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Annual Report 2014
Introductions
Table of Contents
Introductions
2-3
Letter from the President
and Board Chairman
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The Results
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Habitudes in Georgia
Habitudes in the USA
Habitudes Internationally
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Financials
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Revenue
Habitudes Costs
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Supporters
Corporate Support
Founding Donors
We could not have asked for more in our inaugural year of The Growing
Leaders Foundation. We've accomplished a lot, but, believe it or not, we’re
more excited about the opportunities that lie ahead as we invest in this next
generation of leaders.
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The Need
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Our Reach
Dear Friends,
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Meet Our Board
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"What We Do
Letter from the President and Board Chairman
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We believe we've identified a key that unlocks the door to the future. It goes
beyond merely helping kids graduate or get into college. It goes beyond
helping great causes like digging wells in Africa, or stopping drug and sex
trafficking worldwide.
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The Growing Leaders Foundation exists to equip 1% of the world’s population
to act like Life-Giving Leaders. Our strategy is to work with partners worldwide
in education and faith-based organizations to equip young people to lead
themselves and others. When we accomplish this, we don't just add, we
multiply. We create a world full of young leaders who solve problems and serve
people in every sector of society.
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Because of the continued generosity of our donors, The Growing Leaders
Foundation was able to equip 16,661 students from 25 different schools and
organizations across the United States in 2014. Internationally, we trained over
400 youth leaders in Egypt to work with teens in all corners of the Middle East.
We're also in the beginning stages of new partnerships for teaching Habitudes
in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Italy and Ethiopia.
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Thank you for partnering with us as we continue to labor in this noble cause.
With a first year as successful as this, we can only dream about what the future
holds. We're excited to be on this journey together and want to celebrate the
impact your support had on the students served by The Growing Leaders
Foundation. Thank you for your dedication to the next generation of leaders.
Tim Elmore
President
Growing Leaders, Inc.
Morgan Hill
Chairman of the Board
The Growing Leaders Foundation
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Introductions
Meet the Board
Board of Directors for The Growing Leaders Foundation
Front Row (Left to Right):
David Salyers
Vice President, National &
Regional Marketing
Chick-fil-A
Dr. Diane Ray
Director of Principal
and Teacher Initiatives
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Gregg Capin
Partner
Capin Crouse LLP
Morgan Hill
President and Owner
Hill & Hill Financial, Inc.
Jason Lane
Principal
Mill Creek High School
Tim Elmore
President
Growing Leaders, Inc.
Jim Reese
President
Atlanta Mission Society
Jeff Henderson,
Lead Pastor
Gwinnett Church
Back Row:
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What We Do
Why
do we exist?
Seniors at
Evans
High
School in
Augusta,
GA lead
freshman
through a
Habitudes
lesson.
Our goal is to grow young leaders who solve
problems and serve people.
In the 2013 State of the Industry: Technology in Georgia Report, 91.3% of the executives polled stated
students were not prepared to enter the workforce after graduating from high school. When asked about
career ready skills, executives stated these students did not meet minimum requirements for critical thinking
and problem solving.
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Committed to preparing tomorrow’s leaders today, Growing Leaders has
created Habitudes: Images That Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes® to
teach 21st century students the tools to develop character, leadership, and
soft skills through the power of images, conversations and experiences.
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For years, schools have included Habitudes into their comprehensive
plan to improve retention rates and address college and career
readiness among students.
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During the 2012-2013 school year, more than 15,000 students and 850
teachers from all over the state of Georgia participated in a pilot program
partnered by the Georgia Department of Education and Growing Leaders.
The pilot program called attention to the severe lack of funding in schools
desperate for this curriculum.
91%
of the executives
polled stated
students were not
prepared to enter the
workforce after
graduating high
school
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To provide all students access to personal growth and development necessary for lifelong success, Growing
Leaders launched The Growing Leaders Foundation in May 2013. Thanks to faithful donor support, The
Growing Leaders Foundation makes Habitudes curriculum available to students in underfunded schools and
organizations throughout the United States and internationally.
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Annual Report 2014
What We Do
What
difference are donor dollars making?
Since 2003, Growing Leaders, Inc. has brought Habitudes
to more than 7,000 schools and youth organizations.
Students and teachers report:
“Because of Habitudes, leadership within our after school program improved —
students began to offer academic help to other students. Habitudes helped us
bond as a group, and students definitely felt that adults leading the program
understood their situations.”
–Marcie Jones
Assistant Principal, Dodge County High School
In its first year, the The Growing Leaders Foundation
globally reached a total of:
24,498
STUDENTS
1,034
TEACHERS
29
SCHOOLS & ORGS
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Our Reach: Georgia
Habitudes in Georgia
Habitudes is spreading throughout our home state, thanks to you!
“Habitudes
helped our
students
transition into
high school. The
discussions in
class helped our
students gain a
sense of
closeness.”
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–Dr. Barbara Jordan
Assistant Principal,
Jefferson County
High School
The total Georgia reach this year included:
11,598
STUDENTS
519
TEACHERS
16
SCHOOLS & ORGS
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Our Reach: United States
Habitudes in the United States
First generation students in Nashville, TN are learning Habitudes, thanks to you!
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For Fall grant recipient Conexión Américas, 37
students represent 13 countries of origin and speak 10
native languages — but all speak Habitudes fluently.
East Nashville non-profit, Conexión Américas, taught Habitudes to local students through Escalera:
Taking Steps to Success to offer first generation college applicants support in school success, career
exploration, leadership & personal development, technology, and job readiness training until their
graduation from high school in 2015. Originally a program for Latino students,
Escalera at Glencliff High School now includes refugee students from
Somalia, Rwanda, and Egypt enrolled at the school. Staff member,
Laura Delgado, explains how Habitudes filled a need in their students:
100%
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“We are informed on the barriers unique to undocumented and first
generation students – the family dynamics and obligations, gender
roles, pressures of being first to graduate, and the difficulties and
confusion of navigating a bicultural bilingual world. Habitudes® gives
us the concrete tools we need to talk with youth about leadership
and character - conversations that have a practical, concrete
application in their lives.”
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of students are
the first in their
family to go to
college in
America
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Our Reach: United States
Outside of Georgia, an additional 2,848 students and
111 teachers from 9 schools and organizations were
resourced with Habitudes curriculum.
Meet Kenny:
What Habitudes image impacted your life most?
“The Starving Baker — it described what I was doing at the
time that I read the lesson. I was very focused on working
hard to get my family out of our current situation, but at the
same time I was harming myself by not sleeping and eating
much. I was so focused on others that I wasn't taking care of
myself”
“I have taught my brother and sister to read and exercise
every day because of what I learned about taking care of
ourselves so we can keep a balance in life.”
How are you better off now than before using
Habitudes?
“I don't get upset when things go wrong, I know how to
handle them.”
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Annual Report 2014
Our Reach: International
Habitudes International
International Partners are reaching students all over Africa, thanks to you!
In October of 2013, Youth
With a Mission (YWAM)
taught Habitudes to 12
youth workers in Arusha,
Tanzania apart of a course
Principles of Child and Youth
Ministries. Students came as
far as Camaroon, Sudan and
East Africa to participate in
lessons translated from
English to French and
Swahili. Students present
have dreams of opening
youth orphanages, schools,
soccer clubs and performing
arts programs when they
return home.
Kenya
Tanzania
Months later, YWAM taught Habitudes to a network of 20
youth pastors in Migori, Kenya. Those pastors continue to
teach throughout their villages using the Habitudes materials
you afforded them.
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Our Reach: International
Sofi Desalgne, 18, and Rahel Kidani, 27, are Habitudes program leaders at
Bethel International Church in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. Thanks to your
financial support, both students will now be going to college — Sofi will be
going to medical school, while Rahel will attend bible school.
In March 2014, a Growing Leaders team traveled to Cairo, Egypt, to train
400 youth leaders on how to teach Habitudes. Those 400 leaders then
returned to their communities in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and other parts of the
Middle East to eventually impact 10,000 students.
Egypt
Ethiopia
The total International reach this year included:
10,052
STUDENTS
404
TEACHERS
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SCHOOLS & ORGS
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Annual Report 2014
Financials
Commitment to Financial Integrity
2014 Revenue
3%
Organizations
Total dollars raised:
$301,672.64
2014
Sources of
Revenue
49% Individuals
24%
Companies
100%
of schools and
organizations that
applied and met grant
guidelines received
funding.
25%
Foundations
Commitment to Affordable Change
Total Cost to Bring Habitudes to Students Near You
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The Growing Leaders
Foundation is committed
to financial transparency
as it provides affordable
and effective leadership
curriculum to underfunded schools and
organizations all over
the world.
$25
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Brings Habitudes
to a student
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$500
Provides 2 classrooms
with Habitudes
teaching materials
$5,000
Equips a school of
1,500 students with
Habitudes resources
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Annual Report 2014
Supporters
Our Supporters
Year One was a success due to the generosity of both corporate and individual donors.
12 Stone Church
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Michael and Michele
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Anne Alexander
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Kendrick
Clifton and Janet Perkins
Dale and Kimberly
Rob Dugas
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Alexander
Skip Elmore
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Praise, Inc.
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Tim and Pam Elmore
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Primrose School Franchising
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Company
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Lynch
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St. Peter Chanel Men's Club
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Herschend Family
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Walton Communities
CG Tech Park
Entertainment Corp.
Mark and Donna Miller
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The Chick-fil-A Foundation
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Ryan Hill
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Mark & Stephanie Cole
Jay and Jackie Hobson
Holly Moore
Tabitha & Andrew Ward
Anita Costello
Jeff and Winona Hughes
Valarie Murray
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Jackson Spalding
National Christian
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Victoria Jacot
Foundation
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Jeff and Shannon Neuber
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Deltak Operations
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