WINGS for kids Growth and Development Plan Bridget Laird, Chief Executive Officer Adam Pomerantz, Director of Business Affairs.

WINGS for kidsGrowth and Development Plan

Bridget Laird, Chief Executive OfficerAdam Pomerantz, Director of Business Affairs

Flight Path

• What is WINGS• Problem• The WINGS Solution• Evidence of Results and Future

Evaluations• Target Markets• Growth and Development Plan• Revenue Strategy• Our Flock and Recent Successes

What is WINGS?

WINGS is an education program that teaches low-income kids how to behave well, make good decisions and build healthy relationships.

We do this by weaving a comprehensive social and emotional learning curriculum into a fresh and fun after school program.

Problem

• 42% of all U.S. children are low-income • Low-income students graduate high school at

lower rates• 50% of African American girls become pregnant

before 20• 15% male black male juvenile delinquency rate

• Price of failing to graduate:• $630,000 in lifetime personal income• $240,000 in social welfare costs• 22% of daily jailing rate for young black males

The WINGS Solution

The Codified WINGS Program

• 30 SEL learning objectives

• The WINGS Creed• Extensive training• Key Program

Components• Community Unity • Choice Times • Academic Centers• WINGSWorks • WildWINGS

Evidence of Results – Externally Measured

Research by Yale University and the University of Virginia found WINGS kids have:

• Higher math and reading scores

• Higher grades• Improved school

attendance• Higher self-esteem• Lower anxiety• Greater satisfaction with

school• Better school adjustment

Evidence of Results – Future Evaluations

• 2011 – 2012 School Year• Internally driven formative evaluation

• 2012 – 2013 School Year• $2.8 million Institute of Education Sciences

Grant awarded to the University of Virginia• 4-year randomized control trial study• Intermediate results available annually

Target Markets

• Clients – Demand for WINGS• 30.7 million low-income kids• 8.4 million children currently in afterschool

programs• 18.5 million more children would like to participate

• Customers – Funding Resources Available• $90 billion in philanthropy aimed at organizations

like WINGS• $15.5 billion in federal funding available for Title I

and ELT education• Social and emotional education awareness is

gaining momentum

Growth and Development Plan

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15 Regions62 Schools8,370 Kids

Revenue Strategy

Foundations60%

Philan-thropists

30%

Corporations10%

Growth Capital Revenue

Government45%

Foundations30%

Philanthropists & Corporations

20%

Earned Income

5%

Long-Term Revenue

$2,355,000 over 3 years

The WINGS TeamWINGS

Board of Directors

Chief Program Officer

Charleston Regional

Operations Director

WINGS at Chicora

WINGS at Memming

er

WINGS at NCES

WINGS at Simons

Regional Operations Director

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Expansion Site 1

Expansion Site 2

Expansion Site 3

Regional Operations Director

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Expansion Site 1

Expansion Site 2

Expansion Site 3

Performance Management Administrator

Director of Developme

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Director of Communicatio

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Director of Business Affairs

CEO

WINGS Evaluation Advisory

Committee

Expansion Task Force

Recent WINGS Successes

• 4-star rating by Charity Navigator• Selected to under go a randomized control trial

impact study funded by IES• Approximately 300% program growth over the past 3

years• Year over year revenue growth in midst of economic

downturn• Featured by Edutopia as a “School that Works”• Featured in Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes

• Contact information• www.wingsforkids.org• [email protected]