2014-2015
Annual Report
“Out” with the old, in with the “new”?
I vividly remember walking into the
teen center twelve years ago as an
intern and being impressed with the
makeshift wall dividers made from
old doors, the painted jeans hanging
from the ceiling, teens playing their
guitars on a pink couch, and my first
project — offering guidance for a
dance marathon.
Fast forward twelve years, and you’ll
see that I’ve signed on to do a whole
lot more. I am very grateful for the
opportunity to serve as the Executive
Director of the Neutral Zone.
(not really new)
Lori, our long-beloved newly
promoted Executive Director
Today, the Neutral Zone is a thriving arts and leadership organization. Our teens
create new initiatives, facilitate programs, and provide leadership at the highest
level of the organization. Our staff is highly trained to offer quality programs that
emphasize creativity, entrepreneurship, and community well-being. In addition,
our Board of Directors and volunteers from the broader community bring
commitment, expertise, and resources necessary for our long-term sustainability.
This past year, Neutral Zone has offered impressive programs for 471 youth
with over 16,000 teen visits to NZ. We have also increased our outreach to
offer school-based programming for another 500 students through a Writer in
Residence Program, an initiative to build diversity councils and support Gay
Straight Alliances across Washtenaw County, and connecting to the Rising
Scholars Program in the Ann Arbor Public Schools.
Neutral Zone’s new consulting arm, Youth-Driven Spaces, ensures that we are
continuously thinking of how our practice reflects our youth-driven mission and
engages our teens and programs with youth across the state of Michigan.
Looking ahead, we know that there will be many more teens in need of what the
Neutral Zone offers. Our Board of Directors has now challenged us to raise a
three month operating reserve to ensure that we always have the necessary funds
available to support more teens, and can cover the many ordinary expenses such
as keeping the lights on, while retaining quality staff to work with the teens. We
have turned this challenge into the Endless Zone Campaign to raise $200,000.
Many have already donated generously and we hope that more stakeholders of
the NZ will choose to support the initiative.
I deeply appreciate the many contributions including ideas, talent, expertise,
and funds, that many of you have contributed to ensure that the Neutral Zone
continues to positively impact the lives of youth.
With appreciation,
(not really out)
John, our beloved former
Exectutive Director
It’s been an incredible year for Neutral
Zone! I am honored to have served as
Executive Director for over nine years
and am excited to be in my new role as
Director of Strategic Initiatives. My good
friend and colleague, Lori Roddy, assumed
the role of Executive Director midyear, and
brought new energy, ideas and continued
passion which will take our organization to
new heights.
Simultaneously, I was provided the
tremendous opportunity to help spread
Neutral Zone’s ‘youth driven’ approach to
after-school and high school settings that
serve teens.
We have developed something very special
in Ann Arbor, and an abundance of places
from around Michigan (and beyond!) are
eager to learn from us. Not only are we
helping other places empower and develop
youth as we have, it’s also been a great
professional development opportunity for
our staff and teens to be able to train and
coach others.
I look forward to continuing to play
an integral role at Neutral Zone, while
supporting other organizations to
strengthen their missions through
involving youth in deep and meaningful
ways as we do at Neutral Zone.
THANKS TO YOU,
A LOT OF GOOD
HAPPENS IN
ONE NEUTRAL
ZONE YEAR
Teens Know the S.C.O.R.E.
Neutral Zone’s education programs are targeted to get
teens the support they need for college and career
success. Drop-in homework help with free tutoring, and
college and career preparation are delivered through
S.C.O.R.E. (School and Career Opportunities aRe
Endless).
Through this program, 15 teens who are identified as
high-potential but high-risk students serve as paid
S.C.O.R.E. interns for the school year. These teens assist
with Neutral Zone programs and activities, work with
individual mentors, and meet weekly for leadership and
professional skills training.
In March, our S.C.O.R.E interns planned and hosted
an event that brought together students from the Rising
Scholars programs at three Ann Arbor high schools.
This second annual event gathered 80 teens for
workshops to prepare them for the college and job
application process. Presenters included Princeton
Review, MSU, and Michigan Works.
A few weeks later, Neutral Zone followed up by hosting
a job fair where teens could interview and apply for jobs
with local employers including Lucky’s Market,
Washtenaw County Parks & Rec, and El Harissa.
Artist Captured Live (and Released)
How many teens can say they produced and distributed
a live recording of an up-and-coming artist? Neutral
Zone’s Youth Owned Records (YOR) teens can. After
signing talented teen singer-songwriter Katherine
Hepburn to the YOR label, the group began recording
in the Orpheum, NZ’s studio.
But as work progressed, they felt something was
missing—they just weren’t getting the sound they
wanted. YOR teens decided to host a live performance
and arranged to record it at the Kerrytown Concert
House. The live recording did the trick and CD
pre-sales at the performance fully funded the
production and recording costs up front.
You can buy Katherine’s
debut CD “Over Easy” on
NZ’s merchandise website:
shopneutralzone.com
Exile on Washington Street
Neutral Zone was thrilled to take on the 33rd annual
Potential Art Exhibit to showcase the work of
Washtenaw County high school artists. A group of teen
curators came together at the NZ to plan, promote,
install and work the show which they named “Potential
in Exile.”
The week-long exhibit opened with a reception and
awards ceremony on April 24th — attended by a crowd
of around 250 teens, parents and community members.
More than 300 pieces of art were submitted for the
show from 12 area high schools.
The 60 pieces selected for the exhibit featured diverse
representation of media including drawing, painting,
jewelry, ceramics, printmaking, photography and mixed
media.
Ivan Soucy, a Visual Arts Council facilitator and teen
leader for the Potential Art Show, took the show’s
“In Exile” theme to a whole new level. He created an
installation piece for the show; an experiential room
that incorporated sound, illustration and video.
Got Game?
Comics and video games were the focus of “From the
Ground Up” NZ’s first design studio workshop. Teen
participants were able to create and bring their own
characters to life in a video game of their own design.
Outstanding community partners helped make the
program possible. Renowned comic book artist Jerzy
Drozd guided teens through the character development
process and Community Television Network’s (CTN)
video technology brought them to life. GameStart
School was on hand to teach participants the art and
science of video game development, and the Ann Arbor
District Library provided gaming opportunities after
the workshop. More than 60 students from five area
high schools attended the event which was generously
supported by Toyota and Calty Design Research.
Not So Quiet, Riot
Riot Youth, Neutral Zone's program for LGBTQ
youth, launched a student-driven, participatory research
project this year. After surveying more than 2,000 area
teens on school safety climate for students who identify
as LGBTQ, Riot Youth teens looked for a creative
way to share the results and their recommendations.
With funding through the Ann Arbor Public Schools
Foundation, they initiated a digital storytelling project
to record and share the experiences of LGBTQ youth.
In March, they hosted a day-long digital storytelling
workshop and teacher training. Over 30 students
from four area high schools across the county attended.
In partnership with Community Television Network
(CTN), the Riot Youth teens collected stories from
students about their own experiences in their schools.
Currently, Riot Youth teens are working to develop a
curriculum to present to their peers at local schools. The
goal of the presentations is to create awareness, increase
understanding, and to motivate teens to make their
schools safer and more inclusive of all students.
We own the Zone.
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18%
As of December 2014, Neutral Zone owns the building. The land,
structure, and equipment have a book value of $2.999 million and we owe $0.
Neutral Zone ended the year cash positive
non-cash expense of our building depreciation.
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Your dollars do great
work at Neutral Zone
every day.
REVENUE:
$812,554
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9%
| 2014: $138,882
Neutral Zone puts on several fundraising events per year. Every event we put on is infused with
teen spirit and talent. Neutral Zone events are another opportunity to put teens front and
center, where they belong, and allow the larger community to appreciate them.
Earned Revenue: $146,881 | 2014: $131,962
We earn revenue from several sources:
• Youth Driven Spaces coaching and consulting (sharing information about NZ’s successes
with other organizations who want to implement our model)
• Program fees
• Sales of merchandise produced through our programs
• Concert admissions
• Renting our space when we're not using it
G r a n ts
me
Special Events: $110,688
2014: $392,588
Multi-year grants keep our cash flow consistent. Lots of grants lets donors know the NZ
deserves their resources, just as it has already earned so much support from professional funders.
60%
Develop
Individual Contributions: $62,722 | 2014: $107,881
Few things signal the health of NZ more than individual donors selecting us as one of their
philanthropic beneficiaries. We ask you for money, we tell you what it’s for, and you respond
with generosity that astounds us. Thank you so much.
Grants: $492,263 |
2014: $778,774
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14%
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2015
Total Audited Operating
at $30,046 after taking out the
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16%
2015
Total Audited Operating
EXPENSES:
$881,230
2014: $851,101
75%
Management/General: $77,471 |
2014: $80,821
Someone’s gotta run the place and make sure that we comply with the regulations that come
with our non-profit status. These costs include audits and other outside professional services.
Development: $142,873 |
2014: $155,481
Building and sustaining treasured relationships with supporters takes time and money (as it does
for every non-profit). Common expenses include mailings, thank yous, events and hospitality.
Programs: $660,886 |
2014: $615,599
Our pride and joy — helping teens improve their lives is why we’re all involved with NZ.
Program expenses range from hiring the right staff, to putting on concerts and poetry slams, to
simply keeping the lights on at 310 E. Washington St.
This figure includes building depreciation: $98,722.
Pro gra m s
Decrease in net assets: $68,676
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted operating
$3,052,310
Unrestricted Board designated
$23,603
Temporarily restricted
$71,941
Permanently restricted
$25,700
ASSETS
FINANCIAL HEALTH
BALANCE SHEET SUMMARY
Cash & cash equivalents
$82,676
Property & equipment
$2,999,064
Other current assets
$177,667
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
$11,413
Accrued expenses &
deferred revenue: $74,440
For a copy of Neutral Zone’s full 2014-215 annual report or a complete copy
of our audited financial statement, visit our website, www.neutral-zone.org, or call the office, (734) 214-9995.
Dear Donors,
You probably already know that Neutral Zone counts on you
and your support. Your generous donations help us run
special programs, pay for new initiatives, keep the lights and
heat on in our building.
Business,
Organization and
Foundation Donors
and Partners
A2 Ethics
A2 Geeks
A2 Leap
Ace Barnes Hardware
Alley Bar
Ann Arbor Area
Community Foundation
Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Ann Arbor Jaycees
Ann Arbor Nursery Inc.
Ann Arbor Open
Coordinating Council
Ann Arbor Public Schools
Ann Arbor Public Schools
Educational Foundation
Ann Arbor State Bank
Answers Corporation
Arbor Hospice
Arbor Research Collaborative
for Health
The Ark
Babs’ Underground Lounge
The Bank of America
Charitable Foundation
Bank of Ann Arbor
Barry’s Bagels
Bearclaw Mobile Catering
Benton Harbor High School
Big George’s
Blind Pig
Bone Head’s BBQ
Book Bug Kalamazoo
The Bouma Group Realtors
Brighton Retail
BTB
BTB Cantina
Busch’s
Cabrio Capital, L.L.C.
Care One, Inc.
Carol Roeda Studios
Catapult Reservatory
Ceiling Solutions LLC
Chippewa Valley Schools
Clintondale Community Schools
Comerica Bank
Commit Media LLC
CommonAction Consulting
Community Foundation for
Southeastern Michigan
Community Music School
CU Solutions Group
Cucina Moda
Cunningham Vision Center
Dan Cameron Family Foundation
Dayton Foundation Depository, Inc.
Denison Consulting
Dexter Community Schools
Dogma Catmantoo
Dorrell Farms Foundation
Driven Technology
DTE Energy Foundation
Duo Security
Eastern Michigan University
Edward F. Redies Foundation
El Harissa Market Café
The ELMA Music Foundation
Emerson School
Fidelity Charitable
First Giving
First Martin Corporation
Fitzgerald Public Schools
Fortunatus Investments, LLC
Garris, Garris, Garris & Garris, P.C.
Glacier Hills, Inc.
Good Time Charley’s
Google Headquarters
Graduate Employees’ Organization
The Grange
Gratzi
Hagopian
Harper Woods High School
Heavenly Metal
Heffelfinger Productions
Helen Kay Charitable Trust
Heys Dental
Hiller’s Market
Honigman Miller Schwartz
& Cohn LLP
Huron Valley Financial
Hylant Group, Inc.
Insurance One Agency
The J.F. Ervin Foundation
J. Ferrantino Charitable Foundation
James A. & Faith Knight Foundation
Jason Taylor Foundation
JustGive.org
Julius & Eleanor Kass
Family Foundation
Kent District Library
Keybank Foundation
Kinsler Building Co.
Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor
Knight’s Steak House
Kroger Company Foundation
LaChance Management Co.
Lansing School District
The Last Word
LaVision
Law Office of Jinan M Hamood
Leelanau School
Lewis Jewlers
A Life Well Made
Main Street Homes Partnership
Marion Public Schools
Masco Corporation
Mathematica Policy Research
Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation
MB Financial Bank
McGregor Fund
Menlo Innovations
Beacuse of you, we never have to turn a teen away because of
financial issues. Your donations help build the kind of
citizens you’ll be proud of when they’re running the world of
the future. Thank you very much!
Teen board members sport the latest NZ merchandise.
Merck Foundation
Merrill Lynch
Merton & Regina Allen Memorial
Michigan State University
Michigan Tax & Business Services Inc
Miller’s Landscaping
Morgan & York
Moveable Feast
MRE Investments
Mukti Fund
New Foundry
New Haven Community Schools
Nicola’s Books
Palio
Peoples’ Food Co-Op
Planned Parenthood Affiliates
of Michigan
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Plum Market Corp
Pontiac Academy for Excellence
Real Seafood Company
RNR Foundation
Roos Roast
S.I. Company, LLC
Saica Restaurant
Salon XL Color & Design Group, LLC
Schaden Family Foundation
Schriber Family Foundation
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Seva Restaurant
Slurping Turtle
The Songbird Café
Spencer Foundation
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan
Sweet Gem Confections
Teahaus
Terry B’s
The Theater Offensive Inc
TIFF Charitable Foundation
TKS Payroll, LLC
Top of the Lamp
Toyota Technical Center
Trillium
Trinity Health
Truist
Two Seven Oh, Inc.
UM Credit Union
United Way of Washtenaw County
University Musical Society
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Office of
Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs
Village Pharmacy II
Washtenaw Community College
Washtenaw Int. School District
Westwood Community School District
William Molnar Roofing Co., Inc.
The Wireless Zone Foundation
for Giving
Youth Speaks, Inc.
Ypsilanti Community Schools
Individual & Family
Donors
James & Jamie Abelson
Jeff Abrams
Kristine Adame
Daniel Adams
Kenneth & Carol Adams
Isaac Adediran
Rob & Patty Aldrich
Catherine Alfaro & Robert Kimberly
Alec & Judy Allen
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Shelly Kovacs Berman
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Ken & Sarah Christensen
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Michael & Marie Cole
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Jason DeRuyver
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Christopher Ferrell & Jason Skiba
Elizabeth Fiore
Ken & Penny Fischer
Tracy Fischer
Marty Fischhoff
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Ray & Pat Fitzgerald
Beth & Joseph Fitzsimmons
Wendy Flanigan & Daniel Cooney
Gordon & Beverly Flynn
Neutral Zone Alumni Donors
Ben Alfaro
Melika Belhaj
Ashley Burnside
Arhm Choi
Carlina Duan
Matthew Epperson
Katherine Ford
Jacob Gabriel
Amanda Heckenkamp
Hailey Huget
Toniesha Jones
Kelly Kreger
Alex Kulick
Ben Lawton
Gahl Liberzon
Alex Perlman
Alia Persico-Shammas
Leon Pescador
Molly Raynor
Anna Rosenfeld
Jase Schwartz
Jake Scobey-Thal
Bennett Stein
Leya Strode
Emma Tolman
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Miel Fredes-Aliste
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Charles Jason Frenzel
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Francelle Fulton
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Bethany Gatto
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John German & Colette Kenville
The Geva Household
Khurshid Ghani & Muna Hamza
David & Maureen Ginsburg
William Glover
Clement Goebel & Linda Irvin
Poet Sam Kass electrifies the audience at the Slam finals.
Katherine Gold
John & Elizabeth Goodman
Stephanie Gooel & Libby Ashton
Glenda Gordon
Cozette Grabb
Matthew Graff
Judith Lempert Green, Ph.D.
Dr. Robert Green
Robert Green
Richard & Linda Greene
Jessica Greenfield
Crystal Griffin
Martha & William Grimes
Edward & Lynn Grimley
Michael Grofsorean
Beth Grzelak-Lee
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Jim Gurney
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Judith Halloran
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Cherie Haney
Elizabeth Hansson
Martin & Connie Harris
Sophia Harrison-Wong
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Julia Hathaway
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Bridget Healy
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Krysia Hepatica
Colleen Hepburn
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Kim Hill & Katherine Hitchcock
Brandon Ho
Ann Hollenbeck
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Pamela J. Horiszny
Mariana Hristeva & Mihail Mihaylov
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Tom & Ann Hunt
Alexander Hurd
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Daniel Ignacio
Bill & Leslie Ingersoll
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Sarah Innes & Tim Lock
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Aleia Jackson
Terrence Jackson & Marni Hochman
Matthew Jane & Lauren Gold
Michele Jarvis
Ray Jewell
Vivian Jiang & John Pui
Charnkij Jittacotra
Marty Johnson
Yma Johnson
Brianne Johnson
Chad Johnson
Jane Johnson
Janet Johnson & Judith Levy
Joseph Johnson
C. Jones
Connie Jones & Eva Olson
Paul Jordan
Zilka Joseph
Allan & Erica Joslin
Peter Kahn
Sumi Kailasapathy & Giri Jogaratnam
Richard & Pamela Kangas
Deborah Kanter
Denise & Perry Kantner
John Kao
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Damena Karoly
Steve & Joan Kass
Jeff Kass & Karen Smyte
Daniel & Bridgette Kaul
Robert & Marjorie Kaul
Wayne & Joanne Keeling
Stephen Kemp
Christopher Kendall &
Susan Schilperoort
Matthew Kern
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Matt Kerrigan
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Dean Key & Michelle McCoy
Debi Khasnabis
Christina & Charles Kim
Danial & Mary Kim
Christine & James Kim
Jean Kim
Glenn Kime
Jeffrey Kind
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Martha King-Epperson
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Rebecca Kirk
Blue Kirkpatrick
Larry Kleber
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Boris & Tanya Kochubievsky
Holly Koehmstedt
Ron & Rosalie Koenig
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Betty Jo Kolb
Scott Kolesky
Gay & Kerry Konschuh
Ellen Kortesoja
Vishal Kothari
David & Linda Kouba
Patricia Kowalski & Richard Pluth
Antonia & Lawrence Kramer
Barbara Kramer & Steve Acker
Judy & Mitchell Kramer
Ron & Barbara Kramer
Ruth Kraut & Michael Appel
Nell Kuhnmuench
Stephen & Letitia Kunselman
Nancy & Bob Kupina
Lawrence La Fountain
Paul Lalinsky
Jonathan & Christine Lammers
Alice Landau
Marianne & Connor LaPorte
Shelley Larned
Ted & Wendy Lawrence
Wendy Lawson
Mike & Janet Lawton
Dominick Lawton
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Jerold & Judith Lax
Luc Le Pottier
Steven Leber & Dina Shtull-Leber
Laura Lein
Jean Leverich
Barbara Levin
Helen Levy & David Rosenfeld
Jack Li
Veronique M. Liem
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Krystie Linton
Jing Liu
Sean Liu
Len & Betty Lofstrom
Debra Lonergan
Patrick Long
Genesis Lopez-Cazares
Adam & Rebecca Lowenstein
Ethan & Margo Lowenstein
Andrew Loy
Daryl Lucke
John & Jane Lumm
L. Erik Lundberg &
Kathleen Hanlon-Lundberg
Hilary Lunkes
Anne Lux
Nancy Lynn
Ian MacGregor & Vickie Wellman
Joe Machak
Scott Mahler
Tara & Daniel Mahoney
Shawn Mahorney
Mayya Malakh
Lynn & Herbert Malinoff
Miriam Manary
Tobias Mann & Kristine Shoopmann
Getting their hands dirty at a mosaic making workshop.
Kimberly Mann
Kate & Howard Markel
W. Harry Marsden
David Martel & Patrick Francis
Robert J. Martel
Bill & Sally Martin
Irwin & Fran Martin
John Martin & Molly Resnik
Kent Martin
Kristie Martin
Benjamin Marz
Diane Massell
Ryan Masters
Jennifer Mathie
Mary Matthews
James Mattimore &
Dr. Kathleen Longo
Jerry & Deborah May
Ben & Betsy McCallister
Colleen McClain
Ashley McClaughry
Raven McCrory
David & Gabriela McCubbrey
Griff & Patricia McDonald
Catherine McLaughlin &
Leon Wyszewianski
Shane McParland
Rahim Merchant
Ann Meredith
Robert & Debbie Merion
Jamie Merkel
Greg Merriman & Jill McDonough
Karen Meyers
Judy Mich
Jan Michener
Jenna & Richard Miller Bacolor
Carolyn Miller
Amy Milligan & Kate Beauchamp
Richard & Joanna Millunchick
Ekaterina Mishina
Gail & Larry Mitchell
Jim & Jo Mitchell
Chris & Mary Moffett
Gail Monds
Regina A. Morantz-Sanchez
Sherry Moravy-Penchansky
Petra & Guillermo Moreno
Paul & Julie Morrison
Kathleen Mozak-Betts
Janine & John Mueller
Neil Mueller
Savanna Mueller
Daniela Muhleisen
Anne & Geoff Murphy
Mel & Joni Muskovitz
Andrew Muth & Patricia A. Saad
Orest Mykolenko & Nancy Niemela
David Nacht & Alytia Levendosky
Janet Nacu
MP & Lakshmi Narayanan
Bethany Neal
Armeka Nelson
Glenn Nelson & Margaret Dewar
John & Pamela Neville-Andrews
M. Haskell Newman &
Jan Barney Newman
Daniel & Lisa Newman
Roger & Coco Newton
Sheila Nicholas
Katherine Nichols
Erin Nienhuis
Michael Nisson & Chrissy Carino
Daniel & Brenda Noble
Chris Nowak
Linda Nyquist
Mattie O’Brien
Billie Ochberg & Sandro Cinti
Michael O’Connor
Rick Ohye
Ann Oldendorf & Douglas Portz
Connie Olson
Kris & David Olsson
Gil Omenn & Martha Darling
Joe & Karen O’Neal
Mark & Susan Orringer
Eduardo Ortiz
Reginald Osuji
Panos Papalambros
Karen Papiernak
Steven Parkison
Scott & Jody Parr
Susan & John Pastula
Brady Peck
Jim Peggs & Peg Talburtt
Tim & Sally Petersen
Oanh Pham
James & Karen Phelps
Bob & Mary Ann Pierce
Teresa Pilon
Deb & Thomas Pilutti
Sarah Pishko
Misty Plummer
James & Marcia Plunkett
Dr. Steven Popper
Richard Porter
David Porter
Katherine Posselt
Jennifer Poteat & Michael Staebler
Lloyd Powell
Sarah Powers
Christopher Pozza
Juliet Pressel
Bradley & Susan Pritts
Surendar & Sujata Purohit
David & Sally Pyne Kennedy
Rahul Ragunathan
Daniel Ramon & Griselda Borthiry
Kenneth & Angela Rasmussen
Stephen L Raymond
Kenneth Raynor &
Laura Pershin Raynor
Marnie Reid & Barney Klein
David Rein
Thomas & Cathy Reischl
Pam Reister & Rod Johnson
Theodore Reynolds & Sing-Yi Tzen
Pary Reza
Timothy & Teresa Rhoades
Louis & Sheila Rice
Meghan Richey
Bill Roberts
Lori Roddy & Dan Birchock
Yarizel Rodriguez
Charles & Amy Roehrig
Nick Romano
Sam & Susan Romano
Amythyst Romero
Diana Romsek
Matt Ronan
Phil & Katherine Roos
Lee Roosevelt
Barbara Rosenfeld
Viva & Dave Rosenfeld
Amanda Ross
Tansey Rosset & Rob MacKercher
Stephanie Rowden & Andrew Kirshner
Ben Rowe
Allan & Lola Rubens
Michael Rucinski
Don Rumelhart &
Judy Dow Rumelhart
Omari Rush
Amy & Jonathan Saalberg
Rain refreshes the crowd at LIVE on Washington 2015.
Sally Sachdev
Paul & Lori Saginaw
Stephen & Katherine Salant
Prashant Salla
Swanna & Alan Saltiel
Briana Sanders
Jay & Sue Sandweiss
David Sarns & Agnes Moy-Sarns
Richard & Norma Sarns
Timothy & Preeti Schaden
George Schaefer
Ellen Schmidt
Jeri Schneider
Jacob Schoonover
Lena Schramm
William & Sheryl Schrandt
Thomas & Ann Schriber
Art & Mary Schuman
Tim Schuster &
Katie Richards-Schuster
Alicia & Joe Schuster
Lynne & Johannes
Ariele Scodro
Adam Segal
Brad Segall
Larry & Bev Seiford
Maria Serras
James Seymore
Kathryn Sezniak
Jennifer & Joseph Sgroi
Wendy Shang
Richard & Ruby Shapiro
Cliff & Ingrid Sheldon
Lloyd Shelton
Richard & Carol Sheridan
Ann Shields
Rob Shiff
Nancy Shiffler
George Shirley
Sarai & David Shoup
Lawrence Siden
Edward Siebert & Susan Thal
Aaron Siegfried
Tom & Jackie Silhanek
Edward & Kathy Silver
Patricia & Ken Silverman
Sharon Simonton
Karen Simpson
David Sinopoli
Aaron Skiba
Katherine Skinner
Joe & Daphne Slater
Carol Sliwka
Laszlo Slomovits
Raymond Smith
Matt Snyder
Daniel Sobczynski
Richard Soble & Barbara Kessler
Anne Solari
Gary & Laurie Solon
Jenny Song
Joyce & Michael Song
Linh & Dug Song
Kendrin Sonneville
Keith & Kristin Soucy
Becki Spangler & Peyton Bland
Kristen Spohn
Rebecca Sripada
Ted St. Antoine
David & Ann Staiger
Mickey Stanley
William & Robbie Stapleton
Gary & Dana Stein
Steven Stein & Lori Bennett
Bethany & David Steinberg
Brenda Steinberg
Camilla Stensen
Jonathan & Sue Stern
Oren Stevens
Paul & Kathryn Stevenson
Anne Stevenson & Gregory Less
Linda Stingl & Joseph Klobucar
Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo
Philip Stoffregen & Leslie Desmond
Pamela & Gregory Stout
Mark Stranahan & Karen Prochnow
Vic Strecher & Jeri Rosenberg
Doug Strong & Peggy Cavanagh
Aaron Stupica
Karen Stupple
Michael Sumerton
Gail Susdorf
Marc Sutschu
Joel Swanson
Kim & Judith Swanson
Michele Swanson
Bea Swedlow & Barbara Brush
Nancy Szabo
Joanna Taylor
Christopher Taylor & Eva Rosenwald
Graham & Margaret Teall
James A. & Teri S. Teeri
Elisa Teixeria
Brian D. Tell
Efrem & Seagal Tennebaum
Claudia Terrones
Amanda Tew
Bruce & Ileane Thal
Denise Thal & David Scobey
Robert M. Thal
Anthony & Eileen Thomas
Ivan Tibavinsky
Kimberly Ticknor
Brenda Tipton
George & Susan Todoroff
Richard Tolman & Naomi Woloshin
Mei-Ling Tooley
Jan & Nub Turner
Margaret Twomey
David & Karen Ufer
David Uhlmann & Virginia Murphy
Bill & Dusty Upton
Joe & Suzanne Upton
Douglas & Andrea Van Houweling
Isabel Vander
Jamie Vandermolen
Timothy Veeser & Jimena Loveluck
Bethany & Randall Veilleux
Alina Verdiyan
Donna Vigilant & Dan Morogry
Pamela Vincent
Cassandra Vincke
Amanda Vogelsang
Ruth & Howard Volk
Cecilia Votta
Timothy & Laurie Wadhams
Bruce Wallace & Susie Cannell
Dillon Walls
Margaret Walsh
Jenny Wang
Toni Wang
Paige Wantuck
Jane Warburton-Brown
Charles Warpehoski & Nancy Shore
Abigail Washburn & Bela Fleck
Charlie & Diane Waterhouse
Dave & Sheila Waterhouse
MJ & Bruce Waterhouse
Howard & Judy Weinblatt
Joel & Marcella Weiner
Irwin Weingarten
Marc & Mary Weiser
Zelma Weisfeld
John & Sarah Weiss
Lyndon Welch
Don & Jennifer Welch
Madison Werley
Laura Wernick & Lori Brooks
Wesley Andrews & Eleanor Andrews
Ronald & Janice Weston
Joel Whalen
Christopher White
Laura White
Lynn & Stuart White
James Whitman
Robert & Marina Whitman
Graham & Sandy Wilcock
Clayton & Ann Wilhite
Robert & Christine Willacker
Carrie & Dustin Williams
Gene & Rose Wilson
Daron & Allison Wilson
Donna Winkelman & Tom Easthope
Daniella Wittmann
Lisa Wolf & Ann Kaufman
Michele Wong & Scott Goci
Jerry & Brandy Wood
Lisa Woodcock
Victor Wu
Jennifer Wyckoff & Ulysses Balis
Martin Yang
Fernando Yarza
Mila Yochum
Evans Young & Catherine Shaw
Zach Zeid
Lita & Allen Zemmol
Leif Zeng
Ken & Sue Zimmerman
Danielle Zipkin
Michael Zonnevylle &
Wendy Lombard
David Zwerdling &
Martha Teitelbaum
471
teens
registered in
programs
46%
of Neutral
Zone’s Board of
Directors are
teens (13/28)
LAST YEAR, by the numbers
The B-Side teens
planned, promoted
20
and worked
concerts featuring
50
acts
30
teen
80
teens got a
artists showed
jump start on
their work at The
Visual Arts
Council-hosted
winter art show
college and
careers at NZ’s
2nd Rising
Scholars forum
20
More than
youth poets
performed onstage
for an audience of
600
at Poetry
Night in Ann Arbor
1700
Over
community
members attended
LIVE on Washington,
Neutral Zone’s
outdoor teen music
and arts festival
Teens visited
the Neutral Zone
16,000
times in the
summer, after
school and for
special events
7
schools in our county
now benefit from
newly-created
Diversity Councils,
thanks to a
partnership between
S.E.E.D. and W.I.S.D.
Through Youth-Driven Spaces, Neutral Zone’s new consulting arm, we are continuously making sure
that our practices reflect our youth-driven mission.