The recipient entity's physical address:
           25 Broadway, 12th floor
New York, NY 10004

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           25 Broadway, 12th floor
New York, NY 10004

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          Thomas H. Castro
Founder and CEO
El Dorado Capital, LLC

Randall Harbert
Senior Vice President
State Farm

Kaya Henderson
(former) Chancellor
D.C. Public Schools

David Kenny
Senior Vice President
IBM Watson

Joel Klein
Chief Policy and Strategy Officer
Oscar Health Insurance

Wendy Kopp
CEO and Founder
Teach For All

Stephen F. Mandel Jr.
Managing Director
Lone Pine Capital, LLC

Susan McCaw
President
COM Investments

Ken Mehlman
Global Head of Public Affairs
KKR Global Capital and Asset Management Group

Richard D. Parsons
Senior Advisor
Providence Equity Partners, Inc.

Greg Penner
General Partner
Madrone Capital Partners

Nancy Peretsman
Managing Director
Allen & Company

Linnea Conrad Roberts
Trustee
Roberts Foundation

Jose Villarreal
Consultant Senior Advisor
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Elisa Villanueva Beard
Chief Executive Officer
Teach For America

Meg Whitman
Chief Executive Officer
NewTV

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  1913

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $5,000,000

What type of request is this?  General Appropriation

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           Joy Okoro
Executive Director
Teach For America – Greater New Orleans
1055 Saint Charles Avenue, Suite 600
New Orleans, LA 70130

Laura Vinsant
Executive Director
Teach For America – South Louisiana
501 Government Street, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70802


Elisa Villanueva Beard
Chief Executive Officer
Teach For America
25 Broadway, 12th floor
New York, NY 10004


The following members of the National Board of Directors can be reached at:
Teach For America
25 Broadway, 12th floor
New York, NY 10004

Thomas H. Castro
Founder and CEO
El Dorado Capital, LLC

Randall Harbert
Senior Vice President
State Farm

Kaya Henderson
(former) Chancellor
D.C. Public Schools

David Kenny
Senior Vice President
IBM Watson

Joel Klein
Chief Policy and Strategy Officer
Oscar Health Insurance

Wendy Kopp
CEO and Founder
Teach For All

Stephen F. Mandel Jr.
Managing Director
Lone Pine Capital, LLC

Susan McCaw
President
COM Investments

Ken Mehlman
Global Head of Public Affairs
KKR Global Capital and Asset Management Group

Richard D. Parsons
Senior Advisor
Providence Equity Partners, Inc.

Greg Penner
General Partner
Madrone Capital Partners

Nancy Peretsman
Managing Director
Allen & Company

Linnea Conrad Roberts
Trustee
Roberts Foundation

Jose Villarreal
Consultant Senior Advisor
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Elisa Villanueva Beard
Chief Executive Officer
Teach For America

Meg Whitman
Chief Executive Officer
NewTV

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           Teach For America (TFA) is growing the movement of leaders in Louisiana who work to ensure that children growing up in poverty get an excellent education. Every year we recruit a diverse group of professionals and recent college graduates who have a record of achievement, as well as character traits that are critical for transformational teaching in the classroom. These leaders expand educational opportunity, starting by teaching for two years in a low-income community in Louisiana. We provide intensive training, support, and career development to help these leaders increase their impact and deepen their understanding of what it takes to eliminate educational inequity. Over the long term, we advance educational outcomes by inspiring the career paths of our alumni, most of whom remain working in education in schools, districts, government and the non-profit sector. Other alumni work in influential positions across sectors that impact education where they continue their advocacy for students with the perspective that comes from their two-year commitment as a corps member.

Over the past 28 years, TFA has grown in its commitment to ensuring that students have access to great teachers with a variety of perspectives and experiences including individuals with similar backgrounds as our students. More than half of our teachers identify as people of color, compared with fewer than 20% of all teachers nationwide; 44% received Pell grants in college, a reliable indicator of low-income background; nearly one-third are the first in their families to attend college; and one-quarter come to the corps from graduate school or with professional experience.

Teach For America’s core program includes,

i. Recruiting college graduates, graduate students and professionals who have demonstrated great potential to become transformational teachers for underprivileged students.

ii. Facilitating matches between corps members and the schools and subject areas where they can have their greatest impact.

iii. Providing in-field teacher preparation through an intensive five-week training institute.

iv. Providing training and leadership development through all-corps programming, specialized cohorts and individual coaching throughout the year.

v. Increasing the capacity of our alumni base through recruitment pipelines and programming that facilitates mentorship, community-building and career development.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Professional Services. . . $5,000,000
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $0
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $0
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $0

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          Not Applicable

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          Teach For America seeks to recruit, place, and support between 250 and 300 educators in high-need public schools serving low-income populations in Southern Louisiana. Teach For America is the only national talent provider in the education sector that can claim a unique capacity to recruit, train and support thousands of diverse educators annually to teach in low-income schools; a required commitment to teach in the placement location for at least two years; a proven track record of providing teachers who exceed expected impact in their classrooms and meet or exceed the expectations of school leaders; and the ability to cultivate excellent leaders in education.

The following evidence substantiates Teach For America’s ability to serve this public purpose effectively. In 2018, over 50% of corps members are people of color, and African-Americans and Latinos account for over 40% of the corps. In comparison, among all teachers across the nation, fewer than 20% identify themselves as people of color. Teach For America teachers return for a second year at a higher rate than new teachers nationwide, with over 90% of TFA corps members returning for a second year, versus 86% of teachers overall and 83% of teachers in schools serving low-income populations.

In 2017, 86% of principals reported satisfaction with the performance of our corps members at their school, and 88% agreed that they would recommend to their fellow principals that they hire our corps members. Further, a 2015 study funded through an i3 Scale-up grant study used an experimental design that found that corps members who taught math and reading in elementary grades were as effective as other teachers in the same schools who typically had nearly 14 years of experience. When the analysis was restricted to teachers in early grades, corps members in both reading and math were found to be more effective. Preschool through second grade reading students of Teach For America corps members scored 12% of a standard deviation higher on reading skill tests (equivalent to about 1.3 additional months of learning) than their peers taught by other teachers. The effectiveness of teachers and leaders is the single greatest school-based factor that influences student achievement. Even one effective teacher in one school year can help students advance one-and-a-half to two years academically as compared to an average teacher. Research studies have shown that Teach For America’s model produces teachers who are as effective or more effective than other teachers.

Teach For America’s ongoing program in Louisiana is entirely contingent upon our ability to raise funds to support our operations. Given the unique combination of values, services, and results that Teach For America provides in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Education may request up to $5,000,000 in public funding for Teach For America, which is significantly less than the size of public investment in Teach For America in both our neighboring states of Mississippi and Texas.

Last year, we leveraged our appropriation of $580,000 in state funds by a magnitude of more than 13 to 1 by raising over $8 million in funds for our operations in Louisiana. The ratio of private funding to all forms of public funding (including funding from the state, the federal government, school districts, and charter management organizations) was approximately three to one. Private funds for TFA are disproportionately tied to our urban placements, specifically New Orleans, and so we depend upon public funds in order to be able to place in high-needs districts across Louisiana. An increase in state funding allows us to continue this work and attract sustained private donations in the years to come.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          Teach For America will recruit and place a corps of between 250 and 300 educators in high-need public schools serving low-income populations in Southern Louisiana.

Teach For America will continue recruiting a diverse pipeline of teachers to Louisiana whereby at least 50% of new corps members are people of color, from a low-income background, and/or the first in their family to attend college.

Teach For America will continue to require our corps members to make a commitment to teach for at least two years in their placement school, and will retain their teachers for a second year at a rate that is higher than the national retention rate of 86% overall and 83% in schools serving low-income populations.

Teach For America will provide teachers who on aggregate achieve higher than average student achievement results in their classrooms due to our training, resources, connections and opportunities for development.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           Twelve months: June 2019 through May 2020

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                 Kira Orange-Jones
Regional Field Executive
Teach For America – Central and Southern U.S.
1055 St. Charles Avenue Suite 600
New Orleans, LA 70130

Kira is an elected member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and has cleared her continued role with Teach For America through the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                 

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
              

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
               

          What is the nature of the relationship? 

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                 Teach For America receives funding by contract through the Louisiana state budget from the Louisiana Department of Education. The LDOE via State Superintendent of Education John White is the primary requester, but our grant has been managed by Bridget Devlin of the Louisiana Department of Education.

Bridget Devlin
Louisiana Department of Education
PO Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               Teach For America will recruit, place, train and support a corps of between 250 and 300 diverse educators in high-need public schools serving low-income populations in Southern Louisiana.


Contact Information
name:  Joy Okoro 
                                       address:  1055 Saint Charles Avenue, Suite 600
New Orleans, LA 70130
                                       phone:  504-648-6900 x44164
                                       fax:  504-754-7784
                                       e-mail:  joy.okoro@teachforamerica.org
                                       relationship to entity:  Executive Director Teach For America – Greater New Orleans