THE BREAKTHROUGH CHALLENGE
In 2019, we put forward The Breakthrough Challenge – a $10 million campaign to propel us toward a new North Star: to move the needle on educational equity by doubling the number of college graduates from Central Texas’s low-income communities.
186 generous community members accepted our challenge, stretching their investment in Breakthrough just as our students stretch courageously every day to create new possibilities for themselves and their families.
Today, as a result of this campaign, we have tripled the number of first-generation college graduates, doubled the number of students served, and multiplied our impact. With your support, we can proudly say that Breakthrough Central Texas has become the leading college access and success nonprofit organization in Central Texas.
As we celebrate the profound success of The Breakthrough Challenge, let’s take a moment to look back.
About the Final Report Book Cover
Salvador Gloria-Moreno is a senior at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biology with a UTeach certification. During his first semester in college, Salvador created this self portrait, entitled “Luminous Opportunity,” for a Breakthrough art competition. It celebrates the Breakthrough advisors who have been “beacons of light” in his life – guiding him and other students on their educational journey and providing a safe space where they can express themselves, be themselves, and grow as individuals. In 2020, this artwork was gifted to every donor who invested in The Breakthrough Challenge, as a small token of our gratitude for the countless opportunities you have unlocked for Salvador and thousands more Breakthrough students. Upon graduation, Salvador hopes to pursue a career in education himself, so that he can be that beacon of light for the next generation of young people following in his footsteps.
Special thanks to our Matching Donors:
Carolyn and Jack Long, Luci Baines Johnson & Family, Anonymous
STEERING COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Christie Bybee
Walt Penn
Jessica Slade, Breakthrough Founder
Honorary Co-Chairs
Gary Farmer
Senator Kirk Watson
Hannah Temple
Ted Whatley
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Mayor Steve Adler
Barry Aidman
Malia & Steve Aycock
Cyndi Bock
Amber Carden
Taylor Ellison
Rosalind George
Dr. Timothy George
Staley & Jack Gray
Ricky D. Green
Carolyn & Jack Long
Diana & Gregg Lowe
Susan Lubin
Richard Marcus
Lynn Meredith
Lucy Nazro
Tiffany Nels
Karey & Chris Oddo
Virginia Potter
Jackie & Eric Price
Louise & Sergio Rodriguez
Laurel & Dudley Simmons
Richard Topfer
Christa Tuttle
Tito Vidaurri
Neil Webber
ALUMNI COUNCIL
Karen Arredondo
Carlos Alpuche
Ricardo Apanco Sarabia
Ariel Barrera
Tiara Clayton
Joe Cruz
Veronica Donley
Jose Garibay-Medrano
Robert Grace
Alexandra (Allie) Kleinberg
Huy Nguyen
Giovanna Perez
Gloria Perez
Marissa Peña
Javier Ramirez
Joseph Ramirez
Daniel A. Reyes
Jeniffer Saucedo
Jasmin Vara
Amely Vela
THANK YOU TO OUR INVESTORS
Gary Keller and Mary Pfluger | Carolyn and Jack Long
Cheryl and Walt Penn | Neil Webber
Tejemos Foundation
Hannah Temple, Christopher Sanders, T.L.L. Temple Foundation
Anonymous • Dick Clark III Foundation • Luci Baines Johnson and Family • Diana and Gregg Lowe
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation • Fran and George Ramsey • The Smalling Family
Webber Family Foundation • Mary Garwood Yancy and Howard Yancy
Aileen and Mike Aviles • Don and Lenee Bennett • Clinton and Christie Bybee • Susan and Gary Farmer
Love, Tito’s • Lowe Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Margain • Anonymous
Wm. Travis Penn and John B. Wicher • Stephen M. Seay Foundation • Winkler Family Foundation
Jeanette and Ernest Auerbach • The Bock Foundation • Anonymous • Andrea and Dan Ellinor
Kelly and Scott Ferguson • Rosalind Jones George • Staley and Jack Gray • Ricky D. Green
Susan and Chris Mack • MFI Foundation • Nelson Puett Foundation • Anonymous
David and Josette Bahler • Bridger Family Fund • The Clayton Fund • Janet and David Cooper
Peter and Brooke Freeland • Jordan and Katie Jaffe • Carrie and Jeffrey McDowell
Jamie and Ruth Pennebaker • Jackie and Eric Price • Brian Roberts and Sarah Mead • Judy and Hector Ruiz
Anne and Cord Shiflet • Steve Shook • Laurel and Dudley Simmons • Jessica Slade • Ellen C. Temple
Robert and Christa Tuttle • Melba and Ted Whatley • Leslie and David Wolff
Kate and Scott Abel • Austin and J’Lynn Bartlett • Lynne Rupp and Doug Brothers • Kristina and Carlos Flores
Eva Garza-Nyer and Adam Nyer • Anonymous • Diana and Sean Greenberg Family • Dr. Harry and Idona Griffith
Chris Hester Cary and Brad Johl • Matthew and Tamara Ketterman • Lindsay Maki and Tom McWalters
Susan and Richard Marcus • McDowell Foundation • Laurée Moffett • Anna and Jason Near • Michael and Tiffany Nels
Valerie and Jeff Newberg • NI • Anonymous • Peggy O’Shaughnessy • Sergio and Louise Rodriguez • Bryan Rollins
The Shepherd 5 Points Family Foundation • Maya and Shaka Smart • Missy and Todd Smith • Charlotte A. Smith
Sugar Creek Foundation • Neal and Beth Sutton • Ingrid and James Taylor • Dr. Denise Villa and Jason Dorsey
Susan Wallar • Liz and Senator Kirk Watson • Kristen and Patrick Worrall
Karen and Barry Aidman • Lee and Anissa Allbritton • Paula Angerstein and Paul Grosso • Kendall and John Antonelli
Randy and Lynn Atchison • Gene and Sharlene Austin • Susan and Charlie Avant • Malia and Steve Aycock
Pamela Chandler and Patrick Ousey • Allison and Marc Chavez • The Cline Family • Craig and Ann Conrad • Christina R. Corona
Mark and Ge Crozier • MC and Scott Deskins Jr. • Jill and Mark Dewey • Kimberly and Timothy Dowling • Jon Driscoll
Munira Fareed and Suaad Sait • Favaron Family • Jacquetta and Lowell Feldman • Anonymous • Julie Fisher
Sherrie and Dr. Robert Frachtman • Mohit and Aparna Goyal • Natalie and James Gray • Carrie and Michael Griffith
Andrea Guengerich and Elizabeth Stephens • Robyn and Rob Hargrove • Grace Holland • Jack Humphrey and Allison Cook
Willemijn and Kevin Ilcisin • Leslie and David Jaffe • Kerry and Temp Keller • Cathleen King Naumann • Andrew Lack • Ellen and David Lake
Jack and Jill Lasersohn • Susan and Craig Lubin • Stephanie Humphreys and Kevin Lucas • Sarah and Bennett Maddox
Clayton and Andrew Maebius • Daniel and Lori Mannion • David and Fredericka Middleton • Melissa Muckenthaler • Lucy C. Nazro
Heather and Jack Nelson • Linda and Paul Parrish • Shannon and Chris Peifer • Clayton Penn • Evelyn Penn • Holden Penn • Hudson Penn
Brandi and Jeff Pinsker • Dan and Linda Poole • Eileen and Stephen Portner • Susanne Pringle and Dan Rodney
Dennis Quinn and Joan Cheever • Michael Ramirez and Kaitlin DeBarros • Logan Reichle • Gretchen and Daniel Scardino
Esteban Serrano • Nina Shuvalov • Clayton and Gaby Smith • Christen and Steven Steen • Dulce and Mike Stenglein
Margot and Grant Thomas • Jasmin Vara • Susan Vaughan Foundation • Larry and Susan Westall • Holly Wissmann and Fabian Martinez
Tammy and Edwin Young • Jacqueline Olson and Minkun Zhang
Carlos Alpuche Caceres • James Carter • Ted Chauviere • Katie and Steve Felice • Alexandra and Merritt Beck & Amanda M. Beck Foster
Rey Garcia • Cheryl and Jim George • Richard and Virginia Gorelick • Laurie and Dirk Gosda • Michele Grieshaber and Michael Klug
Herndon Family Foundation • Janice L. Kolbe • Debbie and Chris Pacitti • Joseph Ramirez • Jené Shepherd • Eleanor Siff • Donnie Spier
Robert and Leslie Suffoletta • Melodie and Bob Summersett • Tere and Tito Vidaurri • Suzanne and Marc Winkelman • Lisa Womack