This has been a transformative year at Civic Works. Many of our programs expanded and Civic Works has explored new ways to improve the services we provide to our participants and Baltimore’s communities. REACH! of Baltimore, Inc., an affiliate of Civic Works, is operating one of the Baltimore City Public School System’s six new Transformation Schools. REACH! Partnership, a middle and high school, opened in August 2008 with 60 6th grade and 85 9th grade students. Each year, we will add an additional grade until the school is at capacity. REACH! Partnership builds on Civic Works’ expertise in workforce development and community service. The school will prepare students for college and careers, with an emphasis on healthcare and con-struction. Our AmeriCorps members serve as advocates for the students – mentoring and providing academic support during the school year. We have also made great strides in our efforts to improve the energy efficiency and sustain-ability of Baltimore’s communities. Our Project Lightbulb and Cool Roofs programs are providing home energy conservation fixtures and education to homeowners. Civic Works’ staff members are trained in air sealing and are teaching our participants methods of green construction. We are also operating Neighborhoods For All Ages in Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, which provides older adults in the community with linkages to social services and performs home repairs that improve the safety, accessibility and energy efficiency of homes. In 2007, Civic Works received the Standards for Excellence certification of the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations, and the Corps Network renewed our Excellence in Corps Operations designation. We are excited to be recognized for the strength of our pro-grams and our organizational excellence. We invite you to join Civic Works as we transform Baltimore’s communities and the lives of our participants. Sincerely, Marc G. Bunting Dana M. Stein Board Chair Executive Director

DEAR FRIENDS ,

V IEW FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWER

In summer 2007, Civic Works completed renovations to the observation deck at the top of the Clifton Mansion’s 80-foot tower. The rooftop observation deck was used by Johns Hop-kins to observe his ships entering the harbor in the late 1800’s and then later by members of the Civil Defense who were sta-tioned at the tower during WWII. With funding from the Friends of Clifton Mansion and the Maryland Historical Trust, as well as the efforts of several staff members, the Clifton Man-sion’s observation deck is now open to the public and offers an unobstructed view of the City and several surrounding areas.

2007 ANNUAL REPORT

C IVIC WORKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Marc G. Bunting Chair

Eric B. Tanner Vice Chair

Gregory M. Derwart Treasurer

Vanessa L. Morris Secretary

Saumel Hopkins Charter Board Member Emeritus

Michael Adams

Rhonda Anderson J.Joseph ―Max‖ Curran, III Matthew A. S. Esworthy

Eliza Graham Johns Hopkins

Ann Kedia Richard L. Mayhew Jonathan A. Melnick

Gary W. Moore Deborah A. Morgan

Gena O’Keefe Michael Posko

Jayna E. Powell W. Bryan Rakes Matt Rosewag

Susan Roberto-Saidi Jared A. Rosen

Debra Ann Saraullo Charles Tildon, III

Served in 2007 Victor Bonaparte

R. Chris Rosenthal Margaret Stewart

Rosetta Kerr Wilson

Advisory Board Members Sherry A. Welch

Chair John Fernandes

Joe Harsel Hon. Helen L. Holton

Anthony Hawkins J. Thomas Hooper

Hon. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

James O’Brien John Ciekot and Chris Wilson on the observation deck.

Achievement is at the heart of Civic Works’ education programs, both for our corpsmembers and the Baltimore area students they serve. In our 2007 program year, 134 college students enrolled in one of Civic Works’ education pro-grams, tutoring and mentoring approximately 2,400 K-12 students in Baltimore City and County. At the end of their term of service with Civic Works’ Education Programs:

121 corpsmembers remain enrolled in college;

8 corpsmembers returned for a second year of service with Civic Works;

3 corpsmembers found jobs in the education field;

2 corpsmembers became Civic Works staff members. 92% of our corpsmembers agreed that their experience with Civic Works will encourage them to continue service and volunteerism in the future. Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is a nationally recognized in-school academic support program that prepares students for college eligibility and success. Twenty Civic Works’ corpsmembers were placed in Baltimore County Public High Schools, working with high school students who perform in the academic middle. In 2007, 99% of AVID graduating seniors in Baltimore County received college acceptance letters and were offered a total of $2,692,039 in scholar-ship awards. At our programs at the Goodnow PAL Center and Furley Elementary School, Civic Works corpsmembers im-proved the literacy, cultural enrichment and life skills of 450 students. The Goodnow PAL Center became a Youthplace in 2006 and our corpsmembers use KidzLit and KidzMath to improve the students’ reading and math scores. 90% of the stu-dents improved attitudes toward reading and 100% improved attitudes toward math. The students have also shown notice-able progress in school. Sixty-nine Teach Baltimore corpsmembers were placed in Baltimore City Public Schools to assist in summer learn-ing. Each corpsmember worked with an experienced teacher in the classroom to provide literacy, math, and cultural enrich-ment to over 700 elementary youth at thirteen schools. The students showed great progress, with 74% showing grade-equivalent gains in reading and 69% in math. The program was particularly beneficial for lower-performing students – 91% who began the summer at the Failing Level advanced to a higher level by the end of the summer.

I think that my presence in the classroom allowed some students who needed more help to get some more one- on-one attention. I think I might have had the greatest impact on the two students in my class that were learning English. One of the students barely knows any English and it took me two weeks to figure out where he was from. I finally figured it out by listing names of countries in Africa until he lit up when I said Somalia. After that day I was able to incorporate some things about Somalia into the lessons and when I was working with him individually. I think it really helped him feel more comfortable in the class-room. We were learning about Ancient Egypt so during one lesson I taught the class how to greet someone in Arabic, because they speak it in present day Egypt, and the student from Somalia knows some Arabic. After everyone learned it, the two Muslim students from Africa shook hands with each person in the circle and responded in Arabic. It was one of my favorite moments of the Teach Baltimore experience because I felt like it brought down some barriers between the American and African students and both seemed to enjoy it. - Brooke Denmark, Teach Baltimore Corpsmember

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: TEACH BALTIMORE

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Civic Works corpsmembers and volunteers help transform Baltimore’s communities by working with one of our Community Revitalization programs. This year at Civic Works:

Corpsmembers rehabilitated 15 houses for sale or rental to low-to-moderate income families in partnership with Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

Corpsmembers improved the façades of 30 houses in Southwest Baltimore.

8 new Community Lots were completed and additional elements were added to 3 sites completed in previous years.

1,015 trees were planted, 42 tree pits were opened in sidewalks, and 3.5 miles of trail work was completed.

Corpsmembers and volunteers distributed 10,184 donated plants to community gar-deners.

The Community Lot Team transformed vacant spaces in the communities of Green-mount, East Baltimore-Midway, Johnston Square, McElderry Park and Middle East. Three corpsmembers, community groups and hundreds of volunteers designed and created community spaces that include a butterfly garden, a small rose garden, a chess-themed garden and a vegeta-ble garden with a space for prayer or reflection. Civic Works’ Watershed 263 Team worked with the Parks and People Foundation to provide landscaping job training opportunities for 9 underemployed youth while making im-provements to public spaces, schools and park trails inside the Gwynns Falls Trail’s Watershed # 263. Our YouthBuild program served 20 low-income young adults (ages 17 – 25). These hard-working participants commit to spending 50% of their time learning construction skills by rehabilitating houses for low-income families and 50% of their time in the classroom preparing to take the GED exam. In addition, Civic Works staff and corpsmembers worked with the Em-power Baltimore Management Corporation to perform façade repairs for homeowners on desig-nated blocks in Southwest Baltimore.

In Summer 2007, Civic Works partnered with Johnson Controls, Inc. and the Student Conservation Association to offer summer conservation opportunities for high school students. The Baltimore Conservation Leadership Corps (BCLC) selected 40 students, ages 15—18, through a competitive process to spend six weeks performing trail maintenance and invasive species removal in Baltimore parks. During the program’s first summer, BCLC students restored and maintained over 15,000 feet of trails and spent over 3,500 hours removing invasive species from Herring Run Park, the Gwynn’s Falls Trail and Cylburn Arboretum.

By the end of the summer, BCLC students had discovered the importance of environ-mental conservation and learned how to care for urban parks. Thirty-nine of the students graduated from the program (91%), and fifteen had perfect attendance. Many of the students enjoyed their experience, with 90% indicating that they would recommend the experience to others.

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION

CREATING BALTIMORE’S FUTURE CONSERVATION

LEADERS

“My favorite part was when everyone pulled down this very big tree, because everyone was doing a part”

- BCLC student

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Civic Works continues to provide job training and placement assistance for Baltimore residents through our B’more Green Environmental Job Training program and the Healthcare Careers Alliance. Since 2002, the two programs have placed 334 participants in full-time jobs with benefits and an average starting wage of $11.00 per hour.

B’more Green trained 35 participants and placed 32 in full-time environmental remediation jobs with an average starting wage of $15 per hour in 2007. The program also trained several YouthBuild members in OSHA guidelines, lead abatement and working with hazard materials. This provides our corpsmembers greater opportunities when searching for jobs in the construction field.

The Healthcare Careers Alliance trained 102 participants and placed 89 in full-time jobs at one of our four partner hospitals. We have expanded the career tracks avail-able to our participants to include Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA), and phlebotomy.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

“It is because of Civic Works’ commitment to engaging volunteers and to improving Baltimore City that our group had such an amazing experience.”

- Jewish Funds for Justice

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“The positive ef-fects of serving my community have become more im-portant and per-sonally fulfilling to me than just earn-ing a paycheck.” - Martin Truesdale Corpsmember

5TH ANNUAL DAY OF SERVICE IN HONOR

OF RICKY MYERS

At our 5th Annual Day of Service in Honor of Ricky Myers on October 4, 2007, 368 volunteers:

Planted 62 trees

Improved 4 vacant lots

Painted fences and planted flowers

Rehabilitated porches and front steps for elderly residents

Installed energy efficient light bulbs in homes

Painted a playground

Made improvements in Clifton Park and Herring Run Park

Continued historic preservation projects in Clifton Mansion In addition to a record number of Civic Works volunteers and corporate sponsors, many neighborhood residents joined in to create positive changes in their own

communities. A group of middle school students whose homes overlooked a neglected concrete lot envisioned a space where neighborhood children could safely play. They worked alongside volunteers to clear trash, broken glass and weeds from the lot and paint spaces for hopscotch, four squares and other outdoor games.

Civic Works recently completed a one-year pilot project, funded by the Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, installing energy-saving Cool Roofs on homes owned by low-income Baltimore residents, who will benefit from reduced interior temperatures as well as a reliable roof. Civic Works’ staff and trainees install Energy Star approved white roofing that lasts longer than traditional tar roofing and deflects the sun’s heat. The system does not re-quire the disposal of the old tar roof and the Cool Roof significantly reduces heat transfer to the interior of the building, reducing summertime energy demands. We will soon begin an-other year of installing Cool Roofs, with a second grant from the Maryland Affordable Housing Trust and fees from unsubsidized customers. In December 2007, Civic Works received funding from the Abell Foundation to im-plement an energy efficiency pilot program in the Northeast Baltimore Healthy Neighbor-hoods of Belair-Edison and Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello. Four Project Lightbulb corpsmembers served 330 houses and installed:

4,060 compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) - up to 15 per house.

287 kitchen aerators that restrict water flow to 1.5 gallons per minute (gpm).

258 bathroom aerators that restrict water flow to 1.0 gpm.

219 shower heads that restrict water flow to 1.5 gpm.

330 carbon monoxide detectors.

Data from the pilot project indicates that the program saves an average of 53 kilowatt hours per house per month (approximately $84 per household each year) in addition to gas and water savings. With funding from the Abell Foundation and the Baltimore Community Foundation, Project Lightbulb will expand to additional Healthy Neighborhoods, serving a total of 2,000 homes over the next two years.

When my teammate and I showed up at a house in Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, we noticed the owner was very distracted – running up and down the basement stairs. We also noticed a strange odor but started working without delay. When the owner joined us, we explained we would be installing up to 15 CFLs, a kitchen & bathroom aerator, a new showerhead and also a CO de-tector. She was SO happy and enthusiastic that we were able to help her save energy and money for free! She started to explain her furnace had just broke and she was in the middle of calling the repairmen. In addition to her furnace not working, her roof started to leak, her fridge stopped working only after a few months and she had plumbing issues in her bathroom - her bathtub had a serious leak with a constant drip wasting 30+ gallons of water per day! We listened patiently as she explained all of the problems she was experiencing over the last 6 months. I think being there and lis-tening was just as important to her as installing the products. She needed to know someone cared and wanted to help. When it was time to leave I noticed tears in her eyes as she thanked us time and time again for stopping by. I am not able to recall her name or address but she will always stand out in my mind as someone who was truly thankful. Project Lightbulb gave her the light at the end of the tunnel and I am honored to have been part of it. - Andrea Hammer, Project Lightbulb Corpsmember

ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: PROJECT LIGHTBULB

“I WAS JUST

GRATEFUL THAT

SOMEONE WAS

WILLING TO HELP

WITH THE

PROBLEM OF

HIGH

ELECTRICITY

BILLS.”

- PROJECT L IGHTBULB

CLIENT

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AGENCIES

Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development Baltimore City Public School System Baltimore County Public Schools Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks Corporation for National and Community Service Department of Housing and Urban Development Environmental Protection Agency Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism Housing Authority of Baltimore City Maryland Affordable Housing Trust Maryland State Department of Education Mayor’s Office of Employment Development FOUNDATIONS The Abell Foundation Annie E. Casey Foundation Associated Black Charities The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers Baltimore Community Foundation Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation Eddie & Sylvia Brown Family Foundation Building Congress & Exchange Foundation

Carroll Park Foundation The Comcast Foundation Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation Family League of Baltimore City The Hoffberger Foundation Jack Kent Cooke Foundation McCormick Tribune Foundation Morton & Sophia Macht Foundation Ronald McDonald House Charities of Baltimore, Inc. Ronald McDonald House Charities Global SunTrust Mid-Atlantic Foundation CORPORATIONS Aerosol Monitoring & Analysis AJ Stone All American Envelope Service Au Bon Pain Babikow Greenhouses Baldwin Homes Baltimore Gas & Electric Black & Decker

CitiFinancial The Columbia Bank Comcast Cable Maryland Constellation Energy Corporate Office Properties Trust Dean Robert Camlin & Associates Design Concrete Builders Eastern Savings Bank Erickson Retirement Communities Gardiner & Gardiner General Contractors LLC Gerber Elect LLC Gorges & Company J.M. Murphy Enterprises J.R. McDonald, Inc. Johnson Controls, Inc. Kings Square, LLC Mamma Lucia Manor View Farms Melaleuca MHW Group MECU of Baltimore, Inc. McCormick Tribune Foundation Near View Construction, LLC Peter Scott Lord, LLC Provident Bank RCM Enterprises, LLC

C IVIC WORKS THANKS OUR PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

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RHA Construction, Inc. Roof Menders, Inc. Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler Shore-Line Construction Enterprises, Inc. St. Agnes Hospital Starbucks Coffee—Belvedere Square State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse Target Corporation TCG Properties, LLC Truffles & Tea Venable Foundation Whole Foods Market —Mt. Washington Winchester Construction Company, Inc. Worldwide Growth Enterprises Organizations The Algebra Project Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Amazing Port Street Baltimore City Community College Baltimore Heritage, Inc. Belair-Edison Neighborhoods, Inc. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland Central Maryland Ecumenical Council

Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity Children’s Theater Association Chizuk Amuno Congregation Coldstream Homestead Montebello Community Corporation The Corps Network Dawson Safe Haven Community Center Downtown Partnership of Baltimore East Baltimore Development Inc. Empower Baltimore Management Corporation The First Tee of Baltimore Friends of Clifton Mansion Friends of Clifton Park Goucher College Hampden Community Council Herring Run Watershed Association Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins University Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training

Maryland Cooperative Extension Service Maryland Food Bank Maryland Technology Assistance Program McElderry Park Community Association Parks and People Foundation People’s Homesteading Group Safe and Sound Campaign Student Conservation Association University of Maryland School of Social Work The Way Station, Inc. West Seneca Youth Bureau YouthBuild USA Individuals Alpert, Shara Anderson, Matthew Anson, Melanie Arnold, Judith Ann Arrington, Lisa A. Baum, Howell Beckley, John & Mary Ann Berlage, Jan Bloom, Harvey Boitnott, John & Carolyn Bonaparte, Victor Boydston, Laura Bretholz, Leo & Florine Bromberger-Barnea, Martha

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Bryant, Lorenzo Bunting, Marc Bunting, Mary Catherine & George Carloni, R. Louis Chapman, Jeavonna Chirgott, Stasa Ciekot, John Cisle, George Coates, Anthony Cohen, Arthur Connolly, Pamela Counselman, Mark Craig, Lynn Crew, Darin Dannenberg, Aileen Denoe, John Derwart, Gregory Dillon, John Diuguid, Lewis Edwards, Hollie Esworthy, Matthew Frazier, George Graham, Eliza Harvey, Ronald Harvey, Sabrina Hazan, Stephen Helme, Glen & Kathleen Herold, Kathleen Hopkins, Johns Jr.

Howard, Ronald Jones, Dwyone Keller, Allen Kirschman, Mary Jo Kloze, Lawrence & Vicki Kwolek, Sara Lapping, Judith Levering, C. Tilghman Libit, Howard Maclin, Sherre Mayhew, Richard McNitt, Deb Merrick, Byron Merrill, Susan Mickle, Gwendolyn Miller, Karen Millett, Earl Mitchell, Michael Moorefield, Dawn Morgan, Deborah Okun, Ira Ottenheimer, Fronda Parsons, Roy & Ellen Payton, Walter Pearlstein, Debra Perry, Mary Pitt, Judith Pitt, William Jr. Posko, Michael

Powell, Jayna Preis, Mary Louise Pulley, Damien Rakes, W. Bryan Reynolds, Mark Richards, Kristin Richmond, Barry Roberto-Saidi, Susan Rosenthal, R. Chris Rothschild, James & Audrey Saraullo, Debra Slaterbeck, Nancy Smith Campbell, Jennie Stein, Dana M. Stewart, Margaret Strella, Gregory Sylla, Sharon Tannner, Eric Thompson, J. Thurston, Celeste Wagner, Stanley Wallace, Santa White, Robin Worthington, Michael Wright, Dion Wommack, Kristen Young, Elisabeth Welsh Young, Hyatt Hood Zilkin, Barbara

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Statement of Activities

For the years ending September 30, 2007 and 2006

REVENUES 2007 2006 Public Support: Businesses & Individuals $ 651,592 419,485 Foundations $ 230,075 177,542 TOTAL PUBLIC SUPPORT $ 881,667 597,127 Government Revenue $ 1,693,519 1,939,259 Other Revenue $ 16,475 26,681 Net assets released from restrictions $ 261,610 41,050 __________________________ TOTAL REVENUE $ 2,591,661 2,563,067 EXPENSES 2007 2006 Program Service $ 2,189,332 2,206,626 Management $ 208,451 201,199 Fundraising $ 66,320 80,671 TOTAL EXPENSES $ 2,464,103 2,488,496

TOTAL CHANGES

BEGINNING OF

YEAR $ 721,040 641,205

END OF YEAR $ 848,598 721,040

_________________________

NET ASSETS $ 127,558 79,835

Statement of Financial Position

For the year ending September 30, 2007 and 2006

ASSETS 2007 2006 Cash and Short Term Investments $ 386,313 236,147 Accounts and Grants Receivable $ 554,122 578,478 Property and Equipment $ 191,186 216,977 __________________________ TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,131,621 1,031,791 LIABILITIES 2006 2005 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 108,524 115,928 Deferred Revenue $ 174,499 194,823 ___________________________ TOTAL $ 283,023 310,751 LIABILITIES NET ASSETS 2007 2006 Unrestricted $ 490,491 444,709 Board Designated $ 191,184 216,977 Temp. Restricted $ 166,923 59,354 __________________________ TOTAL NET $ 848,598 721,040 ASSETS

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