Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE CORE LITERACY AND VALUES EDUCATION TO PRE-TEENS AND YOUNG ADOLESCENTS IN PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SPIRIT SERIES --A RIGOROUS, THREE-WEEK DRAMA-BASED LITERACY & SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL INTERVENTION--SERVED 2,981 FOURTH TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN 95 CLASSROOMS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEW ENGLAND AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING THE 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS 27% REDUCTION IN PROGRAM SERVICES AS COMPARED TO 2018-19 WAS A RESULT OF COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES WHICH CANCELLED ALL SERIES PROGRAMMING IN SPRING 2020. APPROXIMATELY 8,050 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS EXPERIENCED ON-CAMPUS PERFORMANCES OF ONE OF THE SERIES' SIX INSPIRING ONE-ACT HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHIES. MORE THAN 70 CLASSROOM TEACHERS ALSO RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AS THEY SUPPORTED SERIES' CLASSROOM LEADERS WHO MODELED THE PROGRAM'S ACCCLAIMED TEACHING TECHNIQUES TO ENGAGE, EMPOWER AND INSPIRE UNDER-SERVED PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S CAPACITY WAS ALSO INCREASED BY $96,048 OF IN-KIND SERVICES. THE
ORGANIZATION'S CAPACITY WAS ALSO INCREASED BY $96,048 OF IN-KIND SERVICES.
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 |
|---|
| Richard Strauss | PRESIDENT | 65 | $72,000 |
| Leslie Rachel Strauss | BOARD MEMBER | 50 | $45,000 |
| Brenda Rodriguez | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| William Fay | BOARD MEMBER | 2.5 | $0 |
| Norman Gorin | BOARD MEMBER | 0.25 | $0 |
| Joanna Zuniga | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Norman Kaderlan | EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR | 4 | $0 |
| John Mcpherson | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Jennifer Mansfield Jeon | SECRETARY | 0.25 | $0 |
| Fu-Ding Cheng | VICE - CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Burke | BOARD TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Steven Savage | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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