Gemstone Foundation

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Aug 8, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$196,392

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Los Angeles County Department of Probation This contract expired in May of 2011 however we continued working until July because of a work stoppage due to computer problems at the probation camp where we were providing service During 2011 we teste d an additional 30 minors and continued work with 10 additional minors at Camp David Gonzales in Calabasas California The minors were students in a program called Operation Read with which we had collaborated successfully at Camp Karl Holton in pr ior years At Gonzales we found a positive correlation between the number of sessions the minors completed and their improvement in behavior They also improved reading significantly We are currently seeking funding to continue this program

Activity 3

Other projects Programs that are supported by smaller grants contracts or donations include the following with the progress we have made in 2011 Conoco Phillips and Mechanics Bank Rodeo Hills Elementary School We assessed all 3rd grade stude nts in the fall of 2011 150 students in 5 classrooms Further testing seeking permission from parents for students who have visual skill problems and starting the computer orthopics program will occur in 2012 Ambassador Frank Baxter and Calif ornia Community Foundation College-Ready Alliance High School We assessed 9th grade students in March and another 65 rising 9th grade students in July We found 58 had deficient visual skills but 11 of them required eye examinations Students ass igned to do the computer orthopics program completed 15 sessions in the spring but we were plagued by computer problems and school scheduling difficulties in the fall semester plus turnover of administration and faculty We plan to complete our ob ligation to this project in 2012 pending sufficient funding Parental Funding Hales Corners Elementary School This school continues to use our program for students through their resource teacher who does all assessments and makes sure children have a full eye exam if needed before they start the program In 2011 we provided visual skills programs to 41 Hales Corners students with success in improving reading scores in 80 of them The assessment is free to the students through their sch ool PTA Funding Woodland Hills Academy We assessed 1202 students in this relatively affluent school in San Fernando Valley in January 2011 We found a lower percentage of students having Eyes in Conflict here 38 than in inner city schools o ver 40 or juvenile facilities over 50 The school decided not to adopt the program opting instead to inform the parents of children who needed treatment 3D Learner in Florida Several research and service projects in collaboration with 3D Learner in Boca Raton In 2011 we provided programs for 14 students in Special Education and the overall grade level increase in reading was more than 2 grade levels Other interventions were provided to the students besides Gemstone so the resea rch aspect was not rigorous However the results were very clear consistent with previous work and we are continuing to collaborate with this group Presentations in 2011 Byron Delta Lions Club Discovery Bay CA January National Learning Disabilities Association Jacksonville FL February Vanderbilt University Nashville TN May Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology Ft Lauderdale FL May Lions Clubs of District 4-C3 Sacramento CA May Long Beach School Bo ard Long Beach CA August 3DHome User Experience Technical Summit Hollywood CA September American Public Health Association Washington DC November Albany Lions Club Albany CA November Marin County Office of Education Nurses San Raf ael CA December West Berkeley Lions Club Berkeley CA December

Filer

EIN

68-0485452