2011 Annual Report
2011 ANNUAL REPORT OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, Dear Friend, GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL PREPARED FOR, AND WITH ACCESS TO, A COLLEGE EDUCATION. It has been an exciting year for Stand. With the launch of new Stand affiliates in Texas and Indiana, we are reaching more To make that happen, students than ever before. We have also accelerated our impact by helping to enact or implement legislation to improve staff and volunteers of Stand for Children teacher effectiveness in seven of our ten* state affiliates. Leadership Center, a 501(c)(3) public charity, and Stand for Children, Inc., We are particularly inspired by Stand’s renewed focus on helping students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. a 501(c)(4) membership organization: Stand staff are actively engaging with parents and teachers in Three years ago, Stand set out to dramatically increase our organizational impact. We committed that districts like Chicago, Boston, Houston, Memphis, and by the end of 2011, we would play a key role in enacting education policies and investments at the state Indianapolis to uncover real problems and identify solutions and district levels to impact the lives of over 1.6 million children. We pledged to grow from four to ten Educate and empower parents, that work in those communities. states, and from 40,000 to 160,000 supporters. teachers and community members Thanks to hard work by our talented staff and volunteers, tremendous support from our National Boards, to demand excellent schools. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of Stand’s staff, volunteers, and supporters for their relentless Advisory Boards, and other generous donors, we met and exceeded these goals.
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