Organizations Filed Purposes:
COLLEGE POSSIBLE IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION MAKING COLLEGE ADMISSION AND SUCCESS POSSIBLE FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS THROUGH AN INTENSIVE CURRICULUM OF COACHING AND SUPPORT.
TO HELP PROMISING YOUTH FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS PREPARE FOR AND EARN ADMISSION TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATE.
CATALYZE BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO ADOPT AND INTEGRATE COLLEGE POSSIBLE'S PROVEN COLLEGE COACHING MODEL INTO THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE TO BETTER SUPPORT EVERY LOW-INCOME AND FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT ON CAMPUS, FROM MATRICULATION THROUGH GRADUATION. A CATALYZE PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO TAILOR THE COLLEGE POSSIBLE MODEL TO MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. BY PARTNERING WITH COLLEGE POSSIBLE, CAMPUSES CAN ENHANCE THEIR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS AND CLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY GAP.IN 2016 WE STARTED PILOT PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA AT AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY, ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT/ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY. IN 2018-19, CATALYZE EXPANDED TO COE COLLEGE (IA), LUTHER COLLEGE (IA) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI-COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (OH). EACH OF THESE INSTITUTIONS HOSTS ON-CAMPUS COACHES WHO SUPPORT COLLEGE STUDENTS, FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS, WITH COLLEGE POSSIBLE'S TRIED-AND-TRUE CURRICULUM AND COACHING. DATA FROM THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF CATALYZE HAVE SHOWN PROMISING RESULTS: CATALYZE STUDENTS AT PARTNER INSTITUTIONS HAVE SHOWN A 12% INCREASE IN ANNUAL RETENTION RATES COMPARED TO THE OVERALL PELL-ELIGIBLE POPULATION ON THE CAMPUS, AND CATALYZE STUDENTS HAVE A FALL-TO-FALL PERSISTENCE RATE OF 76%.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jim Mccorkell | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/DIRECTOR | 40 | $286,461 |
| Laura Liu | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 40 | $232,507 |
| Traci Kirtley | CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER | 40 | $173,666 |
| Sara Dziuk | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MN | 40 | $152,431 |
| Beth Giese | SENIOR DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATION | 40 | $143,385 |
| Jen Weikert | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PHL | 40 | $127,487 |
| Julie Mancini | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PDX | 40 | $116,865 |
| Bonnie Christensen | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE | 40 | $113,759 |
| Jeff Turner | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Deanna Singh | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Scott Nelson | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Joelle Murchison | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Andrea Mokros | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Jeff Kutash | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Marlene Ibsen | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Laura Gillund | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Sara Gavin | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Al Fan | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Lorelle Espinosa | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Joanna Burleson | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Shannon Bins | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Jeff Berstein | DIRECTOR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Millie Acamovic | VICE CHAIR & TREASURER | 0.8 | $0 |
| Stephen Smith | CHAIR | 0.8 | $0 |
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