2021-05-13T10:20:12-05:00 2020-12-31 311119890 Barnes Dennig & Co LTD 150 East Fourth Street Cincinnati OH 45202 990 2020-01-01 813380647 Strive Together Inc STRI 5139291150 125 East 9th St 2nd FL Cincinnati OH 45202 Jennifer Blatz CEO 5139291150 2021-05-12 1 Jennifer Blatz XXX-XX-XXXX Paula Hume P00537516 5132418313 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Jennifer Blatz 125 East 9th St 2nd FL Cincinnati OH 45202 30982246 0 X www.strivetogether.org X 2016 OH We partner with communities to ensure every child has every chance to succeed because race, ethnicity, poverty and circumstance should not determine opportunity or outcome. 9 9 49 0 0 0 15326729 30489033 775508 450348 124572 42865 0 0 16226809 30982246 8168789 20189910 0 0 4597160 5199802 0 0 1217549 4309703 3253891 17075652 28643603 -848843 2338643 5898635 8381463 667577 811762 5231058 7569701 X We partner with communities to ensure every child has every chance to succeed because race, ethnicity, poverty and circumstance should not determine opportunity or outcome. 0 0 20758614 20029910 0 Challenge Fund: Through the Cradle to Career Community Challenge fund program, StriveTogether helps communities across the country achieve better and more equitable outcomes, especially for students of color and low-income children. We encourage and reward partnership progress to improve outcomes; expand access to capital to leverage local investments; and support innovation and targeted efforts to strengthen the seven capacities necessary to reach our goal of 23 communities in the Systems Change and/or Systems Transformation Gateway by 2023. The Community Challenge Fund accomplished the following in 2020: 8 Opportunity Fund Grants in Year 3, 4 Opportunity Fund Grants in Year 2, and 3 Opportunity Fund Grants in Year 1 to develop more sustainable systems and resources, foster more equitable systems and outcomes, and extend into additional sectors to advance economic mobility. 7 Strategic Initiatives Policy Grants and 7 Policy Coalition Grants to support strategic initiatives to build partnerships' capacity to advance policy change by engaging policy leaders, leading grassroots advocacy and coordinating policy change efforts with state and local coalitions. 7 Strategic Initiatives Leadership and Talent Grants to build partnerships' leadership and talent practices that advance partnerships to Systems Transformation, focusing on sourcing, deploying, developing and retaining high quality talent and leadership that is representative and inclusive of communities served 10 Accelerator Fund Grants in Year 3 to expedite progress toward Proof Point status by building the capabilities of local leaders and practitioners. 17 Systems Transformation Grants to ensure a stable COVID recovery to partnerships facing financial disruptions; support resilient system building to support policy, advocacy and mobilization efforts in response to the pandemic; and/or propel catalytic action on efforts to change systems, shift power to BIPOC youth/families, and advance equitable outcomes. 3032359 160000 450348 Network Advancement StriveTogether supports 67 cradle to career network member communities in developing and implementing systems-level strategies to shift practices, policies, resources, and power structures to achieve better, more equitable cradle to career outcomes for 11.5 million youth, including 7.3 million youth of color. In 2020, StriveTogether hosted more than 200 virtual sessions focused on supporting local communities in building civic infrastructure for collaboration across sectors, policy change, and authentic youth and family leadership as well navigating the impacts of COVID-19 on youth and families, cradle to career outcomes, and operational supports such as sustainability and communications. StriveTogether hosted its first-ever virtual national convening with more than 1,500 attendees as well as intensive cohort-based supports, including the Co-development of Solutions Fellowship, Leading for Results, Collaborative Action for Results, and the Race and Ethnic Equity Action Team. The Race and Ethnic Equity Action Team focused on systems-level indicators that measure systemic-, structural-, and institutional-level change as well as supporting school district and community leaders in designing a new education model oriented to race and ethnic equity. Each partnership also had the opportunity to engage with virtual executive coaching to advance their targeted organizational and community priorities. 1181185 Learning and ActivationStriveTogether has an intentional data driven approach and an active knowledge management strategy to support its network members. The Learning and Activation division leads the organization's data strategy and curation, codification and creation of resources that support peer to peer learning in the network to acceleration of equitable outcomes. In 2020, the team led fast-paced real-time learning efforts to support the Network's learning needs during the pandemic, curated stories from the network to inform policy and advocacy efforts, supported organization's Racial and Ethnic Equity team priorities, and led data collection and analysis efforts to understand the impact of the pandemic on the Network. 924670 Policy & Advocacy StriveTogether builds policy, advocacy and mobilization capacity across the country to support policy change which (1) creates conditions for cross sector alignment, (2) support construction and maintenance of backbone intermediaries, and (3) aligns resources to evidence which improves outcomes and closing disparity gaps for children and families. In 2020 the organization supported 41 network Partnership communities in 12 states to develop and strengthen these capacities through technical assistance and funding. The organization conducted rapid response technical assistance to Promise Neighborhoods grantees intended to help with Covid-19 policy response. Across the national Network over $13,000,000 was leveraged from federal Covid-19 responses and used for targeted interventions and intended use of funds. 924670 25896828 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 48 0 1 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 OH X X Brittany Speed 5139291150 125 East 9th Street Cincinnati OH 45202 Nancy Zimpher Board Chair-exit 1/17/20 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tom Fry Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Connie Ballmer Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tony Pipa Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 James Bell Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Russell Booker Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Danae Davis Board Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Lisa Hamilton Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sue Lehmann Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Roberto Rodriguez Director-Start 2/19/20 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Blatz CEO 40.00 X 317062 0 31794 Brittany Speed Vice President of Finance 40.00 X 171462 0 18346 Colin Groth Executive Vice President of Strategy and Developme 40.00 X 199731 0 17250 Josh Davis Vice President of Policy and Partnerships 40.00 X 202723 0 20723 Bridget Jancarz Chief of Staff 40.00 X 158356 0 15092 Parvathi Santhosh-Kumar Vice President of Equitable Results 40.00 X 164708 0 10262 Kevin Sansberry Vice President of People 40.00 X 197523 0 24236 Cheryl Broadnax Senior Director of Districts 40.00 X 149050 0 12079 Kelly Anchrum Senior Director of Marketing 40.00 X 151411 0 14778 Rikita Sharma Kurup Senior Director of Learning 40.00 X 132060 0 22045 Alexandra Canlos-Castillo Senior Director of Coaching 40.00 X 120388 0 6534 Andrew Freeze Senior Director of Development and Grants 40.00 X 136028 0 22789 2100502 0 215928 17 0 1 0 The BridgeSpan Group 2 Copley Place Suite 3700B Boston MA 02116 Strategic Planning Consulting 580000 GMMB Inc 3050 K Street NW Suite 100 Washington DC 20007 Media Support and Placement, communicati 224770 Spicefire Inc 1410 Race Street Cincinnati OH 45202 Marketing Bundle 168275 Cornerstone Government Affairs Inc 800 Maine Avenue SW 7th Floor Washington DC 20024 Policy and Lobbying work 105000 StoryCorps Inc 80 Hanson Place 2nd Floor Brooklyn NY 11217 StoryCorps Interviews 102500 5 173126 751700 29564207 30489033 Strategic Assistance Fees 900099 375617 375617 Convening/Meeting Revenue 900099 31800 31800 Sponsorship 900099 22250 22250 Training/Speaking 900099 20681 20681 450348 42865 42865 30982246 450348 0 42865 20189910 20189910 1549266 1041543 247071 260652 2945873 1980456 469796 495621 141820 95343 22617 23860 249943 168032 39860 42051 312900 210357 49900 52643 58374 45003 10421 2950 1233937 951290 220279 62368 368268 157838 146405 64025 223130 150006 35584 37540 54238 40709 6963 6566 148862 130918 12106 5838 373060 250801 59494 62765 Communications 607785 412889 97880 97016 Other Expenses 153704 39200 110850 3654 Network stipends and su 32533 32533 28643603 25896828 1529226 1217549 3806503 7129245 1191801 529793 108493 221419 703946 230094 505449 473852 286389 27154 5898635 8381463 599435 660672 68142 151090 667577 811762 X 2777187 3316616 2453871 4253085 5231058 7569701 5898635 8381463 2338643 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 4900584 11879635 15326729 30489033 62595981 4900584 11879635 15326729 30489033 62595981 4410432 58185549 2968 18436 124572 42865 188841 32112 32112 62816934 2669154 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 10933 129065 139998 28503605 28643603 1000000 250000 0 0 1000000 1000000 1500000 139998 139998 250000 250000 375000 10933 10933 408637 123621 285016 161906 61753 100153 133403 44720 88683 473852 X 30982246 0 30982246 0 30982246 28643603 0 28643603 0 28643603 Part X, Line 2: The Organization is exempt from income taxes under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code and a similar provision of Ohio law. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Annually, we remind Board members to review and submit their conflict of interest disclosures and the Secretary to the Board reviews the submissions to make sure Board members are compliant. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 We completed a compensation and job/family analysis to compare and validate compensation levels. Any employees that were below the range received adjustments accordingly. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The process has not changed during the year. StriveTogether LLC 125 East 9th St Cincinnati OH 45202 No Activity OH StriveTogether Inc