Buffalo Prep Annual Report 2016-2017 1 MISSION Our mission is to provide access and preparation for talented underrepresented youth to achieve success in college preparatory high schools and higher education. Board of Directors 2016-2017 Officers Oriana Montani Mary Ann Coulson, President Francisco Guzman Associate Senior Vice President, Branch Manager Architect / Engineer Phillips Lytle LLP Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency City of Buffalo Department of Alexandra Montante Public Works Community Volunteer + Amy Clifton, Vice President Chief Financial Officer Michael Newman LPCiminelli, Inc. Honorable Craig D. Hannah Executive Vice President Buffalo City Court Judge NOCO Energy Corp. Kathie A. Keller, Treasurer Treasurer Stephen Harrington Bobbie Billings Neal Keller Technology Corporation Chief Procurement Officer Community Volunteer Delaware North Dr. Yvonne S. Minor-Ragan, Secretary Jeff Pappalardo President & CEO Dr. Shelley McDonough Chief Creative Officer YMRagan Consulting, LLC Crowley Webb Kimelberg Adjunct Assistant Professor Directors Department of Sociology, Vivian Quinn, Esq. University at Buffalo Partner Nixon Peabody Dina Benderson Community Volunteer Christopher J. Lauricella Head of School Luis Rodriguez, Jr. The Park School of Buffalo Chief Executive Officer Richard Bryan Rodriguez Construction Group, Inc. Executive Director Michele Lee Education Collaborative of WNY Director Deborah Russell Patrick P. Lee Foundation Community Volunteer John Dandolph Chief Executive Officer Jock Mitchell Dr. Andrew Stott Unifrax Community Volunteer Director and Dean of Undergraduate Education University at Buffalo Betsy Mitchell Jodyann Galvin Community Volunteer Partner Marcia O’Neil-White Hodgson Russ LLP Executive Director Buffalo Prep BUFFALO PREP IS A AFFILIATED PROGRAM BUFFALO PREP • 18 ACHESON ANNEX • UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO BUFFALO • NEW YORK • 14214 • 716.829.3605 • www.buffaloprep.com 2 Message from the Board President and Executive Director Buffalo’s Renaissance. You can hardly browse the Internet without seeing this term and other positive descriptions about our great city. National publications and our local media are singing the same tune: Buffalo is back in business and poised to stay there. This is a gleaming, hopeful time, with the waterfront, downtown, commercial and industrial areas, recreational havens, and neighborhoods reborn, repurposed, and growing. It rings true that Buffalo is rising, in no small part, because of its young people. And because of the conviction of so many in our community that access to education is an essential building block for a true Renaissance. Educational opportunities lead to more opportunities for professional success, and that translates into safer neighborhoods and stronger regional economies. Buffalo Prep has shared in, and contributed to, the excitement and growth being experienced. Our 25th Anniversary Initiative and Prep for Tomorrow capital campaign were endorsed by the community and successful. Since our founding, thousands of talented students from underserved and marginalized populations have received the academic opportunity and enrichment from Buffalo Prep and its partner schools that prepared them for high school, college, and beyond. We have nurtured their inherent talents and potential with the tools for achievement and success which creates an equipped workforce and engaged community participants. There are remarkable Buffalo Prep alumni on our board of directors, on our staff and faculty, and in roles across every sector of our resurging city and region. While there are many success stories, there is still much work to be done. It is an honor to do this work and Buffalo Prep could not have the impact that it does without your support in the many ways that you show it. Thank you for being dynamic and dedicated partners in Buffalo Prep’s important mission and advocates for these deserving scholars. An investment and belief in our children is an investment and belief in our collective future. Mary Ann Coulson, Board President, 2017 Patti Stephen, Executive Director In 1989, Buffalo Prep was founded and located in Diefendorf Annex on the University at Buffalo’s South Campus. A small group of dedicated teachers mentored 10 students for academic success in high school and beyond. Today, more than 28 years later, Buffalo Prep operates out of Acheson Annex and provides academic, social, and cultural enrichment to over 500 college-bound students throughout its summer, after-school, and Saturday programs. We are excited that the University at Buffalo has affirmed its long-term commitment to Buffalo Prep through an investment in our continued growth by partnering with us to move Buffalo Prep to a new home on South Campus at Allen Hall. Buffalo Prep and co-chairs Jock and Betsy Mitchell launched Prep for Tomorrow, a capital campaign to cover the costs associated with the buildout of new state-of-the art classrooms, offices, technology and support services for our students. Buffalo Prep is excited to announce that we have surpassed the $1.5 million goal for Prep for Tomorrow! Allen Hall will provide the following: Nearly 6,000 square feet of state-of-the-art classrooms, science and computer labs, staff offices, restrooms, a kitchenette, and much needed storage space ADA-compliant building code updates, including a new elevator, to ensure handicap accessibility New technology, including fast internet connections, to give our scholars a competitive edge Approximately 5,000 square feet of additional space shared with UB, including a 150-seat auditorium, overflow classrooms for evening and summer programs, plus meeting rooms for community programming We thank the University at Buffalo for this opportunity and continued belief in our mission – and we thank the following Buffalo Prep supporters for their support of this important transition in our history. Prep for Tomorrow Contributors $5,000 and above: $200,000 and above The John R. Oishei Foundation - $100,000 - $199,999 Enrichment and Resource Center Buffalo Prep 2016/2017 Board of Directors M&T Bank Family of Gifts - Highway to Higher Education Hallway It All Adds Up - Math (Cumulative gifts from: Dina and Todd Benderson, Rick and Enrichment Center Judith Bryan, Amy Clifton and Theodore B.K. Walsh, Mary Ann and David Coulson, Jodyann Galvin and Robert J. Lane, Jr., Francisco and Elizabeth Guzman, Hon. Craig and Angela Hannah, Stephen and Lori Harrington, Dr. Shelley and David Kimelberg, Michele and Chris Lee, Dr. Yvonne Minor-Ragan and Phil Ragan, Oriana and James Montani, Alex and Michael $50,000 - $99,999 Montante, Jeff and Jean Pappalardo, Vivian Quinn, Luis and Jessica Joy Family Foundation Rodriguez, Jr., Deborah Russell and Peter Jones) The Newman Family - Barbara W. Billings - Building a Better Future Academic Suite College Bound Corridor Cullen Foundation Marcia and Alphonso James H. Cummings Foundation O’Neil-White - Keller Technology Corporation - Way of the Future Educational Impact Center Technology Program Jock and Betsy Mitchell - Expressway to Excellence Hallway Moog, Inc. - To Infinity and Beyond: A Modern Science Program $25,000 - $49,999 Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo D-B Trust $5,000 - $24,999 Gary and Willow Brost Delaware North Children’s Foundation of Erie County Education Collaborative of WNY Anthony and Sarah Duddy First Niagara Foundation Josephine Goodyear Vogt Family Foundation Foundation The Habib Family William and Anne Joyce Sally Marks Buford and Suzy Sears Unifrax Buffalo Prep’s 25th Anniversary Initiative Number of In 2013, propelled by the strong academic achievements of students participating donors increased in its enrichment and support programs for underrepresented youth and growing wait lists for programs, Buffalo Prep undertook an intensive strategic planning process to by 76% determine how to best serve more students while ensuring the organization’s long-term financial stability. With the full support of the Buffalo Prep Board of Directors and staff, the 25th Anniversary Initiative was established in 2014 to develop the funding strategies Annual Fund necessary to fuel the organization’s programmatic goals. Its goals precipitated the need Giving Increased to diversify and increase the base of support from individuals and organizations by 88% committed to helping Buffalo’s continued renaissance by nurturing a stable, Student healthy, and educated community. Enrollment Prep has just completed its three-year 25th Anniversary Initiative, which called Increased by for a 25% growth in the student body over three years, an increase from 459 to 23% 586 students served by 2018. Buffalo Prep is currently supporting 549 students as Total of September 2017. Prep increased its student capacity at an intentionally modest and Organization measured pace, assuring the quality of its programs at every step. We recruited a fully Revenue Increased active fundraising committee, led by stalwart community leaders Betsy and Jock Mitchell, by 30% and populated by board members, former board members and most impressively, former students. This diverse committee has doubled Prep’s number of donors, including donors at all levels ($25 community ticket buyers to $10,000 donors). The Initiative has steadily increased annual giving year after year, and we have built capacity in our development department. Buffalo Prep’s 25th Anniversary Initiative Thank you to the community leaders, foundations, philanthropists, and families who participated as partners in the 25th Anniversary