OUR ROOTS 2017 ANNUAL REPORT OUR ROOTS

This report is the first in a three-part series intended to bring you on a journey from Center of Life’s past to its future. The first,Our Roots, will tell the story of how Center of Life began and check back in with some of its first students. Look out for Our Rhythm, the 2018 report, and The Road Ahead, the 2019 report, in the coming years.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mission and Vision ...... 1 Our Roots ...... 2 Alumni Reflections ...... 4

Courtney Moore ...... 4

Anton DeFade ...... 4

Asia Mason ...... 5

Desmond Russell ...... 5 Board of Directors ...... 6 Staff ...... 7 Foundation and Government Partners ...... 8 Corporate Sponsors ...... 8 Individual Donors ...... 8 Community Partners ...... 9 Special Thanks ...... 9 Financial Report ...... 10 2017 by the Numbers ...... 12 How to Support Us ...... 13 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Live@COL: Summer Concert Series Finale at former Gladstone School, July 2017.

OUR MISSION OUR VISION

TO PROVIDE FAMILIES AND YOUTH WITH TO EMPOWER AND EQUIP

THE LIFE SKILLS, EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND FAMILIES TO BRING ECONOMIC

RESOURCES NECESSARY TO BE STRONG AND REVITALIZATION TO THEIR

TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES STRONG. COMMUNITIES.

1 Clockwise from top left: The KRUNK Movement’s first computer, 2004; The KRUNK Movement, 2007; Community event, 2001; Health and fitness program, 2003; The KRUNK Movement at Lincoln Middle School, 2006; Basketball at Gladstone, 1990. OUR ROOTS TIM SMITH - CEO, CENTER OF LIFE

Looking back on the past 17 years, it’s tempting to try and working school. Our roots are the first community event Center determine the singular moment Center of Life was born. Was of Life ever held, where the first COL Jazz band played. Back it when I moved to Hazelwood in 1980? When I established then the band was made up of just five people — me, my two Center of Life as a nonprofit in 2001? Or back even further, sons, and my friends Neil Martin and Doug Ransaw. Our roots in 1953, when my father re-established Keystone Church? In are the first computer The KRUNK Movement ever made music reality, our roots are a series of moments that, taken together, on, a 2004 Apple eMac, the height of technology at that time. put us on the path to where we are today. The kids had to crowd around it to make music because it was Our roots are me hanging out with neighborhood kids on the only computer they had. Our roots are the early days of our the Gladstone basketball court, back in 1990 when I was still tutoring program Fusion, which was held in the old Hazelwood working as an investment banker and Gladstone was still a Library. Our roots are a group of Center of Life students that 2 Clockwise from top left: Rowing class with Three Rivers Rowing Club, 2003; Art installation with Robert Qualters, 2002; Photography class with CMU and Manchester Craftsman’s Guild, 2003; Fusion at the library, 2011; The first COL Jazz band, 2001; The KRUNK Movement dancers, 2002.

worked with world-renowned artist, Robert Qualters, in 2002 the best technology available, producing albums of original OUR ROOTS to create an art installation about the futures they imagined for songs, music videos, photography, and graphic design projects. themselves. Don’t worry, we’ve got a few more computers now. These TIM SMITH - CEO, CENTER OF LIFE These days, instead of playing basketball with the days, Fusion has a much bigger home with newly renovated neighborhood kids after coming home from the bank, I get up classrooms and plenty of space to learn. every day and head to Center of Life, which sits in the same Those kids who imagined their futures in 2002 are now building that housed my father’s church. There’s still plenty adults. The art installation they made still sits outside our office— ­ of basketball though — now we have a youth athletics and wooden cut-outs of dancers, musicians, judges, and basketball mentorship program called Crossover that runs four days a players greet me every day on my way into work. Some of those week. These days, our original COL Jazz band has grown and kids grew up to be exactly what they imagined: Almost all of developed into a world-class ensemble. In 2012, after winning them are college graduates, many in the arts. Others found the Open Combo Division at the Next Generation Jazz Festival, their dreams changed as they grew up and experienced what a youth event put on by the Monterey Jazz Festival, COL Jazz the world has to offer. As for me, I’m truly grateful for our roots was invited to perform at the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival and for the privilege of being around long enough to see lives itself. These days, The KRUNK Movement is still working with change for the better. 3 ALUMNI REFLECTIONS

COURTNEY MOORE ANTON DEFADE THEN: THE KRUNK MOVEMENT THEN: COL JAZZ YEARS AT COL: 2007-2009 YEARS AT COL: 2009-2011 COLLEGE: THE NEW SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY, NY COLLEGE: THE NEW SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY, NY NOW: GRAPHIC DESIGNER NOW: PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

WHAT DOES CENTER OF LIFE MEAN TO YOU? WHAT’S YOUR FIRST MEMORY OF COL JAZZ? I associate it with community and culture, being involved in I came in and did an audition ... I really had no idea what I my neighborhood and in my city. was walking into and just how life-changing it was.

WHAT DID YOUR TIME HERE TEACH YOU? WHAT PROFESSIONAL IMPACT DID IT HAVE? I think The KRUNK Movement taught me leadership skills. I got a lot of experience being able to develop as a At first I was scared to take on a role where I had to tell musician alongside other really motivated musicians. The people my ideas. It’s so easy to keep your ideas in your connections I made here have lasted since then, and I built head and not do anything with them. But working in a my musical career based on those connections.

comfortable environment where my friends were with WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO AFTER COL JAZZ? me, they empowered me and encouraged me. Now as a I’m now in a band called The Commonheart, and we’re graphic designer, I’m involved in an artistic community of touring all over the country, including SXSW earlier this people who are putting art out there with a message. year. Being able to do what you love is awesome. 4 We caught up with a few alumni of Center of Life programs to ask them about how Center of Life helped them get where they are. See full interviews at ALUMNI REFLECTIONS https://www.centeroflife.net/alumni

ASIA MASON DESMOND RUSSELL THEN: THE KRUNK MOVEMENT THEN: THE KRUNK MOVEMENT YEARS AT COL: 2007-2008 YEARS AT COL: 2006-2007 COLLEGE: , , PA COLLEGE: HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, HAMPTON, VA NOW: PROJECT MANAGER FOR STUDENT VOICE NOW: E-COMMERCE TECHNICAL LEAD

WHAT DID YOUR TIME HERE TEACH YOU? WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY? That it’s OK to be who you are. However you express Getting to perform at different schools. The younger kids yourself, that’s something to be confident in. didn’t know all the words to our songs, but they were really

WHAT PROFESSIONAL IMPACT DID IT HAVE? excited just to hear some of the music and the positive I work at Pittsburgh Public Schools, and my experience at messages that we brought. You don’t think of yourself as Center of Life really helped me understand the positive a role model at that age, but having people look up to me impact out-of-school programs have on youth. influenced my behavior and helped me be a better person.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO SEE THE KRUNK MOVEMENT’S HOW DID THE KRUNK MOVEMENT IMPACT YOU? PROGRESS OVER TIME? I wanted to get involved with youth as a result of The The public attention and the knowledge and the exposure KRUNK Movement, so I joined a mentoring program where that the program’s getting, rightly so ... it’s amazing to see I mentor a 9-year-old. I’ve learned a lot from him. In a way that happening ten years later. it’s prepared me for eventually becoming a parent.

5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tim Smith Roger Humphries President and CEO Jazz Percussionist

Paulo Nzambi, Chairperson Matthew Lancaster CEO & Head of School Senior Analyst, West Penn Regional Center Imani Christian Academy Dwayne J. Rankin Terry Fuller, Vice Chairperson Chief Lending Officer, Lifelong resident of Hazelwood Bridgeway Capital

Melissa Wagner, M. Ed., Secretary Terri Shields Principal, Pittsburgh Public Schools Lifelong resident of Hazelwood

John Lubimir, Treasurer Will Thompkins President, Eastwood Recycling Group, Inc. Interim Executive Director, The Pittsburgh Project

Kwame Burroughs Rose Velgich, M. Ed. Project Director, UPMC Health Plan Teacher of the Deaf, Elementary Department, DePaul School for Hearing and Speech; Resident of Hazelwood Erik Garrett Associate Professor, Duquesne University Fr. Daniel Walsh, C.S.Sp. Formation Director of Spiritan Seminarians and Campus Rodney Hopson, Ph.D. Minister, Duquesne University Professor, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University 6 STAFF

Tim Smith Geraldine Massey CEO Family and Counselor & Community Outreach Specialist

Samuel McMutrie Danielle Chaykowsky Director of Finance & Administration Assistant Fusion Program Coordinator

Douglas Heckman Maurice Cole Multimedia & Technology Manager Crossover Program Coordinator

Alexa Coughenour Tamir Turpin Outcomes & Evaluations Manager Assistant Crossover Program Coordinator

Neil Martin Dr. E. Ron Horton Business & Compliance Manager COL Jazz Program Coordinator

Emma Curtis Joshua Orr Communications & Multimedia Coordinator Assistant COL Jazz Coordinator

Alison McMutrie Lucas Mickens Administrative Assistant The KRUNK Movement Program Coordinator

Joy Cannon Jourdan Martin Director of Programs The KRUNK Movement Assistant Program Coordinator

7 FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

The Buhl Foundation Hillman Family Foundations The Sprout Fund The Burke Foundations Jefferson Regional Foundation Allegheny County Department of Human Services The Fine Foundation Philip Chosky Charitable Educational Foundation City of Pittsburgh The Fred Rogers Company The Pittsburgh Foundation Pennsylvania Department of The Grable Foundation Community & Economic Development National Christian Foundation The Heinz Endowments

CORPORATE SPONSORS COMMUNITY PARTNERS Allison Park Contractors Dollar Bank Nathan Contracting American Eagle Outfitters Eastern Alliance 1-Step Detect Associates Brayman Construction Corporation Heritage Seubert Financial, LLC Seubert Insurance Chubb Insurance Highmark Silversport Cipriani & Werner HM Insurance Group Super Bakery CMC Reality II, LLC Jendoco Construction Corporation Tedco Construction Convention Sports & Entertainment JRG Advisors UPMC Group Massaro Corporation Zurich

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Louanne Baily Kirke Curtis Jacob Goodman Lauren Bairnsfather Ryan Dickson Franco Harris Kathleen Barone Hannah Donnovan Rodney Hopson Randall Bauer James Eby Ron Horton Larry Berger Lisa Favorini William Isler Chip Burke & Carole King Breanna Ferchak Opal Jackson Mrs. Charles R. Burke Andi & Baruch Fischhoff Peter Kochis Connie Cantor Noam Fischhoff Herbert Kolbe SPECIAL THANKS TO Carl & Kristina DiPietro Terry Fuller Scott & Susan Lammie Alexa Coughenour Erik Garrett Carmen Lee Art & Cindy Coughenour Saleem & Patricia Ghubril Cassandra Leighton

8 FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS Brad Lisien Alexander Nichols Paul Siefken Temple Lovelace Paulo Nzambi David & Martha Somers Allyson Lubimir Joshua Orr Will Thompkins Cornelius Martin Juan Powell Rose Velgich Garth McGrath Dwayne Rankin Christine E. Washington Timothy McNulty Jane Rittenhouse Jake Wheatley Shawn Melvin Felip & Catherine Salinas Madeleine Wilcox Mosaic Community Church Ryan Salisbury Joseph Newcomer Barbara Sieck Taylor CORPORATE SPONSORS COMMUNITY PARTNERS

A+ Schools Gwen’s Girls Propel Schools African American Music Institute Haitian Families First Reading Is Fundamental APOST Hazelwood Initiative Remake Learning Art Excursions Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh Sisters Place, Inc. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Imani Christian Academy South Hills Interfaith Movement Hazelwood Branch Jada House International Strong Women Strong Girls Pittsburgh Carnegie Mellon University Keystone Church Tonic Recording Studios Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Kuumba, Inc. UBER Commonwealth Press Let’s Move Pittsburgh United Way INDIVIDUAL DONORS Community College of Allegheny The Mission Continues Pittsburgh County Peoples Natural Gas Women for a Healthy Environment Citizens Bank Phipps Conservatory WYEP The Daily Loud Pittsburgh Downtown Partnerships YMCA of Pittsburgh DreamOn Pittsburgh Promise Youth Express Duquesne University Pittsburgh Public Schools Youth Places Fund My Future Primary Health Services, Inc 1Hood

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Hon. Jake Wheatley Jr. City Councilman Corey O’Connor County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Congressman Mike Doyle State Senator Jay Costa

9 FINANCIAL REPORT Year Ended Dec 31, 2017

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

SUPPORT AND REVENUE TOTAL SUPPORT: CONTRIBUTIONS $79,560 GRANTS $865,070 TOTAL SUPPORT $944,630

REVENUE: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES $223,683 INTEREST INCOME $414 TOTAL REVENUE $224,097 TOTAL SUPPORT & REVENUE $1,168,727

EXPENSES TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES $1,105,842 SUPPORTING SERVICES: MANAGEMENT & GENERAL $138,062 GENERAL FUNDRAISING $96,510 TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES $234,572 TOTAL EXPENSES $1,340,414

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS ($171,687) NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $1,276,063 NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD $1,104,376

The financial information included in this presentation is preliminary, unaudited and subject to revision upon completion of the organization’s audit. Audited financial statements were unavailable at the time of this publication. Audited financial statements, when completed, will be available upon request at the organization’s administrative office.

10 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: CASH $895,617 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE $89,142 SECURITY DEPOSITS $600 PREPAID EXPENSES $18,173 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS $1,003,532

FIXED ASSETS: EQUIPMENT $100,559 LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS $146,452 VEHICLES $49,698 ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION ($134,711) TOTAL FIXED ASSETS, NET $161,998 TOTAL ASSETS $1,165,530

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS PAYABLE $21,154 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE $40,000 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES $61,154 TOTAL NET ASSETS $1,104,376 TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $1,165,530

Center of Life is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity : TAX ID NUMBER : 01-0617023. The official registration (Certificate No. 36062) and Financial information for Center of Life may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Dept. of State, 207 N. Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120; Phone : 1-800-732-0999.

11 95% 2.8 2017 Average school Average BY THE attendance GPA Averages are based on data provided by Pittsburgh Public Schools, NUMBERS and include only students who attended programs regularly.

ENROLLED STUDENTS BY GRADE LEVEL ENROLLED STUDENTS 22% 45% BY SEMESTER Elementary Middle Spring 201 Elementary Middle HighHigh Summer 220 33% Fall 204

ENROLLED STUDENTS BY ENROLLED STUDENTS BY GENDER RACE

3% 1% 1% 48% 52% 6% 89% Male African American Male African American Female White Female WhiteMulti-Racial Asian Hispanic Multi-Racial Asian Hispanic

12 HOW TO SUPPORT US

Your generous support for Center of Life makes it possible for the children and families we serve to not only survive, but thrive. We rely on donations from supporters like you to help us provide world-class programs for our community. Thank you!

EDUCATIONAL

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