Impact report 2008-2009
mission
LIFT’s mission is to combat
poverty and expand opportunity
for all people in the United States.
vision
We envision a day when all people
in our country will have the
opportunity to achieve economic
security and pursue their
aspirations.
Table of contents
Letters from the CEO and Chairman............................2
Introduction to LIFT.....................................................3
Theory of Change........................................................4
Path Out of Poverty.....................................................6
National Highlights......................................................8
LIFT-Boston..................................................................9
LIFT-Chicago.................................................................10
LIFT-New York..............................................................11
LIFT-Philadelphia.........................................................12
LIFT-Washington, DC . .................................................13
Financials.....................................................................14
Thanking Our Donors..................................................15
LIFT Directory..............................................................20
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Letters from the CEO and CHAIRMAN
Dear Friends,
I am thrilled to present you with our first Impact Report as LIFT. If you
were a supporter of National Student Partnerships, I hope that you are
as excited as we are to now be a part of the LIFT family.
Our name may have changed, but our dedication to our mission has not.
I feel more passionate than ever about LIFT’s work, especially knowing
that the recession has catapulted so many families into crisis.
This has been an important year for LIFT—one full of transformation and
big decisions. We have decided to “go deep” in five of our metropolitan
areas and have established a strong plan that will enable us to meet the
needs of over 100,000 new families in the coming five years, while also
strengthening the quality and impact of each LIFT intervention.
In order to focus on this strategy, and as a response to economic
realities that have also affected nonprofits, we made the very difficult
decision to close four of our offices in Baltimore, New Haven, Pittsburgh,
and Richmond. We worked hard to ensure that our clients in those
communities had other supports in place and that our resources were
shared with organizations throughout those communities.
I am humbled by the truly exceptional people who continue to join
and enrich the LIFT family. As always, I am deeply grateful to you, our
supporters, for making our work possible. Please know that I’ll never be
able to sufficiently thank each and every one of you for your steadfast
commitment to our mission.
With gratitude,
Kirsten E. Lodal
CEO and Co-Founder
LIFT
Dear Friends,
It has been a remarkable year of growth and transition for the
organization that started as National Student Partnerships over
ten years ago. As one who has had the privilege of being part
of this journey from the very beginning, I am both grateful
and inspired by the way in which the organization has met the
challenges presented by the economic crisis we all have faced
over these past several months. I have watched a strong team
of individuals make difficult—but necessary—decisions, while
ensuring that the fundamental work of helping people on the
path out of poverty continues and that the organization emerges
stronger than before.
It should come as no surprise that the need for LIFT’s services
continues to be great and I am more convinced than ever of the
power of its model to support our communities as they struggle
through these tough times. As you will read in the following
pages, over this past year LIFT has had a tremendous impact
on the lives of clients and volunteers in our core communities,
and alumni from across the country continue to find ways to
serve. Through the work and talent of individuals like these, LIFT
is uniquely poised to serve the increased needs of clients and
communities in the year ahead and beyond.
I look forward to working with all of you as we dedicate ourselves
to furthering the impact and reach of LIFT’s important work.
With deepest appreciation for your ongoing support of LIFT,
Marne Obernauer, Jr.
Chairman
LIFT Board of Directors
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Introducing LIFT

LIFT officially launched its new brand in July 2009, thanks in large
part to pro bono support and in-kind donations. We would like
to highlight the efforts of those who contributed to our renaming
process and thank them for their hard work.

Burson-Marsteller and Penn,

Schoen & Berland Associates

Several members of the staff at Burson-Marsteller and Penn, Schoen &

Berland Associates worked closely with us to refine our language and offer
name suggestions. “LIFT” was immediately the favorite contender.

Don Baer Beth Lester Josh Werman

Tracy Clayton Mark Penn Shawn Westfall
David Hughes Andrew Nibley

Global Printing Rob Giampietro and Rumors

Jon Budington, LIFT National Board Member, and his team at Global
Thinking in Alexandria, VA, donated all of the paper, printing, and services
associated with LIFT’s new printed collateral. Armed with business cards,
stationery, folders, this Impact Report, and many other materials, our
offices have smoothly transitioned from NSP to LIFT. Over the next few
months, LIFT is looking forward to collaborating with Global Thinking to
redesign our e-communications and website.
Paul Bailey Kevin Fay Tony Stuck
Jon Budington Jason Kowal
Our new visual identity comes courtesy of independent
designer Rob Giampietro and his collaborators at
Rumors design collective in Brooklyn, NY. Rob, Holly,
Renda, and Andy were able to channel what we as an
organization had already accomplished and what we
aspire to achieve in the future. The mark conveys what
we strive to do: “lift” communities across the country.
Paired with a fresh color scheme, a bold typeface, and
the ability to keep evolving, our external identity now
matches the internal power and spirit of LIFT clients,
volunteers, and supporters.

Rob Giampietro Renda Morton

Holly Gressley Andy Pressman
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Theory of the Problem

Theory of Change
Nearly 40 million Americans—one in eight individuals—live
below the poverty line.1 According to the federal poverty
measure, a family of four is considered below the poverty line
if it earns less than $22,050 a year.2 This translates into an LIFT activities...
average of $15 per person per day to cover all needs, from food
and bus fare to doctor’s appointments and utility bills.
The implausibility of living on this amount of money in America
today is alarming, but even more concerning is the reality that
the number of Americans living in poverty will significantly—
and precipitously—grow in the coming months and years as the Clients and trained volunteers work one-on-one
economic downturn is fully realized.3 Path 1 to find jobs, secure safe and stable housing,
Poverty is a complex and multi-faceted problem and all of its
make ends meet through public benefits and
associated issues—unemployment, homelessness, hunger, tax credits, and obtain quality referrals.

Direct
illiteracy, health care costs, and more—are interlinked. Yet our
social services system does not reflect this reality. In order to
secure needed resources, poor families must navigate highly
complex and confusing bureaucracies, making access to basic
services and benefits challenging.
On the policy front, we have failed to make the elimination of
domestic poverty a national priority despite the amount we as
a country know about the persistence and growth of poverty
in the United States. We have not prioritized the necessary
policies and investments that could pull millions of families out MISSION:
of poverty. Combat poverty and
expand opportunity
Theory of Change for all people in the
With a mission to combat poverty and expand opportunity United States
for all people in the United States, LIFT’s model pursues two
distinct paths. First, low-income individuals (clients) work with
trained volunteers to obtain access to necessities—secure
income, housing, health care, and education—that enable
families to survive and thrive. LIFT’s services are free of
cost and without eligibility requirements, ensuring that any
widespread

individual in need can access resources.

Second, LIFT trains a corps of volunteers in a variety of issue
areas to prepare them to work within the context of client
needs. Their exposure to the challenges presented to low- The LIFT experience pushes volunteers to
income families serves as a transformative experience, and LIFT grapple with our country’s most challenging is-
alumni go on to pursue careers across all sectors and become sues related to poverty, race, inequality,
lifelong leaders in the effort to improve the practices and Path 2
and policy.
policies that aim to eliminate poverty.
1
“Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States:
2008,” U.S. Census Bureau
2
“The 2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines: One Version of the [U.S.] Federal
Poverty Measure,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
3
”Simulating the Effect of the ‘Great Recession’ on Poverty,” Emily Monea
and Isabel V. Sawhill, The Brookings Institution
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Theory of Change

...create positive change

Clients make concrete and tangible progress on

the path to opportunity including access to:
• Stable housing
• Stable income/employment
• Education and job training
Meet LIFT Alumna Deanna Singh
• Health care
In 1999, as a Fordham University undergraduate, Deanna Singh
• Basic necessities (food, clothing, transportation, etc.)
founded LIFT-The Bronx, now the organization’s New York City
anchor. It was Deanna’s prior work as a youth program director
and a tutor in the Bronx that compelled her to establish LIFT
in her community. Says Deanna, “The whole concept directly
addressed an issue that I saw over and over again with the
families in the neighborhood. I did not know one person that
did not want to work—they just had something in the way. I
loved the idea of having an entire organization dedicated to
VISION: helping them alleviate whatever that something was.”
One day, all people will After graduating from Fordham in 2001, Deanna went on to
have the opportunity receive her Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University
to achieve economic Law Center. While at Georgetown, she participated in the
security and pursue their Washington DC Street Law Project, a program she later
aspirations. replicated in her hometown of Milwaukee, WI, where she
returned after law school to become a public defender and
professor at Marquette Law School. The project puts law
students into local high schools where they teach introductory
law classes, host a city-wide mock trial, and interact with the
community on multiple levels. Deanna has since completed a
Short Term: yearlong fellowship with Building Excellent Schools, and in 2007,
Volunteers are transformed and at only 27, she launched the Milwaukee Renaissance Academy, a
public charter school designed to put students on a track toward
educated by the experience. higher education.
Deanna says that her time with LIFT influenced all the
steps on her impressive career path. “I have dedicated my
entire career to serving underserved and underrepresented
urban communities. Everything that I learned with LIFT
Long Term: has become part of my approach to that service,” she says.
Alumni become lifelong leaders And to the benefit of thousands of families in the Bronx,
in the fight to decrease poverty DC, and Milwaukee, it was at LIFT that she became a social
and expand opportunity for all entrepreneur: “I started an organization as a college student.
That gave me tremendous courage later on in life to embark on
families in America.
other ventures that people often considered unrealistic.”
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Path Out of Poverty

LIFT believes that there are five essential asset areas—basic necessities, employment/financial stability, housing, education
and training, and health care—that are vital for individual and family success on the path out of poverty. By working one-
on-one with LIFT volunteers to find jobs, secure safe and stable housing, make ends meet through public benefits and tax
credits, and obtain quality referrals for services like childcare and health care, LIFT clients are able to holistically address their
immediate and long-term needs while making concrete steps towards realizing their greater dreams and aspirations.

Community members come

to LIFT with a highly complex Together, volunteers and clients Volunteers help
set of interrelated needs: take the following actions: clients achieve:

Search for Secure source of food,

Basic Necessities
Employment transportation, clothing, etc.

Employment/Financial Secure stable income through

Stability employment and/or benefits

Apply for Search for

Housing Public Benefits housing Secure stable housing

Secure entry into education

Education and Training
and training programs

Connect to Secure access to affordable

Health Care Referral Agencies health care and medical services

In the process of working toward their goals, LIFT clients develop an important internal “toolkit” for progress and resiliency
that enables them to move forward independently and bounce back from challenges and setbacks. With the support of LIFT
volunteers, clients strengthen their goal-setting abilities, problem-solving skills, knowledge of key community resources, self-
confidence, and ability to advocate for themselves and their families.
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Path Out of Poverty

Meet LIFT Client Maria Selamoglu
After losing her job in March 2007, Maria Selamoglu was struggling
to get back into the workforce. With no income and little savings
due to a recent divorce, she was falling behind on her rent and utility
payments. She found LIFT-Somerville and immediately began working
with volunteers to update her résumé and expand her job search.
With LIFT-Somerville’s assistance, she soon secured part-time work at
Massachusetts General Hospital.
Despite receiving a regular paycheck, Maria was still struggling financially.
Things took a turn for the worse in November 2008 when Maria’s Client Maria Selamoglu and volunteer Caitlin Payne
discuss Maria’s monthly budget.
landlord increased her apartment’s monthly rent. Maria could not afford
the increase—already more than half her income went toward rent and
utilities—and she was handed an eviction notice. After 15 years of living
in her apartment, Maria suddenly faced the prospect of homelessness. Maria says, “[At LIFT] they work with you like a partner.
They did so much more for me here than anywhere else
She returned to LIFT-Somerville in tears, and volunteers were able to I have visited. They really care about their clients.” She
advise her about her tenant rights, including the fact that with a no- continues to visit LIFT-Somerville to work on securing
fault eviction, she was not required to leave her apartment until a another part-time job while she waits for her job to
judge ordered her removal. Maria teamed up with Laura McNulty, who transfer to full-time. In the meantime, it is still hard to
started researching housing options in Boston and then contacted the make ends meet on a part-time salary, so volunteers
Volunteer Lawyers Project to help Maria obtain legal aid. LIFT volunteers have helped her establish a monthly budget and
accompanied Maria to her court appointments while a pro bono lawyer payment plans with her bank to make living expenses
worked with her to negotiate an extension on her move-out date and more affordable. Reflecting back on the last two years,
settle outstanding payments with her landlord. Maria credits LIFT as Maria says, “Before, my life [was a downward] spiral. I
her support system while navigating the stressful and confusing eviction lost my job, got a divorce, and then lost my apartment.
process. “They helped me mentally, physically, emotionally, and even Since LIFT, I feel like I got my life back. I worked very
spiritually. I can’t stress this point enough, they were just there.” hard to get where I am today and I did it with LIFT.”
Laura then helped Maria compile the necessary paperwork for emergency
housing and accompanied her to an interview with the Somerville “At LIFT, they work with you like a
Housing Authority. Maria was eligible to receive housing and soon found partner. They did so much more for me
an affordable apartment in a safe neighborhood, but she worried that she here than anywhere else I have visited.
would not be able to afford the security deposit and first month’s rent.
They really care about their clients.”
Laura reached out to community partners at Catholic Charities and the
Somerville Homeless Coalition and secured funds that allowed Maria to
sign the lease on her apartment in July 2009.
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Preparing for the Future

National Highlights
This year, LIFT focused on its “go-deep” strategy in five core
geographies, consolidating resources and operations in
Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington,
LIFT has been working on the front lines of our country’s response to the
DC. As part of a heightened focus on local leadership,
LIFT hired Regional Executive Directors in Chicago and economic downturn since its outset, with volunteers serving as a rapid
Philadelphia, and their presence has already resulted in response force to help the growing number of American families facing
higher volunteer numbers, increased levels of client service, unemployment, poverty, and homelessness. This year LIFT helped more
and a higher profile among community partners, funders,
and local government agencies. clients than ever before.
Building on the strategic growth planning work started last
year with the support of New Profit, LIFT spent the past Clients and Meetings, 12 Offices
summer working with a Monitor consultant to establish
a detailed five-year operating plan, supported by a clear PY06 PY07 PY08 PY09
economic model, that will extend LIFT’s services to over
100,000 new families in need by FY2015. With the help
of numerous strategic thought partners, including Robin 19,576
Hood in New York City, LIFT has also significantly refined 16,631 16,847
its overall approach to evaluation, with an increased focus 14,698
on outcomes over activities. Much of FY2010 will be spent
designing and implementing new client outcomes tracking
systems. 5,080 5,427 5,750 6,288

Shining the Spotlight:

National Service and Social Innovation Clients Client meetings
Earlier this year, LIFT was featured on The NewsHour with
Jim Lehrer as part of a series on the economy’s effects on
“Generation Next.” LIFT-DC Site Coordinator and AmeriCorps At a time when tax credits have never meant more to families struggling
member Brian Marroquín and CEO Kirsten Lodal offered to make ends meet, six of LIFT’s offices offered free tax preparation
their perspectives on the growing spirit of service in services to a record number of clients and secured over $1 million in
America.
refunds.
After over a year of work as part of the ServiceNation
coalition, Kirsten had the honor of representing LIFT at the Office Clients Tax Refund EITC
President’s signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America
Act in April. Only three months later, LIFT Vice President LIFT-Cambridge 132 $180,000 $29,000
Tony Brunswick joined other outstanding program leaders
at the White House for the official introduction of the Social LIFT-Evanston 153 $174,879 $78,302
Innovation Fund, authorized by the Kennedy Act, which will
identify promising, results-oriented nonprofit programs and LIFT-Philadelphia 244 $296,000 $103,000
expand their reach throughout the country.
LIFT-Somerville 251 $390,000 $94,000
In June, Kirsten served on a panel to discuss “Service and the
Road to Economic Recovery” at the National Conference on LIFT-Washington, DC 84 $58,563 $21,183
Volunteering and Service. She was also honored as a Scholar
at the Aspen Institute’s “Ideas Festival” in July, where she total 864 $1,099,442 $325,440
had the opportunity to discuss LIFT’s innovative model with
other thought leaders from across the country.

Regional Highlights
Main heading subheading
LIFT-Boston
• LIFT-Boston enrolled 100 new clients in food stamp and/or WIC
programs, a 35 percent increase from 2008. Many of these clients
had never needed public benefits before and did not know how
to navigate the application process. LIFT-Boston connected these
clients to necessary food assistance resources so that they could
defray the cost of other living expenses.
• Over 500 LIFT-Boston clients received employment services.
Services included creating and revising résumés, preparing
cover letters, setting up e-mail accounts, filling out online job
applications, faxing résumés, practicing interview skills, and
locating resources for professional interview attire.
• LIFT-Boston’s tax services yielded approximately $600,000 in
returns for Cambridge and Somerville residents, an increase
of more than $200,000 from 2008. $123,000 of these returns
consisted of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). LIFT-Somerville
is the only Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site in the city
of Somerville and LIFT-Cambridge continues to serve as one of two
throughout the City of Cambridge.
• Four LIFT-Cambridge volunteers were selected to attend the
prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University in Austin, TX in
February 2009. The Harvard University students worked closely
with community partners to develop a “Commitment to Action”
to improve mental health referral services in the LIFT office and
throughout the Cambridge community.
“LIFT opened up a great deal of opportunities
for me ... and they helped me make
connections that were necessary for me to
begin having hope again.”
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Meet LIFT Client George Uwanawich
This past year, George Uwanawich became a victim of the
foreclosure crisis that has swept through communities across
the country. George was living as a tenant in a multi-unit house
when he was received the news that what had seemed like a
stable home was in the midst of foreclosure. He had gotten
to know the volunteers at LIFT-Cambridge as a tax preparation
client, so he immediately turned to them for help.
Volunteers set to work with George to secure alternative future
housing and to access disability benefits for which he qualified.
Volunteers also consulted with a housing advocate in the
Cambridge Multi-Service Center who suggested that George
apply for immediate emergency housing.
From there, George and various volunteers worked to reopen
his case for long-term disability benefits and apply for
emergency housing. George’s initial housing application was
rejected by the Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA). Confident
they could appeal the decision based on his case, volunteers
worked with George to compile his housing history, worked
with his landlord to provide a reference and evidence of the
foreclosure, and reached out to housing advocates for advice.
After months of preparation, George presented his case to the
appeal committee at the CHA, who overturned the original
decision and granted him emergency housing. In that same
month, George was also approved for Social Security Disability
Insurance (SSDI), providing him with an additional $1,000 in
monthly income and over $10,000 in back benefits.
George is now settled in a new apartment and is thankful to
LIFT. “[LIFT] opened up a great deal of opportunities for me
through their knowledge of community resources and they
helped me make connections that were necessary for me to
begin having hope again.”
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Meet LIFT Volunteer Nicole Davis
When Nicole Davis stepped into her first activity fair as a
freshman at Loyola University Chicago, she was struck by a
LIFT-Chicago poster that asked the question: “Are you a student
leader?” Nicole immediately walked over to the table and wrote
her name on the sign-up sheet to find out more. Two years
into her volunteer service with LIFT-Chicago, Nicole has proven
that she is, indeed, a true leader, both on-campus and in the
community.
Fellow volunteers and LIFT staff have come to think of Nicole as
a “go-to” person when questions arise about a local resource
need. Site Coordinator Nadia Shamsi says, “Volunteers appreciate
Nicole’s knowledge of resources in the community. This summer,
volunteers would often need advice from Nicole on ‘best referrals’
for clients. Nicole does an excellent job of checking in with a
client, ensuring that they have support in other areas beyond
their immediate needs, and then immediately connects them to
the right resource.”
Throughout the school year, Nicole manages LIFT-Chicago’s online
housing database, a free, wiki-based website that allows both
volunteers and other community partners to post affordable,
subsidized, and transitional housing availability and information.
The student-driven initiative has proven invaluable to volunteers
and community partners by providing resources for harder-
to-place clients like people living with HIV/AIDS and formerly
incarcerated individuals, as well as offering Section 8 housing lists
and contact information for rental and utility assistance programs.
This summer, as a full-time Summer Director, Nicole took even
greater control of LIFT-Chicago’s housing resources. She trained
seven staff members from four community organizations to use
the database, and she plans on training more in the upcoming
school year. She says, “It’s awesome to have community partners
using our database, helping us keep it up-to-date, and adding new
resources that we didn’t know about.”
Regional Highlights
LIFT-Chicago
• LIFT’s two offices in the Chicago region helped clients secure over
200 job interviews, resulting in 110 successful job placements,
despite severe job shortages in the Chicago area.
• As part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, LIFT-
Evanston facilitated a panel discussion for the entire Northwestern
University community. The event featured faculty as well as
representatives from local partners, including Connections for the
Homeless and the YMCA.
• LIFT-Chicago partnered with Loyola University Chicago’s Center
for Experiential Learning to train student volunteers from service-
learning social work classes. The office also guided the work
of a separate group of research students as they conducted a
comparative study of two neighborhoods—Pilsen on the West
Side and Hyde Park on the South Side—where LIFT is considering
opening new offices in the city. The study surveyed existing
community resources geared toward low-income individuals in the
neighborhoods and assessed service gaps that LIFT could fill.
• LIFT-Evanston volunteers helped 153 clients receive nearly
$175,000 in tax refunds, a 52 percent increase from the previous
year. $78,300 came from the Earned Income Tax Credit for
working poor families. LIFT-Evanston also partnered with the
Evanston YWCA to host additional tax preparation sessions on
Saturdays throughout the winter.
• In March 2009, LIFT-Evanston moved into significantly larger office
space in order to accommodate increased client flow, as well as a
growing student volunteer corps. The new location also allows for
greater privacy at client workstations and is closer to where many
LIFT-Evanston clients live.

Regional Highlights
Main heading subheading
LIFT-New York
• In 2009, referrals in to LIFT-The Bronx from other agencies
increased by 50 percent from 2008, indicating that there is growing
community awareness of the office’s offerings and that agencies
recognize the quality of services provided at LIFT.
• In line with a heightened focus on community connections, the
office ran Community Partnership Days, during which student
volunteers made group visits to partner organizations, including
food pantries, shelters, advocacy groups, and community action
agencies. The visits fostered deeper collaboration with community
partners, and helped ensure that volunteers are making the most
effective referrals for LIFT clients.
• LIFT-The Bronx collaborated with the Heiskell Enterprise Center
for Technology to host a résumé writing workshop in July 2009 in
response to growing unemployment numbers in the Bronx. Using
the Heiskell Center’s computer lab, workshop participants were
able to access a personal computer and receive individual coaching
on how to properly format a résumé and use the internet to
perform an online job search. The office plans to continue running
the workshops in the upcoming year.
• The office created a Local Advisory Board (LAB) mentorship
program, linking student volunteers on the office’s Leadership
Team with LAB members who work in a field they wish to pursue
after graduation.
“I feel hopeful. I feel less alone. I see a more
self-sufficient me. I’m going to secure long-term
employment. I’ll be able to pay for things, take
care of my children, and have financial security.
The sky is the limit.”
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Meet LIFT Client Quaneesha Cutts
After her children’s father abandoned the family, Quaneesha
Cutts was left to take care of five young children on her own.
Not only did Quaneesha need help supplementing her family
income, but she was also worried about her children, who were
demonstrating behavioral issues due to their father’s absence.
The children’s school offered little support, and without
knowledge of any resources in the Bronx, Quaneesha began to
feel overwhelmed.
She saw a flyer for LIFT-The Bronx outside the Refuge House
and contacted the office for help. Volunteer Catherine Groene
worked with Quaneesha to create a strategy to find therapy
resources for her children, secure legal assistance for child
support, and obtain a job in the medical field. Catherine
contacted community partners Good Shepherd Services and
All About Kids for information on family services. Quaneesha’s
youngest son was successfully placed in an Early Intervention
Program, which provides therapeutic and support services
for children under the age of three. Her other children were
enrolled in counseling, as well as stable day care.
With her children’s well-being secure, Quaneesha is now able
to devote her full attention to her employment search. She has
worked with Catherine to update her résumé and is applying
for physical therapy assistant and medical office assistant
positions. She has received multiple interview requests and
recently enrolled at Bronx Community College to earn her
remaining credits for her Associate’s degree.
Of her future, Quaneesha says, “I feel hopeful. I feel less alone.
I see a more self-sufficient me. I’m going to secure long-term
employment. I’ll be able to pay for things, take care of my
children, and have financial security. I will definitely have my
Master’s degree and when my kids get older, hopefully be a
nurse. The sky is the limit.”
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Meet LIFT Client José Ortiz
When he first arrived at LIFT-Philadelphia’s North office, José
Ortiz expected to simply file his taxes and leave. But upon
hearing about LIFT’s numerous other services, José revealed
that he was living in a homeless shelter and needed help
finding employment and stable housing.
As a former food preparation worker, José’s first instinct was to
pursue more work in a kitchen. Volunteers helped José draft
a stronger résumé and introduced him to LIFT-Philadelphia’s
co-locators at Philadelphia OIC, who were able to provide him
with information about their culinary arts training programs.
Armed with a new résumé and new information, José began
applying for jobs.
José applied for several kitchen positions, but soon realized
he was more interested in obtaining a college degree in a
field he enjoyed rather than trying to get “just another job.”
LIFT-Philadelphia volunteers Tasnuva Islam and Meredith
Dean encouraged him to apply to the Community College of
Philadelphia and explained to him how he could receive federal
assistance through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) program to offset his tuition costs. They helped José
set up his FAFSA application and apply for several state grants,
and he successfully secured over $8,000 in financial aid.
Tasnuva and Meredith continued working with José to find
affordable housing so that he could move out of his shelter and
into an apartment closer to campus. He was ultimately able to
obtain a clean, safe room in an apartment for $200 per month.
He started classes this past August, and recently contacted
volunteers to let them know that he is very happy in his new
apartment.
Regional Highlights
LIFT-Philadelphia
• With improved student recruitment efforts, LIFT-Philadelphia
recruited 70 volunteers to serve in its two offices, a 50 percent
increase from last year.
• Client numbers increased by over 100 percent in Program Year
2009. With new office locations and increased leadership from
two full-time Site Coordinators and its first Regional Executive
Director, LIFT-Philadelphia was able to serve 1,200 clients and
conducted 3,900 client meetings.
• LIFT-Philadelphia was renewed as an official Community Outreach
Center for Pennsylvania CareerLink, Philadelphia’s hub for
workforce development. The offices partnered with Center City
CareerLink to accommodate the overflow of CareerLink clients
seeking personalized résumé and job search assistance.
• Volunteers prepared tax returns for more than 220 clients,
resulting in over $270,000 in returns, over $70,000 of which was
through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). LIFT-Philadelphia
also partnered with three local organizations—Project H.O.M.E.,
YouthBuild Charter School, and the Southwest CDC—to provide
offsite tax preparation services for clients during evening and
weekend hours.
• LIFT-Philadelphia focused on expanding its Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) services by providing enhanced
training to volunteers about this critical resource. LIFT also
partnered with YouthBuild Charter School and UPenn’s Educational
Opportunity Center to hold three “FAFSA Nights” for individuals
seeking support in pursuing post-secondary education.

Regional Highlights
Main heading subheading
LIFT-Washington, DC
• In response to the surge in demand for social services brought
about by the recession, LIFT-DC organized “Something for
Everyone: A Social Services Fair” to connect DC community
members in need with nearly 20 social service agencies in one
place, at one time. LIFT-DC brought in partners from across the
city to offer services from financial planning to food assistance and
medical screenings. With the help of National Board Member Jon
Budington, the office also recruited a corps of professionals from
companies throughout the region to volunteer to provide résumé
critiques and interview training for fair participants.
• In April 2009, the George Washington University Office of
Community Service presented LIFT-DC with its Outstanding
Community Partner in Service Award, recognizing LIFT-DC’s
exemplary work in engaging students in the Washington, DC
community.
• LIFT-DC provided over 630 clients with employment services. The
office also worked closely with its co-locator, the Perry School
Community Services Center, to refer LIFT clients to Perry School
job training programs. In exchange, LIFT-DC provided résumé and
application assistance help to Perry School clients.
• LIFT-DC successfully expanded its summer internship program,
which resulted in a 60 percent increase in summer service delivery
compared to 2008. Between June 1 and August 31, the office
conducted 1,030 meetings with clients.
“Going forward, I will take with me a new
awareness of the power just one individual has to
help his community.”
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Photo Credit: Chris Mabry
Meet LIFT Volunteer Collin Stevenson
Collin Stevenson was already a Second Lieutenant in the U.S.
Air Force, a cross-country captain, and an Alternative Spring
Break leader, when he discovered LIFT-DC. While promoting
the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program at an involvement
fair at George Washington University, he saw a table for
LIFT and immediately felt that he had to be a part of the
organization. Now, after over a year volunteering with LIFT-DC,
he promotes LIFT at ASB meetings to encourage others to get
involved in their community year-round.
This year, Collin will continue his dedication to community
service as a Presidential Administrative Fellow at GWU. He
will be working on an initiative to incorporate service learning
components into more college classes, while also pursuing a
Master’s degree in International Relations. “I think community
involvement is a crucial component of learning and feel it
should be required in curriculums. I will be researching how
students can learn academically through direct service in their
community.”
He says that his LIFT experience has given him insights he
would not have otherwise had in his college career. “I have
become invested in the DC community and the policy of this
city. Going forward, I will take with me a new awareness of the
power just one individual has to help his community. I know
that I can give people hope simply by letting them know they
have people in their corner.”
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Revenue and Financials

LIFT-DC client Sheila Boykin addresses guests at the home
of Nancy Jacobson and Mark Penn for LIFT’s Annual Spring
Benefit in Washington, DC. Sheila worked with LIFT-DC to
obtain her Certified Nursing Assistant credentials and land
her dream job working with veterans at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center.
Photo Credit: JB Yong, Sweet Dreams Studio
Revenue
Individuals......................................................................... $696,423
Institutions ....................................................................... $706,600
AmeriCorps*VISTA . ............................................................ $71,158
AmeriCorps*National Direct . ........................................... $283,091
In-kind Contributions . ........................................................ $87,032
Other Income........................................................................ $4,237
Total Revenue: .......................................................... $1,848,541
Expenses
Program Costs................................................................ $1,365,101
Management and General................................................ $176,681
Development ................................................................... $327,667
Total Expenses............................................................ $1,869,449

Change in net assets........................................................$(8,890)

Net assets, beginning of year ........................................ $248,326

Net assets, end of year ................................................. $239,436

(From l-r) Serena Potter, Kelly Mateo, Elizabeth Milbank,

Michael Sobel, and Jessica Wyman support LIFT at the 2009
Annual Spring Benefit in New York City, hosted at the Rubin
Museum of Art.
Photo Credit: Max Flatow, Max Flatow Photography

Thanking Our Donors
LIFT is grateful for the support of the following individuals, foundations, corporations, government agencies, and universities whose
significant contributions make our work possible. This list reflects all gifts received between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009.
Government Partners
The Combined Federal Campaign
of the National Capital Area
The Corporation for National
and Community Service/
AmeriCorps*National Direct and
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Investment Partners
New Profit Inc.
$50,000+
Anonymous
ECMC – Educational Credit
Management Corporation
Global Thinking Inc.
Laurence and Susan Hirsch
The Bromley Charitable Trust
The McCormick Foundation
$25,000-49,000
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz
Foundation
Marne and Peggy Obernauer
Larry Robbins
John and Rachel Rodin
JPMorgan Chase
Nate and Margie Thorne
$10,000-24,999
Beverage Distributors Company,
LLC
Capital One
The Charles Jacob Foundation
Chichester duPont Foundation
Claneil Foundation, Inc.
Glenview Capital Management
The Goldhirsh Foundation
The Gray Charitable Trust
Richard and Carol Hochman
Modestus Bauer Foundation (Marc
Lawrence)
Jan and Elizabeth Lodal
Mark Penn and Nancy Jacobson
The Polk Bros. Foundation
Paul and Sarah Sohn
Virginia Non-Profit Housing
Coalition
Wachovia Foundation (Baltimore)
Lance and Lisa West
$5,000-9,999
Anonymous (2)
Don and Anne Ayer
The Capital Group Companies
Charitable Foundation
Confidence Foundation
Lee and Mindy Foley
Eugene Keilin and Joanne Witty
Nick and Gardiner Lapham
Marc Lawrence
Ronnie and Kelly Mateo
Morningstar Foundation
Annie Moyer*
David Parker and Marian Davis
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
David and Susan Rahm
Peter and Suzanne Romatowski
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Bob Woodward and Elsa Walsh
$2,500-4,999
Anonymous (2)
Carl and Tammy Allegretti
Peter Cherukuri and Emily Lenzner
Dan and Susan Christman
Citizens Bank Charitable
Foundation
David and Debra Eichenbaum
Irving Foundation
Peter and Martha Kellner
Kenilworth Union Church
Henry and Charlotte Kimelman
Terry and Margaret Lenzner
Bob and Marilyn Mazur
Michael McCurdy and Lisa
Ripperger
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merinoff, in
honor of Marne Obernauer, Jr.
Al Pierce and Lola Reinsch
Geoff Pohanka and Anne Kline
Billy and Cassie Rahm
Joel Ramin
Wayne and Wendy Rhodes
Rod Smith and Rebecca Mills
Mike Sobel and Elizabeth Milbank*
Beneficial Bank
Will Yu*
$1,000-2,499
Anonymous
Bernstein Wealth Management
Bob and Nancy Blank
Jay and Nina Bliley
Dennis and Shirley Bloomquist
Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn
David and Katherine Bradley
Joe Brodecki/Bernstein Wealth
Management
Colbert and Mary Cannon
Richard and Suzanne Carroll
Centerbridge Partners Foundation
George Chopivsky and Clara
Brillembourg
Rubenstein Family Charitable
Foundation (Eli and Virginia
Grace Cohen)
Bob and Sara Cusimano
Dirk and Caroline Degenaars
Phil Deutch and Marne Levine
Kevin Downey and Michele Jolin
Ronald and Beth Dozoretz
Tim and Elizabeth Dugan
Ricardo and Isabel Ernst
John and Marie Evans
Stan Freeman and Cecilia Parajon
Lawrence and Lorna Graev
Julie Ha
Jeff Halis
Herb Block Foundation (Athelia
Knight)
Harold and Bonnie Himmelman, in
honor of Kirsten Lodal
Anna Hoffman
Mark and Karen Holzberg
Mark Horowitz and Jen Koen
Tim and Debra Howard
Ellen Howe
Jerry and Isabel Jasinowski
JHL Capital Group LLC
William Knapp and Jean Milbauer
Rick and Nancy Kreiter
Brian and Ali Kreiter
Samuel and Susan Lehrman
Richard Leventhal
Douglas Maguire
The Four Lanes Trust, (Wendy
Makins)
Chris and Nina McIntyre*
Michael McNamara
Susan Merinoff
Jon and Lois Mills
Kathleen O’Hare, in honor of Katie
O’Hare
Morgan Oldenburg*, in honor of
Katherine Conway
Bill and Lee Perry
Clifford Pollan and Peggy Kriss, in
honor of LIFT-Somerville
Matthew and Tina Ripperger
Christian Salomone and Suzanne
Fine
Michael and Diane Sapir
Guillermo and Cecilia Schultz
Brent Scowcroft
Thomas and Bonnie Strauss
Jake and Carrington Tarr
Anne Thompson
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Donald and Barbara Tober, in honor
of Marne Obernauer, Jr.
Raymond and Jean Troubh
Catherine Tyler
William Wallace and Anne Evans
Kevin Werner
Alexandra White
James and Suzanne Woolsey
$500-999
Anonymous
Don Baer and Nancy Bard
Edward and Maura Baker, in honor
of Amy Baker
Richard and Amelia Bernstein
Bob and Jan Billingsley
Richard and Suzie Bissell
Charles and Judy Black
Joel Bonner
George and MaryAnne Boyd
John and Amanda Cali
Richard and Heather Cass
Armeane and Mary Choski
Philip and Carolyn Cohan
Louis and Bonnie Cohen
Donna Cusimano
Dominic and Rita Cusimano
Ivo Daalder and Elisa Harris
Dalio Family Foundation Inc.
Stephen and Brooke Day
John and April Delaney
Albert and Claire Dwoskin
Hossein and Dalia Fateh
David and Elizabeth Fischer
Julian and Suzanne Flannery
Frederick and Suzie Fletcher
Patrick and Patricia Ford
Chris Foreman*
Fred and Susan Forman
Kenneth and Ellen Forrest
Carol Fox
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Paul Frazer and Tina Alster
Elizabeth Gaffney, in honor of
Katherine Conway
Dennis and Holly Galgano
Michael Geraci
David and Elizabeth Gould
Doug and Mary Clare Gourley
Anderson and Mae Grennan
Patrick and Sheila Gross
Mark Haggarty and Amy Stone
Burton Haimes
Tom Hardart and Virginia Shore
Lover and Tizgel High*
Jeff and Karen Holway
Roger Horchow
Joe and Lynn Horning
I Do Foundation
Garry and Kathy Johnson, in honor
of Megan Johnson
Paul and Teola Jones
Paul Kalb and Susan Ascher
Robert Kallen
David Karabell and Paula Moss
Joseph Kenny
Martin and Carol Kolsky
David and Karen Levites
Elliot and Lenore Lobel, in honor of
Annie Lobel
William Maguire
Jacqueline Mars
John and Gail Marshall
John and Joanne Mason
Ed and Dale Mathias
Theodore and Margery Mayer
Matthew Mazur and Zehra Dincer
Stanton and Lindsay McCullough
Thomas and Eileen McIntyre
Kirk McKeown
Daniel and Ellen Meltzer, in honor
of Anne Romatowski
Rob and Mary Jo Milbank
Kunal Modi*
Amreesh and Asmita Modi
Edward and Linda Morse
Doug and Denise Nash
Thomas and Sarah Neff, in honor of
Owen Mack Day
John and Gail Nields
Michael Nussbaum and Gloria
Weissberg
Phillip and Marge Odeen
Howard and Gail Paster
Michael and Nina Patterson
Scott Pearson and Diana Farrell
Arnold Penner
Phil and Nina Pillsbury
Dale and Kay Pittman
Christopher and Diane Pohanka
Mary Raiser
Jason Redlus
Jack Ripperger and Kathryn Lodal
Eric and Laurie Roth
Philip and Janet Rotner
James and Heather Ruth
Darryl and Alicia Sargent
David and Lisa Schertler
Stephen and Wendy Siegel
Kevin Simmons*
John and Sally Simms
Leslie Simon
Stephen and Martha Smith
Howard and Mindy Sontag
Charlie and Libby Speth
Mark and Katie Sullivan
Kevin and Betsy Sullivan
Diane Tachmindji
William Techar
John and Nina Toups
Oltac and Cecilia Unsal
Antoine and Emily van Agtamael
Robert and Margi Vanderhye
Peter and Jennifer Wallace
Theron Ttee and Letitia Smith
Bob and Pat Wilburn
Mei Xu
Darwin Yeung*
Salvatore Zizza and Patty Theis
$1-499
Anonymous (29)
Thanking Our Donors
Michael Abramowitz and Susan
Baer
Matt and Mary Adams
Robert Alexander, in memory of
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Vann
Tom and Barbie Alt
Rodolpho and Claudia Amboss
Jim and Terry Anderson, in honor
of Janelle Rae
Regina Anderson
Melissa Anderson*
Louis and Dena Andre
Susan Andrews
Scott and Teri Angstreich
Susan Lucia Annunzio
Warren and Sue Ellen Appelman
Robert Armstrong, in honor of Kyle
Armstrong
Eric Arnold
Rita Axelroth*
Daniel Backo and Eleanor Winter
Ken and Darcy Bacon
Robert Baizer, in honor of Brian
Kreiter
Carrie Baizer
Liz Baldick
Howard Balikov and Lisa Rosenberg
Maynard and Barbara Ball
Eugene Bang
Alison Barad
John Barker and Anne Witkowski
William and Cassie Barnard, in
honor of Stan Freeman
Michael Barr and Hannah Smotrich
Thomas and Patricia Barron
Steve Barrows*
Maurice and Fran Baskin
Marcy Baskin*
Cricket Bauer
Jonathan Bauer
Albert and Kay Bellas
Adam Benforado*
Anna Bennett
Heidi Berenson
Michael Beresik and Beth Brummel
Adam and Tracy Bernstein Rene Canezin
Deborah Bers, in honor of Katie David Caprara
O’Hare Chris Carlson
Matt and Lauren Biel Robert Carmona
Jake Blair Brian and Kristine Carney
Jonathan Bliley Stuart Carrol
Keith and Jacquie Bloom Nancy Carter*
Zachary and Corinne Boisi, in Sharon Cascone*
memory of Luke Boisi
Steven and Beth Catlett, in honor
Stephen and Cathy Bokoff, in honor
of Samantha Catlett
of Jennifer Bokoff
Frederick Cavin, in honor of Cory
Jennifer Bokoff* Sorensen Logan
Esther Bokoff Stephanie Chak*
Joel Bonner Joan Challinor
William and Irina Booth Lily Chang
Roger and Susan Bottum, in honor Robert Chartener
of Caroline Degenaars
Haejin Chung
Karl Bourdeau
Gail Claffey, in honor of Rosellen
Elena Boyd* Marohn
Bruce and Laura Brancheau, in Donna Cloninger
honor of Lisa Brancheau
Sheryl Cohen
Kevin and Susie Brandmeyer
Jessie Colgate
John and Jane Brickman
William and Cathy Colgazier
Stephen Broache and Miriam Boyer
Stefanie Conahan
Mark and Andrea Brodin, in honor
Jeanne Connaghan
of Meg Newman
Kevin and Janet Conroy
Robert Broeksmit and Susan
Bollendorf Greg and Donna Conway, in
memory of David Conway
Mary Brophy
Elizabeth Copeland*
Katharine Brown
Lindsay Copeland and Carol
Sharman Brown, in honor of Gini
Goldberg
Christman
K. Don Cornwell
David Browning and Nancy Lax, in
Tom Cosgrove*
honor of Shannon Murphy
Edward and Marnell Bruce Anna Constantino
Claire Constantino*
Robert and Kay Brundige
Nancy Bubes Robert and Jamie Craft
Jon Cross and Rachel Whiteside
Mike Buchwald*
Susan Burk Geoffrey and Barbara Crowley
Lucy Claire Curran*
James Burns and Lucy Owen
Jennifer Burton Richard and Suzannne Curry
Nathan Byer Rim Curry and Mary Garver
Claudette Calder Walter and Didi Cutler
John and Holly Caldwell Bernard and Laura D’Avella
Andrew and Celia David
Adam Caldwell and Dahlia Neiss
Michael and Antigone Davis
Corey Callahan
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Thanking Our Donors

Louise Davis Erin Fitzgerald* Stephen and Sharon Haberfeld William and Miriam Howard Bruce Kieloch
Lawrence and Carole Day Janet Flowers William Hagner Hunt and Janet Howell Caitlin King Rossman*
Rudy and Cynthia DeCanio MaryAnn Flynn, in honor of Elizabeth Hague Horace and Ivy Howells Ian and Michelle Kleier
Thomas and Barbara Decker Colleen Flynn Barney and Julia Hallingby Benjamin and Gisela Huberman Rebecca Klemm
Carlos Del Toro Jim Fogel and Beth Jacob, in honor Jessica Hammerslough* Lindsay Hughes Gina Kline*
of Anna Fogel
Peter and Ruth Demmin Frances Harden Lim Hui* David Kline
William and Elizabeth Folberth
Michelle Devereux* Mandy Hargitt Eric and Tiffany Hunsader Allison Kornstein*
Patricia Foo*
Neil Dhillon Heather Harr Robert and Jean Hutnick Ross and Kaye Kory
Derek Fox and Erica Brindley
Robin Diamond Roland and Donna Harrid Michael Iannuzzi Jennifer Kovach, in honor of
Bob Franken Carolina Madinaveitia
Gary Dibianco and Sczerina Perot Henry Harris and Rebecca Fishman Jason Idilbi*
Michael Fraoli Laurie Kramer
Margaret Dimeling Dana Hart Redmond Ingalls
Kathleen French James and Linda Kreider
Todd Dimston Robert Hartheimer and Nancy Matthew Jacobs
Peter and Caroline Friedman Golding Harry and Ruth Kreiter
Michael and Linda Donnelly, in Rachel Jacobson
honor of Colleen Flynn H.E. Claudia Fritsche A. A. and Donna Hartman Alan and Kusum Krishnan
David James and Rebecca Burke
Marguerite Donnelly, in honor of Robert and LouAnn Frome Harvard Undergraduate Council John Krugle and Kim Carioto-
Kate Janeski*
Colleen Flynn Cory and Tara Gaffney Val and Sophie Hawkins Krugle, in honor of Caitlin Krieck
Thomas Jarrett and Martha Ann
Kristen Donoghue Shelly Galli David Hawkins Burke Gail Kruzel
Christopher Dorval and Elizabeth General Electric Company David and Barbara Heiner Laurie Jochum, in honor of LIFT- Sarah Kuhn
Britton David and Anne Gergen Chicago Alex Kumin
Joanne Heisey*
Andi Drileck Andrea Gingrande, in honor of Benjamin Johns and Deborah Ronald and Nancy Kurz
Brian and Pamela Henjum, in
David and Angela Duff Adam Stoller honor of Matt Henjum Waterman Johns Ruth Kyle
Dan and Karen DuVal Michael Gitter Jason Herrick and Lindsay Smith Brad Johnson Lenard Lacy*
Robert Eager David Gleave Kathleen Hickey, in honor of Bill Collister and Carrie Johnson Anne Ladky and Karen Fishman
Dillian Edick Eric Glostrum and Jamie Buehl-Reichard Jack and Sharon Jones Cheryl LaFleur
Michael Edwards and Jennifer Daniel and Anne Goldman John Hickey and Susan Epstein Natalie Jones Nona Lambert
Urquhart David and Felice Goldman Tiffany Hicks* Claudia Jones Elisabeth Lamotte
Ray Eigelback, in honor of Janelle John and Sherri Goodman Michael Higgins Peter and Beverly Jost William and Laura Lamson
Rae
Steven Goodman Ernest Higgins Mike Iacavone and Alexandra Jost* Joseph and Stephanie Lanasa
Robert and Jessica Einhorn
Goodsearch David and Marja Hilfiker, in honor Linda Jun* Zach Landau
Pablo Eisenberg of Tony Brunswick and Rachel
John and Marilyn Gordon Tom Kahn and Susana Sanchez Ben Langworthy
Arielle Elliott Dickerson
Joshua Gotbaum and Joyce Nathan Kamesar* Malcolm Lassman and Camille
Mary Emerson, in honor of the Thornhill Stephen and Joslyn Hills
Gerald Kane and Priscilla Bijur Thornton
Emerson family Benjamin and Lauren Hilyard
The Granoff Family Hillel Center at Angi Kang Jenna Lawrence
Lucinda Eng Garcia Tufts University Ken and Caroline Himmelman
Ronald Kass Richard and Susanne Leach
Tom and Kristine Evans, in honor of Karen Gray Fred and Mary Hitz
Tom and Beth Evans Fran Katz Miriam Leder
Joseph Greco David Hodges
Rebecca Fabbro* Gerry Kavanaugh, in honor of Mark Susan Lee*
Michael and Marcia Greenberger Kevin Hodges and Andrea Miano Penn and Nancy Jacobson
Jacqueline Falk Jeffrey and Roberta Lee
Marcia Greenblum Ann Hollick, in honor of Amanda Matthew Kaye
Parker Farrington* David and Becky Legge
Rhonda Greifinger Hollick
Billy and Ann Kaye David Leiter and Tamara Luzzatto
Loie Fecteau, in honor of Katherine Pauline Holmes
Ginny Grenham Peter Keane*
Conway Marc and Jacqueline Leland
Eric and Elizabeth Grossman Linwood and Jinks Holton
Michael Feldman William Keen Amy Leveton, in honor of Mark
Marc Grossman and Mildred James and Holly Hoscheit
William Fettweis* Chris and Judy Keller Penn and Nancy Jacobson
Patterson John and Marian Hosmer, in honor
Richard Fiesta Carrill Kelly Katherine Levine*
Perry Haaland and Pamela of Caitlin Krieck
Dennis Fischman Peter and Amy Keogh Molly Levinson
Timmons Michael Hotopp
John and Catherine Fisher Jim Kessler Lauren Levites*, in honor of LIFT-
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Chicago
Noah Levy
James and Betsy Lewis
Lawrence Libera and Corinne
Husten, in honor of LIFT-DC
Sarah Licht, in honor of Katherine
Conway
Matt Lieppe and Valerie Green
Tom Liguori
William and Dale Lipnick
Larry and Lainie Lipsher
Frederick and Marguerite Lodan
Josh Logan and Cory Sorensen
Logan*
Paul London and Paula Stern
Natasha Lonnon, in honor of
Janelle Rae
Loyola University Center for
Experiential Learning
Lane Luskey
Matthew and Candace
MacDonald*
Susan Magee
Gabrielle Devorah Malman
George Marcou and Karen Barker
Dan and Rosemary Marohn
Dorothy Marohn, in honor of
Rosellen Marohn
Kenneth and Louise Marshall
Raymond and Luann Martin, in
honor of Tony Brunswick and
Rachel Dickerson
Larry and Lena Martin
Chris Martinelli
Jeffrey May
William and Gretchen Maynes
Brant Mayo*
Thomas Maza
Melissa Mazur*
Paul and Margaret McElligott
James and Donna McGee
Daniel McGee
Ryan McIntyre*
Joseph and Kiki McLean
Daniel Mehlman and Margaret
Shirk, in honor of LIFT-The Bronx
Mark Mellman
David Mercer
William Methot and Margie
Conway, in honor of Katherine
Conway
Meredith Metzler
Michael and Mia Meyer
Charles and Sylvia Meyers
Tom and Janice Milone
Deborah Minor Harvey
Eric Misbach
Robert and Jill Monk
Linda Moodie
Michele Morales
Michael Morgenstern
Lucy Mullany*
Kevin Mulvaney
Edward and Sarah Mundy
Genevieve Munoz*
Frederick Mutter
Rajeev Nath and Marisa Giorgi*
Jim Neal, in honor of Mark Penn
and Nancy Jacobson
Joseph Neale and Marcy
Oppenheimer
Randolph and Nancy New
Meg Newman*
Eugene Newman and Maryellen
Cunnion, in honor of Ruth
Cunnion
North Shore Community Bank
and Trust
Northwestern University
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Norton
Steve and Ilene Novack
OT and Linda Nuttall, in honor of
Katherine Conway
Adam O’Byrne and Laura Smolowe,
in honor of Kirsten Lodal
Ralph and Jane O’Connell
Mike O’Donnell*
Howard and Joan Oestreich
James O’Hare, in honor of Katie
O’Hare
Kathy O’Hearn
William Okun
William and Pilar O’Leary
William and Elena Olin
Thanking Our Donors
Gregory and Elaine O’Loughlin*
Melissa O’Neill
Lana Orloff
Charles Orr
Kathryn Pappas
David Parades
Bruce and Amy Pascal
Robert and Margy Pastor
Jonathan and Marni Pastor*, in
honor of LIFT Alumni Association
Scott Pastrick and Courtney Clark
Pastrick
Shilpa Patel
William Pearce and Sarah
Alexander
Jordan Pearlstein
Jeffrey and Lisa Peck
Matthew Perault
Elizabeth Perkowski
David Perlin
Robin Perry
Gregg and Julie Petersmeyer
Michael and Monica Peterson
Philadelphia Fresh Foods, LLC
Verena Phipps*
Thomas and Alice Pickering
Elizabeth Pierson
John and Lynn Pohanka
Gene Pokorny and Beth Lodal
Elinore Pollan, in honor of Lisa
Pollan
Cynthia Pollan, in honor of Lisa
Pollan
Lisa Pollan*
Eileen Pollan, in honor of the
Pollan family
Daniel Pong
Sangeeta Prasad*
William and Dana Pratt
Edward and Leland Prince
Frederick and Diana Prince
Rob Quartel and Michella English
Victoria Rollins
Janelle Rae*, in honor of the Rae
family
Peter Ragosa
Rajeev and Rachna Rawat Andrew Schwartz and Amy
Pat Read Goldberg
John Read David Seeberan
Margaret Senese*
Tommy Reiser
Susannah Shakow
Stewart and Anne Rennie
Robert Shapiro
James and Ellen Reuler
Mark and Maura Shapiro
Jessica Reveri*
Monisha Sharma*
Greg and Christina Rice*
Jeff and Kristin Sharp
Charles Riedel and Meredith
Broadbent Hillary Shayne*
Morgan Robinson* Elizabeth Sheldon
Guy Robinson and Elizabeth Michael and Lysbeth Sherman
Stribling Peter Sherman and Tina Toll
Charles Rockefeller Andy and Kimberly Shiff
Justin Rockefeller Jemmy and Anne Shih
Dahlia Rockowitz* Charles Short
William Roe Sarah Shrewsbury
Roger and Fran Rooney Carrie Shuchart*
William Rosenberg
John and Stephanie Shuchart
Martin Rosenblum
Gwen Shufro
James Rowe and Lisa Adams
Amandeep and Jasmeet Sidhu
Jon Rubin
Robert Siegel
Miles and Nancy Rubin
Scott Siff
Donald and Carol Rubin, in honor David and Diane Sigman
of Arianna Rubin
Dick and Patty Simon, in honor of
Pearl Rucker
Lisa Pollan
Rick Rys, in honor of Katherine
Warren and Florence Sinsheimer
Conway
Larry and Rebecca Sipos
Jodi Sakol
Maral Skeisey
Dan Sallick and Elizabeth Miller
Craig Small, in honor of Erin Small
Paul Saltzman
Eilliam and Erin Smith
Lisa Sampugnaro, in honor of
Christa Smith
Victoria Sampugnaro
Thomas Smith
Angela Sampugnaro
Mary Shernell Smith
Betty Sams
Gerard and Angela Smith, in
Ruth Samuelson
memory of Paul Francis Smith
Sharday Sanchez, in honor of LIFT-
David and Bernice Smotrich, in
The Bronx
honor of Amit Smotrich
Jeffrey Sandman and Nancy
Lawrence and Judi Sobel
Sanders
Maya Soble*
Timothy Sawina and Jane Kennedy
Sawina, in honor of Tony Arlo and Carol Sorensen
Brunswick and Rachel Dickerson Gene and Allison Sperling
Dr. and Mr. Larry Schack James and Cameron Speth
Jill Schuker John and Patricia Stack
Blair Schwab* Kent and Nancy Stansberry, in
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honor of John and Peggy Sadler Leo Tully, in memory of Mary Ann Michael and Jennifer Wood Khyati Desai* Washington DC
Kenneth and Alice Star Fanning Kenneth and Dorothy Woodcock Famous Dave’s of America, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Richmond VA
Patrick Steel and Lee Satterfield Joan Turadek*, in honor of LIFT-The Jessica Wyman* Richmond VA Redbones Barbeque, Somerville
Bronx The First Korean Church of MA
Bernard and Sally Stein, in honor of Joanne Stone Wyman, in honor of
Brian Kreiter Raymond Uhalde Matt Cohen and Jessica Wyman Richmond Ropes & Gray
Virtre Sterling John Uhar David Wyman Food Lion, Richmond VA Jordan Seltzer*
Brooke Stetson University of Richmond Jason Yeung, in honor of Verena Foodmaster Super Markets, Inc, Talha Shamsi
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Urraro, in Phipps Somerville MA
Max Stier and Florence Pan SHARE Food Program
honor of Terese Tornincaso Colina Yip Fordham University Cafeteria
James Stirn Smith Rothchild Financial
Richard Verville Laird Yock Fordham University Community
Stuart and Ann Stock Springfield College
Robert Victor and Lexa Edsall Service Program
Judith Stone Michael and Mary Young, in honor Starbucks Coffee, Richmond VA
Carroll and Nancy Voss, in honor of of Tony Brunswick and Rachel Guerrero Grocery, Bronx NY
Howard and Janice Stoodley STRIVE
Alix Brown Dickerson Harvest Co-Op Market, Cambridge
John and Appy Stookey MA Jackie Stewart*
Carol Wait Ameer Youssef
Edwin and Mona Strassburger Iggy’s Bread of the World, Stop-N-Shop, Bronx NY
William and Sheila Walker Alex Zakupowsky and Anne Collier
Kimball Stroud Cambridge MA Taproot Foundation
Jenonne Walker Michael Zeldin and Amy Rudnick
Duck Suh Illinois Worknet TEAM Sound and Vision, Inc (Jody
Stuart Walker and Nicole Bagley Emily Zimmet
Wendy Susswein Johns Hopkins University Weiss Gillanders and Peter Davis)
Bradley Walker and Valerie Francisca Zizumbo*
Stephanie Sutton Economics Department Robert Vanderhye
LoCascio Lauren Wilkins
Alan and Patricia Svendsen Johns Hopkins University Public Whole Foods Market, Washington
Roger and Judy Wallenstein Jill Zuckman Health Studies Program DC
Kara Svendsen Faye Walsh
Kimbrick Knox* Merle Wolf
Mary Svenstrup* Haiyan Wang In-Kind Support
Kroger, Richmond VA WPVI-TV / ABC, Inc.
James and Terry Svenstrup Fanta Waterman* 1369 Coffeehouse, Cambridge MA
Luna Café, Cambridge MA
Rachael Swanson* Leon and Mabel Weil Andre Black Matching Gifts
Michael Masullo
Alexandra Taber David Weil, in honor of Marni Blackfinn, Richmond VA Arrow Adhesives Company
Michael Matthews
William Taft Pastor Boloco, Cambridge and Somerville
The Melting Pot, Richmond VA The Boston Consulting Group
Robert and Hope Taft Craig and Shari Weil MA
Met Food Markets, Bronx NY Citi Foundation
Jonathan and Alisa Talisman Ari Weinberg and Charlotte Kaiser Burson-Marsteller
The Middle East Restaurant, ExxonMobil
Derek Tarsy Weinberg, in honor of Anna Capital Ale House, Richmond VA
Hoffman Cambridge MA GE Foundation
William Taylor The Case Foundation
Richard and Joann Weiner Mmm Kupcakes, Cambridge MA Glenview Capital Management
Ryan Tetrick* Chipotle, Somerville MA
John and Linda Weiss Modern Food, Bronx NY Goldman Sachs
Evan and Osceola Thomas Cinderella’s Restaurant, Cambridge
Lee Wells* Monitor Gordon and Betty Moore
Anne Thomas MA
Mr. Que’s Down Home Southern Foundation
Shawn Westcott* City of Cambridge Human Services
Leonard Thomas BBQ, Washington DC JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Sharon White Department - Citywide Senior
Mary Thomas* Center National Womens Law Center, Kingdon Capital
Kevin and Judy White
Dan and Sue Thomas Washington DC Lumigent Technologies
Susan Whitney* City of Cambridge Human Services
Suzy Thompson Department - Multi-service Lek Noci National Starch and Chemical
Zach and Michelle Williams Center for the Homeless
Justin and Debra Thornton Panera, Watertown MA Foundation
John and Constance Wilson City View, Philadelphia PA
James and Nancy Tierney, in honor Peet’s Coffee and Tea, Cambridge Pfizer Foundation
of Anne Romatowski Jennifer Wilson* Comcast, Richmond VA MA United Services Automobile
Howard and Lorraine Tischler Lyric Winik Compare Supermarket, Bronx NY Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates Association
Margaret Touborg Adam Winkel Renee Cook Picante Mexican Grill, Cambridge United Technologies
Sina and Elizabeth Toussi Ellis Wisner, in memory of MA W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Edward Cunha
Christopher Makins Pioneer Supermarket, Bronx NY
Emily Treleaven* Danish Pastry House, Medford MA * Indicates client, volunteer,
Harris Wofford Clifford Pollan and Peggy Kriss alumni, or staff gift
Gardner Tripp* DC Central Kitchen
Jeremy and Becky Wolsk Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC,
Isaac and Anne Tripp Dick Blick Art Materials
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LIFT Directory
Board of directors National Office Staff
Jon Budington Amy Baker Colleen Flynn Josh Romalis
CEO, Global Thinking National Development Manager, Communications Regional executive Director,
and Communications and Media Relations LIFT-Philadelphia
Rob Carmona Coordinator
President and Founder, STRIVE International Amy Hustad Anne Romatowski
Alix Brown Chief Operating Officer Manager, Program Design
Michelle Devereux Manager, Investor Relations and Evaluation
LIFT Alumni Association Representative and Events Kirsten Lodal
Vice President, Cline Davis & Mann LLC CEO and CO-Founder Maicharia Weir Lytle
Tony Brunswick Regional executive Director,
Lee Foley Vice President, Programs Shannon Murphy LIFT-Boston
Managing Partner, Foley, Program Manager
Maldonado & O’Toole Liz Copeland Marian Wiggins
Development Associate Ben Reuler Director of Finance
Stanley A. Freeman Regional Executive Director,
Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC Heather Decker LIFT-Chicago
Program Manager
Michael Gilligan
General Partner, Heritage Partners, Inc.

Mark Greenberg
Director, Georgetown University Center on
Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy Local Offices
Susan Hirsch
LIFT-Boston LIFT-New York
Richard Hochman LIFT-Cambridge LIFT-The Bronx
Chairman, Regent Capital Management Corp. C/o The Cambridge Multi-Service Center c/o Refuge House
19 Brookline Street, 1st floor 2715 Bainbridge Avenue
Ted Howard Cambridge, MA 02139 Bronx, NY 10458
Executive Director, The Democracy (617) 349-6338 (718) 733-3897
Collaborative
LIFT-Somerville
Brian J. Kreiter c/o The Family Center
LIFT-Philadelphia
Co-Founder, lIFT 366 Somerville Avenue LIFT-Philadelphia, North Office
Manager, Research Analytics, Somerville, MA 02143 c/o Philadelphia OIC
Bridgewater Associates (617) 591-9400 1231 North Broad Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Kirsten Lodal (215) 765-3430
CEO and Co-Founder, LIFT LIFT-Chicago
Marne Obernauer, Jr. (Board Chair) LIFT-Chicago LIFT-Philadelphia, West Office
Chairman, Beverage Distributors Company 4554 North Broadway, Suite 329
203 South 60th Street, 1st Floor
Chicago, IL 60640
Philadelphia, PA 19139
William D. Rahm (773) 303-0700
(215) 474-1807
Principal, Centerbridge Partners, L.P.

Elizabeth Riker LIFT-Evanston

1932 Dewey Avenue
LIFT-Washington, DC
Partner, New Profit Inc. LIFT-DC
Evanston, IL 60201
(847) 491-6707 c/o Perry School Community Services
Arianna Rubin Center
Student Representative to the Board, 128 M Street, NW, Suite 320
Tufts University Washington, DC 20001
(202) 289-2525
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