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Page 1: YouthBuild USA, Inc. 2014 Annual Report

Building Community Assetspage 3

Educating Future Leaderspage 5

YouthBuild USA, Inc.2014 Annual Report

Strengthening YouthBuildpage 10

Building Global Partnershipspage 8

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Financial information begins on page 13.2014 Annual Report

The mission of YouthBuild USA and YouthBuild International is to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income young people to rebuild their communities and their lives.

We seek to join with others to help build a movement toward a more just society in which respect, love, responsibility, and cooperation are the dominant unifying values, and sufficient opportunities are available for all people in all communities to fulfill their own potential and contribute to the well-being of others.

YouthBuild USA, Inc.YouthBuild USA, Inc. operates in the United States

as YouthBuild USA and internationally as YouthBuild International.

www.YouthBuild.org58 Day Street, Somerville, MA 02144

(617) 623-9900

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Building community assets is one of the key transformative experiences of a YouthBuild student, whether he or she is a YouthBuild Philadelphia AmeriCorps member building a green LEED Platinum-certified affordable home, a JÈNKA student building a community training center in Haiti, or a Jóvenes con Rumbo participant refurbishing a public park in Mexico.

Before YouthBuild, our students were unemployed, undereducated, and otherwise discon-nected from society. Now they are reconnected to education and employment; they’ve built thousands of community assets as evidence of their community leadership; and they’re each developing a lifelong ethic of service and a plan for college and careers.

Saint-Gobain and YouthBuild Schenectady Complete LEED® Gold Home Renovation

YouthBuild Schenectady, in partnership with Saint-Gobain Corporation, recently transformed an old dilapidated house into a welcoming energy-effecient home. This home achieved the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification, which recognizes

“best-in-class building strategies and practices.”

The renovated property is owned and maintained by Northeast Parent and Child Society and is rented to a family that has fulfilled eligibility requirements.

The YouthBuild Schenectady project is the first to be finished in Schenectady under the national partner-ship between Saint-Gobain and YouthBuild USA in support of YouthBuild USA’s national green building and job training program.

Beyond providing green job skills, the YouthBuild USA–Saint-Gobain partnership begins to fill the growing need for affordable energy-efficient housing across low-income communities.

YouthBuild Long Island students help out at a local youth center during the first annual YouthBuild Day.

Building Community Assets

Roy PriestChairman,

YouthBuild USA, Inc. Board of Directors

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Building Community Assets continued

AmeriCorps Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

YouthBuild students, graduates, staff, and board members around the United States joined the Corporation for National and Community Service and passionate participants in the national service movement to celebrate 20 years of AmeriCorps.

Through YouthBuild AmeriCorps, 23,000 members have served almost 12 million hours building over 5,000 units of affordable housing in 150 rural and urban communities across America.

YouthBuild AmeriCorps members come from poor communities across the United States. Members earn education awards for their service to their communities by building affordable housing and other community assets.

YouthBuild AmeriCorps Members Help Preserve John Coltrane HouseThree YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School students helped with preserva-tion work to the John Coltrane House, a National Historic Landmark once the home of the jazz pioneer.

The students, all YouthBuild AmeriCorps members, re-installed porch support columns, repaired wooden transoms, milled windows for reinstallation, and installed and painted wood paneling that is original to the interior of the porch.

The YouthBuild program partnered with the Preservation Alliance of Greater Phila-delphia and The John Coltrane House nonprofit to engage YouthBuild students with hands-on preservation work.

YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School Director Shares Student Successes at TedX EventDuring her talk at TedXPhiladelphia, Simran Sudhu, executive director of the YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School, spoke about how students in her program are touching every part of the city, from restoring John Coltraine’s house to maintaining the solar roofs of the Crane Arts Building.

“Nearly 40 percent of ninth graders are not graduating. At YouthBuild, we are consumed with harnessing the potential of that 40 percent because in our opinion they are not part of the problem, they are the problem solvers.”

You can view Simran’s talk at http://tedxphiladelphia.org/talks/meet-the-opportunity-youth/.

Preservation specialist contractor Andrew Palewski and YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School students position a pillar to be reinstalled on the porch ofJohn Coltrane house.

photo credit: Amanda H

ill Studios

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Math class at Portland YouthBuilders (Oregon)

Educating Future Leaders

YouthBuild Graduate Germain Castellanos Selected by the White House as Cesar Chavez Champion of Change

The White House selected Germain Castellanos, YCC YouthBuild Waukegan graduate and member of its sponsoring organization’s board of directors, as a Cesar Chavez Champion of Change. Annually, the White House honors 10 community leaders who embody the spirit of Cesar Chavez’ legacy. Each Chavez Champion of Change has committed to improving the lives of others in their communities and across the country.

Germain’s commitment to community and social justice spans a decade, beginning as a YouthBuild AmeriCorps member at YCC YouthBuild Waukegan. In 2008, Germain established the SHINE Educational Leadership Program that now serves over 300 young people at Wauke-gan High School — the same school that he was kicked out of as a teenager. His transition from recipient to provider of services earned him the Illinois Governor’s Journey Award.

“I strongly believe in YouthBuild,” says Germain, “and I have stayed connected with my local Youth-Build because of this belief. The training and transformation that I have seen youth go through in the program cycles that I was able to be a part of as a member and staff member are phenomenal.”

Educating and providing young people with the career skills needed to launch them on pathways to meaningful and family-sustaining careers is critical to the YouthBuild mission. And bringing it all together is the glue of leadership development that amplifies and elevates the voices of YouthBuild students and graduates as they become advocates for themselves, their families, and their commu-nities. At YouthBuild USA, we want to continue to provide opportunities and resources for programs to expand education and career tracks; prepare increasing numbers of graduates for success in col-lege, work, and life; and build leadership skills for all young people enrolling in YouthBuild globally.

In 2014, we expanded our work with YouthBuild programs in the United States to increase oppor-tunities for graduates in postsecondary education and high-demand careers through additional funding provided by JPMorgan Chase, Noyce, AT&T, Charles Stewart Mott, Gap, and Starbucks foundations, as well as the US Department of Labor.

We also convened the National Alumni Council, Young Leaders Council, and VOICES Advisory Council to provide ongoing opportunities for YouthBuild students and graduates to weigh in on the issues that matter to them and their communities. Internationally, the JÈNKA National Youth Council advised IDEJEN on policies impacting Haitian youth, while young people from Mexico and the United States met in Mexico to discuss issues of common interest.

Sangeeta TyagiPresident,

YouthBuild USA

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Educating Future Leaders continued

YouthBuild Funders Support Postsecondary Education and Career Pathways

Gap Foundation Funds Curriculum Focused on College and Career Transitions

The Gap Foundation is partnering with YouthBuild USA to im-prove YouthBuild graduates’ transitions into college and career pathways through the recently developed Mental Toughness II curriculum. The Gap Foundation volunteers will also provide feedback on final student portfolios from their real-world work experience. Further growth of the initiative is planned, reaching 375 students in 2015 and reaching a total of 875 students in 2016.

AT&T Helps YouthBuild USA Expand Postsecondary Pathways

AT&T awarded a $300,000 grant to help five additional Youth-Build programs improve academic rigor and build postsec-ondary partnerships through the YouthBuild Postsecondary Pathways Initiative. South LA YouthBuild (Los Angeles, CA), YouthBuild Lake County (North Chicago, IL), YouthBuild Sche-nectady (NY), Heart of Oregon YouthBuild (Redmond, OR), and ReSource YouthBuild (Burlington, VT) were the five local pro-grams added to the initiative.

Through the Postsecondary Pathways Initiative, participating YouthBuild programs partner with community colleges, techni-cal colleges, and other postsecondary institutions to increase the number of low-income young people going to, staying in, and completing college or other postsecondary training.

JPMorgan Chase Foundation Targets New Skills at Work

In 2013 the JPMorgan Chase Foundation launched New Skills at Work, a program providing $250 million over five years to fund proven nonprofit training programs, among other skilled-workforce efforts.

In November 2013, YouthBuild USA received a $5 million five-year grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to increase place-ments in postsecondary education and high-demand careers, as well as developing additional high-demand career tracks. YouthBuild USA made pass-through grants to nine YouthBuild programs in Chicago, Los Angeles, Newark, New York, and Co-lumbus to implement this initiative.

Students and graduates from several YouthBuild programs have benefited from training made possible through the JPMorgan Chase program. One such graduate is Luis Ramos, who joined the photovoltaics program at LA CAUSA YouthBuild because he wanted to take his construction skills to a higher level and take part in innovations in alternative energy and energy efficiency. Luis plans on get-ting a job in photovoltaics to help provide for his family and pay for college. His dream is to become a civil engineer.

Luis completed his PV 1 course and is on track to complete his high school require-ments. Says he, “Providing opportunities for youth is a big help because resources are hard to get. With the help YouthBuild gives us we can accomplish our goals.” Luis Ramos

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Educating Future Leaders continued

Study Highlights Results of the YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Success Initiative

YouthBuild USA is pleased to share the results of a study recently completed by Brandeis University evaluating the YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Success Initiative (PSS) funded by $7.3 million in multiyear grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and additional funding from Open Society Foundations. Fifteen local YouthBuild programs sponsored by local communi-ty-based organizations received funding to develop partner-ships with area community colleges that would help young people get a high school diploma, GED, or needed academic skills; make the transition into postsecondary education or training; and support them through to college graduation.

Major findings

• The initiative promoted the establishment of new working part-nerships between community colleges and local community-based organizations (CBOs), and the creation of new pathways through higher education.

• Both the community colleges and the CBOs benefited from the new partnerships and were able to improve and expand services to participating students.

Outcomes*

• Nearly three-quarters of the young people who entered PSS programs without a high school credential gained a diploma or GED through the program.

• Of those who entered with or acquired a high school credential, 55 percent enrolled in college and 61 percent entered college or another form of postsecondary training.

• Of those who entered college, 70 percent have stayed in col-lege for two semesters or more. The results compare well with those for community college students nationally, despite the fact that PSS focused on a highly disadvantaged population of youth.

* Includes results from young people in YouthBuild programs and National Youth Employment Coalition programs.

YouthBuild and Starbucks: The Perfect Blend

Thanks to Starbucks Coffee Company and the Schultz Family Foundation, three local YouthBuild programs in Gulfport, Seattle, and New York City have piloted the Custom-er Service Excellence Training Program (CSET). We are drawing upon Starbucks’ expertise and leveraging YouthBuild’s knowl-edge of young people’s needs to lay the groundwork for train-ing in skills applicable to any retail or customer service role.

This skill-development opportunity will help YouthBuild students and graduates build the skills they need to seize opportunities in the marketplace, and will give them an ad-ditional option when they graduate from YouthBuild. Jobs in the service industry are particularly useful to YouthBuild graduates who are working their way through college. In 2015, CSET will be expanded to include local YouthBuild programs in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon.

In 2013, the Starbucks Foundation made a $1.6 million grant YouthBuild USA, part of which was used to fund CSET.

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Building Global Partnerships

South African students working on roof installation

Iraq Launches its First YouthBuild Program

In partnership with YouthBuild International, the Iraqi Al-Amal Association (IAA) launched the first YouthBuild program in Iraq in 2014, in Basrah, enrolling 50 young people. IAA’s programs pro-mote a culture of human rights, gender equality, and tolerance.

The US Department of State awarded YouthBuild International an Ambassador’s Fund grant to support the design of the Youth-Build program and its adaptation to the Iraqi context.

The IAA YouthBuild program includes training in electricity, weld-ing, English, and leadership and life skills. Students participate in community engagement and asset-building projects such as renovating local schools, orphanages, and senior-care centers.

Karar Abdulameer Hatab, a student in the electrical-training track, explained that the YouthBuild program has helped him develop new technical skills and that the leadership and life-skills training has had a significant impact on how he views his future. “When I enrolled I did not know how to use a screw . . . but I soon became a very good electrician.” His goal is to start an electrical business.

Sarah Abulsada joined the program seeking an opportunity for a better life. “Before the program, I was unhappy, with no goal or role. Now I have a goal to build skills towards becoming a judge.”

With technical assistance from YBI, IAA has suberbly implement-ed the program in an uncertain and challenging context.

The expansion of YouthBuild to 16 country locations has been advanced through a diverse array of partnership arrangements with local and international NGOs, national governments, global corporations, and development banks. The international YouthBuild network, with programs located in industrialized nations, emerging economies, and developing country locations, ben-efits from the experience, technical know-how, financial resources, and vision for sustainable development pursued by each of these partner institutions.

As the network of YouthBuild partners continues to grow, so too does the ability of YouthBuild to grow globally to extend the YouthBuild opportunity to more young people and create more inclusive social and economic policies in local communities and nations.

Tim CrossPresident,

YouthBuild International

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Building Global Partnerships continued

Mexican Program Readies Youth for Productive Lives

Jóvenes con Rumbo (JcR) is a program designed to diminish the impact of violence in the lives of young people in Mexico by pro-viding pathways to productive livelihoods. Through training in construction, young people helped construct or renovate six youth centers that now offer programs for at-risk youth and their families.

Over 5,000 youth have been served by JcR; over 900 have re-ceived vocational training, with 85 percent receiving certifications in construction, information technology, and hospitality. Over 700 have been placed in jobs or further training and schooling.

JcR’s re-entry program for youth in conflict with the law has en-gaged 200 youth and their families. It supports youth residing in juvenile-detention facilities—they can participate in JcR training and receive services within the facilities themselves.

JcR was developed by YouthBuild International; its Mexican partners, Jóvenes Constructores de la Comunidad and Servicios a la Juventude; and its two anchor private sector partners, Prudential Real Estate Investors and Intel. Support was provided by the US Agency for International Development.

Bosnian YouthBuild Graduates Assist Community After Catastrophic Floods

In the spring of 2014, students from YouthBuild Serbia and recent graduates of the Youth Building Futures YouthBuild program in Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), took action in response to the worst-ever recorded flooding in the region. The rising waters of the Sava river swept away homes, farm equipment, roads, and livestock. Thousands of citizens lost everything.

Drawing on their YouthBuild experience of social action and community-asset building, young people responded to the call for help. One Brčko graduate, Armin Mustafic, explained to a translator,

“The floods in Bosnia and Herze-govina, Serbia, and Croatia are

catastrophic. Most difficult is the fact that many lives, homes, and animals are in danger. The positive thing is that all ethnic lines and interests are set aside and people are showing humanity. I wonder did we need this disaster to actually connect again, helping each other, not checking who is Bosniak, who is Serb. I wish that these floods would take away all evil and bad things and keep what we showed these days: unity. I volunteer and help because I think it is necessary and important. Humanity is most important now.”

YouthBuild International Begins and Extends Key Partnerships

YouthBuild International Launches Partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a unique technical cooperation agreement with Youth-Build International (YBI) that allows for the inclusion of the YouthBuild approach in bank loan packages for countries that have requested bank funding to address a broad range of challenges related to citizen security.

IDB is investing in the consolidation of YouthBuild program activities in El Salvador, the launch of the first YouthBuild pro-grams in the Bahamas, and the evaluation of the first Youth-Build programs in Panama. These countries are managing IDB citizen-security loan packages and will explore the YouthBuild approach to address the education and training needs of un-employed youth and ways to address the causes of violence.

Prudential Corporation Extends its Global Partnership with YouthBuild International

The Prudential Corporation and Prudential Foundation approved a three-year grant of $2,750,000 to YBI.

In 2010 the Foundation started focusing its social investment interests on YouthBuild’s work in countries where Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) is expanding its markets. Over the next three years YouthBuild will work with PREI to build the partnership in Mexico and Brazil, and to fully launch the part-nership with YouthBuild USA and PREI-US in the United States.

This grant will strengthen and expand the YouthBuild net-works in Mexico and Brazil in part by underwriting evalua-tions, additional pilot sites, and funding to build YouthBuild intermediary organizations in each country.

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Strengthening YouthBuild

US Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Houston Mayor Annise Parker work alongside students at YouthBuild Houston, sponsored by SER Houston.

$73.6 Million in YouthBuild Grants Awarded by US Labor Department

In August 2014, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced $73,654,300 in YouthBuild grants to support academic and occupational skills training, coupled with counseling, community service, and leadership development, for low-income youth ages 16 to 24 who have been in the juvenile justice system, are aging out of foster school, have left high school without a diploma, or are otherwise at risk of failing to reach key educational and career milestones. Through a competitive process, DOL makes YouthBuild grants to local community-based nonprofits, com-munity colleges, and government agencies in communities where they are needed most and are intended to reach the hardest to serve youth.

The grants range from $700,000 to $1.1 million each and will fund 71 YouthBuild programs in 31 states, the District of Co-lumbia, and the US Virgin Islands. They will help about 4,800 young people obtain the certifications, skills, and support necessary to move into postsecondary education and high-demand jobs leading to eco-nomic self-sufficiency.

DOL YouthBuild grants provide funding for two years of direct program services for YouthBuild students and one year of follow-up services. In addition to these 71 YouthBuild programs, DOL is funding 121 other YouthBuild programs that received grants in 2012 and 2013.

US Senator Patty Murray, of Washington State, joined YouthCare YouthBuild in Seattle to celebrate the pas-sage of WIOA and the workforce programs it supports.

2014 was a remarkable year! In a wonderful achievement, the federal YouthBuild program under the US Department of Labor (DOL) was reauthorized with broad bipartisan support in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. During the year, YouthBuild DOL grantees achieved placement rates for all enrollees of 61 percent in postsecondary educa-tion or jobs. If America could succeed in getting at least 60 percent of all young people who leave high school without a diploma back on track to college and jobs, we would have made a dramatic change in society.

In the USA and around the world, the holistic YouthBuild program demonstrates that the power of love coupled with opportunity, high standards, and a chance to serve their commu-nities produces dramatic and reliable results for the most disadvantaged young people. They radically change their relationship to society, becoming positive role models who bring hope and love to their families and neighborhoods.

Dorothy StonemanFounder and CEO,

YouthBuild USA, Inc.

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US Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Houston Mayor Annise Parker work alongside students at YouthBuild Houston, sponsored by SER Houston.

YouthBuild Graduate Gives Back as Community LeaderMichael Donnelly YouthBuild McLean County graduate

“Since graduating from YouthBuild 15 years ago, I have served as leader-ship development coordinator at YouthBuild McLean County, street/gang outreach worker, school youth interventionist, and now community impact manager for United Way of McLean County.

“In my current role, I oversee funding for over 60 nonprofits. My areas include education programming and community supports. I also work part-time as a youth interventionist for the Bloomington (Il-linois) Police Department, where I work to reduce juvenile crime by mentoring young men who have been in the criminal justice system. I educate them and their families about community resources and provide young people with positive experiences to

create changes in behavior and a better connection to the community. I’m involved with the 100 Black Men of Central Illinois, which has the goal of giving judges an alternative to incarcerating young men.

“YouthBuild helped me understand how to build meaningful relationships and how to work across sectors to address community issues. I’m forever grateful for my Youth-Build experience.”

Local Business Leaders and YouthBuild Students and Graduates Convene to Build Better Together

In October YouthBuild USA hosted its annual Building Better Together event, a gathering of the local business community in support of YouthBuild USA.

The event featured graduates and students from Massachusetts-based YouthBuild programs; Dorothy Stoneman, founder and CEO YouthBuild USA, Inc.; and Jack Manning, president and CEO of Boston Capital, the event’s presenting sponsor. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh was the keynote speaker.

Building Better Together helps make the business community aware of the value

of YouthBuild programs in addressing the educational and employment needs of the 3.7 million low-income young people in this country who are neither in school nor employed.

In addition to presenting sponsor Boston Capital, event sponsors were:

Boston Private Bank & Trust Com-pany, CohnReznick, Corcoran Jenni-son Companies, First Republic Bank, Goulston & Storrs, Holland & Knight, Liberty Mutual Insurance, New England Development, Nixon

Peabody, Novogradac & Company, and WinnCompanies.

Hosts of the event were:

Alexander Aronson Finning CPAs, Comprehensive Benefit Administrators, Dellbrook Con-struction, Jamestown, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, and The Schochet Companies.

National Council Of Young Leaders – Opportunity Youth United Shares Its Recommendations on Capitol Hill

Since 2012 YouthBuild USA has worked with 14 other national youth-serving organizations to create the National Council of Young Leaders – Opportunity Youth United. Staffed by YouthBuild USA, this diverse national group of former opportunity youth produced its platform, Recommendations to Increase Opportunity and Decrease Poverty in America. They are calling for reconnection of one million young people to education and employment, and

the strengthening of all pathways out of poverty for young adults. They are also calling for dramatic improvements in the conditions of life in low-income communities. They have adopted principles for action that include love, respect, inclusion, integrity, and determination. The Council members have met with many high level officials and spoken at many conferences to uplift the voice of low-income youth. Please read these recommendations at

www.youthbuild.org/oyu.

Collaborating national nonprofit organiza-tions that have youth representatives on the National Council include Public Allies, The Corps Network, Year Up, National Guard ChalleNGe Foundation, College Advising Corps, Gateway to College, the National Council of American Indians, Mikva Challenge, Jobs for the Future, Partners in Education – Berea College, Llano Grande, and Be the Change.The National Council of Young Leaders – Opportunity Youth United at the 2014 briefing they hosted on

Capitol Hill to inform Hill staffers of their Recommendations to Increase Opportunity and Decrease Poverty in America.

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Sangeeta Tyagi Appointed President of YouthBuild USA

In September Sangeeta Tyagi was appointed President of YouthBuild USA.

As president, Tyagi oversees the strategies that facilitate growth, quality, impact, innovation, and sustainability of the domestic YouthBuild network of 260 local programs.

Before being appointed president, she served as director of education, vice president for education and career development, and senior vice president for education. Most recently she served as YouthBuild USA’s first chief program officer.

David Northridge is senior vice president of global product strategy for Experian Data Quality, where he has held a variety of roles before taking his current post. He has experience in business development, account management, marketing, and product management. He is passionate about using the experience he has gained in the private sector to give back, and is interested in causes related to housing, poverty alleviation, education, and clean drinking water.

Charlotte Golar Richie is a commissioner for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, where she oversees administra-tion, adjudication, and education concerning civil rights matters. Before serving MCAD, Ms. Richie served as Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Advocacy, and Government Relations at YouthBuild USA where she oversaw national and state advocacy for public funds, constituency development, and government relations. Ms. Richie came to YouthBuild USA from Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick’s administration, where she served as Senior Adviser for Federal, State, and Community Affairs. She has extensive experience in legislative and policy work related to economic development, education, and civic engagement.

Lester Strong is the Vice President and CEO of AARP Experience Corps, a program aimed at engaging people age 50-plus in meeting community challenges through volunteering as tutors and mentors. Prior to working at the AARP, Mr. Strong was the chief development officer for the BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) Foundation, which also provides tutoring and mentoring services to underserved

children. Mr. Strong was also CEO of the SYDA Foundation, an organization that provides in-struction in yoga and meditation in 46 countries. He spent 25 years in the television industry as an executive, producer, reporter, and anchor.

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Strengthening YouthBuild continued

YouthBuild USA, Inc. Welcomes Three New Board Members

First National YouthBuild Day Mobilizes ThousandsIn April 2014, YouthBuild pro-grams, students, and graduates across the nation celebrated the first YouthBuild Day through visits to congressional offices, spirited public assemblies, and service projects in their communities.

In California, for example, over 500 people celebrating 23 Youth-Build programs in the Los Ange-les area marched through the streets of LA, coming together on the south lawn of city hall to hold a press conference and receive a proclamation from Mayor Eric Garcetti as well as a congressio-nal commendation from Representative Janice Hahn.

In Ohio, Governor Kasich issued a proclamation calling April 3rd YouthBuild Day in Ohio, while across the state YouthBuild

programs took part by building bookcases for a men’s home-less shelter and creating a community garden.

In addition, hundreds of YouthBuild students, staff, and grad-uates took to social media to share photos that shine a light on the many ways that they are creating positive change.

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December 31, 2013 December 31, 2014

Assets Current assetsCash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments $ 5,131,525 $ 4,299,566Grants and contracts receivable 6,850,830 6,421,978Accounts receivable other 571,303 505,344Pledges receivable 3,008,062 2,873,164Funds held for others 1,873 43,816Notes receivable 90,316 65,316Prepaid expenses and other 148,973 77,496 Total current assets $ 15,802,882 $ 14,286,680

Investments $ 7,809,883 $ 8,325,654Pledges receivable 4,891,486 4,761,006Assets held in trust by others 143,634 129,075Security deposit 30,078 30,078Net property and equipment 319,319 282,611 Total assets $ 28,997,282 $ 27,815,104

Liabilities and net assets

Current liabilities Notes payable $ 125,000 $ 25,000 Accounts payable 406,656 1,743,876 Annuity payment liability 23,500 23,500 Funds held for others 1,873 43,816 Accrued expenses 3,873,292 2,411,823 Total current liabilities $ 4,430,321 $ 4,248,015

Notes payable $ 125,000 $ 100,000Annuity payment liability 65,800 61,100 Total liabilities $ 4,621,121 $ 4,409,115

Net assets Unrestricted Operating $ 681,692 $ 767,140 Property and equipment 319,319 282,611 Board designated — loan loss reserves 5,323 4,013 Total unrestricted $ 1,006,334 $ 1,053,764

Temporarily restricted $ 17,869,827 $ 16,852,225 Permanently restricted $ 5,500,000 $ 5,500,000 Total net assets $ 24,376,161 $ 23,405,989 Total liabilities and net assets $ 28,997,282 $ 27,815,104

YoUThBUILD USA, InC. COmBINED STATEmENT OF FINANCIAl POSITION 2014

20142013

TotalLiabilities

TotalAssets

28,99724,376

4,621

27,81523,406

4,409

NetAssets

TotalLiabilities

TotalAssets

NetAssets

05,000

10,00015,00020,00025,00030,000

Assets and Liabilities, 2013 & 2014 in thousands of dollars

Combined Financial Statements

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December 31, 2013 December 31, 2014

Revenues, gains, and other support

Public grants and contracts $ 21,711,291 $ 19,075,572Foundation grants 6,402,866 4,403,051Corporate grants 3,278,639 4,775,587Individual and other contributions 610,628 636,501Donated goods and services 568,054 900,302Training, consultant, and conference fees 162,807 150,359Affiliation fees 110,000 104,075Investment income 244,975 315,102Other income 18,130 22,249 Total operating revenues $ 33,107,390 $ 30,382,798

Expenses Program services Domestic grants to sites $ 13,427,896 $ 11,048,149 Training and technical assistance 10,803,896 10,395,273 YouthBuild International 4,076,032 4,032,950 Youth on Board 365,945 353,864 Advocacy 299,992 381,586 Public relations 670,517 731,741 Other 92,423 34,052 Total program services $ 29,736,451 $ 26,977,615General and administrative $ 2,535,943 $ 3,001,798Fundraising and development 481,916 352,493 Total operating expenses $ 32,754,310 $ 30,331,906 Changes in net assets from operations 353,080 50,892

Nonoperating revenue

(expenses)

Other nonoperating revenue 0 0 loss on disposal of property and equipment (1,470) (256)

Changes in unrestricted net assets $ 351,610 $ 50,636

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Combined Financial Statements continued

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MasterCard Foundation(YouthBuild International) Subgrants to Haitian NGO IDEJEN to establish 12 training centers engaging 9,000 Haitian youth to rebuild communities devastated by the earthquake.Total received $1,654,830

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Capacity building and technical assistance to expand career development programming focused on high-demand growth industries such as healthcare and energy, and union apprenticeships.(YouthBuild International) Technical assis-tance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.Total received: $1,253,724

New Profit, Inc.(YouthBuild USA) Subcontracts and technical assistance to 7 local YouthBuild programs that are part of the YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Education Initiative to improve college and career success.Total received: $1,038,091 (including $544,993 of federal subgrants through the Social Innovation Fund of the Corporation for National Community Service)

Walmart Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants to 30 local YouthBuild programs, and technical assistance to expand green high-demand career pathways. Total received: $980,141

JPMorgan Chase Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Technical assistance to local YouthBuild programs that are part of the YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Educa-tion Initiative to improve college and career success.Total received: $930,157

Starbucks Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Provide technical support to YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Educa-tion Initiative sites, increase visibility of YouthBuild, launch new Customer Service Excellence Training at 5 local YouthBuild programs, and support Global Campaign for NEET Opportunity Youth.Total received: $879,598

Deloitte Monitor(YouthBuild USA, Inc.) Donated consulting services to assist with strategic plan.Total received: $449,200

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation(YouthBuild USA) To engage 300 California YouthBuild students and graduates in lead-ership development for civic engagement, including establishing the California State Alumni Council.Total received: $439,839

W.K. Kellogg Foundation(YouthBuild International) Technical assistance in Haiti.(Youth on Board) Support for Youth on Board student voice project in Boston public schools.Total received: $398,681

Goulston & Storrs(YouthBuild USA, Inc.) Donated legal services.Total received: $385,855

Noyce Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Technology-driven approach to career and postsecondary exploration through a platform developed jointly with Jobs for the Future.Total received: $358,789

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Scaling up of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and referral to Treatment (SBIrT) model across YouthBuild programs to engage 4,500 YouthBuild students.Total received: $266,303

Open Society Foundations(YouthBuild USA) Technical assistance to local YouthBuild programs that are part of the YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Education Initiative to improve graduate postsecondary education success, and support of YouthBuild USA Breakthrough Growth Strategy.(YouthBuild International) Support of YouthBuild International technical assis-tance in El Salvador.Total received: $266,125

Tetra Tech (USAID subgrant)(YouthBuild International) Technical assistance in mexico.Total received: $212,161

Kresge Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Technical assistance for quality improvement of local YouthBuild programs, program innovation, and organi-zational capacity building.Total received: $211,707

Prudential Foundation(YouthBuild International) Subgrants and technical assistance to Brazilian and mexican NGOs to implement 3 YouthBuild programs in Brazil and expand the mexican YouthBuild program, Jóvenes Constructores de la Communidad, to 35 locations.Total received: $165,864

Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants and technical assistance to 4 local YouthBuild programs to expand green affordable housing construction and green career development programming.Total received: $157,502

Bank of America Charitable Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants to 5 local YouthBuild programs and technical assis-tance to expand green affordable housing construction and green career development programming, and unrestricted operating support for YouthBuild USA.Total received: $150,000

Skoll Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Breakthrough Growth Strategy and support for National Council of Young leaders-Opportunity Youth United.Total received: $133,713

Ford Foundation(YouthBuild USA, Inc.) Strategic plan to expand internationally and increase public policy influence.Total received: $132,924

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund(YouthBuild International) Subgrants to Haitian NGO IDEJEN to expand YouthBuild Haiti—JÈNKA—and technical assistance to IDEJEN to establish 12 training centers.Total received: $96,620

AT&T(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants and technical assistance to local YouthBuild programs participating in the Postsecondary Pathways Initiative.Total received: $91,786

Private Grants, Donated Services, and Donated GoodsAmerican Express FoundationAnnie E. Casey FoundationAT&TBank of America Charitable FoundationBarr FoundationBernard van Leer FoundationBill & Melinda Gates FoundationBoston After School and BeyondBoston Globe FoundationBoston United for StudentsBurgess Urban FundCenter for Rural StrategiesCharles Stewart Mott FoundationChurch Home Society

Clinton Bush Haiti FundConrad N. Hilton FoundationData CollaborativeDeloitte MonitorFord FoundationGap FoundationGerman Marshall FundGoulston & StorrsHerman and Freida L. Miller FoundationHyams FoundationIntel FoundationIntuitJohn S. and James K. Knight Foundation

JPMorgan Chase FoundationKresge FoundationMarguerite Casey FoundationMasterCard FoundationNational Economic and Social Rights InitiativeNBC Today Show Holiday Gift DriveNellie Mae FoundationNew Profit, Inc.Northwest Area FoundationNoyce FoundationOpen Society FoundationsPampered ChefPrudential Foundation

Public Interest ProjectsREDFRutgers UniversitySaint-Gobain Corporation FoundationSchott Foundation for Public EducationShaklee CorporationSkoll FoundationStarbucks FoundationSusan Crowne ExchangeStreet Football WorldTetra TechWalmart FoundationW.K. Kellogg Foundation

Private and Public Funders, 2014 (amounts expensed in 2014)

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Gap Foundation(YouthBuild USA) To increase YouthBuild graduates’ postsecondary preparedness, and improve job readiness through data tracking and developing new curriculum.Total received: $87,662

Barr Foundation(Youth on Board) Boston Student Advisory Council in Boston public schools.Total received: $84,913

NBC Today Show Holiday Gift Drive(YouthBuild USA) Product donations from Pampered Chef and Shaklee Corporation regranted to YouthBuild graduate leaders and massachusetts YouthBuild affiliates.Total received: $69,745

Hyams Foundation(Youth on Board) Boston Student Advisory Council in Boston public schools.Total received: $56,031

Bernard van Leer Foundation(YouthBuild International) Technical assistance in Peru.Total received: $50,430

REDF(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants to support green revenue-generating businesses at 2 local YouthBuild programs.Total received: $45,000

Nellie Mae Foundation(Youth on Board) Boston Student Advisory Council in Boston public schools.Total received: $42,374

Annie E. Casey Foundation(YouthBuild USA) To improve postsecondary education pathways for parents.Total received: $36,532

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants and technical assistance to local YouthBuild programs that are part of YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Education Initiative to improve graduate postsecondary education success.Total received: $33,901

Northwest Area Foundation(YouthBuild USA) To build rural and native career pathways.Total received: $30,009

German Marshall Fund(YouthBuild International) Technical assistance in Western Balkans.Total received: $24,479

Public Interest Projects(Youth on Board) General operating support.Total received: $23,321

Herman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation(Youth on Board) YOUNG Initiative.Total received: $22,589

Susan Crowne Exchange(Youth on Board) Social and Emotional learning (SEl) Challenge Grant.Total received: $21,069

American Express Foundation(YouthBuild USA) Directors Fellows.Total received: $19,857

Schott Foundation for Public Education(Youth on Board) YOUNG Initiative.Total received: $15,871

Marguerite Casey Foundation(YouthBuild USA, Inc.) General operating support. Total received: $15,000

Intuit(YouthBuild USA, Inc.) Donated Internet services.Total received: $14,160

Intel Foundation(YouthBuild International) Digital liveli-hoods project in Haiti.Total received: $13,652

National Economic & Social Rights Initiative(Youth on Board) To pilot Boston Student Advisory Council's Solutions Not Suspensions moratorium.Total received: $10,980

Burgess Urban Fund(Youth on Board) Partnerships between youth and adults to create positive educa-tional community.Total received: $10,000

Street Football World(YouthBuild International) regranted to YouthBuild mexico.Total received: $9,953

Church Home Society(Youth on Board) Program costs and youth stipends.Total received: $8,273

Center for Rural Strategies(YouthBuild USA) rural and Native Initia-tive work assisting National rural Youth Assembly.Total received: $5,389

Data Collaborative(YouthBuild USA, Inc.) Donated consulting services.Total received: $3,029

Boston United for Students(Youth on Board) Collaboration with Boston United for Students to engage Boston public school student feedback in teacher evalu-ations and parent feedback in principal/headmaster evaluations.Total received: $1,514

Rutgers University(YouthBuild USA) Technical assistance to New Jersey YouthBuild programs. Total received: $1,355

Boston Globe Foundation(Youth on Board) Boston Student Advisory Council in Boston public schools.Total received: $938

Boston After School and Beyond(Youth on Board) Participation in credit-bearing expanded learning opportunities.Total received: $83

Corporation for National and Community Service(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants and technical assistance to 80 local YouthBuild programs that are part of the YouthBuild USA Ameri-Corps Initiative, Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards for YouthBuild AmeriCorps members; subgrant of Social Innovation Funds from New Profit, Inc. to YouthBuild USA for subgrants and technical assistance to 7 local programs that are part of the YouthBuild USA Postsecondary Education Initiative to improve college and career success, and support of YouthBuild USA AmeriCorps vISTA volunteer program for local YouthBuild programs. Total received: $9,158,642

US Department of Labor(YouthBuild USA) Technical assistance and management information system administration for DOl YouthBuild grantees, and YouthBuild USA subgrants and technical assistance to 9 local YouthBuild programs that are part of the YouthBuild USA SmArT Initiative, which engages ex-youth offenders.Total received: $5,943,761

US Agency for International Development(YouthBuild International) Technical assis-tance in South Africa, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia; subgrant to YouthBuild Interna-tional from Tetra Tech ($212,161) to support technical assistance in mexico.Total received: $1,717,497

US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants and technical assistance to local YouthBuild programs that are members of the YouthBuild USA mentoring Alliance. Total received: $1,110,769

US Department of State(YouthBuild International) Technical assistance in Iraq.Total received: $263,775

US Department of Agriculture(YouthBuild USA) Technical assistance to local YouthBuild programs that are part of YouthBuild USA rural and Native Initiative.Total received: $207,592

Inter-American Development Bank(YouthBuild International) Technical assis-tance in El Salvador and the Bahamas. Total received: $90,776

US Department of Energy(YouthBuild USA) Subgrants and technical assistance to 6 local YouthBuild programs that are part of the YouthBuild USA Weath-erization Pilot.Total received: $28,824

Public Grants and ContractsCorporation for National and Community ServiceInter-American Development Bank

US Agency for International DevelopmentUS Department of Agriculture

US Department of EnergyUS Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

US Department of LaborUS Department of State

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$25,000+

mike and linda lyonsDan and Gloria Schusterman

$10,000 – $24,999

Boston CapitalSusan Okie BushHeather and roy CaeliusTheresa Del PozzoThe Ella lyman Cabot TrustGilbert GlassJerry and marlene Kaplan GoldsteinDavid NorthridgeSamuel PeabodyDorothy StonemanJames and Thea StonemanWheeler FoundationBarbara Whitesides

$5,000 – $9,999

michael AppelBoston Private Bank & Trust CompanyPamela ChoneyCohnreznickCorcoran JennisonExperian Data QualityFirst republic Bankmichael Gilliganrolf and Julie GoetzeWilliam GrausteinHolland & Knightliberty mutual InsuranceNew England DevelopmentNixon PeabodyNovogradac & CompanySusan and Kanti raiSmith Family Benevolent FundEdward and mary Breasted SmythJane and Adam SteinJean TempelWinnCompanies

$1,000 – $4,999

David Abromowitzronald and Patricia AdlerAlbert E. marks Charitable TrustAlexander Aronson Finning CPAs

Travis AllenAllianceBernstein FoundationEric and Nanny Almquistlouise Todd AmblerAnonymousBank of America merrill lynchDonald BartonJohn BellThomas BettridgeThomas and linda BuntonCamp lenny FoundationIan CarnathanCenterville rotary ClubChris and mary CloverComprehensive Benefit AdministratorsDellbrook ConstructionCharles leonard EganExperianlawrence and marjorie Frankolucia and Jeffrey HaganderHelene B. Black Charitable FoundationWilliam HoganElizabeth HollanderKaren HoltzblattJamestownClifford Johnsonmitchell KarpCarla Kirmani-Taylorleo Wasserman Fundmacquarie Group FoundationmcCall & Almymary mcCormickIrene Greif and Albert meyerTerry and marcia moffatNelson mullins riley & ScarboroughSusan and John NewtonAnne Judson and Tim ParsonsJoanne PearsonHilary Penningtonrichard PetrinoBeth PfeifferHoward and Estelle raiffaNancy SchieffelinSchochet CompaniesAri Appel and Sara SchoenDaniel Hyman and rachel Schoenfeld

Thomas J. SchutzJeffrey SchwartzJill and Stephen SeagrenElinor and milo Shafferrobert Simpsonmartha SpauldingJosh Steinmichael ThompsonGeer and Carrie Wilcox

$500 – $999

American EldercareBay State Federal Savings Charitable FoundationAndrea Bolligervirginia BusiekCathy ChuteCitizens BankGregory CullenElizabeth DeknatelSusan DetzJudith Dollenmayerrobert FoleyFord Foundationlinda HackerElizabeth and Andrew HahnElizabeth HayesStephanie HolzmanInfraNet Solutionsmarty JonesKaren and Walter PresseyAmalie KassStephen KellerBill and Deborah KenneyKen KesslinPeter larkinmichael lewisTimothy and Jane mcCaffreyKathryn Nelsonlewis PaloskySharon and Jon robertsGrace rooseveltStanley rumbaughPhillip SharpGerda Steinrobert and Bonnie TempleUnited Way of Greater Nashua

$250 – $499

Sonia AbramsGretchen Adamsmary BrookhartAcheson CallaghanYuchiao ChangStephen and Caroline ChinlundAllison Crumprobert CurvinAlbert DelucaEva Garza DewaelscheAndrew FerrenCynthia Freemanrobert and rochelle FriedmanCaroline Gaudetlia GelbSteve GerberAndrew and Kim GluckCharlotte Golar richieJudith and Henri GueronDebra HallH.W. lane Associatesroger HolmesJen HolyerDee IppenJeffrey and Karen JensenJohn B. Cruz Construction richard Kahnlisa Kavanaughmargaret KindlingCarol lambergCarol and Thomas lammWilliam lavertyJudith Sharkey and Carolyn layzerPeter and Coral lindenfelserJanet macdonaldSandra marksDorothy mcCrocklinAshley mcCumberBrenda mcGowanStephen miragliaJennifer and Christopher murphyCharles Ogletreemack PaulPhilip and Ellen Phillipsmary Proctermargaret robinsonrichard and Audrey ruge

Hilary Weisman and Edward Scarvalonelarry ShughartSusan Steinsapirmarcus and Geniel StrockThree Sisters FundAngela TraiforosSangeeta TyagiIngrid WaldronJenny WarburgDeborah WashburnSonja Johansson and robert WebbJonathan WeinerBetsy WiceJames Allard and Geraldine ZipserElaine Abrams and Jeff Zitsman

up to $249

luisa AbbateThomas and margaret AdamsJoel AdelmanJamiel Alexandermyriam Alexander-KearnsFrank Alvarezlashon AmadoAmazonSmile FoundationArborview realtyCaruthia ArchiePaula ArnoldJudith Aronsonrobert Asherronald AshfordEugene and margaret AugustineAngelica AyalaDerrick Aysonrussell BackerAdam Bainbridgemary BalthropNick and Bay BancroftBank of America Charitable FoundationChristopher BannonCecilia BardalesArthur and Betty BardigeKareema BarrIrvin Barragan PonceChristopher BaumAntonio Bautista

our Supporters, 2014

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Kalia BellAimee BellowsJohnny Belmontezvanessa Bennettvivian BergerFrederic BermanCharles BernittKarnig BeylikjianNeil BhayaniJudith BickartNick and Joan BiddleSusan Hand and John BishopCarolyn BishopElizabeth BlackEva BlakeTamara and John BlissBill, Deborah, Andrew, Olena, miriam, and Emily BlumbergSusan and Stephen Bookbinderlincoln and Edith BoydenAnn and John BrackettJeff BradachCarl Brauervicki BreitbartEllen BrewerEllen BrightlySteven and linda Brion-meiselsToni BrogdenDavid BrownElizabeth BrownNancy Brownroger BrownShepard BrownTammy BrownWayles BrowneDavid Brownellmichael Buccimonica BuenoBuffalo ExchangePaula BuickPeter and rosemary Burkemarion Burkerobert BurkhardtAbby BurklandJeffrey and Patti BurklandJoanna BurlesonAndrea BurtGail Buschinimargaret BushErik ButlerJohn Butterworthlawahn Byrd

Jorge CabreraDavid CalvertElizabeth Calvertmarie Calvert-KilbaneHilton Cancelmarilyn CarmonaJoyce CarraherBrian CarrierStephen CarronPatricia CarucciDerek CastleChristopher CatoAshley ChambersAlbert and Yvonne Huang ChangJeff ChaseKati Chaserichard ChiangoPaul ChudwickCharles CianoThomas Ciavarellarebecca CiprianoTheodore Clattenburgmichelle Clickmelvyn Colonlaurie Conelucinda D Congerroberta ConnorsFairley Bell Cookmaren Cookelee CorbinJohn CorwinElizabeth CostleGretchen CourageAltha CraveyKathryn CrawleyDoug and Dianne CroleyJessica CromptonBruce CronhardtJonathan CroninCrystal Ship Charitable Fundmary and Will CummingsFrederica CushmanCustomInkFrances DahlbergSam Daley-HarrisJohn and Sandy D’AmicoGordon DaughtrySusan DaviesKeehnen DavisFrances Dea-SanchezJoanne DebrahCarol Deletis

margaret Derylisa Doanroberta Greengold and Stephen Dobkinlorrie DonnellSteve DoschDanielle Duffymary DuffyDoug and Joanne Clifford EatonAmy Ehrlichlee and Amy EllsworthKaren EmerickScott EmerickGretchen Engelvirginia and larry EricksonCharles Esserrichard FaheyFrederick FarquharElizabeth Feigonronald FeldmanShari FeldmanThaddeus FerberHathaway Ferebeeronald FergusonDwayla FerrellKay louise FieldsFirst Baptist Church of BostonAndrew Fishermatthew FisherSuzanne FitzgeraldGladys Unger and michael FlamangEly FloresJeffrey FrankelSamuel and Nina FrankenheimJack and Isabel FreemanJim FruchtermanPaul FruittTodd FryTheresa Fulbright-Curtismichel FullerStanley FuttermanElizabeth GagnonThomas and Carol Garveylizeth GateiAlan Geismerrobert GelhausBonnie GenevichDorothy GenevichCassandra GlassBraden GoetzSheila GoldbergAnne Covino Goldenberg

Alex Goldfeldlois and Walter GoldfrankAron Goldmanmariel GonzalesEdgar GonzalezAnnette Goodrichrebecca GordonJames GrahamSakeenah GrahamKaren and Henry GreeneCarl GriffinJanet GriffithTerry GrobeAnne GrovesSharon GruberNicole GueronJohn-Edward GuevarraPriscilla GuildJean GuttmanDavid GuzmanCharles Esser and Pamela Hainesmarcia HallCharles and Ethel HamannDiane Hancocklaura HandyCatherine HanleyThomas HansenPatricia HansonAlex HareCharles Harrismary Harrisonlinda HarteAmara and Al HastingsJohn and Jocelyn HayesBill Stoneman and Anne HellerHolly HennickSandy HerzJohn HerzogPhilip and Ann HeymannKari Hogan-FigginsPamela HoltzblattElizabeth HornPaul HornJerry marsischky and Andra HotchkissJohn and margaret HowardEvan Howellvictoria Freeman and Charles Humblerobert Hurwichralph and Hiroko InsingerGeorge and lee Jacobymolly James

Quianna JaneyPaula JenkinsWayne Jenningsxavier Jenningslaura Jennings-CranfordJeff JensonBryan JoffeDaniel JohnsonNewton JohnsonSusanne JonasScott JonesSusan Jonesmichael Jurewiczrob JurewiczScott Jurewiczlani KalembaJacqueline KaminsPriscilla KarnovskyHelen and rudolph Kassrichard Griffin and Susan KeaneDiana KellyWilliam KenneyDiana Kerrylisa KesslerTheresa KilbaneWendy KingElizabeth KnollPeggy KociubesHoward Tracer and Julia KorenmanErnesta and mark KraczkiewiczJoan and Daniel KunitzJanine Kwohlakamo recruitingBonnie landiGail langleyJen langleyDiana laubJennifer lawrencemartha leaderJudith leffJean leventhalPeter levineJulie levinsonJay and risa levinsonYehudit liebermanmardi loetermanNorman and Sonna loewenthalYvonne loganThomas longstrethIngrid lopezJames lubitz

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rocio lunaNan magerKenneth manasterleeAnn mandrilloNoah mandukeCarla marceauAnne marcklinger Gordonmargaret marksHelene martinPeter martinrocio martinezluz martinez SanchezDaniel masseyPhil materoDonald mathisJohn maynardrob mcDonald, Jr.Eloise and robert mcGawlisa mcGillEdwina mcGillmary mcGushinDerek mcIntireAlicia mcKinneyDennis mcKinneyGirard mcKinneyKara mcKinneyWillie mae mcKinneyChristopher mclachlanPaul and Gail mclain-lugowskiBridget mcNamerEllen mctiguemelissa medinaKarole mendelsohnFelix mendozaAmruta mhatreHarriet millKris minorFrancisco mirandaFranky miranda, Jr.Joel mirandaNeil mirandaJill molesPeter mollicamark and martha mooreTerence moranKatherine morganElizabeth morganrichard morrillColleen morrisseyJohn moukadShyam mudambi

Sherry mulloyTiffany murphyrobert and Joan murrayTyler NakatsuChristina NavaFernando NavaCornelia NelsonPaul NelsonTracie NeuhausGillete NevadoJeffrey Newmanleslie NewmanDavid Newtonlan Nguyenmax NibertThomas Nisongervera NordalHarriet NoyesJames NunnsChristopher NyeThomas NyquistJennifer OasGetz ObstfeldAndrew OliveriNoe OrgazJoseph Orlandomiguel OrtegaWilly and lynn OsbornJohn Pagemark PaleyDaniel Paredesmichael ParkerKristin ParksEva PatalasErika Pattersonmaria PerezFredda PeritzDwight and Julie rate PerkinsSpencer PerryDale and lorna PetersonErika Philbrookmaxine Phillipsmariano PinaKaren PittmanTimothy Pittmanmichael PortentosoKen PorterKatherine PorterfieldBarbara and Arthur Powellmatthew PritzkurBruce rabb

Suman raghunathanNancy ramageJulian ramirezAntonio ramirez, Jr.Amelie ratliffrecycled Paper Printinglisa reddyBen richardslynn rippyBrian ristauEleanor riverJohnny riveraTom roderickErin rodriguezlissette rodriguezmariana rodriguezrobert rogersDavid rosenJonathan rothblattSanjit royShauna-lee ruglasslesia ruglassDeborah ruheThomas rushrobert russellJim and Shirley ruttenbergZulkiffly Samichael Sacklinda B. SalamonJose SalasElizabeth Salgadolaura SaltonstallSamuel Saltonstallmegan Sanchezmellie SanchezAnne Stuart and Paul SantosPaul and Arlene SapersteinEileen Satterwhitelourdes Satterwhitemichael Satterwhitelois SchifferDavid SchillingPaul Schmitzlisbeth SchorrArah SchuurJonathan SchwartzJack And Sharon Schwillevik Scogginsregina ScottiAgustin Sevillamarlene Shama

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Ashley ThomasJohn and Judy Thomsmark ThurberJulia Tibbsmartin Timinsmary TinkhamHolly ToddBill Schneider and Frances TrailDavid TrainorSteve TrippeJohn and louisa TroubhClark TroyPeter TruebnerPeter and Cynthia J. Turnerrichard TyboutBarry UphoffDeborah valenzeAlexis vasquezlauren vermouthDan and mJ viedermanmyra von TurkovichSandra WaterhouseAlexander WatsonAnthony WatsonP michael WattsDeborah Weinsteinlynne Weissmarion and Sean WestgateWayne WhackAshaunti WileyStephanie WilkinsElijah WilliamsKaren Williamsmary and Thomas WilliamsJim WoffordGomah WonlehKaren WorthEli WylenGeorgiann YoungHale YoungbloodJames ZacksEllen ZaslawPeter and Ellen ZemanNeil ZimmermanPaul Zintlluis ZorrillaStephen Zunes

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Primary funding for local YouthBuild programs in the United States comes from the US Department of Labor (DOL) under the federal YouthBuild program, administered by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and reauthorized in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). The FY15 federal YouthBuild appropriation is $79.7 million.

Through a competitive process, DOL makes YouthBuild grants directly to local community-based nonprofits, community colleges, and government agencies. These organizations raise additional funds for YouthBuild programs from a variety of other sources.

The Corporation for National and Community Service funds YouthBuild USA to make subgrants to local YouthBuild

AmeriCorps programs through which YouthBuild students earn education awards in return for the service they provide in their communities.

The governments of Israel, Mexico, Serbia, and South Africa are directly supporting YouthBuild programs in their countries.

YouthBuild USA, Inc. receives critical core support for both YouthBuild USA and YouthBuild International capacity building, expansion, and advocacy from private foundations, corporations, and individuals. It receives income from an $8 million endowment established in 1999 by the Charles Stewart Mott and Ford Founda tions. It also receives targeted grants for innovation and program quality improvement from private foundations and corporations. It receives public grants and contracts from several entities.

MAJOR PUBLIC FUNDERS

Corpora tion for National and Com munity Service

Inter-American Development Bank

US Agency for International Development

US Department of Agriculture

US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

US Department of Labor

US Department of State

MAJOR PRIVATE FUNDERS

American Express Foundation

Annie E. Casey Foundation

AT&T

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Ford Foundation

Gap Foundation

Glass Charitable Trust

Goulston & Storrs PC

Hearst Foundations

Intel Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Kresge Foundation

MasterCard Foundation

New Profit, Inc.

Northwest Area Foundation

Noyce Foundation

Oak Foundation

Oak Hill Fund

Prudential Foundation

Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation

Schultz Family Foundation

Skoll Foundation

Starbucks Foundation

State Farm

Walmart Foundation

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

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YouthBuild USA, Inc. relies on unrestricted and other donations from individuals to support its work in the United States and internationally.