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j u l y 1 , 2010 june 30, 2011 DEAR FRIENDS, HISTORY & OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMS

Thank you for your interest in , a network since its founding in 2002 by award-winning author and educator Nínive Calegari, 826 has sparked students’ imaginations with inventive writing and publishing projects. of nonprofit organizations that aims to strengthen young Our programs, all of which are project-based, are steeped in the simple idea that celebrating creativity is key to engaging and assisting youth. As public schools continue to cut back or people’s creative and expository writing skills, and to inspire eliminate arts programs and educators seek new ways to inspire students’ interests in a wide range of subjects, our programs help meet a growing need. our next generation to be imaginative thinkers and creative After-School Tutoring. At least four days a week during the academic year, 826 centers welcome problem solvers. students for three hours after school. During this time, trained 826 volunteers work with the students one-on-one, assisting them with their homework. After the students’ homework is complete, they are encouraged to read a book from the center’s library or of their own for at least last year, our network’s 6,000 dedicated volunteers assisted more students than ever before: thirty minutes. The final hour is dedicated to writing. Volunteers assist students as they write in 29,060 young people, age 6-18, participated in our after-school tutoring, in-schools programs, response to a new prompt, or a previous assignment. 826 staff regularly compile the students’ workshops, and book projects. after-school writing for publication, and these collections are distributed to the students and their families. Last year, close to 3,000 students took advantage of this program. The vast majority of these students would never have had an opportunity to participate in such innovative programs. Due to budget cuts, public schools have been forced to reduce or eliminate Field Trips. Several times a week, 826 centers welcome entire classes for a two-hour interactive, anything resembling arts education. And, living in under-resourced communities, as many of our high-energy writing event, such as our signature Storytelling & Bookmaking program. During students do, there is often little or no access to libraries or educational afterschool programming. the program, students write their own books, which are then illustrated and bound, all while the students are present. Last year our centers conducted 646 field trips for 336 schools serving more Over the next few years, with your support, we hope to serve exponentially more students. We than 15,000 students. took a step toward that last year, by opening a new chapter in our nation’s capital. 826DC, in the city’s Columbia Heights neighborhood, and its Museum of Unnatural History, have already made In-Schools Projects. It is not feasible for all students to come to us, so on a regular basis we dispatch a mark. The chapter co-sponsored a poetry writing workshop with the Library of Congress, which teams of volunteers into under-resourced local public schools. At a teacher’s request, we will send was visited by the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. volunteers into a classroom to provide one-on-one assistance to students as they tackle writing projects such as working on articles for the school newspaper, oral histories, or college entrance And, notably, after a nationwide search, we hired a new Chief Executive Officer, Gerald Richards, essays. Last year, we conducted 220 writing projects in 86 schools, serving over 8,000 students. to lead the organization into its second decade. Gerald’s arrival marks the departure of our found- ing CEO Nínive Calegari. The entire 826 family thanks Nínive for her visionary leadership over One of our most popular in-schools projects is our annual Young Authors’ Book Project. Working the organization’s first eight years. Nínive established 826’s educational programs, and oversaw closely with teachers, we match a well-known guest author and volunteer adult writers and editors the organization’s growth from our first chapter in San Francisco, to seven other cities across the with students at a school for a semester. The volunteers work closely with students as they write country. She has made an indelible mark on 826, and we will forever be grateful for her work. and edit pieces that are collected and professionally published. When the book is finished, the guest author, who has written the book’s introduction, hosts a public reading with the newly As we eye our 10th anniversary, we look forward to having you be a part of 826 and our efforts to published authors. Because of the caliber of the guest authors (Sherman Alexie, Isabel Allende, serve more students. Khaled Hosseini, and Amy Tan, to name a few) and the quality of the publications, the books are an enormous source of pride for the students. The students then get to see the result of their hard Sincerely, tynnetta mcintosh work in bookstores nationwide, and on their family bookshelves. President of the Board 826 National Our focus on creativity also extends to the whimsically themed storefronts that are the gateway to our centers. From the Time Travel Mart to the Superhero Supply Company, to the Museum of Unnatural History, our stores help us attract volunteers, promote our services to families in the community, and generate revenue to support our programs.

2 826 n ation al / A NNUAL R E P O R T 3 826 Michigan 826 Seattle Opened: June 2005 Opened: October 2005 826 CHAPTERS & Serves: Ann Arbor Public School District, Ypsilanti Public Serves: Seattle Public School District and School District, Willow Run Community School District, Shoreline Public School District STOREFRONTS Lincoln Consolidated School District, Wayne-Westland Neighborhood: Greenwood Community School District, Detroit Public School District Storefront: Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. Neighborhood: Ann Arbor Executive Director: Teri Hein 826 Boston 826DC Storefront: Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair www.826seattle.org Opened: September 2007 Opened: October 2010 Executive Director: Amanda Uhle Serves: Boston Public School District and greater Serves: DC Public Schools www.826michigan.org Boston area school districts Neighborhood: Columbia Heights Neighborhood: Egleston Square, Roxbury Storefront: The Museum of Unnatural History Storefront: The Greater Boston Bigfoot Executive Director: Joe Callahan Research Institute www.826dc.org Executive Director: Daniel Johnson www.826boston.org

826 Valencia 826NYC Opened: April 2002 Opened: June 2004 Serves: San Francisco Unified School District Serves: New York City Public Schools and Oakland School District Neighborhoods: Park Slope and Williamsburg Neighborhood: The Mission District Storefront: The Superhero Supply Co. Storefront: The Pirate Supply Store Satellite: Tutoring center at the Williamsburg branch Satellites: Writers’ Rooms at Everett Middle of the Brooklyn Public Library School and James Lick Middle School 826CHI Executive Director: Scott Seeley Executive Director: Leigh Lehman Opened: December 2005 www.826nyc.org www.826valencia.org Serves: Chicago Public School District 826LA Neighborhood: Wicker Park Opened: March 2005 Storefront: The Boring Store Serves: Los Angeles Unified School District Executive Director: Mara Fuller O’Brien Neighborhoods: Venice Beach and Echo Park www.826chi.org Storefront: The Echo Park Time Travel Mart Executive Director: Joel Arquillos www..org

4 826 national / ANNUAL REPORT 5 OUR NEWEST CHAPTER: 826DC

826dc opened as the newest member of the 826 family on October 23, 2010. The center is based in the neighborhood of Columbia Heights, which has a diverse mix of African-American and Latin-American communities. The neighborhood is also home to about 17 public and public charter schools, 2010-2011 HIGHLIGHTS putting 826DC at the center of a dense student population. The center’s storefront, The Museum of Unnatural History, showcases rare and surreal artifacts– including Confused Wood (from the makers of Petrified Wood) and Last year was a momentous one for 826 National. We owlephants– from times long past. It also features a life-size cave.

underwent a comprehensive search for a new Chief Executive Joe Callahan was hired as 826DC’s Executive Director. In the months leading up to the opening, he spent countless hours preparing the center and storefront Officer to replace our founding CEO. We also strengthened for the hundreds of students who would be attending the center’s programs. Before coming to 826, Joe taught writing at American University and George our evaluation efforts, worked with an organizational Washington University. He also worked as the Corporate and Foundation development consultant on capacity building, added a new Relations Officer at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. chapter, and enjoyed the publication of several new books of student writing. 826 GOES TO WASHINGTON in august 2010, 826 national announced Gerald Richards as its new Chief Executive Officer. Gerald’s background as an educator-advocate thanks to the work of our newest chapter, in May 2011, thirteen and seasoned fundraiser, with over twelve years of experience providing 826DC and two 826CHI students attended a poetry workshop and reading at opportunities for youth through education, is an exciting addition to the 826 the White House hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle organization. Most recently, Gerald worked as the Executive Director of the Obama. The students were also joined by poets and songwriters Elizabeth Bay Area Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, where he led the regional Alexander, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Kenneth Goldsmith, Alison Knowles, and team in doubling the number of students served by their seventeen school Aimee Mann. 826DC student Tiesha Hines introduced Mrs. Obama and read sites. Prior to his work in the Bay Area, Gerald worked in Chicago with the an original poem. United Negro College Fund, The Cradle Foundation, and the Chicago Panel on School Policy. A native of Harlem in New York City, he is excited to work Connecting with Mrs. Obama and professional writers was inspirational and a for an organization with direct connections to so many of the communities once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students. with which he has strong roots. The workshop was the culmination of a four-month long poetry writing “Gerald’s experience and expertise is an eerily perfect fit for 826,” said co-founder Dave Eggers. program for Washington, D.C. high school students. This was made possible “He not only has done major fundraising and planning at other major nonprofits, but he has an through a partnership between the President’s Committee on the Arts and MFA in fiction. My co-founder Nínive Calegari provided 826 with incredible vision and built the the Humanities and 826DC. Over the course of the program, high school network to where it currently stands. And though she’s completely irreplaceable, Gerald is that students worked shoulder-to-shoulder with leading poets from around the one-in-a-million type of a guy who has the leadership and charisma to step into her very large District and several top universities. shoes.” Earlier in the year, 826 National co-founder Dave Eggers and CEO Gerald 826 National founding CEO Nínive Calegari stepped aside in order to spend more time with her Richards spent a few hours at the U.S. Department of Education to talk family. She will continue continue to support the work of 826 chapters as an advisor, collaborating about all things 826, including the great work happening at each 826 chapter on major projects and initiatives. 826 National has flourished under Nínive’s vision and guidance, and how the organization can play a bigger role in creative arts education and we are incredibly honored to have her strong leadership model in place as we move into the across the country. They also had the opportunity to speak with Secretary of next decade of 826 programs with Gerald at the helm. Education Arne Duncan and present the Department staff with their own 826 National library of student-authored books!

6 826 n ation al / A NNUAL R E P O R T 7 826 EVALUATION & IMPACT

With centers in eight cities, 826 has the largest reach of any other community-based arts education organization serving youth and focused on writing. No other similar organization serves as many students or attracts as many volunteers as 826.

Our program surveys consistently show that we are positively impacting all realms, from academic skill building to fostering excitement about learning to youth development. of 1,905 students surveyed nationally after participating in an 826 In-Schools Project, Data that we have recently begun collecting demonstrates 88% – said 826 tutors helped them to improve their writing assignments. 86% – said 826 tutors helped them increase their confidence in writing. that parents and teachers consistently tell us of their students’ 81% – enjoyed completing the project. 81% – learned new things about how to be a good writer. excitement about projects, improvements in grades, and 91% – said they were proud of their work at the end of the project.

engagement during 826 projects. of 75 teachers surveyed nationally about their experience with 826 In-Schools Projects,

10 0% – said their students were engaged in and challenged by the project. last year’s statistics: 99% – said their students worked hard during the project. 99% – said the project met their curricular needs. 96% – said the overall quality of their students’ writing improved.

of 367 teachers surveyed nationally after bringing their students to an 826 field trip,

100% – said that 826 Field Trips are a valuable learning opportunity for their 29,060 849 6,166 1,567 students. Students Served Teachers Served Active Volunteers After-School 99% – said their students were engaged and challenged during the program, Tutoring Sessions and that the program met their curricular need.

of 167 parents who had children participate in our After-School tutoring,

95% – said their child is getting better grades with the help of 826.

of 287 students participating in our After-School tutoring,

94% – said they liked their tutors and felt comfortable asking them for 646 220 954 401 homework help. Field Trips In-Schools Projects Publishing Projects Writing Workshops 51% – of students improved their scores on the Test of Written Language (for 336 schools) (in 86 schools) (TOWL) writing assessment after doses of 826 programming (averaged by three category scores, given in three centers). 95% – said they feel comfortable completing all of their homework assignments.

8 826 n ation al / A NNUAL R E P O R T 9 “Some of the changes that my colleagues and I have seen in our 826 NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS students as a result of our work with 826 are increased writing scores, a greater connection to the school community, and a true after our students were given the opportunity to write letters to sense of pride in their work.” President Barack Obama in 2009, their fascination with the Obamas continued. So in 2010, all of our chapters held a series of workshops in which —audra gallegos, Teacher, John Marshall Alternative School, Seattle students wrote letters to the first lady. The letters were compiled in the book, I Live Real Close To Where You Used To Live: Kids’ Letters to Michelle Obama (and to Sasha, Malia, & Bo). Their writings were full of questions on policy, advice, and, of course, reminders for Bo to keep the White House clean.

“I have seen it with my 826 National staff published one book and began work on two others that own eyes. 826 is a good we hope will become great resources for teachers. The first is Be Honest: And Other Advice from Students Across the Country, which presents the first-person 826 IN THE NEWS thing in a world of bad stories of dozens of high school students from every ethnic group and financial things, and a good place bracket. Through these personal narratives, teachers and activists can learn an invaluable lesson: what the classroom looks like from the other side of the In the past year, 826 National and its chapters in a world of hard ones.” desk. The book was released by The New Press in July 2011.

received more press attention than ever before. —michael chabon, The other two books are Don’t Forget to Write: 50 Enthralling and Effective Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Writing Lessons, in editions for the elementary and secondary grades. The Amazing Adventures Forthcoming in October 2011 from Jossey-Bass, these books offer a total of in june 2011, u.s. secretary of education Arne Duncan took questions from a group of Kavalier and Clay 100 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed of students, teachers, and educators, including many students from 826DC, at a live taping 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even of the National Public Radio program “Talk of the Nation.” On the program, Secretary those most resistant to creative writing), the lessons range from goofy fun (like Duncan said: “I think 826 is a great program. We need more and more adults coming in [to “The Other Toy Story: Make Your Toys Come to Life”) to practical, from help students] before school, after school, weekends, whatever it might be. I would love to sports to science, music to mysteries. These lessons are written by our favorite have more students engage in programs like 826DC across the country.” novelists, actors, journalists, and educators. The lessons are linked to the Common Core State Standards. 826 was also featured on the “Perry’s Principles” segment on CNN’s AC360, and in a piece titled “Making a Difference: Non-Profits Inspire New Superheroes,” which aired on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Our uniquely themed stores received attention in “How Dave Eggers is Making Learning Fun,” an article in Inc. Magazine.

10 826 national / ANNUAL REPORT 11 “Thank you for teaching me 826 CHAPTERS’ 2010–2011 how to be a real author!” YOUNG AUTHORS’ BOOK PROJECTS —gabby martin, Student, PS 230, Brooklyn

826 Boston celebrated the release of We Think You’re Old Enough to 2020: Visions of the [Near] Know, a book of original Future is the result of a coming-of-age stories by year-long collaboration the students of John D. Anywhere at Once. between 826michigan and Forgetting How to Hold 826 Seattle released its O’Bryant High School of Produced in conjunction Clemente Development a Fork was this year’s third anthology, What to Math & Science. Actor with 826CHI, this novel Center, a high school collaboration between Read in the Rain. The book Steve Carell had this to recounts the fantastic Maybe you’re hungry for located in Ypsilanti that 826NYC and a group of features the work of 826 say in his foreword to adventures of Sam, some good food writing. offers an alternative six high school workshop Beyond Stolen Flames, Seattle students alongside the book, “This smart, Ophelia, and a certain Get Used to the Seats: A In that case, look no education program. This students (who have Forbidden Fruit, and that of well-known Pacific honest, touching collection learned lizard, Professor Complete Survival Guide further than 826LA’s From collection touches on assured us that they do Telephone Booths. Working Northwest writers such by talented teen writers Stephen Scalious. It was for Freshman. In this book the Couch to the Kitchen: just about every aspect in fact remember how to with , this as Tom Robbins and addresses the universal written by 106 second from 826DC, sixty-four A Book to Indulge In. of the future, including use all common eating collection of essays and David Guterson. This yearning to belong, to feel through eighth grade seniors from Cardozo and Students at Susan Miller the environment, utensils). From the tale short stories was written 300-page book is bursting proud of the ones we love, students in twenty-five Wilson High Schools offer Dorsey High School wrote neighborhoods, the of a crazed schoolteacher by fifty-three juniors and with Northwest-centered and to love ourselves.” classes in twelve schools practical, warm, hilarious, about their experiences education system, our to a description of a New seniors at June Jordan stories, poems, and recipes Created in collaboration throughout Chicago and and always honest advice with and inspired by government, and beyond. Yorker longing to return School for Equity. These on topics ranging from with Continuum Design, is illustrated by cartoonists from their high school food. A solitary snack of to her Haitian roots, these young writers explore farming on Bainbridge We Think You’re old Enough Aaron Renier and Laura journey. Among the apples and peanut butter beautiful stories keep you the role of myth in our Island to being Jewish in to Know includes beautiful Park. sage counsel included: conjures memories of a constantly intrigued. world today. Students Seattle. color illustrations to “Teachers and homework loved one, or sharing a wrote pieces of fiction accompany each story. will not hurt you. Turn off meal of gumbo leads to and nonfiction, retelling your cell phone. Let your reflection on the nature of old myths, creating new mind be reckless. And get family. From the Couch to ones, celebrating everyday used to the seats!” The the Kitchen also features heroes, and recognizing book includes a special a foreword by celebrated the stories that their introduction by film chef Alice Waters. families have told over director and screenwriter and over. The forward was Spike Jonze. written by author Khaled Hosseini.

1 2 826 n ation al / A NNUAL R E P O R T 1 3 STUDENT WRITING GALLERY 826 NATIONAL GOES GLOBAL

QUESTION MARK DEAR MRS. OBAMA, 826 national was invited to become an honorary member of the prestigious Clinton Global Initiative. In June 2011, CEO Gerald Richards Written as part of 826CHI’s After-School Hi. My name is Samsam. I am six years old had the chance to share our work with major companies, top nonprofits, and Tutoring and Writing Program and I live in Roxbury. I am in first grade at government figures at the Clinton Global Initiative’s CGI America meeting in the Nathan Hale School. My favorite pet is a Chicago. 826 was part of the STEM education working group (STEM stands A poem cat, but I don’t have one. When I was a baby, I for science, technology, engineering, and math). is it true broke my arm. I jumped off of a window. I got or false better. I went to the doctor and they put a cast “By injecting a discussion about the positive affects of arts education on a trick question on me. It was so itchy. young people into the STEM discussion, my hope is that people understand like do stairs the importance creativity plays in teaching students about science, math, go up or down I wonder how you could stop the war. A lot of engineering and technology,” Gerald reported. why can’t I answer people are getting killed. If a lot of people get a poem it is killed, there will be no more people in some Speaking of all things international: We were thrilled to receive an invitation confusing if countries. Instead of fighting wars, we could to present our world-famous Storytelling and Bookmaking field trip at the Da Vinci can be be peaceful together and be nice instead of Storymoja Hay Festival in Kenya in October 2010. Storymoja is a publishing an artist selfish. I don’t know how we’ll stop the war, organization that promotes reading and writing for adults and children across can I be a poemist but I want your help. Kenya. As part of their programming, Storymoja hosts the Kenyan arm of but when the popular Hay Literary Festival each year. 826 National staffer Ryan Lewis you think Sincerely, traveled halfway across the world to attend the festival and conduct three days this may be Samsam Ismail, age 6 of training with Storymoja’s staff and volunteers. a poem 826 boston but I don’t More than 100 students, ages 9 to 14, attended four sessions held over the know if it three days of the festival. Each group wrote original action stories about is true or false DEAR OBAMA FAMILY, Makmende, a Kenyan superhero. Even though the workshops took place in a or both? tent in the middle of Nairobi, once they got going things were just like being Do you like basketball? What are you mostly at home. The students were full of excitement, creativity, and imagination, Phillip Ramey, Grade 6 allergic to? What do you mostly do all day? and they wrote stories just as powerful as those that come out of any 826 How do you feel leading the country? What center. Students and parents alike were thrilled, and Storymoja is going to would you do on a day off? What are the continue putting on similar workshops in Kenyan schools. From 826 to BURNING bodyguards’ names? What do you feed Bo? I Storymoja, a giant “asante sana” for the wonderful opportunity! have a dog, too. I feed him... uh, I forgot. My This acrostic was produced by a group of dog is a Maltese. His name is Codey. Back in the U.S., 826 National staffer Erin Archuleta was invited by the 826michigan Drop-in writing students. Target Corporation to present on a panel moderated by CNN’s Soledad They chose the word “Burning” to describe the Your friend Alex from Chicago, O’Brien at the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service humid summer weather. Alexander Henderson, age 8 held in New Orleans in June. The conference provided more than 826chi 4,000 Champions of Service with the opportunity to learn, connect, and B ella sits be inspired through a range of plenary sessions, workshops, special events, U nder her umbrella while service projects, and more. R eading a book about cold, cold, cold rain, N ever believing it would come. I n the clouds, however, they debated N oisily, “Should we send a storm?” G loriously grinning, Bella thought of Edward KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND MOVEMENT BUILDING and hoped the rain would never end! last year more than 100 teachers, tutors, nonprofit visionaries, and supporters of 826 National from around the globe attended one of our three 826 National 101 seminars. The all-day seminar provides basic information about starting a nonprofit arts education organization and offers fresh ideas for getting children excited about writing.

14 826 national / ANNUAL REPORT 15 “As a student in my school, sustaining hope can become an arduous labor. We are faced with many obstacles that try to impede us from 826 STAFF DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE getting through the day. You could say that we are warriors, because at the end of june 2011, forty 826 staffers indeed we are. We are all avid warriors, who struggle their way to the from across the country gathered for the annual staff development conference. Topics discussed top. Our goals are to fight illiteracy [and] discrimination. We’ll fight related to the work of the organization, such as improving classroom management and them with scholarship and literacy. We will fight with writing.” programs, as well as fundraising, marketing, evaluation, and team building. The conference —valeria cabrera, student, the English High School and 826 Boston facilitated peer-to-peer learning exchanges by encouraging staff to lead sessions based on their expertise. We also brought in outside speakers who had a particular expertise or point of views that we wouldn’t have otherwise. SCHOLARMATCH

in April 2010, we launched ScholarMatch, a website that connects donors with students to make college possible. The project was inspired by online and micro- giving models such as DonorsChoose.org and Kiva, coupled with the desire to do THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING more for our students once they age out of 826’s youth programming.

each week for several months, 826 co-founder Dave Eggers meets with Talented students in need of financial support to attend college post profiles on fifteen or so San Francisco Bay Area high school students who love to read, scholarmatch.org, which include essays about their academic interests and future and together they search for, arrange, and edit the collection known as The Best goals. The website simultaneously provides donors a place where they can learn American Nonrequired Reading. Published by Houghton Mifflin and part of the about students in their community and ultimately pledge a contribution toward a Best American series, Nonrequired Reading assembles the best fiction, journalism, student’s scholarship goal. Students keep donors informed of their progress during essays, and humor from the past year. It is one of the best-selling anthologies in the academic year. the United States, which is remarkable, given that it’s put together by a group of sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds (with some help from a few adults). In addition to an online portal, we provide free workshops and one-on-one support to help students through the college application process. We aim to work with Students comb through literary magazines and periodicals of quality, photocopy students supported through ScholarMatch to ensure that their scholarships are those pieces that interest them, pass them around, then discuss them. At the end renewed each year they are in college. of the year, the committee chooses its favorite pieces, and then votes on a cultural luminary to write the introduction. Past introducers include Zadie Smith, Matt Groening, Beck, Judy Blume, and Viggo Mortensen. Best of all, because the author/editor proceeds go to 826, the collection raises a significant amount of money for our centers.

FUNDRAISING PUBLICATIONS

we are grateful to the many writers who have supported 826 National and our chapters by donating the proceeds from their books. Thank you Daniel Alarcón, Judd Apatow, Richard Ford and Jennifer Traig!

16 826 national / ANNUAL REPORT 17 THANK YOU! We are grateful to the many foundations, corporations, 826 NATIONAL and individuals who make our work possible… FINANCIAL REPORT

7/1/09 – 6/30/10* FOUNDATIONS & INDIVIDUALS Jesse Zeifman Jan Shaw CORPORATIONS John Martin Jane Grewe INCOME EXPENSES 7/1/10 – 6/30/11 $15,000 – $5,000 John Kelly Jennifer Summit Jennifer Jimenez-Cruz John Lee Jerry Stout Contributions & Grants $513,767 Program $558,518 $100,000+ Kirsten Coon Karen Wagstaffe Jesse Ziter Program Service Revenue $259,018 Management & General $48,241 Google Community Fund Lisa Brown & Maggie Siff Jon Parise Investment Income $354 Fundraising $115,396 Panta Rhea Foundation Daniel Handler Margaret O’Connor Justin Vernon Other $27,769 Neko Case Paul Friedrichs Katherine Cox $99,999 – $25,000 Stephen & Tabitha King Paul Ratliff Kelly Drummond JanSport Ron Penhall Kelly Martin total $800,908 total $722,155 Microsoft Corporation $4,999 – $1,000 Sally Willcox Lizy Dastin surplus $78,753 New World Foundation Amir Mokari Terri McCullough Marian & Roger Gray Chelsea Kubal Vivien Chan Maxwell & Sarah Krohn $24,999 – $10,000 Chris Campbell Melissa & Kyle Crider * At the time of publication, The Chester Kitchings Eli Horowitz $249 – $100 Micaela Trumbull fiscal year 2010-2011 was Family Foundation Gene & Suzanne Valla Amy Blasco Mike Batanian not yet reviewed. Houghton Mifflin Leslie Blanco Andrew Cohn Mrs. Verna Hibbs Maverick Capital Samir Razuk Filho Andrew Burcu & Peter & Gillian Emblad Foundation Sarah Hoagland Juniper Bryan Peter Hodges McSweeney’s Tammy Paster Angie Needels Rebecca Nichols Merge Records Tynnetta McIntosh Cary Guza Rebekah Klarr Razorfish Walter & Cathy Isaacson Charles Duncan McCall RJS Brown Yellow Chair Foundation Christine Allen Susan Kaplan Ziff Brothers Investments $999 – $250 Claire Light Thomas Bean A. Holly Sphar Claudia Piper Tim Perell $9,999 – $1,000 Adam Rex Dan & Debbie McCoy Tim Roberts Bancroft-Clair Foundation Becky Walton David Kelly Trevor Knoblich Carlson Family Brian O’Connor Eleanor Brown Foundation Bruce Rice Elizabeth & Ted Cross Creative Artists Agency Caren Kaplan Erica Franklin Louis R. Lurie Foundation Donald Tucker George Koehler National Philanthropic Douglas Raymond Heather Rasley Trust Gail & Ian Jardine Hemai Parthasarathy O’Reilly Media, Inc. Gary Sernovitz Hillary Read Towne Foundation Janis Crowley James Nichols

18 826 national / ANNUAL REPORT 19 826 NATIONAL BOARD dave eggers, Co-Founder of 826 National, Founder of McSweeney’s Publishing, and award-winning author gerald richards, CEO, 826 National tynnetta mcintosh, President of the 826 National Board, Director of Corporate Internal Communications, JP Morgan Chase & Co. jennifer bunshoft, Vice President of the 826 National Board, Deputy Attorney General, California Attorney General’s Office amir mokari, Treasurer of the 826 National Board, Investor, Conatus Capital, Greenwich, Connecticut

joel arquillos, Executive Director, 826LA howard cutler, Executive Producer, WGBH Boston jonathan dearman, Executive Vice President, HSM Realty, Inc. brian gray, Professor, UC Hastings College of Law, San Francisco reece hirsch, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco office daniel kuruna, Proprietor, EyeQuilt Marketing Consultancy, Chicago pam macewan, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs & Governance, Group Health, Seattle scott seeley, Executive Director, 826NYC amanda uhle, Executive Director, 826michigan kevin whalen, Senior Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Boston

CONTACT EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER nínive calegari, Co-Founder of 826 National, 826 national President, Teacher Salary Project 44 Gough Street Suite 206 826 NATIONAL STAFF San Francisco, CA 94103 gerald richards, CEO www.826national.org erin archuleta, Director of Field Operations & Strategy jennifer benka, Director of Development phone: 415-864-2098 ryan lewis, Director of Research & Evaluation fax: 415-864-2388 mariama lockington, Operations Manager

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