2. Board of Directors 2014-2015
Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm,
PRESIDENT
Community Leader
Stephen D. Gomez, VICE PRESIDENT
Community Leader
Tripp Somerville, SECRETARY
Pyramid Communications
John W. Haines, TREASURER
Mercy Corps Northwest
Traci Reandeau, PAST PRESIDENT
Fuerst Group
Lyn Cameron
D.A. Davidson
Holley Y. Franklin
The Standard
Cobi Jackson
Wells Fargo
Kenneth R. Johnson
UPS
Martha Koerner
Community Leader
Naomi Levelle Haslitt
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, LLP
Joshua P. Monda
GrindStone Collection Strategies, Inc
Suzanne J. Noland
Brindle McCaslin & Lee, P.C.
Heidi O’Neill
Global Stores, NIKE Inc
John R. Thomas
Perkins Coie, LLP
John L. Watzke
University of Portland
Karen Whitman
Karen Whitman Projects
Mia Wright
D. Wright Way Foundation
2014
2015
Mission
Open School’s mission is to develop connection, capability, and confidence
in disconnected youth through relationship-based, quality learning
experiences that result in academic, personal, and community success.
Vision
Strong, healthy communities have pathways to success for everyone.
Education is central to creating these pathways. It is the key to disrupting
core issues of racism, poverty, and violence that are barriers to success.
Open School focuses on young people: endowing them with the skills,
power and hope to be agents of change in their communities. Investing in
the education of every student motivates and empowers them to create the
vibrant, equitable communities we all deserve.
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We are proud of the
financial health and stability
we have enjoyed over the
years, thanks to a talented
finance staff and dedicated
Finance Committee.
of your investment in
Open School goes directly
to program thanks to our
efficient and cost-effective
fundraisingprogramsandlow
administration costs.
We are a rated organization
onCharityNavigatorandhave
rated in the top 10 of Oregon
Business Magazine’s Best
Nonprofits to Work For list
Open School is a proud
recipient of your Portland
Children’s Levy dollars and
we work hard every day to
effectivelystewardthesefunds
in our nationally-recognized
Step Up program.
FINANCIALS
81%
GRADUATION
RATE FOR STEP
UP SENIORS
OF OPEN SCHOOL NORTH
STUDENTS PROMOTED
TO HIGH SCHOOL
11% MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
34% CONTRIBUTIONS
8% FUNDRAISING
4% MISC & INVESTMENT REVENUE
1% IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
81% PROGRAM
46% GRANTS & CONTRACT
OF STEP UP GRADUATES
ACCEPTED INTO POST-
SECONDARY PROGRAMS
94%100%
$4.2M Budget
90%
OF SERVICE BY OUR 12
AMERICORPS MEMBERS
OVER
18,000
HOURS
4% ASIAN AMERICAN
24% AFRICAN AMERICAN
24% EUROPEAN AMERICAN
31% HISPANIC/LATINA(O)
3% NATIVE AMERICAN
14% MULTI-ETHNIC
Our
Culture
Spending
Revenue
5
208VOLUNTEERS
completed 5,565 service hours
