2019 was a record-breaking 10th anniversary year for She’s the First.

Last year’s success gave us the resilience we needed in 2020, to tackle the risks girls are facing in the wake of COVID-19. With schools shut down worldwide, girls have not only had their education put on hold; many are also encountering financial stress and violence at home. The ending of this story is not yet written; there are still chances to influence the outcomes when it comes to girls’ re-entry to school. We hope you’ll join us for that.

For now, let’s rewind and take a look at what we’re proud to have achieved last year; this progress is what we are fighting to hold onto today.

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Our 10th Birthday Bash, held October 24th in New York City, raised $300,000 to further our mission! Through live pledges in the room, we raised the final $65K of our goal in five minutes, allowing us to open an office in Nairobi, which will double our reach and impact on girls in the region. Read the coverage in Vogue.

 
 

For the International Day of the Girl on October 11th, we launched the Global Girls’ Bill of Rights with worldwide attention. This declaration of the rights all girls are entitled to, written by girls, for girls generated 150M+ media impressions and girl leaders presented it at the UN twice, to the Deputy Secretary-General (pictured) and to the head of UN Women. Read more on NPR.

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Days before this, we hosted the 8th Annual STF Summit, which provided hands-on advocacy training to 150 students representing our 200 campus chapters within 15 U.S. states, India, Canada, Nepal, and Guatemala.

 
 

In April, we hosted the third annual Girls First: East Africa Summit with our partner Akili Dada in Nairobi, Kenya. Through this flagship professional development event, we’ve trained more than 75 local girls’ organizations from East and West Africa, reaching 11,000 girls in the region. Through the course of the educators’ careers, the effects of these trainings will impact exponential numbers of girls. 

After the Girls First Summit, more than 66% of organizations reported that they have adapted or created new initiatives, based on the trainings they received, to better incorporate girls’ voices into their program. An additional 33% report that they have plans to do so in the future. 88% of organizations created or updated their child protection policies to better protect girls, which will benefit more than 9,600 girls.

 

A Message from Our Staff

 
*Charts are derived from annual 990 and audit reports. STF has been audited by WithumSmith+Brown since 2013. Contributions from 2011 & 2012 are from the 990 and Accountant’s Review.

*Charts are derived from annual 990 and audit reports. STF has been audited by WithumSmith+Brown since 2013. Contributions from 2011 & 2012 are from the 990 and Accountant’s Review.

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Leadership

STF Partner Organizations:
AfricAid/GLAMI (Tanzania)
Akili Dada (Kenya)
Arlington Academy of Hope (Uganda)
Blink Now (Nepal)
Kusi Kawsay (Peru)
MAIA (Guatemala)
Project Education South Sudan
Project PIKIN (Sierra Leone)
Sacred Valley Project (Peru)
Selamta Family Project (Ethiopia)
Shanti Bhavan (India)
Starfish International (The Gambia)

2019 Board of Directors
Tara Abrahams, Chair
Harish Nataraj, Vice Chair
Angela Bristotti, Treasurer
Vivian Nunez, Secretary
Christen Brandt
Tammy Tibbetts
Philippe Lust-Bianchi
Dee Poku
Lisa Sepulveda

STF Staff
Christen Brandt, Co-Founder/CPO
Tyler Harris, Operations Assistant
Henah Parikh, Development & Communications Manager
Alvi Rashid, Programs Coordinator
Katie Riley, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Tammy Tibbetts, Co-Founder/CEO

Committee Members
Chanel Cathey, Susan Goodall, Suzanne Berman, Kimberly Dixon, Robin Gelfenbien, Ann Shoket, Jessica Tarlov,
Erin Leigh Patterson, Amy Shoenthal, Kristen Tully, Euan Lampett, Anna Spitzer

Donors

Luminary Circle
Gwen Greene & John Greene*
Harish & Sarah Nataraj
Lisa Sepulveda
Marie Forleo
Regena Thomashauer
Susie Hovsepian & the Paul Foundation
Tara & Riad Abrahams
Tom Kerns & Jeanmarie Hargrave


$100,000
Barbie Dream Gap Fund
Dow Jones Philanthropy
Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation
Nuria


$25,000+
Anthropologie
Catbird
Dermalogica
NoVo Foundation
The Denver Foundation (Orixas Fund)
Virtue Labs & Charlie’s Angels


$10,000+
American Express
Andrew & Ann Tisch Foundation
Andy & Maria Polansky
Beatrice & Raymont Paul Foundation
Brides for a Cause
Cartoon Network
DNA Model Management
Dow Jones Foundation
Edelman
Foundation to Decrease World Suck
Imaan Hammam
Inmaat Foundation
Interpublic Group (IPG)
Lafayette 148
Silpada
The Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation
Thrive Causemetics


$5,000+
Akin Gump
Amy Shoenthal
Beth Fisher
Cari Sommer
Community Foundation of New Jersey
Dow Chemical Grant
Dubner Family Foundation
Facebook
H&M
IND Beverages
May Day Women
Muriel F Siebert Foundation
Prose Hair
PopSockets
Rajat Das
Wittrup & Rhodes Family Charitable Fund
Xandr/AppNexus
$2,500+
Abiram Viswanath
Alex & Svetlana Perez
Alverno Heights Academy
Andrew Montague
Bank United
Cristina Kennedy
Gemma Rogers
Harnisch Foundation
Imad Izemrane
Jess Weiner
Julie Steiger
Katherine Hobson
Kathleen Treat
Kevin & Zhou Curry
Malone Family Fund/Community Foundation of Greenville
Newman's Own Foundation
Nina Abrams Fund
River West Meetings
Sharon Dietrich
Societe Generale
Susan Ann Bowen
Tammy Tibbetts
The Global Fund for Children
The Rhoades School
Thomas Sander


1,000+

Aaron Zollman
Abigail Pogrebin
Alpha Kappa Psi, Zeta Lambda of UT
Amanda & Jason Hochman
Amy Simpson
Andrea Bartz
Andrea Grocy
Anthony DeChello
Arielle Gross
Asha Patel
Athia Skin
Audrey Schubert
Avast Foundation
Barbara Russo
Benjamin Wofford
Boston Common Asset Management, in memory of Elizabeth Casey
Brenna Comacchio
Brianne Riviello
Carmen Sedlacek
Charity Miles
Charles Turner
Charlie Henick
Christie Marchese
Cini Thayil
Colleen & Thomas Baldwin
Connie Hodge
Corcoran Sunshine
Cornwall Central High School National Honor Society
Dana Obrentz
Dawn Toy
Elizabeth Daly
Emma Tynan
Enoch Stohry
Erica Flener
Evergreen Rotary Foundation
Fiona Adam
Gally Mayer
Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
Hannah Riley
Heather Harrell
Henah Parikh
Holly Anderson
I Heart My Life Ltd.
Isa Herrera
Isabel McDonald
Jacqueline Gifford
Jamie Chan
Janet & Bryan Barnard
Jeffrey Feinman
Jennie Armstrong
Jennifer Grant & David Funck
Jessica Kleiman
Joelle Miller
John Egan
John Imperatore
Kate Lord
Kathleen Treat
Kim Heinen
Kim-Nicola Lorentzen
Kishore Setty
Kors Le Pere Foundation
Kristen Tully
Larry Arthur Zieske
Laura Zieske
Lauren Staggs
Lisa Rubin
Lore de Force
Lucas Morea Hyperbiotics
Maddie Gittins
Marjorie Brimer
Mary Norrisv
Mauka
Melissa Shapiro
Michael Chetrit
Moana Ferry
Nadine Ellerthorpe
Nicole Allen
Patrick Dwyer
Philippe Lust-Bianchi
Pratima Naithani
Rebecca Reed
Ria Vir
Rose Fonseca
Rosie McFarland
Jesse Itzler (Hell on the Hill from Leslie Abner)
Sarah Benveniste
Sarina Singh
Savor Beauty
Shankar Ramachandran
Shannon McNamara
Shebang Creative Studio
Sherry Brown
Shikha Vasaiwala
Silver Choi
Sofia Garcia Ladera
Staci Guillen
Stavroula Papadopoulos
Steven & Elissa Director
Steven Hartz
Susan McPherson
Tali Weinstein
Terri McCullough
VEERAH
Wendy Bailey
Westerly School
William Gleason
Women in PT


1,000+ Campus Chapters

STF BASIS Chandler
STF Binghamton University
STF Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
STF Castro Valley High School
STF Dominican International School
STF H-B Plant High School
STF Hanover High School
STF Harwood Union High School
STF Horace Mann School
STF Immaculate High School
STF La Trobe University
STF Saint Mary’s Hall
STF San Jose State University
STF South Brunswick High School
STF Tewksbury Memorial High School
STF The University of Texas - Austin
STF Thomas S. Wootton High School
STF Traverse City West Senior High School
STF University of California - Los Angeles
STF University of Minnesota - Duluth
STF University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
STF University of Florida
STF University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
STF University of Notre Dame
STF University of Rochester
STF University of Wisconsin - Madison
STF Villanova University


Pro Bono:
B Floral
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Edelman
Elle Ginter
Elyse Richter
Jennie Armstrong/Wild Awake Creative
Lore de Force
Meagan Bond
Squarespace
The New York Foundling

*deceased

Donors above reflect gifts made between Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019. We do our best to be accurate.
Please let us know at info@shesthefirst.org if there is an error so we can correct our records.

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