JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARIZONA
636 W Southern Ave, Tempe, AZ 85282 www.jaaz.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: JA of Arizona equipped 63,400+ students, K-12, this year with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in work and life. Through our 5,591 programmatic volunteers, JA's critical programs help kids see their potential and gives them the skills and knowledge they need to step into that potential. Students are prepared to think critically, manage their money, thrive in their careers and ultimately pursue the future they deserve.

To prepare Arizona youth to succeed in work and life by giving them the skills to manage their money, thrive in their careers, pursue entrepreneurship and to think critically.

Despite school closures for 1/4 of the school year, Junior Achievement of Arizona empowered 42,971 students, K-12, in classrooms at 167 schools to own their future success. Our hands-on, age-appropriate programs were delivered by 1,956 corporate and community volunteer mentors. Volunteers donated $1,199,513 in time and mileage to deliver our in-classroom programs. This volunteer donation is not reflected in the expenses of Part IX but is noted here to reflect the efficiencies gained through our volunteer delivery model. Including the value of all program volunteers in our expenses increases our program expense ratio to 80.7% reflecting the efficiency gained by leveraging the expertise of these volunteers. These programs give students important knowledge and skills around financial literacy, work readiness, entrepreneurship and preparing them to think critically. Our survey shows that 98% of educators would recommend the programs to fellow educators. Furthermore, elementary school students who receive Junior Achievement programs demonstrate significantly higher (35% higher) critical thinking and problem solving skills than their counterparts.

JA BizTown program: Junior Achievement of Arizona's JA BizTown is an experiential program that requires 4-6th grade students to participate in 14-20 hours of classroom instruction where they work together to create business plans, calculate operating costs, design a marketing campaign, apply for jobs, vote for city officials, and explore careers. The program culminates when they visit our JA BizTown learning facilities and operate the "Town" for the day, as both the workers and consumers. This year, 17,594 students from 201 schools participated in the JA BizTown program. Upon completion of the program, students who participated in JA BizTown experienced an overall 26.6% percent knowledge gain (on average) in financial literacy and work readiness skills. Of the educators whose students participated in JA BizTown, 100% indicated that they would recommend the JA BizTown program to fellow teachers. JA partnered with 3,341 business, parent and teacher volunteers who delivered the JA BizTown program, donating $962,700 in their time and mileage. Including the value of all program volunteers in our expenses increases our program expense ratio to 80.7% reflecting the efficiency gained by leveraging the expertise of these volunteers.

JA Finance Park program: Our second experiential program for students is JA Finance Park, which requires middle and high school students to participate in 14-20 hours of classroom instruction where they learn important personal money management skills. They then apply those newly acquired skills in a simulation where they are given a fictional life scenario and are required to create and maintain a balanced personal budget. This year, 2,865 students from 30 schools received the JA Finance Park curriculum and were empowered to manage their money and navigate financial complexities in their future. Upon completion of the program, JA Finance Park students showed a 32.3% percent financial literacy knowledge gain. JA partnered with 294 business, parent and teacher volunteers who delivered the JA Finance Park program, donating $90,724 of their time and mileage. Including the value of all program volunteers in our expenses increases our program expense ratio to 80.7% reflecting the efficiency gained by leveraging the expertise of these volunteers.

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