PEARLS 2023-2024 Annual Report

Our Impact

PEARLS girls sitting around a table with their arms up in celebration.

Social Emotional Learning

We foster girls’ social-emotional learning with a research-based curriculum and delivery that is responsive to girls’ needs. SEL competencies are embedded in our core values, Leadership Compass and the PEARLS Acronym.

73% of girls reported feeling balanced with school work, like they contributed to group, and followed instructions. Self-management strategies are core to girl success.

Learning Responsibility

68% of Girls reported improved listening to other view points since joining PEARLS. Building relationships and social awareness are foundational to PEARLS.

Cultivating Empathy

72% of Girls reported using emotional management strategies since joining PEARLS. Self-awareness and self-management are key to going from survive to thrive.

Developing Self-Awareness

51% of girls reported that they are almost always or frequently able to persevere through challenges in pursuit of their goal. Building this from a young age can set girls up for success later in life.

Becoming Problem-Solvers

PEARLS GuideStar Profile

PEARLS Leadership is a group of dynamic and diverse individuals dedicated to serving girls and maintaining transparency into how we steward the valuable dollars given to support the girls in our community. PEARLS has earned Platinum Transparency, the highest level, for several years running. Check out our GuideStar profile to learn more in-depth information and to see our complete 990.

Thank you to all the generous foundations, organizations, and individuals who support the work we do.

“When you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”

-African Proverb

How We Do It

Through our peer support groups for girls, our multigenerational facilitation teams provides girls a safe-space to bloom into themselves. With Social Emotional Learning embedded into our research-based curriculum, we open their eyes to new possibilities and support their version of success.

PEARLS Groups

We offer girls guidance to recognize their own power: that they are responsible for their choices and they they have unique gifts they can use to create their own futures.

We share concrete strategies for setting and achieving their goals, as well as support from adults, and connections to educational, pre-career, health and more resources.

College and Career Readiness

A PEARLS mentor taking notes while she listens to a PEARLS girl.

Mentoring is a vital for our youth so in addition to group support and college and career counseling, we connect our high school girls with professional volunteers in the community. These volunteers support PEARLS girls with one-on-one support and build transformational personal relationships.

One-on-One Coaching

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