2014 ANNUAL REPORT
IMPACT STUDY SHOWS THAT OUR AFTER SCHOOL
PLAN
STRATEGIC
WILL HELP US
SUCCEED IN STEM
SUSTAIN, STRENGTHEN
& GROW
11,635
girlstart after school
528 2013 576 2014 435
PUBLIC STEM
2012
705
IN 2014
2014
918 1,133
GIRLS INSPIRED
2012
15,055
2013
ENGAGED
1,178
2014
girls in STEM
girlstart summer camp
2014
EMPOWERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS
NEW
20152017
PROGRAMS HELP GIRLS
EDUCATORS
PARENTS CONNECTED
OUR
GIRLSTART’S 2014
623
PROGRAMS
GIRLS
2013
LED GIRLSTART’S
674
REACHING
PROGRAMS
400
TRAINING AND
AFTER SCHOOL
2012
COMPLETED INTENSIVE
SUMMER CAMPS
ACROSS 4 STATES,
2014
85CREW
STEM
1000 GIRLS WITH FREE GIRLSTART
2013
OF 2014
27LONG WEEK-
563 586 674
TOP 5 HIGHLIGHTS
GIRLSTART RAN
GIRLSTART REACHED MORE THAN
2012
GIRLSTART’S
professional development for educators
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multiethnic latina
AFTER GIRLSTART 85%
will try again if their experiment doesn’t work
63%
49%
say, “if I try hard, I can be good at science”
81%
HAYS•BRYAN 10,034 LEARNING HOURS
70%
report a STRONG desire to have a STEM career
74%
94%
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tar
ls
1.5
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
84 WOMEN LEADERS EDIBLE MICROCHIPS
435 GIRLS ARCHAEOLOGY
MINDSTORMS ROBOTS
APRIL 12, 2014
FLAVOR SCIENCE
BRAIN WAVES 197 SCHOLARSHIPS
VETERINARY MEDICINE
23 WORKSHOPS APP DEVELOPMENT
FORENSIC DNA ANALYSIS
92% say they enjoy doing STEM activities
94% know STEM can help them get to college
87% say they are MORE interested in STEM careers after girls in STEM
93% could name two NEW careers they learned about at girls in STEM
2014 PROGRAM OUTCOMES
2014 GIRLS IN STEM STATS
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IMPACT STUDY
36%
STEM CLASSES t gir
48% passed
93%
68%
know STEM can help them have a better career
& PREPARES THEM
FOR ADVANCED
62% passed
95%
THE SCIENCE STAAR comparison group of girls
78%
GIRLSTART AFTER SCHOOL
HELPS GIRLS PASS
71% passed
know STEM can help them get to college
think their ideas can solve problems & help people
GIRLS IN STEM
88% ROUND ROCK SAN ANTONIO:NORTHSIDE
tell their friends about what they do at girlstart
92%
want to go to college
DEL VALLE
all students at aisd partner schools
62%
100% FREE
aisd girlstart after school participants
42%
want to take more STEM classes at school
SAN ANTONIO:NORTH EAST
DFW:MANSFIELD
want to come back to girlstart next semester
say, “I like science!”
94%
AUSTIN 36 STEM CREW
88%
84%
51%
42 PROGRAMS GEORGETOWN
are first-generation college aspirants
e tak
PROGRAM OUTCOMES FALL 2014
asianamerican
girls
4% 4%
africanamerican
n-g no irl
DEMOGRAPHICS
12%
BEFORE GIRLSTART 48%
McALLEN 1,081 GIRLS LEANDER WACO:CONNALLY
are economically disadvantaged
FALL 2014 AFTER SCHOOL STATS
17%
63%
PFLUGERVILLE
70%
take rls
GIRLSTART AFTER SCHOOL
white
170
bu
programmed
pl
ed
des ign with app i n ps
s on
459 girls
& ilt
86%
girls
mmed ap gra ro
CHICAGO 2014 SUMMER CAMP STATS
27 CAMPS BELLEVUE 24 STEM CREW
41%
58%
98%
are economically disadvantaged
79%
want to go to college
94%
73%
know STEM can help them have a better career
78%
37%
report a STRONG desire to have a STEM career
are first-generation college aspirants
57%
87%
built their first app, robot, or game at camp
54%
think developing apps, games or robots would be a fun career latina multiethnic
SAN ANTONIO 53% SCHOLARSHIPS 77% TAYLOR•BRYAN wantat girlstart their
ARLINGTON 26,960 LEARNING HOURS
89%
8% asianamerican
africanamerican
31%
9%
12%
40%
school
DEMOGRAPHICS
AUSTIN
42%
know STEM can help them get to college
BUDA•KYLE 17% SUNNYVALE
96%
say, “if I try hard, I can be good at science”
96%
11,264 MILES TRAVELED
674 GIRLS
41%
say, “I like science!”
want to take more STEM classes at school
30%
girls
will try again if their experiment doesn’t work
program
151
BEFORE GIRLSTART 51%
GIRLSTART SUMMER CAMP
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robots ed m
ntor ve
girls
AFTER GIRLSTART 97%
PROGRAM OUTCOMES SUMMER 2014
girls
62
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332
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TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES
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white
89%
want to do more hands-on STEM activities
like to do STEM activities with their families
93% want to come back to girlstart
61% are interested in STEM careers
MAKER DAYS 11,635 PEOPLE STARRY NIGHTS
DESTEMBER
62 EVENTS SPOOKY SCIENCE STEM SATURDAYS
100% FREE PUBLIC OUTREACH WEATHERFEST
PUBLIC STEM
90%
2014 PUBLIC STEM STATS
2014 PROGRAM OUTCOMES
STEM EXTRAVAGANZAS
UNIVERSITY
815 VOLUNTEERS
PARTNERSHIPS ONLINE RESOURCES
had their first teaching experience at girlstart
1,178 EDUCATORS HANDS-ON STEM
88% are STEM or education majors
CURRICULUM
100% WEBINARS 27 CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
BEST PRACTICES
ADVOCATING•MENTORING
STEM CREW STATS
EDUCATORS
21 GUEST SPEAKERS LEADING ACTIVITIES GARDENING•PAINTING
PREPPING SUPPLIES
4,241 HOURS THANK YOU! 37
say girlstart made them a better teacher
local companies represented
20
service organizations represented
FINANCIALS
programs
2015 $1.2m
earned income
$1.19m
11%
development
7% management & general
2012
GROWTH
NATIONAL
2013
$1.1m
individuals & special event
2011
NEW RESEARCH
STRONG OUTCOMES
BUILDING MOMENTUM
19%
grants
$789k
73%
2014 INCOME GIRLSTART’S PLAN IN 2015-2017
SUSTAIN
RECOGNITION TO GIRLS
GROWTH ACROSS TEXAS
8%
$958k
SUSTAINABLE 2012-2014 SUCCESSES
STRATEGIC PLAN
2014
hours contributed by girlstart alumnae
GENEROUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
2014 EXPENSES
82%
449
VOLUNTEERS
TRAINING 85 STEM CREW 41%
OUR COMMITMENT
IN CENTRAL
TEXAS
CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR
FUTURE EXPANSION
& CONSIDER OPPORTUNITIES
STAY
SCALE-UP
#growgirlstart
EXPAND
TO NEW COMMUNITIES
IN TEXAS CONNECTED FOR NATIONAL FOLLOW•TAG•SHARE
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