Achieve Twin Cities

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2011

Signed

Mar 1, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$10,137,344

Major Activities

Activity 2

Career & college centers (part of career & college initiative):in 2005, with mps graduation rates barely hovering above 50% and an average of only one counselor for every 600 students, former pillsbury and medtronic executive win wallin convened community and business leaders, school officials, and achievempls staff to create career and college centers (cccs). Today achievempls employs 10 ccc coordinators to run centers equipped with 30 new computers in all seven comprehensive high schools and most alternative schools. Our coordinators offer students individual guidance on college searches, financial aid, and career opportunities. They also host workshops for students and parents, organize job fairs and college visits, and invite hundreds of business and community leaders to share their skills and inspiration. Last school year, mps students used career and college center services over 67,000 times. Ccc coordinators helped admission representatives from over 150 institutions make 431 visits to mps high schools, and helped organize 49 college visits for mps students. Since 2004: 1. Mps high school graduation rates increased from 53% to 73%. (mps department of research, evaluation, and assessment) 2. Rates of mps high school students attending college within a year after graduation rose from 48% to 63%. (national student clearinghouse) 3. The percentage of juniors and seniors taking the act in mps' seven comprehensive high schools rose from 50% to 79%. (naviance database senior survey)

Activity 3

Step-up achieve (part of career & college initiative):in 2004, achievempls partnered with the city of minneapolis to create the step-up achieve summer jobs program, which has given thousands of low-income youth an opportunity to gain high-quality work experience and build a professional network among the regions leading employers. In the spring, future interns complete a rigorous training certified by the minneapolis regional chamber of commerce, culminating in four days of mock interviews with more than 400 volunteers. This year we recruited, trained, and placed over 700 young people in paid summer jobs with over 130 employers, including wells fargo, u.s bank, best buy, cargill, health partners, piper jaffray, the minnesota twins, and the office of mayor r.t. Rybak. This summer, step-up achieve placed 712 low-income youth in jobs, surpassing its target for the year and breaking its all-time record for summer jobs.

Filer

EIN

41-1425264