2013 ANNUAL REPORT

Building Bridges, Creating ConnectionsTHE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT

A YEAR OF GROWTH AND CHANGE

The Global Village Project had a long list of “firsts” andaccomplishments in FY2013: full accreditation by the GeorgiaAccrediting Commission as a special purpose middle school, first audit, and first three-year strategic plan.

But the most important “first” involved former GVP students:our first alumnae entered college. Rita Sui Par entered GeorgiaPerimeter College in August, 2012 and won the ChemistryAward for best student work in GPC chemistry courses. Nowcompleting her Associates' degree with plans to enter GeorgiaTech next fall, Rita worked over the summer at the AmericanCancer Society.

Rana Alkhshali was admitted to Agnes Scott College, winning a$5,000 DeKalb County Education Scholarship. Rana plans tostudy engineering in Agnes Scott’s five-year joint program withGeorgia Tech. A number of GVP alumnae are now seniors in areahigh schools, working hard with GVP mentors and supporters oncollege entrance exams and applications.

GVP’s first 3-year strategic plan embraced the goals of achievingprogram quality, partnerships and financial sustainability. Even inits first year of implementation, the organization made significantprogress toward these goals, restructuring to create a Head ofSchool position and hiring Amy Pelissero for this position. Amybrings to her leadership position at the Global Village Projectextensive expertise in the field of Language and Literacy, years ofexperience teaching middle school students, and strong ties tothe refugee community.

The GVP board increased in size by 40%, revised and updated itsbylaws and is preparing, with the help of corporate and communitypartners, to create a long-term strategic plan in January of 2014.

of the 22

students who

completed the

GVP academic program in 2012

and 2013 are enrolled in next-

step educational programs:

college, public or private high

schools, private middle schools

or GED programs.

GVP alumnae arenow high school

seniors. 2 GVP alumnae arenow enrolled in college.

91%

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I am excited to build upon the successes of last

year, which included accreditation as a special

purpose middle school through the Georgia

Accrediting Commission and the creation and

adoption of our first Strategic Plan. With these

in place, I aim for intentional innovation in the

coming year.

My goal is for GVP to become an exemplary school

by serving as a space for research and as an

innovative model of education for middle school

refugee English language learners (ELLs) with

limited or interrupted education. In this way, we

can contribute much needed knowledge to this

understudied field while doing our best to meet the

needs of each of our special students. I believe it

should be part of our mission and vision to create

and maintain a high-quality model of education

for our students and for others like them. The

thoughtful and intentional innovation I imagine for

this year will focus on deepening the integration

of literacy across the content areas and the greater

integration of technology and the arts into the

curriculum. All of this will be guided by relevant

and related research.

We, the faculty and staff, are dedicated to our own

learning and development and wish to expand this

learning into the wider community in the coming

year. Embracing the idea that we are all learners, we

will offer more learning opportunities for parents,

teachers, tutors, and volunteers. We intend to serve

as examples for our students, as we encourage

them to see themselves and us as lifelong learners.

In the pages of this report you will see how our

efforts to provide our learners with the education

they need has led them to succeed in high school

and beyond. You will see some of our former

students, now in college, excelling and serving as

role models for the girls at GVP today who follow

in their footsteps. I have high expectations for our

future, our program, our students, and for us as

a community. I want to see more and more of our

students completing high school and entering

college or pursuing the work they desire to do.

Working together, I know that we can support

our students in achieving their dreams and

accomplishing their goals, while re-imagining and

reinforcing our school’s future. I am confident that

together we can create an exemplary school and

provide our students with the excellent education

they need, desire, and deserve.

We could not do this work without our community

of supporters. On behalf of the faculty, staff, and

students, I wish to extend our deep appreciation

and heartfelt gratitude to our Board of Directors,

Advisory Board, volunteers, and community

partners. I want to especially thank the Decatur

Presbyterian Church for their generous donation

of the classroom space that provides a safe and

nurturing learning environment for our students.

Warmly and with gratitude,

Amy E. Pelissero, M. Ed.

DEAR FRIENDS,It is my honor to serve as the new Head of School for the

Global Village Project for the 2013-2014 school year, and

it is my great privilege to be charged with providing our

very special students with the highest quality and most

meaningful learning experience possible.

LEARNING EVERYWHERE, WITHIN GVP AND BEYOND OUR WALLSGVP students went out into the world — and the world came to them! Field trips

included visits to the state capitol, Fernbank Science Center and the Paper

Museum, and GVP hosted visitors and student groups from all over the country:

Bowdoin College, the Yale Women’s Slavic Chorus, Berry College, and more.

0ver a hundred volunteers provided one-on-one tutoring during school day

afternoons, and facilitated enrichment activities after school and during school

holidays as well. For our alumnae, our very special mentors continued to offer

enrichment activities including trips to plays, musical events, college visits — and

provided vital support each week in SAT and other test preparation.

GVP’s 4:00-5:00 in-school enrichment program allowed students to participate in

numerous activities, thanks to the many community members who offered up their

time and talent to make this program possible. Students took part in a Girl Scout

Troop, took dance and art classes, formed a choral ensemble, learned to play musical

instruments — and on and on.

The International Rescue Committee in Atlanta was GVP’s partner for the first time

as we offered an eight-week summer program for our students. This meant more

field-trip opportunities and the chance to make connections and learn with students

within the Clarkston community. The amazing Elaine Crowell spearheaded this

program on behalf of GVP — thank you Elaine!

volunteers participated inGVP’s one-on-one

tutoring program, contributing8,800 hours during the year to help our students get theeducation they need to succeed.

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CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY, FAMILY AND FRIENDS

2013 marks the year of GVP’s first ever Connecting Community

Mother-Daughter Walk. Over 75 students, parents, staff,

volunteers and community members walked the four and a half

miles along the PATH trail from Clarkston to Decatur, honoring the

hard work and accomplishments of the mothers of the Clarkston

community while raising funds for GVP and highlighting the short

distance between these two cities. Parents and students hosted a

potluck lunch after the walk for the staff, who held an Open House

and Application Day for prospective students.

In May GVP held its most successful fundraiser ever — a house

party hosted by volunteer extraordinaire Diana Getz and her

husband Carl Mitchell. The party, which raised almost $30,000 for

GVP, featured singing by GVP Artist in Residence Elise Witt, the

Global Village Project Chorus, and a heartfelt thank you for GVP

support from alumna Rana Alkhshali, now a student at Agnes

Scott College.

GVP’s renowned Authors’ Teas continued, the monthly Friday

events culminating in a very special “Living Wax Museum” Tea in

May. Students, who had been reading and writing about the

world’s most accomplished women, donned costumes and told

stories about their “alter egos” to appreciative attendees.

Assets FY2012 FY2013Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 85,127 $ 1 1 1 ,476Contributions Receivable 668 36,694Prepaid Expenses 3,567 4,397

Total Current Assets 89,362 152,567Property and Equipment, net 5, 1 1 4 3,966

Total Assets $ 94,476 $156,533

Current Liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 5,543 $ 7,412

Total Liabilities 5,543 7,412

Net AssetsUnrestricted 88,933 106,954Temporarily Restricted – 42 ,1 67

Total Net Assets 88,933 149, 1 2 1

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $94,476 $156,533

Revenue and SupportContributions $333, 5 1 1 $ 446,410Interest Income 360 1 9 1Total Revenue and Support 333, 871 446,601

ExpensesProgram Services 243,605 269,070Supporting Services

Management and General 51,798 63,022Fundraising 35,328 54, 32 1

Total Expenses 330,73 1 386,413

Change in Net Assets 3,140 60,188

Net Assets Beginning of Year $85,793 $ 88,933Net Assets End of Year $88,933 $149,1 2 1

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2013

CONTRIBUTION INCOME (excluding non-cash contributions)

Interest

Individual

Foundations

Faith-based & Associations

Restricted

Apogee GA Tax Credit Program

FY2012: Total $236,761

FY2013: Total $349,491

360191

133,530178,345

75,960104,533

16,94212,255

9,96942,167

12,000

BREAKDOWN OFEXPENSES

TOTAL EXPENSES$386,413

PROGRAM SERVICES EXPENSES$269,070

Fundraising: 14%

Program: 70%

Management & General: 16%

Insurance & Other: 3%

Salaries & Benefits: 56%

Classroom: 2%

Occupancy: 25%

Student Services: 14%

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GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Betsy Eggers, ChairCo-Founder, CFO ArchiTech

Pia Ahmad, Vice-ChairNon-profit Consultant

Cheryl Leydon, TreasurerCPA, Deloitte Tax LLP

Maria Souder, SecretaryAttorney, Troutman Sanders LLP

Amy PelisseroHead of School

Linda Asbury WebbTeacher, DeKalb School System

Kris BirknessResearch Microbiologist, CDC

Connie BryansRetired Teacher, GA Public School System

Sam DeSimoneGeneral Counsel, EartLlink

Aaron EdelheitCEO, The American Home

Yuzana KhinFormer Health Liaison Officer, IRC

Debra KlinePresident, Business Wise Inc.

Pete McGuireRetired Assoc. Dean, Georgia Tech

John PrevalCPA, Ernst & Young LLP

Beth VaughanAttorney, Alston & Bird LLP

ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Gwen Benson, Associate Dean of theCollege of Education at Georgia StateUniversity

Sally Dean, Retired Investment Banker;Chair, Board of Trustees Paideia SchoolEndowment Fund

John Walter Drake, Partner, McCurdy &Candler, LLC

Elizabeth Kiss, President, Agnes ScottCollege

Mary Lou McCloskey, PhD, Past Presidentof TESOL; staff development specialist,writer, lecturer

Ron Martin, Community DevelopmentExecutive

JD McCrary, Executive Director,International Rescue Committee – Atlanta

Bill Moon, Retired Principal, InternationalCommunity School

Mark Pope, President, Graphic SolutionsGroup

Reverend Doctor Todd Speed, SeniorPastor, Decatur Presbyterian Church

AUGUST 2012-JULY 2013 DONORS We deeply appreciate the ongoing and generoussupport of the Decatur Presbyterian Church forits donation of space for our school and for thesupport of the following individuals, foundationsand organizations:

$5,000 and upAnonymous FoundationAnonymous IndividualBetsy EggersBryans Family FoundationDebra KlineDecatur Presbyterian ChurchAna KolarThe Sara Giles Moore FoundationStuart and Eulene Murray FoundationLynn and Michael TompkinsWarren and August Hume Foundation

$1,000-4,99930 Point Strategies LLCJanet AbrahamPia AhmadAll Saints’ Episcopal ChurchAlston & Bird LLPAlternate Roots, Inc.Anne BatesKris BirknessPenny ClementsCommunity Foundation of Greater AtlantaDecatur Beer FestivalSusie DeitersDelta Kappa Gamma SocietySam & Liz DeSimoneErnst & YoungGraphic Solutions, Inc.Michele GarrebDiana Getz and Carl Mitchell Gail and Clark GoodwinDavid GouldThe Halpern-Oppenheimer Family

Foundation Inc.George HillegassMarcia KlenbortTamara KoperdaJulia and Adam LevyCheryl LeydonJosephine LindsleyRon MartinMary Lou McCloskeyAnne McDanielMaryann McGuireWilliam Minihan, Jr.Elaine NorthJoanne NurssAlex PearsonGuy and Charlotte PfeifferThe Pitney Bowes Foundation, Inc.Schwab Charitable FundSinsinawa Dominicans, Inc.Cecil SterrodBarbara ThompsonBert ThorntonJane ThropeTroutman Sanders LLPAnne ToppleBeth VaughanThe Virginia and Charles Brewer

Family FoundationMollie WinstonSage Woodroff

$500-999Kathy AnhaltConnie BryansSally DeanRuth DeardenAmy DurrellAnke FischeBill FunkNeil GarvinMarion GodfreyWilliam HayesSusie & Ricky JacobsYuzana KhinMargaret KulykMichelle KupermanCadley LalorScott LeslieAmy McDanielSam and Meera MuppallaNational Philanthropic Trust

Dotsie NelmsPatrick O’NeillDorothy ReevesJohn RiddleStephen RobinsonThe Ruth R. Hoyt-Anne H. Jolley

Foundation, Inc.Maria SouderFentress WaitsMary Wyche Lesesne

$100-499Susan AmslerAnonymousLydia AriasLinda AsburyKathleen Ash GunterKathy AsheCynthia BairdCarol and Woody BartlettRichard BathrickJan BedolJannean BelloCynthia BlakeleyFrazier BlaylockSharon BloomVicki BoltonErin BradenMarti BreenThomas BrillanteDavid BrownJosephine BrownJodi BuckleyChris BurgessCharlotte ByrumPat CanaryPatricia CaraherPierre ChalaronPatti ClausonThe Colleen & Sam Nunn Family FoundationColumbia Theological SeminaryNicole CookSharon Cramer BellElaine CrowellFrances CullenLinda CurryJeanne DaltonLynne DavisBarbara DornbushMaria DrinkardCharles DuffeyPamela DuncanJerome EggersEllen EggersShanila EssaDorothy EvansHarriet FeinbergSarah FergusonKatherine Foy HuamaniLouise FranklinMichael FriedlanderJohn FrielMark GamsThe Gause FoundationJacquelyn GoodmanMargaret GunnKelley GunterNina HafitzNancy HamiltonKenneth HaneyDeborah HarrellMelinda HolladayKathryn HonderdLeah HortonChristopher HuttmanLisbeth HydrickElaine and John JamisonCaline JarudiTracie JohnsonLinda KaneSuzan KenworthtyMary KnechtleJanet KotlerPeter KowalskiDouglas KupermanSuzette LaRocheNolan LeakeDoris LeeKatherine LeedsKathryn LeganKent LoganKham LongstaffMargaret Lumford

Rosalind ManceThe Mark C. Pope III FoundationLauri MarkowitzDeborah MarloweJ. Gavin McDonaldSean McGeeRosemary McGeeDian McKelveyKatherine McKinneyKevin McMahonJulia McMichaelJane and Alan McNabbPatrick McNarnyJerri MeisnerMark MilesJacqueline MillerRobert W. MillerSimon MillerMelissa MinihanCharlotte MontagueCliff MooreJames MorawetzValerie MorvanCarol NapierEllen NashSarah O’LearyYamuna PanchapakesanWila Paton-SmithRobin PattonNan PendergrastScott PendergrastSusan PetersonMarkus Porket Ellen PorterPatrick PowersJulia PutnamKate RamseyEdith ReedThomas RemingtonAnn RhodesRonald RichardMargaret RightmyerScott RileyPatricia RobinsonRana RochatJudith RohrerDavid RootLynne RosnerNancy Roth-RemingtonLeanne RubensteinRita RudzinskiPlamen RussevLauren SaddMona SaraiyaKaren SchaeferKate SchrumNatalie SchulhoferWard SeymourBarbara ShermanSherwood Chiropractic CenterLinda ShimizuLucia SizemoreLinda SmileyHilary SmileyJean SmithSogi SoderAnne-Marie SparrowChristina StaufferSusan SteinRebecca StubbsCheryl SullivanDennis SummersElvira TateLynda TatumAnne TeddlieCarolyn ThrowerWilliam TurnipseedCheryl WadeLauren WaitsSuzanne WakefieldAndrew WellsDewitt WhitakerAnn WhitleySusan Williams-RogersJanice WilmotMary WilsonPenny WolkAnn WoodallPamela WuichetEllen YatesSusan YoungWe apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions of donor names on this page.

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Now in its fifth year serving teenage refugee girls in the Atlanta area, the Global Village Project is accredited by

the Georgia Accrediting Commission as a Special Purpose School teaching grades 6-8. The school offers a full

day of instruction including an intensive literacy program, art and music instruction, transportation, lunch and

an after-school enrichment program to 32 students from eight countries. The Global Village Project serves 31

additional students through its mentor program, with the goal of ensuring educational success and offering

further enrichment activities to students as they continue along their educational pathways.

The Global Village Project extends its deepest appreciation for all of you who have helped our organization with

your support in 2013. Our successes reflect the strength of our community.

A special thanks to Claire Newbury and the Graphic Solutions Group for the design and printing of GVP's annual report.