Youth Policy Institute 2016 Impact Report

2016
I M PA C T
REPORT

Empowering Communities

For more than 30 years, the Youth Policy Institute (YPI) has been breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty by
providing access to education, workforce training, and essential services for youth and families.

Originally part of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, YPI was founded in 1983 in Washington D.C. In 1996, YPI relocated
to Los Angeles to focus on direct education and comprehensive services including early childhood education, tutoring,
operating K-12 schools, college preparation, computer labs, case management, financial literacy, and job training.

Now over 1,500 YPI employees serve some of the city’s lowest-income neighborhoods, reaching more than 112,000
youth and adults annually at 152 program sites in Los Angeles. YPI is the only nonprofit in the country to receive all
four signature federal Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives: Promise Neighborhoods (twice), Choice Neighborhoods,
Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation, and as the lead implementation partner for the Los Angeles Promise Zone.

These endorsements of YPI’s work have been a humbling call to action—to build and strengthen our collaborations,
invest in our staff and infrastructure, and continue to increase the impact of our work. We are honored to provide these
services to some of the most vulnerable youth and families in Los Angeles, and thank you for your support of YPI.

Our Mission

Cradle to College and Career

YPI transforms Los Angeles neighborhoods using a holistic approach to reduce
poverty by ensuring families have access to high quality schools, wrap-around
education, and technology services, enabling a successful transition from cradle to college
and career.

From Our President & CEO
Dixon Slingerland

I am pleased to share another dynamic year of growth and progress for YPI.
It was a year filled with educational achievements, responsive and impactful
service delivery, and impressive progress within the communities we serve.

In 2015-16, we saw remarkable increases in academic outcomes in our Los
Angeles Promise Neighborhood schools, with graduation rates exceeding
district levels. Our students are now finishing high school college-ready, with
acceptances to college campuses statewide, while families are building assets
and finding pathways to jobs and careers. Even our youngest participants are building the
foundation for lifelong academic success, critical to breaking the cycle of poverty.

An important milestone was also reached in 2016 with the completion of our new strategic plan. Recognizing that YPI is
entering a new era of growth and service, this plan outlines our vision for even greater community impact, with a clear multi-
year progress strategy that is tied to specific performance measurements and outcomes.

Finally, I’m pleased to report that two key programs, Promise Neighborhoods and Full-Service Community Schools, are now
a permanent part of federal education, law thanks to the Every Student Succeeds Act passed by Congress in 2015. And, in
2016, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions sponsored a resolution about the importance of
extending the Promise Neighborhoods work.

Along these lines, I would be remiss in not mentioning that YPI has been awarded a second Promise Neighborhood within
the Los Angeles Promise Zone, one of only six in the nation. Beginning in January 2017, YPI and dozens of partners will build
a pipeline of much-needed wraparound services to help insure pathways out of poverty for youth and their families at eight
additional schools in Pico-Union and Hollywood.

Even as some voice uncertainty over the future of our sector, YPI remains optimistic and deeply committed to delivering on
our mission and vision. YPI’s programming in education, training, and essential services for low-income youth and families
is recognized for its success and will continue to grow. We care deeply about our participants and continue to focus on the
pillars of our strength: empowerment, access, and hope.

The YPI team is very proud of what we have achieved, but most of all we are humbled to have the opportunity to serve,
every day. And we are grateful for your commitment to our shared values of humanity, acceptance, and equal rights. I look
forward to working alongside you to strengthen our communities and build a bright future of promise together.

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A COLLEGE Educational
PROMISE Achievement

YPI’s Peer College Ambassador

Program helps students navigate YPI deploys a “cradle to college and career” strategy. Working
the college application process. Over in 18 schools in the L.A. Promise Neighborhood, 16 schools in
the summer, a group of incoming the Promise Zone, plus district, charter, and pilot schools across Los
high school seniors are trained in
an exciting and informative four-day Angeles, our work in 2015-16 brought exciting growth and change.
retreat at UCLA. Then, during the school Here are some highlights:

year, they assist fellow 9th - 12th graders Academic Proficiency
under the guidance of YPI’s College Across the schools in the Promise
and Career Advisors. Students Neighborhood, 2016 saw an
work together to promote average 7 percentage point
a college-going culture at increase in English Language
their high school, while Arts (ELA) proficiency and
attending workshops a 5 point increase in math.
to help create personal This compares favorably
statements, learn about with LAUSD, where the
extracurricular and gains were 6 percentage
service activities, and find points in ELA and 4 in math.
financial aid resources. These results are even more

In 2015-16, 86 student impressive given that Promise
participants applied to college. Neighborhood schools serve a
All are now attending post- high-poverty population with 90%
secondary institutions. eligible for free/reduced lunch, as
opposed to 76% for the district. Overall,

16 of the 18 Promise Neighborhood schools

increased in ELA proficiency. YPI’s own partnership school Sylmar

Biotech Health Academy had a 19 point jump. As for math proficiency,

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center achieved a landmark 20 percentage point increase at the high school level

and an 11 point increase in K–8. At Pacoima Charter School, where YPI has partnered for 15 years, students had

double digit gains in both math and ELA.

Of the 10 high schools, proficiency was up 8 percentage points in ELA and 6 in math. This significantly
outperformed the overall California increases of 3 in ELA and 4 in math at the high school level.

Expanded Learning
YPI’s extensive after school programming at 84 schools includes tutoring, enrichment, and physical fitness. YPI served
an average of 7,300 students daily with expanded learning. 91% of parents surveyed said that YPI helped improve
their child’s grades. 94% reported that YPI helped their child have a better attitude about school.

High School Graduation
The graduation rate at Promise Neighborhood high schools rose to over 83.9% in 2016, for a nearly 6 percentage point
increase since the start of the Promise Neighborhood grant. The Promise Neighborhood’s graduation rate exceeds the
overall district rate by 8 points.

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YPI’s results prove that a place-
based, high-touch approach really
works. Young people can do anything if
we give them opportunities.

– Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent

California Department of Education

An Impressive Report Card

Students at the Promise Neighborhood flagship high school STEM Academy of Hollywood achieved a staggering
38 percentage point increase in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency in 2016, positioning this high school as the
6th highest ELA rate of any high school in the district at 81%. Meanwhile, STEM has the largest population eligible for
free/reduced lunch of these top schools at 94%.

35 students at STEM applied to UCLA. 15 were accepted, compared to just 5 applications and zero acceptances two
years before. STEM’s UCLA admittance rate was a remarkable 43%. Overall, 41 students in STEM’s graduating class
are attending the prestigious University of California system in 2016-17, more in one year than in the entire history of
the school. The graduation rate at STEM has increased by 25 percentage points over the last three years to 93%.

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Financial Empowerment

YPI offers financial capability services in low-income neighborhoods using
innovative approaches for significant impact.

Research shows that for families to escape poverty and sustain financial security, an
increase in income must be accompanied with an increase in economic resources
that produce long-term value. Things like a savings account, a home, or a college

education can create an important buffer against unexpected occurrences that
can devastate a low-income family, like medical emergencies or sudden job loss.
Financial empowerment assets also support economic mobility
by increasing the likelihood of successful college
completion and labor market engagement.

In the communities Across our financial empowerment
YPI serves, 58% of families live programming, YPI works to educate about
in poverty and 60% are rent burdened— the importance of asset-building. We also
spending more than 30% of their household provide access to tools and resources
income on rent. YPI’s programs help to that support a family’s ability to increase
build financial capabilities that will make a their earnings and savings. Through
positive difference in the future of the programs like these, Los Angeles is on
the cutting edge of building financial
families we serve. capability in communities like the Los
Angeles Promise Zone.

Financial Opportunity Center (housed in
YPI’s WorkSource Center): Provides workforce
development services, including job placement,
career coaching, resume-writing workshops, and mock
interviews. Clients also receive financial coaching, access to income supports, career path training, and long- and
short-term financial goals planning. 148 clients have received two of the three core services.

Ventanilla de Asesoría Financiera: A public-private partnership initiative between YPI, the Mexican Consulate in Los
Angeles, Citi Community Development, and the City of Los Angeles. An information and help desk at the Mexican
Consulate provides access to mainstream financial services in the U.S. and Mexico, including YPI’s matched savings
accounts, individual development accounts (IDAs) for education, and credit building and debt reduction services.

Financial Capability Workshops: Offered in English and Spanish, over 3,881 individuals have attended workshops that
provide the tools necessary for effective budgeting, teach the importance of credit, and introduce the different services
offered by financial institutions.

College Savings: In 2015-16, a total of 186 matched savings accounts and 72 IDAs for education were opened through
YPI. These IDAs pay up to $4,000 in free incentives when a student saves $500 of their own money. Students must
attend two financial capability workshops to gain money management skills.

VITA: Since 2012, YPI has provided free tax preparation services through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
In 2015-16, participants received a total of $689,060 in tax refunds and $215,208 in Earned Income Tax Credits.

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YPI is an audacious and inspiring
organization engaged in the process of actually
fixing things—broken systems and conditions that
need more than a band-aid. YPI understands that
we are all connected and fully human, which is a
call to action that we need more YPIs.

– Joe Sanberg, Founder

Golden State Opportunity Foundation

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YPI is the glue that Strengthening the
brings families and communities L.A. Promise Zone
together. It’s the connection
between people of different In 2013, when YPI received the first three federal Neighborhood
backgrounds, neighborhoods, Revitalization Initiative grants—the only organization in the country
ages, and philosophies. It’s a to earn this honor—we knew that Promise Neighborhoods, Byrne
bridge that is able to take young Criminal Justice Innovation, and Choice Neighborhoods would
people from despair to hope, from provide YPI with the opportunity to dig deeper and do more within
disconnection to connection, and targeted communities while creating innovative place-based
ultimately take the pressing problem collaborations with partners seeking similar results.
of poverty and find a pathway to
finally find opportunity for everybody.

YPI gets the intersection of In 2014, Los Angeles became
how we live. They know one of the first five federally
a young person’s need designated Promise Zones in
might be counseling the country, with YPI as lead
today, mental health implementation partner.
tomorrow, it might The L.A. Promise Zone
be legal services for encompasses the
her family the third communities of East
day, the fourth day Hollywood, Thai Town,
they might need Little Armenia, Koreatown,
tax preparation and Pico-Union/
help. We all believe Westlake. The needs in
that your zip code these communities are
should not determine profound, but YPI and our
your chances for 75 Promise Zone partners
success in life. YPI helps have begun to affect meaningful,
make that true. long-term change through job

– Eric Garcetti, Mayor creation, increased economic activity,
improved educational opportunities, improved
City of Los Angeles public safety, leveraged private capital, preserving and
expanding housing affordability, and smart growth policies.

The Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation initiative gave YPI a unique opportunity to create a model for reducing crime and
increasing public safety in the communities we serve. Drawing upon our existing and burgeoning relationships in the
East Hollywood and Pacoima communities, YPI built a model that helps create trust amongst neighbors and with police,
encourages residents to speak up and intervene on their own behalf, and creates an environment of community pride.
Having started in 2013, this grant is now complete, but we will continue to seek opportunities to engage residents in
conversations, activities, and programs in this realm.

And now, another honor and opportunity: YPI has been awarded a $30 million, five-year grant by the U.S. Department
of Education to fund a second Promise Neighborhood within the L.A. Promise Zone. With this grant, YPI will continue to
strengthen its pipeline of much-needed wraparound services from cradle to college and career, to ensure pathways out of
poverty for youth, their families, and their communities.

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The needs of the L.A. Promise Zone are startling:

• 35% of the population lives at or below poverty level, compared to 20% city-wide.

• 33% of households earn less than $20,000 per year.
• 31% of the population is under the age of 25.
• 37% of residents age 25+ do not have a high school diploma.
• Only 20% of 6th graders are considered proficient in math; only 28% are proficient in English

Language Arts.

• 77% of households with children under 18 receive CalFresh (food stamps).
• At the 45 schools in the Promise Zone, more than 80% of students are eligible for

free/reduced lunch.

• The unemployment rate is 14%, nearly double the city average.

• Violent crime is twice the city-wide rate.

YPI’s saturation of programs and services for youth and their families in the Promise Zone is well
underway. To date, we are seeing high school graduation rates rise, and increases in both academic
proficiency and family income. There is much work ahead to continue addressing community needs
and creating neighborhoods of opportunity and promise.

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YPI in Action: Voices of Gratitude

GOMEZ FAMILY

Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Guadalupe Gomez moved to Los Angeles at 24 with her husband and son. Four additional
children followed. The young family was devastated when her husband passed away in 2013. “I was alone,” she
recalls. “He used to take care of everything. I said to myself, ‘I can’t live this way.’” One day, the staff at her children’s
school shared a flyer about services available at YPI’s Hollywood FamilySource Center. “When I first came to register my
children for tutoring, they gave me flyers about the adult classes too. Ever sin ce I started I will not leave here.”

Ms. Gomez has successfully completed a course in English as a Second Language, has obtained a certificate of
completion for Introduction to Computers, and has also received legal, transportation, and wellness assistance. Her
children in 3rd, 5th, and 6th grades participate in academic and enrichment programming that includes tutoring,
engineering, cultural arts, and computers. Ms. Gomez’s 6th grade son went from an “F” to a “D” in math in a short
period. of time and continues to demonstrate improvement. Her 3rd grade daughter’s reading went from “Limited
Progress” toward her grade level standards to “Partial Proficient.” Incremental steps that builds confidence and
encourages even greater achievements.

“People ask me what we do here,” Ms. Gomez says. “I say that my children do artwork, they get help with their
homework. I learn computers and cooking classes, everything. I am grateful to everyone that is here because they are
very friendly. And for me, it is very important to know everything that is shared here.”

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EMILY, GIRLS & GANGS

In her teens, Emily was placed at an all-girls probation camp within the
L.A. County Juvenile Justice System. . “I was 14. I had no hopes, no future,
no dreams. I wasn’t ready to change,” Emily says.

A YPI case manager, Vanessa, met her while she was still incarcerated,
and helped Emily gain the life skills she would need to transition back into
the outside world. “When I first met Vanessa, she said ‘I will be there for
you,’” Emily recalls. “I didn’t believe her.”

“Vanessa has been there for me. She even went to my graduation; my mom
couldn’t go. She also helped me with money and the dress for my graduation.
Sometimes water is thicker than blood.”

After successfully completing her probation period and re-entry programs with YPI’s Girls & Gangs
program, Emily continues to have steady employment and is enjoying time with her new baby.

YPI brings many talents to our students that are critical to their academic
success. The energy and dedication of the YPI team impresses us every day, and
delivers critical gifts to Los Angeles kids and their whole families.

– Michelle King, Superintendent

Los Angeles Unified School District

CRISTIAN

F or most of his childhood, Cristian lived with his family in a house near
LAX with no electricity or gas. He recalls being bullied through
middle school about the color of his skin, and his family working to make
ends meet. Freshman year of high school, Cristian and his father were
waking up at 5 a.m. every day to catch the bus to school. On those
mornings, his father insisted that Cristian create a better life for himself.

Last year, Cristian completed a series of YPI college prep programs at
STEM Academy of Hollywood. He’s now a freshman at UCLA, holds a GPA
of 3.75 with a goal of becoming an anesthesiologist. Freshman chemistry
was a challenging class, but he ended up earning an A-. “Although the path to
success in that class was difficult,” says Cristian, “it showed me what students with
backgrounds similar to mine (low income, first generation students of color) are truly capable
of doing, and that we really do belong in a place like UCLA.”

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Looking Ahead:
A Dynamic New Strategic Plan

A s YPI grows its array of programs throughout its cradle By 2025, poverty in the Los
to college and career pipeline, we recognize the need Angeles Promise Neighborhoods
to refresh our business model for success. Acknowledging and Promise Zone regions will
the start of a new phase in our evolution, we spent six months be reduced via 19,000 more
developing a new strategic plan. individuals equipped with jobs
and skills for college and career
Over the last decade, YPI has intentionally focused on a place- success.
based formula that saturates quality resources to address
specific needs in targeted neighborhoods. It has worked, and – 2016 Strategic Plan
YPI realized a ten-fold growth rate in services and reach, also Impact Statement
resulting in expanded prominence in the community.

Building on these successes, YPI is now embarking on a more
intentional, results-based format of service delivery. This model
assures that we define the impact we create, refine our means
for doing so, and learn even more from the results.

The key pillars are to:
1. Implement an integrated cradle to career service model in targeted communities, which will prepare youth and adults

for college and career success.
2. Deliver and invest in community development efforts within the region.
3. Promote public systems change to effectively align public resources.
4. Identify, build capacity, and collaborate with key partner service agencies.
5. Strengthen internal operations, staff capacity, and supporting infrastructure.

It is our intent that this new strategic plan will guide YPI’s efforts over the next several years, even as we continue to look
for new opportunities and adapt to an ever-changing environment.

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YPI Impact: 2016 By the Numbers

$602,846 Increase in collective family income through YPI’s FamilySource Center
programs.
183,600 Hours of community service provided by 115 YPI AmeriCorps members.

139,505 Hours of academic tutoring provided to low-income students.
21,957 Students attended after school programming.
16,440 Hours of paid internship work experience for 248 low-income youth.
3,881 Individuals attended financial capability workshops.
3,540 Students engaged in physical education and general wellness programs.
2,813 Boxes of CSA fresh produce provided for low-income families.
1,723 Students received access to college visits, workshops, and counseling.
1,444 Individuals attended nutrition and healthy living workshops.
1,270 Adults received workforce training.
297 Families supported in receiving home internet for the first time.
186 Matched savings accounts opened.
157 Foster youth received one-on-one academic counseling.

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Your Support is an Investment in the
Children and Families We Serve!

Y PI continues to grow and increase our positive impact
on students, families, and communities. YPI staff
and volunteers serve some of the city’s lowest-income

neighborhoods, reaching more than 112,000 youth
and adults at 152 program sites in and
around Los Angeles.

The need is great. Over 35% of
Los Angeles Promise Zone
residents live at or below
the federal poverty line
(compared to 20% city-
wide), and one-third of
households earn less than
$20,000 per year.

We invite you to join the
YPI Promise Network of
donors, philanthropists, and
businesses committed to the
future of Los Angeles and the
transformative success of the youth,
families, and individuals working their way
out of poverty. We cannot do this work without you.

Gifts of all levels are welcome and may be targeted to the
interests of the donor or directed where they are needed
most. Here are some of the ways you can help. . .

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HOPE Donate at

$25 – $1,000 ypiusa.org/donate

Provides 1:1 tutoring in Math and English Language Arts, All donations are tax deductible. The
plus much-needed supplies for after school enrichment Youth Policy Institute is a 501(c)(3) tax-

programs at more than 70 different schools. exempt nonprofit organization.

ACCESS

$1,000 – $25,000

Contributes to educational programs like
Promise Scholars, career building, and workforce

training programs.

EMPOWER

$25,000 – $100,000

Funds essential education in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math), Arts, and Culture.

TRANSFORM

$100,000 and up

Helps build Full-Service Community Schools. Coaches
families and individuals in financial literacy to break the

cycle of intergenerational poverty.

93%

of YPI’s operating budget goes
directly to program services.

Youth Policy Institute Statement of Activities

Ending June 30, 2016 (in thousands)

SOURCES OF FUNDS 88%

n Contracts and Grants $36,111

n Contributions and Other 4,756 12%
Total
$ 40,867

USES OF FUNDS

n Program Services $ 38,502

n Management & General 2,230

n Fundraising 521

Total $41,253 1% 93%
Decrease in Net Assets $385 6%

PROGRAM SERVICES BY POPULATION SERVED

n Pre K

n K – 8 1.9% 38%
38%
n High School 8.1%
n Opportunity Youth

n College 9.1%

n Adults 2.1%
n Families 1.9%

YPI BUDGET (EXPENSES) FROM FY07 TO FY17

$50

IN MILLIONS $40 22 25 23 27 36 41 44
FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17
$30 15 21
9 FY 13
$20
FY 08 FY 09
$10
4

$0
FY 07

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Our Donors and Partners

CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS Occidental Entertainment The Harmony Project
Paramount Contractors Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA)
YPI is deeply grateful to the Paramount Pictures Hollywood Beautification Team
organizations listed below for their PG&E Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
generous financial support. Points of Light Hollywood Community Housing Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers Hollywood PALS
Adams Legacy Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Kids Community Dental Clinic
AEG Rose Hills Foundation Korean Churches for Community
Aetna Foundation Roy & Patricia Disney Family Foundation
Albertsons Companies Soledad Enrichment Action Development
Annenberg Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment Koreatown Youth and Community
Aramark Southern California Gas Company
Ballmer Group Target Development
Bank of America Tennis Channel L.A.C.E.R. Afterschool Programs
Bank of the West Tieks Los Angeles Public Library
Barney & Barney TruAmerica Multifamily Leaders Up
Benedict Canyon Equities Union Bank Foundation Learn 4 Life
Best Buy Foundation United Way of Greater Los Angeles Levitt Pavilion
CalEITC Verizon Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
California Community Foundation Weingart Foundation Los Angeles Educational Partnership
California Emerging Technology Fund WHH Foundation Los Angeles Food Policy Council
The California Endowment WWW Foundation Los Angeles LGBT Center
The California Wellness Foundation Ziffren Brittenham Los Angeles Philharmonic
Capital One Los Angeles Police Department
The Carol and James Collins Foundation PARTNERS McCormick Baron Salazar
Celerity Global Development MCS Hollywood WorkSource Center
CETF YPI is pleased to work with important MEND
CIT Group partners across Los Angeles to Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles
Citi Community Development provide a holistic range of services Mission Asset Fund
Citi Foundation for youth and families. MLW DreamFutures Institute
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Naviance
Disney 826LA Neighborhood Legal Services
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund Actors Fund Operation HOPE Inc.
Edison International The Actors’ Gang Overton Moore
El Super American Red Cross P.F. Bresee Foundation
ES Advertising ArtSpace Partnering for Change
First 5 LA artworxLA People for Parks
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Aviva Family and Children’s Services Peru Village L.A.
Golden State Opportunity Foundation Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood Pico Union Neighborhood Council
GRACE Building Skills Partnership Playground of Dreams
Guerin Foundation CA Emerging Technology Fund Positive Coaching Alliance
Home Depot CAST Prevencion y Rescate (Prevention & Rescue)
Hudson Properties Central American Resource Center Princeton Review
John Aaroe Foundation Central City Neighborhood Partners Public Counsel
JPMorgan Chase & Company Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council PVJOBS
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Sabio
The Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Children’s Institute Inc. Salvadoran American Leadership &
Chrysalis
Foundation City Year Educational Fund
Kindel Gagen Associates Clearpoint Credit Counseling Self Help Credit Union
Koenig Family Foundation Communities In Schools SIATech, Inc. Charter High School
The Kresge Foundation Computer & Communication Industry SOSMentor
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Spark
Lombardi House Association Thai Community Development Center
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Create Now Thomas Safran & Associates
Los Angeles Giving Circle Earth Echo International Trust for Public Land
Los Angeles World Airports El Nido UCLA Community Based Learning Program
Loyola Marymount University School El Pueblo Contracting United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Firehose Project Unusual Suspects
of Education First 5 LA Up2Us Sports
Marcled Foundation Friends of the Hollywood Central Park USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Michelman and Robinson GO! Goldman Organization United States Veterans Initiative
National Council of La Raza (NCLR) GOOD+ Foundation
Nederlander Organization-Pantages Theatre

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Introducing the
YPI Executive Council

This year marked the creation of YPI’s Executive Council, a group of Los Angeles-based professionals
dedicated to the success of our mission. An active team of fundraisers and friend-raisers, members share
stories of YPI’s hands-on work and help build a much-needed base of support for the organization. The Council
meets quarterly and last year hosted three successful events: the Taste of Spring Wine Tasting, Back-to-School
Backpack Drive, and Holiday Harvest Baskets.

Regina Adams Freya Estreller Katherine Hartman-Mart Sonia Vucetic
CL22 Productions Coolhaus & Ludlow Cocktails Aramark Attorney

Rei Bailey-Reid Lena Georgas Cynthia Lopell Brynna Yentz
Disney Actor/Photographer CL22 Productions Filmmaker

Alyssa Do Cynthia Grande Talia Osteen
City National Bank Attorney The Wellspring

For information about joining the Executive Council, contact Loida de Leon [email protected]

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Our Leadership Team

Board of Directors Brenda Freiberg Executive Team
Board Chair
Ari Lanin, Chair New Village Girls Academy Dixon Slingerland
Partner President & CEO
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Dr. Myung Ki “Mike” Hong
Founder & President Iris Zuniga
Dixon Slingerland, Vice Chair DuraCoat Products, Inc. Executive Vice President
President & CEO
Youth Policy Institute Yasmine Delawari Johnson Ruth Dineros
Co-Founder & Co-Director Chief Operating Officer
Sandra Lee, Secretary Alliance of Moms
President & CEO Steve Schultz
ES Advertising Shari Leinwand Chief Financial Officer
Retired Partner
James Alva Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Jodi Delaney
Senior VP & Southern CA Market Manager Chief Development Officer
Citi Community Development Steven Rindner
EVP, Corporate Development Stan Saunders
Andrew E. Bogen and Counsel Chief Grants Officer
Trustee Main Street Advisors
Weingart Foundation Jesse Noonan, EdD
Tom Unterman Chief Academic Officer
Angelina Corona Founding Partner
Executive Director Rustic Canyon Partners Angelica Solis-Montero
Hermandad Mexicana Chief Community Development Officer
Amit Verma
Richard Foos Principal Tara Watford, PhD
CEO PricewaterhouseCoopers Director of Research and Evaluation
Shout! Factory

Our children are the most precious natural resource we have. Every day, cycles
of poverty leave them stripped of the opportunity to improve their own lives. Children
find themselves not only born into poverty, but enveloped in it for the rest of their lives.
And without the ability to better themselves, making lasting positive contributions to their
families or communities is almost impossible.

We are losing generations of children to poverty. For every incredible story of a child who
“beats the odds,” there are innumerable stories of children who don’t. That statistical reality
exists, regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum.

What’s unique about YPI is the manner in which it works to break the cycle by embracing

its communities. It’s a wraparound approach, an everything approach. And the difference

between having access to these services or not can mean the difference between breaking

the cycle or reliving it. – Ari Lanin

YPI Board Chair

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2016
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• The Los Angeles partner with us to
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