FY2011 First Quarter Performance Report     

Kaleem Caire, President/CEO

April 27, 2011

Dear Investor,

More than 400 people attended our Best in the Midwest event in December 2010 where we shared our bold agenda and vision for Greater Madison. We also promised to share our progress with you on a quarterly basis beginning this year. 

In January 2011, we shared our new strategic plan with the community. This report is a measurement of our performance against the priorities, goals and objectives presented in the plan. 

On behalf of our Board of Directors, staff and many volunteers, I submit to you our FY2011 First Quarter Performance Report.  

Our Vision 

To make Greater Madison the "Best [place] in the Midwest" for everyone to live, learn, and work by 2020.

Our Strands of Empowerment

ULGM will realize its vision through a comprehensive strategic empowerment agenda that includes the deployment and expansion of programs and services, advocacy, partnerships, and coalition building within the three Strands of Empowerment: Live, Learn and Work. Through these strands, we build a stronger bridge between education and work; provide more pathways for young people and adults to secure a quality education, employment and grow professionally; and help transform Greater Madison into a place where everyone can succeed, thrive, and enjoy raising their families.

Live:  Ensure that citizens reside in healthy and safe communities that provide equal opportunities for social engagement, cultural expression, and healthy living.

Learn: Build a pipeline of high quality cradle-to-career educational services that impact the entire family, eliminate the achievement and education gaps, move all children towards high performance, and prepare youth and adults for career success.

Work: Engage in programs, partnerships, and job creation activities that diversify Dane County's workforce and help individuals at all levels realize their career goals from entry-level to managerial and professional.

Our Results 

•   Events
• We unveiled two new annual signature events for 2011, aligning our events with our commitment to make Greater Madison the Best in the Midwest for everyone to live, learn and work.
• On June 6, we will host our first annual Workforce Diversity & Leadership Summit and Awards Luncheon at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Our featured speakers are Ms. Renae Murphy of Coca-Cola North America and Ms. Maria Campbell of SC Johnson. Registration will open in May. 
• We will host School Night 2011 on September 23rd at Monona Terrace. It will serve as a celebration of educators, volunteers, parents and businesses who are making a difference in the lives of young people in Greater Madison. More information on this to follow. 
• Co-hosted along with other Madison area nonprofits The People's Candidate Forum featuring candidates for Mayor of Madison and Dane County Executive.
• Over 850 people attended the Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Recognition Breakfast at Edgewood High School January 16 where 200 Dane County students were recognized for academic achievement, extracurricular involvement, and serve to their community. Awards presented included the Outstanding Young Person Award, MLK Scholarships and the Mann Scholarships.

Learn

• Schools of Hope Tutoring Program. During the first semester of the 2010-11 school year, 584 volunteers tutored 1,109 students during the first semester in 19 middle and high schools in Madison, Middleton, Oregon and Sun Prairie School Districts with 44% of participating students receiving 8+ tutoring sessions. Additionally, 60% of middle school students and 69% of high school students improved or maintained a course letter grade during the duration of tutoring. 
• 21st Century Careers Program. We provided weekly Career and College Readiness seminars to 120 students attending 4 Madison middle schools and 3 middle schools in Sun Prairie.
• Madison Preparatory Academy for Young Men. In March, the Madison Metropolitan School District's Board of Education voted 6-1 to approve the our submission of a $225,000 charter school planning grant to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to support the planning of Madison Prep. Planning continues. Final vote on Madison Prep will occur this fall.
• In February, we hosted 28 young men from Urban Prep Academies in Chicago, an all-male public charter school that has sent 100% of its first two graduating classes to four year colleges and universities, we held this community event in partnership with CUNA Mutual Foundation, 100 Black Men of Madison, Wisconsin Association of Black Men and UW-Madison.

Work

• We trained and provided job coaching to 226 members (adults) and are on our way to serving a record number of individuals for the year. Our goal is to serve 410 persons by year-end. Once a person enrolls in our workforce programs, we refer to them as a "member" of our team.
• Our first Foundations Training class of 2011 graduated a record percentage of participants - 92% (22 out of 24 Members). 
• Of adults served through our training programs, 41% had achieved employment by March 31.
• We forged new relationships and fortified existing ones with Primary Placement Partners such as The QTI Group and Spherion Staffing Partners.
• Last fall, we launched a Weatherization/Green Jobs Training Program in partnership with the City of Madison, Project Home, START Program and the Workforce Development Board. Four individuals have already completed a paid work experience program, 5 more were enrolled in the 2nd cohort that began this month and at least 10 more will complete training by years-end.
• Entered into a contract with the Workforce Development Board to deliver a modified version of our Foundations Work Readiness Academy as part of a statewide Transitional Jobs Demonstration Pilot. The Pilot provides a temporary, paid employment experience to help workers develop the skills needed to secure family sustaining jobs. ULGM provides 80 hours of training to individuals being placed in work experience by WDB.

Governance

• Four new members joined our Board of Directors - Dr. Scott Flanagan, Executive Vice President of Edgewood College, Dr. Deryl Davis-Fulmer, Vice President of Learner Success at Madison College, Ms. Cynthia Hughes, President of Rose CFO Solutions and Mr. John Roach, President of John Roach Projects. 
• Mr. Darrell Bazzell, Vice Chancellor for Administration, UW-Madison, was appointed chair of our Economic Development & Workforce Committee,  Mr. David Cagigal was appointed chair of the Education Committee, Mr. Paul Norman, Partner, Boardman Law Firm was appointed chair of the Fundraising Committee, and Mr. Darren Noak, President of Commercial Construction, Tri-North Builders was appointed chair of the Finance Committee.
• We also added several community leaders to our committees, including Ms. Fran Petonic, President of Meriter Foundation who joined our Fundraising Committee and Ms. Kendra Parks Lowery, Mr. Mario Garcia-Sierra and Ms. JoAnne Brown who joined our Education Committee.

Finance

• We have a remaining fundraising need of $280,000 against a budget of $2.4M for FY2011. 
• Completed FY2010 audit 2 months earlier than previous years. Annual report ready by summer.

Kaleem Caire

President & CEO

Urban League of Greater Madison

Phone: 608-729-1200

Fax: 608-729-1205

www.ulgm.org

Our Mission 

The mission of the Urban League of Greater Madison is to eliminate social and economic barriers for African Americans, other people of color and the economically disadvantaged in Dane County by transforming our community into a place of opportunity, personal and professional growth, prosperity and success for everyone.