2011-2012AnnuAl RepoRt

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February 2013

Dear Friends,

Since 1989, EVYP has been providing high-level programming that prepares students for success

through college and into a career. This year, we are excited to continue our work with over 330

students through college planning, tutoring, parent workshops, and college scholarships.

We want to thank you for the generosity and support you have shown EVYP throughout the

years. As we continue to grow our programs in the Avondale community, we want to recognize

the critical role you play in our ongoing success.

Please review this report for a brief overview of the past year. On behalf of EVYP’s students,

families, staff and board, a resounding thank you for all that you do.

We hope you have a healthy and happy 2013!

Jennifer SontagExecutive Director

Alan CastroBoard President

About eVYp

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JennifeR SontAg became EVYP’s

Executive Director in September 2009. She

began her career at EVYP as the Director

of High School and College Programs in the

fall of 2006. Before joining EVYP, Jennifer

spent three years coordinating diversity and

anti-bias workshops for the Anti-Defamation

League’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® In-

stitute. Jennifer also instructed courses at

DePaul University’s Technology & Develop-

ment Department and was a Chicago Pub-

lic School Summer Fellow at Prosser Career

Academy. Jennifer holds a BA in Political

Science from Simmons College in Boston,

MA and a master’s degree in Education

from DePaul University in Chicago.

SARAh biRd joined EVYP as the

Elementary and Volunteer Program

Coordinator in June 2008. In the fall of 2009,

Sarah became the Program Director. Before

joining the EVYP staff, Sarah taught high

school English and Literature in Cape Coast,

Ghana. Sarah is currently pursuing a M.Ed.

in Policy Studies at the University of Illinois-

Chicago, and she received her BA in Black

Studies from Pomona College in Claremont,

CA. Sarah has served as a guest speaker for

Chicago-area educational honor societies

and founded a school library in Ghana.

noRA fRAzin joined EVYP in January

2013 as the High School Program Coor-

dinator. Before joining EVYP, Nora taught

English Language Arts and college readi-

ness lessons to middle schoolers with Citizen

Schools, worked with students of all ages as

a literacy intern at Open Books, and tutored

more than 30 students individually in a range

of academic subjects and standardized test

prep. She received her BA in English from

Grinnell College in Grinnell, IA.

ouR StAff

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2011-2012 officeRS:

Dr. Jess Levine, EVYP Founder

William Levine, Inc.

Mr. Alan Castro, President

Wintrust Mortgage

Senior Mortgage Consultant

Mr. Henry Moya, Vice President

Hispanic Marketing

Communications Specialist

Mr. Fabian Perez, Secretary

Strategic Vision, Inc.

Owner / IT Consultant

Mr. Robert Rodemeyer, Treasurer

Cook County State’s Attorney

Assistant State’s Attorney

2011-2012 MeMbeRS:

Mr. Mark Castellanos

MEA INC

Vice President of Engineering

Ms. Monica Diaz

Erie Family Health Center

Quality Improvement Associate

Ms. Elizabeth C. Fyffe

Academy for Global Citizenship

Teacher

Mr. Jim Herbst

Interstate Tenant Advisors, LLC

Principal

Mr. Andrew Keene

KATL Group

Equity Options Trader

Ms. Janet Paradiso

Panache

Manager/Buyer

Ms. Pamela Rovello

SNR Denton

Attorney

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coRe high School pRogRAM

The core high school program is for students

enrolled in grades 9-12. Program offerings

include college-readiness workshops and

academic support. Participation qualifies

students to receive a college scholarship.

college pRogRAM

Students from our core high school program

continue to receive support once they

enroll in college. Participants receive

individualized academic counseling and

attend workshops focused on career

development.

tutoRing

College-educated volunteers help

elementary and high school students with

homework and academic enrichment on

a weekly basis. Tutors serve as positive role

models for our students.

pARent pARticipAtion

Family support is a critical element in

student success. EVYP offers parents the

tools necessary to become involved in their

child’s education. Parents are required

to attend orientation at the beginning

of the school year. In addition, various

informational workshops are offered

throughout the year. Topics covered include

how to help your child with homework,

financial aid, and how to make the most of

high school.

EVYP maintains contact with parents

through regular phone calls, monthly

newsletters, and semester progress reports.

In addition, parents volunteer to help plan

family parties, field trips, and fundraisers.

coMMunitY outReAch Delivered in partnership with neighborhood

schools, we provide free workshops to help

prepare students for the transition to high

school, along with college and career

planning.

pRogRAM oVeRView

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2011-2012 pRogRAM ReSultS

coRe high School pRogRAM

obJectiVeS:

• 75% of students will maintain a 3.0 GPA or

higher.

• 75% of 9th grade students will be

promoted to 10th grade with a C or better in

all of their classes.

• 50% of students will pass at least 1 honors

or AP course during their high school career.

• 75% of high school students will improve

their ACT score.

• 90% of high school seniors will enroll

directly in college following graduation.

coRe high School pRogRAM ActuAl outcoMeS:

• 79% of students maintained a 3.0 GPA or

higher.

• 80% of 9th grade students were promoted

to 10th grade with a C or better in all of their

classes.

• 88% of students passed at least 1 honors or

AP course during their high school career.

• 100% of high school students improved

their ACT score.

• 94% of high school seniors enrolled

directly in college following graduation.

The majority of our students attend Chicago

Public Schools, where only 56% of high

school graduates go on to enroll in college.

Among those CPS students, Latino students

have the lowest enrollment numbers when

compared to Asian-American, African-

American, and Caucasian students.

EVYP continues to serve a majority Latino

population (85%).

For the past five years, 100% of EVYP

students in the High School Program have

enrolled directly in college.

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high School highlightS

As of December 2012, we are

thrilled to announce that two of

our current seniors have been

selected as Posse Scholars, with a third as a finalist.

Additionally, four of our

students were selected to

participate in Chicago Scholars.

YeSeniA is a senior in a Chicago

Public School. With the help of EVYP,

she has been selected to attend

DePauw University with a full-tuition

scholarship from the Posse Foundation.

Inspired by her participation in East

Village, Yesenia hopes to one day

help prepare high school students

for a college education through

educational counseling.

“EVYP has been a second home for

me in the last few years. I feel great

encouragement once I step in the

doors every week.”

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EVYP currently serves 55 college students attending public, private, and

community colleges.

EVYP students graduate from college and

go on to gainful employment or graduate

studies.

This year, two college freshmen received full-

tuition scholarships to Lake Forest College as

part of their Chicago Public School Scholarship program.

Another graduating senior was selected

as the 2012 Sid Feldman Legacy Fund Scholar at DePaul University.

We are also proud that two of our 2012

college graduates are now working in

public high schools in Chicago.

college highlightScollegeS & uniVeRSitieS

ouR StudentS Attend

American Academy of Art

Carleton CollegeCornell College

Denison UniversityDePaul University

Dominican UniversityHarold Washington College

Illinois State UniversityLake Forest College

Loyola University ChicagoNortheastern Illinois University

North Park UniversityRoosevelt University

Triton CollegeTruman College

University of IowaUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Wright CollegeYork University

finAnciAlRecoRdS

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finAnciAl oVeRView

2011-2012 ReVenue &SuppoRt SouRceS

Foundations $99,350.00Individuals $44,767.00Corporations $28,718.00Government Grants $31,445.00Community Schools Initiative $53,116.00Rental Income $18,890.00Special Events $38,899.00

TOTAL $315,185.00

2011-2012totAl opeRAting expenSeS

Program Services $242,108.00

General & Administrative $52,594.00

Fundraising $31,291.00

TOTAL $325,993.00

2011-2012 foundAtion & coRpoRAte SuppoRt

diStRibution

General Operating $39,000.00

College Readiness & Support $72,500.00

College Scholarships $13,500.00

Foundations32%

Individuals14%

Corporations9%

SpecialEvents

12%

Rental Income6%

CommunitySchools Initiative

17%

GovernmentGrants

17%

College Readiness & Support

58%

College Scholarships11%

GeneralOperating

31%

Fundraising10%

Program Services74%

General &Administrative

16%

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As a donor, you are an essential part of

EVYP’s mission to encourage and prepare

underserved students for a college

education and beyond. With your support,

we have been able to help hundreds of

families start college traditions.

$20,000 And AboVe

Polk Bros. Foundation

IDP Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999Seabury Foundation

William Levine, Inc.

Irvin Stern Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Dan and Cynthia Helle

Foundation Anonymous Grant

$5,000 - $9,999Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation

ShareASale

Mr. Ira J. Rose

Blum-Kovler Foundation

Mr. George Brigandi and Ms. Karen Kolodzey

$1,000 - $4,999Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Barbara Chevalier

Solar Spring & Wire Forms

After School Matters

Mr. William Grant

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Greene

Wintrust Mortgage

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

The International Kitchen

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kaplan

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Vivian Karpowitz

Mr. William K. Kellogg, III

Kluth Family Foundation

Corporate Anonymous Gift

First American Bank

Mr. David Levine

Ira and Janina Marks Charitable Trust

Ms. Karishma Bhargava

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$1,000 - $4,999 (cont.)

Donald P. & Byrd M. Kelly Foundation

Fifth Third Bank

CNA Foundation

Ruzicka & Associates

CNA Insurance

BMO Harris Bank

Ms. Elizabeth Wallace and Mr. Ron Gostek

Interstate Tenant Advisors

Microsoft

CPCU Society

$500 - $999Mr. Alan Castro and Ms. Kathleen Arriaga

Mr. and Mrs. Harold and Marlene Bressler

Mr. Mark Castellanos

Mr. Oscar Diaz

Mr. Martin Dickman

Ms. Clarissa Downey

MB Bank

Mr. Richard Fine

Mr. and Mrs. Gus and Rosemary Francis

Monterrey Security

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gerber

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Gillock

N. Gogolick & Son, Inc.

Mr. Jonathan Herbst

Mr. Andrew Keene

Mr. Judd D. Malkin

Mr. Robert McMillan

Ms. Janet Paradiso

Mr. and Mrs. Hank and Sally Proesel

Mr. Donald S. Rothschild and Ms. Colleen Hughes

Mr. Martin Sandoval

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Ellen Sontag

Mr. Homero Tristan

Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Lorrayne Weiss

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Yamada

IDG Corporation

Open Path Realty

The Millard Group

$250 - $499Mr. Reymundo Aguayo

Mr. Robert F. Berger, D.M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Noel Bird

Mr. Robert Bressler and Ms. Jennifer Sontag

Mr. Jonathan Cannon

Mr. Pedro Cervantes

Dr. Alix Charles

Mr. Steven Cole and Dr. Fran Teller

Ms. Patricia Diaz

Ms. Barbara Flores

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Fried

Ms. Carolina Gamboa

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Garrison

Mr. and Mrs. Gerry and Patti Golden

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and Sherry Gorin

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Guthmann

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harris

Mr. Mark Malueg

Ms. Susanna Meza

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prussian

Drs. Paul & Karen Rosenberg

Dr. Art Safer

Ms. Marcia Smith

Mr. Alan Stengel

Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Stiglitz

Mr. Nicholas Tschaika and Ms. Joan Goodman

Mr. Daniel Wolff

Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd.

Mr. Robert Kline and Mrs. Elizabeth Fyffe

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$100 - $249Mr. Frank Aguilar

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Appelbaum

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Axelrod

Goldtree Realty

Ms. Sarah Bird and Mr. Tony Arthur

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Boone

Mr. David B. Brode

Lacourdaire Camargo

Mr. Manuel Castro

Ms. Rosemarie Cazeau

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Corn

Nury Criollo

Mr. Martin Crofton

Ms. Monica Diaz

Ms. Deborah Eichten

Sidney and Sondra Epstein Foundation

Mr. Scott Fanelli

Patrick Fay, Inc.

Mrs. June Finder

Mr. Martin Feehan

Ms. Beryl Foreman

Mr. Nick Fulks and Ms. Lia Mackey

Mr. Juan Garcia, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Gilbert

Milton Industries, Inc.

Ms. Marcela Goldsmith

Mr. Cesar Gonzalez

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Susan

Greenman

Ms. Kate N. Grossman

Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Gutterman

Hakimian Gems

Mr. and Mrs. Mel and Judy Hecktman

Ms. Yolanda Herrera

Howard Ho Jewelers, Inc.

Mr. Robert D. Jaffee

Mr. and Mrs. T. Charles Kenniff

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kline

Ms. Deepthi Krishnamoorthy

Mr. Anthony Lackey and Mrs. Dawn

Archambault-Lackey

Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Lazar

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$100 - $249 (cont.)

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Lewin

Mr. Fred Lieb

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lipman

Ms. Marjorie Lundy and Mr. James Godshalk

Ms. Susan L. Mann

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Lynne Marcus

Ms. Barbara Martin

Ms. Rosemary McKillip

Mr. Reis Mehmedi

Mr. Jose Melendez

Mr. Joel L. Miller

Davis Miller, LLC

Mr. Brian Monico

Ms. Carol A. O’Connor

Ms. Lauren Oliver

Mr. and Mrs. Amir Ovcina

Mr. Dennis Payonk

Mr. and Mrs. Fabian Perez

Mr. Christopher Perzan

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Proeh

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rashkow

Mr. Robert Rodemeyer and Mrs. Angela Groves

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rosenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Seth Rosenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Marc Rosenweig

Mr. Jose Saldana

Mr. Eduardo Salgado

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schwartz

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schwartz

Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Susan Seder

Drs. Matt Israel and Barbara Siargos

Mr. Doug Todd

Mr. Roger Van Craeynest

Mr. Wayne Watrach

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Werner

Mr. and Mrs. Avers Wexler

Mr. Todd Wiltse

Mr. Ryan Wiltshire

Mr. David Wise

Minasian Rug Company

up to $99Mr. James Aspinall

Ms. Megan Ballard

Mr. and Mrs. Miguel and Roula Arceo

Ms. Virginia Bogle

Mr. and Mrs. J. Brennan, Jr.

Mr. Luciano Cabanas

Mr. David A. Cleland

Mr. Michael A. Colonna

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Congiusti

Mr. Rameshwar Das

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Davis

Mr. Miguel d’Escoto

Ms. Molly Donnelly

Dot Press

Ms. Marion Feldinger

Mr. Stephen Ehrmann

Ms. Marie Fern and Mr. Michael Bernard

Mr. Robert Friedman

Mr. Mario Gallagher

Ms. Claudia Garcia

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry and Carol Ginsburg

Ms. Elizabeth Girard

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Greenman

Mr. Angel Gutierrez

Mr. Tom Herbst

Mr. Marvin Hershman

Mr. Jorge Hinojosa

Mr. Charles Horberg

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Up to $99 (cont.)

Ms. Alison Huselid

Ms. Elizabeth Hughes

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jacobson

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Jahraus

Mr. Jeff Jones

Mr. Joseph Kaluha

Ms. Susan Kaufman

Ms. Elizabeth Kaveny

Ms. Joyce Koenig

Ms. Nicole Lackey

Ms. Alyse Lasser

Mr. Michael Lizzardo

Ms. Amber Mandley

Ms. Patti Marshall

Ms. Erica Martinez

Mr. Javier Martinez and Mrs. Livier Salazar

Mr. and Mrs. Len Meranus

Mr. Matthew Minor

Ms. Katherine Moone

Ms. Tisa Morris

Mrs. Donna Moss

Mr. Robert Muller

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Munitz

Ms. Catherine Murray

Ms. Cayleigh Nichols

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nicolaou

Ms. Jenna O’Brien

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Oskin

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Paradiso

Mr. Mike Paradiso

Mr. and Mrs. Vince Paradiso

Mr. Paul Paradiso

Mr. and Mrs. John and Pam Perkaus

Mr. and Mrs. Shelly Pevsner

Mr. and Mrs. David Pochis

Mr. and Ms. Scott E. Pritchard

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Rathe

Ms. Mary Reynolds and Mr. Thomas Staples

Ms. Louise Roche

Ms. Allison Rohner

Mrs. Ruth Rose

Ms. Pamela Rovello

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Saliwanchick

Mr. Oscar Sanchez

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schonthal, Jr.

Mr. Jordan Shields

Ms. Barbara Shure

Mr. Fred Siegman

Ms. Anise Silva

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Smith

Mr. Pedro Soto

Mr. Sorrell Stein

Mr. Thomas Sulinski

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tlusty

Mr. Richard Valentino

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wallace

Ms. Mary Wallace and Mr. Stephen Walker

Mr. Jack Wallace

Mr. Jason Ward

Mr. Thomas Waller

Ms. Stacia Weber

Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Wernikoff

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Wexler

Mr. Gil Zamora

ICM Property Management

*We have made every effort to ensure the

accuracy of this listing. Please accept our

sincerest apologies if there are any mistakes

and alert us by calling 312-275-0440 or

e-mailing outreach1@evyp.org.

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