2017
Annual
Report



It’s time to rally for Chicago’s students: To stand up taller for their needs; to look out further for their interests; to care more deeply about their goals. It’s time to go all in on reducing dropout rates, and go bold with ideas to graduate more students.

Good people: Check your phone, watch or screen – the time is now to go in more schools with more programs and caring adults to help more children be successful.

What we’re trying to tell you is this:
It’s time to go #allinforkids.

November 2017 Letter to Our Supporters
Jane Mentzinger    Gregory Stoklosa

Letter to Our Supporters

The Tale of Two Cities analogy is overused. But in Chicago’s case it’s true. This is the best of times and worst of times for our city.

No organization in Chicago matches the breadth and depth of our work with young people. Our work is made possible by the generosity of our donors and funders. With deepest appreciation for their support, we invite you to read more about our impact, and learn what we mean when we say that CIS of Chicago is #allinforkids !

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“We understand that each student can be successful. There are barriers that may impact their progress and we work to mitigate those barriers and to put resources into place, which may be our services or those from a community partner, in order to help them succeed.” – Aisha Bell, Field Supervisor

Intensive Support

When kids are in school, we’re there with them through our Intensive Program.

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Celia Lozano, our director of strategy and planning speaks on what it means to be all in for Chicago’s students.

In School for Kids: Reunion

School Partnerships

We are all in for Chicago’s kids, working with school faculty to connect high quality programs and services to all our school partners.

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How do we connect services to schools? Taymah Jones, our senior school partnership specialist walks you through that process.

School Partners



“As talented as Chicago’s students are, some are deeply affected by structural factors that challenge their path to success. Years of teaching showed me that students need social-emotional support to be successful in and out the classroom.”
– Bartholomew St. John, Director of Program

Community Partnerships

From museums and performance groups, to health education and college-readiness programs, these organizations can rely on our CIS of Chicago community partner specialists to connect them to classrooms and auditoriums filled with students ready to receive what they can offer.

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Katrina Pavlik, our senior community partnership specialist, speaks to the value of community partners to our work.







2016-2017 Community Partners

Mentoring Programs

When caring adults want to volunteer in schools, they are encouraged to participate in InspireU, a CIS of Chicago mentoring program for middle-school students.

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By The Numbers

Students Served

68,008

Programs and services connected to students

1,772

School Partners

135

Community Partners

200

Student Hours in InspireU Program

459

Students Served by Mental Health Support Project

201

Case-managed
Students

311

Intensive Program
Sites

7

100%  

100%
Case-managed seniors graduated



99%  

99%
K-11 students promoted to the next grade



0  

0
Case-managed students dropped out

Fiscal Year 2017 Revenue was $2.9 million

Individuals
Foundations
Corporations
Project
Grants
Special
Events
Temporarily
Restricted
Funding

Financial
Summary



Audited
Financials

Recognition Programs

When it comes to recognizing student success in schools, CIS of Chicago celebrates young people and the caring adults in their lives with two annual awards.

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“It’s important for our city that we’re investing in these students, and that we’re not giving up on them. We are there to walk alongside them in this journey, and we do this work for all of us, because we all benefit when our young people are doing well.”
- Celia Lozano, Director of Strategy and Planning

Leaders in Learning Donors

Board of Directors


Gregory A. Stoklosa
(Board Chairman)
Managing Partner
AMZ Partners
Bradley H. Meyers
(Board Treasurer)
Managing Director,
Public Market Investments
GCM Grosvenor
Jodi J. Caro
(Board Secretary)
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel
and Secretary
Ulta Beauty
Craig A. Bondy
Managing Director
GTCR
Mark Brady
Global Head of M&A
William Blair & Company L.L.C.
Ellen Carnahan
Principal
Machrie Enterprises LLC
Robert P. Conlon
Founding Partner
Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP
Vinay Couto
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory LLC
Kevin R. Evanich
Of Counsel
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Barbara M. Ford
Principal
FordPartners, LLC
Brian W. Good
Managing Director,
Tradeable Credit
THL Credit
Ryan D. Harris
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Torrence L. Hinton
Director –
Operations & Maintenance
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas
Alain LeCoque
Principal,
Chicago
Colliers International
Samara Mejia Hernandez
Principal
MATH Venture Partners
Scott G. Pasquini
Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Partners LLC
Valli Perera
Partner
Deloitte
Matthew E. Steinmetz
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jim Welch
President
Nexgen Packaging
Kareem K.W.O.E. Wells
Chief Executive Officer
Flow Entertainment, Inc.
Alicia West
Vice President,
Region Sales
Altria
Ava D. Youngblood
Chief Executive Officer
YESS, LLC



“Our end goal is to reach as many students as possible, providing them with the services that they need to graduate.” – Taymah Jones, Senior School Partnership Specialist

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