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On the Cover: THINK Together alumni Rafael Sanchez receives his diploma and shakes hands with UC Riverside Chancelor Timothy White during graduation ceremonies.

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All children will receive the support they need from family, school and community to enable them to reach their full potential and become productive adults and responsible, contributing members of the community.

VisionTo provide high-quality, academically oriented out-of-school programs for students regardless of race, creed, or socioeconomic status.

Mission

It is highly unlikely that we will be successful in closing the achievement gap until we build the

kind of support systems for low-income children that children from upper-

middle class families benefit from.

— S . P a u l R e v i l e ,

S e c R e t a R y o f e d u c a t i o n ,

M a S S a c h u S e t t S

“ ” The picture on the cover of this annual report is of THINK Together alumni Rafael Sanchez receiving his diploma from the Chancellor Timothy White of UC Riverside after earning his degree in engineering. While Rafael was born with talent and brought tremendous drive and a great work ethic to his academic pursuits, it took a village to help him succeed.

chairman & ceo’s message

At THINK Together, we strongly believe that it takes support from parents, schools and the community for students to reach

their full potential. Where parents lack resources or their own positive experiences with school systems, it takes even stronger schools and more effective support from the community for students to succeed.

With THINK Together’s help, Rafael became the first in his family to graduate high school, not to mention college. He completed his degree in just four years, a huge feat for an engineering major. He began attending THINK Together’s Shalimar Teen Center when he was in ninth grade and the center quickly became his second home. It was through THINK Together that Rafael connected to the broader village and he took part in extracurricular activities, namely working with the Orange County Congregational Community Organization.

“That helped me get to college,” he said. “That’s what made me different, and that’s why I got so many scholarships.”

He recalls competing for a scholarship with a young man who seemed to have an advantage over him. Everyone predicted that young manwould win the scholarship, but in the end, Rafael prevailed.

Demographic ShiftIn the last 25 years, the student population in California has shifted dramatically. Today, 52% of California’s K-12 students are Latino and 5% are African-American. While there are obviously exceptions, that means largely 57% of California’s

student population are on the wrong side of the achievement gap, wherein the average 18-year-old Latino or African-American student performs at the level of the average 13-year old white or Asian student.

California’s workforce suffers because of the persistence of this education gap. We’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: workers in this state over the age of 50 are the most educated in the world, while those under the age of 35 are the least educated workforce in the developed world. As we all know, California faces a variety of challenges, but improving education and closing the education achievement gap needs to be at the top of the list.

Blame GameWe can all sit around and play the blame game and make the tired claims that schools are failing, or that they are not getting enough funding, etc. We are here to tell you that the story on the ground is more encouraging than you think. Many schools and school districts are getting a handle on how to better serve the current population of students. Academic support programs like THINK Together and others are maturing and showing results. The challenge now becomes, how do we, as a society, turn these “islands of success” into “continents of success” so that more students benefit and the California workforce can regain its preeminence?

You Are Part of the VillageRafael had a combination of paid staff and volunteers who provided him with academic support and mentoring to reach his full potential. Volunteers are part of Rafael’s village. Private

donors help fund THINK Together programs, creating the margins of excellence that help us transform mere childcare programs into rich academic support programs that help students like Rafael succeed. Certainly, you as a donor are part of Rafael’s village.

Finally, the voters are part of Rafael’s village. If we voters don’t agree to fund California’s schools at adequate levels, the price of an underperforming workforce, incarceration, and the social safety net will dwarf the front-end investment in education. We urge everyone to get involved with your local school board. In most communities, the school district is the biggest “business” in town. It produces one of our most important products, and yet a very small percentage of eligible voters vote in local school board races.

Thanks to people like you, progress is being made. Please help us replicate and scale what is working, both at THINK Together and in our schools, so that California can remain the most innovative, productive economy on the planet, not to mention, the best place to live.

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Randy Barth, Founder and CEO

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Career Goals: To get a master’s degree in educationTHINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008Education: Bachelor’s degree in sociology and Latin American studies from UC Santa Barbara

Aurea Martinez knows first hand the power of Teaching.“THINK Together was my foundation,” she said. “When it came to homework, my parents didn’t know how to help me. At first, I was scared to go. But when I went there, I felt comfortable and safe. It was a place of learning. There was all this encouragement. The key to my success was all that support.”

Like many of her peers, Aurea is the first in her family to attend college, something she truly enjoyed. After graduating from Newport Harbor High, she went on to UC Santa Barbara. She calls college the best four years of her life.

She looks back fondly on her years at the Shalimar Teen Center and the habits she learned there she carries on today as she enjoys reading, especially biographies and autobiographies.

THINK Together, she said, is special because it’s part of the community.

“It really reaches out to the community through the parents and gets them involved,” she said. “That’s important. If the parents are not involved, it doesn’t work.”

Aurea is training for a marathon this fall. After that she will be applying for fellowships and hopes to leave California and work on the East Coast. Because of her experience at THINK Together, she wants to work in some sort of youth program. And her advice to today’s youth is to not settle for mediocrity but pursue all forms of education, even if it’s a community college or trade school.

“There are so many roads to take,” she said. “Any one is fine as long as you keep your goal in mind.”

Career Goals: To work in community healthTHINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008Education: Bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UC Riverside

Nancy Vargas wants to help others just as THINK Together has been Helping her stay on the right path.Nancy is the first in her family, not only to graduate college but high school and middle school. She began attending THINK Together’s Shalimar Center in elementary school and took English courses. She left THINK Together when she hit middle school and started hanging out with the wrong crowd.

After being accused of doing something she didn’t do, she realized she had lost her way and returned to THINK Together as a 10th grader. She went on to graduate from Newport Harbor High School and attended UC Riverside with fellow THINK Together alums Ever Arias and Rafael Sanchez.

She believes THINK Together changed her Costa Mesa community for the better.

“The first night I moved into Costa Mesa, somebody was stabbed and died next to my window,” she said. “It was really unsafe and with THINK Together, the gang involvement went down. There is a park there now and that helps improve our community.”

Nancy said it was the staff at the Shalimar Learning Center who gave her confidence in her ability. Because of that confidence they instilled in her, she enrolled in honors classes that she might not have taken if it wasn’t for THINK Together. Her parents are now big believers not only in the education THINK provides but the safe haven it has become in the neighborhood. “We went through some hard years,” Nancy said of her family. “THINK Together was definitely there for me. When kids have problems at home they need another place. They are thankful because if THINK Together wasn’t there, I might have gone to a worse place. I think that’s the same situation for many kids who need a safe place to go.”

Career Goals: To go on to medical school and become a doctorTHINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008Education: Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from UC Riverside

Ever Arias (left of center) hopes to someday be known as Dr. Arias.

This Shalimar Teen Center alum credits THINK Together for Inspiring him to strive for the best. Ever became involved in the Teen Center as a high school student. His parents didn’t speak very much English and THINK Together was the only way he could get help.

Because the Center was close to home, he knew all the kids there. Though he spent many hours at THINK Together, he struggled in language arts. Still, he was motivated to try harder when he compared himself to his fellow students.

He immersed himself in honors courses, graduated from Newport Harbor High and went on to UC Riverside, where he studied chemistry. With his bachelor’s degree completed, he now plans on applying to medical school and hopes to attend UC Irvine’s Prime Program, where he can specialize in providing medical care to the Latino community.

“The fact that we were in a program where everyone had that goal of going to college motivated us and pushed us to try harder than what we thought we were capable of,” he said. “I worked hard but it’s not what I did. THINK Together and other scholarships made it possible for me to graduate. Where you begin is not where you are going to end.”

Career Goals: To get a master’s or doctorate and then work as an aerospace engineerTHINK Together Experience: Graduated 2008Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering from UC Riverside

Rafael Sanchez admits he didn’t just attend THINK Together to get homework help. He attended to socialize with his friends.

But he also admits, it was a Nurturing environment for Kids.“A lot of my friends were in THINK Together,” he said. “It felt like an extension of school. It felt more like home. I remember there was a couch there. And afterschool, I’d go there and relax on the couch.”

He enjoyed going so much that he’d leave straight from school on the bus and get to the Shalimar Teen Center even before it opened. He credits THINK Together for opening up extracurricular opportunities that were key to his college path.

After graduating from Newport Harbor High, Rafael attended UC Riverside and took four and five classes each quarter so that he could get through college in four years. He did that while holding a job at the same time.

Rafael and others need to not only overcome the achievement gap but they need to confront their own cultural conflicts where their families don’t value college the same as work.

“Our site coordinator (Bethany Grimes) made me feel like going to college was the only option,” he said. “When I told my mom I wanted to go college, she wanted to know why? But she understands now.”

alumni stories: the best and brightest

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Through a long-term strategic partnership, THINK Together manages the Children and Families Commission of Orange County’s Early Literacy Program, which consists of center-based and community

wide programs.

This program, serving about 16,000 children countywide, promotes reading to children every day to build language and learning skills for life. The program’s activities help Orange County’s young children and their families achieve literacy in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

In order to measure progress in literacy among the students in the center-based program, the Preschool Language Scale Assessment, Fourth Edition (PLS-4) was administered to students before and after participating in the Early Learning and Math Program. This nationally normed assessment measures auditory and expressive skills. Children participating in THINK ELPM demonstrated significant growth on these measures.

Supplemental Educational Services (SES) is a federally funded, free tutoring program for qualifying students. THINK Together’s SES Tutoring Program is designed to provide one-to-one or small group instruction in

the greatest areas of academic need, English Language Arts or Math. A pre-assessment is administered to determine each student’s targeted area of need and a post-assessment is used to measure gains in that target area. As shown in the chart below, student gains made within each district were significant. External research shows that students participating in the program during the 2010-2011 school year demonstrated statistically significant gains in both ELA and in Math on the 2011 California Standards Test (CST) when compared to non-participants. This was true for each year of the three year evaluation funded through the federal High Quality Supplemental Educational Services Demonstration Grant project (HQSES); a grant THINK Together received in 2008 when it was named one of five national demonstration sites by the U.S. Department of Education to bolster student achievement by aligning instruction between SES and the Federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers afterschool programs. The HQSES three year qualitative and quantitative research project was led by Dr. Deborah Vandell, Dean of the School of Education at the University California, Irvine.

Our THINK Together for Teens High School Program goal is to support college and career-ready students by helping them meet state standards in core academic subjects, meet all graduation requirements

and expose them to relevant 21st Century Learning Skills.

Using evidence-based practices, the THINK Together for Teens High School program is designed to respond to the unique needs and strengths identified by students, teachers and administrators. Also, to ensure high school athletes maintain academic eligibility to participate in competitive sports, an Athletic Tutorial Program is offered after practice through 7 p.m. This innovative Athletic Tutorial Program has produced significant results by increasing grade point average and improving athletic eligibility.

For example, previous to the Athletic Tutorial Program, the Valley High School football team lost an average of 16 of its then 60 players to athletic ineligibility and had a combined team grade point average of 0.85. After the first year of the program, the team lost two of its now 90 players, and attained a team grade point average of 2.65. In the second year the team continued to improve and attained a team grade point average of 3.0.

Our data shows the students who participate in our THINK Together High School program are six times more likely to graduate from high school than their peers who never participate. Participants also demonstrated growth on the 2011 California Standards Test (CST) in English Language Arts; whereas students who never came to the program experienced a decline in performance.

Every year, studies show most young people lose about two months of grade-level equivalency in math skills over the summer. Low-income youth also lose more than two months in reading achievement while their

middle-income peers maintain or make slight gains.

Thanks to large investments by the Packard Foundation, the Walmart Foundation, California ASES and Federal 21st Century Community Learning Center funds, and the programming support of the National Summer Learning Association, THINK Together has developed programs and initiatives to eliminate that summer learning loss, serving 20,000 students throughout the state. Students are enriched with English Language Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math instruction as well as outdoor education and field trips. In Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento, more than 90% of our sites demonstrated student growth from pre-test to post-test in math, resulting in significant overall growth.

For the second straight year, our program in Santa Ana Unified School District was a finalist for the National Summer Learning Association’s Summer Program of the Year.

Because summer programs are funded by hard-to-acquire government funds and in great part by private philanthropy, less than 27% of the state’s children have access to summer learning. THINK Together is actively looking at ways to increase access to these important programs.

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The flagship of THINK Together’s academic

support model is our comprehensive, extended learning time program that benefits low-income K-12 children who study after school at hundreds of school sites and community centers throughout the state.

Our standards-based curriculum intentionally aligns with core day instruction and extends student learning in a safe, adult-supervised environment that consists of academic and enrichment elements and a healthy living component that includes physical fitness, character and nutritional education. We strive to enrich our students with 21st Century Learning skills to help them close

the achievement gap, such as critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, entrepreneurial skills, collaboration, communication, social responsibility and leadership.

A typical THINK Together program at an elementary school

site serves between 90 and 200 students each school day. At each site, students learn from program leaders who work alongside community volunteers and are supervised by one full-time site coordinator. Homework assistance is provided to students individually or in small groups to help them understand and complete daily assignments. Language skills are promoted through fluency-building

strategies and we focus on strengthening skills in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics).

Students also enjoy enrichment activities that may include visual and performing arts like music, dance, drama, and art activities. Healthy Living is promoted through a four-pronged approach that includes: the Coordinated Approach to Children’s Health (CATCH) curriculum which promotes physical activity; nutrition education that includes Harvest of the Month, Dairy Council, and federal nutrition lessons.

According to internal and external analyses, many of our school district partners have been able to demonstrate notable, and in some cases significant, academic gains for the children they serve.

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Upper income children have high-quality health care, are read to early and often, have access to high-performing

preschool and K-12 schools, youth sports, arts and music lessons. They are exposed to multiple enrichment offerings throughout their childhood and youth so that they can have different learning opportunities and discover their passions.

In contrast, the lower-income children served by THINK Together’s programs rarely have those systems of support. THINK Together believes we can build a robust community of support for children through public funding for early childhood and extended learning time programs, the generous philanthropy of our investors and donors through collaboration with local partners.

On the right is a list of the Ecosystem of academic support services that THINK Together offers to develop that village. In the pages that follow, we provide a graphic illustration of villages in various stages of development in the six counties we serve. The illustrations show how we are helping to create the villages with our school district and strategic partners, investors, employees and volunteers that we believe will help children achieve their full potential.

We have found that Teaching, Helping, Inspiring and Nurturing our Kids is more than just reading them a book or helping them with homework. Instead, we believe that for kids to achieve their full potential, they need the entire village of support that is common among upper middle-class families.

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• Extended Learning Time ProgramsDaily comprehensive programs delivered after-school that consist of academic enrichment, homework help, nutrition and structured physical fitness, as well as other enrichment opportunities in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). Staffed at a 20:1 ratio, this program is provided for approximately 600 hours per school year.

• Summer Learning ProgramsProject-based, hands-on learning focused on English Language Arts, math and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), supplemented with enrichment in music, dance, physical fitness and theme-based field trips. Each summer season offers an additional learning theme with accompanying interactive learning opportunities.

• Early Literacy and Math ProgramA support program for parents and caretakers of young children (0-5) that promotes the development of regular reading routines, and provide guidance in using other learning tools to increase their child’s vocabulary, so that he/she enters kindergarten with basic literacy and math skills.

• Saturday ProgramsCombination of academic support and test preparation with engaging enrichment opportunities including sports, music and the arts to attract parents and students to schools on weekends. Provide literacy, English classes and other educational opportunities for parents.

• Tutoring (SES) ProgramMore than 40-to-50 hours per school year of small group tutoring (5:1 student-staff ratio) to give students targeted academic support in EnglishLanguage Arts or Math.

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The study led by UCI Doctoral Fellow and THINK Together’s Manager of Evaluation Tracy Bennett, assessed the impact of

school day and afterschool program alignment on student achievement from 2010-2011.

In this study, survey data was collected from principals and THINK Together staff at 25 schools in Santa Ana Unified School District.

Bennett’s findings indicated that THINK Together sites designated as highly aligned on the three scales of academic resources, communication, and partnership had a statistically significant positive effect on English Language Arts (ELA) scaled scores on the California Standards Test (CST).

Sites that were misaligned on communication and partnership had a statistically significant negative effect on CST scaled scores for ELA, and Math.

For her efforts, Bennett was awarded the 2012 California Educational Research Association’s Outstanding Paper of the Year. The Outstanding Paper award is presented to the conference attendee who receives the highest numerical ratings from educational researchers and reviewers.

One of the keys to THINK Together’s success is aligning our curriculum to support the same curriculum being taught during the school day. And a recent research study conducted through a THINK Together / UCI Doctoral Fellowship partnership supports the effectiveness of this approach. A recent researchstudy conducted through a THINK Together / UCI DoctoralFellowship partnership supports those conclusions.

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LONGEVITY IN PROGRAM MATTERS LONGEVITY IN PROGRAM MATTERS

TARGETED ELATUTORING MATTERS

LAYERING MATTERS

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MAJOR DONORSGifts of $1,000+

ADPAnne TurnerCalifornia Community FoundationCignaComerica BankDwight Stuart Youth FundFran InmanGreen FoundationJakob and Marlene AckermannJoanne Corday KozbergJP Morgan Chase & Co.Kaiser Baldwin Park Medical CenterLA84 FoundationLeona Aronoff Charitable FoundationMajestic Realty FoundationMarina Medical Billing ServiceNASA's Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRalph M. Parsons FoundationRalphs and Food 4 LessRL Public Relations + Marketing, Inc.Rose Hills FoundationRose Hills Mortuary & Memorial ParkSempra Energy FoundationSouthern California EdisonSysco Foods United Way of Greater Los AngelesWalmart FoundationWeingart FoundationXerox Community Involvement Program

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Azusa Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park Unified School DistrictBassett Unified School DistrictCovina-Valley Unified School DistrictDuarte Unified School DistrictEast Whittier School DistrictEl Rancho Unified School DistrictLittle Lake City School DistrictLos Nietos School DistrictLynwood Unified School DistrictMontebello Unified School DistrictMountain View School DistrictSouth Whittier School District

City of Whittier Police Chief’s Advisory CommitteeNew Futuroj.k. livin foundationLos Angeles Chamber of CommerceLos Angeles County Health DepartmentPico Rivera Chamber of CommercePlaza de la RazaSan Gabriel Valley Economic PartnershipSanta Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce

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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FAILING A CORE CLASS WHO IMPROVED BY AT LEAST ONE GRADE AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THINK TOGETHER (n=711)

In Azusa USD and Baldwin Park USD, evaluation results show that when compared to students who never came to THINK Together, students who attended the program over two years made significant gains on their state standardized assessments in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math.

Students in both Baldwin Park USD and Mountain View SD attending the four week Smarter Summers program funded by Walmart Foundation experienced significant gains in math skills, as measured by a pre and post assessment.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FAILING A CORE CLASS WHO IMPROVED BY AT LEAST ONE GRADE AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THINK TOGETHER (n=711)

In Azusa USD and Baldwin Park USD, evaluation results show that when compared to students who never came to THINK Together, students who attended the program over two years made significant gains on their state standardized assessments in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math.

Students in both Baldwin Park USD and Mountain View SD attending the four week Smarter Summers program funded by Walmart Foundation experienced significant gains in math skills, as measured by a pre and post assessment.

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Colton Unified School DistrictCucamonga School DistrictOntario-Montclair School DistrictRedlands Unified School DistrictRialto Unified School DistrictVictor Elementary School District

Arrowhead United WayBuilding Industry Association, Baldy View

Cal State San BernardinoCharles Abbott Memorial FoundationInland ActionInland Empire United WayInnovation Economy CorporationLewis CorporationLoma Linda University Children’s HospitalNBC News Radio KCAA AM 1050

Ontario Chamber of CommerceRiverside Chamber of CommerceSan Bernardino County Alliance for EducationSan Bernardino Valley CollegeSt. Joseph Health SystemUC RiversideUniversity of PhoenixUniversity of Redlands

CHANGE IN PERCENT

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Major Donors | Gifts of $1,000+

AT OR ABOVE PROFICIENT ON 2011 CSTS AFTER TWO YEARS OF PARTICIPATION

Academic Outcomes | Colton

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BNSF FoundationChildren's Fund, Inc.Children's InitiativeComerica BankCharles Abbott Memorial FoundationLeona Aronoff Charitable Foundation

Majestic Realty FoundationPaul and Susan ShimoffRalphs and Food 4 LessRandall LewisSan Manuel Band of Mission IndiansSt. Joseph Health System

Stater Bros. CharitiesBruce and Nancy Varner Tobin and Erin BrinkerWeingart Foundation

THINK | Services in San Bernadino County

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Jurupa Unified School DistrictLake Elsinore Unified School DistrictMoreno Valley Unified School DistrictNuview Union School DistrictPerris Union High School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified School DistrictVal Verde Unified School District

Children’s InitiativeCity Council Member William Batey

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City of Moreno ValleyCounty Supervisor Bob BusterDepartment of Public Social Service GAIN ProgramInland ActionInnovation Economy CorporationLewis CorporationLoma Linda University Children’s HospitalLoma Linda University Medical CenterMayor of Wildomar

Major Donors | Gifts of $1,000+

Adriana KingstonBruce and Nancy VarnerCeleste CantuCharles Abbott Memorial FoundationComerica Bank

Kaiser RiversideLeona Aronoff Charitable FoundationMajestic Realty FoundationRalphs and Food 4 LessRandall Lewis

MVUSD Work ExperienceNBC News Radio KCAA AM 1050Ontario Chamber of CommerceRiverside Chamber of CommerceRiverside Community College DistrictRiverside County Office of Education ROPRotary Club in WildomarSan Diego PadresWildomar Youth Soccer

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S.L. Gimbel Foundation at The Community Foundation Serving the Counties of Riverside and San BernardinoSouthern California EdisonWeingart Foundation

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THINK | Services in Sacramento County

Elk Grove Unified School DistrictNatomas Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified School District

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Comerica BankLeona Aronoff Charitable FoundationRalphs and Food 4 LessWalmart Foundation

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CHANGE IN PERCENTAT OR ABOVE PROFICIENT ON 2011 CSTS AFTER TWO YEARS OF PARTICIPATION

In Elk Grove USD, the percentage of THINK Together participants performing at Proficient or Above on the state standardized assessments outpaced the district rates, in both English Language Arts and Math. In addition, students attending the four week Smarter Summers program funded by Walmart Foundation experienced significant gains in math skills, as measured by a pre and post assessment.

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Escondido Union School DistrictOceanside Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified School District

Bell Middle SchoolChildren’s InitiativeDel Rio Elementary SchoolFelicita Elementary School

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Comerica BankLeona Aronoff Charitable FoundationMajestic Realty FoundationRalphs and Food 4 LessWalmart Foundation

Lewis Middle SchoolMann Middle SchoolMarston Middle SchoolPacific Beach Middle SchoolRoosevelt Middle SchoolTaft Middle SchoolWangenheim Middle School

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As in the other Walmart Foundation programs, San Diego students attending the four week Smarter Summers program experienced significant gains in math skills, as measured by a pre and post assessment.

Academic Outcomes | San Diego

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Had at least one goodfriend in the program

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Felt like they mattered

Belonged at the program

Were successful in the THINKsummer program

AT THE 2012 THINK TOGETHER SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM INSAN DIEGO, STUDENTS FELT THAT MOST OF THE TIME OR ALWAYS THEY:

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a perfect match

The need for investors is greater than ever as we look to the village to collaborate with us on closing the education

achievement gap and establishing the Margins of Excellence. — l e o n a a R o n o f f - S a d a c c a

This past April, Board Member Leona Aronoff-Sadacca issued a $500,000 dollar-for-dollar challenge to her fellow board members and THINK Together supporters.

The community answered Leona Aronoff-Sadacca’s challenge and raised $722,000. That, combined with her matching offer, resulted in an investment of $1.2 million toward THINK Together’s academic support programs.

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The money comes at a critical juncture in California’s future. The most recent state education statistics show that 37% of the

state’s youth drop out of high school. Breaking down those numbers further shows that 44% of those dropouts are African American and 48% are Latino. Further, only 18% of low-income students of color go on to college and only 9% of those students graduate.

By 2020 economists predict California will have a deficit of 1 million qualified workforce candidates.

As a longtime businesswoman, Aronoff-Sadacca understands how critical it is for California to reverse that tide. In addition to being an investor in the program and a board member, She also chairs THINK Together’s Inland Empire Leadership Council, providing guidance and support.

While there are many notable and successful programs that care for children in the afterschool environment,

THINK Together’s academic and results-driven programs set us apart from others in the field.

Public/Private Funding Model Because public funding requires a 33% match of in-kind and/or private revenue, we leverage that funding through partnerships with foundations, corporations and individuals like Aronoff-Sadacca. These investments provide us with the resources necessary to enhance our Margins of Excellence, which in turn improves academic performance.

This financial support enables us to continue development of our traditional extended learning time programs and provide full-time Site Coordinators at each of our sites, along with part time Program Leaders who work directly with the students. We see this as key to the success of ou programs. Having a full-time Site Coordinator is essentia in delivering high quality programs and advancing a seamless program model and strengthening partnerships with the school day. Because the Site Coordinators in partnership with the Program Leaders are responsible for the on-site implementation of all program elements, their individual skills and stability are the primary determinants of program quality and student outcomes.

Investment in Staff Having a full-time site coordinator is essential in delivering high quality programs and advancing a seamless program model and strengthening partnerships with the school day. Because the site coordinators in partnership with the program leaders are responsible for the on-site implementation of all program elements, the coordinator’s individual skills and stability are the primary determinants of program quality and student outcomes.

Alignment with School Day In order to align our curriculum with the scope and sequence of core day instruction, Site Coordinators meet on a regular basis with principals and teachers, and thus are equipped to respond to the specific needs and requests of the faculty and administration.

results DrivenTHINK Together has invested in both internal and external evaluation to help us understand and demonstrate the value of the support we provide our district partners. Extensive analysis is conducted annually for each of our programs on stakeholder satisfaction in addition to student performance on assessments for both participants and non-participants. Through regional evaluation teams, front-line staff are guided through a data-reflection process using both formative and summative data to inform program development and keep programs results-driven.

Experienced LeadershipTHINK Together also hires veteran school district administrators as General Managers to oversee our regional offices. Each office has local recruiting and human resource departments as well as Quality Assurance Coaches. Each Quality Assurance Coach oversees 10-12 sites and provides necessary training and staff development to maintain a high quality of program. THINK Together supports our staff’s valuable contribution by providing curriculum, offering specialized training sessions, and hosting seminars to advance knowledge about successful programming, child development, and promoting positive relationships with youth.

Our goal is to provide staff an optimistic and team-oriented culture where one can live the organization’s values.

Our Margins of Excellence: The THINK Together Difference

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Board of DirectorsExecutive CommitteeChairFran InmanSenior Vice PresidentMajestic Realty Co.

SecretaryDarrel AndersonPresident (Ret.), Knott Anderson Enterprises

Treasurer Glenn HowardAttorney and CPA

Doug AntonePresident & CEO, (Ret.) Networks In Motion, Inc

Leona Aronoff-SadaccaFounder, Aronoff Capital

Kathy Braun-Lewis President (Ret.), Western Digital

Eric BodenChairman & CEO (Ret.), HireRight

Mary Lynn CoffeeAttorney at Law, Nossaman LLP

Ken SalgadoPartner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Board MembersSteve BiltPresident & CEOSmile Brands Group Inc.

Brigitte BrenAttorney/Education Advocate

Celeste CantúGeneral ManagerSanta Ana Watershed Project Authority

Donnie CrevierOwner, Crevier Classic Cars

Jerry DaudermanInvestor & Philanthropist

Kendra DoyelGroup V.P. Public Relations & Governmental Affairs, Ralphs and Food 4 Less

Ryan FaulknerSenior Vice President of Human ResourcesSt. Joseph Health System

Tony FrenchPrincipal, PhilanthropistThe French Company

Kevin Hayes, IISr. Vice President-Southern CaliforniaLincoln Property Company

Paolo LeonArchitect, Taylor Architects

Rod McDermottManaging DirectorMcDermott & Bull Executive Search

Jayne MuñozEnglish Instructor, Santa Ana College

Eric NelsonVice President, Red Mountain Retail Group, Inc.

Sat TamaribuchiRetired VP of Environmental Affairs The Irvine Company

Randy BarthFounder & CEOTHINK Together

Board of AdvisorsSam AndersonBoard Member Emeritus

Bobbi DaudermanBoard Member Emeritus

Ranney Draper Chairman, Spring Creek Investors

Michael KerrCEO, Bluestone Communities

Marion KnottPhilanthropist

Don MoeBoard Member Emeritus

Hon. Frances MuñozBoard Member Emeritus

John O’DonnellChairman, The O’Donnell Group, Inc

Steven PerrymanBoard Member Emeritus

William F. PodlichCo-Founder & CEO (Ret.) PIMCO Advisors

Inland Empire Leadership Council

ChairLeona Aronoff-SadaccaFounder, Aronoff Capital

Mark Abbott Director, Charles Abbott Foundation

Pete AguilarMayor, City of Redlands

Carole BeswickCEO, Inland Action

Rabbi Hillel CohnRabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu El

Amy Cousineau Network Officer, Children’s Network of San Bernardino County

Angela EddinsEducational Consultant

LaRonda Fisher RogersVice President/Senior Relationship Manager, Union Bank - Southern California Commercial Group

Carrie GilbrethSenior Vice President and General Manager, Westbound Communications

Steve KenagyVice President/Senior Relationship Manager, City National Bank

Gloria Macias HarrisonPresident (Ret.), Crafton Hills College

Susan ShimoffEducator & Philanthropist

Judith VallesFormer Mayor of San Bernardino, College President (Ret.) and Lifelong Educator

Los Angeles County Leadership CouncilAlan ArkatovPresident, Changing.edu

Brigitte BrenAttorney/Education Advocate

Jorge Delgado President,ValueSat LLC

Senator Martha Escutia (Ret.)The Senators Law Firm

Fran InmanSenior Vice PresidentMajestic Realty Co.

Gilbert IveyChief Administrative Officer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Lupe ValdezDirector Public Policy & Community AffairsCorporate Relations, Union Pacific Railroad

Barbara WachsmanCorporate Director, Benefits Program andStrategy, The Walt Disney Company

Wellness CommitteeChairBarbara WachsmanCorporate Director, Benefits Program and Strategy,The Walt Disney Company

Gloria BañuelosSr. Community Benefit Health SpecialistKaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center

Dora BarillaExecutive Director, Center for Health Policy and Leadership, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital

Michael BautistaGrants Officer, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital

Martha BernadettFounder and CEO, Molina FoundationExecutive Vice President, Research and Innovation, Molina Health Care

Richard ChinnockChair of Pediatrics, Loma Linda School of Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital

Donnie CrevierOwner, Crevier Classic Cars

Rebecca CuppPharmacy Merchandiser Ralphs and Food 4 Less

Eric DahmsVice President for National Accounts Market Manager, Cigna Healthcare

Reyna Del HaroArea Director of Public Affairs, Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center

Ryan FaulknerSenior Vice President of Human ResourcesSt. Joseph Health System

Amy HathawayHealth Promotion Manager Cigna Healthcare

Fran InmanSenior Vice PresidentMajestic Realty Company

Steve JamesExecutive DirectorCalifornia Milk Processor Board

Joanne KozbergPartner, California Strategies, LLC

Lisa MundtExecutive Director, Molina Foundation

Randy PossingerExecutive Director of Philanthropy, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital

Azhar QureshiSenior Vice President, Community HealthSt. Joseph Health System

John StratmanArea Director of Public AffairsKaiser Permanente Orange County

Cheryl VargoSr. Community Benefit Health SpecialistKaiser Permanente Orange County

Community Advisory CouncilCo-ChairErnesto MoralesExecutive Director for Business DevelopmentThe Rose Hills Company

Co-ChairLupe ValdezDirector Public Policy & Community Affairs Corporate Relations, Union Pacific Railroad

Javier AnguloDirector of Government, Public and Community Affairs, Walmart

Andrea AvilaDeputy, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe

Cheryl BaptisteDirector of Human ResourcesWurth Louis and Company

Hector GalvanRegional Multicultural Marketing ManagerSprint

Gilbert IveyChief Administrative Officer, MetropolitanWater District of Southern California

Patty JuarezSenior Vice President, Regional Vice President, Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Group

Joanne KozbergPartner, California Strategies, LLC.

our leadershipMulti-year investors provide the financial base for the organization. Their private donations enable us to leverage tens of millions of dollars in public support, which makes all the work we do together possible.

$3 Million - $10 MillionThe Irvine CompanyThe Walmart FoundationChildren and Families Commission of Orange County

$250,000 - $999,999Leona Aronoff-SadaccaOrange County United WayThe Rose Hills FoundationEdison InternationalThe David and Lucile Packard FoundationUeberroth Family FoundationUnited Way of Greater Los AngelesWeingart Foundation

$100,000 - $249,999Anonymous AnonymousBank of AmericaCalifornia Community FoundationThe California EndowmentCharles Abbott Memorial FoundationDraper Family FoundationBill HolmesJP Morgan Chase & Co. David KimMarion KnottLA84 FoundationMajestic Realty FoundationJohn and Patricia D. O’DonnellRalphs and Food 4 LessRandy RaykovichSt. Joseph Health SystemThe Ralph M. Parsons FoundationWomen of Vision

$50,000 - $99,999Sam and Susan AndersonAT&T FoundationEric & Connie Boden

The Eisner FoundationChurch of the MessiahDwight Stuart Youth FundThe Green FoundationJames Irvine FoundationWilliam and Pat PodlichBart and Deborah ThomsenWestern Digital Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999Anonymous Randy and Mary BarthTom T. BeeghlyBroadcom CorporationCalifornia Milk Processor BoardJay and Kris CarnahanChildren’s Fund, Inc. City of Santa AnaDonnie CrevierThe Croul Family FoundationJerry and Bobbi DaudermanFluor FoundationSempra Energy FoundationTony FrenchBruce MayMichael MugelO.L. Halsell FoundationORION Property PartnersPacific Life FoundationTarsadia FoundationS.L. Gimbel Foundation at The Community Foundation Serving the Counties of Riverside and San BernardinoUniversity of Phoenix

$10,000 - $24,999Barry J. AronoffBarney & Barney Foundation Kari BloomBNSF Foundation

Mark and Bridget BoghDonald and Brigitte Bren CarMax FoundationBill and Mary Lynn CoffeeJerry and Bobbi DaudermanChris P. DialynasEdwards LifesciencesFirstgivingHenry L. Guenther FoundationKevin and Jenny Hayes, IIHeadlands Reserve, LLCJohn HerklotzKenneth A. Lester Family FoundationSteve and Angela PerrymanSprint FoundationHindu Matiya Patidar Samaj IncSan Manuel Band of Mission IndiansInnovate Partners, Inc.Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical CenterKaiser Permanente Riverside Medical CenterJoanne Corday KozbergRod and Laura McDermottToni MendozaThe Nikols CompanyNossaman LLPThe O’Donnell Group, Inc.Orange County Community FoundationAlan PettisWilliam and Barbara RobertsRoripaugh Family FoundationSt. Andrews Presbyterian ChurchStater Bros. CharitiesSteven Perryman Family TrustSysco FoodsTaco BellDonald and Betsy TarbellUnion Pacific FoundationUnited WayWarne Family Charitable FoundationWells Fargo FoundationWilliam and Jean Wenke

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Valued PartnersWe value our strategic partners who enable our success and help us to advance our mission.

2011-2012 donors

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$1 Million - $3 MillionThe Irvine CompanyWalmart FoundationChildren and Families Commission of Orange County

$250,000 - $500,000 Leona Aronoff-Sadacca

$100,000 - $249,000The Rose Hills FoundationThe David and Lucile Packard FoundationUeberroth Family FoundationWeingart Foundation

$50,000 - $99,000Eric & Connie BodenCalifornia Community FoundationBill HolmesMarion KnottLincoln Property Company*Orange County United WaySheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP*United Way of Greater Los Angeles

$25,000 - $49,000Bank of AmericaBroadcom CorporationChildren’s Fund of San Bernardino CountyDonnie CrevierSempra Energy FoundationJames Irvine FoundationJP Morgan Chase & Co. Majestic Realty FoundationCalifornia Milk Processor BoardRR Medical Services, Inc.S.L. Gimbel Foundation at The Community Foundation Serving the Counties of Riverside and San BernardinoSouthern California EdisonStradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, Bruce May*Tarsadia Foundation

$10,000 - $24,000 AnonymousAnonymous Sam and Susan AndersonRandy and Mary BarthJay & Kris CarnahanCharles Abbott Memorial Foundation Church of the MessiahThe Croul Family FoundationDraper Family FoundationFluor FoundationBarney & Barney FoundationKaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical CenterKaiser Permanente Riverside Medical CenterToni MendozaO.L. Halsell FoundationORION Property Partners Pacific Life FoundationRoripaugh Family FoundationSan Manuel Band of Mission IndiansSysco Foods Los AngelesBart and Deborah ThomsenWestern Digital Foundation

$1,000 - $9,999Jakob and Marlene AckermannADPJon and Kathryn AllenAllergan FoundationAnaheim Community FoundationDoug Antone

David and Marseilla BarthTom BeeghlyBergman Family FoundationTobin and Erin Brinker Celeste CantuVito and Renee CanusoCigna FoundationCityspan, IncBill and Mary Lynn CoffeeCommunity Foundation of Western NevadaDaily Technology Systems*Jerry and Bobbi DaudermanBeccie DawsonTia DwyerEdward and Helen Shanbrom Family FundEdwards LifescienceseMaxx Partners, LLC*Wells FargoFestival of ChildrenNational Christian FoundationThe PIMCO FoundationTony FrenchMichael & Katherine Frobenius Lori GoodrichDan and Sue GuggenheimGuidepostsLawrence GustafsonHenkel of AmericaGlenn and Joyce Howard*Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and ResearchRobert and Michelle KargenianAdriana KingstonDon Knabe*Joanne Corday KozbergLaw & Mediation Office of Troy Roe, Esq.Randall LewisLivingston Family FoundationMarina Medical Billing ServiceRobert and Marilyn McIntyreDonald and Patricia MerschNASA’s Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNational Charity League, Orange Villa Park ChapterNational Orientation Director’s Association*Jim and Martha NewkirkThe Nikols CompanyNossaman LLP*The Elite OCTed and Suzanne PaulsonMichelle PelliccinoRL Public Relations + Marketing, Inc. Rose Hills Memorial & MortuariesMike and Marja SelnaPaul and Susan ShimoffGerry and Maclyn SomersSouthern Wine and SpiritsStarbucks Coffee CompanyStarbucks FoundationTaco BellSatoru TamaribuchiDonald and Betsy TarbellTarget Thagard FoundationThe California EndowmentTrinity United Presbyterian ChurchTruistAnne TurnerUnited Way Silicon ValleyBruce and Nancy VarnerRick VenturaCynDee Zandes

$500 - $999Garth and Marian BergesonBobbi BlaseJose CandelasKaren Kay CarlsonSue CornellXerox of Orange CountyLuis and Monica FlorianReser’s Fine FoodsKen GeisickJanet HryniewickiHughes Schmidhauser Family FundJohn HusseyFran InmanDon and Linda KellyKohl’sMichael and Cristine LeBlancTimothy and Margaret LeydenPeter and Alicia MacielHenry and Janet MiedemaRiley and Rebecca NewmanRoya NoorbakhshJenel PrenovostManagement Applied Programming, Inc. Maria ReichelShelly SennikoffJohn and Mary Ellen SimonSPRITT Family Services Surface Mount Technology AssociationBarbara WachsmanWilliam and Jean WenkeXerox

$1 - $499Farrokh and Neda AbolfathiRowena AbuanAdrian and Sylvia AcevedoCorey AllenWendy AlvarezDon and Carol AverillVictoria BaikovaJames and Diane BaileyJanet BarkawiDennis and Debbie BarlowSteven Barth and Amy Luskey-BarthGreg Bates and Joann LeatherbyFrank and Mary BeardLarry and Sue Ann BeatyLorne and Nikolette BeatyJaime and Eva BecerraRosemary BecerraDavid BickleRichard and Jondra BjorkmanKathleen BlankMarie BlomPatrick and Andrea BoganNelson and Maria BonillaGordon and Carol BowleyDavid and Patricia BoyleCeleste BrockwellRoy and Joyce BrownMildred Carley and Patricia BruggereWalter and Roberta BrzozowskiPatricia BuenrostroDavid and Cheryl BuiMarisa BumpusJohn CampbellCarmen CardenasEmily CarreroDaisy Carretero

David and Reta CarterRobert and Otilia CastanonRoxana Castro Fernando and Alicia CazaresCharles and Susan ChampionNeftali ChanArlis ChildsJim and Valerie CoffeeRabbi Hillel and Rita CohnAyodele CokerJeff and Christi ColbyAliso Creek Consulting IncPhillip and Eliette ContrerasAlex and Carleen CorralesOcean Peace CounselingAllison CoxEarle and Brett CraigBen and Lynn CrowellMilford Dahl, Jr.Charles and Margaret Daniher, Jr.Janisheia DeCuirLinda DempsayJeanne DennisMelissa DiazMiguel and Maria DiazGregg and Valerie DixonJoan M. DonahueDavid and Leigh DonaldsonMegan DorseyElaine DoveRichard and Susan DuranUwe DuveneckLou and Ima EpsteinMichael EsperonMaria Luisa EspinosaJosephine FerrisLaRonda Fisher-RogersNatalia FloresCoast to Coast FoundationEric and Kathleen FreedBP Fabric of America FundGanahl Lumber CompanyLupe GarciaRebecca GarciaLaurel Peniche GartmanAndrew and Catharina GerkenMichael GlazeDanny Vega and Denise GonzalezGary GoodCapital GroupArt and Claudia GutierrezDavid Guzman and Karen Stein-CuevaBruce Haas and Cynthia WoelfelTodd HansonCyrus HardimanChristian and Ann Marie HarrieEric HasanoffChris HiteRobert HornMichele HoustonIBMGary and JoAnn JacksonGordon and Wilma JacksonDylan JamnerAniceto and Esperanza JassoCyndi JohnsAlec and Olivia JohnsonKara JohnsonLucy JordanMazoud Reza KashanianStacey and Leslie KatoIna KatzAnn C. KellyGreg and Virginia KelschGail Kiralla-OrrLarry and Myra KirschenbaumJ. Susan KochStephen and Shiva KrutiakKarl and Norma KuehlRobert and Lisa KuhelBeatriz LabordeAllison LantzApril LealMonalisa Lee-Johnson

Ralph and Alice LinnertThomas and Connie LinnertBob and Nahid LomaxMeghan LoperMark and Cathy LouchheimBob LubanskiBriana MaldonadoBabak MarefatRik and Peggy MartinTiffany MartinJill E. Mc WhertorMark and Janelle McLoughlinAnnel MedinaRichard and Gretchen MillerJuan Mojarro and Cynthia JaureguiPamela MolinaElizabeth MoralesElizabeth MunizRodolfo and Sandra MunozMary MuthNetwork for GoodCuong and Monica NguyenHelen NietoNiloo Nikpur and Shami TolooeiDonna NolanLeslie A. NuevoChristine OdamDean and Daniela O’DellPatricia OdlumUriel and Lorena OjedaOrange County Library AssociationVirdiana OregelJuan and Alicia OropezaJoshua Robles and Barbara OrourkeKay Wickett OstensenJoseph Ouellette

Ronald and Irene OzakiPacific Quartz, Inc.Ken PackerCharles and Madeline PetersDonna J. PhebusNina Phuong PhuBecky PollockAnthony and Melissa PraterTurtle Rock Preschool, Inc.Produce Marketing Association, Inc.Progressive Produce CorporationTerrance PurdyCoral QuijadaAngel V. Ramos and Margarita B. Jahen-RamosGary and Sally RatliffMaritza RecinosJoan B. RehnborgRose RobertsPauline RobertsonFreddy RodriguezErnest and Dorothy RoizLarry and Karen RootStanley and Sandra RosenbloomAlan L. and Linda A. RossAlicia P. RossFrank and Martha RutherfordRichard Rutledge and Tehnaz Daruwala-Rutledge

Maria SalazarMaria SanchezNorma SantillanKalonji SatterfieldBehzad Izadi and Maryam SayyediCory and Lisa ShawEarl and Edith ShemwellPaul and Sybil SilversteinEdward SimonLoretta SimonJerold and Phyllis SipersteinLisa Somerville-BennettKarin SomogyiEric and Polly StanbridgeJeff and Lourdes StanfieldKathleen StaufferGary M. StewartSherry SuffensRay and Donna ThagardAgnes In Fan ThamThe David SalonWilliam TheriaultWillard TollesMichael and Theresa TriayBill TurpitUnited Way California Capital RegionMaria Lucy UribeEnrique Valenzuela and Guadalupe ValdezRobert Van HyningSean VarnerFrances VasquezJesus VasquezBetsy VegaOctavio Cortes and Betty VoKimberlee WallaceNeal WanerWells Fargo Community Support CampaignSally WelshWestbound Communications, Inc. Grace WickershamLarry and Bette WiseJim WoodHarry and Mary WoodwardDouglas C. and Gretchen WrideCheryl WrightFarshad YaminiWaheeda YousofzoyAli ZamanianSandi Zinmaw

* In-kind contribution to THINK Together

THINK Together Statement of Activities For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012 __________ 2011-2012 __________ revenues ASES/21st CCLC (K-12)** 54,603,010 Supplemental Education Services (K-12) 727,940 Early Childhood Literacy and Math (0-5) 1,000,000 School Age Care (K-5) 317,164 Philanthropy 5,149,028 Other 126,424 __________ Total Revenues 61,923,566 Expenses Program Services ASES/21st CCLC (K-12)** 54,108,233 Supplemental Education Services (K-12) 671,545 Early Childhood Literacy and Math (0-5) 921,226 School Age Care (K-5) 520,234 Community Sites (K-12) 812,400 __________ Total Program Services 57,033,638 Fundraising 1,082,143 General & Administrative 3,549,348 __________ Total Expenses 61,665,129 __________ Net Income 258,437 __________ __________ __________ Ending Net Assets 1,577,237 __________ __________ ** Includes recognition of In-Kind program services, such as THINK-recruited volunteer time

and facility and snack costs contributed by school district partners.

revenues and expenses

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2012$61.9 M

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