2017 Annual Report
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2017 ANNUAL REPORT Jeremiah Program 2017 Annual Report | 1 Dear Friends, 2017 was a dynamic year for Jeremiah Program. In addition to building on our strong outcomes for mothers and children in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota and Boston, Massachusetts, we opened an expanded campus in Austin, Texas; finished construction on our campus in Fargo, North Dakota; welcomed our first cohort of mothers to our new program in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York; and secured land and lead gifts to build a residential campus in Rochester, Minnesota. We are so proud of how far we have come. This year marks our 20th year of successfully transforming families out of poverty. When Jeremiah Program began in 1998, we started with 18 families. Over the past twenty years, we are proud to say that we have helped hundreds of single mothers graduate with a college degree and family-sustaining wages while preparing their kids to excel in school. To date, we have touched the lives of nearly 3,500 women and children, providing them with the resources they need to set themselves on a path to prosperity. Our work is needed more now than ever. Almost 10 million single parent families headed by women live in the country and more than 18 million children of single mothers are living in poverty (US Census). With the rise of single motherhood, demographers now estimate that 50% of all American children will live with a single mother before turning 18 and 70% of children raised by single mothers live in poverty. With families facing deep barriers to achieving social and economic prosperity, our services are critical to help single mothers and their children reach their highest potential. As we continue to build on our strong foundation and position Jeremiah Program for the next two decades, we are hard at work making plans for the future and strengthening our impact on families. We are in the midst of developing a new strategic plan and business framework for further scaling our important program and look forward to sharing the highlights of the plan with you this fall. As part of our 20th year celebration, we will also convene a one-day leadership summit this fall to inspire open dialogue and visionary thinking around two-generation solutions for helping families escape the cycle of poverty, permanently. Thank you for your partnership and support over the last 20 years. Your contributions fill us with hope as we build our 20/20 vision for Jeremiah Program’s future and for our communities across the country. Kim Vanderwall Gloria Perez BOARD CHAIR PRESIDENT & CEO Jeremiah Program 2017 Annual Report | 1 NATIONAL Minneapolis, Minnesota “I managed to overcome the dire poverty that was staring me down as my obvious future as a 17-year-old single mom. I have been lucky and it seems imperative to be able to say that I can help somebody else too.” Karen Cooper, DONOR BRUCE SCHNEIER & KAREN COOPER Jeremiah Program 2017 Annual Report | 2 NATIONAL 2017 Highlights 2017 Accomplishments Opened a New Campus Innovative Raising Funds for AUSTIN, TX Non-Residential Campus 40 Unit Campus BOSTON, MA ROCHESTER - SOUTHEAST MN EMPOWERED OVER 450 FAMILIES Campus Set To Open In 2018 Expanding Career Services Expanding The Model FARGO, ND / MOORHEAD, MN MINNEAPOLIS - SAINT PAUL, MN For Broader Impact BROWNSVILLE, NY 1st Generation 2nd Generation Families (Jeremiah Mothers) (Jeremiah Children) 494 MOMS & KIDS 25 SINGLE MOMS 26 CHILDREN Partnered with 494 mothers and Celebrated 25 single mothers receiving Graduated 26 children from our children in five communities across the a career-track 2- or 4-year child development centers ready for country to set them on a path from post-secondary degree kindergarten poverty to prosperity 108 FAMILIES 252 WORKSHOPS 89% OF CHILDREN Provided 108 families with a safe and Conducted 9 prerequisite empowerment Celebrated 89% of children performing affordable furnished apartment on a courses and 252 life skills workshops at or above age-appropriate Jeremiah Program residential campus and and celebrated 54% of student mothers benchmarks in at least four out of five coached 33 additional families participating earning the Jeremiah Program distinction development areas in our commuter programs in Boston and of Academic All-Star by earning a 3.0 New York City to find safe and affordable GPA or higher housing with local housing partners 21,000 HOURS 2,270 SESSIONS Volunteers contributed more than 21,000 Offered 2,270 one-to-one coaching hours of service to our families, a donated sessions to help mothers plan and stay value of nearly $513,000 on track with their education, career, and family goals Jeremiah Program 2016 Annual Report | 3 NATIONAL Featured Donor Story ECMC Group and ECMC Foundation’s strategic partnership with Jeremiah Program began in 2015 with one employee making a difference. Sarah Strehl, Chief Human Resources Officer at ECMC Group, began volunteering her expertise to Jeremiah’s Human Resources Committee and matched her generosity of time with her personal giving. Her commitment and belief in our program grew. In 2017, we received an ECMC Foundation GO! Program grant based on Sarah’s nomination. The program involves all ECMC Group employees and recognizes and supports organizations that align with the Foundation’s mission to inspire and to facilitate improvements that affect educational outcomes—especially among underserved populations—through evidence-based innovation. Sarah continues to be a great ambassador for Jeremiah. She introduced us to her colleagues at ECMC Foundation, which led to a two-year grant that will support Jeremiah in two ways. The first is our exploration of a shorter-term career pathway model through which Jeremiah mothers can obtain the credentials they need to SARAH STREHL build and advance in a career that empowers them to reach their JEREMY WHEATON highest potential and secure family-sustaining wages. The second ECMC GROUP area of support is helping us develop more sophisticated financial modeling tools—in tandem with Jeremiah’s next strategic planning process—to integrate financial systems across the organization, guide business plan outputs, and inform strategic decisions around Jeremiah’s future program innovation and growth. Sarah’s enthusiasm is contagious. Jeremy Wheaton, ECMC Group’s President and CEO, recently offered his financial expertise to our Finance Committee and, along with his family, volunteers on the Minneapolis campus. This 360-degree support from ECMC Group and ECMC Foundation is remarkable. We are so grateful for their generosity of time and financial support that makes our work with determined single mothers and their children possible. Jeremiah Program 2017 Annual Report | 4 NATIONAL 2017 Visionary Circle The Visionary Circle recognizes extraordinary levels of cumulative giving across the enterprise. Anonymous (5) Sandra Davis, Ph.D & Lynn Jane Letourneau & John J. Susan & William Sands 3M Foundation Davis Frey Sauer Children’s Renew American Bank Deluxe Corporation Lowe Foundation + Foundation Ameriprise Financial Foundation Dusty & George* Mairs Scheels Organization Fred C. & Katherine B. Terry Devitt Mardag Foundation Kit & Dick Schmoker Andersen Foundation Eileen Donovan* Aedie & John McEvoy The Richard M. Schulze Family Assumption Catholic Church Mary & Ernest Dorn Rosalyn & Burton* McGlynn Foundation The Barry Foundation ECMC Foundation + McGlynn Family Foundation Brian Sharples Edward R. Bazinet Ecolab, Inc. Charlene & Michael McHugh Tracey Sharples Foundation + Edward Flaherty Connie & John McMahon Steiner Family Fund of The Marilyn & Frank* Beddor Julie Flaherty Jan and David McNair + Minneapolis Foundation Laura & Kyndel Bennett Barbara Forster & Larry The Minneapolis Foundation Judy* & Frank Sunberg Nancy & John Berg Hendrickson Minnesota Department of Target Corporation Justice Helen Meyer & William Frey Foundation Employment & Economic Thrivent Financial Foundation Bieber Karen & Michael Frey Development + Travelers Foundation F. R. Bigelow Foundation Garrison Family Foundation The Moody Foundation Noelle & Jeff Turner The Ivan Bowen Family General Mills Foundation John Morgan US Bancorp Foundation Foundation Lucy Gerold & William J. Sheila Morgan Jeanie and Jeffry Volk + The Douglass Brandenborg Svrluga The Mortenson Family Anastasia Vournas & J. William Family Foundation Mary Jo* & Philip* Grathwol Foundation Uhrig Otto Bremer Trust Greater Minneapolis Council of Frank Mullaney* The Harry & Jeanette Greg Butler Churches Michael J. O’Connell Weinberg Foundation Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Greater Twin Cities United Way Dee & Bob Oliveira Wells Fargo Foundation Foundation Ruth & Daniel Haggerty Jay & Rose Phillips Family Minnesota Buuck Family Foundation Lisa Harris Foundation Donna Welsh Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Hayes Family Fund of the HRK Plymouth Congregational WEM Foundation Annie E. Casey Foundation Foundation Church in Minneapolis Carol Frey Wolfe & Dan Wolfe Casey Albert T. O’Neil Ruth Hendrickson & Chad Posey Family Foundation Woodhouse Family Foundation Bounds Nelson Puett Foundation Foundation + Ceridian Corporation The House of Hope Sara & Dick Rathgeber Xcel Energy Foundation Charlson Foundation Presbyterian Church Gerald Rauenhorst Family René & Rick Zona Gail Commagere W.K. Kellogg Foundation Foundation * deceased Cheryl & Daniel* Commers Kinney Family Foundation RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation + new members Virginia & Lawrence* Coss Kopp Investment Advisors Chriss & Jim Renier Country Financial A. Pitzl & J. Fred Krost Deborah Palmer Rich