffanie Early, PTA Council President Cheryl Van Camp DECIDEDLY not. Dr. Gwen Gross, Irvine Unified School Executive Assistant Fund Development Chair District Superintendent Robin Lubitz Dr. Gavin Huntly-Fenner, Irvine Unified Community Leader School District School Board Neda Zaengle, IPSF CEO Program Chair Sharon Salinger HONORARY MEMBER University of California, Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang First Past Chair Advisory Council Jan Kerchner Connie Colao, Taco Bell The College Blueprint Steve Churm, Churm Media Tallia Hart, Irvine Chamber of Commerce Sean Joyce, City of Irvine Robin Leftwich, The Irvine Company David Maggard, Irvine Chief of Police Brian Stephens, OCFA, Chief Liz Toomey, UC Irvine Beatrice Tseng, Irvine Valley College John Withers, Irvine Ranch Water District ASSETS AND EXPENDITURES IPSF is playing a greater role in school funding than at any time in our fourteen year history. As state resources shrink, our contribution to our own schools grows. It is clear to us that local revenue, and the local control it allows, will be critical to the future success of our students and our schools. DOING THE MATH OUR FINANCIAL ASSETS AS OF 6.30.10 Cash $2,932,674 PICTURE Investments $2,754,359 Accounts Receivable $5,247 Prepaid Expenses $34,233 Equipment, net of accumulated $114,175 depreciation Total Assets $5,840,688 Fundraising: LIABILITIES Program 12% Accounts Payable $131,462 Expenditures, Accrued Expenses $60,595 including Grants & General & Accrued Payables $284,691 Donations: Administrative: Deferred Revenue $2,246,611 78% 10% Total Liabilities $2,723,359 NET ASSETS Unrestricted $988,217 Temporarily Restricted $2,124,115 Permanently Restricted $4,997 Total Net Assets $3,117,329 EXPENDITURES Total expenditures, excluding the raffle, were approximately $3.9 million for 2009-2010 Program expenditures, Grants & Donations include Class Size Support. Health Program Management costs include insurance, rent, software, equipment, payroll, and grants. Art, Science, and Math, and Music donations. Instrument Rental program. accounting, phone, staff development, and supplies. ACE (Afterschool Classroom Enrichment). Honors Concert. My College Knowledge. General & Administrative Expense includes insurance, rent, software, equipment, staff Community Relations. PACE (Program to Advance Cultural Education). ITAP-ICAP development, payroll and accounting, phone, board development, postage, and supplies. grants (Innovative Teaching Award Program/Innovative Counseling Award Program. Fund Raising Expense includes fundraising software, staff development, postage, SEA, SLL and ZPPE programs (Summer Enrichment Academy, Science Little League, supplies, events, printing, and equipment. Zero Period Physical Education). Playground Support. Parent Volunteer of the Year. ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS that improve THE Quality OF education IPSF, working in partnership with IUSD, runs enrichment programs that add immeasurably to the WHERE THE choices students have at all levels, from K-12. These programs are partly funded by donations, and MONEY GOES partly through classroom fees. In this way, IPSF is able to make programs available that otherwise ENRICHMENT would simply not exist. PROGRAMS Support for Science Little League, Support for the Honors Concert, Summer Enrichment Academy and the Program to Advance Cultural Zero-Period PE Education (PACE), Walk to School Day and other community outreach programs Support for the Instrument Rental Program Support for ACE and My College Knowledge. TOTAL: $1,708,362 in programs that enrich students’ lives. Programs no school district should be without. IUSD AT A GLANCE Over 10,000 of our students (roughly 39%) have a primary language other than English. More than 3,900 students (about 14.5%) are limited in their English proficiency. ACADEMIC SUPPORT BENEFITTING 27,000 STUDENTS IPSF plays a greater role today than at any time in our history. As state resources continue to shrink, the need for IPSF grows. Some of the things we must pay for would shock you: Nurses and health clerks, WHERE THE for example. All the more reason for every parent, every family, to give as generously as they can. MONEY GOES ACADEMIC SUPPORT MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORT, $165,802 (16%) IPSF helps fund Language and College Planning classes, Innova- tive Teacher and Counselor grants, the Parent Volunteer of the Year program, as well as initiatives that help your child handle middle and high school better, including Freshman Success programs, Grad Night and Summer Enrichment Academy. SCIENCE, MATH, NURSES AND HEALTH CLERKS, $144,000 (14%) TECHNOLOGY, From skinned knees to daily medications, nurses and RECYCLING, health clerks are there for all 27,000 IUSD students only $27,682 (3%) because IPSF funds them. Would you feel good about a IPSF supports the IUSD school without them? We didn’t think so. Science Fair, Technology, Math, and the IUSD ELEMENTARY LEVEL SUPPORT, $185,165 (18%) Recycling program. Each From kindergarten through sixth grade, IPSF makes of them, a way to encourage a difference. Your contributions to IPSF help fund the young minds to make a Health Curriculum, Music Instructional Assistants, Math difference– and have the Fluency, Afterschool Classroom Enrichment, Innovative tools to do it. Support for the Instrument Teacher and Counselor grants, the Summer Enrichment Rental Program Academy, the Parent Portal and the Parent Volunteer of DISTRICT MUSIC AND the Year program. All to help make sure your child gets ART, $26,196 (2%) the education he or she deserves. Studies have shown students who participate in the arts outperform those who don’t, on CLASSROOM SUPPORT, $500,000 (48%) virtually every measure. IPSF IPSF supports every IUSD school. Grades K-6 receive supports music and art, with additional instructional support, while grades 7-12 events like the Annual Honors get better student-to-teacher ratios. In 2009-10, IPSF Concert and the Young Masters funded 930 hours of additional classroom instruction in Art Program. By showcasing stu- K-6, and 10 additional certified teachers in grades 7-12. dents in a public setting, IPSF also helps instill in them the confidence they need to excel. TOTAL: $1,048,845 in academic support the state can’t pay for, won’t pay for, or will pay for only in part. IRVINE UNIFIED AT A GLANCE Number of Schools Elementary 22 Middle 5 High 4 Alternative 2 Title One 15 Student Enrollment Elementary 13,934 Middle 4,168 High 8,740 Special Education 2,676 RECOGNIZING AND REWARDING CUTTING-EDGE TEACHERS INNOVATION Great ideas and innovative techniques can take education to the next level. Few things are worse than to YOUR see them ground under the heels of budget constraints. Enter ITAP/ICAP, the Innovative Teaching Award D O N A T I O N S Program and the Innovative Counseling Award Program.