Simon Sustainability Report 2014

At Atlanta-based AmeriPark, the entire team participates in an annual Holiday Valet Program to benefit Simon Youth Foundation.

Michael Durnil, Bob Guerra, Tim Earnest and Debby Weber celebrate the Northeast Region’s highly successful 2013 Bowling for Education event.

SimonYouth Foundation Simon Youth Foundation (SYF) was established in 1998 by a group of Simon employees in Indianapolis, Indiana. Seeing far too many kids in malls instead of classrooms during school hours, Simon employees discussed bringing the classrooms to the mall, which formed the basis of the foundation. SYF’s mission is to create a mechanism that helps public school systems reach at-risk kids who have dropped out or are on the verge of dropping out of their traditional high school. Simon Youth Academies are typically located in Simon Malls and offer flexible schedules and small class sizes that make learning accessible to students who struggle to connect with material in a traditional classroom because of their circumstances, such as homelessness, bullying, serious illness, parenthood, familial difficulties or other challenging personal circumstances. Since 1998, Simon and its employees have invested more than $27 million to advance the mission of SYF and further achievements include:

• More than 12,000 students graduated from 22 Simon Youth Academies. • 90 percent cumulative graduation rate across all Simon Youth Academies. • Awarded more than $12 million in scholarships to students in 42 states.

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2014