Key Highlights: The Miles Foundation’s First-Ever Annual Report

AnnualReportPictureIt’s finally here. We are extremely proud to publish The Miles Foundation’s inaugural Annual Report, “The Gift of Tomorrow.”  With a fresh strategic direction, a growing team, and an innovative mindset, we felt that 2013 was a perfect year to reflect on what we’ve accomplished thus far, as well as what we hope to achieve over the next year.

Our 2013 Annual Report shares our recent funding achievements and highlights several inspiring grantee success stories. It also delves into our founder’s philosophy for the Foundation, which has helped evolve The Miles Foundation’s funding profile into the core giving areas of education, economic opportunity and leadership development.

Our team has worked hard to clearly define our grantee market, as we believe this focus will help us to maximize our resources, be a better partner to our grantees, and make a lasting impact on the North Texas community. Our Annual Report gives a glimpse into the renewed focus and energy The Miles Foundation team is bringing into the New Year.

But enough about us! Here are the key grantee highlights that appear in our 2013 Annual Report in the areas of education, economic opportunity and leadership development:

  • University of Texas at Dallas – The Ellison Miles Center for Geological Studies: Launched in the fall of 2013, the Ellison Miles Center for Geological Field Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas is the first program of its kind, pioneering a best-practices approach to educating future industry leaders through an on-site mobile research laboratory. Read more…
  • Decatur ISD – Future Ready Project: Decatur ISD’s Future Ready Project prepares students to be competitive in the global workforce by providing a quality education where they will learn digitally, think creatively and compete globally.  Read more…
  • Zero to Five Funders’ Collaborative: The Miles Foundation is a member of this group of independent, Dallas-area organizations that have united to make a measurable impact on early childhood development within economically underprivileged communities, including in Dallas’ Bachman Lake neighborhood.  Read more…
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters - The Barrett Martin Havran Little Steps Big Futures Program: The Barrett Martin Havran Little Steps Big Futures program, Mentor 2.0 helps at-risk children beat the odds by combining the best practices of both online and traditional mentoring.  Read more…
  • Catholic Charities Fort Worth – Financial Education Program: Catholic Charities Fort Worth’s Financial Education Program is offered to local individuals or families making $50,000 or less. It helps participants gain basic financial knowledge and skills in order to increase their savings, reduce their number of past-due bills and decrease their overall debt.  Read more…
  • Junior Achievement (JA): JA empowers students in grades K-12 to own their economic success by offering real-world, hands-on curriculum focused on work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills. JA awarded The Miles Foundation its 2013 JA Impact Award.  Read more…

Thanks to all of our partners and friends that helped to make 2013 a great year.  We’re looking forward to what this year will bring!

To view the full 2013 Annual Report for The Miles Foundation, click here.

Tell Us: What are you most looking forward to in the New Year?

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