2015 ANNUAL REPORT
MISSION STATEMENT
The Grassroot Project uses the power of sports and the
platform of athlete role models to educate, inspire, and
mobilize youth to live healthy lives.
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From Our Founder
Winning the Fight
Neighborhood Action
Where Are They Now?
Current Students
Current Athlete
Leadership Academy: South Africa
Community Partners
Grassroot Logic Model
Evaluation Update
Donors
Partners
Financials
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FROM THE
FOUNDER
In 2009, the DC Department of Health estimated that 1 in 20 adults in
DC was living with HIV. Now, six years later, the prevalence is 2.7%, and
the rate of new infections has consistently decreased each year since
2009. We could never take credit for achieving this change alone, but we
are excited to be one piece of the hugely successful DC effort to fight
HIV/AIDS.
We have now been working toward our mission for six years, and each
year we continue to make a larger and more targeted impact. This year,
we released the results of our latest evaluation (a randomized controlled
trial), and we found that our programs significantly improved students’
sexual health literacy. As an outcome of our evaluation, we were
approached directly by the DC Public Schools Central Office, and they
asked us to scale up our programs to their highest-need schools. They
also challenged us to consider branching out to address other areas of
health literacy—physical health, nutritional health, and emotional health.
While the statistics have improved since we began our work in 2009,
we still fight to ensure that the rates of HIV drop even more. We are
also rising to the challenge of addressing the systemic problem of poor
overall health literacy among adolescents in DC schools. Over the next
three years, we will be working to develop new modules for our curriculum
and to train more athletes as facilitators.
Thank you for being part of our movement – for standing with more
than 800 athletes and 5,000 DC youth who believe that a healthier DC
is possible. We look forward to keeping you posted as we continue our
work.
Tyler Spencer
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WINNING THE FIGHT
Rates of HIV infection in DC have been declining since
2009. Grassroot has only been growing.
GRASSROOT GROWTH AND HIV
INFECTION RATES IN WASHINGTON, DC
3,000
1,200
Students Enrolled
in Grassroots Programs
1,000
2,500
800
2,000
600
1,500
400
1,000
New HIV Cases
Diagnosed in DC
200
500
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
African-Americans account for majority
of people living with HIV in DC.
NEWLY DIAGNOSED CASES OF HIV
BY SEX IN WASHINGTON, DC
3.9% of black residents
are living with HIV
1,000
The highest burden of disease is among
800
29.6%
black males (5.8%).
27.9%
26.2%
600
25.8%
24.2%
400
70.4%
72.1%
73.8%
74.2%
75.8%
200
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2009
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2011
Male
2012
2013
There has been a
39.6%
decrease in number of HIV cases
diagnosed and reported in the District
from 2009-2013.
Female
Source: 2014 Annual Epidemiology and Surveillance Report. DC Department of Health
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NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION
Although rates of new HIV diagnoses are down
in the District overall, the rates of infection
are disproportionate across DC’s eight wards.
The neighborhoods that have experienced the
highest rates of new infections are also the
neighborhoods in which Grassroot works.
RATES OF HIV INFECTION IN DC WARDS
(2008-2012) AND SCHOOLS IN WHICH
THE GRASSROOT PROJECT OPERATES
Paul Public Charter School
Ideal Academy Public Charter School
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Alice Deal Middle School
Washington Latin Public School
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Columbia Heights Education Campus
Meridian Public Charter School
LaSalle Backus Education Campus
McFarland Middle School
Raymond Education Campus
Perry Street Public Charter School
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Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy
Noyes Education Campus
Kill Will Academy
Two Rivers Public Charter School
Jelleff Boys and Girls Club
Wheatley Education Campus
Francis Stevens Education Campus
Shaw Public Charter School
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Jefferson Middle School
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Orr Elementary School
Kramer Middle School
Howard Road Academy
Barry Farm Recreation Center
0 - 101.1
101.1 - 435.5
435.6 - 667.1
KIPP AIM Academy
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Johnson Middle School
Washington School for Girls
FBR @ the ARC
M.C. Terrell/McGogney Elementary School
King Elementary School
Leckie Elementary School
667.2 - 762.6
762.7 - 913.6
Source: DC Dept. Of Health HAHSTA Annual Epidemiology and Surveillance Report, 2013
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Seed Public Charter School
Walker-Jones Education Campus
Caesar Chavez Public Charter School
Newly Diagnosed HIV Cases
(per 100,000 persons)
Brown Education Campus
Clubhouse 14 Boys and Girls Club
Where are They Now?
FORMER TGP ATHLETES
DARIEAL WIMBLEY
Howard University, 2015
Darieal was the first African American in Alabama to receive a lacrosse
scholarship to a Division I institution. Her experience with The Grassroot
Project affected her deeply and ultimately shaped her career path.
She now continues to work with young people as a Health and
Physical Education Teacher at Alice Deal Middle School in
Washington, DC.
MACKENZIE JONES
George Washington University, 2015
Mackenzie, known as “Mac N Cheese” to her Grassroot kids,
spent four years as a Grassroot Project volunteer and
facilitator. Her experience at Grassroot helped shape her
career interests. Mackenzie is now engaging lowincome kids in Baton Rouge as a part of Teach for
America.
MIKE BOURIE
George Washington University, 2014
Mike was a student athlete and Grassroot Project Program Manager who
volunteered for TGP for nearly three years. Mike initially studied business
but following his experience with TGP reoriented his focus to global health,
graduating with honors. He will be working with CTC Ten, an organization that
works with youth to deliver life skill messaging through the sport of soccer
in Cape Town, South Africa.
RENÉE TOMLIN
Georgetown University, 2010 and 2013
Renée (“Nay”) received her bachelors and masters degrees from Georgetown
in French and Linguistics, respectively. At GU she was a 4-time All American
in track & field and cross country, and also served as a Grassroot Hoya
Coach. Shaped by her experience with TGP, she pursued a fellowship with
the Global Health Corps for the 2014-15 year. However, Nay is currently
competing for a spot with 2016 American Olympic triathlon team.
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CURRENT
STUDENTS
What do you
love about The
Grassroot Project?
"
The games are fun, the
coaches are cool, and I
actually learned how to
protect myself.
Dachauna Johnson
8th Grader, Cardozo Education Campus
What is your
favorite
Grassroots game?
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Pressure Limbo! It helped me
understand that the pressure
to have sex increases with age
and things like alcohol.
Jasmin Lucero-Garza
8th Grader, Cardozo Education Campus
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CURRENT
ATHLETE
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The Grassroot Project has given me the opportunity to use
my position as a student-athlete to actively serve and
engage with youth in the community. TGP has helped
solidify my passion for empowering young people and
conveying difficult messages in a comfortable and
relatable way. Being a student-athlete and a minority
at an extremely competitive university allows me to
be a role model for the youth and encourages them to
share what they learn with their friends, families and
community to ignite social change.
Ebony McKeever
Georgetown University
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LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
SOUTH AFRICA
Six students from GW, Howard,
and Georgetown were selected
to participate in the inaugural
TGP Leadership Academy. This
selective one-year program
empowers student athletes to
develop practical skills as leaders
of The Grassroot Project team
and, ultimately, as leaders in their
community and their professional
careers. These six students kicked
off their tenure with a learning trip to
South Africa,visiting organizations
who use sport for social change,
learning from community leaders,
and spreading the word about The
Grassroot Project model.
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COMMUNITY
PARTNERS
PATRICK NERO
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Through our partnership with The Grassroot Project, our studentathletes feel the joy of giving back to the Washington, DC community.
This not only shapes their experience at GW, but impacts their outlook
on civic duty long after they graduate. Because of this and their
commitment to promoting health in Washington, DC’s youth, I look
forward to continuing our commitment to The Grassroot Project.
EDWIN MOSES
CHAIRMAN OF THE LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION
The Grassroot Project was founded based off of Grassroot Soccer in
Africa, and uses college athletes as messengers and games to teach
lessons about HIV/AIDS. It is evident that we should listen to the
experts and follow the models in Africa and replicate them in the US to
accomplish the same goal of educating our youth about HIV/AIDS using
sport.
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College Athletes
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7 SCHOOLS
Why We Do
Evaluation
Our Latest Evaluation
Project
Above all else, TGP works to have a positive
impact on the youth we reach through our
programs, and—on a broader scale—to
drive down the incidence of HIV in the
communities we serve.
Over the course of three years, we designed and implemented
the first randomized controlled trial of a sport-based sexual
health education program. Surveying more than 300 students
from seven schools over the course of three months, our aim
was to measure our effectiveness at meeting DC’s State
Standards for Sexual Health Education.
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DCPS
The Results
What’s Next?
We have good news to report! Our impact evaluation
showed that students who participated in TGP
significantly improved their HIV literacy—their
HIV-related knowledge was significantly higher than
students who did not participate in TGP. TGP was
also successful in debunking myths that HIV can be
transmitted through casual contact…which goes
a long way in reducing stigma against people living
with HIV!
As a result of our evaluation, DC Public Schools asked TGP
to expand programming in middle schools, as well as to
help support the training of DC health teachers on topics
relating to sexual health. This is the first time TGP has
signed a formal partnership with DC Public Schools. We
look forward to using our data to support our expansion
as well as ongoing improvement of our curriculum, athlete
training, and program delivery. Of course, we will continue
to evaluate our work at each step along the way!
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Economic Development
Fair Chance (In-Kind)
DC Office of the State Superintendent of
Education
$10,000-$24,999
DC Department of Health
The Reva and David Logan Foundation
ViiV Healthcare
The George Preston Marshall Foundation
Games 4 Good Foundation
Association of American Medical Colleges
$1,000-$9,999
Kennedy Jones
Lucy Moore
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PARTNERS
Bender
Foundation
Inc.
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FINANCIALS
2015 Expenditures
TGP Personnel (Staff and Interns)
Professional Service Fees
Program Supplies
Program Transportation
Program Venue Rental and Office Space
Bank Fees and Payroll Taxes
$170,005
$25,123
$27,435
$35,702
$16,878
$26,147
Fundraising
Insurance
Other Expenses
$10,908
$4,471
$11,015
Total
$327,684
As of 9/30/2015
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