2015-2016 Annual Report

Thank you to the students, teachers, staff, and families from our 2015-2016 schools!

Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Messmer Preparatory School Artes Ralph H. Metcalfe Elementary Atlas Preparatory Academy School Blessed Sacrament School Environmental Sciences Brown Street Academy Northwest Catholic School Business and Economics Academy Notre Dame Primary School of Milwaukee Rogers Street Academy Catholic East Elementary School St. Anthony School Anna F. Doerfler School St. Joseph’s Academy Forest Home Avenue School St. John’s Lutheran School Hartford University School St. Rose and St. Leo Hmong American Peace Academy Trowbridge School of Discovery Institute of Technology and and Technology Academics Victory K-8 School for the Gifted and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Talented and Italian Immersion Richard Kluge School Escuela Vieau La Causa Charter School Lutheran Special School & Education Services

SHARP Literacy enhances future life success by energizing urban children, motivating them to identify themselves as confident, capable scholars and lifelong learners by inspiring engagement in reading, writing and research through hands-on interaction and visual arts.

2 Dear Friends and Supporters of SHARP Literacy,

It seems like it was just a short time ago that we wrote last year’s letter for the SHARP Annual Report. Maybe time flew by because SHARP Literacy has been involved in so many new and exciting ventures during its 20th anniversary year. We’d like to share some highlights with you… SHARP’S Education Department has put a great amount of time and effort into creating our K5 curriculum, which is now in place in many SHARP schools. This effort provides greater exposure of the SHARP program and greater opportunity for students to benefit from the SHARP program at an earlier age. SHARP Literacy’s 13th We Love to Learn book, Explore MKE: Your Neighborhood, Our City, was unveiled on January 31 at the Center. We especially appreciate the Brewers Community Foundation and Ryan Braun in supporting this book. Spring brought several events: Read Across America celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Dignitaries including Governor Scott Walker, Mayor Tom Barrett and County Executive Chris Abele were guest readers for this highly popular and successful event. In May, SHARP partnered with McDonald’s of Southeast Wisconsin in the 1st Annual Unwrapped event. Held at La Casa de Esperanza School in Waukesha, the event both raised funds for and awareness of SHARP Literacy and our expansion into Waukesha County. Summer featured SHARP’s largest ever Summer Learning Gain Initiative (SLGI) program, kicked off by Ryan Braun and sponsored both by the Brewer Community Foundation and Ryan Braun. SLGI students created three murals and one mosaic park bench. During the Books for Keeps and Summer Reading Challenge programs, over 8,500 books were distributed to children. Waterstone Bank, Johnson Controls and McDonald’s of Southeast Wisconsin sponsored these programs. Chosen by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, SHARP Literacy is thrilled to be one of this year’s Heart of Canal Street Signature Charities. And in January, the Weather Cube, a joint project with MSOE, MATC, and SHARP Literacy, will be unveiled at Discovery World as an attraction. As we move into next year, development of a new and up-to-date SHARP Literacy website continues. We hope to launch it by early March. In conjunction with the website changes, SHARP has also invested a great deal of time and energy in branding. Spearheaded by Zizzo Group, these important marketing and messaging changes will provide the community with a more accurate picture of who we are. Because SHARP has already put its K5 curriculum into place, it was important for us to develop a supportive K4 curriculum as well. This curriculum is currently being piloted in a handful of SHARP schools with the intention of having it roll out for the 2017-18 school year. We thank all of you for your continued support. SHARP Literacy could not be where it is today without you. Now, more than ever, your support for the future is needed. As the educational landscape continues to change, so SHARP must innovate, adapt, and change as we begin our third decade of service to the Milwaukee area community. Gratefully,

3 IN THE CLASSROOM

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IN THE COMMUNITY THE IN

5 SHARP PARTNERSHIPS Growing Partnerships

SHARP Literacy is grateful for the support of all our partners over the past year. You make our work possible.

School Sponsors Catholic Community Foundation CDW Emory T. Clark Family Charitable Foundation Gene and Ruth Posner Foundation, Inc. Foundation, Inc. Foundation Mrs. Phyllis J. Huffman Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Siebert Lutheran Foundation United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County US Bancorp Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation

Summer Program Sites Journey House Neighborhood House Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Our Next Generation COA Youth Center - Riverwest Milwaukee Christian Center Neu-Life at Gwen T Jackson St. Joan Antida HS

6 Statement of Activities For the Year Ended June 30, 2016

Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Support and Revenues: Contributions $50,639 $7,750 $58,389 Grants $193,427 $351,070 $544,497 Other Fundraising $312,991 $3,260 $316,251 Investment Income $5,529 $5,529 Miscellaneous

Net Assets released from $182,789 ($182,789) Total Support and Revenues $745,375 $179,291 $924,666

Expenses: Program Services $664,561 $664,561 Management and General $132,881 $132,881 Fundraising $126,454 $126,454 Total Expenses $923,896 $923,896

Change in Net Assets ($178,521) $179,291 $770

Net Assets Beginning of Year $1,807,603 $349,055 $130,375 $2,287,033

Net Assets End of Year $1,629,082 $528,346 $130,375 $2,287,803 FINANCIAL SUMMARY FINANCIAL

7 HONOR & MEMORIAL GIFTS HONOR

In Honor of Jason Allen

Ms. Suzy Hauske In Honor of John Kordsmeier Mr. Cal Schattschneider In Honor of Business and Economics Academy of Milwaukee In Honor of Marlene Doerr Kreilkamp Mr. Willie Jude Ms. Katherine Falk Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Schendel In Honor of Patricia Dowd Ms. Linda Vanden Heuvel and Mr. Daniel Dineen Mr. and Mrs. John Busch

In Honor of Dr. Satish Lahiri In Honor of David Dugan Mr. Ishan Sinha Mrs. Doris Dugan In Honor of Michael Mahoney In Honor of Douglas Erlacher Anonymous Ms. Susan Goman Mr. and Mrs. William Ring In Memory of William Randall Mrs. Wendy Randall In Honor of Sylvia Fishman Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fabric In Honor of Lynne Schuster Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fabric Mr. and Mrs. Harvey

Wichman In Honor of Marie Michel-Tucker

Ms. Allyson Tucker-Mitchell In Memory of Carol Helm Ms. Kelley Tucker Ms. Jan Effinger

In Memory of David Kohler

Mrs. Barb Kohler

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Mr. Joaquin Altoro Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Ambassador Hotel Milwaukee World Festival Bartolotta Resturant Group Morningstar Golfers Club Be Spectacled Mr. Tom Mroczkowski Mrs. Lori R. Bechthold Neroli Salon & Spa

IN KIND DONATIONS Beer Capitol Mr. Joel G. Nettesheim Mr. Mark Benskin Orangetheory Fitness Betty Brinn Children's Museum Palmer's Steakhouse Black Shoe Hospitality Pie Incorporated Breakthru Beverage Wisconsin Print n Press Brewers Community Foundation Radisson Milwaukee West Mr. James Burke Mr. R.J. Safranek Colectivo Saz's Hospitality Group Elias Communications Sky Zone Trampoline Park Mr. Douglas C. Erlacher SURG Restaurant Group Escape MKE Swimtastic Swim School Faye's 1 and Faye's 2 Boutiques The Marcus Corporation Mr. Joel R. Huffman Transfer Pizzeria Cafe Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Waukesha County Park System Intercontinental Milwaukee Western Lakes Golf Club Koss Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Faye P. Wetzel Mrs. Marlene M. Kreilkamp Wisconsin Athletic Club Lakefront Brewery Wisconsin Cheese Mart Mrs. Jan Lennon Wisconsin State Fair Park Mr. Jim Lindenberg LuLu Cafe & Bar Marquette University Miller Baking Co. Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club LP

Milwaukee County Parks Milwaukee Film Milwaukee Marriott Downtown Milwaukee Public Museum Milwaukee Repertory Theater

9 $50,000 and Up The Marcus Corporation Mr. and Mrs. George Mosher Brewers Community Foundation Marquette University Mr. Tom Mroczkowski THANK YOU DONORS! Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust MGIC Investment Corporation Mr. Joel G. Nettesheim Greater Milwaukee Foundation MillerCoors Mr. Wayne Oldenburg United Way of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee County Zoo Park Bank Foundation & Waukesha County Nonprofit Management Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Pieper, Sr. Payne & Dolan, Inc. /Graphics $20,000 - $49,999 The Pentair Foundation, on behalf Mrs. Carol Richards Drs. Namrata and Arvind Ahuja of Pentair Water Treatment Rite Hite Foundation BMO Harris Bank Puelicher Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Joan R. Robertson Emory T. Clark Family Charitable Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Safranek Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Schloemer Mr. Tom Schaitel Joy Global Foundation, Inc. Sensient Technologies Ms. Gina Spang Northwestern Mutual Foundation Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Strobel Waukesha Community A.O. Smith Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Swan Foundation-- Mihi Cura Futuri Spano Pratt Executive Search Fund Town Bank Bert L. and Patricia S. Steigleder We Energies Charitable Trust

$7,500 - $19,999 Henry H. Uihlein, Sr. and Marion Anon Charitable Trust S. Uihlein Foundation, Inc. $500 - $999 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony W. Bryant Visit Milwaukee Ms. Shannon Allen Catholic Community Foundation Wisconsin Arts Board Mr. Joaquin Altoro Ralph Evinrude Foundation, Inc. Yelp Foundation Dr. and Mrs. John J. Augenstein Johnson Controls Foundation Baldinger Bakery Mr. and Mrs. Ted D. Kellner $1,000 - $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Beadell McDonalds Coop Mr. and Mrs. Jason W. Allen Baird Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Bechthold PNC Beer Capitol Mr. John Bosbous Foundation BizTimes Media Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Braun Mr. and Mrs. David V. Uihlein, Jr. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Burke U.S. Bancorp Foundation Milwaukee Thomas E. and Mary Patricia Dalum WaterStone Bank Fund Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cameli Mr. and Mrs. Russ Darrow, Jr. Wells Fargo Foundation Ms. Patricia Crerar Mr. and Mrs. Corey Denman Empower Direct Supply $2,500 - $7,499 Foley & Lardner, LLP Mr. and Mrs. John Dowd Mr. and Mrs. Brad Bertler Mr. Richard M. Franz Mr. and Mrs. Mark Erlandson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery G. Browning Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mr. and Mrs. Michael Farrell Ms. Maria Lourdes Castillo Kopmeier Family Fund Mr. Jonathan Franckowiak CDW Greater Milwaukee Foundation Anonymous Fund Ms. Barbara N. Fuldner Mae E. Demmer Charitable Trust Greater Milwaukee Assoc of Ms. A. Brigid Globensky Mary Martha & Emmett J. Doerr REALTORS' Youth Foundation Charitable Trust Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Mr. and Mrs. Michael Greb Roller Family Fund Mr. Roman A. Draba Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Growing Power Donald Driver Foundation Groeschell Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hackmann Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Erlacher Mr. and Mrs. Jon D. Hammes Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Holz Fleck Foundation Evan and Marion Helfaer Mr. Gunter Kocourek Gardner Foundation Foundation Ms. Lynda Kohler Gebhardt Foundation, Inc. Ms. Renee Herzing Laughlin Constable Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Diane and Robert Jenkins Family Mary L. Nohl Fund Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Huffman, CFA Mr. and Mrs. John Kreilkamp Kapco Mrs. Jan Lennon Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc. Mr. Jim Lindenberg KS Energy Services, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon B. Lubar Mr. and Mrs. David Lubar Mr. Timothy McCollow Lubar & Company Mr. and Mrs. D.F. McKeithan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. P. Michael Mahoney 10 Ms. Whitney Berger Mr. and Mrs. George Gaspar

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Birmingham Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gibb

Ms. Daphne Blader Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Gimbel Mr. Peter Blain Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Glaisner Mr. Thomas Bliffert Ms. Katherine Glaisner Boswell Book Company Mr. Dave Goetz Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brophy Ms. Janna Goihl Ms. Sara Brown Ms. Jennifer Gonda Mr. and Mrs. James Burke Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gould Mr. and Mrs. John Busch Ms. Gail Groenwoldt Business and Economics Ms. Jennifer Guzman Academy of Milwaukee Ms. Gloria Hall Mr. William Butler Mrs. Carolyn Hamilton Ms. Bridget Carlson Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hansen Ms. Julie Carlsen Mr. Keith Harmon Mr. and Mrs. Timothy T. Lecher Ms. Margie Carmichael Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Harris Ms. Shelly Likosar Mrs. Janet Lew Carr Ms. Erin Harris Ms. Tamara Maddente and Mr. Timothy Carr Ms. Suzy Hauske Mr. Norbert Gilmore Catholic East Elementary School Mr. Greg Heitz Mr. T.J. Marini Ms. Kathleen Cavallo Ms. Mary E. Henke Ms. Janet H. Matthews Ms. Wendy Cayer Mr. and Mrs. James Henry McDonald's Greater Chicago Ms. Anna Chay Ms. Shannon Hession Region Mr. Michael Chay Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hitler Mr. and Mrs. Tim McNamara Mr. Marshall Chay Ms. Mary Hoppa Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mehta Ms. Denise M. Conrad Mr. Sam Huxley Ms. Judy Merryfield Ms. Laci Coppins Ms. Elizabeth Idleman Mr. Steve Meves Ms. Amy Coraggio Ms. Litza Janowski Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Meyer Ms. Karen T. Costomiris JayKay Foundation Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mikulay Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Cowen Ms. Amy Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Murtaugh Ms. Susan Crane Mr. Willie L. Jude Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pitstick Ms. Linda Crawford Mr. George Justice Mrs. Jennifer Rehn Ms. Jeanne Daniels Mr. James Kanter Mr. Dan Schwabe Ms. Danae D. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Katz Sheehan Family Foundation Ms. Sharon deGuzman Mr. John Kendall Ms. Barbara A. Stein Ms. Karina Diehl Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keough Victoria Teerlink Mr. and Mrs. Andre DiStasio Mr. Ali Khan and Ms. Alana Ms. Jean Ellen Trubshaw Ms. Ellen Drought Dresden Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vebber Dr. and Mrs. Howard Dubner Ms. Rebecca Kiefer Mr. Chris Wittman Mr. and Mrs. David Dugan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kiefer Ms. Jean Kies Zizzo Group Advertising and Mrs. Fred Dugan Ms. Susan Kim Public Relations Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dutoit Ms. Vivian King Mr. Christopher J. Dykstra Mr. and Mrs. Joel Kirsch $100 - $499 Ms. Jan Effinger Ms. Sally Knoll Ms. Nahid Afsari Ms. Lois Ehlert Mrs. Barb Kohler Ms. Griselda Aldrete Ms. Susan V. Ells Kreilkamp Trucking, Inc. Mrs. Martha Altmin Ms. Genna Espinosa Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kriete Aurora Health Foundation Ms. Katherine A. Falk Ms. Mary H. Krueger Ms. Maria Avila Ms. Jean J. Fenceroy Dr. and Mrs. Al Krug Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Kubly Jessie and Chris Banaszak Ms. Ginny Finn Mr. Steven Baudo Mrs. Lori Lagrow First Weber Group Foundation Drs. Prasanta and Satish Lahiri Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Fleckenstein Baumgartner Mr. John K. Lamoreaux Mr. Ken Flitz

Ms. Heather Bechthold DONORS! YOU THANK Mr. Joe Froehlich Ms. Christina Berger Ms. Tami Garrison

11 Ms. Sara Lasic Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pollack Ms. Patricia Swanson Ms. Kathy A. Ledvina and Mrs. Wendy Randall Mr. and Mrs. Ken Szallai THANK YOU DONORS! Mr. Paul Jasinski Ms. Linda Raschka Ms. Janet Tallberg Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Mr. and Mrs. Reik W. Read Ms. Denisha Tate Ms. DeAnna Leitzke Mr. James S. Reeve III Ms. Frances Thalke Ms. Miranda Levy Ms. Barbara Rehn Dr. Scott Theirl Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lindstrom Ms. Carol J. Reiners Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ticknor Ms. Nancy A. Link Mr. and Mrs. David Reinholtz Ms. Megan Tkachuk Mr. and Mrs. Doug Long Mrs. Nancy Richards-Zahn Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Ms. Mary Lopez Ms. Lori Richards Tocco Mr. and Mrs. Greg Lutz Mr. and Mrs. William Ring Mr. and Mrs. Sean Torinus Ms. Maribeth Lynch Ritz Holman Mrs. Allyson Tucker-Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mackman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ross Susan C. Turowski Macy's Foundation Mrs. and Mr. Amy Rovin Ms. Linda S. Vanden Heuvel Kiran J. Makhija Mrs. Holly Ryan and Mr. Daniel R. Dineen Mr. Bob Makowski Mr. Paul Salb Vrakas CPAs Catherine Maleki Satterberg Foundation Ms. Janine Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Savage Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker Manning Mr. Cal Schattschneider Mr. Richard Walters Jack L. Marcus Company Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Schendel Mr. and Mrs. Philip Weir Mrs. Susan Marcus Mr. Erik Schleicher Mr. Mike Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marks Ms. Donna Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wenzler Ms. Kim Marotta Ms. Kristine Schulz Mr. and Mrs. Dave Werner Dr. and Mrs. Francisco Martinez Mrs. Mary D. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Rick Wetzel Mr. Tim McElhatton and Mr. Peter Sehrbrock Stefanie White Mrs. Barbara Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ms. Kelly Whitt Ms. Lisa McGourthy Severson Mr. and Mrs. George Whyte, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John McGregor Mr. and Mrs. Omar Shaikh Mr. and Mrs. James Wigdale, Sr. Ralph H. Metcalfe Elementary Mr. and Mrs. John T. Sheehan Mr. Mark Wilde School Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Shovers Mr. Neil Willenson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mikkalson Ms. Nandini Sinha Ms. Laurie Winters Mr. and Mrs. James Miller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Smith Ms. Vicki Wise Mr. and Mrs. Barry Millman Ms. Katy Sommer Ms. Betsey Woody Milwaukee Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Wright Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sorgi Mr. and Mrs. James Wyatt Milwaukee Art Museum Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Sparrow Mrs. Kelley Yunk Ms. Renae Miracle Mrs. Debra Staehler Ms. Jessica Zeratsky Ms. Margaret Mladenovich Ms. Cathy Stagmer Ms. Dori Zielinski Ms. Carissa Molina Ms. Pam Stark Mr. Brian Zongolowicz and Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Morin Ms. Elizabeth Stillmank Ms. Anne Y. Stratton Ms. Dana Sasinowski Museum of Wisconsin Art, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Zore Mr. Patrick Mutsune Mrs. Audrey Strnad Mr. and Mrs. Miller Newton Ms. Jane B. Stroebel Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Norman Ms. Regina Oberlin Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Oberland Ms. Marcia Olen Ms. Carisa Oppermann Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Palmisano Ms. Sarah Smith Pancheri Ms. Mary Jo Parrott Ms. Deb Paschke Mr. Pierre Payne Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Penegor Mr. and Mrs. James R. Petrie Mr. Jeffrey Peterson Ms. Barb Pfeifer-Woog Ms. Eileen Pfeifer

Ms. Emily Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Pindyck

12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Chairman Jan Lennon Doug Erlacher Civic Volunteer Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC P. Michael Mahoney Park Bank Vice Chairman Daniel Meyer Kelley Yunk Biz Times Media Darryl Morin Advanced Wireless, Inc. Secretary Tom Mroczkowski Lori R. Bechthold Northwestern Mutual Civic Volunteer Brittany Lopez Naleid Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Treasurer R.J. Safranek Joel Nettesheim, CPA Storage Systems Midwest, Inc. SVA Certified Public Accountants, SC Andrea Schloemer Civic Volunteer Omar Shaikh MEMBERS SURG Restaurant Group Jason W. Allen Meghan Slocum Foley & Lardner LLP BMO Harris Bank John J. Augenstein, Ph.D. Paul Upchurch Marquette University-Emeritus VISIT Milwaukee Mark Benskin Anne Zizzo US Bancorp Zizzo Group Marketing Brad Bertler Ernst & Young LLP Jeffery G. Browning ADVISORY BOARD Fiserv, Inc. Helen Bechthold James Burke Barbara Brown Lee Johnson Controls Sue Darrow William Butler Patricia A. Dowd Business and Economics Academy of Andy Fleckenstein Milwaukee Ellen W. Glaisner Kristy Casey Helen Harris Civic Volunteer Mary Kellner, Ed.D. Harry G. Holz Quarles & Brady LLP, retired Joel Huffman, CFA US Bancorp George Justice Town Bank Amy Kirschke Milwaukee Art Museum

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