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10 Years of Impact2 0 1 3 A N N U A L R E P O R T
GOUR FIRST TEN YEARS
2003 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides funding
to Portland Community College in Oregon to begin replicating the Gateway to College model
ateway to College National Network is celebrating ten years of national impact.
We are now a network of 43 colleges in 23 states, working in partnership with
over 150 school districts. This extraordinary collaboration, fueled by public education
dollars, philanthropic startup support, and federal investment through the Social
Innovation Fund, means that thousands of young people who left high school or were
not on track to graduate will have the chance to reinvent themselves for a better future.
As one student expressed it, “I have gone
from the very bottom to the very top.”
President Bill Clinton publicly cited Gateway to CollegeTM during the June 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America Conference as an organization helping some of our nation’s most disadvantaged young people to gain the skills
they need to realize the American Dream.
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In the 2012-2013 academic year alone, more than 4,200 formerly disengaged students changed the trajectory of their lives through the Gateway to CollegeTM program. A record 671 students graduated in the 2012-2013 academic year—graduates who not only earned a high school diploma but an average of 35 college credits at the same time. Thousands more are in the pipeline. National Network staff provided training and technical assistance to higher education institutions across the nation, and worked with five state education agencies to provide advice and advocacy on policies to expand opportunities for the students we serve. Nearly 250 educators nationwide attended our annual Peer Learning Conference. All told, we distributed more than $3 million to local communities to implement and support programs for under-served youth.
Every community benefits when disconnected young people return to school and gain the skills they need to have good jobs and strong families. The social return is obvious and substantial, but the return to each individual is beyond measure—often meaning the difference between a life of poverty and limited choices or a life as a contributing citizen with a strong desire to give back. As a Gateway graduate who now has a master’s degree put it:
“Without Gateway, I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. I might not even be here at all. But I made it, and I’m motivated to help others who are struggling find their way.”
Looking ahead to the next ten years, we have even loftier goals. Our new strategic framework calls for more sophisticated research to help build knowledge in the field. We are focused on a significant quality initiative including a standards and certification process for national partners. We will continue to raise awareness and strive to make even deeper impacts in policy and education reform for those in need of our help. Most important, we will create new pathways to higher education for our nation’s young people.
We want to galvanize people motivated to help those who are struggling to find their way. Please join us! The last ten years have been an incredible journey, growing from a single program in Portland, Oregon to a nationwide network of dedicated educators and students working to create new opportunities for youth. We are grateful for the change we’ve seen in students’ lives and in the communities we serve, and we are inspired by what we can accomplish together
in the coming years.
43 23 colleges in states
2004 Students begin attending
Gateway to College in two new sites
2004 First Peer Learning Conference
held in Portland
Martha Lamkin Chair, Board of Directors
Laurel Dukehart President
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…breaks the cycle of poverty by addressing the dropout crisisYoung people start school with an enthusiasm
to learn and succeed, but not every student
has a smooth path to success. Adolescence is
the crucial time of identity development, peer
relationships, and burgeoning autonomy. For
some teenagers, the social environment of a
typical high school is too chaotic; students who
experience teasing or bullying disconnect from
school. For those who are living in poverty, who
may not have stability in their homes, or who
have simply made some ill-advised choices
during this tumultuous time, academic success
can be a particular challenge.
Dropping out of high school
is not event, it is a process. For
well over a million students
every year in the U.S., dropping
out is the most negatively
impactful experience they will
have in their lives. Dropouts are
3.5 times more likely to become
incarcerated during the
course of their lifetimes. Public
obligations such as welfare and
unemployment are utilized
disproportionately by people
who never completed
high school.
Students from low-income families drop out
at six times the rate of their peers from high
income families. These young people face
major personal consequences. A dropout will
earn $260,000 less than a high school graduate
over his or her lifetime and will encounter
hardships that those who have achieved high
school diplomas and at least some college do
not typically face. They are much more likely to
pass on the legacy of a failed education and
lower economic status to their children.
To break the cycle of generational poverty,
high school is not enough. College or technical
credentials are now minimum requirements for
family-wage and career path jobs. Gateway to
College programs around the country provide
the pathway to success in high school and a
firm grounding in college and career.
…builds sustainable programs in the public sphereGateway to College National Network (GTCNN)
builds bridges between K-12 public school
districts and colleges to enable dual credit
options for students who have previously been
unsuccessful in school. Before Gateway to
OUR WORK
“What inspires me most about my work with Gateway to College students is the moment they find their truth— the truth that links them to the success they were always meant to have. I am grateful to be a small catalyst of that truth.”
- Jane Larson, Resource Specialist , Portland Community College, OR
2006 10 sites in 9 states
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College, most early college dual credit programs
served students who already possessed the
academic and life skills to succeed.
GtCNN helps break through the barriers to
dual credit for the students who can benefit
the most. We do this by facilitating partnerships
to help public K-12 dollars work in the two-year
college setting. Public school districts frequently
encounter barriers to supporting alternative
programs outside of their own facilities and the
funding formulas often emphasize “seat time”
to the detriment of the flexible scheduling
that a college-based program offers. We work
closely with administrators on both sides of the
partnership to launch and sustain a successful
college-based program.
…empowers educators and builds the field Gateway to College educators are pioneering
best practices for re-engaging disconnected
students. College faculty, counselors, and
administrators understand the many challenges
students face. They work as a team to ensure
students are ready and able to navigate the
college setting.
Through our proprietary professional
development social network, GatewayLive,
educators and administrators share information
within the network of over
40 programs across
the U.S. GtCNN experts
consult with colleges to
implement strategies that
address local conditions.
Our webinars and
annual Peer Learning
Conference bring
together practitioners
from Gateway to College
programs and peer
organizations at the forefront of the work
to support youth as they emerge into self-
sufficient adulthood.
GtCNN conducts research on what’s working
to improve outcomes for students, strengthens
stakeholder partnerships to sustain programs,
and advocates for broader understanding
of the need for more pathways to higher
education for students facing barriers.
For example, extended year graduation rates
have been an important policy initiative for
Gateway to College National Network. In 2011,
we teamed with the American Youth Policy
Forum and the National Youth Employment
Coalition to develop a joint policy brief to
encourage states to include extended year
graduation rates in their accountability models
submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.
2007 13 sites in 11 states
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59%of students in the largest 50 cities graduate high school in the U.S.
only
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OUR MODEL…helps transform systemsPublic post-secondary college systems are
increasingly burdened by the imperative to
educate more and more students who are
unprepared for college-level work. School
districts are pressured to raise
graduation rates and provide
more pathways to graduation,
but federal, local, and state
policies can inadvertently
impede their efforts. Equally
problematic, K-12 and post-secondary structures
such as academic calendars and teacher
credentialing can make innovative partnerships
difficult.
Our model and partnerships address
these systemic challenges
1. We ensure that a tuition-free dual-credit
option in the college setting exists to provide
students with the incentives to work hard and
visualize a more successful future
2. We train staff and create
systems in the college
to provide wrap-around
academic and social-
emotional supports for
students in Gateway to
College and other programs
seeking to improve their
service to these young people
3. We forge a formal partnership
between one or more K-12
school districts and a local
college to provide the funding
structure and procedures
to sustain a program into
the future
4. We conduct research about our students and
programming, and share promising practices
in the wider education community
5. We advocate for policies and participate in
national coalitions promoting sustainable
pathways to post-secondary education for
at-risk youth
K-12 School Districts
Colleges
Hig
h sc
hool diploma and college credit
Gateway to College National Network builds pathways
to dual credit
Dual Credit
2008 Gateway to College National Network is established
as a separate charitable organization with a 6-member Board of Directors
2008 17 sites in 13 states
working with 81 school district partners
1.6 average GPA at entry (on a 4-point scale)
30 average number of college credits earned at graduation from Gateway to College
17 average age of Gateway to College student entering the program
20 average number of months to complete a Gateway to College program
55average % of credits needed to complete a h.s. diploma at entry
High school dropouts can be burdened by negative stereotypes that impact their lives far into the future.
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numbers refer to cumulative data since 2004
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Our students are challenged by multiple obstacles to success
Before entering Gateway to
College, students report a
range of overlapping issues
that caused them to drop
out. Nearly 2/3 reported that
academics had been a major
obstacle; about ½ of students
reported that transportation
to school had been an
impediment; about ¼ cited
medical issues as a barrier to
success.
AB C
$
ACADEMICS
HOMELESSNESS
CHILDCARE
CONFLICTS WITH WORK SCHEDULE
FREQUENT MOVING
MEDICAL/HEALTH
FINANCES
TRANSPORTATION
RESPONSIBILITIES AT HOME
TEACHERS NOT CARING
49%
47%
27%
26%
17%
10%
50%
8%
67%
44%
…puts students at the center
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Gateway to College provides wraparound support
Academic and personal counseling
Academic resources and other assistance
Eligible Gateway to College students are
between 16 to 21 years old and are significantly
behind in high school credits for their age
and grade level. After they have expressed
a strong desire to earn a diploma and have
demonstrated that they can read at an
8th grade level or higher, they begin Gateway
in a learning community of 20 to 30 students.
In the foundation term, they are assigned a
Resource Specialist who helps guide their
academic progress and provides counseling
and social support to help them succeed.
Students often begin with developmental
courses in reading, writing, and math as well
as a college skills course to build academic
habits and study skills. They also learn time
management techniques and gain confidence
as they adjust to college life. Post-foundation
courses are regular college classes offered to
the general student population and taught by
college faculty. Meeting these expectations,
which are intentionally high, is essential to their
future academic success.
Gateway to CollegeTM provides wraparound supports
2008 The Walmart Foundation grants GtCNN $2.5 million
to open 4 new sites and sponsors the Peer Learning Conference for 3 years
2009 $13.1 million – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, The Kresge Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation of New York provide funding for broader impact on a national scale
numbers refer to cumulative data since 2004
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…has grown as we have scaled upA little over 10 years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation learned of a new program at
Portland Community College in Oregon
that engaged high school dropouts. They
were intrigued by its potential to help more
disconnected students gain
access to a post-secondary
experience and a brighter
future. They integrated
Gateway to College into
a larger effort to test the
efficacy of dual credit and
early college programs
for at-risk youth, bringing
Gateway to College to
more communities across
the United States.
Part of the success of
this scaling process was
learning how to adapt the
model so that Gateway to
College could exist in a variety of administrative
structures within a college and community.
Thanks to a balance of flexibility and fidelity,
the number of students served by Gateway to
College has increased steadily. What started as a
program serving less than 300 students per year
in 2004 has burgeoned to over 4,200 students
being served in 2013-2014.
Over 15,000 students have been served in a
Gateway to College program over the last
ten years, and we expect that number to
double by 2018. As the network of programs
and number of students we serve grows, our
data collection and analysis also expands.
We are digging deeper into the causal
relationships between our work, Gateway to
College site structures, and student outcomes.
“I am inspired by this work because we are
starting to challenge our society’s stereotypes
about who high school dropouts are. Our
work to understand the particular challenges
of these students drives our research and
efforts for continuous improvement across the
network. Our hope is that our data will serve
the larger movement to create more social
equity (Ben Byers, Associate Vice President,
Operations, GtCNN).”
OUR IMPACT
“Not only has Gateway to College become a national model for how to bring an impactful program to scale, it has developed some of the most innovative curricula for adolescents who are needing an extra hand to make their way into college.”
- Hilary Pennington, Vice President, Ford Foundation; former Director, Postsecondary Success, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
4,000 graduates
CUMULATIVE GRADUATES AND PROGRAMS OVER TIME
43 active sites
2,255 cumulative graduates
2014 - 20152009 - 20102004 - 2005
* Projected data is based on past performance and the goals of the Gateway to College National Network strategic framework
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…is achieving measurable resultsThe scaling-up started slowly—after 4 years,
there were 13 programs nationally in 11 states.
Since then, the number of programs and
students graduating with high school diplomas
and college credits has grown dramatically.
While there were 220 graduates in 2008-2009,
over 3 times that number crossed the stage
just 4 years later.
Evidence from a 2012 study conducted by
Pacific Research & Evaluation (PRE) shows that
our students are prepared and motivated to
succeed further in college. The PRE study found
that 73% of Gateway graduates continue on
in post-secondary education and are earning
college credentials at high rates.
In 2012-2013, 671 students received a Gateway
to College diploma. They are no longer among
the young people statistically destined to live
shorter, less healthy lives. Nor are they as likely to
pass the legacy of poverty to their children.
Collectively, these graduates will earn
$174 million more in their lifetimes than
those who did not return to school.
The more immediate financial impacts for our
students and their families are also significant.
The cost of community or technical college
education is a growing barrier to access for both
middle class and low-income young people. In
2012-2013, our students graduated with a high
school diploma and an average of 35 college
credits. At the end of the program, this amounts
to an average college scholarship of over
$4,100 per student (and this doesn’t include the
additional books, materials, and support that are
provided by the program). During the 2012-
2013 academic year, Gateway to College
students pursued over 47,000 college credits.
With an average cost per credit of $118, this
translates to over $5.5 million in college
scholarships made available to vulnerable
students in communities across the U.S.
Gateway to College’s impact in the wider
community continues to ripple out. In 2013
alone, our funding partners facilitated our work
to distribute over $3 million to communities
around the country. For every dollar of our
investment, approximately $11 of public sector
funding goes to work for disadvantaged youth.
Momentum is quickly building—18 new
programs started accepting students in
2012 and 2013. At the end of the 2012-2013
academic year, there have been a total of 2,255
graduates from 38 different programs—and
this is just the beginning. These new graduates
were disconnected or drastically off track and
their options were thin or non-existent, yet they
are now equipped with high school diplomas,
college credits, and skills for higher education
and beyond. Thousands more are on their way.
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Going for the Gold Again, by Scott Fields on behalf of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Arianna couldn’t stand to miss a day of elementary school in Riverside, California. When she was sick, she’d go anyway, telling her grandmother Pauline that she was healthy. The young girl always had her eye on the perfect attendance trophy awarded at the end of the school year. She liked the gold metallic finish and the way it felt in her hands.
Pauline was proud of her granddaughter back then. She was also glad she could provide a home where Arianna and her younger brother Abel could be safe. She’d taken custody of the children when Arianna was 2 and Abel was just 10 months because of their parents’ addiction to crack cocaine, a habit that landed them in prison more than once.
Although her grandmother was Arianna’s anchor, life in her home was anything but stable. By the
time Arianna was in tenth grade, her competitive spirit was sagging under the steadily growing weight of self-doubt. She gravitated to the punk lifestyle, complete with piercings, patches and band shirts. At her high school, she was sure nobody liked her, fell way behind on her credits, and
barely cared about her progress. Both her parents had been dropouts, and she was about to follow in the family tradition. ”I just felt like a number at school,” Arianna says. “I couldn’t get any help, no tutoring or nothing.”
When she ran into an old friend who was in the Gateway to College program, she was curious. “No one was ever very big on education in my family,” Arianna says about her interest in the Gateway program. “My grandma wasn’t supportive at all.” It was Arianna’s high school counselor who finally drove her to an open house because she was curious about the program herself. Says Arianna:
“I wanted to prove to my Grandma that I could do it.”
Arianna was interviewed, screened, and accepted into Gateway, and in the fall of 2009 at the age of 16, she began attending a one-week orientation on the Riverside City College (RCC) campus. Divided into cohorts of 30 young people each, the students then moved on to a Foundation Quarter including English and math classes for
high school credit, as well as a guidance class for college credit where students are instructed in organizational skills, time management, note taking, and how to work in groups.
“It seemed too good to be true,” Arianna says. “The classes were a lot smaller than at my high school, and the teachers would come to me instead of me going to them,” a big plus for a girl who Robin Acosta, a Gateway to College Resource Specialist, remembers as shy and very withdrawn. “We have students who’ve been to five high schools by their junior year and they’re just beaten down,” Acosta says. “They’ve been told they weren’t going to succeed, and that’s self-fulfilling. So they’re wary, and they’re not sure it’s going to work for them. But then when they see that we have follow-through, it becomes a whole new experience for them. They become excited about school again.”
Arianna gradually emerged from her shell. “I had a guidance class, and everyone had to get in a circle and talk about ourselves and it got really personal,” she says. “No one really knew me before. I was able to open up here, have a new perspective and a new image.” Eventually, “the cohort became like a family,” Arianna continues. “If something was wrong, we helped each other out with it. I made friends with people I would never have made friends with in high school. I never would have opened up to them.”
“Over the semester, I saw her confidence growing,” Acosta says. “How she carried herself was different. Eventually, she removed the rings in her piercings.”
The motivational speakers brought in by Gateway every Friday helped Arianna begin to see herself as a potential success story. “These speakers—whether it’s the Mayor of Riverside, the Sheriff of Riverside County, or a local celebrity—help the students see themselves in a completely different light, as potential leaders,” says Acosta.
“Overriding everything, our goal here is to make the education relevant to the students, because many never understood how it was relevant before,” Acosta continues, noting that the students take a career counseling class. “We ask them, ‘Where are you going, what’s your plan for your life…’ We show them how everything connects.”
ONE STUDENT’S STORY
They’ve been told they weren’t going to succeed, and that’s
self-fulfilling.
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“You need to be an adult here. You have to take it seriously,” Arianna says, explaining that some participants run up against serious family issues, drug problems and sometimes prison time. “I’ve spent a lot of time trying to help people stay in the program,” she says. “I just want it so much for everybody.”
“College is a long term investment and sometimes the short term gets in the way,” Acosta says. “Maybe they have to move out of the area, they get pregnant, or they have to work—we have students working swing shifts and graveyard shifts and trying to go to school at the same time. One of the reasons our program is year-round is that we know we’re in a race with what’s going to happen in their outside life.”
Founding RCC Program Director Jill Marks adds that “We hang in with these kids—when they’ve been sick, when they’ve lost parents, when they’ve wanted to quit—we try to keep them focused, but it’s also their peers—what the students do every day for each other, to keep each other going, to focus each other on high school, on college and career goals… that’s key to the program.”
“We take it very hard when kids don’t finish,” Marks continues. “When they make poor decisions that lead to consequences such as homelessness and incarceration … it hurts us.”
Arianna completed the high school program in December of 2010, proud to have 30 college credits already under her belt. As Arianna was coming close to earning her 2-year Associates Degree from RCC, she was accepted as a transfer student into the University of California Riverside, UCLA, and UC Davis. She chose to stay close to home—and to her Gateway family—accepting UC Riverside’s offer of admission.
At one time in her life, Arianna assumed she’d never get a decent job. Now at 20 years old, she has excelled as the social media marketing expert and web content developer at the Riverside YWCA. The classes she took in web design prepared her for the part-time position, which was funded through an RCC Federal work-study program. The many hours she has spent over the past few years with the Gateway writing coach is clearly evident, too.
Arianna tries to be as professional as possible. “I started feeling weird wearing my punk band t-shirts to work. I wanted to look respectable. “
Others speak of the positive impact Arianna has had on them, a ripple effect. Abel, now employed fulltime in a warehouse, says,
“Arianna motivates me to get up and go to work.” One of their younger sisters is now enrolled at UC Santa Barbara, largely because of Arianna’s example. She’s also very dedicated to giving back to the Gateway program, speaking at high schools around the Riverside area. “If it wasn’t for Gateway, I wouldn’t be in college today,” she says. “I want to help other students because if I can do it, they can do it.”
As her first year at the University of California approached, Arianna decided to add a second major in Business Administration. As a young woman who is clearly poised to make a difference in her world and the world at large she is ready to step through the gateway to success. She’s eager to foster the competitive edge she’s rediscovered and to once again go after the gold.
ONE STUDENT’S STORY
If it wasn’t for Gateway, I wouldn’t be in college today. I want to help other students because if I can do it, they can do it.
Our goal here is to make the education relevant to the students.
Arianna and her family
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…will bring more impact
In the next decade, we see education reform
for all students and the expansion of dual credit
brought together more intentionally. Our goal
is to increase the set of opportunities and
pathways for youth to attain post-secondary
credentials and family wage, career-track jobs.
Three years ago, with the support of the
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and The
Bridgespan Group, we began to implement
a comprehensive strategy to sustain and
improve our work. Investments from The Kresge
Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York,
the Tipping Point Community, individual donors,
staff, and Board members are all leading us into
our next ten years of impact.The core elements
of this framework include:
• Effect continuous improvement to ensure a
greater percentage of our students attain a
diploma and build momentum to succeed in
college
• Contribute to the education sector by
building strategic partnerships and
sharing expertise in dropout recovery and
developmental education in postsecondary
settings
OUR NEXT TEN YEARS
WEST
SOUTH
MIDWEST
NORTHEASTNORTHEAST
California
Oregon
Colorado
Washington
Texas
Maryland
SouthCarolina
NorthCarolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Massachusetts
NewJersey
PennsylvaniaIowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Michigan
OhioIndiana
West47%
South23%
Northeast19%
Midwest11%2012 - 2013
enrollment: 4,228 total
students
Gateway to College sites across the U.S. will be strengthened with the support of key funding and policy partners
2010 Massachusetts Dept of Elementary and
Secondary Education includes GtC as a core part of its federal High School Graduation Initiative application
2010 Lake Washington Gateway to College director named to reengagement subcommittee
to draft HB 1418 rules—catalyzing Washington State legislation which creates programming for thousands of dropouts to earn high school and/or college credentials
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• Prioritize regions for future expansion of the
network and increase enrollment within
existing programs
• Build financial sustainability and diverse
revenue streams to carry out research,
evaluation, policy, and support general
operations
• Create a certification system to define,
standardize, and track continuous
improvement at Gateway to College sites
Early college and dual-enrollment strategies —
where high school students can access college
credit—are important equalizers for at-risk
students, especially those living in or near
poverty, and have great potential to be more
widely applied.
We are poised to bring this work into wider
awareness among policy makers, education
leaders, teachers, and the general public.
We have unique data about youth with
tremendous untapped potential, and we are
working to more fully bring our expertise
into the education reform and career
pathways arena.
“It is so inspiring when I see the students ‘getting it’ when they haven’t seen much if ANY success in math in the past. Having them KNOW that they CAN compete against students of a ‘higher reputation,’ makes me smile and want to try new and even higher level math concepts.”
- Ken Bisulca, Instructor, Holyoke Community College, MA
2011 Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and the federal Social Innovation Fund
awards GtCNN $3.5 million to increase evidence of effectiveness and build organizational capacity to serve more young people
2010 1,115 graduates
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OUR FINANCIAL RESULTSStatement of Activities Year ended December 31, 2013 REVENUES Contributions 29,434
Foundations 951,158
Service Contracts 301,170
Other 35,667
Total Revenue 1,317,429
Prior grants made available* 2,750,107*GtCNN receives multi-year grant awards, which are booked as temporarily restricted revenue in the year received. Expenses associated with these grants are recorded in the year they occur and the corresponding revenue is made “available.”
Total Available Funds 4,067,536
EXPENDITURES Subgrants/Service Contracts to Network Partners 1,341,861
Program Services
Support Services for Network Partners (Training/Technical Assistance/ Data Collection and Analysis) 1,484,903
Policy/Advocacy 208,839
Social Innovation Fund-related Evaluation 264,944
Administration 528,240
Fundraising 193,878
Total Expenditures 4,022,666
Statement of Financial Position Year ended December 31, 2013 ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents 3,739,357
Accounts Receivable 122,367
Grants Receivable 215,111
Other Assets 29,555
Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment 18,770
Total Assets 4,125,160
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable – Accrued Liabilities 405,713
Deferred Revenue 189,706
Subgrant Obligations 1,099,645
Total Liabilities 1,695,064
NET ASSETS
Net Assets - Unrestricted 402,103
Net Assets - Temporarily Restricted 2,027,993
Total Net Assets 2,430,096
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 4,125,160
Gateway to College National Network was founded as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization in 2008. Since that time it has conducted full financial audits and has received a clean, unqualified opinion each year. For more information about GtCNN financials, please contact Michael Wildfeuer, Vice President of Finance and Administration.
2011 GtCNN partners with American Youth Policy Forum
and National Youth Employment Coalition to advocate for extended year graduation rates
2011 CEO’s for Cities highlights Gateway to
College among the recommendations to enhance opportunity in America’s cities
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TOTAL REVENUES
CONTRIBUTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
SERVICE CONTRACTS
OTHER
2%
72%
23%
3%
SUPPORT SERVICES FORNETWORK PARTNERS
POLICY/ADVOCACY
SUBGRANTS/SERVICE CONTRACTSTO NETWORK PARTNERS
SOCIAL INNOVATIONFUND-RELATED EVALUATION
ADMINISTRATIONFUNDRAISING
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
37%
5%
33%
7%
13%5%
2012 The Bridgespan Group recommends an 8-point 5-year strategic framework for deepening impact and future growth
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OUR PARTNERS
Bristol Community College Fall River, Massachusetts
Camden County College Camden, New Jersey
Christel House/Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, Indiana
City College of San Francisco San Francisco, California
Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contra Costa College San Pablo, California
Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, Ohio
Des Moines Area Community College Des Moines, Iowa
Donnelly College Kansas City, Kansas
Durham Technical Community College Durham, North Carolina
El Paso Community College El Paso, Texas
Essex County College Newark, New Jersey
Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida
Front Range Community College Westminster, Colorado
Gateway Community & Technical College Covington, Kentucky
Georgia Perimeter College Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia
Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Highline Community College Des Moines, Washington
Hinds Community College Pearl, Mississippi
Holyoke Community College Holyoke, Massachusetts
Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, Washington
Laney College Oakland, California
Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, California
Madison Area Technical College Madison, Wisconsin
Massasoit Community College Brockton, Massachusetts
Metropolitan Community College Omaha, Nebraska
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Mott Community College Flint, Michigan
Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, Massachusetts
Owens Community College Toledo, Ohio
Palo Alto College San Antonio, Texas
Polk State College Winter Haven, Florida
Portland Community College Portland, Oregon
Pueblo Community College Pueblo, Colorado
Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, Massachusetts
Riverside City College Riverside, California
Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma California
Shasta College Redding, California
South Texas College McAllen, Texas
Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg, South Carolina
Spokane Falls Community College Spokane, Washington
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, Massachusetts
St. Louis Community College St. Louis, Missouri
Gateway to College programs are initiated and implemented in some of the most dynamic two-year credential-granting institutions in the United States. Over 150 K-12 school districts provide the sustaining revenue to serve these programs. They are core partners in this work.
“What inspires me most is when a student begins to realize that he or she possesses the power to change his or her circumstances.”
- Betty J. Handy, Academic Coordinator, Community College of Philadelphia, PA
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Contributions or distributions from January 1, 2013 to April 15, 2014
$100,000 and OverCarnegie Corporation of New YorkEdna McConnell Clark Foundation and its co-investors in the
True North FundThe James Irvine FoundationThe Kresge FoundationNina Mason Pulliam Charitable TrustTipping Point Community
$20,000 to $99,000Excellence in Investing for Children’s Causes FoundationThe Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliateTom Steyer and Kat TaylorTulsa Community Foundation
$1,000 to $19,999AnonymousDr. Jacquelyn BelcherThe Chrysler FoundationDes Moines Area Community CollegeRob DensonLaurel Dukehart and Joe CortrightMartha and Ned LamkinThe Lumina FoundationDr. Nan PoppeSilicon Forest ElectronicsCindy SkirvinSocial Venture Partners, Portland
$100 to $999AnonymousSusan BardKaren BlewAlexander Boulton *
Dick and Dorothy Boulton *Ben and Beth ByersMeera CharyRobert S. CortrightRobert M. Cortright and Lynn RosikAndrew Dorsey and Cynthia WalserPat and Roger DukehartGihani FernandoJim and Jacquelan HarperJanis JasinskyDavid and Kristialyn JohnsonLauren and Christopher JohnsonRenee Johnson and Andrew HeskyDebby KennedyNick Mathern and Sung KokkoCarey Myslewski and Katy YanRik Myslewski and Marilyn BancelJeanne and Don NeffEllen Ormond *Michael PacholecDeborah Peterson and Edwin PerryGeorge and Jean ReeseJonathan SebertJoy ShamahEd ShearerPhilip and Elizabeth SuraciPhilip Suraci, Jr. and Christina BiddleThe Michael and Amy Telford Family Charitable FundThe Tides CenterVirtuous Circle Gifting GroupMartin WeilMichael and Sheila WildfeuerAngel WillardDr. Ray Yannuzzi
up to $99Lauren AdrianAmazon SmileSharon AsayJahsie AultPamela BlumenthalAngela and Brad BowdenMary BrownDana ChangBill GrangeAnne HillyerEugenia HookerKim InfingerClaire JohnsonTanya Jones
Susan LakeTasia MarkoffLisi and Daniel McCarthyAndrew McCartorRoxanne MyslewskiNetwork for GoodMelissa and Ty OldenburgVivian OstrowskiEmily RicoDiane RowleyKao SaechaoSusan ShahDr. Devora ShamahDr. Karen StoutBrennan SutterMarilyn TomsonJenny TornquistCarolina VelisChristina WilsonMichael WilsonJaime Wood
OUR DONORSThe financial contributions from the following individuals, companies, and institutions are vital to our ability to make an impact in the lives of thousands of young people across the United States. We thank you.
Founders’ Circle Member. The Founders’ Circle recognizes the generous unrestricted personal contribution or pledge of $1,000 or more in one calendar year.
* Gifts in honor of the wedding of Renee Johnson and Andrew Hesky
Gateway to College National Network values the consulting work we conduct with the following institutional clients.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Guilford Technical Community College
• Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Sinclair Community College
• Stanley Community College
The following foundations were most instrumental in bringing Gateway to College to scale over the past ten years. We are indebted to the vision and support of these funders and their early leadership to address the dropout crisis.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
• The Kresge Foundation
• Open Society Foundations
• Walmart Foundation
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
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2012 Pacific Research & Evaluation (PRE) study shows GtC graduates continue in college
at higher rates than other students
2013 43 sites in 23 states and
over 15,000 students served to date
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There are many ways to help students in need.
Gateway to College National Network is a
conduit to innovation in the education system
and provides pathways for advocates, educators,
parents, and others to participate.
Remember. You were a teenager once. Too often,
we forget that adolescence is a tumultuous
time in a person’s life. A lack of options, a lack
of role models, or
even unfortunate
choices can set a
young person on
a path that will not
serve him or her
well in the long run.
Refer a student. Word of mouth is still one
of the most important ways that a young
person learns about options to set out on a
new path. Page 16 has a list of programs, or visit
www.GatewayToCollege.org to find one.
Get more information. Research on the
relationship between high school completion,
college success, and future earnings indicate
the importance of a post-secondary credential
to break the cycle of poverty. Our website
contains policy recommendations, a research
report about student success planning (SSP),
and results of a study about post-secondary
persistence among Gateway graduates.
Education Week, Community College Week and
other publications are useful resources to
learn more.
Advocate. Gateway to College programs get
started because a group of people decide
to act. Contact Gateway to College National
Network if you would like to explore opening a
new program in your community.
Donate. Our research, advocacy, support for
existing programs, and launch of new programs
can happen because philanthropic funders,
companies, and individuals contribute.
Share. Our programs and new initiatives can
sustain because people become aware of the
need to provide more alternatives for young
people to succeed. Our website, newsletter,
Facebook page, and Twitter feed are easy ways
to learn and broaden our message. Thank you
for sharing our work.
“We support this work because we want to make a positive and profound difference in the lives of students and support the education and career pathways that can build our economy.”
- Jay Schmidt, VP – Business Development, Silicon Forest Electronics, Vancouver, Washington
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Gateway to College National Network Board of Directors
Martha Lamkin, Chair Founder and Past President, Lumina Foundation for Education
Rob Denson, Vice Chair President, Des Moines Area Community College
Jim Harper, Secretary Trustee, Portland Community College
Andy Dorsey, Treasurer President, Front Range Community College
Lakecia Gunter Chief of Staff and Technical Assistant to the Chief Technology Officer and Director, Intel Labs
Barbara Lombardo Partner and North America Change and Workforce Practice Leader, IBM Global Business Services
Dr. Nan Poppe Principal, Poppe Consulting; President Emeritus, Extended Learning Campus, Portland Community College
Cindy Skirvin Principal, Human Capital Consulting, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Gateway to College National Network Staff
Jeremy Asay, Manager, Stakeholder Engagement and Development
Jahsie Ault, Communications Coordinator
Kris Barnum, Training and Partner Support Manager
Gaylen Brannon-Trottier, Training and Partner Support Manager
Mary Brown, Education Services Consultant
Ben Byers, Associate Vice President of Operations
Prentice Davis, Senior Manager, Training and Partner Support
Laurel Dukehart, President
Janis Jasinsky, Encore Fellow, Business Plan Implementation
David Johnson, Chief of Staff
Lauren Johnson, Director of Development
Karen Lowe, Executive Assistant
Jill Marks, California State Manager
Nick Mathern, Associate Vice President for Policy and Partnership Development
Roxanne Myslewski, Development Coordinator
Aubrey Perry, Coordinator, Data Collection and Analysis
Nicholas Quintus, Data Analyst
George Reese, Education Services Consultant
Emily Rico, Training and Partner Support Coordinator
Dr. Devora Shamah, Senior Manager, Research
Michael Wildfeuer, Vice President of Finance and Administration
Sharleen Young, Finance Coordinator
In addition to the many individuals who kindly provided quotes and photos throughout this report, we wish to acknowledge the following primary contributors to Gateway to College 10 Years of Impact:
Lauren Johnson, Nicholas Quintus, Jahsie Ault
One Student’s Story by Scott Fields
Design by Susan Bard
Mission Gateway to College National Network builds the capacity of colleges, school districts, and states to revolutionize education for high school dropouts and underprepared college students so that all young people can achieve college credentials.
“Being a drop out is something that happened to me, but it doesn’t define what I became. Thanks to Gateway to College, I found the resources in myself to overcome so much in my life. It gave me the education I needed to find my footing and grow. Gateway turned my life around and I’m proud of the work I’m doing to change people’s lives for the better.”
- Leah Gibson, Portland Community College Gateway to College graduate, 2004; B.A. 2009; M.A. 2011; Grant Writer, Friends of the Children
2014 10th Annual Peer Learning Conference
in Boston: Strength in Numbers
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