2012 ANNUAL REPORT

2012 ANNUAL REPORT

The mission of Big City Mountaineers is to instill critical life skills in under-resourced, urban youth through transformative wilderness mentoring experiences by working with community-based partners and volunteer mentors to deliver programs that focus on character development and youth success.

The Solution:Big City Mountaineers programs have a proven track record of developing integrity, responsibility, decision-making abilities, and communication skills that result in:

• Increased likeliness to stay in school

• Reduction of violence

• Reduction of drug use

• Increased physical activity

The Need:Under-resourced youth live in communities where as many as 50% of students drop out of high school. Low graduation rates contribute to:

• Unemployment

• Drug use

• Poor health

• Participation in crime and violence

2012 Accomplishments:

2,000 under-resourced, urban youth developed critical life-skills with BCM. 350 adult volunteer mentors logged more than

37,483 mentoring hours in the field.

150 Summit for Someone climbersraised over

$600,000 dollars for BCM kids.

One of the key differentiators between Big City Mountaineers and other wilderness-based youth programs is that BCM combines the educational benefits of the outdoor environment with a 1:1 ratio of youth to adult role models. Unlike programs where a ratio of 10:1 or less is standard, BCM is deliberate in pairing the under-resourced youth we serve on week-long expeditions in a 1:1 ratio with caring adult mentors to ensure that our youth receive the maximum support and reinforcement needed to become successful.

Each BCM volunteer mentor goes through a rigorous screening and training process to ensure that they are prepared with the proper tools and know how to make the greatest impact possible on our young participants.

Year after year, our wilderness mentoring programs prove to effectively achieve lasting results that mean future success for our kids.

Wilderness MentoringGuiding Youth Who Need It Most

Anthony, Age 17Partner Agency: East Oakland Boxing AssociationOakland, CA

“My BCM expedition and mentors taught me that I can challenge myself and work to be a better person. Without these positive role models I never would have learned these lessons. I am excited to take what I’ve learned here back home.”

Results:Anthony is completing his Freshman year in college at the University of California Merced.

Thank you to our 2012 Summit for Someone climbers, who challenged themselves on 15 epic peaks, raising over $600K to ensure that under-served, urban youth have the opportunity to build critical life skills on BCM wilderness mentoring expeditions.

Summit for SomeoneThe BCM Fundraising Climb Series

“Big City Mountaineers does great work with

under-served youth, and I am inspired to help

leverage my experience, relationships and

passion for climbing to benefit kids who need it

most. The Summit for Someone program enables

BCM to change more lives through wilderness

mentoring expeditions that instill critical life

skills.”

Ed Viesturs, BCM Board Member,

World Renowned High Altitude Mountaineer

WWW.SUMMITFORSOMEONE.ORG

Measuring 2012 ImpactWilderness Mentoring Works

In 2012, Big City Mountaineers programs positively impacted under-resourced, urban youth more than ever before.

BCM youth showed a statistically significant gain in the number of developmental assets they posess, through their week-long mentoring expeditions, as measured by the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets Profile.

Developmental assets protect youth from engaging in high-risk behaviors, including violence, alcohol use, and illicit drug use. Developmental assets also promote thriving behaviors. such as valuing diversity, maintaining good health, and succeeding in school.

• Commitment to Learning

• Positive Values

• Social Competencies

• Positive Identity

BCM youth see significantimprovement in these key areas:

Motivation to do well in school, homework performance, and reading for pleasure.

Caring for others, promoting equality, demonstrating honesty and integrity, and behaving responsibly.

Planning and making good decisions, resisting peer pressure, seeking to resolve conflict non-violently.

Feeling in control with high self-esteem and having optimism abut the future.

Big City Mountaineers partners with community-based youth development agencies to identify under-resourced youth that would benefit from the BCM experience, and recruits young participants directly from these agencies. We have chosen this partnership model to maximize ongoing youth impact, and work alongside agency staff to reach out, recruit, and properly prepare youth for this catalyst experience. Agency partners are selected based on the profile of the youth served, their relationship with the youth, measurement methodologies, geographical location, and ability to participate in Big City Mountaineers training and programs. Each BCM expedition includes one staff member from the partnering youth agency to ensure that expedition learning is continued and reinforced when youth return home to their communities.

PartnershipsCreating Impact Together

“Our incredibly brave refugee teenage girls from Nepal and the Ivory Coast had an amazing experience with BCM. These girls made tremendous gains in self-confidence, love of the outdoors and abil-ity to effectively problem solve.”

Sharon Lafer, Agency Leader African Community Center Denver, CO 2012

In addition to youth agencies, collaborative partnership is the lens by which we view all our working relationships. Strong partnerships with outdoor industry companies have been essential to supplying much-needed gear, funding, and promotional support for our youth expeditions and Summit for Someone fundraising climb series.

Through the geneosity of our outdoor industry partners, BCM received more than $600,000 of in-kind support in 2012. Thank you!

Working WithYouth Who Need It Most

83%are from families living below the poverty line

71%are from single parent or guardian-led households

Big City Mountaineers works exclusively with under-resourced, racially diverse youth, mostly between the ages of 13 and 18, who often have no experience outside their local neighborhood. The BCM expedition is often their first experience with the wilderness.

100%qualify for the federal free or reduced lunchprogram

83%have parents with a high school education

Mireya, Age 16A Story of Success

“BCM helped me understand that failures inspire great courage. Courage is hard to own, difficult to acquire, but necessary to succeed. If I had not gone on a BCM trip, many of my fears would have trapped me in a box. These lessons have helped me with AP classes. I now challenge myself in and outside of school.”

Results: Mireya is now President of her high school college-readiness program and is eager to enroll in college next year.

Each year, we witness transformational growth in our kids as their journeys unfold. This year, Mireya’s powerful story inspired our work.

Our Vision Serve More Kids In Need

Big City Mountaineers’ vision is to transform the lives of thousands of urban youth each year through wilderness mentoring experiences that instill critical life skills. Inspired by what they have accomplished with BCM, our youth choose a brighter future – a future that embraces education, purpose, and self-worth while rejecting delinquency, violence and drugs.

Big City Mountaineers is the nation’s leading wilderness mentoring organization for under-resourced urban youth. Our proven curriculum is delivered collaboratively with a vibrant network of urban communities, youth-based agencies, volunteer mentors and supporters, all working in effective partnership. Together we create impact, unified in our singular, extraordinary commitment to serve more kids in need.

BCM Plans for Growth Big City Mountaineers has a compelling vision to lower the statistic that 1.3 million kids a year drop out of school by expanding our programs to reach the kids who need us. In the next few years we will increase the number of:

• Programs we deliver• Youth we work with• Markets we operate in• Partner organizations• Supporters and community engagement

With strong board leadership and commitment to this vision, we look forward to changing the lives of thousands of under-served youth for years to come.

$1 million

Organizational Revenue Growth - 10 Year

2005 Actual 2012 Actual 2015 ProjectedYear

$3 million

$2 million

$4 million

Cash In-Kind

Summit For Someone climbers challenge themselves while helping BCM kids change their lives. Many thanks for your dedicated service in raising support for our youth. Climbers raising $7,500+

James AlvaradoKelly Armstrong Rick Armstrong Scott Brown Elizabeth Brown Colton Campbell Mitchell CampbellDaniel ChericoKaren Francis Ben GantertMike Hathorn Christine LoredoFrank MartinEmily McIntyre Charles Mendelson Cyndy Rodriquez OttAnnie PassarelloSusan Zieff

Climbers raising $5,000-$7,499 Del Brown Adam CraigEJ DawsBuffy Higgins Beth KellerChatherine KunaEric LarsenDiana LattimoreTom MillerBlake Smith

Climbers raising $2,000-$4,999 Mariana Aguilar Kara AllenKelly ArmstrongJonathan Bailie Stacy BareChristine BedenisChristopher BoivinErik BorchardtOlivia CaoKelsey CardwellSarah CarrollDerek CarterPatricia CluneElliot CohenTeddy CombsRyan ConklinShawn CrowleyThomas DelaneyKevin DoanJean DolanGreg DupeyNicole EasterdayKristen ElliottVeronica EnglerBarbara FarneyIzcander FloresMary GardnerAdam GardnerRoberta GarrisonGeoff GauklerBen GerigBenjanin GettingerBen GipsonClifford GordonLaura GrieserSophia GuTyler HackerPaul HarmanKeir HartEileen HavlikEben HennerBritt HermanskiStacy HoffmanBritt HoweSmantha HughesMichael HunterJessica KnowlesIrina KnyshevskiTim KreslCharles LaarsenAbigail LentzSeth LentzBrendan LeonardJustin Lilly

Summit For SomeoneFundraising Climbers

Jean LimJake LohwaterSarah LongRaymond LoughreyChristine LundvallGeorge ManleyCorrina MaroteAshley MattisonChristian McConnellAustin McCreaJerald Motil Patrick O’Rourke Kirk OberlanderAmy O’ConnellAbi RankinDustin Reavis Jennifer Reevis MartinR-omero-WolfKevin RyanShenandoah SanchezBrian SchmalzerGregg Sibigtroth Elliot SingerJohn SkowronskiConor SmythCorey SnyderAndrew SomersPhilip TaylorJonathan TroutRamon J. VillaJohn WaldenGail WeaverForest WoodwardMark WrobelRob WyattApril Yamaichi

Foundations/Organizations

Anonymous Benson Family FoundationCampion Family TrustClif Bar Family FoundationCommunity Shares of ColoradoEast Bay Community FoundationFoundation for Youth InvestmentGlobal GivingOutdoor FoundationRed Wing Shoe Company Foun-dationSaint Paul FoundationSierra ClubThe Brickyard Berridge FundThe Denver FoundationThe GuardsmenThe Saint Paul FoundationVF Foundation

Donors

*Indicates portion of support is In-Kind

$100,000+ *

$25,000-$99,999DLA Piper LLP*Hanold AssociatesHeibing*Liberty Bottle Works*Polartec*Timberland*

$10,000-$24,999Any MountainColumbia Sportswear*Eddie Bauer, LLC*JanSport*Miller & Associates*The North FacePlanet GraniteUS Foods*

$5,000-$9,999Chaos*Gregory Packs*Nielsen Expositions*Normandy, LLCOsprey Packs, Inc.*SmartwoolStanley*The ClymbZappos

$2,500-$4,999BNI Miami-Dada Inc.Cigna Clif Bar, Inc.*Community Shares of ColoradoConocoPhilipsDel Monte Foods CorporationFox 40 International*Fox River Mills*Keen FootwearOutdoor NationSierra Designs*SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, LLC*Zodiac of North America

$1,000-$2,499Apple Matching Gifts Program Big Earth Publishing*Camelbak* Cascade Designs*ChevronCity national Bank of Florida Crocs*Glabal Giving Foundation Home Financing CenterLoveGrown Foods LLC*Lowa Boots, LLCMountainsmith Trekking Poles*Novacraft*Princeton Tec*Sundance Outdoors, Inc. VF Foundation

Under $1,000Boy Scout Troop #128 Cocoon/Design Salt IncDiscovery Sea KayaksInnateRutabagaWenonah Canoe

Corporate Donors

Individuals Donating Directly to BCM*In-Kind Support

$10,000+Mitch & Stephanie CampbellJason HanoldBill & Carol Sweasy

$2,5000-$9,999Paul Andrews & Ciel LawrenceAnonymousBen GipsonRocky & Laura HendersonKelly KrausGabrielle Toledano & Kurtis GantertMichael LemingBrandy SandersSkip Yowell

$1,000-$2,499Brian BarakatPeter CagleMary Commins*Wes CooperBill DodgeFred & Susan FosterRoberta GarrisonTopher GaylordClifford & Dixie HendersonBob & Lori HoraSchuyler Horton Gregg & Julie HosfeldtMichael HunterLisa MattisKelly McDowellSteven MunnSummer OlsonJames SchwitallaAlex D. SirulnikMartha Spalding Lory StimsonJohn, Erin & Jimmy TelfordMac & Teresa Tillman Francisco VinasIra WagnerRobert H. Warren Jeff & Judy Weidman Nicholas Williams Rob Wyatt

$500-$999Perry AdairDeb AkinB. Thomas AllisonDavid BartholomewWilliam BaudendistelRoger & Mary BirdJason BoyleMichael & Sarah CislerDanielle ColemanDave CouchJacob & Carole DornKelsey R. DybvadKaren Ende

Donors Susan EnlowHeather GiannandreaDavid Haavik-SingerIan HaldimannKetan JobanputraJennifer KonopkaDennis LewonTodd LindenChristine MacDonaldLarry & Rae Lynne MattisBrent McCauleyChad & Vicki McClenathenSally McCoyTodd McFaddenAlan McIntyreJohn MeadDorothy & Richard MooreNancy MooreGeoff O’KeefeAndrew OverhiserSky SchulerMatthew SeimBill & Mary Kay StoehrBruce ThrushJan-ann WhiteChristine Wishon

$250-$499Joseph AnscherMike & Karen AustadChristopher BallMichelle BarnesBrian BartockMathew A. BironDavid BoeschensteinElisabeth BradyRonald CaridadMorgan ClaytonRamon CueSeth DarlingAnn DiMaggioRaymond & Janine DraccaEric & Tonya EikenbergMatt Fleming*Pardis GhorbaniSally GradyEleanor & Andrew GrantKazutaka IshideraMary & Jeff JaquaJames A. KernTodd KomoroskiJames LittleFred LoperAndrew MarkusAndrew McGeheeAnna McGoughMark & Marjory MorfordPam PaulPaul PoirotDiana RamkissoonMelissa RubinWalter ShafferRobert & Debra ShearerMichael SheehanFrank SioliGregory SmithHenry StanfieldMichael WallenfelsRobert & Debra WeitzelDane Zehrung

$100-$249Shelly AbramowitzLaura AckermanLinda AgerterRobert Alexander & Barbara ClarkDean M. AmmermanGeorge & Gloria AndertonTim AsheDavid AsherMichael AustadKen BallardMira BallardPrescott & Deborah BarkowStephen BarnesDavid BartholomewBrian BartockThe Bauch FamiliyCaroline BeckettMichael BelleCarlos BernalJames & Patricia BernittJim BodohDavid & Karen BoguckiJohn BrowningJanet A. BrushJohn M. BrushEleanor BuffYolanda BurkelandPatrick ButlerJohn CallanJohn CallanGene CanavanPaul CannellaShane CapronJohn CapursoJebb CardinFrank Sandner & Caroline BeckettSandra CarsonAlycia CavadiSusan ColonLorie ConwayGuerdon CoombsJaclyn CreadonNora CusackRoselyn CutlerJonathan DaughertyAlexandria DavidBruce & Laurie DavidsonJeremy DavisJames DeFrancoWhitney DeiMona Delank-BakerDiane DempseyJohn DonaldsonSharon DurlandJack & Pat DurliatBriget EastepRoland & Sheila Desmond EaveyJane EisnerEdward W. EmersonBeth English*William & Ursula FairbairnAlex FernandezDavid FiethBeth Anne FisherCharles & Pamela FoggCharles FranksAllan & Alison Gabel

Ray & Susan GaitanJohn GrahamMatthew GrigalLaurel GrinnellKristen GrisiusJay GromekIra HaberKevin HaggertyStephen HaglerJames & Karen HaleJim HamiltonBill HansenRobert HebertonHagen & Esther HedfieldKatherine HeinemanJoel HillTracey HokansonCarrie HolderMarian Holton-ManuelSteve Hook Nancy HopkinsKen HunzickerDaniel Jarzemsky Beatrice JaynesAlfonso JjaramilloSteve JohnsonMarla & Joe KaufmanDavid KeelerSuzanne KhuriLisa KidstonJohn KirchnerRick KirkDennis & Loretta KleinmanJeffrey KlineKaren KnightLarry KramerConnie KramlikLarry KrugerRobert KudwaAlex KutchesEmily KutyAndrew LeCuyerDave LeePeter LeightonGreg LettsBrian LilllieFranklin LockwoodBryan MackScott MacphersonBruce & Michelle MarshBernardo MartinezWarren & Billie Jane MartonDuane & Peggy Marxen Rick McBeeGretchen McGillKen Meidell Janice MetcalfLori & Bob MiazgaJeff MichaelElse MorrisDawn MunnAlli NolandThomas NollerJeff NoltnerLeslie O’BrayMichael O’BrienAlexander PerezMalory PetersonTom & Mary PettijohnRickie & Mary QuinnMartin & Laura RamirezRay Ratliff

Keith & Christine RenfrewMary Lou RizzoRicardo RodriguesJonathan RosenblumRachel RosenblumRobert RossanoBernard RupeLaney & Peter SachsMatthew & Mary SatterlundJohn SchaferKathy & Glenn SchneiderJohn SchoeneHenry & Irmgard SchubertJohn & Glenda SchwalbachGordon SeabiryNicholas SenterDavid ShaftmanPaul A. ShelowitzBob ShotlandFrank SilvaFrank & Linda Sioli Marianne SioliMichael Anthony SotoSteven SpringsteelBrian StanleyColin SteadJay SteereTamara StoryJerry SuarezDerek SuppleNgoc TranElizabeth TurnerJeanne UlrichMonika ValentineThomas & Sandra VandervestDarrin WaddleS. M. WarehamNoreen WarrenMichael WeaverBrenda WegmannMelvin WeinbergAmy WeinsteinFranny WeitzelGregory Weitzel E. Robert WellsKaren WellsBrad Werntz*Caroline WheelbargerFrank WhitingCharlie & Diane WingerGordon WrightPhilil ZabriskieGary ZieffGary ZimmermanDan & Charla ZinkeJeannine ZinkeMark ZionArthur & Nancy Zoss

Annah ShaprioAnthony CarrBernie Rupe Chris Chandler Colette MatzenDarin FeardayDeb AkinElizabeth HammondIan MacKayJakob RoyJason RoseJoe BaileyJohn IveyJosh NeffKara BognerKatherine Craig Keith DumbletonLiz (Gentry) FischerMartha BrummittMatt GravesMatthew DavidsonMyla MarksNell Holdon Nicole BlaserNicole DunbarPatrick DuffiePeter Acquaro Raizel LiebowitzRebecca GoldmanRobin WeeksSummer OlsonYury Chernykh

Instructors

Volunteers

2012 Volunteers

Youth Agency LeadersAlbert CarrascoAlejandro BautistaAmy BurtelowAndrew KeiserAndy KimballAngel GonzalezAnna ZiajaAntoinette KiltonAntonio RamirezArioloto TorresBonnie WersteinBrian LauBrian RelphCarolyn DavisCasey BaxleyCatherine RussellChristina YanezDaniel MichelDarla HarrahDarlene CorralDavid ChurchDevan PicardDoug BlocksmaElizabeth SmoczynskiGustavo MadrigalHollin RobertsJack CurranJaime LozanoJasmine MartinezJason GeibelJen HerdinaJesse WoodworthJessica ArmstrongJillian Davenport Josh NelsonJuan AscencioKeith RundquistLeslie SteinLissete AquirreLizzeth Nevarez

Lori NicolaiMarrissia JonesMiracle JacquezNeil Reimer Paulina CamachoPeter DeLongRob GrayRoberto LopezRodolfo EsparzaSeth MankoskiShana Rubenstien Sharon LaferSimone MikolichSpencer BruceTad McClurgTim BohmbachTimothy DahlinTomothy MondlTommy HeffronYara ShadidYesenia Molinar

Rocky Mountains: Aaron Patterson Adam MarrapodeAlex VaassenAmanda JablonskyAndrew SaundersBradley CarsonCathy Rotman Chris HamptonDarryl JonesDon MorrisEva RendleJackie ArnalJason JeffriesJenny ThompsonJim Bodoh Malory PetersonMegan Mulligan Meghan AblesMichelle HavensMiriam RosenblumNick CreadonRyan GaspardShelby LazaroffSherri KingTimothy Owen

MidwestAmanda FoxAndrew SchwarzCarol AmbegCaroline CarriereErin RickelmanJaimie ClappJamie BarrettJohn Collins Joseph PinkowskiJulie DakersJustin WelshLisa HarfordLori RodgersNicole NebbelingNorbet SchillerPhil JensenRachel RodriquezRachel ShaftmanRobert GardnerRobert FaberSusan Colon William Sweasy

Bay AreaBill PowningDane ZehrungDaniel SliverbergDavid CouchFrancisco GrajalesGarrett DempseyJoey BarnessJonathan GrayKaren FrancisKayla EismanKrista RogersonLeeann AlamedaMaria MosquedaMarissa MeyerNathaniel SchiesherRegina RivardRobert MartinShannon Griep Steven JohnsonThomas Alberg

Pacific Northwest Audrey WhitlatchBradd McConnellClaire Bosworth DenaeWatanabe-SmithEmily Kuty Gregg SibigtrothJames EstesJoshua PatrickKevin HaggertyMartina ChavezPaul IkinRoberta Garrison

Special Thanks

ParticipatingYouth Agencies

ColoradoA Kidz Hope African Community CenterBig Brothers Big Sisters of ColoradoBoys and Girls Club of Metro DenverThe Bridge ProjectCollege Track-Denver Colorado “I Have a Dream Foundation”Denver Kids, Inc.Denver Parks and RecreationGirls Inc. of Metro DenverHope CommunitiesKIPP Sunshine Peak AcademyThe Matthews HouseVista Academy Outdoor Club

Pacific NorthwestCalderaOregon ZooPortland OIC (Rosemary Anderson High School)Project Youth Employability Support ServicesNeighborhood HouseSOS OutreachYouth Employment Institute

MidwestBetter Boys Foundation (illinois)Christopher House (Chicago)Enlace Community Education (Chicago)Family Alternatives (Minneapolis)Inner City Impact (Chicago)McCormick Tribune YMCA (Chicago)Youth Outreach Services (Chicago)Muchin College Prep (Chicago)Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club (Chi-cago)Red Wing Youth Outreach (Minneapolis)Youth Crossroads (Chicago)Youth Guidance (Chicago)Youth OUtreach Services (Chicago)

Bay AreaCasa CHE, La ClinicaCollege Track-OaklandEast Bay Asian Youth CenterEast Oakland Boxing AssociationStarvista

FloridaYWCA of Greater Miami Dade

BostonFriends of the ChildrenYMCA of Greater Boston

2012 Distribution and Expenses

In-Kind...33%

Summit for Someone..31%

Corporate...11%

Individual...8%

Investments & Misc..7%

Foundation...6%

Expeditions Services...4%

Government...0%

2012 BCM Revenue

BCM Programs...78%

General & Administrative...12%

Fundraising...10%

2012 BCM Expenses

Board of DirectorsPaul Andrews, Board President

Rocky Mountain Investors

Mitch Campbell/ AOV, Inc.Angela Chen/ The North Face

Chip Coe/ Chaco FootwearBen Gipson / DLA Piper

Jason Hanold / Hanold Associates Schuyler Horton / Thule

Dan Hurdle / Caribou Coffee Kat Jobanputra / Specialty Sports Venture

Kelly Kraus / REI Michael Leming / Nike

Lisa Mattis/Executive DirectorNancy Moore / N.W. Moore & Associates

Brandy Sanders / Claire’s Nate Simmons / Backbone Media

Carol Sweasy / The Red Wing Shoe Company Foundation Mac Tillman / Del Monte

Gaby Toledano / Electronic Arts Ed Viesturs / High Altitude Adventurer

Mike Wallenfels/ Timbuk2Jeff Weidman/ Heiden/ Weidman Group

Skip Yowell / JanSport

Advisory BoardJim Kern / BCM Founder

Dave Bartholomew Bob Box

Rob Chatfield Stephanie Cooper

Jonathan Dorn Riley Etheridge

Jeffrey FryerIan Haldimann

Drew Kern Ruth Neilsen

Matt Seim

Big City Mountaineers is an equal opportunity service provider and employer.

Big City Mountaineers operates underspecial use permit with the USDA Forest Service

and the National Park Service.

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