Fight For Children Annual Report 2014

2 O 1 4 A N N U A L R E P O R T

C E L E B R A T I N G 2 5 Y E A R S

OUR MISSION

We fight to ensure low-income

children in Washington, DC receive a

great education and stay healthy so

they can learn.

OUR CORE BELIEFS

• All children, regardless of income or

family background, can achieve at

high levels.

• A great education gives children

the tools they need to be successful

adults.

• Children need to be nurtured

physically, emotionally, and mentally

to maximize their potential in school

and in life.

• Children get a great education

when engaged families, effective

educators, and strong communities

work together and remain focused

on their success.

HOW WE WORK

• We consider evidence and data to be

critical tools in planning approaches

and evaluating outcomes.

• We learn from and share best

practices whenever possible.

• We utilize multiple methods to

address problems and believe

solutions should be tailored to meet

the needs of the community we are

serving.

• We magnify our impact by leveraging

our relationships and investments in

pragmatic ways.

• We believe success is more likely to

occur when philanthropists, non-

profit organizations, businesses, and

the public sector collaborate.

• We operate in ways that are

transparent, ethically sound, and

respectful of others’ beliefs.

CONTENTS

Introduction 3 / Fight For Children History 5 / AppleTree 7

/ Quality Schools Initiative 2014 Winners 8 / Joe’s Champs 10 /

Friendship Public Charter School 11 / Mary’s Center 12

/ Making Strategic Grants 13 / Children’s National Medical Center 14 /

Our Partners 15 / Alexandria Boxing Club 17 / DC Opportunity Scholarship

Program 18 / Financial Information 19 / Thank You & Sponsors 21

/ Fight For Children Board & Staff 24 / The Next 25 Years 25

2 O 1 4 A N N U A L R E P O R T

C E L E B R A T I N G

2 5 Y E A R S

Thank you for supporting Fight For Children in 2014—and your generosity, commitment, and confidence for the past 25 years!

At Fight For Children, we are humbled that our fight for quality

education has endured since 1990 and has made a meaningful

impact on the lives of tens of thousands of children.

In the pages that follow, we not only share our accomplishments

from the past year, but also stories from education and non-

profit leaders, teachers, and children with whom we have had the

privilege of working. Every day we learn and draw inspiration from

their accomplishments.

As we look ahead to the next several years, we will continue to

build upon our success, with a focus on improving the quality of

early childhood education to ensure that all young children are

fully prepared for success in school and in life. We will continue

to rigorously evaluate and communicate the impact we are

making, while collaborating with other organizations that share

our passion.

We are proud to be part of the fabric of our community and will

keep empowering our city’s youngest citizens to reach higher and

build a bright future for them and all of us. We look forward to

sharing our next chapter with you.

Sincerely,

Raul Fernandez Michela English

Chairman President and CEO

3CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR CHILDREN

4 FIGHT FOR CHILDREN 2014 ANNUAL REPORT


Joseph E. Robert, Jr. founded Fight For Children in 1990 by hosting a small “party” with

his friends to raise money for at-risk kids. Since then, Fight Night has grown into one

of the largest and most successful fundraisers in the region, raising over $4.5 million in

2014 and $50 million over the past 25 years.

Fight For Children has made a major impact on the lives of low-income children in

Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD by championing change in the education landscape,

while supporting efforts to keep children healthy so they can be successful in school.

In the 1990’s, we helped jumpstart the charter movement by providing seed funding

and technical assistance to DC’s first charter schools. We later supported the expansion

of school choice by backing the creation of the Opportunity Scholarship Program. We

were also at the forefront of systemic education reform, launching the Quality Schools

Initiative in 2008 and serving as the lead local funder of IMPACT, the model teacher

evaluation system DC Public Schools launched in 2010.

Throughout our 25 year history, we have also collaborated with several prominent

organizations, including Children’s National Health System, Mary’s Center, and

Georgetown University, to nurture the physical and mental well-being of young children.

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR CHILDREN

Throughout this report, we share the stories of some of the people whose lives we have impacted and the organizations we have collaborated with over the past 25 years. Their voices give meaning to our fight to ensure all children have an opportunity for a bright future.

For 25 years, FIGHT FOR CHILDREN has been dedicated to ensuring low-income children in DC receive a great education and stay healthy so they can learn.

Joseph E. Robert, Jr. founded Fight For Children and Fight Night, which has grown into one of

the most successful fundraising events in the region, raising over

$4.5 million in 2014

Provided technical assistance and seed funding to the 19 charter

schools that opened their doors in the fall of 1998

Published and distributed over 12,000 copies in English and

Spanish of the inaugural edition of My School Chooser

Served as the lead local funder of IMPACT, the evaluation and

assessment system for teachers and other school-based personnel

in DC Public Schools

Raul Fernandez elected to serve as Fight For Children’s

second Chairman

Launched Joe’s Champs in honor of Joe Robert, part of $10

million, five-year commitment to ensuring that all children in DC

have access to high-quality early childhood education programs

Endowed the Fight For Children Chair of Academic Medicine and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Mark L. Batshaw, M.D., at Children’s National Medical Center

Led a coalition of business, education, and government leaders to secure an unprecedented $275 million over seven years in new federal funding, including the Opportunity Scholarship Program, to expand quality education options for low-income families in DC

Launched the Quality Schools Initiative to recognize and promote best practices among K-12 schools

Joe Robert passed away

Serving 2,800 students in 19 schools through Joe’s Champs

Awarded the 23rd Quality Schools Initiative Award, bringing the total awarded since 2008 to $1.7 million

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One of the organizations Fight For Children

supported in 1996 was AppleTree Institute for

Education Innovation, whose mission was to

“increase the supply of effective schools through

innovation.”

AppleTree created the nation’s first charter

school incubator, supporting the founding of

Washington Mathematics Science Technology

Public Charter High School, Cesar Chavez

Public Charter School for Public Policy, and

Paul Public Charter School. While these schools

had high standards and exemplary designs,

students entered several grade levels behind and

struggled to meet the standards to progress to

the next grade. That led AppleTree’s leadership

to create an early childhood program, and

eventually a network of charter schools, to

ensure children enter school ready to thrive.

Fight For Children was proud to play an

important role in AppleTree’s growth by

providing the local matching grant required by

the US Department of Education as part of a

2010 federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant

AppleTree received to scale its innovative Every

Child Ready curriculum.

“Fight For Children was one of the first organizations in DC to have the courage to invest in school choice and it did so before it was “fashionable.” Joe Robert knew that a small amount of private money invested creatively could leverage a much bigger pot of public money. Because of our shared history, Fight For Children trusted us and was the first organization to commit to match a large federal grant in 2010. It did so in an immensely helpful way, not only by giving us the financial resources we needed, but also by lending us the credibility and confidence to pursue other local and national partners.”

JACK MCCARTHY PRESIDENT AND CEO

APPLETREE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION

INNOVATION

AppleTree Institute For Education Innovation


QUALITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE

The Quality Schools Initiative works to ensure that all children – regardless of

income or family background – receive a high-quality education so that they will

become successful, healthy adults. Using a two-fold approach that provides school

leaders opportunities to learn from one another, while providing targeted resources

to improving schools, our program helps schools to advance their academic

practices and increase student achievement.

Collaboration: Conferences featuring local and national education thought-leaders

are held twice a year in DC. These sessions are free to school leaders and are

designed to ensure that the topics and speakers are truly relevant to the daily work

of educators. Most importantly, the sessions provide school leaders the opportunity

to learn from their peers who have tackled the same challenges with the same

student population.

• An assistant principal who attended a recent session said, “I was able to take so

many great resources back to share with our teachers! These sessions were well

worth our time and will definitely benefit our students.”

• 94% of workshop attendees at the Fall 2014 conference said they would definitely

implement what they learned in their sessions at their schools.

Targeted Resources: Since 2008, Fight For Children has awarded more than $1.7

million to 23 schools to support the implementation of strategic plans for stronger

academic achievement. These schools were selected as award winners because

of their positive momentum and their commitment to improve the academic

performance of the predominately low-income students they serve.

• Over the last seven years, Quality Schools Initiative Award alumni have increased

in their DC CAS scores by more than 12%, compared to 9% across all public

schools in DC.

• Last year, 1,734 students were directly impacted by the Quality Schools Initiative

Award program

15% families

36% health

49% education

Resourcestoward aStrategic Plan

InformationSharing &

Collaboration

ImprovedSchool

Outcomes

ReadyStudents

EffectiveLeadership

StrongTeaching

Staff

SuccessfulSchools


2014 QUALITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE AWARD WINNERS

Friendship Public Charter School— Chamberlain Campus

Friendship Public Charter School—Chamberlain Campus provides

a rich learning environment purposely crafted to develop early

academic success. Serving more than 700 students, Chamberlain

is a public charter school serving DC students in grades preschool

through eighth in Ward 6. Chamberlain strives to prepare its

students for high school success leading to the completion of a

four-year college degree.

Chamberlain is devoted to increasing its English Language Arts

proficiency rate by 7% each year for the next three years. To attain

this goal, Chamberlain plans to house a SMART Professional

Development lab in the school where teachers and administrators

can attend and host topical professional development sessions

using shared technological resources. The school is using its award

from Fight For Children to accelerate the development of the lab.

Kelly Miller Middle School

Kelly Miller Middle School was constructed in 1949 in Ward 7 as

the first secondary school in the far northeast area of DC. Kelly

Miller has a vision of becoming one of DC Public Schools’ flagships

with a nurturing community for academic excellence. Its mission

is to provide students with an education that supports innovation,

creative thinking, and character development. The school currently

serves over 300 students in sixth through eighth grades.

Kelly Miller is poised to build upon the work it has already

begun and will continue to increase the academic achievement

scores among its high potential, low-income students. Through

its School-Wide Enrichment Model (SEM), Kelly Miller provides

specific classes based on its student interests to further promote

learning. Over the next three years, Kelly Miller is using the award

from Fight For Children to provide SEM training to all of its

teachers to expand the program across its full student population.


JOE’S CHAMPS

Joe’s Champs is a multi-year program designed

to improve the educational experience of

three- and four-year olds in DC and to lay

the foundation for successful academic and

professional careers.

Joe’s Champs increases the capacity of

elementary school leaders to provide supervision,

evaluation, and instructional support of their

early childhood teaching staff. As a result of

the leaders’ improved capacity, the staff will be

more effective and productive teachers, resulting

in higher academic and social and emotional

outcomes for pre-kindergarten students.

In 2014, Joe’s Champs expanded from seven

schools to 19, including:

• C.W. Harris Elementary School

• DC Bilingual Public Charter School

• E.W. Stokes Community Freedom Public

Charter School

• Friendship Public Charter School, Blow-Pierce

• Friendship Public Charter School, Chamberlain

• Friendship Public Charter School, Southeast

Elementary

• Friendship Public Charter School, Woodridge

• H.D. Cooke Elementary School

• Hearst Elementary School

• Ingenuity Prep Public Charter School

• Langley Elementary School

• Mundo Verde Public Charter School

• Orr Elementary School

• Potomac Public Charter School

• Powell Elementary School

• Savoy Elementary School

• Seaton Elementary School

• Sela Public Charter School

• Tubman Elementary School

15% families

36% health

49% education



Collaboration

ImprovedSchool

Outcomes

ReadyStudents

EffectiveLeadership

StrongTeaching

Staff

SuccessfulSchools

Joe’s Champs Impact in 2014: By the Numbers


Friendship Public Charter School, Southeast Academy

Lucy Williams-Price is a pre-K teacher at

Friendship Public Charter School, Southeast

Academy, one of the inaugural schools

participating in Fight For Children’s Joe’s

Champs program since 2013. As a regular

attendee at the school’s professional learning

community, a key component of Joe’s Champs,

she meets with other teachers and school

leaders to focus on a specific topic of inquiry

chosen by the school. Monthly self-directed

sessions on learning through play provide a

forum for colleagues to share best practices and

results in the implementation of the strategies

they learn together.

For a lesson plan on community leaders in

schools called “My School and Me,” Lucy used

what she learned through Joe’s Champs to

adjust objectives for each of the learning centers

she set up in her classroom. “A lot of students

aren’t familiar with what a building manager

does, so I set up a center where the kids built

their own schools and chose the size, number of

doors and windows, and what the roof looked

like. The kids were really eager to ask questions

and to show their results to me because they

were their own creations. I did a better job of

listening to their conversations, asking questions,

and encouraging them to ask questions of me.”

“I’ve been teaching for more than 17 years. The Joe’s Champs professional learning community is really good for me. I’ve grown so much—I’m really becoming a more effective teacher.”

LUCY WILLIAMS-PRICE PRE-K

TEACHER, FRIENDSHIP PUBLIC

CHARTER SCHOOL, SOUTHEAST

ACADEMY


In 2002, Fight For Children made a five-year

investment in Mary’s Center, which provides

bilingual health services to underserved and

uninsured individuals. Mary’s Center was founded

in 1988 by Maria Gomez, and grew over the years

into a comprehensive health services provider.

Mary’s Center used Fight For Children’s funding

to open a school-based clinic in the Brightwood

neighborhood of DC to address mental health

needs of the children of Mary’s Center’s clients.

The model was a success and is now in 11 schools.

Today, Mary’s Center serves nearly 40,000 men,

women, and children at sites throughout DC

and Maryland. Fight For Children partnered with

Mary’s Center again in 2014 to enhance and grow

Healthy Start Healthy Families, which provides

intensive, long-term home visitation services

to pregnant and post-partum women and their

families to ensure that their children are healthy,

safe, and ready to learn.

Mary’s Center

“When I came to the United States 40 years ago, I wanted to give other women the things my mother and I didn’t have when we arrived—education, health care, and other support services—so they would be empowered to be their children’s first and best teacher. Fight For Children recognizes that the health of a community can only truly be impacted if families are surrounded by strong school programs, quality health care, housing, and more. Our families and so many more are better off because of Fight For Children.”

MARIA GOMEZ PRESIDENT AND CEO,

MARY’S CENTER


MAKING STRATEGIC GRANTS

To magnify our impact beyond our own programs, we work collaboratively with

selected high-performing, local non-profit organizations that share our mission.

Using proceeds from Fight Night, Fight For Children’s annual fundraiser, we invested

almost $3 million in 2014 in programs that address the education, health and fitness,

and family support needs of more than 6,500 young children in the highest-need

neighborhoods in Washington and Baltimore.

Where We Work

While we collaborate with organizations throughout Washington, DC and Baltimore,

MD we targeted a majority of our resources last year to areas in DC that have high

numbers of children living in poverty. These include Kenilworth in Ward 7, where

57% of children live in poverty; Ivy City in Ward 5, where only 37% of students are

proficient in reading; and Garfield Heights in Ward 8, where only 38% of students are

proficient in math.

We invest in three areas that most directly affect children:

15% families

36% health

49% education



Collaboration

ImprovedSchool

Outcomes

ReadyStudents

EffectiveLeadership

StrongTeaching

Staff

SuccessfulSchools


In 1997, Fight For Children contributed $1 million

from Fight Night to Children’s National Medical

Center to create the Fight For Children Chair

of Academic Medicine. The leadership team at

Children’s National knew that an endowed chair

would help attract talent to build the hospital’s

research program. In 1998, Children’s recruited

Mark Batshaw, MD to serve as the Fight For

Children Chair, Chief Academic Officer, and

Director of the Children’s Research Institute at

Children’s National, which is now a national and

international model of excellence.

The Fight For Children Chair continues to

provide Dr. Batshaw with resources to facilitate

scientific discoveries that help children overcome

obstacles to wellness. Fight For Children’s 1997

gift has allowed Children’s to invest in dozens of

research projects, and helped leverage hundreds

of millions of dollars in additional annual

research funding.

Chair Of Academic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center

“Joe Robert’s struggle as a young person appealed to me personally. Like Joe, I had a rough childhood and wondered some days where I would end up. Joe’s humbleness at his success, coupled with a willingness to commit resources to endow a chair of academic medicine, made me want to be part of Children’s National.

Those initial resources have led to vital research that not only helps children with disabilities and illnesses reach their highest potential, but also raises the bar of who these children can become.”

MARK BATSHAW, MD PHYSICIAN IN CHIEF,

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, FIGHT FOR

CHILDREN CHAIR OF ACADEMIC MEDICINE,

CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER


AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation

Fight For Children and AppleTree are in the

final year of a five-year $500,000 partnership

to support the development and continued

enhancement of AppleTree’s Every Child Ready

early childhood education curriculum. Every Child

Ready is now being used by schools serving 800

three- and four-year old DC students.

CentroNía

Fight For Children awarded CentroNía Institute

$75,000 to continue its two-year project to develop

an Unpacking CLASS© (Classroom Assessment

Scoring System) Tool Kit and train-the-trainer

model for professional development for early

childhood center educators of three- and four-

year olds. This project will continue to improve the

quality of teaching in early childhood education

classrooms at private centers in DC.

Children’s National Health System

Children’s National Health System was awarded

$140,000 to build upon its current partnership

with Fight For Children for its IMPACT DC Asthma

Clinic and Prevention program. School nurses and

early childhood educators at schools and private

centers in DC are trained on asthma prevention

and response techniques for children two- to

eight-year olds.

DC Special Education Cooperative

Fight For Children awarded the DC Special

Education Cooperative $87,000 to expand

INCLUDE DC, which Fight For Children began

funding in 2013. INCLUDE DC is a credited course

for general education teachers to learn inclusion

strategies to use in their classrooms. The new

funding will support a second INCLUDE DC course

specifically for teachers of children three- to seven-

year olds, as well as a leadership workshop on the

same topic for elementary school principals.

Georgetown University, Center for Child and

Human Development

Georgetown’s Center for Child and Human

Development was awarded a two-year $196,392

grant in 2013 to develop and pilot a model of

early childhood mental health consultation that is

appropriate for school-based settings. This model

of behavioral support for children has been proven

effective in early childhood education settings by

training teachers to manage challenging behaviors

in groups.

Judy Centers

Fight For Children invested $150,000 to support

the Judy Centers Expansion Project in Baltimore

City through the Baltimore Community Foundation.

Judy Centers provide wrap-around support

services for families of children under five-

years old to ensure the stability of the children’s

development before they enter kindergarten.

Our investment will support the launch of five

additional Judy Centers in high-need Baltimore

neighborhoods by the end of 2015.

OUR PARTNERS


The Literacy Lab

Fight For Children awarded $108,000 to the DC

Public Education Fund to expand The Literacy Lab’s

Metro DC Reading Corps into pre-kindergarten

classrooms at two DC Public Schools. The

program provides targeted reading interventions

to elementary school students through a unique

model that is differentiated for students from pre-

kindergarten through third grade.

Playworks

Playworks uses the power of play and recess to

improve academic outcomes for elementary school

students. Among other outcomes, the Playworks

model has been shown to reduce lost class time

due to disruptions and improve cognitive processes

for young students through increased blood flow in

the brain. Fight For Children awarded Playworks DC

$158,000 to support its program model in six DC

elementary schools in Wards 7 and 8.

Reading Partners

Reading Partners is a national program that

recruits, trains, and supports adults as reading

tutors. Tutors work with targeted students in

elementary schools on proven reading interventions

during the school day. Fight For Children awarded

Reading Partners a two-year grant of $200,000 to

support its expansion from 11 DC schools to 15 in

the next year.

Science in Pre-K

Science in Pre-K began five years ago to train pre-

kindergarten teachers on teaching inquiry through

physical science. This privately-funded project is

based at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

and uses resources from the museum in its work.

Science in Pre-K has a historical partnership with

DCPS to train its early childhood teachers, and will

use $100,000 from Fight For Children to expand the

program to teachers in DC public charter schools.

Turning the Page

Turning the Page is a 16-year-old non-profit

organization that provides school-based family

engagement at high-need schools in DC with a

goal of improved reading outcomes for students.

The parent outreach activities teach parents how

to better connect with their children’s teachers and

how to engage their children in literacy activities

at home. Turning the Page will use $75,000 from

Fight For Children to expand its program to three

additional elementary schools in Ward 8.

The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing

For more than 35 years, The Wendt Center for Loss

and Healing has provided mental health services

to children and adults in DC and is known locally

for its work with children who have experienced

trauma. Fight For Children awarded The Wendt

Center $97,000 to support the development of play

therapy rooms at the two Wendt Center locations

and trauma training for early childhood education

teachers so they can make appropriate referrals for

children struggling with trauma.

OUR PARTNERS (cont.)


Alexandria Boxing ClubEach year since the founding of Fight For

Children in 1990, a portion of the proceeds from

Fight Night has gone to support the Alexandria

Boxing Club, a structured afterschool program

for children focusing on character development,

self-respect, and physical health. The Club is

not only making a positive impact on children’s

academic achievement, but is also encouraging

physical activity and discipline.

Iesha Kenney, 17 and a junior at TC Williams

High School, first came to the Club when she

was six, and participated in her first “real”

match when she was 13. She came because the

Club offered her “something to do.” Iesha is now

an honor roll student and recently took the gold

medal at the 42nd Annual USA Boxing Junior

Olympics in Atlanta.

“When I first walked into the Club, I sat in my little corner, laughing with my friend. Then I started training and the coaches started pushing me. I realized I liked boxing, and I started winning. That’s when I got serious. Being part of this special place has opened my eyes up to a whole new world—one in which anything is possible.”

IESHA KENNEY STUDENT, ALEXANDRIA

BOXING CLUB

Antoine Douglas has always been a fighter.

Prematurely born to a mother suffering from

drug addiction, Antoine was bounced from

relative to relative; from foster parents to foster

parents. At age 8, a cousin gave Antoine an

early introduction to boxing. He used the sport

to bring grounding and direction to his life.

Antoine eventually became an honor student

and graduated with one of the highest GPA’s in

his class. He came to Alexandria Boxing Club

when he was 17 and met Coach Kay Koroma.

In Kay, Antoine found not only a teacher, but

also a friend, who helped guide Antoine to his

successful, albeit young career, as a pro boxer.

Antoine is still a regular visitor to the Club. He

says he understands how important the structure

of the Club is for kids who come from homes

with little or no structure. The atmosphere there

is supportive, stress-free, and family-oriented, and

he is proud to serve as a role model for the young

kids who are just beginning to find themselves.

“When you’re a little kid, and all you know is guns and violence, you can’t see the opportunities you have. You don’t take risks if you are afraid. I took a different path. I want to share my story and help kids like me take risks, grow, and ultimately win.”

ANTOINE DOUGLAS PROFESSIONAL BOXER,

ALEXANDRIA BOXING CLUB ALUMNUS


In 2003, Fight For Children led a coalition of

business, education, and government leaders

to secure over $300 million in new federal

funding to reform DC Public Schools, replicate

high-performing charter schools, and to offer

expanded quality education options for low-

income families in DC. One of those options

was the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

(OSP), which provided scholarships of up to

$7,500 (currently up to $12,500) to low-income

DC students to attend the non-public school of

their choice. Joe Robert’s leadership to bring

the OSP to life not only gave children the means

to escape failing public schools; it also made

parents, public officials, and philanthropists

realize that urgent reform was needed in DC’s

public schools.

Students in the OSP have a graduation rate of

over 90%, significantly higher than children in

DC public and charter schools. A 2010 evaluation

noted that every dollar invested in the OSP

returned $2.62 of benefits in increased earnings

potential. Since 2004, 5,900 students have been

awarded a scholarship, including 1,442 this year.

DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

“Growing up, I always knew that for me to get what came easily to others, I had to want it twice as much and work twice as hard. I grew up in Harlem and moved to DC when I was 11. My neighborhood school wasn’t supportive of me as a learner, and I changed schools several times. It wasn’t until I applied for the Opportunity Scholarship Program and got into Georgetown Visitation Preparatory High School that I finally felt I had met my match. Visitation was 180 degree turn from what I had experienced in public schools in Harlem and DC. It was a wakeup call to me, that all of these years I have been left behind, while the girls at Visitation were on the fast track to be the future leaders and change agents of the world. I had been wasting my formative years in failing schools, struggling for an opportunity to choose my own destiny. Attending Visitation broke that cycle, and I couldn’t be more grateful!”

MERCEDES CAMPBELL 2007 OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT & PROUD 2014

GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND


FINANCIAL INFORMATION

2014 was one of the strongest years we have had in our 25-year history. Fight Night continued to drive

the majority of revenue, while progress was made in diversifying our donors. As a result of Joe Robert’s

generous bequest in 2012, we showed a significant increase in net assets that year. We continue to

reflect non-cash adjustments (through 2016) to recognize revenue from the bequest, as well as other

income sources. Those non-cash adjustments resulted in a reduction in net assets of $842,368 in 2014.

We ended 2014 with an operating surplus of $79,517, and our auditors found no deficiencies in our

financial records. You may request a copy of our audit by calling 202-772-0417.

INCOME 2014 2013 Fight Night $4,535,278 $3,933,243

Bequest 1 $1,121,976 $1,031,477

Program donations $1,498,902 $2,354,364

Investment income $113,489 $213,982

Donated facilities $152,273 $152,273

Donated services $37,733 $19,503

Other 2 $129,947 $121,488

Net assets released from donor restrictions 3 ($1,643,861) ($1,558,433)

Total $5,945,737 $6,267,897

EXPENSES

Programs $1,519,179 $1,395,237

Grants to other organizations $2,546,196 $2,300,196

Events

Fight Night $1,699,020 $1,515,706

Support and administration

Fundraising and management staff costs $381,004 $398,887

Rent $232,991 $231,760

Other expenses $409,715 $267,752

Total $6,788,105 $6,109,538

Change in net assets 3 ($842,368) $158,359

Net assets at beginning of year $6,534,613 $6,376,254

Net assets at end of year $5,692,245 $6,534,613

1 On March 8, 2012, the organization

received notice that Mr. Robert made

a gift of $5,000,000 to support Fight

For Children over a five year period.

The total value of the pledge was

discounted to its net present value

of $4,815,070 and was recorded as

temporarily restricted revenue during

2012. As of December 31, $1,815,070

of this amount remained receivable.

2 Includes school participation fees,

interest, and general donations.

3 We made non-cash adjustments to

account for the release of assets

from donor restrictions (including

the 2014 portion of Mr. Robert’s

bequest), essentially allowing us to

use these funds for our programs

and operations. While we also took

this action in 2013, several large

gifts received last year (including

$1 million from the UAE Embassy)

were recorded as restricted revenue,

thus offsetting the impact of these

non-cash adjustments on our 2013

statements.


n Fight Night

n Program donations

n Bequest

n Other

n Donated facilities

n Investment income

Again in 2014, Fight Night

revenue significantly exceeded

plan, representing 60% of

total income. We significantly

increased income from

foundations and continued

to see positive returns on our

investments.

*Exclusive of Net Assets

Released from Restrictions

in 2014

n Grants to other organizations

n Fight Night

n Program services

n Support and administration

We allocate staff cost to major

activities, including our events,

as reflected in our financial

statements. Major operating

expenses (including insurance,

utilities, etc.) remained level,

and our overall fundraising

and administration staff costs

declined year over year. Program

expenses increased due to the

growth of Joe’s Champs. We

also experienced an increase in

fees related to our investment

accounts, expenses to write-

off uncollectable pledges, and

minor, one-time costs related

to commemorating our 25th

anniversary.

n Grants

n Event expenses

n Staffing

n Program expenses (non-staff)

n Other expenses

This chart summarizes major

functional expenses by type,

not by programs. The

distribution of functional

expenses in 2014 was very

similar to 2013.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION (cont.)

REVENUE* EXPENSES FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES

100% = $7,589,598 100% = $6,788,105 100% = $6,788,105


$1,000,000 and Up

Under Armour / Cupid Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999

J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

$100,000 - $249,999

Steve Bisciotti / Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation

DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education

Raul Fernandez / Fernandez Foundation, Inc.

Anders Hainer / Hainer Foundation

J.S. Plank & D.M. Dicarlo Family

Fredrick Schaufeld / Swan Investors / Fred & Karen Schaufeld Family Foundation

Vornado / Charles E. Smith

$50,000 - $99,999

Tak Cheung / Chieh T. Cheung

Classic Fashion Apparel

FedEx Government Affairs

Friendship Public Charter Schools

Kip Fulks

Richard A. Kay

Dean F. Morehouse / MTM Development

Maserati

Needle Craft

Ramatex

Regina Miracle International

Salvador

Bradford Shusman / James Fitzgerald / Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Singlun

Sintex

United Arab Emirates

United Creation

$25,000 - $49,999

APS Global LLC

Avery Dennison

Rueben Bajaj / Digital Management, Inc. / Bajaj Family Foundation / White Star Investment

Bodynits

Carnival Foundation

Children’s Hospital

Climatex

Creative Artists Agency

Eclat Textile Co.

Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation

Gildan

Donald E. Graham

Hamilton Insurance

Robert G. Hisaoka

Ike Kligerman Barkley

Ingenuity Prep PCS

JB Creative

Kuohwa Garment & Enamel Industry Co.

Ted Leonsis

Little King Ind. Co.

Lockton Companies

Matsui International Co.

NCTA

Perfect Building Maintenance

Harvey Sanders

SAP

Devin Shain / ShalomLearning, Inc.

Ryan Shank

Verizon

Wen-Parker Logistics

Wintan, Inc.

$10,000 - $24,999

American Petroleum Institute

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Armada Hoffler

Asian Sourcing International

BET Networks

BGE

Boomer Esiason Foundation

Bozzuto

Scott & Patrice Brickman Family Foundation

BuildingHope

CA Technologies

Cantor Fitzgerald

Citi Private Bank

Clark Construction

COFACO

Neil Cohen / Ryna & Melvin Cohen Family Foundation

Crystal City Business Improvement

Bradley Dickerson

Donatelli Development

Eagle Bank / Robert Pincus

ENTERGY

Fensterheim & Bean, P.C.

First Washington Realty Inc.

Michael P. Galvin

Hansoll Textile

Hojeon Limited

Ed Hollander

Horning Family Fund

Ideal Fastener Corp.

Intralot/DC09

William S. Janes

JK Moving & Storage

Robert L. Johnson

Jones Group International

Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP

Kingwhale

Alvin B. Krongard

THANK YOU FOR MAKING FIGHT FOR CHILDREN STRONG FOR 25 YEARS

Thank you to all our generous supporters in 2014, especially the bold names below who have been

consistently supporting Fight For Children for more than ten years.


Annette M. & Theodore N. Lerner Foundation

Maury, Donnelly & Parr Insurance

Morgan Franklin Consulting

Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

Motorsports Charities

National Basketball Association

New Holland Apparel

NFL Players, Inc.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Optimum Sports

Anthony Pappas

Pettenati

Stuart Plank

Pricewaterhouse- Coopers

Promax

PRM Consulting, Inc.

Pryamid Builders

W. Russell Ramsey

Joe Reeder / Greenberg Traurig

Carl J. Rickertsen

Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation

RLJ Lodging Trust

Elbert O. Robinson, Jr.

Sagamore

Doug Smith

SunTrust Bank

Summit Fund of Washington

Patrick Sutton

Chris Tavlarides

Tolson Family Foundation

US Trust / David Huffman

Walton Family Foundation, Inc.

WBCM

Yeh Group

$5,000 - $9,999

1901 Group LLC

Abdo Development

American & Efird

Ballard Spahr LLP

BB&T

BDT Capital

BHC Architects

George Bodenheimer

Brookfield Properties

Charlesmead Foundation

J. L. Davies

Matt Edenbaum

Educational Testing Service

Brian E. Ferguson

Flamboyan Foundation, Inc.

Inner City Family Services

John Motley Associates, Inc.

Brian Karlisch

Jack Kennedy

Andrew Klingenstein

Rafat Mahmood

McComb Family Foundation

Alan Meltzer

MGM National Harbor

Ourisman Ford Lincoln

Phillips Realty Capital

Premium Distributors

Pride Performance Fabrics

Red Light Management

Win Sheridan

Jordan Spieth

Studley, Inc.

Sun Tak Industries Group

Swisstex Direct

University of Maryland / Smith School of Business

Jeff Veatch

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Winmar Construction

Gary Woodland

$1,000 - $4,999

202 Design

Aegis Law Group

Alarm.com Incorporated

Faisal Alenezi

Jose Andres

Joe Apa

Ehsan Bassam

Bret Baier

David Bender

Seth Benhard

Jim Bolduc

Jason Bonnet

Tony Brown

Calkain Companies

Louis C. Capannelli

Cavalier Maintenance

Patrick Christmas

Keith Cohen

Conveyor Handling Company

Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund

Brian Cummings

Anthony R. Dolan

E. Textint Corp.

Eaglestone Wealth Advisors

Michela A. English

Eyeking, LLC

Finnegan

Paul Fipps

Kevin Fishkind

Scott Fishkind

Forum Properties

Brendan Fry

Gali Service Industries

Chris Gates

Gazzatex Inc.

Jody Giles

Pete Gilmore

Global Design I.D. Inc.

Alvin Gross

Pierre Grzybowski

GSI Homemaid Solutions LLC

Guilford Performance Textiles

Fred Gumbinner

Tom Haley

Christina Hanson

James Hardy

Hickory Ridge

The Hill Group

JP Morgan

Maurath Karl-Heinz

Claude & Nancy Keener

Bruce Klores

Korn Ferry International

Casey Larkin

Stephen Lucas

Sheila MacVicar

Jim Martell


Masonboro Partners

Sanjeev K. Mathur

C. Thomas McMillen

Lesley McQuillan

MGM Resorts International

Mike Moore

Morgan Stanley

Nordstrom

Offit Kurman

Sumitro Pal

Paulen Industrial Center, Inc.

Perfect Sense Digital, LLC

Gregg & Julie Petersmeyer

Robert P. Poli

Mark Pollock

Precision Custom Coatings

Franklin D. Raines

Rich Rapuano

John R. Reynolds

Tomas Rios

Michael Ross

Saks Fifth Avenue

Justin Smith

SML

Henry Stafford

John P. Stanton

Walter Steimel, Jr.

Stratus Security Management

Lisa Struble

Robin Thurston

Geoff Tracy

Mark Tropea

Twin Technologies, LLC

Uber DC

Paul Webber

World Bank Community Connections Fund

Tony Wyllie

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Fredrick Schaufeld / Swan Investors /

Fred & Karen Schaufeld Family Foundation

J.S. Plank & D.M. Dicarlo Family

Harvey Sanders

Richard A. Kay Tak Cheung / Chieh T. Cheung

United Creation

Sintex

With special gratitude to for its generous pro bono support in 2014.


Board of Directors

Raul Fernandez, Chairman Chairman & CEO, Objectvideo Vice Chairman, Monumental Sports and Entertainment

James Abdo President & CEO, ABDO Development

Gina F. Adams Corporate Vice President for Government Affairs, Fedex Corporation

Neil Cohen President & CEO, District Photo Inc.

Michela English President & CEO, Fight For Children

G. David Fensterheim Principal, Fensterheim & Bean, P.C.

Adrian Fenty Senior Business Development Manager, Perkins Coie, Llp

Michele V. Hagans President, Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation

Michael N. Harreld Regional President, PNC Bank, Greater Washington Area

Charles Kuhn President, JK Moving Services

Anthony A. Lewis Region Vice President, Verizon

Dr. Kurt Newman President & CEO Children’s National Health System

Joseph E. Robert, III Sergeant, United States Marine Corps

Fredrick D. Schaufeld Managing Director, Swan & Legend Ventures

Anthony A. Williams President & Executive Director Federal City Council

Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Founder 1952-2011

Staff

Michela English President & CEO

Keith Gordon Chief Operating Officer

Martine Gordon Program Manager

Brittany Oliver Early Childhood Education Specialist

Kim Stevenson Executive Assistant

Danah Telfaire Senior Program Manager

Ellett Toomey Director of Development

Jeff Travers Director, External Relations

Liz Warnecki Administrative Manager

Judy Wrench Accounting Manager

FIGHT FOR CHILDREN BOARD & STAFF

As of August 2015

OUR NEXT 25 YEARS

We believe that by improving the quality of early childhood education, we can

close achievement gaps and create the best opportunities for every child to

realize his or her full potential. Fight For Children’s Board of Directors recently

affirmed Fight For Children’s commitment to make early childhood education in

Washington, DC the best in the country by ensuring that every child is prepared

to succeed in school by age eight. We invite you to join us as we begin our

journey into our next 25 years.

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