Expand our site teams from 3 to 5 full-time staff members to better meet the increased needs of our elementary and middle school campers and StreetLeaders. Add part-time “Super Literacy Tutors” at each site.

Deepen the level of mental health  and social work support we provide our students, StreetLeaders, Alumni, and families.

Currently, we have two full-time Alumni Directors supporting a community of 163 Alumni as of 2023. We expect to graduate between 20-30 alumni each year over the next 3-years outpacing the number of alumni that age out of our program.

Research shows that a salary of $61,000 is needed to afford an average one bedroom apartment in Charlotte. Thus, we want to increase our staff salaries to help meet the growing cost of living so that our staff members can support their families, focus fully on UrbanPromise’s mission, and continue supporting youth for many years.

Provide our team with a home of our own – which can be used by our central staff and to host gatherings for our StreetLeaders and Alumni (which cannot always be hosted at our site locations). Provide our team with much needed technology.

The infrastructure of UrbanPromise is small in comparison to its service. There is not a lot of “back office” support and most of those responsibilities rely on the Executive Director. Finance, HR, and administrative team members are needed to create a healthy, sustainable organization. 

Create evaluation metrics and collect program data to validate UrbanPromise’s effectiveness, discover insight to help us improve programming, and pursue new funding opportunities.

Create a Communications Manager position to better tell the UrbanPromise story in the Charlotte community.

•  Increase percentage of elementary and middle school students’ reading at or above grade level 

• Increase percentage of StreetLeaders maintaining a 3.0 GPA StreetLeaders have more college access 

• Increase Alumni Persistence (those entering college will start and graduate) 

• Improved mental health and wellbeing for students and StreetLeaders

•  Higher staff retention   

•  Increased staff well-being and reduce staff burnout

• A stronger infrastructure means a more sustainable organization  

• Less dependency on specific leaders / more resilience to staff transitions 

• Greater brand awareness as UrbanPromise Charlotte will be  a known and valued resource in  the community.

•  Implementing this plan is a pathway for growth. Investing in larger staff teams and building out the infrastructure of the organization will allow UrbanPromise to open new sites in a healthier, sustainable way.