Organizations Filed Purposes:
SPEAKUP! PROVIDES YOUTH, EDUCATORS AND PARENTING ADULTS WITH THE SKILLS, OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORT TO BE HEARD ON THE CRITICAL ISSUES OF TODAY. SPEAKUP! ENABLES YOUTH TO MAKE POSITIVE LIFE CHOICES AND PARENTING ADULTS AND EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT THEM AS THEY NAVIGATE THE JOURNEY TO BECOME HAPPY, CONFIDENT ADULTS.
STARTING CONVERSATIONS. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. CREATING INCLUSIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT HELP YOUTH THRIVE.
THIS AUDIT YEAR, SPEAKUP! SCHEDULED 21 PROGRAMS WITH 33 SCHOOL PARTNERS. DUE TO COVID-19 AND THE RESULTING SCHOOL CLOSURES, 6 PROGRAMS (8 SCHOOLS) WERE CANCELLED. AS A RESULT, SPEAKUP! CONDUCTED 15 PROGRAMS WITH 25 DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO PROFILE IS AS FOLLOWS: 79% OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE PRIVATE AND 21% PUBLIC; 88% SUBURBAN AND 12% URBAN; 58% OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND 42% MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN TERMS OF PARTICIPANT TOTALS, SPEAKUP! SUPPORTED OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS TO HAVE 2,292 YOUTH, EDUCATORS AND PARENTING ADULTS SPEAK UP. WE ENGAGED 600 STUDENTS IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS. WE TRAINED 237 EDUCATORS; 214 ATTENDED PROGRAMS, 129 OF WHICH FACILITATED BREAKOUT SESSIONS. WE RESPONDED RAPIDLY AND FLEXIBLY TO COVID-19 BY CONVERTING OUR PROGRAMING TO A VIRTUAL FORMAT AND ADDING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING FOR PARENTING ADULTS AND SCHOOL ADULTS. WE HAD 945 PARTICIPANTS ATTEND OUR PARENTING ADULT COFFEE SERIES AND 60 ATTENDED OUR SCHOOL ADULT DISCUSSIONS.IMPACT MEASUREMENT SURVEYS SHOWED THAT SPEAKUP! HAS MADE A POSITIVE MEASURABLE IMPACT. AS A RESULT OF SPEAKUP!, 96% OF PARTICIPANTS WILL USE WHAT THEY LEARNED AT SPEAKUP! TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS, 94% OF PARTICIPANTS REALIZED THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR FEELINGS OR EXPERIENCES, 93% ARE MORE WILLING TO ASK FOR HELP, AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO TURN. 97% OF ADULTS HAVE A MORE POSITIVE VIEW OF STUDENTS AND 93% OF STUDENTS HAVE A MORE POSITIVE VIEW OF ADULTS.
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 |
|---|
| Martha G Bernicker | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $75,000 |
| Jonathan Jackson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tamra Klerr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steven R Treat | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Gillin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Gillin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Martha W Gillin | FOUNDER, DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Thornton | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Piltch | CO-TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Bryan Carter | CO-TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Jessica Phelan | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Monica Steigerwald | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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