Net Results Junior Tennis Foundation

Programs: In 2010, nrjt served 428 youth through eleven programs at ten area schools and two summer camps, up from 350 the year before, and more than 3,000 children and teens since inception. Our students are 53% female and 47% male. 55% are african american, 30% latino, 3% asian, 8% caucasian, and 4% other. 90% of our youth are from poverty level or low-income families as determined by free and reduced lunch; 49% are from single parent and / or non-traditional families. Also in 2010, 86% of our students showed a marked improvement in their academic performance according to pre- and post-tests conducted by our tutors, many of whom are denver public school teachers. In addition, 85% of our students showed a marked improvement in leadership skills. Students with behavioral issues in the classroom showed a 77% improvement in classroom attentiveness and behavior. 82% of our students reported that the nrjt program helped them make positive life choices, while 93% of our students reported an increase in their fitness level as a result of participating in our program. Finally, three of nrjt students placed in the top 10 for the national junior tennis league's national student athlete competition (please see http://www. Firstserve. Org/rankings. Html). In 2011, nrjt awarded their first college scholarship through usta to a deserving student who competed in the usta national student athletic competition, a program delivered by net results from the usta. Nrjt had a student competitor in the top 50 in the nation; in, 2011 nrjt hired six high school and college students who were in the program ten years or more as assistant coaches in nrjt's school program and two summer camps; in 2011, junior team tennis boys 18 and under and girls 18 and under played in the colorado state championships and the girls team moved on to play in the state semi-finals; in 2011, board member jeff salzenstein, tennis pro of eleven years and grand slam participant, ranked 100 in the world, coached and inspired nrjt summer camp kids. Jeff also coached a nrjt student for a year. The student traveled by bus for an hour and then walked an additional two miles to attend the weekly classes; in, 2010-2011, cliff buchholz, director of sony ericsson for 20 years, participated in annual benefit for kids and advised nrjt; in 2011, nrjt was selected by the daniels fund to be a scholarship referral agent; in january 2011, a nrjt youth who has been in the program for more than ten years was honored at the colorado tennis hall of fame awards for his leadership and accomplishments; in 2010, a nrjt high school senior who was also a summer nrjt camp coach was awarded an arthur ashe college scholarship to the university of colorado. Also, ten nrjt youth received scholarships from the gates tennis center. Finally, as one of 38 in the country, nrjt was designated a usta first serve chapter in 2010; in 2012 fiscal year, nrjt serviced 9 schools as well as a summer program which included a junior tennis team and summer camp. During this time, over 157 youth were served through both the summer camp and school programming. An organizational change was made due to budget shortfall by laying off the executive director in the beginning of 2012, and this allowed for a more diverse opportunity for fundraising and programming. The process was accomplished with the assistance of the board of directors and one program director and one vista volunteer. The staff also facilitated 7 small fundraisers as well as submitted several grants on behalf of nrjt. Unfortunately this strategy was unsuccessful to raise enough funds to operate the organization effectively. In march 2012, the decision was made to wind down nrjt ending with this year's final programming for the schools, summer camps and junior team tennis. This was due to budget shortfall , the economic climate and increased competition in the non-profit grant funding and therefore, nrjt was unable to successfully raise enough funds to keep the organization operational and staffed. The staff enlisted many of the coaches, tutors and board members to volunteer to keep programs running. This facilitated nrjt to continue programs through the summer with the final summer camp ending this past june. As of the end of the fiscal year, nrjt has completed all grant and programming deliverables and was able to transfer final assets and equipment to a program out of the gates tennis center called "the park people - kids in tennis" program so that at-risk youth may still receive quality instruction and education using tennis as the foundation to which the youth will learn to live a successful and positive life.

summer camp served an average of 200 children at 2 locations. The summer camp program fielded 3 usta junior team tennis teams, 2 of which advanced to state championships.