annual report2012-2013

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letter from the chairs A Message from Terry Nauck, Chair of the Friends of Breakthrough Schools Board

The last year has been a monumental one for the students, teachers, staff, and families in the Breakthrough network. Breakthrough has made history with the passage of the first school levy in sixteen years; a levy that also saw a small portion going to high-quality charter schools for the first time in Ohio’s history and perhaps in the country. For the second year in a row, our students’ academic performance made Breakthrough the highest rated network of charter schools in Ohio. And, we saw ninety-nine students graduate from the halls of Breakthrough schools and begin their journey as Breakthrough alumni, our largest class yet. Our partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has grown even stronger, and the number of our community partnerships, even greater. We have attracted national attention to Breakthrough and our city-wide education efforts.

Reviewing last year, it is clear that Breakthrough, with the support of our funders and friends, continues to fulfill its mission to dramatically transform the educational landscape in Cleveland. And, on behalf of the board of directors, I want to personally thank our funders and friends for believing in the promise of a high-quality education and our schools’ ability to provide it. It is only with the support of the community that Breakthrough can continue to build a strong, efficient network of high performing schools and deliver on its mission.

With the tremendous opportunity before us in Cleveland comes additional challenges as well. Now is the time to make every second count, just like our students do in the classroom every day. Let us feel the same urgency as our teachers do to transform the lives of every student who walks through our schoolhouse doors. In 2012-2013, we were able to reach almost 2,000 students and it was my privilege and honor to lead the Friends of Breakthrough board in support of that work. But, I also eagerly look forward to seeing how the network will grow and develop to fulfill its aspirational vision of 20 schools by 2020, serving 7,000 students.

It is Breakthrough’s history of achievement, the significant support of our funders and friends, and our talented teachers and school leaders that will continue to drive our success. Together, we are creating something extraordinary: the opportunity for all children, regardless of zip code or pedigree, to receive a high-quality, college preparatory education. Let us continue to work together to show the city, the state, and the country that all children can learn – if we provide them with a high-quality school to attend. And that is happening, right here in Cleveland, right here at Breakthrough Schools.

A Message from Michael Cristal, Chair of the Breakthrough Schools Board

Educational excellence has been a tradition in our schools for over a decade. Yet, it has only been in the last three years that the Breakthrough schools have looked to the Breakthrough support team for operational and business services. Together, as a network, we have continued that path to excellence, working to create and sustain cost efficiencies, supporting school leaders, and raising Breakthrough’s national profile.

The adage “We can do more together than we can apart,” is representative of the last year at Breakthrough. Through the dedication and hard work of every member of the Breakthrough team, from teachers to school leaders to the support staff, Breakthrough continues to be the highest-rated network of public charter schools in the state. Our nine schools, together, continue to change public education in our city for the better. And, together, we have reinforced the notion that every child can learn.

As board chair of the Breakthrough Schools support team I am gratified by our progress as a network. I have great respect for the tremendous efforts of our teachers, school staff and leaders, and our Breakthrough support team. As we move towards our collective vision of a free, high-quality education for every child throughout Greater Cleveland, Breakthrough will continue to serve as a community leader. Together, we are contributing to a community we can all be proud of for many years to come.

Terry Nauck

Michael Cristal

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Friends of Breakthrough Schools Board of DirectorsSuresh Bafna President, Jainco International Incorporated

Kristen Baird Adams Director, Client and Community Relations, PNC Bank

Jeff Berlin President, Bridge Industries, LLC

Scott Berlin Managing Director and Principal, Brown Gibbons Lang and Company, LLC

Anne Bingham Assistant Vice President and Credit Advisor, Fifth Third Bank

Don Bullock Senior Vice President Investor Relations, Eaton Corporation

Denise Carkhuff Partner, Jones Day

Jeffrey Cristal Executive Managing Director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Karen Davies Senior Vice President, Director of Portfolio Management, Huntington Bank

Bob Gillespie Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyBank (retired)

Emmanuel Glover Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development, Fifth Third Bank

Jeff Gotschall Chairman, SIFCO Industries, Incorporated

Thomas Haught President, Sequoia Financial Group LLP

Mary Holmes MKH Consulting

Ira Kaplan Managing Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Arnoff LLP

Andy Kline Principal and Managing Director, Chase Properties

Bill Koehler President, KeyBank

Kevin Kuhn Kuhn Family Foundation

John LeMay Partner, Blue Point Capital Partners

Michael Merriman Operating Advisor, Resilience Capital Partners

Terry Nauck President, True North Business Advisors Board Chair, Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Jane Outcalt Director, Intergenerational Resource Center, The Intergenerational School

Richard Pace Principal, Cumberland Development, LLC

Peter Rome Chair-Business and Tax Department, Ulmer and Berne LLP

Peter Roth Senior Vice President - Investment Officer, Wells Fargo Advisors

Thomas Rudibaugh Tax Partner, Grant Thornton LLPDaniel Sheets Corporate Vice President, President of Lubrizol Additives, The Lubrizol Corporation

John Sinnenberg Chairman and Managing Partner, Cyprium Partners

Chris Spurio President, CBIZ Financial Services

Ron Stepanovic Partner, BakerHostetler LLP

William Vogelgesang Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Candlewood Partners, LLC

Advisory Board

Jeanette Grasselli Brown Director of Corporate Research, BP America (retired)

David Gunning Vice Chairman, Cliffs Natural Resources, Incorporated (retired)

Walter Kalberer Founder and President, WEK Industries, Incorporated (retired)

John Sherwin, Jr. President, Mid-Continent Ventures, Incorporated

Breakthrough Charter Schools Board of Directors

Michael Cristal President and CEO, Consolidated Risk Management Board Chair, Breakthrough Charter Schools

Leslie Dunn Partner, Jones Day (retired)

Mark Elliot Owner, Onboarding Services LLC

Paul Harris Secretary and General Counsel, KeyCorp

Dominic Ozanne President and CEO, Ozanne Construction Company

Richard Pace President, Cumberland Development LLC

Enid Rosenberg Independent Non-Profit Organization Management Professional

John Sinnenberg Chairman and Managing Partner, Cyprium Partners

Rosemary Weltman Community Volunteer

Friends of Breakthrough Schools Revenue by Source

Events 6%

Federal Discretionary Grant 3%

Foundations 30%

Individuals and Family Foundations 52%

Corporations 9%

John Zitzner President, Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Alan Rosskamm Chief Executive Officer, Breakthrough Schools

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financial summary

IncomePhilanthropic and Grant Operating Revenue $3,078,357Philanthropic and Grant Capital Revenue $3,578,322Earned Income $1,678,460Total Revenue $8,335,149

ExpensePhilanthropy Disbursed for School and Network Operations $2,872,781Capital Expenditure $3,342,752 Capital Expense (P&L) $ 871,752 Capital Balance Sheet $2,471,000Friends of Breakthrough Operating Expense $ 769,664Total Expenditure $6,985,197

Financial Information

Through a combination of the network’s fundraising events, the engagement and cultivation of new and repeat individual and corporate donors, and an aggressive grant-seeking and major gifts plan, Friends raised the funds necessary to meet the network’s operating and capital needs in 2012-2013.

With the generous support of our over 1000 donors, Breakthrough Schools achieved the following in 2012-2013: • Successfully opened three new schools, growing the network from 1,400 students to nearly 2,000 students across nine schools.• Celebrated the grand opening of three renovated buildings housing three new schools and one new flagship school. Friends hosted dedication ceremonies to applaud some of the Breakthrough Vision 2020 campaign’s significant supporters. Breakthrough students will walk by decorative plaques honoring The Lubrizol Foundation, Saint Luke’s Foundation, The Cliffs Foundation, and the Eaton Charitable Fund for years to come. • Achieved outstanding academic results. Breakthrough students, on average, outperformed their peers in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and across Ohio in every subject.• Graduated 99 eighth graders from Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E Prep) and The Intergenerational School; and, with the help of the Breakthrough Through College department, propelled them to enrollment in a combination of independent, public, and parochial high-performing, college preparatory high schools.• Assisted alumni with obtaining college scholarships. Breakthrough partnered with Ohio Northern University and two E Prep alumni received nearly full tuition scholarships to attend. Seven alumni were given scholarships awarded by Cliffs Natural Resources ranging from $1,000 to $6,000. • Attracted national attention. Friends hosted visits and school tours with program officers from national foundations focused on education reform, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. • Capitalized on Breakthrough’s city-wide reputation as an education reform leader in northeast Ohio resulting in the most successful teacher recruitment season in Breakthrough’s history, hiring over 85 new teachers, with a diversity rate of more than 35%. • Consolidated its school boards by model in response to a favorable change in legislation. This will effect greater efficiencies in board governance and enable decision- making on the model level.• Embarked on a significant project to refine and improve the network’s human capital management system, funded by the Teacher Incentive Fund grant.

Friends kicked off the year with a comprehensive development plan to meet the challenge of raising $6.7 million dollars to close the per pupil funding gap caused by the inequitable funding of Breakthrough’s public charter schools. Friends also worked towards its new school development initiative, Breakthrough Vision 2020: Building Cleveland’s future, with a Phase 2 goal to raise $4 million dollars over two years.

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In just its second year, Friends of Breakthrough Schools (Friends) has achieved extraordinary success in securing significant and meaningful support of Breakthrough Schools. Serving the network’s almost 2,000 students in 2012-2013, Friends encouraged supporters of our schools to donate, advocate, and volunteer. Those supporters, acknowledging the critical importance of providing a high-quality, college preparatory education to Cleveland’s children, gave of their time, energy, and means, doing their part to transform the educational landscape of our city.

donorsstudent spotlightDevin is a graduate of a Breakthrough school and lives in the Collinwood neighborhood in Cleveland. Currently a sophomore at St. Edward High School, Devin serves as the President of Student Council and a student ambassador, plays defense on the football team, wrestles, and is a member of the film society. With a 4.5 GPA after his freshman year at St. Edward, Devin knows that the education he received at his Breakthrough school prepared him to excel in a high-quality high school. Devin credits his eighth grade mentor, just one of many Breakthrough volunteers, with helping him to find, select, and apply to an independent school that is setting him on the path to college. Devin is looking forward to high school graduation and considering applying to Mercyhurst University to study Criminal Justice. He has already returned a number of times to our Breakthrough schools to talk to younger students about the transition to high school. Breakthrough is proud of Devin’s success and will continue to support him on his journey.

Lynn and Herman FreemanMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey I. FriedmanChris and Cathy FurlongJames Gardner Jr.James Gardner Sr.Howard and Terri GarfinkelEdward GellertMonica GenoveseDarcy GervaseAlyson Gilbride Linda GlickmanNancy Goble Michael GriffoPaula GustinPearl Hachen Frank and Martha HardingReuben Harris, Jr.Susan HartmanLawrence HatchBarbara Hawkins Byron and Elizabeth Hays Bruce and Stephanie HeareyJames and Carolyn HermanCarolyn Herman Kenneth and Carol HochmanJeanne HoffmeyerRonald D. HolmanJack and Eva Horwitz Ingeborg Hrabowy, Ph.D.Nancy L. JazwaRyan and Kellie Jeffers Erik JensenKaren Johnson Julian and Aileen Kassen Todd and Carolyn KennedyRobert KingsburyJeffrey and Jean Kocian David KornbluthScott and Amy KuhnJohn LaskowskiDr. and Mrs. Larry and Debbie LatsonWilliam Lehr Greg LiebJohn and Nancy Lightbody Stuart and Julia Lipp Melvin Lowe Aimee MalkusGreg and Shelley Marcus Daniel Marks

Shampra Marshall Viridiana MartinezScott McRillDonald and Sarah Messinger Steve Mihalek and Melissa LeonardMark R. MillerMary Elizabeth MillerJonathan and Tanya MillerPaul and Elizabeth MinnilloMisa MiyamotoGregg MuresanJoe MutilloJulie NaderTeri NaehringBenjamin and Debra NaishDaniel and Jacqueline NavaretteDuncan and Elinore NeuhauserJohn and Nancy Nisky Robert and Betty Olson Ralph and Sheilah Orkin Michael and Shari PerlmuterMichael Perloff and Julia Krevans PerloffS. Colin and Lindsey PetryJames and Debra PhillipsBill and Sandra PowelMark PringlePat Prout Peter and Julie RaskindGeorge and Eileen RayRick and Joan RivitzAllison RobertsonJay and Kathy Rockman Rebecca Rogers Nancy Rome Charles and Maxine Rosenbaum Caroline Ross James and Alice Rybicki Mark and Eileen Saffran Constance Sallee Andrew Samtoy John Sanner Barbara Schaefer Richard and Mary Jane Schmidt Aimee Scullin Mary Segulin Margery Shaw Phillip and Ann Singer Andrew Singer

Ronald and Sherry Soeder Suzanne Sokol Karen L. Solomon Mark and Mariclaire Soulsby Steve Srmag William and Edith Taft TargetColette Taylor Aaron and Georgann Testa Jessica Thomas Anne Thomas Jason Thorn Jane Toth Isabel Trautwein Paul Tuttle Dale and Monica Vernon Joseph Vocaire Lisa Vulic Chris Waldron David Wasserstrom

This list was compiled to reflect the gifts of our generous donors received in the 2013 fiscal year (July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013). We apologize for any errors or omissions as we strive for excellence in all donor reporting. To help us ensure the accuracy of this list, please contact our office with questions or changes regarding your listing.

“Breakthrough was the foundation for my

future and thanks to my Breakthrough schoolI will succeed in life.”

Devin

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Breakthrough Schools (Breakthrough) continued its partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), the mayor’s office, the city’s business community, local foundations, the Cleveland Teachers Union and local families to promote the passage of Issue 7, the local tax levy. In November 2012, for the first time in sixteen years, the 15 mil school levy passed in Cleveland. And, for the first time in the history of Ohio, a small portion of that levy was designated for high-quality charter schools partnering with CMSD. Breakthrough was both proud and honored to be part of this historical legislative effort on behalf of Cleveland’s children.

Friends also joined a state-wide coalition of high-quality charter supporters, including KIPP Columbus, the Thomas Fordham Foundation, Students First, and United Schools Network. This group was instrumental in advocating for the protection of the budgetary allocation for Governor Kasich’s Straight A Fund. This fund will make available a total of $250 million in discretionary state funds for qualified applicants in 2013 to 2015, including public charter schools.

With Breakthrough’s growing federal discretionary grant portfolio, Friends has committed to an increased level of federal advocacy to protect that funding stream and the interests of high-quality charter management organizations (CMOs) in general, and advocate for legislation favorable to additional federal funding in the future. Friends joined the KIPP Foundation and other high-performing CMOs to establish a coalition for this purpose. In the last year, the coalition has published a white paper, “More of a Good Thing, Growing the Nation’s Best Charter Schools, Progress and Opportunities,” that has been distributed to legislators and thought partners. The coalition also participated in two days “On the Hill” where the CEOs of the CMOs joined together to visit congressional leaders, officials in President Obama’s administration, and the Department of Education. On these visits, the participants, including Breakthrough, shared the coalition’s thoughts and concerns regarding pending legislation and federal budget considerations.

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Friends introduced over 600 new people to Breakthrough’s mission and schools in 2012-2013. Through 66 cultivation events, Friends exceeded its goal and engaged hundreds of visitors to take the

next step to donate or volunteer for the network.

With the school building renovations continuing to accommodate the growth of our schools, hundreds of volunteers from local companies including Lubrizol and Jo-Ann Stores, donated hours of time, and in some

cases, many supplies to help clean, paint, landscape, restore, and furnish the buildings. Volunteers also supported our network through mentoring and tutoring our students throughout the year. Together, along

with our board and committee members, Breakthrough’s volunteers donated thousands of hours to the network each year.

Friends is grateful for the corporate and individual support that impacts the lives of our students for the better, one student at a time.

The Robert I. Kohn Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandPhyllis KozokoffMichelle KrantzMargaret KuechleGregory and Lyn KurtzDolores KurtzJohn KusikJoseph KwasnyLouis Labat Daniel and Monica LacksRobert and Molly Laks Charitable Gift Account Schwab Charitable FundNana Landgraf Todd LanscioniBob and Gretchen LarsonKeith and Beth Laschinger Stephen and Anna LatkovicStephen and Bonnie LauRaymond LeachBill Leatherberry and Diane Phillips-LeatherberryJonathon and Jennifer LeffersLisa and David LevineGretchen LevyRuth LiebermanWilliam LindbladKelly LipinskiJoseph and Victoria Lipuma William R. and Joyce LitzlerRandy and Cristen LoeserKaren LongoIrwin and Heather LowensteinArthur Lundberg Alex Machaskee Andy and Margaret Male Eric and Julie ManginiJoseph ManningWilliam and Sherrie MansonMarie C. Dietrich Trust John and Barbara Marshall Lindsey MayCharlie and Lynda MayerBrian and Cat McAllester Cathleen McBrideThe McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal and Liffman Foundation Erica McClurkin Ann McConnell Martin McGannBrian and Mary McGrawBrady Melton Jr. and Emma Melton Mercedes Benz of North OlmstedHenry and Jane MeyerMeyers, Roman Friedberg and LewisJeff MillerJeffery and Stacey Halpern Miller Family FoundationOs MillsJohn Mino Jr.Steven and Dolores Minter Drew Molinari

Dan Moore III and Marjorie MooreJared MoritzChristine Morris Mark MunsellClark and Rebecca NeftJames NegrelliNeighborhood Progress Inc.Kirk and Lori Neiswander Spencer NethFritz and Jane Neubauer Jeffrey NicholsonRachel NottinghamJeanette NowacEdward and Caroline Oberndorf Ohio Franchise Management CorporationChloe Oldenburg Robert and Barbara OldenburgKeith Kearney and Catherine O’MalleyJeffrey and Elisabeth OrloffLawrence Oscar Ed and Helen Oshaben LaVerne OwensDominic Ozanne Paragon Advisors, Inc.Louise Patno Allan and Barbara Peskin John and Joyce Petric Lynn Phares Pilot Hill Capital, LTDJim PivarskiPatricia and Franklin Plotkin John and Margaret PlumptonPNC Foundation Matching Gift Program James C. Poffenberger IIIR. Scott and Kathryn PollockFrank and Frances PorterAngelo PosaJohn and Sandra PriceThomas and Ella Quintrell Clara Rankin Alison RankinClaiborne and Beth Rankin Todd and Jen RaubenoltGregory and Sheryl ReynoldsBrittany RobertsonBarbara RobinsonPhillip and Elizabeth Robinson Chris and Natalie RonayneBrian and Cheryl Roof Jacob Rosenbaum Ronald and Helen RossDavid and Laura RossPhilip and Marilyn RossThe Robert & Margot Roth Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandDr. and Mrs. Fred C. RothsteinScot and Traci Rourke Rule Family FundMichael Salkind and Carol GillSteven and Lauren SalmanKimberly SandovalKevin and Denise Schaffner

Laurel Schauere RowenDonald and Toni Scherzer Edwin and Carolyn SchmithLinda SchneiderRichard Schreck Bryan and Amy Seekely Mark and Nancy Seryak Michael and Barbara ShaperoShared Time Human Resources Management Brent and Inna ShelleyThe Sherwin-Williams CompanyMeredith ShoopRandolph and Lisa SiegelHarry SingerDiane SingerHudson and Deborah SmithNancy King SmithAnthony and Eileen SmitsKenneth SofferChristine Spano Carol A. StaigerHelen StanleyDiana StarksEarl and Nancy Stein Sam and Susan Steinhouse Edward and Jeanne Sternad Luther and Elaine Stevens Nicholas and Audrey StoneJason and Stephanie SuttonJay and Lorraine Szabo Peter G. TaftTakai Practice Services LLC Monica Tarasco Michael Thompson Donna L. ThranePatricia Tomko F. Jerome and Elizabeth Tone Peter Turner and Lauren RockThomas N. TyrrellWilbert and Delphine UnderwoodUniversity SchoolPaul and Kimberly Van Valkenburgh Steven and Susan Vitale George V. VoinovichMichael and Peggy Wager Theodore WagnerStephen and Ann Walling F. Carl WalterWalter and HaverfieldGreg and Louise Warner William and Mary WeberDan and Judith WeidenthalJulie WestAnthony Supan and Hedy WestraStephen and Elizabeth Whisnant Andrew and Thea WhiteDickson and Ann WhitneyMolly Wimbiscus Chas WithersDylan and Blair WoodBrian and Erin YontzAllen Youngman

James and Lorraine Zaas Brent and Cary ZimmermanDaniel and Julie Zittnan

SCHOLAR$1-$99Harvey and Cheryl AcksSusan AlthansAMO Publishing LLCAnita Tyler Insurance Agency, Inc. Ron AulettaRobert and Karen AultChuck BauernschmidtAlim and Gabriela BeveridgeKate and Steve BogartMitch and Caroline Borrow Paul and Mary Brandt Mark and Tracy Brant Lee and Cindy BrewsterGale and John Bromelmeier Peter and Tamar BrosseGreg BrownTherese BujdosRichard and Jenny BurgessCustis ByarsMatt and Eliza ByrnesMary CampeanMike CarfagnaDouglas CarlsonChar ClemsonJeff CochranEric and Jessica Cohen Rita CookLois Crawford M. Judith Crocker, Ed.D.Mark DavisJoyce DavisDavid and Virginia DawsonAndrea DealWilliam and Mary DenihanPriscilla Diem The Diemer Family Fidelity Charitable Fund Rocco DiLilloAndrew DoggettRichard and Lisa DurstSusan Dwyer Kay EckmanGregg EisenbergJonathan EntinJeffrey and Leah Epstein Howard and Nancy FeldenkrisJan FockeAllison FontaineCharles and Patricia Forsberg Lisa FowlerBarbara S. Framke

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New Initiatives In 2012, Friends of Breakthrough seized the opportunity to apply for funding from the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Incentive Fund grant competition. Seven of Breakthrough’s nine schools chose to join the Breakthrough grant consortia. Together, they committed to develop and refine their teacher and principal evaluation systems, design and implement a performance-based compensation and career pathways system for teachers and principals, improve educator recruitment and selection, and refine professional development opportunities to support the new systems. In October 2012, The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) granted Breakthrough a five year, up to $10.3 million award in support of its application.

Project work commenced immediately upon notification of the grant. A project structure was designed and implemented and work teams were created. Partnering with The New Teacher Project and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, academic leaders, Breakthrough staff, and teachers have made significant progress on the project during the course of the 2012-2013 school year. All participating schools have completed the refinement of their model-specific teacher evaluation systems and they have been approved by the school boards. In addition, significant progress was made by June 2013 to begin the design of the performance-based compensation system for teachers. The entire project team looks forward to rolling out the new evaluation system and communicating the teacher compensation and career pathways design for network feedback in 2013-2014.

To capitalize on the critical work being done under the Teacher Incentive Fund grant, Friends is seeking support for school leadership development. The model leaders, along with Breakthrough and Friends staff have worked together to create a compelling and relevant project for funding that focuses on incentivizing and supporting school leaders. If funded, Breakthrough would gain additional funds for professional development of model and school leaders, creating/refining an evaluation system and a performance-based compensation system for school leaders, and the creation of the Principal Fellows at Breakthrough program to fully train and develop emerging leaders one year prior to them serving as a founding principal in a Breakthrough school.

The Charter School Program grant funds continue to be an important source of revenue for the network’s new schools. They rely on the funds to purchase equipment and supplies, and pay for professional development for their expanding grades and growing teaching staff.

2nd Annual Golf OutingHeld at the Mayfield Country Club, the Friends of Breakthrough Golf Outing was a tremendous success with over 100 participants. Many thanks go to our presenting sponsor, BakerHostetler, and the many other corporate sponsors who helped to support this event. Friends congratulated Andy Male, Ken Hirsch, Paul Woznicki, and Scott McRill, representing The Intergenerational School, for placing first among all the participating teams. The outing raised over $36,000 for our schools and introduced dozens of new friends to Breakthrough’s mission and vision.

Breakthrough Bash 2013 For the second year, Friends hosted its Bash in support of the network’s students and the year’s annual fund theme: Renewing Neighborhoods, Developing Minds. Close to 600 guests packed the room at Windows on the River to honor Cleveland’s mayor, Frank G. Jackson and his efforts on behalf of the city’s youth. The Mayor’s efforts in support of the Cleveland Plan have not only galvanized Cleveland, but also attracted national attention. In recognition of this accomplishment, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recorded a special message for the Mayor that was broadcast at the event.

An exciting live auction raised funds in support of the new schools development initiative, Breakthrough Vision 2020: Building Cleveland’s Future. Attendees were able to hear from Breakthrough student musicians in the El Sistema@Rainey program, current students, and an accomplished alumna, Demitria McKenzie. Network and school staff were also on hand for the celebration. Over $301,000 was raised from the event! Furthermore, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation announced its $1 million commitment to the network. The Foundation’s generosity and commitment to Breakthrough’s vision and mission was truly inspiring, as is the Fowler’s support of Breakthrough’s ongoing sustainability efforts.

A special thank you goes to our presenting sponsors: Cliffs Natural Resources, The Lubrizol Corporation, PNC Bank, and The Shelly L. and Mark J. Saltzman Philanthropic Fund, a fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

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donorsAaron Emig Traci Ext The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc.Drew FergusonIrving and Gloria Fine FoundationLance and Shelley FrewJoyce GilmanGilmour AcademyThe David Goldston and Bonnie Borman Charitable Fund of the Ayco FoundationGries Family Award Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Rich and Dawn HaberMichael and Martha Hardy Paul and Michelle Harris Robert and Jennifer HartfordHathaway BrownHawken SchoolHawthorn PNC Family Wealth Donald HayesMaria Heckaman Ethan and Mandy Hendrickx Mike and Kay Hinderliter Margie and Seth HirschfeldCharles and Charlene Hyle Infosource Larry Parker and Jennifer Johnson Mark and Me’lani Joseph Linda Kane Richard D. KaseDoug and Karen KatzAudrey KellermeyerAnn Klotz Alan and Susie Kopit Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandRussell Lamb and Maia HensenLast Man Standing Club 2009Laurel SchoolJon E. LawrenceLeland and Maura LewisG. Richard LeziusLarry and Bonnie LindbergFrank and Jocelyne LinsalataGordon Maas MAI Wealth Advisors, LLC James and Joni Marra Jon McCulloughWilliam and Patricia McDonnellBrendan and Vicki McGarryBrendan McGaryBarbara Jean McGinnis and Kip HorsburghMcKenna Family FundThe McWilliams/Piraino Family FoundationAnne Meyers A. Malachi and Barbara Mixon Mixon Private Foundation, Inc.New Leaders for New Schools John and Linda Olejko Ken and Katie OutcaltOzanne Construction Company, Inc. Peter Paris Parker Hannifin CorporationRobert and Patricia Pavey The Pavey Family FoundationEric PelanderPioneer Memorial Presbyterian Church

Geralyn Presti Living Trust AccountBrian and Carol Provan Pubco CorporationMatthew M. PullarManu and Jen RajJohn and Nadine ResorJane Richmond James Roosa Rodolfo and Margaret C. D. Salas Michael and Katie SalgatJohn and Audie SchneiderScholarship AmericaJeff and Marci Schwab Walter SchwartzSanjay SehgalMike and Joyce ShinnAkhila SkiftenesVince and Rebecca SlusarzDavid and Irene Smith Wanda Stallworth Donald and Dawn Strang Joseph and KK Sullivan Sullivan Family Fund Timothy and Anne SwansonLouis Giesler and Cynthia TancerTec4LifeJane A. ThornburghMark and Mary Rose TicharDan TuletaTyler Industrial Park, LLC Jeffery and Kristin UbersaxDennis and Kristen WagnerAlesha Washington Dee WeeksJonathan Wehner and Joan ChaseHarry and Rosemary WeltmanDavid and Barbara WolfortThe Wright Foundation Don and Dorothy Zito Tony Decello and Becky Zuti

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE$100-$499 Tom Abelson and Abby Goulder AbelsonErica Aber ACJ Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Kristen Baird AdamsJoseph and Michelle AdamsCharles and Maureen AdlerAdrienne AllottaThe Ancora GroupArkay Square Educational Foundation, Inc.Les and Jackie Artman Frederick AsbeckChijioke and Eva Asomugha Austin Capital CorporationChristopher Axelrod Brett and Kim BaileyThe Marilyn M. Bedol Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland George and Jeanie Belhobek Eric BellAndrew BennettPenn Berens and Kathleen FergusenMr. and Mrs. Richard BergerRichard and Susan BlockCatherine G. BorchertMyles Boylan

Ruth Brady Thomas G. Brick TrustRobert BrooksConella BrownNancy BruchRobert and Cynthia BrumlMarion BryanWilliam BurgesMichael Bush J. Donald CairnsCapitol Square Foundation Eric and Amy CarlsonCarnegie Companies, Inc.Frederick Carr Randy and Mary-Scott CebulCharles and Karen ChaikinMichael and Sarah ChernoffHenry Chisholm Homer and Gert Chisholm The Cleveland Improv Comedy Club and Restaurant Richard and Eleanor Clewell Ronald CohenPhilip and Lynne CohenMichael ColagiovanniMichael and Bonnie Cole Jacqueline Collesi Lori and Joseph Compton Philanthropic FundCompass Consulting Services, LLC Loree Connors Ensign and Lana CowellMatthew and Diane Cox David and Gayle Cratty Liz CrollPitt and Sally Curtiss David and Deborah DaberkoAdam and Holly Davis TrifiroDependable CleaningGary and Andrea Desberg David and Sherrie DickensJennifer and Grant Dinner FundRichard and Casmira DiScipio Carl and Marian Doershuk Hank and Mary Doll Howard and Emily EdelsteinJohn and Meg EklundWilliam ElineMark and Ruth Elliott eMergent MarketingOliver and Mary Emerson Hamilton and Lillian EmmonsThe Entrepreneur’s EDGEJim and Melinda EthierDoris Evans, M.D.Nick and Sharon FanousAnita Fello The Fedeli GroupIra and Sherry FeuerFlash Seats Vertical Alliance LLCSanto and Amy FotiDonald and Lori FrankelThomas P. and Michelle FreemanCarol FrickeJohn Gabel Mike GabrailSamir and Minnie GautamMehmet and Christine Gencer

Samuel and Lynne GeracePeter and Ann GerhartKathleen Gharrity H.W. Birkett Gibson David and Kathryn Gleason Jordan and Jennifer GoldbergLarry and Cathy GoldbergMichael and Stacy GoldbergJames and Ronda Goldfarb R.L. and Christine GoodmanMark and Jo Goren Alexandra GrayJeff and Amy Green Bob and Sally GriesHarley and Rochelle Gross Rochelle and Harley Gross Philanthropic FundDavid H. Gunning IIDon and Jeri Gype H.A.L.O. Wear Prods.John and Elaine HaddenLee HartRobin and Henry HatchBenjamin Hatta Tadaaki and Susan HattaRichard and Jeanne T. HauerA. George and Janice HawwaTom HayesHeinen’s Hermes Sports and EventsKarl and Betty HessKenneth Hirsch Alan Hirsch and Sally Kozokoff HirschThe Edith F. Hirsch Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Alex and Sally HirshLori HoganLaura Hong Brian HorsburghThe Jane R. and Michael J. Horvitz Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Stephen M. and Sally HotchkissRichard and Marilyn Hyde Intercontinental Hotel SuitesJames and Anne Ireland George and Jewell JenkinsJM Wasserman CompanyMatthew JonesJP Morgan ChaseJust Give-AnonymousAnne JusterJeffrey and Sarah KadlicDale KatesDana KellyMargaret KennedyBenjamin and Susan Kent Jason V. KerinsDaniel and Jamie KesslerMichael Kilbane Robert KiloMark Fraunfelder and Brooke KingAlexander and Kelly KingWilliam Kirk N. Herschel and Maxine KoblenzMatthew KoepkeStewart and Donna Kohl

donorsstudent spotlightDemitria, an alumna of a Breakthrough School, was one of only sixty high school students in Cleveland to be chosen as a Cleveland Foundation College Now Scholar last year. This distinction recognized her as one of the top sixty high school seniors in the city. Demitria, after graduating from a Breakthrough school in 2009, went on to the Cleveland School of Science & Medicine on the John Hay campus where she prepared herself for college. After being accepted at the University of Michigan, Wittenberg, Spelman College, Howard University, and Ohio Northern University, Demitria chose to attend Howard because of its strong pre-med program. Breakthrough looks forward to having Dr. McKenzie continue to be involved in the Breakthrough alumni network and help guide other students to make smart choices about their education.

PHI BETTA KAPPA$100,000 and above Constance W. and James W. Brown, Jr. Family Foundation, Inc. Charter School Growth Fund Charles and Charlotte Fowler The Chuck and Char Fowler Family FoundationThe Cleveland Foundation The Cliffs Foundation The Eaton Charitable Fund The George Gund Foundation The Harbert FoundationThe Hershey FoundationThe Ingersoll Family FundKeyBank Foundation The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust David and Inez Myers Foundation Cleveland, Ohio The Nordson Corporation Foundation Jon and Jane Outcalt The Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation Perkins Hunter Foundation Fund

Perkins Malo Hunter FoundationThe Betty and Martin Rosskamm Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Shelly L. and Mark J. Saltzman Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Sherwick Fund The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith FoundationUnited States Department of Education Charter Schools Program United States Department of Education Teacher Incentive Fund

SUMMA CUM LAUDE$50,000-$99,999American Greetings Inc.William and Mary Conway SandFair Foundation Thomas and Sondra Cristal

The Nord Family Foundation

MAGNA CUM LAUDE$10,000-$49,999The Abington FoundationAlcoa FoundationAmerican Greetings FoundationAnonymousSuresh and Guniya Bafna BakerHostetlerBank of America Charitable FoundationWilliam Bingham FoundationCharles and Julia BoltonMitch Bowlus, Efficient Collaborative Retail Glenn and Jenny Brown The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening FoundationRobert and Judith Butler Cliffs Natural ResourcesThe George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Peter and Mary Conway Turtle Con Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Michael and Susan Cristal

Jeff and Julie Cristal Cyprium Investment Partners, LLCAlton F. and Carrie S. Davis FundErnst & Young Fairmount Minerals Fifth Third Bank The Giant Eagle Foundation The Frank H. and Cornelia R. Ginn Charitable Trust Charles and Marie Grossman One Candle Foundation John and Christiane Guinness David and Robin Gunning The Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern OhioThe Higley Fund Rod and Joni Howell The Christopher R. Howell Memorial TrustNick and Lorie Howley Howley Family Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Initiatives in Urban EducationJones Day Walter and Jean Kalberer Andy and Riddiane Kline The Kline Family Foundation William and Jean Koehler The Kuhn Family FoundationRaymond and Patricia LaubenthalJohn LeMay and Jackie AchoLincoln Electric Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation The Lubrizol CorporationMcMaster-Carr Supply Company Mike and Libby Merriman Merriman Family Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mont Granite, Inc. Ray and Katie Murphy The Ohio Boys Town FoundationThe Payne Fund Nicholas and Barbara Sue Peay The Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation PNC BankRichard W. and Patricia PogueThe Thomas and Theresa Pretlow Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Audrey and Albert Ratner Philanthropic FundThe Reinberger Foundation RPM International Inc. Franz and Elizabeth Sauerland Sauerland Foundation Daniel and Gayle Sheets John Sinnenberg Mary Jane Spahr and Charles E. Spahr 2002 Charitable Lead Trust Jack and Susie Turben Susan and John Turben Foundation Third Federal Foundation William and Siobhan Thompson U.S. Bancorp Foundation Wayne and Lynda Vespoli Wells Fargo Bank N.A. The Thomas H. White Foundation

The Wilhelm Family Fund of The Cleveland Foundation

John and Peg Zitzner

CUM LAUDE$5,000-$9,999AnonymousAnonymousBanks-Baldwin Foundation Jeff and Sheila Berlin Lawrence and Marilyn Blaustein Dwight BowdenCandlewood Partners Inc. The Clutterbuck Family FoundationTimothy Coughlin Dealer Tire Evergreen Resources LLC Peggy and John Garson Family Foundation A supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Robert and Ann Gillespie Michael Gleason Jeff and Dianne Gotschall SIFCO Foundation Grant Thornton LLP Debra GreenChas and Jennifer Grossman Seth and Lilli Harris Judith Haskell Brewer FundMary G. HearleyRichard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz FoundationHuntington Bank Robert and Barbara KerscherJim and Dee KleinmanThe G.R. Lincoln Family FoundationDavid and Connie LowmanCraig and Patricia McAllesterLee and Linda Miller Phoenix Miller FundSalvatore Miraglia Jr. and Debra MiragliaThe Burton D. Morgan Foundation Rebecca A. MorganJohn and Sally Morley John and Karen NestorNordson CorporationOMNOVA Solutions Foundation Jeremy O’Reilly ORT America Richard and Cheri Pace Paladin Protective Systems, Inc.Park FoundationThe Richman Brothers Foundation David and Enid Rosenberg Steven and Ellen Ross FamilyDavid and Betty Schneider The Betty T. and David M. Schneider Foundation The Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Vijay and Neeti Sharma Dan and Gayle Sheets Charitable FundRon and Laura Stepanovic C. Carlisle and Margaret M. Tippit Charitable Trust

Tomas Tobin Ownership Advisors, Inc. Charitable FundIsaac Tripp IV and Anne Tripp The Veale Foundation Vyas Family Charitable FundWestern Reserve Partners LLC David and Barbara Wolfort The Wolfort Family FoundationThe Wolpert Fund of The Cleveland Foundation World Shipping, Inc. Tim and Sandra Wuliger The Sandra and Tim Wuliger Family Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Wuliger Foundation David YoungEdward and Jane Young

HONOR ROLL$1,000-$4,999Adler Family Foundation A supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Vlad and Cheryl AgranovichThe Bruce H. Akers Fidelity Charitable Fund James and Kathy AllenBrian and Dolores AlquistAmerican Greetings CorporationPaul and Ankie Amos Brendan and Marnee Anderson William and Jean Bares Eric and Patricia Baumgartner BBP Partners Mr. and Mrs. William C. BeckenbachThe Edward and Barbara Bell Family Foundation James R. and Victoria S. Bell Gift FundBenesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff LLPAnne Bingham Scott and Susan Brown Stephen Brown Don and Cathy Bullock The Donald Bullock and Catherine Kilbane Fund BVF, LLCMarc and Victoria Byrnes Hugh and Ann CalkinsArnold and Bonnie Caplan The Caplan Wright Family Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Denise Carkhuff James CarulasPaul CascioCBIZ, Inc.Chubb and SonCleveland Indians Baseball CompanyBrooke CollierJeffrey and Bridget ConcepcionThomas and Anita CookCharles and Lucy Cooley Richard Cooper Mark Corrado Alfred and Inez CorradoDouglas CowanC. Philip and Barbara Cristal Jeff and Karen DaviesLeonard DeFino

Ralph and Rosalie Della RattaFrank DeSantis Jon and Mary DittrichEastman and Smith LTD.George Elliott Judith A. Embrescia Family FoundationThe Richard L. and Ann C. Ernst FundEvans Charitable FoundationFamous EnterprisesJeffrey and Ruth Fast Mark A. and Buffy FilippellFirst Merit Bank, N.A.Robert and Rebecca FischerAllen Ford Forest City Enterprises Drew and Nancy Forhan Forhan Family FoundationThe Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Charitable FoundationFredon CorporationTom and Marsha French GE FoundationGareth and Lynn GieslerDavid GivenAdrienne Goldberg and Philip Goldberg The Stacy K. and Michael E. Goldberg Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation James Graham Stanley and Charlotte Greenwald The Stanley and Charlotte Greenwald Philanthropic Fund of the Canton Jewish Community FederationDonald Gustavson William HaagHahn Loeser & Parks LLP Scott and Mary Lynn Harper Family FundThomas and Claudine HartlandChad Hartup The Harvey-Selvaggi Charitable Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Leo HawkHawken SchoolMila Henn Eric and Karen Hillenbrand Seth and Margie HirschfeldMartin and Maria HokeRichard R. Hollington IIITom and Mary Holmes Tom HostetterJim Hummer The Hummer Family FoundationAnn and Kevin Hyland Rebecca K. Hyland Memorial Scholarship Fund ICM Distributing Company, Inc.Institute for the Spine, Inc.Nancy Jacobson JAM Foundation Fidelity Charitable Fund The Jane G. Cunningham Foundation Phil and Amanda JankiJo-Ann Stores

Clarke and Whitney Jones The William M. and Elizabeth W. Jones Fund of The Cleveland Foundation The Joseph Family Vanguard Charitable Fund Barbara J. Joyner FoundationGreg and Jean KanzingerFrank and Kim Kanzinger The Kanzinger Family Fund of The Cleveland FoundationIra and Amy Kaplan Dan and Linda Kellogg KeyBank National Association Scott Bogard and Sherry Kim The Krause Family FoundationJohn Kurtz Leading LadyKathy Leavenworth Bill LennonLibra Industries, Inc. Bruce and Lia Lowrie Milton and Tamar Maltz Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation, 1990 T. Maltz Living TrustMark and Susan Mansour Randy and Molly Markey The Sogg FoundationRob and Holley MartensJoel and Rochelle MarxMatrix Pointe Group, LLC. Christopher and Gaylee McCracken Robert and Meredith McCrearyMcKinsey and CompanyThe Stanley and Barbara Meisel II Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Merrill Lynch Tom and Anne Merriman James MichaudMinneapolis FoundationBeth MooneyRebecca Morgan Stephen and Amanda Morris The Amanda Ford Morris PNC Charitable Lead TrustSusan Murphy Brian and Cindy Murphy Stephen and Sarah Murray Helen B. and David R. Nagusky Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Terry Nauck and Cathie ScanlonHarvey and Kimberly Nelson The Harvey and Kimberly Nelson Family Fund of the Akron Community FoundationNeptune Plumbing and HeatingNew York Life Insurance Jeff Nischwitz NMV Strategies, LLCElizabeth and Michael NochomovitzWilliam and Barbara Oberdick OnBoarding Services LLCThe James B. Oswald Companies

The Paintstone Foundation Amit and Sonya PatelPaul and Kim Pesses Paul and Kim Pesses Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandNan and Bob PfeiferPicken CGf A.J. Picken Successor FundPreformed Line Products CompanyRobert and Deborah Prendes Larry and Julia Pollock The Larry and Julia Pollock Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandMichael PatriarcaJohn and Elinore Rampe Andrew Rayburn Sheryl Raymont Regency Construction Services, Inc. Lee Trotter Rev. Lee A. Trotter FundPeter and Martha Rome Grant Roth Memorial Fund Peter and Elaine Roth Roulston Investment PartnersRRZ Associates LLCTom and Liz Rudibaugh Tim and Heather RyanDoug Sanker Ron and Victoria SansomSudarshan and Swati Sathe School Grants for Healthy KidsThe George and Becky Dunn Schwab Charitable Fund Bill and Nancy SeelbachSelect Equity Group FoundationPravin and Harsha Shah Gary and Mary Ann Shamis Jeanne ShattenMichael and Marian ShaughnessyTim and Valentina Shimizu Gift FundEdwin and Naomi Singer Naomi G. and Edwin Z. Singer Family FundStan Skocki The Normandy Group, LLCRobyn and Bertrand SmyersEd Spellman and Chann Fowler SpellmanSquire Sanders (US) LLPDavid and Gail Stein Thomas StevensDonald and Dawn StrangBarry and Cynthia Sullivan The Swaminathan and Garg Foundation Manuel Tancer and Clairie StrokerLouis Geisler and Cynthia Tancer Denny and Jennifer Taylor The Temple-Tifereth Israel Timken Matching Gift ProgramKelly and Cathy Tompkins Rebecca Tung

Nancy Tuttle Ulmer and BerneUrsuline College US Bank AssociationBradley Van Auken MaryLou Ver Merris William Vogelgesang Sanjay and Neha Vyas Sean WardPete and Debbie Waters Sari and Charlie Weinberger Norman and Denise Wells Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gift Program Whole Kids Foundation The Allayne and Douglas Wick Foundation Jonathon Wise and Cheryl DavisCharles and Ann Zellmer Dan and Ellen Zelman Philanthropic FundBrad and Andi Zitzner Family Fund

MERIT ROLL$500-$999AllianceBernstein The A.R. Davis CO. Kate and Ric Asbeck FundAslon Group Daniel and Ann Austin Arvin Jawa and Cindy BabittDonald and Gale BarichThe Harry F. and Eltha J. Bartels Family Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Ronald and Barb BatesBell Music Company Richard and Martha BistritzBNY Mellon Community Partnership Tony and Becky Busa Peter and Rita Carfagna Carfagna Family FoundationDoug and Nancy CharneyVince and Carolyn CheverineMichael A. Clegg Clegg Charitable Gift FundMichael and Margaret ConatonAndrew ConnorsBlanche and Kenneth Cooley Donor Advised FundJim and Karen Dakin Lois Davis Kathleen DelaneyThe Dr. and Mrs. M.S. Dixon Jr. Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Yvonne Drake John and Leslie Dunn John Dunn, Sr.Michael and Diane Ellis The Michael A. and Diane F. Ellis Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

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On behalf of our students, teachers, and staff, we thank our 2012-2013 donors for their generous support of our growing network of high-quality, college preparatory schools. Because of their visionary support, Breakthrough Schools is providing a brighter future for Cleveland’s children and transforming education in our city.

“Breakthroughinstilled a drive inme that has propelledme into a brightand promising future.” Demitria

donorsstudent spotlightDemitria, an alumna of a Breakthrough School, was one of only sixty high school students in Cleveland to be chosen as a Cleveland Foundation College Now Scholar last year. This distinction recognized her as one of the top sixty high school seniors in the city. Demitria, after graduating from a Breakthrough school in 2009, went on to the Cleveland School of Science & Medicine on the John Hay campus where she prepared herself for college. After being accepted at the University of Michigan, Wittenberg, Spelman College, Howard University, and Ohio Northern University, Demitria chose to attend Howard because of its strong pre-med program. Breakthrough looks forward to having Dr. McKenzie continue to be involved in the Breakthrough alumni network and help guide other students to make smart choices about their education.

PHI BETTA KAPPA$100,000 and above Constance W. and James W. Brown, Jr. Family Foundation, Inc. Charter School Growth Fund Charles and Charlotte Fowler The Chuck and Char Fowler Family FoundationThe Cleveland Foundation The Cliffs Foundation The Eaton Charitable Fund The George Gund Foundation The Harbert FoundationThe Hershey FoundationThe Ingersoll Family FundKeyBank Foundation The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust David and Inez Myers Foundation Cleveland, Ohio The Nordson Corporation Foundation Jon and Jane Outcalt The Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation Perkins Hunter Foundation Fund

Perkins Malo Hunter FoundationThe Betty and Martin Rosskamm Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Shelly L. and Mark J. Saltzman Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Sherwick Fund The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith FoundationUnited States Department of Education Charter Schools Program United States Department of Education Teacher Incentive Fund

SUMMA CUM LAUDE$50,000-$99,999American Greetings Inc.William and Mary Conway SandFair Foundation Thomas and Sondra Cristal

The Nord Family Foundation

MAGNA CUM LAUDE$10,000-$49,999The Abington FoundationAlcoa FoundationAmerican Greetings FoundationAnonymousSuresh and Guniya Bafna BakerHostetlerBank of America Charitable FoundationWilliam Bingham FoundationCharles and Julia BoltonMitch Bowlus, Efficient Collaborative Retail Glenn and Jenny Brown The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening FoundationRobert and Judith Butler Cliffs Natural ResourcesThe George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Peter and Mary Conway Turtle Con Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Michael and Susan Cristal

Jeff and Julie Cristal Cyprium Investment Partners, LLCAlton F. and Carrie S. Davis FundErnst & Young Fairmount Minerals Fifth Third Bank The Giant Eagle Foundation The Frank H. and Cornelia R. Ginn Charitable Trust Charles and Marie Grossman One Candle Foundation John and Christiane Guinness David and Robin Gunning The Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern OhioThe Higley Fund Rod and Joni Howell The Christopher R. Howell Memorial TrustNick and Lorie Howley Howley Family Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Initiatives in Urban EducationJones Day Walter and Jean Kalberer Andy and Riddiane Kline The Kline Family Foundation William and Jean Koehler The Kuhn Family FoundationRaymond and Patricia LaubenthalJohn LeMay and Jackie AchoLincoln Electric Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation The Lubrizol CorporationMcMaster-Carr Supply Company Mike and Libby Merriman Merriman Family Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mont Granite, Inc. Ray and Katie Murphy The Ohio Boys Town FoundationThe Payne Fund Nicholas and Barbara Sue Peay The Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation PNC BankRichard W. and Patricia PogueThe Thomas and Theresa Pretlow Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Audrey and Albert Ratner Philanthropic FundThe Reinberger Foundation RPM International Inc. Franz and Elizabeth Sauerland Sauerland Foundation Daniel and Gayle Sheets John Sinnenberg Mary Jane Spahr and Charles E. Spahr 2002 Charitable Lead Trust Jack and Susie Turben Susan and John Turben Foundation Third Federal Foundation William and Siobhan Thompson U.S. Bancorp Foundation Wayne and Lynda Vespoli Wells Fargo Bank N.A. The Thomas H. White Foundation

The Wilhelm Family Fund of The Cleveland Foundation

John and Peg Zitzner

CUM LAUDE$5,000-$9,999AnonymousAnonymousBanks-Baldwin Foundation Jeff and Sheila Berlin Lawrence and Marilyn Blaustein Dwight BowdenCandlewood Partners Inc. The Clutterbuck Family FoundationTimothy Coughlin Dealer Tire Evergreen Resources LLC Peggy and John Garson Family Foundation A supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Robert and Ann Gillespie Michael Gleason Jeff and Dianne Gotschall SIFCO Foundation Grant Thornton LLP Debra GreenChas and Jennifer Grossman Seth and Lilli Harris Judith Haskell Brewer FundMary G. HearleyRichard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz FoundationHuntington Bank Robert and Barbara KerscherJim and Dee KleinmanThe G.R. Lincoln Family FoundationDavid and Connie LowmanCraig and Patricia McAllesterLee and Linda Miller Phoenix Miller FundSalvatore Miraglia Jr. and Debra MiragliaThe Burton D. Morgan Foundation Rebecca A. MorganJohn and Sally Morley John and Karen NestorNordson CorporationOMNOVA Solutions Foundation Jeremy O’Reilly ORT America Richard and Cheri Pace Paladin Protective Systems, Inc.Park FoundationThe Richman Brothers Foundation David and Enid Rosenberg Steven and Ellen Ross FamilyDavid and Betty Schneider The Betty T. and David M. Schneider Foundation The Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Vijay and Neeti Sharma Dan and Gayle Sheets Charitable FundRon and Laura Stepanovic C. Carlisle and Margaret M. Tippit Charitable Trust

Tomas Tobin Ownership Advisors, Inc. Charitable FundIsaac Tripp IV and Anne Tripp The Veale Foundation Vyas Family Charitable FundWestern Reserve Partners LLC David and Barbara Wolfort The Wolfort Family FoundationThe Wolpert Fund of The Cleveland Foundation World Shipping, Inc. Tim and Sandra Wuliger The Sandra and Tim Wuliger Family Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Wuliger Foundation David YoungEdward and Jane Young

HONOR ROLL$1,000-$4,999Adler Family Foundation A supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Vlad and Cheryl AgranovichThe Bruce H. Akers Fidelity Charitable Fund James and Kathy AllenBrian and Dolores AlquistAmerican Greetings CorporationPaul and Ankie Amos Brendan and Marnee Anderson William and Jean Bares Eric and Patricia Baumgartner BBP Partners Mr. and Mrs. William C. BeckenbachThe Edward and Barbara Bell Family Foundation James R. and Victoria S. Bell Gift FundBenesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff LLPAnne Bingham Scott and Susan Brown Stephen Brown Don and Cathy Bullock The Donald Bullock and Catherine Kilbane Fund BVF, LLCMarc and Victoria Byrnes Hugh and Ann CalkinsArnold and Bonnie Caplan The Caplan Wright Family Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Denise Carkhuff James CarulasPaul CascioCBIZ, Inc.Chubb and SonCleveland Indians Baseball CompanyBrooke CollierJeffrey and Bridget ConcepcionThomas and Anita CookCharles and Lucy Cooley Richard Cooper Mark Corrado Alfred and Inez CorradoDouglas CowanC. Philip and Barbara Cristal Jeff and Karen DaviesLeonard DeFino

Ralph and Rosalie Della RattaFrank DeSantis Jon and Mary DittrichEastman and Smith LTD.George Elliott Judith A. Embrescia Family FoundationThe Richard L. and Ann C. Ernst FundEvans Charitable FoundationFamous EnterprisesJeffrey and Ruth Fast Mark A. and Buffy FilippellFirst Merit Bank, N.A.Robert and Rebecca FischerAllen Ford Forest City Enterprises Drew and Nancy Forhan Forhan Family FoundationThe Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Charitable FoundationFredon CorporationTom and Marsha French GE FoundationGareth and Lynn GieslerDavid GivenAdrienne Goldberg and Philip Goldberg The Stacy K. and Michael E. Goldberg Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation James Graham Stanley and Charlotte Greenwald The Stanley and Charlotte Greenwald Philanthropic Fund of the Canton Jewish Community FederationDonald Gustavson William HaagHahn Loeser & Parks LLP Scott and Mary Lynn Harper Family FundThomas and Claudine HartlandChad Hartup The Harvey-Selvaggi Charitable Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Leo HawkHawken SchoolMila Henn Eric and Karen Hillenbrand Seth and Margie HirschfeldMartin and Maria HokeRichard R. Hollington IIITom and Mary Holmes Tom HostetterJim Hummer The Hummer Family FoundationAnn and Kevin Hyland Rebecca K. Hyland Memorial Scholarship Fund ICM Distributing Company, Inc.Institute for the Spine, Inc.Nancy Jacobson JAM Foundation Fidelity Charitable Fund The Jane G. Cunningham Foundation Phil and Amanda JankiJo-Ann Stores

Clarke and Whitney Jones The William M. and Elizabeth W. Jones Fund of The Cleveland Foundation The Joseph Family Vanguard Charitable Fund Barbara J. Joyner FoundationGreg and Jean KanzingerFrank and Kim Kanzinger The Kanzinger Family Fund of The Cleveland FoundationIra and Amy Kaplan Dan and Linda Kellogg KeyBank National Association Scott Bogard and Sherry Kim The Krause Family FoundationJohn Kurtz Leading LadyKathy Leavenworth Bill LennonLibra Industries, Inc. Bruce and Lia Lowrie Milton and Tamar Maltz Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation, 1990 T. Maltz Living TrustMark and Susan Mansour Randy and Molly Markey The Sogg FoundationRob and Holley MartensJoel and Rochelle MarxMatrix Pointe Group, LLC. Christopher and Gaylee McCracken Robert and Meredith McCrearyMcKinsey and CompanyThe Stanley and Barbara Meisel II Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Merrill Lynch Tom and Anne Merriman James MichaudMinneapolis FoundationBeth MooneyRebecca Morgan Stephen and Amanda Morris The Amanda Ford Morris PNC Charitable Lead TrustSusan Murphy Brian and Cindy Murphy Stephen and Sarah Murray Helen B. and David R. Nagusky Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Terry Nauck and Cathie ScanlonHarvey and Kimberly Nelson The Harvey and Kimberly Nelson Family Fund of the Akron Community FoundationNeptune Plumbing and HeatingNew York Life Insurance Jeff Nischwitz NMV Strategies, LLCElizabeth and Michael NochomovitzWilliam and Barbara Oberdick OnBoarding Services LLCThe James B. Oswald Companies

The Paintstone Foundation Amit and Sonya PatelPaul and Kim Pesses Paul and Kim Pesses Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandNan and Bob PfeiferPicken CGf A.J. Picken Successor FundPreformed Line Products CompanyRobert and Deborah Prendes Larry and Julia Pollock The Larry and Julia Pollock Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandMichael PatriarcaJohn and Elinore Rampe Andrew Rayburn Sheryl Raymont Regency Construction Services, Inc. Lee Trotter Rev. Lee A. Trotter FundPeter and Martha Rome Grant Roth Memorial Fund Peter and Elaine Roth Roulston Investment PartnersRRZ Associates LLCTom and Liz Rudibaugh Tim and Heather RyanDoug Sanker Ron and Victoria SansomSudarshan and Swati Sathe School Grants for Healthy KidsThe George and Becky Dunn Schwab Charitable Fund Bill and Nancy SeelbachSelect Equity Group FoundationPravin and Harsha Shah Gary and Mary Ann Shamis Jeanne ShattenMichael and Marian ShaughnessyTim and Valentina Shimizu Gift FundEdwin and Naomi Singer Naomi G. and Edwin Z. Singer Family FundStan Skocki The Normandy Group, LLCRobyn and Bertrand SmyersEd Spellman and Chann Fowler SpellmanSquire Sanders (US) LLPDavid and Gail Stein Thomas StevensDonald and Dawn StrangBarry and Cynthia Sullivan The Swaminathan and Garg Foundation Manuel Tancer and Clairie StrokerLouis Geisler and Cynthia Tancer Denny and Jennifer Taylor The Temple-Tifereth Israel Timken Matching Gift ProgramKelly and Cathy Tompkins Rebecca Tung

Nancy Tuttle Ulmer and BerneUrsuline College US Bank AssociationBradley Van Auken MaryLou Ver Merris William Vogelgesang Sanjay and Neha Vyas Sean WardPete and Debbie Waters Sari and Charlie Weinberger Norman and Denise Wells Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gift Program Whole Kids Foundation The Allayne and Douglas Wick Foundation Jonathon Wise and Cheryl DavisCharles and Ann Zellmer Dan and Ellen Zelman Philanthropic FundBrad and Andi Zitzner Family Fund

MERIT ROLL$500-$999AllianceBernstein The A.R. Davis CO. Kate and Ric Asbeck FundAslon Group Daniel and Ann Austin Arvin Jawa and Cindy BabittDonald and Gale BarichThe Harry F. and Eltha J. Bartels Family Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Ronald and Barb BatesBell Music Company Richard and Martha BistritzBNY Mellon Community Partnership Tony and Becky Busa Peter and Rita Carfagna Carfagna Family FoundationDoug and Nancy CharneyVince and Carolyn CheverineMichael A. Clegg Clegg Charitable Gift FundMichael and Margaret ConatonAndrew ConnorsBlanche and Kenneth Cooley Donor Advised FundJim and Karen Dakin Lois Davis Kathleen DelaneyThe Dr. and Mrs. M.S. Dixon Jr. Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Yvonne Drake John and Leslie Dunn John Dunn, Sr.Michael and Diane Ellis The Michael A. and Diane F. Ellis Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

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On behalf of our students, teachers, and staff, we thank our 2012-2013 donors for their generous support of our growing network of high-quality, college preparatory schools. Because of their visionary support, Breakthrough Schools is providing a brighter future for Cleveland’s children and transforming education in our city.

“Breakthroughinstilled a drive inme that has propelledme into a brightand promising future.” Demitria

New Initiatives In 2012, Friends of Breakthrough seized the opportunity to apply for funding from the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Incentive Fund grant competition. Seven of Breakthrough’s nine schools chose to join the Breakthrough grant consortia. Together, they committed to develop and refine their teacher and principal evaluation systems, design and implement a performance-based compensation and career pathways system for teachers and principals, improve educator recruitment and selection, and refine professional development opportunities to support the new systems. In October 2012, The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) granted Breakthrough a five year, up to $10.3 million award in support of its application.

Project work commenced immediately upon notification of the grant. A project structure was designed and implemented and work teams were created. Partnering with The New Teacher Project and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, academic leaders, Breakthrough staff, and teachers have made significant progress on the project during the course of the 2012-2013 school year. All participating schools have completed the refinement of their model-specific teacher evaluation systems and they have been approved by the school boards. In addition, significant progress was made by June 2013 to begin the design of the performance-based compensation system for teachers. The entire project team looks forward to rolling out the new evaluation system and communicating the teacher compensation and career pathways design for network feedback in 2013-2014.

To capitalize on the critical work being done under the Teacher Incentive Fund grant, Friends is seeking support for school leadership development. The model leaders, along with Breakthrough and Friends staff have worked together to create a compelling and relevant project for funding that focuses on incentivizing and supporting school leaders. If funded, Breakthrough would gain additional funds for professional development of model and school leaders, creating/refining an evaluation system and a performance-based compensation system for school leaders, and the creation of the Principal Fellows at Breakthrough program to fully train and develop emerging leaders one year prior to them serving as a founding principal in a Breakthrough school.

The Charter School Program grant funds continue to be an important source of revenue for the network’s new schools. They rely on the funds to purchase equipment and supplies, and pay for professional development for their expanding grades and growing teaching staff.

2nd Annual Golf OutingHeld at the Mayfield Country Club, the Friends of Breakthrough Golf Outing was a tremendous success with over 100 participants. Many thanks go to our presenting sponsor, BakerHostetler, and the many other corporate sponsors who helped to support this event. Friends congratulated Andy Male, Ken Hirsch, Paul Woznicki, and Scott McRill, representing The Intergenerational School, for placing first among all the participating teams. The outing raised over $36,000 for our schools and introduced dozens of new friends to Breakthrough’s mission and vision.

Breakthrough Bash 2013 For the second year, Friends hosted its Bash in support of the network’s students and the year’s annual fund theme: Renewing Neighborhoods, Developing Minds. Close to 600 guests packed the room at Windows on the River to honor Cleveland’s mayor, Frank G. Jackson and his efforts on behalf of the city’s youth. The Mayor’s efforts in support of the Cleveland Plan have not only galvanized Cleveland, but also attracted national attention. In recognition of this accomplishment, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recorded a special message for the Mayor that was broadcast at the event.

An exciting live auction raised funds in support of the new schools development initiative, Breakthrough Vision 2020: Building Cleveland’s Future. Attendees were able to hear from Breakthrough student musicians in the El Sistema@Rainey program, current students, and an accomplished alumna, Demitria McKenzie. Network and school staff were also on hand for the celebration. Over $301,000 was raised from the event! Furthermore, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation announced its $1 million commitment to the network. The Foundation’s generosity and commitment to Breakthrough’s vision and mission was truly inspiring, as is the Fowler’s support of Breakthrough’s ongoing sustainability efforts.

A special thank you goes to our presenting sponsors: Cliffs Natural Resources, The Lubrizol Corporation, PNC Bank, and The Shelly L. and Mark J. Saltzman Philanthropic Fund, a fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

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donorsAaron Emig Traci Ext The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc.Drew FergusonIrving and Gloria Fine FoundationLance and Shelley FrewJoyce GilmanGilmour AcademyThe David Goldston and Bonnie Borman Charitable Fund of the Ayco FoundationGries Family Award Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Rich and Dawn HaberMichael and Martha Hardy Paul and Michelle Harris Robert and Jennifer HartfordHathaway BrownHawken SchoolHawthorn PNC Family Wealth Donald HayesMaria Heckaman Ethan and Mandy Hendrickx Mike and Kay Hinderliter Margie and Seth HirschfeldCharles and Charlene Hyle Infosource Larry Parker and Jennifer Johnson Mark and Me’lani Joseph Linda Kane Richard D. KaseDoug and Karen KatzAudrey KellermeyerAnn Klotz Alan and Susie Kopit Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandRussell Lamb and Maia HensenLast Man Standing Club 2009Laurel SchoolJon E. LawrenceLeland and Maura LewisG. Richard LeziusLarry and Bonnie LindbergFrank and Jocelyne LinsalataGordon Maas MAI Wealth Advisors, LLC James and Joni Marra Jon McCulloughWilliam and Patricia McDonnellBrendan and Vicki McGarryBrendan McGaryBarbara Jean McGinnis and Kip HorsburghMcKenna Family FundThe McWilliams/Piraino Family FoundationAnne Meyers A. Malachi and Barbara Mixon Mixon Private Foundation, Inc.New Leaders for New Schools John and Linda Olejko Ken and Katie OutcaltOzanne Construction Company, Inc. Peter Paris Parker Hannifin CorporationRobert and Patricia Pavey The Pavey Family FoundationEric PelanderPioneer Memorial Presbyterian Church

Geralyn Presti Living Trust AccountBrian and Carol Provan Pubco CorporationMatthew M. PullarManu and Jen RajJohn and Nadine ResorJane Richmond James Roosa Rodolfo and Margaret C. D. Salas Michael and Katie SalgatJohn and Audie SchneiderScholarship AmericaJeff and Marci Schwab Walter SchwartzSanjay SehgalMike and Joyce ShinnAkhila SkiftenesVince and Rebecca SlusarzDavid and Irene Smith Wanda Stallworth Donald and Dawn Strang Joseph and KK Sullivan Sullivan Family Fund Timothy and Anne SwansonLouis Giesler and Cynthia TancerTec4LifeJane A. ThornburghMark and Mary Rose TicharDan TuletaTyler Industrial Park, LLC Jeffery and Kristin UbersaxDennis and Kristen WagnerAlesha Washington Dee WeeksJonathan Wehner and Joan ChaseHarry and Rosemary WeltmanDavid and Barbara WolfortThe Wright Foundation Don and Dorothy Zito Tony Decello and Becky Zuti

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE$100-$499 Tom Abelson and Abby Goulder AbelsonErica Aber ACJ Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Kristen Baird AdamsJoseph and Michelle AdamsCharles and Maureen AdlerAdrienne AllottaThe Ancora GroupArkay Square Educational Foundation, Inc.Les and Jackie Artman Frederick AsbeckChijioke and Eva Asomugha Austin Capital CorporationChristopher Axelrod Brett and Kim BaileyThe Marilyn M. Bedol Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland George and Jeanie Belhobek Eric BellAndrew BennettPenn Berens and Kathleen FergusenMr. and Mrs. Richard BergerRichard and Susan BlockCatherine G. BorchertMyles Boylan

Ruth Brady Thomas G. Brick TrustRobert BrooksConella BrownNancy BruchRobert and Cynthia BrumlMarion BryanWilliam BurgesMichael Bush J. Donald CairnsCapitol Square Foundation Eric and Amy CarlsonCarnegie Companies, Inc.Frederick Carr Randy and Mary-Scott CebulCharles and Karen ChaikinMichael and Sarah ChernoffHenry Chisholm Homer and Gert Chisholm The Cleveland Improv Comedy Club and Restaurant Richard and Eleanor Clewell Ronald CohenPhilip and Lynne CohenMichael ColagiovanniMichael and Bonnie Cole Jacqueline Collesi Lori and Joseph Compton Philanthropic FundCompass Consulting Services, LLC Loree Connors Ensign and Lana CowellMatthew and Diane Cox David and Gayle Cratty Liz CrollPitt and Sally Curtiss David and Deborah DaberkoAdam and Holly Davis TrifiroDependable CleaningGary and Andrea Desberg David and Sherrie DickensJennifer and Grant Dinner FundRichard and Casmira DiScipio Carl and Marian Doershuk Hank and Mary Doll Howard and Emily EdelsteinJohn and Meg EklundWilliam ElineMark and Ruth Elliott eMergent MarketingOliver and Mary Emerson Hamilton and Lillian EmmonsThe Entrepreneur’s EDGEJim and Melinda EthierDoris Evans, M.D.Nick and Sharon FanousAnita Fello The Fedeli GroupIra and Sherry FeuerFlash Seats Vertical Alliance LLCSanto and Amy FotiDonald and Lori FrankelThomas P. and Michelle FreemanCarol FrickeJohn Gabel Mike GabrailSamir and Minnie GautamMehmet and Christine Gencer

Samuel and Lynne GeracePeter and Ann GerhartKathleen Gharrity H.W. Birkett Gibson David and Kathryn Gleason Jordan and Jennifer GoldbergLarry and Cathy GoldbergMichael and Stacy GoldbergJames and Ronda Goldfarb R.L. and Christine GoodmanMark and Jo Goren Alexandra GrayJeff and Amy Green Bob and Sally GriesHarley and Rochelle Gross Rochelle and Harley Gross Philanthropic FundDavid H. Gunning IIDon and Jeri Gype H.A.L.O. Wear Prods.John and Elaine HaddenLee HartRobin and Henry HatchBenjamin Hatta Tadaaki and Susan HattaRichard and Jeanne T. HauerA. George and Janice HawwaTom HayesHeinen’s Hermes Sports and EventsKarl and Betty HessKenneth Hirsch Alan Hirsch and Sally Kozokoff HirschThe Edith F. Hirsch Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Alex and Sally HirshLori HoganLaura Hong Brian HorsburghThe Jane R. and Michael J. Horvitz Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Stephen M. and Sally HotchkissRichard and Marilyn Hyde Intercontinental Hotel SuitesJames and Anne Ireland George and Jewell JenkinsJM Wasserman CompanyMatthew JonesJP Morgan ChaseJust Give-AnonymousAnne JusterJeffrey and Sarah KadlicDale KatesDana KellyMargaret KennedyBenjamin and Susan Kent Jason V. KerinsDaniel and Jamie KesslerMichael Kilbane Robert KiloMark Fraunfelder and Brooke KingAlexander and Kelly KingWilliam Kirk N. Herschel and Maxine KoblenzMatthew KoepkeStewart and Donna Kohl

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Breakthrough Schools (Breakthrough) continued its partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), the mayor’s office, the city’s business community, local foundations, the Cleveland Teachers Union and local families to promote the passage of Issue 7, the local tax levy. In November 2012, for the first time in sixteen years, the 15 mil school levy passed in Cleveland. And, for the first time in the history of Ohio, a small portion of that levy was designated for high-quality charter schools partnering with CMSD. Breakthrough was both proud and honored to be part of this historical legislative effort on behalf of Cleveland’s children.

Friends also joined a state-wide coalition of high-quality charter supporters, including KIPP Columbus, the Thomas Fordham Foundation, Students First, and United Schools Network. This group was instrumental in advocating for the protection of the budgetary allocation for Governor Kasich’s Straight A Fund. This fund will make available a total of $250 million in discretionary state funds for qualified applicants in 2013 to 2015, including public charter schools.

With Breakthrough’s growing federal discretionary grant portfolio, Friends has committed to an increased level of federal advocacy to protect that funding stream and the interests of high-quality charter management organizations (CMOs) in general, and advocate for legislation favorable to additional federal funding in the future. Friends joined the KIPP Foundation and other high-performing CMOs to establish a coalition for this purpose. In the last year, the coalition has published a white paper, “More of a Good Thing, Growing the Nation’s Best Charter Schools, Progress and Opportunities,” that has been distributed to legislators and thought partners. The coalition also participated in two days “On the Hill” where the CEOs of the CMOs joined together to visit congressional leaders, officials in President Obama’s administration, and the Department of Education. On these visits, the participants, including Breakthrough, shared the coalition’s thoughts and concerns regarding pending legislation and federal budget considerations.

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Friends introduced over 600 new people to Breakthrough’s mission and schools in 2012-2013. Through 66 cultivation events, Friends exceeded its goal and engaged hundreds of visitors to take the

next step to donate or volunteer for the network.

With the school building renovations continuing to accommodate the growth of our schools, hundreds of volunteers from local companies including Lubrizol and Jo-Ann Stores, donated hours of time, and in some

cases, many supplies to help clean, paint, landscape, restore, and furnish the buildings. Volunteers also supported our network through mentoring and tutoring our students throughout the year. Together, along

with our board and committee members, Breakthrough’s volunteers donated thousands of hours to the network each year.

Friends is grateful for the corporate and individual support that impacts the lives of our students for the better, one student at a time.

The Robert I. Kohn Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandPhyllis KozokoffMichelle KrantzMargaret KuechleGregory and Lyn KurtzDolores KurtzJohn KusikJoseph KwasnyLouis Labat Daniel and Monica LacksRobert and Molly Laks Charitable Gift Account Schwab Charitable FundNana Landgraf Todd LanscioniBob and Gretchen LarsonKeith and Beth Laschinger Stephen and Anna LatkovicStephen and Bonnie LauRaymond LeachBill Leatherberry and Diane Phillips-LeatherberryJonathon and Jennifer LeffersLisa and David LevineGretchen LevyRuth LiebermanWilliam LindbladKelly LipinskiJoseph and Victoria Lipuma William R. and Joyce LitzlerRandy and Cristen LoeserKaren LongoIrwin and Heather LowensteinArthur Lundberg Alex Machaskee Andy and Margaret Male Eric and Julie ManginiJoseph ManningWilliam and Sherrie MansonMarie C. Dietrich Trust John and Barbara Marshall Lindsey MayCharlie and Lynda MayerBrian and Cat McAllester Cathleen McBrideThe McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal and Liffman Foundation Erica McClurkin Ann McConnell Martin McGannBrian and Mary McGrawBrady Melton Jr. and Emma Melton Mercedes Benz of North OlmstedHenry and Jane MeyerMeyers, Roman Friedberg and LewisJeff MillerJeffery and Stacey Halpern Miller Family FoundationOs MillsJohn Mino Jr.Steven and Dolores Minter Drew Molinari

Dan Moore III and Marjorie MooreJared MoritzChristine Morris Mark MunsellClark and Rebecca NeftJames NegrelliNeighborhood Progress Inc.Kirk and Lori Neiswander Spencer NethFritz and Jane Neubauer Jeffrey NicholsonRachel NottinghamJeanette NowacEdward and Caroline Oberndorf Ohio Franchise Management CorporationChloe Oldenburg Robert and Barbara OldenburgKeith Kearney and Catherine O’MalleyJeffrey and Elisabeth OrloffLawrence Oscar Ed and Helen Oshaben LaVerne OwensDominic Ozanne Paragon Advisors, Inc.Louise Patno Allan and Barbara Peskin John and Joyce Petric Lynn Phares Pilot Hill Capital, LTDJim PivarskiPatricia and Franklin Plotkin John and Margaret PlumptonPNC Foundation Matching Gift Program James C. Poffenberger IIIR. Scott and Kathryn PollockFrank and Frances PorterAngelo PosaJohn and Sandra PriceThomas and Ella Quintrell Clara Rankin Alison RankinClaiborne and Beth Rankin Todd and Jen RaubenoltGregory and Sheryl ReynoldsBrittany RobertsonBarbara RobinsonPhillip and Elizabeth Robinson Chris and Natalie RonayneBrian and Cheryl Roof Jacob Rosenbaum Ronald and Helen RossDavid and Laura RossPhilip and Marilyn RossThe Robert & Margot Roth Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandDr. and Mrs. Fred C. RothsteinScot and Traci Rourke Rule Family FundMichael Salkind and Carol GillSteven and Lauren SalmanKimberly SandovalKevin and Denise Schaffner

Laurel Schauere RowenDonald and Toni Scherzer Edwin and Carolyn SchmithLinda SchneiderRichard Schreck Bryan and Amy Seekely Mark and Nancy Seryak Michael and Barbara ShaperoShared Time Human Resources Management Brent and Inna ShelleyThe Sherwin-Williams CompanyMeredith ShoopRandolph and Lisa SiegelHarry SingerDiane SingerHudson and Deborah SmithNancy King SmithAnthony and Eileen SmitsKenneth SofferChristine Spano Carol A. StaigerHelen StanleyDiana StarksEarl and Nancy Stein Sam and Susan Steinhouse Edward and Jeanne Sternad Luther and Elaine Stevens Nicholas and Audrey StoneJason and Stephanie SuttonJay and Lorraine Szabo Peter G. TaftTakai Practice Services LLC Monica Tarasco Michael Thompson Donna L. ThranePatricia Tomko F. Jerome and Elizabeth Tone Peter Turner and Lauren RockThomas N. TyrrellWilbert and Delphine UnderwoodUniversity SchoolPaul and Kimberly Van Valkenburgh Steven and Susan Vitale George V. VoinovichMichael and Peggy Wager Theodore WagnerStephen and Ann Walling F. Carl WalterWalter and HaverfieldGreg and Louise Warner William and Mary WeberDan and Judith WeidenthalJulie WestAnthony Supan and Hedy WestraStephen and Elizabeth Whisnant Andrew and Thea WhiteDickson and Ann WhitneyMolly Wimbiscus Chas WithersDylan and Blair WoodBrian and Erin YontzAllen Youngman

James and Lorraine Zaas Brent and Cary ZimmermanDaniel and Julie Zittnan

SCHOLAR$1-$99Harvey and Cheryl AcksSusan AlthansAMO Publishing LLCAnita Tyler Insurance Agency, Inc. Ron AulettaRobert and Karen AultChuck BauernschmidtAlim and Gabriela BeveridgeKate and Steve BogartMitch and Caroline Borrow Paul and Mary Brandt Mark and Tracy Brant Lee and Cindy BrewsterGale and John Bromelmeier Peter and Tamar BrosseGreg BrownTherese BujdosRichard and Jenny BurgessCustis ByarsMatt and Eliza ByrnesMary CampeanMike CarfagnaDouglas CarlsonChar ClemsonJeff CochranEric and Jessica Cohen Rita CookLois Crawford M. Judith Crocker, Ed.D.Mark DavisJoyce DavisDavid and Virginia DawsonAndrea DealWilliam and Mary DenihanPriscilla Diem The Diemer Family Fidelity Charitable Fund Rocco DiLilloAndrew DoggettRichard and Lisa DurstSusan Dwyer Kay EckmanGregg EisenbergJonathan EntinJeffrey and Leah Epstein Howard and Nancy FeldenkrisJan FockeAllison FontaineCharles and Patricia Forsberg Lisa FowlerBarbara S. Framke

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Through a combination of the network’s fundraising events, the engagement and cultivation of new and repeat individual and corporate donors, and an aggressive grant-seeking and major gifts plan, Friends raised the funds necessary to meet the network’s operating and capital needs in 2012-2013.

With the generous support of our over 1000 donors, Breakthrough Schools achieved the following in 2012-2013: • Successfully opened three new schools, growing the network from 1,400 students to nearly 2,000 students across nine schools.• Celebrated the grand opening of three renovated buildings housing three new schools and one new flagship school. Friends hosted dedication ceremonies to applaud some of the Breakthrough Vision 2020 campaign’s significant supporters. Breakthrough students will walk by decorative plaques honoring The Lubrizol Foundation, Saint Luke’s Foundation, The Cliffs Foundation, and the Eaton Charitable Fund for years to come. • Achieved outstanding academic results. Breakthrough students, on average, outperformed their peers in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and across Ohio in every subject.• Graduated 99 eighth graders from Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E Prep) and The Intergenerational School; and, with the help of the Breakthrough Through College department, propelled them to enrollment in a combination of independent, public, and parochial high-performing, college preparatory high schools.• Assisted alumni with obtaining college scholarships. Breakthrough partnered with Ohio Northern University and two E Prep alumni received nearly full tuition scholarships to attend. Seven alumni were given scholarships awarded by Cliffs Natural Resources ranging from $1,000 to $6,000. • Attracted national attention. Friends hosted visits and school tours with program officers from national foundations focused on education reform, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. • Capitalized on Breakthrough’s city-wide reputation as an education reform leader in northeast Ohio resulting in the most successful teacher recruitment season in Breakthrough’s history, hiring over 85 new teachers, with a diversity rate of more than 35%. • Consolidated its school boards by model in response to a favorable change in legislation. This will effect greater efficiencies in board governance and enable decision- making on the model level.• Embarked on a significant project to refine and improve the network’s human capital management system, funded by the Teacher Incentive Fund grant.

Friends kicked off the year with a comprehensive development plan to meet the challenge of raising $6.7 million dollars to close the per pupil funding gap caused by the inequitable funding of Breakthrough’s public charter schools. Friends also worked towards its new school development initiative, Breakthrough Vision 2020: Building Cleveland’s future, with a Phase 2 goal to raise $4 million dollars over two years.

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In just its second year, Friends of Breakthrough Schools (Friends) has achieved extraordinary success in securing significant and meaningful support of Breakthrough Schools. Serving the network’s almost 2,000 students in 2012-2013, Friends encouraged supporters of our schools to donate, advocate, and volunteer. Those supporters, acknowledging the critical importance of providing a high-quality, college preparatory education to Cleveland’s children, gave of their time, energy, and means, doing their part to transform the educational landscape of our city.

donorsstudent spotlightDevin is a graduate of a Breakthrough school and lives in the Collinwood neighborhood in Cleveland. Currently a sophomore at St. Edward High School, Devin serves as the President of Student Council and a student ambassador, plays defense on the football team, wrestles, and is a member of the film society. With a 4.5 GPA after his freshman year at St. Edward, Devin knows that the education he received at his Breakthrough school prepared him to excel in a high-quality high school. Devin credits his eighth grade mentor, just one of many Breakthrough volunteers, with helping him to find, select, and apply to an independent school that is setting him on the path to college. Devin is looking forward to high school graduation and considering applying to Mercyhurst University to study Criminal Justice. He has already returned a number of times to our Breakthrough schools to talk to younger students about the transition to high school. Breakthrough is proud of Devin’s success and will continue to support him on his journey.

Lynn and Herman FreemanMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey I. FriedmanChris and Cathy FurlongJames Gardner Jr.James Gardner Sr.Howard and Terri GarfinkelEdward GellertMonica GenoveseDarcy GervaseAlyson Gilbride Linda GlickmanNancy Goble Michael GriffoPaula GustinPearl Hachen Frank and Martha HardingReuben Harris, Jr.Susan HartmanLawrence HatchBarbara Hawkins Byron and Elizabeth Hays Bruce and Stephanie HeareyJames and Carolyn HermanCarolyn Herman Kenneth and Carol HochmanJeanne HoffmeyerRonald D. HolmanJack and Eva Horwitz Ingeborg Hrabowy, Ph.D.Nancy L. JazwaRyan and Kellie Jeffers Erik JensenKaren Johnson Julian and Aileen Kassen Todd and Carolyn KennedyRobert KingsburyJeffrey and Jean Kocian David KornbluthScott and Amy KuhnJohn LaskowskiDr. and Mrs. Larry and Debbie LatsonWilliam Lehr Greg LiebJohn and Nancy Lightbody Stuart and Julia Lipp Melvin Lowe Aimee MalkusGreg and Shelley Marcus Daniel Marks

Shampra Marshall Viridiana MartinezScott McRillDonald and Sarah Messinger Steve Mihalek and Melissa LeonardMark R. MillerMary Elizabeth MillerJonathan and Tanya MillerPaul and Elizabeth MinnilloMisa MiyamotoGregg MuresanJoe MutilloJulie NaderTeri NaehringBenjamin and Debra NaishDaniel and Jacqueline NavaretteDuncan and Elinore NeuhauserJohn and Nancy Nisky Robert and Betty Olson Ralph and Sheilah Orkin Michael and Shari PerlmuterMichael Perloff and Julia Krevans PerloffS. Colin and Lindsey PetryJames and Debra PhillipsBill and Sandra PowelMark PringlePat Prout Peter and Julie RaskindGeorge and Eileen RayRick and Joan RivitzAllison RobertsonJay and Kathy Rockman Rebecca Rogers Nancy Rome Charles and Maxine Rosenbaum Caroline Ross James and Alice Rybicki Mark and Eileen Saffran Constance Sallee Andrew Samtoy John Sanner Barbara Schaefer Richard and Mary Jane Schmidt Aimee Scullin Mary Segulin Margery Shaw Phillip and Ann Singer Andrew Singer

Ronald and Sherry Soeder Suzanne Sokol Karen L. Solomon Mark and Mariclaire Soulsby Steve Srmag William and Edith Taft TargetColette Taylor Aaron and Georgann Testa Jessica Thomas Anne Thomas Jason Thorn Jane Toth Isabel Trautwein Paul Tuttle Dale and Monica Vernon Joseph Vocaire Lisa Vulic Chris Waldron David Wasserstrom

This list was compiled to reflect the gifts of our generous donors received in the 2013 fiscal year (July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013). We apologize for any errors or omissions as we strive for excellence in all donor reporting. To help us ensure the accuracy of this list, please contact our office with questions or changes regarding your listing.

“Breakthrough was the foundation for my

future and thanks to my Breakthrough schoolI will succeed in life.”

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letter from the chairs A Message from Terry Nauck, Chair of the Friends of Breakthrough Schools Board

The last year has been a monumental one for the students, teachers, staff, and families in the Breakthrough network. Breakthrough has made history with the passage of the first school levy in sixteen years; a levy that also saw a small portion going to high-quality charter schools for the first time in Ohio’s history and perhaps in the country. For the second year in a row, our students’ academic performance made Breakthrough the highest rated network of charter schools in Ohio. And, we saw ninety-nine students graduate from the halls of Breakthrough schools and begin their journey as Breakthrough alumni, our largest class yet. Our partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has grown even stronger, and the number of our community partnerships, even greater. We have attracted national attention to Breakthrough and our city-wide education efforts.

Reviewing last year, it is clear that Breakthrough, with the support of our funders and friends, continues to fulfill its mission to dramatically transform the educational landscape in Cleveland. And, on behalf of the board of directors, I want to personally thank our funders and friends for believing in the promise of a high-quality education and our schools’ ability to provide it. It is only with the support of the community that Breakthrough can continue to build a strong, efficient network of high performing schools and deliver on its mission.

With the tremendous opportunity before us in Cleveland comes additional challenges as well. Now is the time to make every second count, just like our students do in the classroom every day. Let us feel the same urgency as our teachers do to transform the lives of every student who walks through our schoolhouse doors. In 2012-2013, we were able to reach almost 2,000 students and it was my privilege and honor to lead the Friends of Breakthrough board in support of that work. But, I also eagerly look forward to seeing how the network will grow and develop to fulfill its aspirational vision of 20 schools by 2020, serving 7,000 students.

It is Breakthrough’s history of achievement, the significant support of our funders and friends, and our talented teachers and school leaders that will continue to drive our success. Together, we are creating something extraordinary: the opportunity for all children, regardless of zip code or pedigree, to receive a high-quality, college preparatory education. Let us continue to work together to show the city, the state, and the country that all children can learn – if we provide them with a high-quality school to attend. And that is happening, right here in Cleveland, right here at Breakthrough Schools.

A Message from Michael Cristal, Chair of the Breakthrough Schools Board

Educational excellence has been a tradition in our schools for over a decade. Yet, it has only been in the last three years that the Breakthrough schools have looked to the Breakthrough support team for operational and business services. Together, as a network, we have continued that path to excellence, working to create and sustain cost efficiencies, supporting school leaders, and raising Breakthrough’s national profile.

The adage “We can do more together than we can apart,” is representative of the last year at Breakthrough. Through the dedication and hard work of every member of the Breakthrough team, from teachers to school leaders to the support staff, Breakthrough continues to be the highest-rated network of public charter schools in the state. Our nine schools, together, continue to change public education in our city for the better. And, together, we have reinforced the notion that every child can learn.

As board chair of the Breakthrough Schools support team I am gratified by our progress as a network. I have great respect for the tremendous efforts of our teachers, school staff and leaders, and our Breakthrough support team. As we move towards our collective vision of a free, high-quality education for every child throughout Greater Cleveland, Breakthrough will continue to serve as a community leader. Together, we are contributing to a community we can all be proud of for many years to come.

Terry Nauck

Michael Cristal

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Friends of Breakthrough Schools Board of DirectorsSuresh Bafna President, Jainco International Incorporated

Kristen Baird Adams Director, Client and Community Relations, PNC Bank

Jeff Berlin President, Bridge Industries, LLC

Scott Berlin Managing Director and Principal, Brown Gibbons Lang and Company, LLC

Anne Bingham Assistant Vice President and Credit Advisor, Fifth Third Bank

Don Bullock Senior Vice President Investor Relations, Eaton Corporation

Denise Carkhuff Partner, Jones Day

Jeffrey Cristal Executive Managing Director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Karen Davies Senior Vice President, Director of Portfolio Management, Huntington Bank

Bob Gillespie Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyBank (retired)

Emmanuel Glover Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development, Fifth Third Bank

Jeff Gotschall Chairman, SIFCO Industries, Incorporated

Thomas Haught President, Sequoia Financial Group LLP

Mary Holmes MKH Consulting

Ira Kaplan Managing Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Arnoff LLP

Andy Kline Principal and Managing Director, Chase Properties

Bill Koehler President, KeyBank

Kevin Kuhn Kuhn Family Foundation

John LeMay Partner, Blue Point Capital Partners

Michael Merriman Operating Advisor, Resilience Capital Partners

Terry Nauck President, True North Business Advisors Board Chair, Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Jane Outcalt Director, Intergenerational Resource Center, The Intergenerational School

Richard Pace Principal, Cumberland Development, LLC

Peter Rome Chair-Business and Tax Department, Ulmer and Berne LLP

Peter Roth Senior Vice President - Investment Officer, Wells Fargo Advisors

Thomas Rudibaugh Tax Partner, Grant Thornton LLPDaniel Sheets Corporate Vice President, President of Lubrizol Additives, The Lubrizol Corporation

John Sinnenberg Chairman and Managing Partner, Cyprium Partners

Chris Spurio President, CBIZ Financial Services

Ron Stepanovic Partner, BakerHostetler LLP

William Vogelgesang Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Candlewood Partners, LLC

Advisory Board

Jeanette Grasselli Brown Director of Corporate Research, BP America (retired)

David Gunning Vice Chairman, Cliffs Natural Resources, Incorporated (retired)

Walter Kalberer Founder and President, WEK Industries, Incorporated (retired)

John Sherwin, Jr. President, Mid-Continent Ventures, Incorporated

Breakthrough Charter Schools Board of Directors

Michael Cristal President and CEO, Consolidated Risk Management Board Chair, Breakthrough Charter Schools

Leslie Dunn Partner, Jones Day (retired)

Mark Elliot Owner, Onboarding Services LLC

Paul Harris Secretary and General Counsel, KeyCorp

Dominic Ozanne President and CEO, Ozanne Construction Company

Richard Pace President, Cumberland Development LLC

Enid Rosenberg Independent Non-Profit Organization Management Professional

John Sinnenberg Chairman and Managing Partner, Cyprium Partners

Rosemary Weltman Community Volunteer

Friends of Breakthrough Schools Revenue by Source

Events 6%

Federal Discretionary Grant 3%

Foundations 30%

Individuals and Family Foundations 52%

Corporations 9%

John Zitzner President, Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Alan Rosskamm Chief Executive Officer, Breakthrough Schools

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financial summary

IncomePhilanthropic and Grant Operating Revenue $3,078,357Philanthropic and Grant Capital Revenue $3,578,322Earned Income $1,678,460Total Revenue $8,335,149

ExpensePhilanthropy Disbursed for School and Network Operations $2,872,781Capital Expenditure $3,342,752 Capital Expense (P&L) $ 871,752 Capital Balance Sheet $2,471,000Friends of Breakthrough Operating Expense $ 769,664Total Expenditure $6,985,197

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