Girls on the Run New Jersey East2018 Gratitude Report

Ground-breaking Longitudinal Study

A rigorous external evaluation found that Girls on the Run is effective in promoting positive youth development and creating lasting change in competence, confidence, connection, character, caring, physical activity and life skills.

Quality Program Delivery

It is our research-based curriculum and national coach training that sets us apart as an exemplar physical activity-based, positive youth development program.

Commitment to Access & Inclusion

We are reducing barriers to participation by developing programming that engages all communities, providing professional development to our staff and board, and fostering a culturally responsive environment across the organization.

Remarkable. (adj.) unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning (Cambridge Dictionary).

“Worth Mentioning…”At Girls on the Run (GOTR) New Jersey East, we would describe our year as “Remarkable.” We opened the year as the recipient of a PaceSetter award from GOTR National, selected from over 250 Girls on the Run councils as a leader in Strategic Planning and Council Sustainability. In April, I received an Exemplary Leader award in my role as Executive Director from the Morris County Chamber of Commerce, which was quite an honor. We hired two incredible women to our staff - a new Union County Director and a new Development Director, rounding out all of our staffing needs. With these new additions, we truly have a “Dream Team” with all of the right players in place, ready to dedicate the strongest talent and power to our mission. Two of our staff were selected from GOTR National to be among 16 “National Coach Ambassadors” to help strengthen our brand, as well as our volunteer recruiting efforts on the national level. Finally, two of our volunteers were selected as “Remarkable Volunteers” for their dedication and extraordinary service.

“Therefore surprising…”It was also a year to keep reaching and exceeding our goals. In 2018, we saw an unprecedented number of girls request financial-aid to participate in our programs, meeting the needs of over 20% of our participants. Our overall scholarship rate for the year was 18%, a key step towards our goal of reaching a 20% scholarship rate by 2020. We hosted two successful fundraising events, including our first annual Remarkable Breakfast, which helped expand awareness of our programming in our southern counties (Mercer & Burlington). The breakfast was so successful that we’ll be hosting a second one in Essex

County this spring! Girls who participated in our fall programs raised record breaking numbers in our peer-to-peer fundraising initiative, “Run for a Reason” which supports our scholarship initiative. We are also grateful for the many companies, foundations and individuals who joined us as partners to support the limitless potential of girls this year!

“Unusual and special..” This enormous success has actualized because of the efforts of many - those who understand and support our mission and vision to keep “changing the world one girl at a time,” who experience firsthand that the “finish line is just the beginning” and who recognize that our combination of people, purpose and passion are helping us change lives in extraordinary ways. In 2019, we will be working harder than ever to bring our programming to schools in underserved communities, to ensure our programs are accessible and inclusive for all girls in the state of NJ, and to continue creating new partnerships that will elevate our mission. We are ready for miracles in 2019 and we hope the world is ready!

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within us out into the world, miracles happen. - Henry Stanley Haskins

With gratitude,

Sydney Davis | Executive Director

Dear friends…

Our Mission We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.

Our Vision We envision a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.

Our Core Values + Recognize our power and responsibility to be intentional in our

decision making

+ Embrace our differences and find strength in our connectedness

+ Express joy, optimism and gratitude through our words, thoughts and actions

+ Lead with an open heart and assume positive intent

+ Nurture our physical, emotional and spiritual health

+ Stand up for ourselves and others

Sustained impact…

What makes Girls on the Run different?

The evidence-based curriculum and formal volunteer training distinctly differentiate Girls on the Run from other youth programs. There is no other national girl-only physical activity-based positive youth development program that formally trains its coaches on how to implement the curriculum as intended and to create positive relationships in a caring and inclusive climate. It is this combination, an intentional curriculum and coach training, that makes the positive outcomes we see in the lives of the girls we serve possible.

Transforming Lives We’re more than a running program.We make lasting, transformative change in the lives of girls.

97% of girls learncritical life skills such as helping others, resolving conflict, managing emotions and making intentional decisions that they are using at home, at school and with friends.

Participating in Girls on the Run transforms girls’ lives by helping them...

“When I was younger, I was diagnosed with Autism and I also had a lisp and I got bullied at school. When I started Girls on

the Run, I felt more comfortable because I knew that the other girls were there to

help me. It inspired me to do more.” - Brianna, age 10

Making a difference

A powerful national movement

What started with 13 girls in 1996 has grown into a national force for good with over 1.4 million girls participating throughout our 21-year history. Since 2000, the Girls on the Run New Jersey East council has served over 16,000 girls.

200,000+ girls served

The Girls on the Run network of 200+ councils serves more than 200,000 girls annually in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Largest 5K series

Participating in a 5K is the culminating event of the 10-week program. Girls on the Run hosts the largest 5K series in the world by number of events, with over 330 events per year.

110,000+ volunteers

Program goals of social, psychological, and physical development are achieved through the efforts of over 110,000 volunteers each year.

12,000+ Community Impact Projects

The program inspires girls to build lives of purpose and to make a meaningful contribution to community and society. In 2017, this came to life through over 12,000 community impact projects created and executed by each Girls on the Run team.

2016 2017 2018

Total # of Girls Served 2,024 2,204 2,049

Total Scholarships Granted $46,736 $59,730 $73,545

Total # of Coaches 550 575 571

Snapshot stats

“If you’re having a problem and someone is picking on you, or making you feel bad about

yourself and angry, you just need to stop, breathe, think and respond.” - Sasha, Age 9

Our partners…

Girls on the Run is honored to have the support of corporations, foundations, organizations and individuals working to advance our mission and impact the lives of girls from coast to coast. Through their financial investment, meaningful activation strategies and significant volunteer engagement, our partners elevate awareness of our program and support our organization’s most pressing needs.

National partners

Finish Line sponsors

Presenting sponsors

Shining Star sponsors DFITNESS

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$10,000+Frontline InsuranceWillis and Nancy King FoundationR. Seelaus & Co., Inc.

$5,000 - $9,999Florham Park JayceesFlorham Park PBANew York Football GiantsOmnicom Health Group, LLCSaul PalomoTito's Handmade Vodka

$2,500 - $4,999Paola Silva BarajasBloomberg L.P.Healthy Kids Pediatric GroupK.E.E.P., Inc.Colleen SeilerTricia Smith

Thank you to our supporters$1,000 - $2,499AnonymousBowman & Company LLPBreast Surgical Specialist LLCBrueckner Family FoundationCarter Smile LLCCRA Financial Services, L.L.C.Kim CulliganGraybarJD FitnessJohn J. Giblin AssociationLepore Taylor FoxLori LlarenaMajeski FoundationMedExpressMount Saint Dominic AcademyChris and Saudhy MussoNetcong Municipal AllianceNew York JetsPrinceton Family YMCAPrinceton Pacers

$1,000 - $2,499 (cont.)Provident Bank FoundationAnne QuinnRebecca and Michael RinaldiScheier Dental GroupSipprelle Charitable CorpEmily SoonthornchaiSue Adler TeamThe Bar Method WestfieldThirty-One Gifts

$500 - $999Dennis BishopCEM Construction LLCCinnaminson Fire DepartmentCinnaminson TownshipDeTorres & DeGeorge Family LawLucy and Sean DevlinDreyer's LumberMatthew FunkMichelle GasiorowskiMegan and Patrick Grandinetti

Thank you to our supporters

Bob HoeyJack DaSilvaCraig and Anna KlineCathy Knapp, Coldwell Banker Residential BrokerageMarybeth and Steve LaphamMain Street MoversMedExpressMedExpressJessica MooreSarah and Kevin MorrisonJacqueline Munro Tapp and Barton MunroMurray Hill Tennis & FitnessPam RandazzoDanielle and Edward ShannonSmith ChiropracticRaymond SmithbergerSummit Medical GroupSKC & Co., CPAs, L.L.C. Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, PCUSA Sports & EntertainmentNancy and Doon WintzWOMEN Unlimited, Inc.

$250 - $499Mike AndriolaAssemblyman Thomas P. GiblinKatherine and Paul BenzMary ByrnesCanon Financial Services, Inc.Michael and Kathleen CastellanoJane and Patrick CollinsErshow Chiropractic CenterKimberly FaheyDeborah FaulkFirst Choice Loan Service, Inc.Joshua FiskeJason GearyRobin Greenberg, LCSWLindsey HamiltonHanson & Ryan IncGina HijjawiClaudia HirawatColleen and Benjamin IjalanaKyle JamaitisSusan Johnson

Thank you to our supporters

Bret KayeDavid KlugmanKiersten LangelGlenn LattnerGerry MaleMerx PaymentsDiana MillerMontessori Children's AcademyJohn NergerJack ParryPRC Rotary ClubPrinceton Sports and Family Medicine, P.C.Maria PulaPaul ScheierChris SchifferCarly SlutzkySt. James GateDaniella StrombergThree Birds Yoga StudioEric WeissWells Fargo Financial Advisors

Special ThanksPaolo BowyerKim CiriacoJane CollinsSydney DavisPriyal DubalHazel GuilletteMeghan HeyertJessica JaskotIsabel JordanLori KapfererNatalie KapfererAnne KleinJen McNallyAlly Redmond

2018 Statement of Activities

Support, revenue and other income: Total

Sponsorships $27,867

Contributions and grants $122,699

Registration fees $322,200

Fundraising events $73,828

Other $17,966

$564,560

Expenses:

Program $272,932

General and administrative $119,432

Fundraising costs $133,189

$525,553

Change in net assets: $28,175

Net assets, beginning of year: $259,246

Net assets, end of year: $287,421

5%

21%

56%

13%5%

SponsorshipsContributions & GrantsRegistration FeesFundraising eventsOther

52%

23%

25%

ProgamGeneral and administrativeFundraising costs

Board of Directors

Megan Grandinetti, Board PresidentIntent Media

Lindsay DischleyChiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

Michelle GasiorowskiBowman & Company, LLP

Emily KingBar Method

Rebecca RinaldiCigna

Carly SlutzkyETS

Nykia WhartonWells Fargo Advisors

Gabrielle RossiDiscover Outdoors Foundation

PO BOX 896MILLBURN, NJ 07041

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