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| WHAT IS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT? |
| Worldwide™ (Junior Achievement) is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics, and free enterprise. JA programs are taught by volunteers in class and after school at locations throughout the United States of America and in 96 countries. |
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| LEADERSHIP: |
| Ainar D. Aijala Jr., Vice Chairman & Deputy CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP, is chairman of the JA Worldwide board of directors. David S. Chernow is president and chief executive officer. A total of 82 JA Worldwide board members represent a wide range of businesses and academic institutions around the world. In addition, more than 8,000 board members lead JA’s Area Offices and Member Nations. |
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| PURPOSE: |
| JA educates and inspires young people to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives. |
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| A BRIEF HISTORY:s |
| Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 by Theodore Vail, president of American Telephone & Telegraph; Horace Moses, president of Strathmore Paper Co.; and Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Its first program, JA Company Program, was offered to high school students on an after-school basis. In 1975, the organization entered the classroom with the introduction of Project Business for the middle grades. Over the last 30 years, JA has expanded its activities and broadened its scope to include in-school and after-school students in grades K-12. |
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| MISSION: |
| JA will ensure that every child has a fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system. |
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| FUNDING: |
| JA Worldwide™ Headquarters operates on a $24.5 million annual budget; more than $234 million is raised around the world from individual contributors and hundreds of corporations and foundations. |
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| PROGRAMS: |
| JA programs span grades K-12, and focus on seven key content areas: business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics/character, financial literacy, and career development. |
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| ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW: |
| JA Worldwide™ is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The Headquarters office provides strategic direction, leadership, and support to approximately 2,700 employees worldwide. Local volunteer boards of directors comprised of business, education, and civic leaders set the policy and direction for each local office. |
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| PROGRAM REACH: |
| Through 495 offices around the world, JA reaches approximately seven million students per year in inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas. |
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| For More Information, Contact: |
JA Worldwide™
One Education Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Phone: 800-843-6395
719-540-8000
Web site: www.ja.org
Email: press@ja.org |
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| SCOPE: |
| Each year teachers in more than 287,500 classrooms around the world welcome JA programs. |
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| ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS: |
| JA’s nearly 214,000 classroom volunteers around the world come from all walks of life and include business people, college students, parents, and retirees. These dedicated individuals are the backbone of the organization. |
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| PROVEN SUCCESS: |
| JA is one of a few global non-profits to use independent, third-party evaluators to gauge the impact of its programs. Since 1993, independent evaluators have conducted studies on JA’s effectiveness. Findings prove that JA has a positive impact in a number of critical areas. These results are available, for free, upon request. Summaries of the findings also are published in the JA Programs section of www.ja.org |
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