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URBAN ALLIANCE empowers under-resourced youth to aspire, work, and succeed through paid internships, formal training, and mentoring.

2009–2010 Annual Report

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Public Speaking Challenge 2010 Scholarship Recipients, Robert, Lauren, Rashad and Executive Director, Veronica Nolan

Dear Friends,

With 70% of our youth living in Wards 7 and 8 where the unemployment rate is 33% and an average household of 6 is living off an income of $40,000, we worked with a renewed sense of urgency to equip our youth with the resources and tools they need for sustained employment this past year. With your support, we are producing inspiring outcomes as outlined in our 2009–2010 Annual Report.

As more youth hear about the success of our programs, the demand continues to grow. For this upcoming 2010–2011 program year, our internship program received over 400 applications, but due to fi nancial limitations we were only able to provide 200 youth with this life-changing opportunity. Therefore, knowing the need for work readiness skills and the desire of DC and Baltimore City youth to maintain meaningful employment, we are working towards the goal to one day provide professional, paid internships to all eligible youth.

Thank you for partnering with us and making this goal eventually become a reality. We will always remain very much aware that our mission to empower under-resourced youth to aspire, work, and succeed through paid internships, formal training, and mentoring could not be fulfi lled without your steadfast support.

We pledge to live up to the trust you have placed in us.

Sincerely,

Veronica NolanExecutive Director

All Urban Alliance Interns have maintained their successful rate of high school graduation at 100% and over 90% post-secondary education enrollment.

97% of responding program graduates reported that they were either employed or in school and over 90% had graduated from or currently attending a four-year college.

By offering continued support to our program graduates until they successfully transition to the workforce, we prevent � rst-generation college students from dropping out due to a lack of a support network.

A YEAR’S WORK AT A GLANCE

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I came to Urban Alliance ready to bust my butt, but what I have noticed among my peers outside of Urban Alliance is a lot of procrastination and working for the wrong reasons, like just getting a pay check. Urban Alliance forces you to grow up and break out of that stream. Having access to the professional world has taught me a lot about myself.”—Andre B.

“ My goal is to go to college and have a life for myself with a good career where I’m not struggling. My experience at Urban Alliance helped me lay out goals for this year: I am going to work hard and stay focused so that I can get a 4.0 GPA. In order to ensure this, I am going to show up for school and work, be on time, and I am not going to leave things until the last minute. ”—Andre W.

“ I wanted to major in Public Administration or Environmental Science in college, but working at Fannie Mae opened my eyes to Computer Science, something that had never occurred to me, but that I am now interested in. My internship has been challenging, and has pushed me to take initiative and go above and beyond.”—Nia W.

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HARD-SKILLS AT WORK are measurable abilities which everyone must master to succeed in a professional working environment. We have separated hard skills into three levels: • Basic—includes faxing, fi ling, copying, attending meetings, etc. • Intermediate—includes answering phones, data entry, e-mail, etc. • Advanced—includes researching, taking notes, customer service, etc.Urban Alliance uses a four-point scale so ratings are similar to a grade point average—a concept easily related to public high school students. Urban Alliance Interns 2009–2010 made signifi cant gains in all three categories as well (4.00 being the highest):

SOFT-SKILLS AT WORK are fl uid abilities that make a person successful in the work place. We have divided soft skills into four content areas: • Professionalism—includes attendance, punctuality, attitude, and attire • Communication—includes listening, speaking, reading and writing • Job Competency—includes task completion, work accuracy, initiative,

and time management • Development—includes balancing responsibilities, accepting criticism,

following directions, goal setting, and understanding consequencesUrban Alliance Interns 2009–2010 made gains in all four categories as depicted from the graph below (4.00 being the highest):

STRATEGY TO MOTIVATE: Interns are paid bi-weekly at a starting wage of $8.25/hour. Based on their hard and soft skills evaluations completed 4x through-out the program year, the Interns are eligible to receive an increase in wages for a positive evaluation- a pay raise up to $10/hour.

Basic Intermediate Advanced

2.752.952.94

3.143.303.41

3.283.43

3.573.43

3.553.62

End of the Program

Baseline

Winter

Spring

End of the Program

Baseline

Winter

Spring

Professionalism Communication Job Competency Development

3.06

3.173.17

3.42

3.283.353.373.37

3.52

3.28

3.473.423.45 3.46 3.46

3.51

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91%91% of young people from Class of 2010 are college bound:

Allegany College of Maryland • Art Institute of New York • Art Institute of Washington • Benedict College • Bennett College for Women • Bethune Cookman • Clark Atlanta • Delaware State • Fairmont State University • Garret Community College • Hampton University • Howard University • Indiana Tech • Johnson & Wales • Lafayette College • Liberty University • Lincoln University • Middle Georgia College • Montgomery Community College • Morgan State • North Carolina A&T • North Carolina Central • NC Central • Penn State • Penn State Altoona Campus • Penn State–Mont Alto • PG Community College • Saint Augustine’s • St. John’s University • Shaw University • Stevenson University • Syracuse • Trinity Washington University • University of Cape Town • UDC • University of Maryland • UMD–Eastern Shore • University of Miami • University of New Mexico • UNC–Greensboro • University of Pittsburgh at Bradford • Utah Valley University • Virginia State University • Xavier University

Through a partnership with the Capital Area Asset Builders and Citibank, Urban Alliance offers matched savings accounts. Eligible Interns can save $40–$100 each month, and the contributions are matched at a 3:1 ratio, allowing interns to save up to $4,000 for college expenses. To date, 91 Urban Alliance Interns have saved up to $66,000 and earned $198,000 in matching funds; a total of $264,000 has gone towards making their dreams of going to college a reality.

Urban Alliance participated in the East of the River Initiative in 2007–2009 which enabled us to partner with the World Bank and Urban Institute to build our evaluation capacity. We were able to offer continued support to our Alumni as a result of this initiative and track long-term outcomes such as college retention, college graduation, income and job retention. In July 2009, promising data emerged: • 97% are employed or in school;• 86% have an updated résumé;• 94% have a checking account;• 81% have a savings account;• 92% report saving for emergencies;• 96% say that Urban Alliance helped them feel more comfortable around diverse

groups of people, and;• 56% graduated from college (versus 9% of Washington, DC peers).

In April 2010, Urban Alliance hired a new Program Coordinator, also an Urban Alliance Alumnus, to manage Urban Alliance’s summer internship programs with the World Bank and Fannie Mae Foundation. As a former Urban Alliance Intern, Nate worked at both the World Bank and Fannie Mae in 2003 and in 2004 respectively. Nate graduated from the University of Maryland College Park in 2009 with a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and Communication. He is currently pursuing his Master of Public Administration at the University of the District of Columbia while he is working as a Program Coordinator at Urban Alliance.

When we asked him why he joined our staff, Nate replied:

I believe in Urban Alliance’s mission and their commitment to youth. Upon graduation I wanted to join an organization which not only served youth but believed in youth development. Urban Alliance is unique in that ‘youth � rst,’ is more than a mantra, it is a lifestyle. It shapes our mission, core values, and service delivery. As a former participant I understand the importance of an internship and how an internship can lead into a career. When professional work experience is coupled with adults who care about youth development, the possibilities for success are endless. I know this because I live this. Urban Alliance afforded me the opportunity to explore my professional interests; contributing to the professional adult I am today. I am fortunate to be in a position to support the next generation as they embark on their professional paths.”

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OUR LONG-TERM IMPACT

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WHO WE SERVED

1 Data from the DC Department of Employment Services, December 2009 Report.2 Data from 2006 Baltimore City Data Collaborative Community Profi le.

Urban Alliance served 973 individuals during the 2009–2010 program year: 193 participated in the High School Internship program, 140 received services through the Alumni Services department, and 640 received services through our Curriculum Outreach program.

SCHOOLS SERVED

Anacostia SHS

Ballou SHS

Booker T Washington Public Charter School for Technical Arts

Coolidge SHS

Dunbar SHS

Friendship Collegiate Academy HS

Idea Public Charter HS

Maya Angelou Public Charter School

McKinley Technology SHS

Roosevelt SHS

Spingarn SHS

Washington Mathematics Science Technology Public Charter School

Wilson SHS

Woodson SHS

Columbia Heights Educational Campus

School Without Walls SHS

Northwestern High School

Maritime Industries Academy

Heritage High School

Digital Harbor High School

INTERN DEMOGRAPHICS

African American (95.3%)

Hispanic (3.1%)

Asian (1.0%)

Caucasian (0.5%)

Female (71.0%)

Male (29.0%)

DC NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION

Unemployment Rate1

No. of Interns

Ward 1 Ward 4Ward 2 Ward 5 Ward 7Ward 3 Ward 6 Ward 8

10.3%6.0%

3.2%

9.8%15.8%

11.8%

19.9%

28.7%

95 3

17

26

6

41 39

BALTIMORE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION

Unemployment Rate2

No. of Interns

Southern Park Heights/Northwestern Neighborhood

Penn North/Reservoir Hill/Maritime Neighborhood

Baltimore City

11.5%15.8%

11.4%16 19

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FY 2009January 1, 2009–December 31, 2009This is a fi nancial statement for the year ending on December 31, 2009 based on audited fi nancials prepared by Raffa Certifi ed Public Accountants. A full audited report can be requested by e-mailing: jpae@theurbanalliance.org.

REVENUEContributions

Foundations & Trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,013,146Organizations Sponsoring Student Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $830,231Individually Directed Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $77,133Corporate Charitable Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000In-Kind Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $104,318Earned Income for Curriculum Outreach Services . . . . . . . . . . $370,600

Total Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,460,405

Other Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,976

Total Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,465,381

EXPENSESProgram Services

High School Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,551,874Health Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,999Outsourced Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,953

Total Program Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,660,826

Support ServicesManagement & General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,702Development & Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $140,296

Total Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,998

Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,860,824

Change In Net Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $599,581

Beginning Net Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,010,916

Ending Net Assets* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,610,497

2009 REVENUE 2009 EXPENSES

Development & Fundraising (7.5%)

Health Alliance (3.5%)

Outsourced Programs (2.3%)

Management & General (3.2%)

High School Internship (83.4%)

Foundations & Trusts (41.1%)

Other Revenue (0.2%)

In-Kind Donations (4.2%)

Organizations Sponsoring Student Interns (33.7%)

Individually Directed Contributions (3.1%)Corporate Charitable Donations (2.4%)

Earned Income for Curriculum Outreach Services (15.0%)

*Includes grant commitments for 2010–2011.

Washington, D.C.American Arab Anti- Discrimination CommitteeAdvisory Board CompanyAlliance for a Healthier GenerationAtlantic Media CompanyBank of AmericaThe Bernstein CompaniesBernstein Management CorporationBNACapitol Source Finance LLCThe Carlyle GroupChildren’s Defense FundChildren’s National Medical CenterClark ConstructionCommunity Preservation & Development Corp.Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Offi ceCorporation for National and Community ServiceThe Corporate Executive Board CompanyDC Councilmember Marion BarryDaughters of the American RevolutionDemocracy in ActionDC Chamber of CommerceDC Offi ce of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic DevelopmentDC Department of CorrectionsDC Teaching FellowsDirect TVDLA PiperFair ChanceFannie Mae CorporationNews CorporationThe Glover Park GroupHigher Achievement Program

Human Rights First Jenner & Block LawKatten Muchin Rosenman LLP Kid PowerKipp DC: KIPP to CollegeLafayette School Latin American Youth CenterLifeSTARTSLiving Classrooms of the National Capital RegionMarine’s Small Business Offi ceMarriott HotelsMarshall Heights Community DevelopmentMayor Brown LLPMayor Fenty’s Offi ceMC DeanMcMahon SolutionsMedStarMetro TeenAIDSMorgan StanleyNational Geographic ChannelNeighborWorksPenzancePepcoPosseProfi t InvestmentSamaritan Inns, Inc.Sitar CenterSonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLPSprenger and Lang PLLC.Standard TechnologyStrathmoreStrayer UniversitySullivan & CromwellSun ManagementThree Keys MusicTV OneUnited BankUnited Bio Source Corporation

US ChamberUrban AllianceUrban Service SystemsVerizon Washington, DC Inc.Washington Area Women’s FoundationWashington City PaperWashington MysticsThe Washington PostWillie Jolley WorldwideWilmer HaleWords Beats & Life World BankYoung Women’s ProjectYWCA National Capital Area

BaltimoreFamily Therapy ServicesBaltimore Urban Debate LeagueFamily TreeACLUHumanimNew Leaders for New SchoolsBaltimore City Public School System VerizonBank of AmericaBon SecoursMayor’s Offi ceCommunity Law In ActionCongressman Elijah Cummings’s Offi ceLegg MasonPride of BaltimoreARC of BaltimoreUniversity of Maryland Medical CenterPorts AmericaMorgan StanleyJohns Hopkins HospitalMy Brother’s Keeper Habitat for Humanity- Chesapeake Bay

LIST OF JOB PARTNERS 2009–2010

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mary Menell Zients, Board ChairVolunteer

Andrew Plepler, President and FounderCorporate Social Responsibility & Consumer Policy Executive, Bank of America

Bruce CharendoffVP and Associate General Counsel, The Sabre Group

Gary GinsbergExecutive Vice President, Time Warner

Christine Gregory Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, University of Michigan Law School

Tom KnollPastor, First Lutheran Church

Karen LederVolunteer

Colleen LeeReal Estate Agent, Gerlach Real Estate

Winston Lord President Winston Lord Associates

Thomas NidesVice President, Morgan Stanley

Maura VanderzonVolunteer

2009–2010 STAFF

Nicole Clegg, Offi ce Manager

London Crosby, Urban Alliance Intern

Kara Winerman, Program Coordinator

Deanne Florindi, Program Coordinator

Sabrina Dawson, Program Coordinator

Tameka Logan, Program Director, Washington, DC

Veronica Nolan, Executive Director

Sean Segal, Director of Operations

Jetheda Warren, Director of Corporate Partnerships

Jee Pae, Development & Communications Director

Meaghan Woodbury, Program Director, Baltimore

Catherine Estevez, Program Coordinator, Baltimore City

Erika Brown, Alumni Coordinator

Alyssa Rosenberg*

Andrew & Claudia Plepler*

Anonymous Foundation

Anonymous Major Donor

Aronson Foundation Inc.

Baltimore Workforce and Investment Board

CapitalSource Charitable Foundation

Catalogue for Philanthropy

Carter & Melissa Cafritz Trusts

Clara Y. Bingham*

Clark Construction Group, LLC

Claude & Nancy Keener Charitable Fund*

DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation

Derek & Ellen vanBever*

Deloitte–United Way’s Their Future, Our Future Education Award

Dickie Carter Foundation

Elizabeth Gill*

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Freddie Mac Foundation

Harman Cain Family Foundation

Home Box Offi ce, Inc.

Horning Family Fund

Jovid Foundation

Linda & John Donovan*

Many Hands

Marpat Foundation

Morgan Stanley

Mead Family Foundation

Miller & Chevalier Holiday Charity

Moran Family Foundation

Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation

Newscorps

Oasis Foundation

Prince Charitable Trusts

Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation

The Community Foundation: Nancy Folger

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

The LePere Family Foundation

The Moriah Fund

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

The Rocksprings Foundation

The Sidgmore Family Foundation

The Siebert Family Foundation

The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation

The World Bank

Tiger Woods Foundation

Tronix Country, LLC

Tzedakah Fund- Bernard & Sue Pucker

United BioSource Corporation

United Way & Combined Federal Campaign

Verizon Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

URBAN ALLIANCE THANKS OUR GENEROUS 2009–2010 FUNDERS

*Major Individual Donors.

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