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FY25–26 annual impact report · concept direction 01
A guided current through the people, partnerships, and ideas moving environmental literacy forward across California.
See what you made possiblePrototype editorial direction · final FY25–26 stories and figures TBD
When a student asks a new question, a teacher gets a new tool, or a district finds a partner, the first ripple is local. Ten Strands helps those ripples meet, gather strength, and travel.
Scroll the current, or jump to a story below. Every marker opens a short narrative; the full story previews remain in reading order.
A guided story map · not to scale
Six moments from the work, each one connected to a wider movement. Select a ripple to open its story.
People in the flow
01–06
Roxana used Seeds to Solutions lessons to engage her students. They created an award-winning water documentary and began to see themselves as people with a public voice.
Story facts and program attribution come from the client brief. Final quote, school name, permissions, and image pairing remain TBD.
After participating in Ten Strands’ CTA-IFT technical assistance work, Anne taught aquaponics and food systems while helping students connect environmental learning with wellbeing.
Story facts come from the client brief. Final quote, school name, permission, and image pairing remain TBD.
Through CYCP, the students developed the skills and confidence to advance school board policies for environmental literacy, sustainability, and climate mental health.
Story facts come from the client brief. Final quotes, permissions, exact board language, and image pairing remain TBD.
Ten Strands’ technical assistance helped facilitate a regional network connecting community and education organizations. The network supports youth, Earth Day events, green teams, and green-career pathways.
The network and activity examples come from the client brief. Final participant, reach figures, quotes, and image pairing remain TBD.
After joining the CYED Leadership Program, the Palisades Charter High School students assessed their campus and brought sustainability ideas into conversations about rebuilding after the fires.
Story facts come from the client brief. Final quotes, permissions, approved rebuild language, and image pairing remain TBD.
Troy has become a visible champion for outdoor learning, joining advocacy in Sacramento, writing about the work, and helping peers see what school leadership can make possible.
Story facts come from the client brief. Final quote, article links, permission, and outcome language remain TBD.
The wider water
These 2025 report proof points show the network already moving. Confirm final source language and any date framing against the approved FY24–25 report package.
A statewide frame for environmental and climate action in TK–12 education.
Prior-year · 2025 report proof point · source: Ten Strands FY24–25 report package · final citation TBDYouth climate policy leadership connected students across California.
Prior-year · 2025 report proof point · source: Ten Strands FY24–25 report package · final citation TBDTwelve of the state’s 39 honorees were part of this network of practice.
Prior-year · 2025 report proof point · source: Ten Strands FY24–25 report package · final citation TBDA no-cost resource pathway helps educators bring environmental learning into classrooms.
Prior-year · 2025 report proof point · source: Ten Strands FY24–25 report package · final citation TBDKeep the current moving
Donors give educators time, students a platform, and partners a way to move together. Help Ten Strands keep building the conditions for durable change.
Donate to Ten StrandsDonation URL and supporter voice are placeholders for review.
“The work becomes possible when we make space to learn from one another.”Supporter voices · one of 3–5 in the final report · names TBD
Resilience, progress, and gratitude. This year asked a great deal of public education, and California’s educators, students, and partners answered — with new curriculum in classrooms, new leaders at board tables, and new networks that will outlast any single school year. None of it happens without the people on the pages above, and none of it happens without you.
Placeholder letter · final joint message TBD with client
Karen CoweFounding CEO
Will ParishFounder & Board Chair
Names and titles per 2025 report · confirm for FY25–26
| Fiscal years ended June 30 | FY 2026 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Total revenue & support | TBD | $3,129,875 |
| Total program expense | TBD | $3,146,023 |
| Salaries & personnel (support) | TBD | $440,760 |
| Other general & administrative | TBD | $63,241 |
| Total support expenses | TBD | $504,001 |
Presented on a cash basis; deferred revenue and prior-year fund balances are not reflected. Presentation note carries over from the 2025 report · confirm with finance.
Gifts received July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 · final donor roll TBD · tier structure per the 2025 report
5+ years of support · 3 consecutive years · new supporter · symbol system per 2025 report
80+ partner organizations, listed alphabetically in the final report · list TBD
Sixteen team members listed with titles in the final report.
Eleven directors with titles in the final report.
To learn more about supporting this work, contact Chief Development Officer Abby Ouimet · contact details and title TBD.