YouthBuild Lake County's 2022 Annual Report

YOUTHBUILD LAKE COUNTY'S

2022

ANNUAL REPORT

YouthBuild had an incredible year full of many highlights. We outlined some of our biggest in our Annual Report so you can see what we’ve been up to in Lake County. Scroll and read through the website version or click below and read the print booklet.

IMPACT AREAS

SUCCESS STORIES

SEYMOUR HOME

PRE-APPRENTICE PROGRAM

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DONOR APPRECIATION

IMPACT AREAS

Practice Makes Perfect

Partners and volunteers help our members practice interviewing in a real-world setting. Our members often talk about how helpful this in in their career search.

A Real Diploma

Without a high school diploma, only 12% of the job market is accessible. As a career readiness program, we understand the importance of a diploma.

A Greater Impact

We partnered with Rosalind Franklin University to provide our members with weekly individual and group therapy sessions. We want our members to be successful in all aspects of their lives.

The Importance
of Service

Community service is integral to the YouthBuild program. Our members give back to their community by building or rehabbing affordable housing, working at the food pantry, cleaning up the Forest Preserve, and participating in the many other service projects we offer.

5 Groups Total

Over the course of our fiscal year, we served 5 cohorts of young adults. This includes our inaugural pre-apprentice cohort, 3 graduated YouthBuild cohorts, and 1 cohort that will graduate in Janurary.

For Resumes & Skills

91% of our members and trainees earned at least one industry recognized credential. Credential attainment is an important step to being job ready.

Helping Our Community

From cleaning the forest preserve to making blankets for senior citizens, our members understand the importance of giving back.

Employment is Key

When our members complete 450 hours of community service by working on affordable housing construction sites or volunteering at service events, they earn an education award of $1,450 that they can use towards post-secondary education.

Employment is Key

88% of our members and trainees secured employment after finishing their YouthBuild programs. We assist in this process with resume development, mock interviews, and the use of our employee partner network.

SUCCESS STORIES

Jade

“I can’t even put into words how much YouthBuild has changed my perspective. I was in a very negative headspace in my life and attending YouthBuild gave me a sense of hope of having a future I would be happy and proud to have”

Jaime

“This program and my job have been the biggest blessing of my year. I would not even be close to where I am at right now without YouthBuild.”

SEYMOUR HOME
RENOVATION

The Seymour House, which had been on the market for years, was in desperate need of repair. More than 115 YouthBuild Lake County members assisted in the home’s renovation and beautification and were able to give the house a new life, making it safe and sound for low-income families to live in. The home was restored to its former glory through skilled craftsmanship but modern improvements were made as well, including a beautiful pergola that was added to the front of the home. The project was completed in partnership with ReNew Communities, an organization dedicated to helping those in need of affordable housing.

115+ Members

This project was worked on by 6 separate cohorts, meaning over 115 of our members played a part in building this project. This includes insulating, drywalling, flooring, painting, tiling- and much more!

12,000+ Service Hours

Over the course of the 6 cohorts, YouthBuild members gathered a total of over 12,000 AmeriCorps Service Hours, which are counted towards the Segal education grant at the end of their program.

1 Happy Family

The best part of this project was not the actual work, but seeing the family of 4 cut the ribbon and start their lives in their new home! Our members learned more than construction skills- they learned about community.

PRE-APPRENTICE PROGRAM

This year, YouthBuild Lake County started a pre-apprentice program. This 12-week program is available to Illinois residents over 18 who currently have their diploma and are interested in a career in the trades. The goal of this program is to expand YBLC’s impact on Lake County’s workforce development by opening our organization to an entirely new segment of potential trainees. YBLC decided to pursue the pre-apprentice pathway after the Board of Directors and senior leadership collaborated through a series of task forces to determine the future of the agency. This addition solidifies YouthBuild Lake County’s commitment to growth in the near future as we increase capacity to further our impact in our community.

25 NEW
PRE-APPRENTICES

We are proud to have served 25 pre-apprentice trainees in our first 40 weeks of this program. After completing the program, trainees have moved on to join the carpenter’s union, enrolled in college and work at nation-wide construction companies.

100% CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT

Every single pre-apprentice earned industry recognized credentials to build their resume and skills. Pre-Apprentices earn credentials from OSHA, NCCER, and other nationally accredited organizations. Our trainees learn through a hybrid teaching style of in-classroom tests and on-site training. These certifications help set our members apart when applying to trade unions by showcasing both their knowledge of construction and their commitment to the field.

5 CAREER EXPLORATION VISITS

It is important to understand the career field you are entering and there is no better way to learn about it than seeing it first hand. Kashmir Crump, Director of Apprentice Programs, set up five career exploration visits to local unions and employers to help show our members what apprenticeship means. These visits included trips to different trades including electricians, carpenters, and facility repair. Our members were encouraged by the various pathways available to them after graduating from our program and the countless benefits that each offers.

FINANCIALS

Here’s a summary of our financials for our fiscal year 2022 including a breakdown of our revenue and operating expenses.

FY22 REVENUE

Public & Private Foundations

11%

Private

29%

Government

60%

FY22 OPERATING EXPENSES

Fundraising

12%

Administrative

22%

Programming

66%

DONOR APPRECIATION

At YouthBuild Lake County we are so fortunate to have amazing donors and volunteers that support the growth and impact of our program and members. Thank you to all of our donors.

CORNERSTONE DONORS

Diamond ($25,000 and Above)

AbbVie Foundation

Dr. Chinni Chilamkurti (Prema Center, Inc. and Rosalind Franklin University)*

EMCO Chemical Distributors

Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County

Old National Bank

R&W Machine Division, Warner Industries, Inc.

Steans Family Foundation

Platinum ($10,000 - $24,999)

Mr. Jim Biel and Ms. Lesly Marban

Mr. Steve Blinderman

Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation

Discover Financial Services

Jelly Belly Charities, Inc.

James and Madeline McMullan Family Foundation Charitable Fund

P&G*

Zoro*

Gold ($5,000 - $9,999)

Aldridge Electric, Inc.

Anonymous

AT&T

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Berger

Mr. and Mrs. David Carlson*

Mr. and Mrs. Regis Charlot

Peter and Gabrielle Dion-Kindem

Dynacoil, Inc

EQ Offices

The Generations Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Harper

Mr. and Mrs. John Hill

Mr. and Mrs. David Liebman

Mr. and Mrs. Marc Michelotti*

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas

Uline

YouthBuild USA

Silver ($2,500 - $4,999)

Abbott Laboratories, Inc

Anonymous

Mr. Jim and Dr. Michele Arnold

Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Arnwine

Baker McKenzie in honor of Linda Friedman

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Berger

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Cameron

Mr. Jeff Cercy

Mr. Michael Coglianese and Ms. Jamie Denz

Consumers Cooperative Association

Determan Balk Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Raul Dominguez

Mr. Robert Foltz and Ms. Kristina McSweeney

Mr. Mark Foster and Ms. Alyssa O’Neill

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gerlach*

Mr. and Mrs. William Holman

Integrated Facilities Solutions, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Kaled

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kane

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kelley

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kneeland

Krügel Cobbles, Inc.

Mr. Mark Kuhnke and Ms. Kimberly Bertini

Libertyville Bank & Trust/State Bank of the Lakes/Waukegan Community Bank

Pederson & Houpt

PGIM

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Polen

Mr. and Mrs. David Rosenbloom

The Trustmark Foundation

Mr. John Zachara

Bronze ($1,000 - $2,499)

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Almond*

Anonymous X2

Aspen Lane Wine Company*

Assured Partners

Mr. John Baker Welch

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Bauwens

Ms. Terry Benzel*

Ms. Susan Bowey

Bulley and Andrews LLC

Campobasso Family Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Capone

The Stephen and Carol Capp Giving Fund

Chalet Landscaping, Nursery & Garden Center

Chicago Educational Research Foundation

Complete Cleaning Company

Mr. Mitch Erickson

Ms. Morgan Fiets

George Stephen Frederick Charitable Fund

Friedman Family Charitable Fund

The Henderson Foundation

The Hill Group*

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hutchinson

Ms. Cherae Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Drew Janes

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kaya

Knauz Auto Group

Mr. Robert Korman

Kroger

Lakeside 360 Partners LLC

Mrs. Dina Lazarski

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Madsen

S. Edward Marder Family Foundation in honor of Chris and Linda Marder Family

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Matson

The Mulch Center

Ms. Laura Nicolescu

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Norman

Northwestern Mutual-Goris Financial Group, Inc

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Olson

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Polk

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rabin

Denis E. and Roselyn D. Springer Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Steinbach

Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Thall

Mrs. June Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Thompson

Thompson Family Foundation

Trotter & Associates

Mr. and Mrs. Jake Turner

Unilock Midwest

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warrington

William Blair & Company

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woldenberg

YWCA of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff

Copper ($500 - $999)

Aargus Plastics

Allstate

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Altounian

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. David Bishop

City of North Chicago

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cussen

Exchange Club of Gurnee

Fairchild Industries

Mr. and Mrs. John Friedman

Glass Solutions, Inc.*

Mr. Paul Friedman and Ms. Barbara Goldman

Mr. Armin Gerhardt and Ms. Azita Saleki-Gerhardt

Ms. Kathleen Green

Jamerson & Bauwens Electrical Contractors, Inc.*

Mr. and Mrs. Ajit Katdare

Kroll Patterson Family Charitable Fund

Latimer Levay Fyock LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonald

Midwest Fence Corporation

Mr. Daniel Mohnen

Ms. Lilly Moss

Ms. Karyn Quick

RISE Dispensary

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. Garth Sager

Santana Equipment Trading Co

Mr. and Mrs. Sandro Serra

SERVPRO

Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Shaw

Mr. Ian Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sullivan

Taylor Enterprises, Inc.

West’s Insurance Agency

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Wilson

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ziemke

Aluminum ($100 - $499)

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Albaugh

Mr. Les Alderson

Mr. Alan Alport

Amazon Smile

Ms. Jeneyl Anglin

Anonymous

Mr. Rick Axtell

Mr. Michael Bielski

Mr. Eric Braun

Ms. Wygenia Brisco

Mr. Aric Brown and Ms. Vicky Denhof

Mr. Jeff Buckley

Mr. Mike Burdick and Ms. Pam Eskra

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Burns

Mr. Mark Callow

Ms. Karen Carter

The Law Office of Joel S. Charleston

Ms. Nadine Clarkson

Mrs. and Mr. Kathleen Crews

Ms. Chanel Crump

Mr. Andy Debrueler

Dieck, Arenas, & Associates, P.C. CPA

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Digby

Mr. Thomas Doe

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Durbin

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dwyer

Margaret and Lester Eastwood Charitable Fund in honor of Leila Whitley and Michael Kerrigan’s Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eber

Mr. Jerome Farr and Ms. Patty Cordova Farr

Mr. Andrew Feit in honor of Allen Berger

Mr. Mike Ferraro

Mr. Michael Fickes

Mr. Ray Fleming

Mrs. Theresa Ford in memory of Lil’ Leon (Edwynne Leon Ford III)

Mr. and Mrs. Herb Foster

Friends of Adriane Johnson

Mrs. Bobbie Gordon in honor of Allen Berger

Mr. Tom Goris

Mrs. Sheryl Gray

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grumhaus

Mr. Kevan Haarsma

Ms. Juda Haley

Ms. Sandy Hart

Mr. Adam Henry

Ms. Cheryl Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hirsch

Mr. Sean Hitzeman and Ms. Kris Kraus

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hoguet

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hurwich

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jaeger

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kane

Gerry and Steve Keen Philanthropic Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kim

Mr. and Mrs. Hornsby Kneeland

Dr. Steve Koppel

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kovitz

Mr. Stephen Krull

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kurland

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lappe

Ms. Kiearrah Lawrence

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lenz

Simon Lesser and Carol Patinkin Philanthropic Fund in honor of David Liebman

Mr. and Mrs. Yaish Levi

Dr. and Mrs. William Levitan

Ms. Wendy Liu

Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Lucente

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Lundberg

Mr. David Mangus

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mantych

Mr. Kevin Marko

Marks Lurie Family Fund

Mr. Sipriano Martinez

Mr. Greg Mattson

Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCracken

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Michelotti

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Michelotti

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minetz

Mr. Chandler Moritz

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Mullenix

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nguyen

Ms. Danielle Niday

Ms. Kaitlyn Norum

Mr. and Mrs. Tom O’Neill

Partners in Capacity

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Paulson

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pearl

Ms. Bridget Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Redd

Ms. Lizzette Richardson

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rizzo

Mrs. Nina Rockingham Tate

Mr. Angelo Roncone

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Schwartz

Ms. Chantel Shackleford

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Shulruff

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Siegel in honor of Steve Blinderman

Mr. Steve Simonian

Ms. Lucinda Smetana

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sorkin

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Specht

Mr. Jay Starmer

Mr. Yovell Sullivan

Mr. Rao Surapaneni in memory of Sri Rajyam Siripurapu

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Taussig

The Honorable Ann Taylor

Mr. Brad Thompson and Ms. Ellen Kogstad Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Tompkins

Mr. Ryan Trumpinski

Mr. Scott Turow and Mrs. Adriane Glazier in honor of Steve Blinderman

Mr. and Mrs. David Tustison

Mr. Samuel Vincent

Mr. James Wakefield

Waukegan Housing Authority

Mr. Robert Wayne and Mrs. Gale Strenger Wayne

Mr. Kevin Weadick

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Weatherhead

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Weinstein

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Weiss

Ms. Zandra White

Ms. Cheryl Wickland

Ms. Veda Wilkins*

Steel ($1 - $99)

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Clay Atchley*

Ms. Jill Barbacovi

Beacon Place Community Center*

Ms. Trudy Bradshaw

Cardinal Health

Ms. Amanda Chew

Ms. Ebony Cox*

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Echales

Fed Ex – Zion*

Mr. David Forlow*

Mr. and Mrs. Brooke Gottshall*

Mr. Sheldon Gulinson

Mr. Nereida Gutierrez-Castro

Ms. Kathleen Howard

It’s Your Season

Mrs. Doris Jackson

Ms. Eva Javier*

Ms. Trina Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kaplan

Ms. April Koot*

Mr. Kevin Lazarski

Mrs. Gloria Lewis

Ms. Sandy Mattinson

Mr. and Mrs. David McHugh

Mr. Kevin McKinley*

Mr. Max Michelotti

Ms. Tiffany Ndao

Ms. Nikema Parker

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pingel

Ms. Sharon Silverman in honor of Allen Berger

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Simmons

Mrs. Lenita Sims-Spears

Mr. Terrence Smith*

Mrs. Claudia Steinbrecher*

Ms. Sarah Stoklosa

Ms. Theresa Tangonan*

*All or a portion of the gift was goods or services

YouthBuild Lake County's 2022 Annual Report