HIGH JUMP

Student First. Hands-On. Campus Based.

Chicago, IL | www.highjumpchicago.org

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HIGH JUMP

EIN: 36-4470186

Contributions tax deductible
as of November 2023

IRS BMF 509(a)(1)
as of November 13, 2023

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Mission

In 1989, High Jump started with a single, mighty mission: to bring equity to education for Chicago middle grade students who have exhibited academic ambition and potential and who are of limited economic means. Today, that mission is stronger than ever. High Jump empowers Chicago’s middle schoolers to become well-rounded leaders through our tuition-free programs with one-of-a-kind experiences, resources, and educational support for curious and motivated 7th and 8th-grade students who want to challenge themselves academically.

Ruling year info

2001

Executive Director

Nate Pietrini

Main address

59 W North Blvd

Chicago, IL 60610 USA

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EIN

36-4470186

Subject area info

Education services

Youth organizing

Population served info

Children and youth

Economically disadvantaged people

Low-income people

Students

NTEE code info

Youth Development Programs (O50)

Educational Services and Schools - Other (B90)

IRS subsection

501(c)(3) Public Charity

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Programs and results

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Our programs

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Scholars Program

High Jump’s tuition-free Scholars Program begins in the 7th grade, where Scholars participate in a two-year academic enrichment program, with six weeks of daily intensive programming in the summer and two Saturdays each month during the school year. Scholars from all over the city attend programs at the Latin School of Chicago, Francis W. Parker School, and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Scholars then participate in similarly scheduled programs the summer before 8th grade and throughout that year.

After completing our two-year program, High Jump Scholars will have engaged in 700 hours of academic enrichment. According to data provided by CPS, two years of High Jump is equivalent to four years of academic growth.

While 41% of all academically strong low-income students and 74% of all academically strong high-income students nationally complete their Bachelor's degree within eight years of high school completion, of High Jump Alumni, 87% graduate from college.

Community Scholars Pilot Program

High Jump’s leadership has sought many ways to expand the program in a cost-effective way and provide access to students who wouldn’t have otherwise enrolled in the program. A series of exploratory meetings with the dean of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy led to the collaborative pilot, Community Scholars, launched in summer 2021. While the Scholars Program takes place at one of our three partner campuses on weekends during the school year, Community Scholars takes place after school in students’ neighborhood schools, improving accessibility to young people across the city and to students and families who might otherwise have scheduling conflicts.

STEM learning is a major component of Community Scholars. Our research, paired with national best practices, has led us to invest in the FUSE curriculum, developed by Northwestern, to deliver high-quality programming that will increase our students’ abilities, interest, and confidence within STEM fields.

Alumni Scholars

High Jump Alumni Scholars (Scholars who have completed the full two-year program) then have the opportunity to participate in continued programming throughout high school, including high school transition support, academic enrichment, social-emotional learning, and college counseling to select a right-fit college and graduate within six years. While High Jump’s program model focuses the majority of the attention on a Scholars’ middle grade years, High Jump creates a supportive community for alumni to keep coming back to long after they graduate from middle school. Annually, we serve over 500 Alumni Scholars.

Population(s) Served

Children and youth

Economically disadvantaged people

Children and youth

Economically disadvantaged people

Children and youth

Economically disadvantaged people

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Goals & Strategy

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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?

High Jump seeks to provide the foundation of academic and life skills that each student needs to be successful in high school, college, and beyond. Our program goals and objectives are:
- To help students gain access to, and prepare for success in, rigorous boarding, parochial, public and independent college preparatory high schools
- To provide an educational setting in which it is safe to be smart and rewarding to work hard
- To introduce students to a diverse cultural environment
- To empower High Jump students and families to successfully exercise high school choice
- To introduce High Jump families to financial aid options and scholarship opportunities

What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?

Rigorous academics, leadership development, powerful networks, and high school choice are the four pillars of High Jump’s program:

- Rigorous Academics: The academic instruction that students receive at High Jump enhances their critical thinking and problem solving skills. Students benefit from small classes of no more than 15 students and take advanced coursework in math, science, humanities, writing, visual and performing arts, social studies, and physical education.

- Leadership Development: High Jump’s instructional approach fosters independence, analytical thinking, self-advocacy, and self-expression through our leadership development course, Learners & Leaders, daily interaction with near-peer role models, and discussions with professionals from a wide range of fields at the program’s annual career day.

- Powerful Peer Networks: The High Jump culture provides students with a powerful peer network that is designed to inspire in its students both a love for learning and the discipline to excel academically. High Jump also hires near-peer teaching assistants who are High Jump alumni and can model what high school and college success looks like.

- High School Selection: During the eighth grade year, students focus on their high school selection process. High Jump provides extensive high school admissions and financial aid counseling for students and their families, in addition to exam prep classes. During our annual High School Fair, students and their parents have an opportunity to meet with representatives from over 35 boarding, parochial, independent, and public college preparatory schools from across the city and country.

What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?

With the capacity to serve 280 students annually, High Jump operates three campuses at the Latin School of Chicago, Francis W. Parker School, and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Students are admitted and begin the summer before their seventh grade years. The program consists of six weeks (8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. days) of daily intensive programming in the summer and two to three Saturdays each month during the school year. This amounts to more than 350 instructional hours annually — or 33% more class time — beyond their regular schooling.

What have they accomplished so far and what's next?

Since High Jump’s inception in 1989, High Jump has graduated 28 cohorts of students, amounting to more than 1500 alumni. 100% of High Jump alumni have gone on to attend rigorous private and public college preparatory high schools — and now more than 98% of High Jump's high school class of 2017 (Cohort 23) attend four-year colleges and universities.

Financials

HIGH JUMP

Fiscal year: Jul 01 - Jun 30

Yes, financials were audited by an independent accountant.

Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

NET GAIN/LOSS: in

Note: When component data are not available, the graph displays the total Revenue and/or Expense values.

Liquidity in 2022

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

50.62

Average of 14.68 over 10 years

Months of cash in 2022

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

5.9

Average of 6 over 10 years

Fringe rate in 2022

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

17%

Average of 18% over 10 years

Funding sources

Source: IRS Form 990

Assets & liabilities

Source: IRS Form 990

Financial data

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

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HIGH JUMP

Revenue & expenses

Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

Fiscal year ending: Download Data

Revenue
Contributions	$662,273
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$7,543
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$669,816

Expenses
Program Services	$481,142
Administration	$43,203
Fundraising	$115,343
Total Expenses	$639,688
Net Gain/Loss	$30,128

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$12,256
Advertising & Promotion	$1,970
Information Technology Expenses	$6,715
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$7,152
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$564,784
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$3,523
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$568,307

Expenses
Program Services	$440,777
Administration	$42,394
Fundraising	$83,594
Total Expenses	$566,765
Net Gain/Loss	$1,542

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$13,265
Advertising & Promotion	$0
Information Technology Expenses	$6,890
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$5,210
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$847,372
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$496
Special Events	($46,522)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$801,346

Expenses
Program Services	$452,380
Administration	$97,295
Fundraising	$88,321
Total Expenses	$637,996
Net Gain/Loss	$163,350

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$11,030
Advertising & Promotion	$1,218
Information Technology Expenses	$8,837
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$6,978
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$1,098,393
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$659
Special Events	($46,191)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$1,052,861

Expenses
Program Services	$545,043
Administration	$88,894
Fundraising	$89,998
Total Expenses	$723,935
Net Gain/Loss	$328,926

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$11,700
Advertising & Promotion	$7,652
Information Technology Expenses	$7,000
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$9,336
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$1,212,031
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$823
Special Events	($53,415)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$1,159,439

Expenses
Program Services	$767,016
Administration	$193,475
Fundraising	$125,407
Total Expenses	$1,085,898
Net Gain/Loss	$73,541

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$13,413
Advertising & Promotion	$18,266
Information Technology Expenses	$5,000
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$7,921
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$1,215,653
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$526
Special Events	($70,686)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$1,145,493

Expenses
Program Services	$967,210
Administration	$129,736
Fundraising	$222,775
Total Expenses	$1,319,721
Net Gain/Loss	($174,228)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$14,000
Advertising & Promotion	$36,992
Information Technology Expenses	$0
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$13,266
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$1,688,366
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$866
Special Events	($114,058)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$1,575,174

Expenses
Program Services	$1,130,398
Administration	$175,468
Fundraising	$293,346
Total Expenses	$1,599,212
Net Gain/Loss	($24,038)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$22,400
Advertising & Promotion	$36,348
Information Technology Expenses	$18,184
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$21,236
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$1,441,385
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$679
Special Events	($56,041)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$1,386,023

Expenses
Program Services	$1,333,636
Administration	$177,341
Fundraising	$426,599
Total Expenses	$1,937,576
Net Gain/Loss	($551,553)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$26,200
Advertising & Promotion	$72,397
Information Technology Expenses	$23,162
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$18,001
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$1,749,213
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$285
Special Events	($71,354)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$1,678,144

Expenses
Program Services	$1,317,384
Administration	$263,776
Fundraising	$525,422
Total Expenses	$2,106,582
Net Gain/Loss	($428,438)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$25,600
Advertising & Promotion	$41,904
Information Technology Expenses	$18,606
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$18,146
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$2,001,254
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$3,603
Special Events	($93,440)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$1,911,417

Expenses
Program Services	$1,225,351
Administration	$151,481
Fundraising	$428,713
Total Expenses	$1,805,545
Net Gain/Loss	$105,872

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$10,500
Advertising & Promotion	$38,210
Information Technology Expenses	$66,619
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$28,908
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$2,417,632
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$1,756
Special Events	($124,133)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$2,295,255

Expenses
Program Services	$1,129,074
Administration	$166,513
Fundraising	$619,144
Total Expenses	$1,914,731
Net Gain/Loss	$380,524

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$19,750
Advertising & Promotion	$39,986
Information Technology Expenses	$18,826
Insurance Expenses	$0
Interest Expenses	$2,000
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$32,803
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$2,646,472
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$1,640
Special Events	($21,511)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$2,626,601

Expenses
Program Services	$1,197,025
Administration	$232,414
Fundraising	$643,032
Total Expenses	$2,072,471
Net Gain/Loss	$554,130

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$19,000
Advertising & Promotion	$37,437
Information Technology Expenses	$20,842
Insurance Expenses	$9,423
Interest Expenses	$750
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$37,270
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$2,233,387
Government Grants	$193,600
Program Services	$0
Investments	$182
Special Events	($48,492)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$2,378,677

Expenses
Program Services	$1,287,036
Administration	$197,912
Fundraising	$700,774
Total Expenses	$2,185,722
Net Gain/Loss	$192,955

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$20,200
Advertising & Promotion	$18,539
Information Technology Expenses	$102,814
Insurance Expenses	$23,813
Interest Expenses	$500
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$57,128
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$2,376,359
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$460
Special Events	($104,586)
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$2,272,233

Expenses
Program Services	$1,642,806
Administration	$160,698
Fundraising	$737,825
Total Expenses	$2,541,329
Net Gain/Loss	($269,096)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$15
Advertising & Promotion	$24,816
Information Technology Expenses	$166,287
Insurance Expenses	$26,906
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$48,472
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

HIGH JUMP

Balance sheet

Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

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Assets	Jul 01, 2008	Jun 30, 2009	Change
Contributions	$662,273
Cash & Equivalents	$533,536	$481,014	($52,522)
Accounts Receivable	$0	$0	$0
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$0	$0	$0
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$278,003	$228,164	($49,839)
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$1,188	$45,756	$44,568
Total Assets	$812,727	$754,934	($57,793)

Liabilities	Jul 01, 2008	Jun 30, 2009	Change
Accounts Payable	$43,322	$19,565	($23,757)
Grants Payable	$0	$0	$0
Deferred Revenue	$8,855	$8,110	($745)
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$6,884	$0	($6,884)
Total Liabilities	$59,061	$27,675	($31,386)

Fund balance	Jul 01, 2008	Jun 30, 2009	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Unrestricted Net Assets	$753,666	$727,259	($26,407)
Net Assets	$753,666	$727,259	($26,407)

Assets	Jul 01, 2009	Jun 30, 2010	Change
Contributions	$564,784
Cash & Equivalents	$481,014	$524,276	$43,262
Accounts Receivable	$0	$4,500	$4,500
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$0	$0	$0
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$228,164	$251,700	$23,536
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$45,756	$6,544	($39,212)
Total Assets	$754,934	$787,020	$32,086

Liabilities	Jul 01, 2009	Jun 30, 2010	Change
Accounts Payable	$19,565	$14,888	($4,677)
Grants Payable	$0	$0	$0
Deferred Revenue	$8,110	$0	($8,110)
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$23,131	$23,131
Total Liabilities	$27,675	$38,019	$10,344

Fund balance	Jul 01, 2009	Jun 30, 2010	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Unrestricted Net Assets	$727,259	$749,001	$21,742
Net Assets	$727,259	$749,001	$21,742

Assets	Jul 01, 2010	Jun 30, 2011	Change
Contributions	$847,372
Cash & Equivalents	$524,276	$565,371	$41,095
Accounts Receivable	$4,500	$44,213	$39,713
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$0	$150,000	$150,000
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$251,700	$353,568	$101,868
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$6,544	$14,334	$7,790
Total Assets	$787,020	$1,127,486	$340,466

Liabilities	Jul 01, 2010	Jun 30, 2011	Change
Accounts Payable	$14,888	$28,338	$13,450
Grants Payable	$0	$0	$0
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$23,131	$9,929	($13,202)
Total Liabilities	$38,019	$38,267	$248

HIGH JUMP

Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitions

Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

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Business model indicators

Profitability	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation	$262,566	$341,144	$27,541	$112,902	-$304,909
As % of expenses	14.5%	17.8%	1.3%	5.2%	-12.0%
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation	$262,566	$341,144	$27,541	$112,902	-$304,909
As % of expenses	14.5%	17.8%	1.3%	5.2%	-12.0%

Revenue composition
Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted)	$1,911,417	$2,295,255	$2,626,601	$2,378,677	$2,272,233
Total revenue, % change over prior year	13.9%	20.1%	14.4%	-9.4%	-4.5%
Program services revenue	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Membership dues	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Investment income	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Government grants	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%
All other grants and contributions	99.8%	99.9%	99.9%	91.9%	100.0%
Other revenue	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Expense composition
Total expenses before depreciation	$1,805,545	$1,914,731	$2,072,471	$2,185,722	$2,541,329
Total expenses, % change over prior year	-14.3%	6.0%	8.2%	5.5%	16.3%
Personnel	69.0%	72.8%	73.1%	79.2%	73.6%
Professional fees	0.7%	1.7%	2.2%	0.9%	2.3%
Occupancy	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Interest	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Pass-through	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
All other expenses	30.3%	25.4%	24.7%	19.9%	24.2%

Full cost components (estimated)	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total expenses (after depreciation)	$1,805,545	$1,914,731	$2,072,471	$2,185,722	$2,541,329
One month of savings	$150,462	$159,561	$172,706	$182,144	$211,777
Debt principal payment	$0	$50,000	$0	$293,600	$0
Fixed asset additions	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total full costs (estimated)	$1,956,007	$2,124,292	$2,245,177	$2,661,466	$2,753,106

Capital structure indicators

Liquidity	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Months of cash	4.4	6.4	8.7	7.4	5.9
Months of cash and investments	4.4	6.4	8.7	7.4	5.9
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets	3.2	5.2	4.9	5.3	3.1

Balance sheet composition	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Cash	$657,932	$1,018,361	$1,496,540	$1,352,373	$1,241,870
Investments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Receivables	$69,640	$81,630	$205,610	$228,923	$108,104
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE)	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Liabilities (as a % of assets)	31.9%	18.5%	18.3%	2.4%	1.7%
Unrestricted net assets	$482,101	$823,245	$850,786	$963,688	$658,779
Temporarily restricted net assets	$62,970	$102,350	N/A	N/A	N/A
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total restricted net assets	$62,970	$102,350	$628,939	$708,992	$744,805
Total net assets	$545,071	$925,595	$1,479,725	$1,672,680	$1,403,584

Key data checks

Key data checks	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Material data errors	No	No	No	No	No

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

Documents

Letter of Determination

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Executive Director

Nate Pietrini

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Nate Pietrini joined High Jump as the Executive Director in 2017. Before joining High Jump, Nathan served as the principal at Hawthorne Scholastic Academy in Lake View where he led the school to improvements in all major data points, and helped reshape the way collaboration and teacher leadership takes place at Hawthorne. Nathan has worked as a teacher and assistant principal in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as well as outside of the district, for 14 years. He first became a teacher because he saw a need for students to have positive and supportive role models. After helping start a new CPS high school in 2007 as a social studies teacher, Nathan began a transition into leadership as he recognized that strong administrators were the most important lever for school improvement.

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Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees

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Compensation

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Board of directors
as of 03/09/2023

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Board chair

Cindy O'Connor

Omid Banuelos

Katie Barber

Marc Cerone

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Sarah Cobb

Sarah Cogswell

Savills Studley

Vincent Cozzi

NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT

Wilkingson Germain

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Arla Gomberg

Shelley Greenwood

The Latin School of Chicago

Cynthia Heusing

Mariana Ingersoll

Erik King

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

Karen Krehbiel

Berger Schatz

John G. Levi

Sidley Austin LLP

Deneese Walia Levin

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Sonya Malunda

Associated Colleges of the Midwest

Nicole Mann

Tom Meyers

Aviva Investors

Dara Milner

Phil Nevels

ComEd

Janet Rauschenberger

Scott Rose

Stephanie Ross

Illness Navigation Resources, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Diane Saltoun

Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Errett Van Nice

UBS Financial Services

Ramon Villalpando

Jenner & Block

Cindy O'Connor

Nick Shields

Office of the President, Cook County

Georgy Ann Peluchiwski

Greenwich Leadership Partners

John Akalaonu

Toast

David Chazen

Chazen Capital Partners

Karen Duncan

Mary Fifield

Brookfield Asset Management

Tim Friedman

Hearcles LLC

Pam Gordon

Lena Jessen

Sophia Ladouceur

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Kim Lynch

West Monroe Partners

Cheryl Rudbeck

Abby Phelps

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Heidi Ortolaza-Alvear

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Anna Meytina-Lurye

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/23/2023

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity

White/Caucasian/European

Gender identity

Male, Not transgender (cisgender)

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Student First. Hands-On. Campus Based.

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Community Scholars Pilot Program

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Financials

Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown

Liquidity in 2022 info

50.62

Months of cash in 2022 info

5.9

Fringe rate in 2022 info

17%

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Operations

Documents

Executive Director

Nate Pietrini

Number of employees

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Compensation data

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Board of directors data

Cindy O'Connor

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