2018 Annual Report

®

Because of YOU...

Including in 2018:

10,200 subscribers to 16 issues of the free, action-oriented

Smart Kids e-newsletter

50 award-winning weekly blog posts

18,000 + Facebook fans

445,900 + website visitors

YOU are EMPOWERING more parents than ever to help their kids succeed!

“No matter what challenges we face,

Smart Kids makes me feel like I have

a whole team on my side”

REVIEW ON GREAT NON-PROFITS WEBSITE

MOBILIZING our community to celebrate these kids’ potential

at the 1st Annual Smart Walk for Smart Kids

“I’m walking to celebrate minds that work differently”

CLAIRE HAFT

Aja Capel, 2018 Fred J. Epstein Youth Achievement Award winner

INSPIRING kids with LD and ADHD to embrace

their challenges

“Take your difference

and run with it!”

“Coming to this program was the best thing I’ve ever done for my kids.

More therapeutic than the thousands of dollars I’ve spent on therapies!”

VICKI B

ORGANIZING youth mentoring programs that encourage young people to become

self-advocates

Youth panelists Sarah D’Alto, Michael Sullivan, and Ashley Raymond discuss how they deal with their struggles in school, to reassure others that

they, too can cope

PRODUCING educationalprograms to help parents

become the advocates their children need

“Smart Kids’ first program in Hartford changed my life. When I meet other moms searching for answers, choking back tears, I am confident Smart Kids can empower

them just as it did me.”

SHANNON RABBETT

Special thanks toBOARD OF DIRECTORSChris Bogart, PhD, PresidentSari CanellJim DalyHeather DennisBeth FeldmanClaire HaftJim KabakowJoan LombardozziMichael MahoneyKathleen O’HareStephanie Victor

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARDJill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD, PresidentSusan Baum, PhDNora Belanger, EsqMichelle Berg, PsyDCandace CortiellaPeg Dawson, EdDMarcia Eckerd, PhDMargie Gillis, EdDJudy Grossman, Dr PH, OTRTom Hehir, EdDShelley Lacey-Castelot, ATACP, MSEllen Littman, PhDAudrey Ludemann, MS EdLisa Rappaport, PhDLydia Soifer, PhDAlan Wachtel, MD

Thanks to everyone for a great year Empowering Parents, Celebrating Kids, Combating Stigma

HOW WE SPENT

YOUR DONATIONS

Programs & services ................. 83.8%

Admin & office .......................... 8.7%

Fundraising ............................... 7.5%

SOURCES OF SUPPORT

Grants ....................................... 33%

Contributions .............................. 13%

Special events ............................ 54%

TOTAL REVENUES . . . . . . . . . . .$216,695

We receive no government funding

YOUR GENEROSITY HAS A VERY

BIG IMPACT!

SAVE THE DATE

September 22, 2019

2nd Annual

Smart Walk for Smart Kids

November 2, 2019

Rising to the Challenge

Fall Conference

Developing pre-literacy skills training for parents and pre-school children in disadvantaged communitiesWorking with Dr. Margie Gillis of Literacy How, and

the Westport Library Children’s Department

“I am beyond excited about this program’s potential to engage parents to help their children get ready to learn to read!”MARY PARMELEE, HEAD, WESTPORT LIBRARY CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT

Laurence W. Levine FoundationAnne Ford FoundationLindamood-Bell Learning CentersFusion Academy Fairfield & GreenwichThe Southfield Center for DevelopmentThe Canell Group at J.P. Morgan SecuritiesAffinion GroupFred J. Epstein Pediatric Care FoundationThe Drescher FoundationWinston Preparatory SchoolThe Southport SchoolEagle Hill SchoolThe Windward SchoolCauseway CollaborativeThe D’Agostino Family Foundation

You can help change a child’s life

by supporting our work

SmartKidswithLD.org

Media HorizonsFairfield County BankGreenwich Education GroupWestport Sunrise RotaryThe Gow SchoolBarger & GainesFreudigman & BillingsPatriot BankSensory KidsThe Starfish FoundationWooster School

And to our more than 75 volunteers in 2018!

Countdown to Kindergarten

Our heartfelt thanks to some of the organizations supporting our work: