Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PREPARE THE UNEMPLOYED FOR WORK.
STRIVE DC PROVIDED JOB READINESS TRAINING TO UNEMPLOYED RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS A MEANS OF ERADICATING ITS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. NEARLY 76% OF STRIVE DC'S PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS RESIDED IN DC WARDS 5, 6, 7 AND 8--WARDS IN WHICH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HIGHEST. ONE OF STRIVE DC'S LARGEST PROGRAMS WAS ITS "STRIVE FOR SUCCESS" PROGRAM, WHICH WAS A FAST TRACK GED PROGRAM THAT TARGETED YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 25, AND WAS CO-SPONSORED BY THE ACADEMY OF HOPE. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED 30 HOURS OF ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION WEEKLY DURING A SEVEN-WEEK PERIOD, AND WERE SUBJECT TO A PRACTICE GED EXAMINATION AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM.
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 |
| Leon A Samuels Jr | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $53,654 |
| Sharon Schroer | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Ashtan Moore | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Donetta Luke | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Latrena M Owens | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Cindy Hounsell | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Gabardi | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Jack Barker | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Edward Warren | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Dawn Jakutowicz | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Mary Helen Medina | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Karen Zizmor | CHAIR AND CO-FOUNDER | 2 | $0 |
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