I N S T I T U T E F O R H U M A N E E D U C A T I O N / A N N U A L R E P O R T / 2 0 1 3

THE MISSION OF IHE IS TO

C R E AT E a more just, humane and sustainable world

T H R O U G H E D U C A T I O N

On Sept. 21, 2013, I stood in front of a room packed with 450 people at our Educating for a Just, Peaceful & Sustainable Future conference in New York City, and I expressed something I’d never said before: humane education has reached a tipping point. Perhaps it was because our conference, created through a collaboration with Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots and HEART, drew a sold-out crowd. Perhaps it was because our hundreds of M.Ed. and M.A. graduates, our thousands of online course participants, our tens of thousands of resource downloads, and the likely millions of youth reached through all these means are proving the power of education to create solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Perhaps it was because I knew we had such exciting projects in the works.

In addition to our successful conference, 2013 delivered many moments when I glimpsed a profound shift toward wider adoption of humane education in classrooms, communities and homes around the world. I saw it when I gave a keynote speech to an amazing group of international educators at the EARCOS conference in Shanghai; when IHE’s first Ph.D. candidate enrolled in the new doctoral program we established with Saybrook University; when the first high

school Solutionary Teams, organized in Utah, presented their thoughtful, innovative answers to global problems; and as IHE students and alumni launched countless projects to make humane education effective common practice.

There is so much more to come. In 2014, we are planning the opening (in 2015) of the first humane education Solutionary School in New York City, a pre-K through 12 school where young people will learn how to solve the world’s greatest challenges in an educational environment that supports, nurtures

and advances their creativity, critical thinking capacities and collaborative skills. We’ll also be holding a Solutionary Congress with dozens of high school teams presenting their problem-solving ideas. And we’ll

be producing many more free resources, offering a new online course and creating a humane education e-book—all to support educators and citizens around the world who want to make a difference.

As I stood at that conference podium in New York City, I experienced an unexpected flood of emotions. In fact, there were few dry eyes in the auditorium, but not because attendees were sad. They were crying because they were inspired and full of joy. They saw that change really is possible, and that they are part of a movement. That move-ment, made possible by our generous, visionary donors, offers meaningful hope—along with practical and viable methods—to educate people to be the wise, dedicated, conscientious choicemakers and changemakers the world so

desperately needs. Thank you for paving the way.

A M E S S A G E F R O M / I H E P R E S I D E N T Z O E W E I L

PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE I KNEW WE HAD SUCH

exciting projects in the works.

I H E B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

Zoe Weil President

Barbara Fiore Board Chair

Tony ScucciVice Chair

Elizabeth Crawford Secretary

Neil Hornish Treasurer

Mary Lee Duff

Mark Heimann

Laurie O’Reilly

Caitlin Sorge

Shawn Sweeney

D O N O R S

S O L U T I O N A R Y ( $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 + A B O V E )

AnonymousA Kinder World

V I S I O N A R Y

( $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 )Ian Ross

I N V E N T O R( $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 )

Edwin Barkdoll and Zoe Weil

I H E A S / I N F L U E N C E R / 2 0 1 3

41,000 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HEARD ZOE WEIL SPEAK OR TEACH IN 2013*

Number of views, as of Dec. 31, 2013, of Zoe Weil’s TEDx talks: “The World Becomes What You Teach,” “How to Be a Solutionary”,

“Solutionaries” and “Educating for Freedom”

MORE THAN

Number of attendees at the sold-out Educating for a Just, Peaceful & Sustainable Future humane education conference in New York City

41,000 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HEARD ZOE WEIL SPEAK OR TEACH IN 2013*

(*radio and Web li steners excluded)

Brad Goldberg

Elmina B. Sewall Foundation

The Walt Disney Company Foundation

(employee match)

I N I T I A T O R( $ 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 )

Robin Kiam AvivPeggy Weil

The Bay and Paul Foundations

Dorothy-Ann FoundationNew Visions Foundation

F U T U R I S T( $ 2 , 5 0 0 – $ 5 , 0 0 0 )

Margot Bradley and Francie Rubin

Alan and Jacqueline Stuart

T H I N K E R( $ 1 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 , 5 0 0 )

AnonymousAnonymous

Mary Lee DuffRosina Feldman

Barbara Fiore and Anders LarsonNancy Gordon and Paul Swedenburg

The Harvey L. Miller Family Foundation

I H E A S / I N F L U E N C E R / 2 0 1 3

282,544 N U M B E R O F V I S I T S T O I H E ’ S W E B S I T E

M O R E T H A N 6 0 0 0 % Percent increase in Facebook fan s and Tw itter fol lowers able to rece ive

IHE ne ws through IHE aff i l iate par tnerships

(as of december 31,2013)

6 , 0 5 5 Number of

Facebook fan s

6 , 5 1 8 Number of subscr ibers to HumaneE dge, IHE’s

e-ne wsletter

2 , 4 8 8 Number of

Tw itter fol lowers

“i am grateful to HAVE LEARNED FROM

VISIONARIES WHO SET THE STANDARD HIGHER FOR

what humanity can accomplish through education.”

— K A T E M O O R E , M . E D . G R A D U A T E

Mark and Lara HeimannGerry Hodes

Neil and Annie HornishSteve Kaufman

Tory and Elena KiamLaurie O’ReillyStephen OwensPeggy Palmer

Tony Scucci and Lorrie FerrariMaine Community

Foundation

S U P P O R T E RSara and John Aierstuck

AnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymous

Heidi AschnerHarriett AxlerSteve Barr and

Heather SchoolerForest Barkdoll-Weil

Carol and Ted BarnettPat Beck

Malika BenabdelaliMeg Berlin

Roberta Boyden, DVMTerry BrodskyAndrew Bryan

Jennifer Bundy and Marilyn Gregory

I H E A S / I N F L U E N C E R / 2 0 1 3

C O - F O U N D E R A N D P R E S I D E N T Z O E W E I L M A D E 3 0 P U B L I C A P P E A R A N C E S I N 7 S T A T E S A N D 3 C O U N T R I E S ,

I N C L U D I N G 1 3 K E Y N O T E A N D O T H E R T A L K S , 8 W O R K S H O P S , A N D 9 I N T E R V I E W S W I T H O N L I N E M E D I A .

valparaiso, indiana

watkins glen,new york

ellsworth, maine

pensacola,florida

brunswick,maine

hamden,connecticut

evanston,illinois

bar harbor,maine

new yorkcity

sydney,australia

beijing,china

flint,michigan

princeton,new jersey

royal oak,michigan

Julia Caruk

Jane Ciarlone

Bart Clayton and Marta Rieman

Sally Clinton and Gene Mirolli

Andrea CohenAnne Culbertson

Callie and Randy CurtisManjula, Fakirchand and

Saurabh DalalAllen and Lynn Dennenberg

Linda DeStefanoPat Ehlinger

Lauren FasoloCatherine FaverShannon Finch

Bernie Fischlowitz-RobertsJudith Fish

Margery ForbesSherry Fournier

Benjamin FoxBruce Friedrich

M. Beth Geagan and Becky Morgan

Sheila GeogheganShannara Gillman

Starr GilmartinBenjamin and Debra

GittermanEva Goetz

(to honor Sarah Speare)Gigi Goldman

I H E A S / E D U C A T O R / 2 0 1 3

50 NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN MAINE’S

HANCOCK COUNTY WHO, WITH

FREE IHE TRAINING, WILL APPLY

HUMANE EDUCATION TO SERVE

COMMUNITY NEEDS

34 NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM 4 HIGH

SCHOOLS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE

FIRST SOLUTIONARY CONGRESS IN

UTAH, PROPOSING SOLUTIONS TO

ILLNESS, OVERPOPULATION, ECONOMIC

INEQUITY AND MORE

25 NUMBER OF GRANTS, TOTALING

$ 25,000 , AWARDED TO

HUMANE EDUCATORS, INCLUDING

20 EDUCATION PROJECT GRANTS

WITH THE POLLINATION PROJECT

100 PERCENTAGE OF 2013 SUMMER

RESIDENCY STUDENTS WHO

HAVE A ROLE IN IHE’S NEW

SOLUTIONARY SCHOOLS

“so many of us long TO BE A PART OF CREATING

A BETTER WORLD, BUT WE DON’T KNOW HOW;

ihe showed me that each of us has a unique set of skills and talents to share with the world.”

— H O L L Y C L A R K , M . E D . G R A D U A T E

Diane GonzalezEva Grunspan

Jess GuginoCharles and Nancy Hatfield

Paul Hammes and Audrey Kass

Donna Hegyi-GioiaFred and Prudy Heilner

Sonia Herzenberg Kleinman and Paul Kleinman

Alison HildrethBetsey Holtzmann

Atsuko IshikuraCindy JonesRikki Juès

Liliane and Doug KellR. Knight

Carri LangeKaren LaskiJudi LindseySusan Linker

Judson and Cynthia LinvilleMia MacDonald and

Martin RoweSherrie Mancera

Paula ManorCarl Mariani

Suzanne Pickett MartinsonCherie and Kenneth Mason

Joan MayerDonnamarie Mazzola and Lori Blomstrom

I H E A S / T R A I N E R / 2 0 1 3

507580

150296

N U M B E R O F S T U D E N T S I N I H E ’ S M . E D. , M . A . , G RA D U AT E C E R T I F I C AT E A N D P H . D. P R O G RA M S

N E W R E S O U R C E S A D D E D T O T H E R E S O U R C E C E N T E R , I N C L U D I N G 19 N E W A C T I V I T I E S

N U M B E R O F S T U D E N T S F R O M 11 C O U N T R I E S W H O PA R T I C I PAT E D I N 6 O N L I N E C O U R S E S

N U M B E R O F R E S O U R C E C E N T E R A C T I V I T I E S M AT C H E D T O C O M M O N C O R E S TA N D A R D S

N U M B E R O F R E Q U I R E D A N D R E C O M M E N D E D B O O K S , A R T I C L E S A N D F I L M S R E A D A N D V I E W E D B Y I H E G RA D U AT E S T U D E N T S

I H E A S / T R A I N E R / 2 0 1 3

Australia / Belgium / Canada

Dominica / England / HongKong

India / Luxembourg / SouthAfrica

Spain / Thailand

graduate students

and online course

participants

came from

Billy MeadeNancy MellonStacia Mesleh

Andrea MetzgerJennifer Meyer

Margaret MorinAmy Morley

Ganshet and Andrea Nandoskar

Virginia W. NewmyerRosalie Paul

Mary and William PhillipsBob and Annie PooleSheryl Rapee-Adams

Drs. Esther and Charles RauchJames Roberts

Ron and Jeanne RussellGay and Burton Sachs

Jane SanfordSocorro and Richard

SargentRob Shetterly

Eve and Carmen SicurellaKumara Sidhartha

Bryce and Janet SmithBernadette Sonefeld

Sarah SpeareNan Starr

Joanne and Carsten SteenbergAl Stein

Sherry Streeter and Jon Wilson

“as a result of this course, I HAVE DISCOVERED NEW RESOURCES BOTH INSIDE

AND OUTSIDE MYSELF that i think will prove life-changing.”

— B O B N I C H O L S , T E A C H E R A N D O N L I N E C O U R S E P A R T I C I P A N T

Steve Stroiman and Lucille Schoenfeld-Stroiman

Shawn SweeneyRobert Tintle and

Rosemary Moor Tintle Susan and Bob Tofel

Phoebe TuftsJacqueline “Jinx” Vidrine

Sarah WalchEsther WalkerRobin Watts

Ariane WhiteSteve WhitmanSandra Winter

Roberta YoumansAnimal Alliance

Bar Harbor Bank & TrustCenter for Spiritual Living

Maine Animal CoalitionTwo Trick Pony

This list is based on data that was transferred from a database. If you made a donation in 2013 and do not see your

name, please let us know! We apologize in advance for any omission.

thank you

I H E A S / I N V E S T M E N T / 2 0 1 3

48% INCREASE IN GRANT FUNDING

TO IHE (OVER 2012)

20% INCREASE IN REVENUES

(OVER 2012)

14% grants/foundations

36% programs

50% individual donors

REVENUES$418,430

14% adminstrative

86% programs

EXPENSES $319,736

IHE STAFFZ O E W E I L

C O - F O U N D E R / P R E S I D E N T

S A R A H S P E A R EE X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R

M A R Y P A T C H A M P E A UD I R E C T O R O F E D U C A T I O N

F A C U L T Y , I N S T I T U T E F O R H U M A N E E D U C A T I O N / V A L P A R A I S O U N I V E R S I T Y

K I M C H I L D SS P E C I A L P R O J E C T S C O O R D I N A T O R

M E L I S S A F E L D M A NA D J U N C T F A C U L T Y , I N S T I T U T E F O R H U M A N E E D U C A T I O N /

V A L P A R A I S O U N I V E R S I T Y

K A R E N M . J O N E SD I R E C T O R O F M A R K E T I N G & C O M M U N I C A T I O N S

E M M A M A T H I SO P E R A T I O N S M A N A G E R

M A R S H A R A K E S T R A WD I R E C T O R O F O N L I N E C O U R S E S & E D U C A T I O N R E S O U R C E S

O N L I N E C O U R S E F A C U L T Y

L Y N N E W E S T M O R E L A N DO N L I N E C O U R S E F A C U L T Y

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