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“Line 11a explanation - the 990 is signed and reviewed by the executive director and approved in their monthly meeting.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually and any conflicts are brought to the appropriate personnel or board member's attention.”

“As a part of a comprehensive performance management program, project success has implemented a formal compensation review process for key employees including the executive director. The process is managed by the chair of the board and the chair of the governance committee with assistance of a third-party hr consultant. 1. Comparable salary from similarly situated organizations for functionally like roles is obtained and relied upon to determine an appropriate range of pay. 2 the compensation recommendation is reviewed and approved by the full board of directors and appropriately documented in the minutes including: a. The decision and date it was approved; b. The members of the board who were present for the debate and the votes cast by those who voted on it; c. The comparability data obtained and relied upon (and documentation about why any deviation from the data's ranges were approved);and d. Documentation the approval occured without the participation of any board members who had a conflict of interest.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are generally not available to the public. They may be provided upon request.”

“Project success is where students connect to their purpose. Through a proprietary methodology proven to increase student motivation, project success works with students continuously over a seven-year period, from middle school through high school, to help them prepare for success in school, work and life. Through project success, young people develop critical social and emotional skills, gain experiences that broaden their view of the possibilities, and graduate with plans for their futures. Our vision is that every child entering middle school will graduate high school with a plan for their future and have the skills and resilience that will take them through the rest of their lives. Project success believes that every child is capable of finding and developing the skills and resilience necessary to achieve sustainable success in school, work and life. The key is our seven-year approach: we meet young people where they are at, without judgment, using outcomes-based programming in and out of class time continuously from 6th through 12th grade. We work with each student in every school we serve, serving the whole child over time for up to seven years. We see students monthly in their language arts classrooms during the school day, and we offer experiential learning opportunities after school, evenings, weekends and summers, building deep and trusting developmental relationships with students and families. We achieve this through a proven curriculum delivered by professional, caring youth development staff, and woven through interlinked programming that engages a young person from a learner-based approach, focusing on helping them become aware of his or her own sense of self, so he or she can find the resilience to overcome the expected, and take advantage of life opportunities. Our activities include: * monthly goal-setting workshops in every english/language arts classroom for each student in every school we serve, and one-on-one post-secondary planning support. * professional theater experiences, offered at least monthly to all students and their families. * experiential learning opportunities such as college tours, student performances, artist residencies, outdoor/wilderness experiences, and global travel. * specific technical- and life-skill-based workshops and certificate-earning programs outside of school time through the project success institute. During the 2017-18 school year, we delivered programming to more than 13,000 students in 19 minneapolis public middle and high schools. For more than 24 years, project success has been working with thousands of students to help them dream and plan for their futures and strengthen their social and emotional skills - all of which are critical to success in school, work and life. Our innovative and inclusive long-term model is proven to help students know themselves better (integrated identity), develop a stronger commitment to learning (school connectedness), internalize social skills and their application in multiple contexts (competency) and develops the ability to make choices about and take an active role in their own life paths (agency). Our professional, caring staff provides time and space for facilitated discussion and exploration to help kids discover who they are and what they want out of life so they can build the connection between academic persistence now and success in meeting their goals in the future. Project success programming positively impacts academic engagement and achievement and readiness for college and career through our work in three areas: * social and emotional skill development: through adult support and our curriculum built and delivered for each project success activity, young people build self-awareness and regulation, knowledge and skills, positive mindsets and core values that are critical to their academic success and career readiness. * school connectedness: students are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors and succeed academically when”

“Project success institute: in 2016, the project success board approved a strategic plan to significantly expand the depth and reach of programming, including the launching a transformational new programming asset: the project success institute. The institute was built on the reality that for today's students to stay in school and prepare for post-secondary success, they need significantly more support and resources-especially low-income students and students of color which make up 65% of the minneapolis public schools student population. Students need to explore career opportunities, to develop hard competencies and soft skills, visit colleges and workplaces first-hand for research and selection, and integrate all these elements into a practical plan as they make post-secondary plans. The project success institute is an innovative new resource that combines a new physical location for students during evenings and weekends with a new springboard for out-of-school activities that range from tech trainings and certifications to expanded college and workplace tours. This new resource is the final "leg of the stool" in our learning model - connecting what students learn in our foundational workshops and elo's with activities that practically prepare and connect students to next steps in their lives after high schools. The 2017-18 school year was a pilot-testing year for the institute, preparing for a full program launch in the 2018-19 school year. Pilot activities resulted in the following outcomes: * 65 high school students participated in coding workshops at three high schools, offering a first exposure to computer coding and a connection to further coding education opportunities at project success; * 22 high school students participated in day of coding at project success where students spent time learning the basics of computer coding. * 23 high school students participated in a 10-week coding certificate program; * 40 english learner students participated in coding workshops designed specifically for them, and facilitated on site at their high school. * thinking cap camp: a unique partnership between project success and win-win foundation to provide 40 8th grade students with an afternoon of coding with volunteer mentors from microsoft.”

“The organization's oversight and selection processes were not changed during the year.”