Boston WINs. Frequently Asked Questions. What is Boston WINs? How does it work?

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1 Boston WINs Frequently Asked Questions What is Boston WINs? Boston Workforce Investment Network, or Boston WINs, founded and led by the State Street Foundation, is a multi-year strategy with the goal of accelerating our impact on education and workforce development across the city of Boston. Focusing on the continuum from high school to career, Boston WINs brings together five collaborating nonprofits The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), Bottom Line, College Advising Corps, uaspire and Year Up each of whom have the ultimate goal of advancing job readiness. This network requires increased coordination that also improves the scale and reach of these organizations. Through State Street Foundation s investment of $20 million over four years, this program will prepare more Boston youth for Boston jobs. State Street is committed to hiring 1,000 Boston youth for entry-level positions over four years. How does it work? The program is based on the concept of venture philanthropy, which applies measurement and direct involvement in philanthropic programs with the goal of expanding their effectiveness. Boston WINs a natural extension of what we do every day.

2 Boston WINs will require the selected organizations to act collaboratively to ensure stronger results stronger than each individual non-profit could reach on their own. State Street, in addition to its financial commitment, will put the full resources of the company against this initiative through employee volunteerism, executive board service and matching gift support for the selected WINs nonprofits. State Street employees can share their expertise through volunteerism, mentorship and board positions and receive a 2:1 matching gift for all Boston WINs partner organizations. Why is State Street doing this now? Currently, the unemployment rate for high school graduates in Massachusetts is 9.5% but for those with college degrees that number drops to 4.5%. 1 And, the six-year college completion rate for Boston high school students is 49%. 2 The State Street Foundation has been focused on workforce development and education over the past several years. Our Chairman and CEO Jay Hooley challenged the State Street Foundation to develop a program that would be a game-changer in corporate philanthropy and make a significant impact in the city of Boston. We decided to pilot the program in Boston the location of our headquarters for the past 223 years and take our commitment to workforce development to the next level. We project that the five organizations we support through WINs will increase the number of youth served by 61%. To keep pace with ongoing changes in our industry, we believe we must take action to improve our talent pipeline locally. What are the goals for this initiative? Our specific goals are three-fold: To help increase college enrollment rates for Boston Public High School students To ensure that once a Boston Public High School student gets into college they stay there To enhance career pathways, not just jobs for Boston youth leading to stable employment and economic mobility 1 Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Walter McHugh. Center for Labor Market Studies. Northeastern University. October Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, District Analysis and Review Tool (DART), Success After High School District Detail Tool, Student progression from high school through postsecondary degree completion. 2

3 Through the large multiyear funding commitments of growth capital and our network approach to collaboration; we also expect to increase the scale and reach of the WINs partners and drive greater impact. Longer term, we look at this as a pilot for corporate philanthropy, and we plan to mirror this approach in other locations where we operate. We plan to deliver and report on measurable gains in this space. All of the organizations involved will be asked to provide quarterly metrics and an annual WINs Scorecard, which will capture collaboration metrics, outcome metrics and hiring tracking. What are the benefits to State Street? With Boston WINs, we ll be able to increase the supply of diverse urban talent for State Street and other Boston employers. We re already making an impact on the community and the organizations we are partnering with. This additional funding combined with our knowledge of workforce development and education and our commitment to employing 1,000 Boston youth over the next four years will help us make an even bigger impact locally. Who are the participating organizations? Year Up Bottom Line Boston PIC uaspire College Advising Corps How did you select the participating organizations? We went through a thorough due diligence process to select our partner organizations by engaging, New Profit, a Boston-based venture philanthropy leader that helped us to source and evaluate potential partners. Each organization was evaluated on a number of criteria including: impact track record, capacity to manage growth/scale, strength of management team and collaboration track record/culture. We invited 15 organizations from a carefully chosen group of high performers to submit proposals for Boston WINs. We narrowed the field down to nine organizations and then submitted each organization to rigorous CEO interviews and proposal due diligence. We re also creating a pilot for corporate philanthropy, and we plan to mirror this approach in other locations where we operate. 3

4 How does each of our five partner organizations contribute to the overall goals of the program? Our goals for the program are threefold: To help increase college enrollment rates for Boston Public High School students To ensure that once a Boston Public High School student gets into college they stay there To enhance career pathways, not just jobs for Boston youth leading to stable employment and economic mobility View our Boston WINS Pathways diagram below which outlines the contributions of each organization to help us meet these goals. How much funding will the organizations receive? Will it be equally divided? State Street is committed to providing $20 million over four years to five nonprofit organizations, roughly $4 million for each organization What are the benefits to the participating organizations? Each Boston WINs partner receives funding that will allow them to serve more people. The organizations are committed to collaboration and the Boston WINs model requires and supports this collaboration that lets them do more than they could on their own. 4

5 Through this network collaboration, the coordination and linkages between these organizations will be improved, thus resulting in improved outcomes for the youth they each serve. By working with State Street, the organizations get a bit of a halo effect and can generate more interest and support for their objectives. What are the requirements for the participating organizations? Each Boston WINs partner will be required to report on progress against scaling proposals contained in their application materials and the grant agreement with the Foundation. The partners will also be required to attend quarterly meetings to measure progress and encourage formal collaboration and the vigorous exchange of strategic ideas. Each WINs partner represents high level thought leadership in the areas of high school matriculation to college, college persistence success, college completion success, and job training. When does the Foundation plan to expand the pilot to other locations? The State Street Foundation invests in 32 communities around the globe with a focus on education and workforce development. We work closely with our partner organizations to measure their impact on this critical social issue. While we hope to accelerate the impact of our investments through our pilot in Boston, our goal is that this prototype can be scaled globally. Our plan is to evaluate the rollout of Boston WINs over the next year and apply the learnings we gain to possible future rollouts in other State Street locations. We will also need to evaluate the nonprofit landscape in other locations, particularly as it relates to a critical mass of high impact education and workforce development organizations that would be appropriate partners for a WINs approach. What is venture philanthropy? Boston WINs is based on the concept of venture philanthropy, which applies measurement and direct involvement in philanthropic programs with the goal of expanding their effectiveness. This makes Boston WINs a natural extension of what we do every day. Venture philanthropy consists of three key aspects: Longer funding terms that support programs and operations. The State Street Foundation will invest $20 million over four years to five nonprofit organizations and a commitment of 1,000 jobs for Boston youth at State Street during that time period A due diligence process for selection that emphasizes scale of impact and an investment 5

6 period that includes direct involvement in the organizations at the board and program level. We went through a thorough evaluation process to identify and select our partner organizations. We engaged a due diligence partner, New Profit, a Boston-based venture philanthropy leader, that helped us to source and evaluate potential partners. Each organization was evaluated on a number of criteria including: impact track record, capacity to manage growth/scale, strength of management team and collaboration track record/culture. Measurement and analytics. All of the organizations involved will be asked to provide quarterly metrics and an annual WINs Scorecard, which will capture collaboration metrics, outcome metrics and hiring tracking will be implemented. Our objective with this strategy is to broaden the impact that we can have on the talent pipeline in Boston by directly committing both jobs and funding. What else does State Street Foundation do to support Boston youth employment? The State Street Foundation has been primarily focused on education and workforce development since We ve made grants to a large number of Boston-based education and workforce development nonprofits totaling $19 million in that time period. We partner with nonprofit organizations to prepare young people and adults from low-income urban neighborhoods for professional jobs, place them in internships, and provide mentoring and counseling support. We also work with community partners to identify candidates for internships and jobs at State Street. As a result, we ve increased our pipeline of diverse talent. We will continue to fund many of these organizations as we execute on the high impact Boston WINs strategy. How will you measure success? We expect that Boston WINs will increase the number of Boston youth qualified and hired for Boston jobs. We project that the five organizations we support through WINs will increase the number of youth served by 61%. All of the organizations involved will be asked to provide quarterly metrics and an annual WINs Scorecard, which will capture collaboration metrics, outcome metrics and hiring tracking, will be implemented. How will progress against goals be reported? State Street will report on key performance indicators for the initiative annually. 6

7 Are you partnering with other companies? In the early days of WINs, we ll focus on getting the initiative well established and successful. Over the longer term, State Street would be pleased to see other companies take a similar approach. It is worth noting that the expanded pool of entry level talent we hope to produce will benefit a wide range of employers in Boston, not just State Street. 7

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