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YEAR UP BY THE NUMBERS

OUR MISSIONYear Up’s mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education.

Year Up is a non-profit organization that has created a one-year intensive training and education program that provides high school graduates and GED recipients with a combination of hands-on skill development and corporate internship opportunities.

The first six months of the program focuses on technical and professional skill building, while the second six months focuses on applying these skills through corporate internships. Students also earn up to 18 college credits.

CONNECT WITH US

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www.theopportunitymovement.com

www.yearup.org

NATIONAL IMPACT1

OUR AMERICAN CRISISThe United States is home to 5 million2 “disconnected” young adults, or 18 to 24 year olds who have not progressed beyond a high school diploma and are neither employed nor enrolled in postsecondary education. More than 70% of low-income, minority youth in the U.S. leave high school and/or GED programs without a path toward either a post-secondary degree or a livable wage job.Year Up is a proven solution to this problem3.

SERVED NATIONALLY

5,000+students

SERVED ANNUALLY INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT CORPORATE PARTNERS

1,300+students

100% 240+

INTERNSHIP PARTNERSPARTIAL LISTING OF INTERNSHIP PARTNERS

INTERNSHIP TO HIRE7 PARTNER SATISFACTION8

28% 98%

OUR PROGRAM & IMPACTPARTIAL LIST OF TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS CLASSES»» Desktop & Network Support»» Help Desk»» Hardware Repair»» Operating Systems»» Disk Formatting,

Partitioning & Ghosting»» Peripherals»» Software Installation»» Viruses and Malware

»» Microsoft Office & Outlook»» Networking & TCP/IP»» Investment Operations»» Customer Service»» Fund Accounting»» Business Writing Skills»» Time Management»» Career Networking»» Working in Teams

»» Communicating Clearly & Effectively»» Conflict Resolution & Negotiation»» Presentation Skills»» Workplace Norms»» Introduction to Business»» Personal Finance»» Workplace Legal Issues»» Work/Life Balance

RETENTION COLLEGE CREDITS EARNED4

84%POSITIVE OUTCOMES5 HOURLY WAGE6

18$15.00

Year Up Graduate

70%Class of Jul 2011 $7.25

Federal minimum

wage

64.5%Class ofJan 2011

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I am now the motivated and confident individual that I knew I could be. Thanks to Year Up, I now know that a bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.Paola»WaltersYear Up Boston, Class July 2011Interned at State Street“ ”

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NATIONAL ADMISSIONS STATISTICS 9

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39%

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AVERAGE AGE

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1. National Impact—5,000 since 2001; 1,300, 100% and 240 as of 2011

2. Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Report, 2010: http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/acrossstates/Rankings.aspx?loct=2&by=a&order=a&ind=5063&dtm=11484&tf=38)

3. Independent evaluation showed that Year Up graduates earned 30% more than non-graduates (“A Promising Start”, Economic Mobility Corporation, 2011)

4. College credits may vary by site and college partnership

5. Positive Outcomes defined as working or in school full time within 4 months of graduation from program

6. Starting salary approximately $15.00/hour or about $30,000/year; minimum wage: http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/q-a.htm

7. Through September 20118. Based on Year Up intern

performance, partner would continue relationship with Year Up in the future

9. National Admission Statistics reflect the classes of January 2012 and July 2012 combined

10. Map represents students enrolled in the January 2012 and July 2012 cohorts combined (as of November 2011)

11. The admissions process provides an opportunity for Year Up to assess the types of challenges to success facing participants

12. Average number of risks per student, rounded

NOTES

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The Origins of Year UpThe idea that would become Year Up was born in 1987 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, on the 18th Floor of 54-64 Rutgers Street, Apartment G. Gerald Chertavian, a recent graduate of Bowdoin College working on Wall Street, had volunteered to serve as a Big Brother to 10-year-old David Heredia, who lived in Apartment G with his mother. David’s neighborhood was known for crime and drug use; it was then the most heavily photographed crime scene in New York City.

For three years, Gerald spent every Saturday with David. He came to admire his Little Brother as an intelligent and motivated young man, with a passion for drawing. However, Gerald also came to realize that because David lacked certain basic resources, he would have to travel a difficult path to achieve success. Gerald was struck by the injustice of David’s situation – that the opportunities he had access to could be limited by his zip code, the color of his skin, the balance of his mother’s bank account, or the school he attended. And as an entrepreneur, Gerald realized our country was allowing enormous talent and potential to go to waste, at a time when we could not afford to waste anyone.

In his application to Harvard Business School, Gerald wrote an essay inspired by his experiences with David. He outlined a vision for an urban school that would provide young adults with the skills, experience and support they needed to realize their potential. Such a school would answer two needs – it would provide

young adults the boost they needed to bridge the Opportunity Divide, while at the same time providing companies with a new source of talent. Gerald began his postHarvard career by co-founding Conduit Communications and fostering its growth to $20 million in annual revenues; following the sale of the company in 1999, Gerald turned his energy and talents back toward the interests closest to his heart.

The fruits of his experiences with David and success in the for-profit world took form in 2000 when Gerald founded Year Up: a one-year education and professional job training program for urban young adults. The organization has grown from 22 students in Boston to a nationwide movement; in 2011, we will serve over 1,362 students in nine cities across the country. Our mission: To close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education.

Year Up Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian with David Heredia in 1988

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PRESS, AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2011PRESS

ɋ USA Today, April ɋ New York Times, January ɋ Allure, January

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

ɋ EMC'S (Economic Mobility Corporation) Impact Evaluation Report, April

ɋ NonProfit Times 2011 Best Places to Work, March

ɋ Hosea Williams Award for Community Activism, January

2010PRESS

ɋ Good Men Project Magazine, November

ɋ US News and World Report, October

ɋ Youth Today, October ɋ NESN, “Shining City,” September

ɋ The Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW), September

ɋ Fox Business, June ɋ Washington Post, May ɋ History Channel, “America: The Story of Us” Series, May

ɋ Newsweek, May ɋ Atlanta Business Chronicle, February

ɋ Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) News, January

ɋ NYSE Euronext, January

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

ɋ Philanthropedia Top 17 National Nonprofits, September

ɋ Jobs for the Future (Dollars and Sense), May

ɋ Opportunity Knocks, Best Nonprofit to Work for Award, February

2009PRESS

ɋ The Washington Post, November

ɋ Youth Today, August ɋ CSPAN, June ɋ San Francisco 7x7, May ɋ The San Francisco Chronicle, March

ɋ WHDH News Boston, February

ɋ Boston.com, February ɋ Thedeal.com, January ɋ WSJ.com, January

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

ɋ Associated Industries of Massachusetts John Gould Education & Workforce Award, May

ɋ Corporate Voices for Working Families Nonprofit Partner of the Year Award, May

2008PRESS

ɋ The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, December

ɋ NECN, December, May ɋ Atlanta Business Chronicle, December

ɋ PRnewswire.com, December

ɋ The Providence Journal, December

ɋ Principal Leadership, November

ɋ The Boston Globe, October, November

ɋ WSJ.com, October ɋ Entrepreneur.com, October

ɋ Boston Business Journal, September

ɋ Microsoft Report, September

ɋ Success Magazine, May ɋ Stanford Social Innovation Review, April

ɋ The New York Times, March

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

ɋ Robin Hood Foundation Heroes Award, December

ɋ Harvard Business School Case Study, June

ɋ Smaller Business Association of New England City of Excellence Award, May

ɋ International Ashoka Fellowship, February

PRESS HIGHLIGHTS