We believe all children deserve an equal opportunity to succeed in life. Education is the key that unlocks the door to success but far too many children, through no fault of their own, aren’t getting the education they need to make it in life. We at stand are passionately committed to righting this wrong. OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL PREPARED FOR, AND WITH ACCESS TO, COLLEGE AND CAREER TRAINING.

TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE

Educate and Advocate for Ensure the Elect empower effective policies and courageous parents, local, state funding we leaders who teachers and and national advocate for will stand up community education reach for our members to policies and classrooms priorities. demand investments. and help excellent students. schools.

* Electoral activities are conducted exclusively by Stand for Children or one or more of its affiliated political committees. Stand for Children Leadership Center does not endorse or otherwise support the election or defeat of any candidate for elective public office. FOUR YEAR GOALS By the end of 2015, Stand for Children’s efforts will help prepare more than 1.5 million students, over 80% of whom are low-income, to be successful in college or career training. We’ll do this by:

ADVOCACY Playing a key role in enacting, across our network, at least 75 education solutions at the state and district level that help prepare students to succeed.

ELECTIONS Helping elect more than 200 education champions to school boards and state legislatures in strategic races across our network.

EMPOWERMENT Helping over 15,000 low-income parents become more meaningfully involved in their children’s education.

TO ACHIEVE THESE KEY OBJECTIVES, STAND FOR CHILDREN WILL: • Expand from 10 to 16 states and grow from 18 to 40 targeted school districts. • Increase sustainability by building up a four month overall cash reserve and two months of working capital and ensuring Stand’s state affiliates average 11 months of positive cash flow. • Ensure that at least 80% of our employees are highly engaged as measured by our Employee Engagement Survey.

* Electoral activities are conducted exclusively by Stand for Children or one or more of its affiliated political committees. Stand for Children Leadership Center does not endorse or otherwise support the election or defeat of any candidate for elective public office.

OUR NATION IS AT RISK +1 MILLION More than 1.2 million U.S. students drop out of school every year. 1 IN 10 Of the 13 million children growing up in poverty today, only 1 in 10 graduate from college. NEARLY 50% Close to 50 percent of students in low-income communities will not graduate from high school. OUR THEORY OF CHANGE: HOW TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES

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ELECT+LOBBY+ADVISE ENACT Decision makers

LEVER 1 LEVER 2 LEVER 5 Unacceptable IMPROVED Empower parents ORGANIZE Parents, educators & status quo defended by Strategic IMPLEMENT STUDENT to support their entrenched interests community members education policies OUTCOMES children's education and investments

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EDUCATE+PERSUADE APPROVE Voters

ENGAGE+ADVOCATE

“In order to attain the quality education opportunities that our kids deserve, we must build a movement that engages parents, community leaders and educators as strong advocates and support systems for our children.” – Kenya Bradshaw, Executive Director, Stand

* Electoral activities are conducted exclusively by Stand for Children or one or more of its affiliated political committees. Stand for Children Leadership Center does not endorse or otherwise support the election or defeat of any candidate for elective public office. Stand for Children Staff Members from 10 states.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

STAND MEMBERS, SUPPORTERS AND STAFF KNOW THAT TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL PREPARED FOR, AND WITH ACCESS TO, COLLEGE AND CAREER EVERY CHILD NEEDS: • Access to quality pre-kindergarten and full-day kindergarten • Effective teachers and principals • High expectations and quality instruction tailored to their needs • A safe and supportive learning environment • Effective guidance and support to access college or career training

TO MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN HAVE THOSE NEEDS MET, WE NEED A SYSTEM OF HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS THAT HELP STUDENTS STAY ON TRACK. STAND ADVOCATES FOR POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE: • Effective leadership and oversight • Transparent information about performance • Sufficient funding, spent wisely

READ MORE ABOUT ANY OF THESE TOPICS AT WWW.STAND.ORG

STAND HAS 10 STATE AFFILIATES AND OPERATES IN 18 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THOSE STATES.

Seattle Tacoma

Portland Salem Eugene MASSACHUSETTS Boston

Worcester Springfield Chicago Indianapolis Denver Aurora

Nashville TENNESSEE Memphis Phoenix

TEXAS Austin Houston Baton Rouge New Orleans

“We absolutely have to have groups like Stand for Children, to do the hard, hard work of advocating for reform and making sure it happens in states and districts across the country.”

– Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education

“One of my favorite things about [Stand for Children] is being able to witness the moment when a parent realizes that they are a powerful voice for their child.”

– Liliana Hutcheson, Organizer, Stand Arizona

STAND HAS MORE THAN 135 EMPLOYEES, OVER 250,000 SUPPORTERS AND A COMBINED 2012 501C3 AND 501C4 OPERATING BUDGET OF $20.5 MILLION.*

AFFILIATE, YEAR FOUNDED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STAFF SUPPORTERS 2012 BUDGET*

ARIZONA, 2009 JOHN FISHER 9 17,331 $994,541

COLORADO, 2009 PAUL LHEVINE 9 18,171 $1,428,867

ILLINOIS, 2010 MARY ANDERSON 11 34,665 $2,085,621

INDIANA, 2011 LINDA ERLINGER 9 14,911 $1,332,560

LOUISIANA, 2012 RAYNE MARTIN 5 1,361 $1,062,628

MASSACHUSETTS, 2003 JASON WILLIAMS 12 55,861 $3,362,138

OREGON, 1999 SUE LEVIN 7 40,201 $925,174

TENNESSEE, 1999 KENYA BRADSHAW 12 30,822 $1,374,129

TEXAS, 2011 JEREL BOOKER 9 7,400 $900,067

WASHINGTON, 2007 SHANNON CAMPION 10 23,202 $1,233,533

*Dollar figures reflect combined C3 and C4 expense budgets. Does not include Political Action Committee revenue and expenses.

Financial Honors: Four Star Rating from Charity Navigator & Guide Star Exchange Seal Great Place To Work: Oregon Business 2011 & Opportunity Knocks 2010 SINCE 1999, STAND HAS ACHIEVED OVER 165 STATE AND LOCAL VICTORIES AND LEVERAGED OVER 3.8 BILLION DOLLARS EDUCATION INVESTMENTS. THESE POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS ARE IMPROVING THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 4 MILLION CHILDREN.

JUNE 1, 1996 1997 1999 2000-2002 2003 Over 300,000 people Stand volunteers organize 133 Focus shifts to grassroots Launch affiliates in Idaho and Move headquarters to attend “Stand for Children “Stand for Healthy Children” organizing to achieve systemic South Carolina. Portland, Oregon. Day” rally in Washington DC rallies across the country to changes for children. organized by the Children’s support passage of federal Play key role in passage Launch affiliate in Defense Fund. Children’s Health Insurance Launch affiliates in Oregon, of Portland Children’s Initiatives Massachusetts. Program legislation. Tennessee, and Maryland. which has provided millions of dollars per year for proven early 2003-2004 JUNE 3, 1996 Organize first Stand Chapter childhood, after school and child Key rally organizers Jonah Close affiliates in Maryland, in Salem, Oregon. abuse prevention and foster care Idaho, and South Carolina Edelman and Eliza Leighton programs. found Stand for Children as in order to target states an ongoing organization. with greatest potential for statewide impact for children.

CONTINUED 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 Begin advocating for policy changes in Launch affiliates in Arizona Launch Illinois affiliate. Launch affiliates in Indiana and Texas. Launch affiliate in Louisiana. addition to investments in order to increase and Colorado. our positive impact for students. Help pass an Act Relative Help pass Senate Bill 7, in partnership Help pass Senate Bill 1424 Work with State Senator to the Achievement Gap in with Advance Illinois and Mayor Rahm in Arizona, which will Develop bill to create New Educator Mentoring Mike Johnston and key Massachusetts which raises Emanuel, which ties teacher tenure, improve charter school Program in Oregon in partnership with New partners to pass Senate the cap on charter schools layoffs, and placement to performance, quality by raising standards Teacher Center. We lead the passage of the Bill 191, groundbreaking in low-performing school streamlines the teacher dismissal and increasing rigor of bill to provide mentors to first and second year teacher evaluation districts and has already process, enables Chicago Public Schools charter school authorizing teachers to improve new teacher performance legislation, in Colorado. given 35,000 students to lengthen its school day and year. process and increasing and retention. access to high performing Public Charter School charters. Ensure a pro-progress majority on the Board’s ability to close low Launch Washington affiliate. Denver School Board by helping elect performing charters. two education champions to the school board.

* Electoral activities are conducted exclusively by Stand for Children or one or more of its affiliated political committees. Stand for Children Leadership Center does not endorse or otherwise support the election or defeat of any candidate for elective public office. STAND FOR CHILDREN, INC. 501(c)(4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Emma Bloomberg (Chair), Senior Planning Officer, Robin Hood Katherine Bradley, President, CityBridge Foundation F. Philip Handy (Treasurer), President and CEO, Strategic Industries Michael Lomax President and CEO, United Negro College Fund Don Washburn (Secretary), Private Equity Investor

STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER 501(c)(3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Julie Mikuta (Chair), Partner, New Schools Venture Fund Kristin Ehrgood President, Flamboyan Foundation Julie Jensen COO, The Jenesis Group Vanessa Kirsch President and Founder, New Profit, Inc. Jonathan Lavine Managing Director, Bain Capital John Legend Entertainer and Education Activist Eliza Leighton (Secretary), Independent Consultant Andy Moffit Senior Practice Expert, McKinsey & Co. Reuben Munger (Treasurer), Vision Ridge Partners, LLC

“Stand for Children is an incredibly important organization. Why? Because Stand impacts students’ lives from the state level, to the district level, all the way to the family level. I’m proud of my role in Stand’s development and still do everything I can to support Stand because of their results and the strength of their model and leadership.”

– Geoffrey Canada, Founder and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone and Stand’s First Board Chair

$50.000,000

NATIONAL GROWTH CAMPAIGN GOAL: $50 MILLION Stand’s national growth campaign, which will run through December 2013, will enable us to achieve our ambitious $40.000,000 goals for students and increase our sustainability. These funds will be used to: 1 Expand into six new states, for a total of 16, and 22 new cities, for a total of 40, while maintaining high quality across our growing network. $30.000,000 2 Engage hundreds of thousands of additional parents through innovative online and offline strategies. 3 Ensure long-term sustainability by building cash reserves.

$20.000,000

$10.000,000 As of May 1st, 2012, {$5.9 million has been pledged.

“If you don’t fix education, nothing else will ever be fixed. Education is the most important thing. Stand is really appealing because together we can do a lot of good for a lot of people.”

– Raymond Allmon, Organizer, Stand Louisiana

CONTACT US: 1732 NW Quimby St., Suite 200 Portland, OR 97209 800-663-4032 www.stand.org/info [email protected]

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