Annual Report 2023: A Year of Impactful Growth

Dear Friends,

As we reflect on 2023, I am grateful for the passion, dedication, and innovation that has propelled The Mind Trust towards achieving our mission of ensuring every student in Indianapolis, without exception, has access to a high-quality education. Our team and community have worked together to achieve groundbreaking, system-level solutions that move our city and state forward in positive ways. 

Here are a few highlights from the past year that The Mind Trust’s team and our partners accomplished to support better student outcomes:

• Supported the launch of four new schools in the fall of 2023, which brings our total to 49 schools that serve over 12,000 students and will serve more than 21,000 students at scale.
• Made investments to grow seven proven charter school networks through Capacity Building Awards and School Launch Fellowships: Adelante Schools, Christel House DORS, Circle City Prep, Girls IN STEM, Herron Classical Schools, The EXCEL Center, and Purdue Polytechnic High School. 
• Awarded $315,000 in School-Community Partnership Investments to 24 Indianapolis nonprofits or community-based organizations to expand student and family access to cultural, health, and academic programming. 
• Partnered with United Way of Central Indiana to offer Indy Summer Learning Labs for a third year; more than 45 sites served 5,000 students across Indianapolis in summer 2023 and continued to drive math and reading gains. 
• On behalf of the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), grew Indiana Learns, a statewide math and reading tutoring grant program; more than 20,000 students have claimed awards and scheduled more than 180,000 hours of tutoring. 
• Celebrated Indianapolis charter school proficiency gains on the 2023 ILEARN and SAT assessments; for example, the top 10 public high schools for Black students within Indianapolis Public School (IPS) boundaries on SAT college-readiness rates are IPS innovation charter schools.  

The progress achieved in 2023 was only possible because of The Mind Trust’s dedicated staff and board, and through authentic partnership with educators, community organizations, and families. This collaborative spirit will help us continue to tackle the systemic barriers students and families face to access high-quality public education. 

With gratitude,

Brandon Brown
CEO