2014 Annual Report

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

www.girlstart.org SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGY • ENGINEERING • MATH

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%

1

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

rt sta gi

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

le video gam ab es y a

robots ed m

ntor ve

girls

AFTER GIRLSTART 97%

PROGRAM OUTCOMES SUMMER 2014

girls

62

girls

animati ed

332

ogramm pr

D in 3

D with sk in 3 et

d

100

p

TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES

printe

up ch

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

SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGY • ENGINEERING • MATH