2011 Annual Report Summary

We Are Still Running Strong

“ Running Strong works every day so a young Native child can dream and pursue the dream.“

Billy Mills, 2011

Highlights from 2011

v 13,200 nutritious food boxes distributed, each 25 lb. box with enough to feed a family of four during the last week of the month when food runs out (Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, Crow).

v 4,325 kids received backpacks filled with school supplies, ready to start the school year (Nationwide).

v 29 people, including 14 children, can now drink their own water from seven new water wells (Pine Ridge).

v A family of eight, including six kids, has water again with a new submersible tank, pressure pump and plumbing (Crow).

v A new 28’ x 48’ greenhouse grows seedlings for 16 community gardens (Pine Ridge).

v 196 tilled gardens, started with 24,000 seedlings, grow organic veggies (Pine Ridge).

v 5,376 nutritious lunches fed hungry kids in five communities all summer (Cheyenne River).

v Six young women participated in a revived Isnati (Coming of Age) ceremony (Yankton).

v 1,289 families stretched their heating dollars with our emergency heat match (Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River).

v 112 community members learned and relearned their Euchee language and culture (Euchee).

v A Lakota elder moved from his trailer to a brand new two- bedroom house (Pine Ridge)!

“There was a kid here on the Rez. He was pretty tall but weighed about 350. His mom is an alcoholic. He lives in Kyle, where we started our first community garden. It took him a year of watching us outside his window before he approached us. The first time he hung out with us, we went for a short walk and he quickly got tired and overheated. We found some ceyaka growing in the wild and we made him some tea from it. He drank it hesitantly but instantly felt better. He asked what it was and we told him that it is plant that his ancestors have used for centuries. That got him hooked-- that cultural connection. Now, he is even taller, very slim, playing sports, and really involved in the gardens. He started a dog rescue project in his community, walking all over the area for his mission. That one walk with us and that one cup of tea changed his life.”

JasonRainbow Tree Executive Director

While self-sufficiency remains the ultimate goal, many reservation families run out of food at the end of the month. Running Strong donated 13,200 “Friendship Boxes” on Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River and Crow, each with enough food to feed a family of four for a week.

“ Last winter, there were three or four families living together. The snow was deep and they did not have the means to come get food. I went to get the food and took it to their house. It was so cold that they had blankets on their windows. Seeing the kids greet me at the door, waiting for their food, and knowing that they were going to be ok was so wonderful.”

Billie, Cheyenne River ReservationSupplemental Food Distribution Coordinator

Healthy Kids and Families

Organic Gardens

Friendship Boxes

Tools to Succeed in School

“ A young boy really needed a new winter coat. The zipper on his coat broke and his mother told him that she could not afford to buy him a new one. He tried to fix his coat but the only way he could keep it together was to use safety pins and that was too hard for him to do. His mom is a single mom who works two jobs and struggles to make ends meet. He was so happy and proud of his new coat and his mother was very thankful for our help.”

Pat, Indian Youth of America

Billy Mills

Running Strong is strengthened by the vision of our co-founder and National Spokesperson, Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota). Billy is an Olympic hero who grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation facing the challenges many of these kids face. Every day we say loudly “Be proud of who you are! You can do it!” With Billy and the help of caring Americans nationwide, we work to make sure their life stories prove it.

Seven new wells, water hook up and well repair mean nine Native families no longer have to haul water. By drilling with American Indian-owned Wild Goose Well Drilling, we also put local Native workers to work.

“ I want to go to school. I don’t want to haul water.”

Janis, Pine Ridge

Running Strong builds greenhouses so that community garden programs can get a jump on the short growing season, includ-ing a new 28’ x 48’ greenhouse for Can Wigmunke (Rainbow Tree) on Pine Ridge. We also support community, children’s and traditional gardens nationwide with tilling, seeds, seedlings and gardening tools so that Native communities can grow their own healthy food.

Water

To learn more about all of the progams Running Strong supports, visit www.indianyouth.com

Summer FoodMany reservation children go hungry during the summer without a free school lunch. In partnership with USDA, Running Strong fed kids in five Cheyenne River communities a nutritious lunch during the summer. That’s 5,376 meals! All kids received a backpack full of new school supplies and a kickball at summer’s end.

Many Native kids lack the basics to help them succeed in school. Running Strong donated 4,325 backpacks full of new school supplies to Native students. 3,000 new coats with hoods, 2,084 pairs of new shoes, 3,264 new blankets and 4,933 new pairs of socks made sure Native kids stayed warm and could have fun on the playground. We also donated over 3,000 new toys to answer Santa’s wish lists.

We also support youth centers, Head Starts, and after school language and culture programs so that Native kids are safe and find pride in who they are.

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www.indianyouth.org Board of DirectorsJames J. O’Brien, Esq., ChairmanKatsi Cook (Akwesasne Mohawk), SecretaryEmil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota), TreasurerAshley Wahiaronkwas Morris (Mohawk of Kahnawake), DirectorClyde B. Richardson, Director

StaffBilly Mills, SpokespersonBryan Krizek, CEOPaul Krizek, Vice President/General CounselLauren Haas Finkelstein, Executive DirectorMegan Carter, Program CoordinatorMarya Millard, Program AssistantTom Kanatakeniate Cook (Akwesasne Mohawk), Field StaffDave Lone Elk (Oglala Lakota), Field Staff

CFC #11876

Euchee During the Trail of Tears, the Euchee (Yuchi) people were forcibly relocated from the southeast United States to Oklahoma. Forbidden to speak their language, it began to disappear. Today, there are only five first-language speakers, all of whom are over 80 years old. But thanks to a committed group of leaders, the number of new fluent speakers is growing! Running Strong supports Euchee daily children’s language classes, cultural camps, language capture on video and thanks to a legacy gift, Running Strong funded the Euchee’s Master Apprentice program, where an adult shadows an elder for a daily immersion in the language.

Brave Heart SocietyBrave Heart Society was formed by a group of women to help Yankton youth reconnect with their cultural abilities. Running Strong supports the Brave Heart’s language nests, cultural healings, storytelling and Coming of Age ceremonies all to nurture one of Native youth’s great advantages, their culture.

Culture & Language “ The retreat helped me a lot with co-dependency. But mostly what I got from that week was a good feeling of support. There were participants representing five different tribes and we all came together, recognized each other’s spirits, supported each other… because we are all going through similar hardships. We saw that we’re not alone and we can be strong.”

KevinCultural Healing Retreat Participant, Yankton, SD

Thank you for your invaluable support! We couldn’t do it without you.Pamela AbazaFrederick T. (Bucky) AdamsKen & Sharon AdolphsonRio AldenSilvio AlfeoPreston AllisonMiriam AllredM. & K. AndersonKenneth AndrewsAnonymousBetty AnthonyPhilip & Therese ArchambaultShelley BanceSarah BarnabasSteven W. BarnesJames BatorBeau A. BaukolSandra BeausangHildegard BishopNancy BolandLena BonalumiBill & Jo BooneCarol C. BreckenridgeErnest & Barbara BrinkleyCarolyn Mari BrownSandra BrownTed & Audrey BrownLeslie BrunetteFran & Marlin BrusbergNell Meadows & Sherry BryceDale & Judy BuffingtonDonald E. BustinLinelle ButlerPambi CamachoJackie CanaanDaniel, Debra & Amy CanavanGregory CardBurton CarpenterKent CarringtonPetra S. ChaconDavid J. ChadwickSequoia CheneyClay & Eva CollinsLinda CommonThomas ConnollyJune CorduanBrian CramptonSandra Kaye CreasyCourtney L. CrestaniRonald CullenJim Culver

Andre & Marilyn DaneshBarbara Dash Nelson & Josephine DaviesVirginia DavisBrandi DaySusan DeaDorothy DeBellPatrick W. DeckerJoseph DeFrancoLaurens DeHaanAmy E.Den OudenDavid & Susan DennardHeidi DiakoumopoulosScott & Janet DietzJack & Corabelle DivineWalter DoolyAnne Margaret DudasCharles EadsJennifer EastonWayne EbyDorothea EdgingtonEli ElizondoDale ElmquistSandy EmersonChalmers L. EnsmingerCristi EricksonMichael & Joan EskerEdith EssexBernadette EttlinDavid & Jean EvansJoyce FalconeE. Shepard FarrarStephanie FennellMartin & Mary FererGail FieldKaren FieldRichard J. FinnAaron FischbachPeter J. FosterOliver FrickeBen FriedmannEdward Funk, Jr.Karen GallagherJose Garcia, Jr.Adolfo GarnicaLinda GausBruce & Eve GendronMary GianopoulosEleanor Webber GibsonSusan GilsdorfTanya GlumacRay GoetzMadeline GreenEdward & Cheryl GreeneJ. Robert Greiner

WJ GriersonBrian & Christina GrismerJohn & Diane GuinnJohn F. GuinnJessica HahnChris HallDavid HallLaurie HallKurt D. HammanHolsey HandysideJohn HannaBJ HansonKatherine HanwaySam HardinVirginia & Rick HarndenRuth B. HarveyKathleen HassettJohn HawleyWilliam & Jill HeathElton HessJoan Zinck HimmelhochSandra HirdesRoger HockingRichard T. HodgkinsonKeith HolmMary Linda HughesHarold IngersollIngrid IsaksenBetty S. IsleyEdward E. IvesPaul D. JacksonDina K. JaegerCherolyn J. JakwayAlan JohnsonDuncan JohnsonKaren E. JohnsonRichard JohnsonRonald JohnsonKim & Gabriela JohnstonAdele JonesJenny P. JonesMarti JordanSusan JosephMichael KazhdanGordon KeebleKate KennellyMark KinzerHoward & Catherine Kiss IIChris KnightThomas KoperaJuanita KoziolHubert & Marion KranichGene & Addy Krizek

Paul Krizek & Tracey NavratilMarta R. KrogstadRobert KunzStephen LauriJacque LawJoni LawverGerald B. & Kristen P. LeedomGeorge & Janet LeisterChip & Barbara LeonardCharles & Mary LiebmanPamela Lipscomb & Ryan BuchananStuart & Sara LucksDavid LutterDonald LynnJohn Mac CormacPamela MackMarshall MacklerValerie A. MainOlivier MarieEdith MaslowMark E. McBrideKeith McGuireBilly McKerchieAndrew McManusDouglas & Roz McNeilPam MichellEarland Harold MillerJohn MillsMelody ModellLionel & Martha Montemayor, Sr.Vanyo K. & Ann M. MoodyDiane MorrowRonald MortzfeldtElaine C. MurphyJon NagelRob David NagelSandra NailMichael NashJerry NewsomeVincent NogaWilliam & Patricia NolanSteven NordykeLynn NormanJane & Elizabeth NorthcuttHeidemarie Nothacker- WinklerMarc David OgrenKarl & Nancy OlsonTodd OsborneJ.D. Paceli

Debra PearsonWayne PerenoSean PerkinsCandice K. PickerWilson PipestemRobert PollNorberto Eduardo & Ana Maria B PriuChristopher & Karen QuinnRonald RamirezDonald RankJerome RapinCharles V. ReillyThomas D ReillyDawn ReminskyFredrica RhoadesPat RobicheauxWilliam & Linda RoemerShelley RogersRonald & Carol RothrockWalter RoyJudith RosenTerrance RyanWilliam SandersChristine SanguinetTimothy SatoAnnie ScarffRonald & Beverly ScheuleMargit SchmidtGerald & Judy SchraterNancy ScottRichard & Judith SeeligGlade & Toni-Lee SextonRobert & Denise ShafferCasey P. ShamanElizabeth ShifflettBrendan ShookHelen SilvaJudy SisnerosShalene & Nicholas SiudylaJoan SkellyDavid & Carol SmallwoodScott SmidtKarl Smith & Susan KaplanBradley SnellKenneth SommersCorinne SpagnaAdelyn SpaldingAlvin & Carol SpencerJohn StalloneWilliam Stanley

Victoria StauffenbergPenny Ann StephensFrank Stitely, Jr.Andrea StrahanAnnie & Randy StrahanElizabeth G. StrohlRobert StuartDaniel SullivanArthur H. & Sallie SwisherJoshua SykesMark Tache & Christin CooperGary TalamantezJames TarsitanoDonald TatorRichard TownzenMitchell TropinRobert TuckerEarl TurnerVernita J. TurpinSheren Tyler-SmithGene UlrichMarie Van DeusenKristin VaziriBruce WallaceCarl & Darcy WallaceTess WallaceLarry & Connie WallmanKevin WalshMichael WeilRandall WendtNancy WhislerJosh WilcoxPhilip & Sarah WildenhainGloria & Robert WilliamsRev. & Mrs. Archie D. WilsonMike WiseElizabeth WitterGwen Wolf-IwanowskiAnn WolvertonMedora WoodsChryl WoolleySusan WoolridgeJean WorlandSandra YarringtonDiane YawnEdward YoungJames A. YoungKenneth ZahoraMary ZamarripaMary ZameitoCathy ZeissElisabeth Zinck Rothenberger

We’d also like to thank Federal and military employees who donated through the Combined Federal Campaign and participants in state and corporate campaigns across the country for your generous support.

Our mission is to help American Indian people meet their immediate survival needs — food, water and shelter — while implementing and supporting programs designed to create opportunities for self-sufficiency and self-esteem.

2011 Financial Summary Year Ended June 30, 2011The financial results depicted are derived from the Running Strong for American Indian Youth® June 30, 2011 consolidated financial statements which contain an unqualified audit opinion. Our complete, audited financial statements can be obtained online at www.indianyouth.org or by calling (703) 317-9881.

Income* Expenses* This excludes unrealized and realized gains and losses on investments.

Breakdown of Program Expenses

Food 39.98% $ 1,816,304

Water 2.23% $ 101,427

Family Services 11.74% $ 533,275

Housing 7.13% $ 324,155

Mother & Child Health 2.37% $ 107,495

Grants to Affiliates 25.20% $ 1,145,000

Youth 9.43% $ 428,220

Culture & Language 1.92% $ 87,426

Fiscal Year 2011 Program Services

$4,543,302

Fiscal Year 2011 Total Income: $5,194,763

Fiscal Year 2011 Total Expenses: $4,625,926

4.38%Grants from

government agencies$228,067

.7%Other income

$36,552

33.74%Noncash contributions

$1,756,975

11.97%Cash contributions

from affiliates$623,177

49.22%Contributions$2,563,037

98.2%Program services

$4,543,302

1.8%Management, general, development & fundraising

$82,624

Thank you for your invaluable support!

Administrative Office of the U.S. CourtsAll Faith ChapelAugustana College Campus MinistryBaker-Root Family Foundation, Inc.Barbara S. & Allen C. Wilcox, Jr. FoundationBoy Scouts of America Crew 10Brecksville United Methodist ChurchCedar Tree FoundationCentenary United Methodist Church WomenCHSCombined Jewish PhilanthopiesDakota Indian FoundationDC IMPROVEdwin P. & Esther M. Marshick FundFirst Nations Development InstituteFirst Presbyterian ChurchFirst United Methodist ChurchFordGlobal ImpactGroundswell’s Catalyst FundHarriet M. Cunnigham Charitable Foundation

Harrietta Hills Trout Farm, L.L.C.Indian Grove Country ChurchJames Wood High Scool of Frederick CountyJohn & Barbara Friedrich FoundationKalliopeia FoundationLutheran Community FoundationMariel FoundationMerck Partnership for GivingMetis Nation BCMt Tabor United Methodist WomenMt. Zion United Church of ChristMystery SchoolOglala Sioux TribeOneida Nation FoundationOngweoweh CorporationRegeneration Fund of RSF Social FinanceRenaissance Charitable FoundationRunning Strong Tour Group (2009)San Pedro Presbyterian ChurchSanta Fe Natural Tobacco Company FoundationSchwab Charitable Fund

Seva FoundationSeventh Generation FundSouth Dakota Child & Adult Nutrition ServicesSt. Luke’s Episcopal ChurchSt. Paul’s United Methodist ChurchSt. Thomas of Villanova ChurchState of South DakotaThe Boston FoundationThe Wellspring ChurchThunen Family FoundationTides FoundationToledo Community Foundation, Inc.TruistUnited Way of Clallam CountyUniversity of MinnesotaUS Dept. of AgircultureWalking BostonWellspring Wesleyan ChurchWyss FoundationYouth Emergency Services, Inc.