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2018–19 Impact Report to Contributors

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There was much to celebrate this past year at Rainier Scholars. With our largest high school class to date earning record rates of acceptance to top-tier colleges around the country, our earlier-start scholars enrolling in record numbers into independent and highly-capable public school programs, academic achievement rising across all phases of our program and student leadership abounding at all ages, the Rainier Scholars mission focus on opportunity and access remained strong and clear.

We could not have done it without your support.

Access to opportunity matters. We know it can launch lives of economic stability, leadership and influence in consequential decision-making arenas, and can be a conduit through which generational poverty can be broken and new pathways can be forged.

In a 2014 National Bureau of Economic Research study, we learned that while, for middle and upper class students, access to highly selective colleges and universities has a negligible economic impact on their future lives, for low-income Black and Latino students whose parents have limited education, the impact is profound and offers the best opportunity for moving from the bottom 20% of the economic ladder to the top 20% over one generation.

In other words, access matters most for those least likely to have it.

We know that it takes our entire community to create pathways of access and opportunity for our scholars. The system is not set up for someone to overcome barriers of race, class and generational privilege without some intentional interventions, structure and programming to disrupt the status quo; the flow of the river must be interrupted to change course in any meaningful way.

Thank you for joining with staff, parents, school partners and the scholars themselves to carve out new pathways of opportunity for so many of our young people in this community. As we head into our 20th anniversary year, may we celebrate the investment made by all, which will pay infinitely greater dividends for our community, city and region in the years to come.

Sarah Smith | Executive Director

We lift each other up as a community.

Access and Economic Mobility

MISSION CONTRIBUTORSRainier Scholars Impact Report to Contributors 2018–19 ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT FINANCIALSPARTNERS

Jackie Meza (Cohort 11) epitomizes Rainier Scholars EPIC (excellence, perseverance, integrity and courage) in action. Engaged and enthusiastic, she was a beloved student advisor to Cohort 16.

Jackie participated in the Highline School District’s International Baccalaureate program, volunteered as a youth soccer coach, and was named one of her high school’s Top Ten Most Inspiring Seniors. She’s just started her first year at Whitman College, her dream school, where she plans to major in science, with a minor in French.

ACADEMIC COUNSELING &

SUPPORT SERVICES

7TH–9TH GRADE

98%PROGRAM RETENTION 83%high school GPA of

3.0 and above

500hours of

individual academic counseling

1,200hours of cultural

identity & resiliency support per cohort

Mission and Impact

Rainier Scholars cultivates the academic potential and leadership skills of hard-working, underrepresented students of color. By creating access to transformative educational and career opportunities and providing comprehensive support to scholars and families, we increase college graduation rates and empower new generations of leaders.

View our video “Together We Rise”


https://youtu.be/gJELe6HL-W4

School Partners

We are grateful for all of our school partnerships in public, private and independent schools throughout the Puget Sound region and beyond.

Annie Wright School

Billings Middle School

Bishop Blanchet High School

The Bush School

The Cate School

The Downtown School

Eastside Preparatory School

The Evergreen School

Explorer West Middle School

Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

Highline Public Schools

Holy Names Academy

Kennedy High School

Lake Washington Girls Middle School

Lakeside School

The Northwest School

Oregon Episcopal School

The Overlake School

Phillips Exeter Academy

Rainier Prep

Raisbeck Aviation High School

Renton Public Schools

Seattle Academy


SUPPORT SERVICES

7TH–9TH GRADE

99%PLACEMENT IN COLLEGE PREP

PATHWAYS

1,500+hours of

academic enrichment per student

35+independent school and public school district partners

Nyomi Bennett (Cohort 18) was this year’s recipient of the Frederick Douglass award, in recognition of her dedication to her own and her classmates’ education, as well as her willingness to fight through obstacles with grace, wisdom and maturity. After completing 14 months of academic enrichment, Nyomi is now a sixth-grader at Seattle Girls’ School.

100+hours of family workshops and

tailored application support

Seattle Country Day School

Seattle Girls’ School

Seattle Lutheran High School

Seattle Preparatory School

Seattle Public Schools

Shawnigan Lake School

St. Bernadette Parish School

St. Joseph School

The Thacher School

University Prep

Villa Academy

Westside School

Special thanks to our school and community partners who provide in-kind contributions through facilities and program support:

Aki Kurose Middle School

The Bush School

The Northwest School

Seattle University

South Shore PK-8 School

University Prep

Whitman College


College Partners

Colleges and universities attended by Rainier Scholars, 2009–2019.

Agnes Scott CollegeAllegheny CollegeAmerican UniversityArtCenter College of DesignBard CollegeBates CollegeBellevue CollegeBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBowdoin CollegeCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversityCarleton CollegeCarnegie Mellon UniversityCentral Washington UniversityChapman UniversityClaremont McKenna CollegeColgate UniversityCollege of WoosterColumbia UniversityConnecticut CollegeDartmouth CollegeDavidson CollegeDenison UniversityEastern Washington UniversityEmory UniversityEugene Lang CollegeEvergreen State CollegeFranklin & Marshall CollegeGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGonzaga UniversityGoucher CollegeHarvard CollegeHarvey Mudd CollegeHighline College

Howard UniversityIthaca CollegeJohns Hopkins UniversityKalamazoo CollegeKnox CollegeLafayette CollegeLoyola Marymount UniversityMacalester CollegeMarist CollegeMarlboro CollegeMiddlebury CollegeMills CollegeMorehouse CollegeMt. Holyoke CollegeNew York UniversityNorth Seattle CollegeNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityOberlin CollegeOccidental CollegeOhio State UniversityPacific Lutheran UniversityParsons School of DesignPitzer CollegePomona CollegePratt InstitutePrinceton UniversitySanta Clara UniversityScripps CollegeSeattle Central CollegeSeattle Pacific UniversitySeattle UniversitySeton Hall UniversityShoreline Community CollegeSkidmore College

Smith CollegeSouth Seattle CollegeSouthern Methodist UniversitySpelman CollegeSt. John’s University (NY)St. Olaf CollegeStanford UniversitySuffolk UniversitySwarthmore CollegeSyracuse UniversityTufts UniversityUnion CollegeUniversity of Alaska-FairbanksUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of OregonUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of RochesterUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington – BothellUniversity of Washington – TacomaWashington State UniversityWellesley CollegeWesleyan UniversityWestern Governors UniversityWestern Washington UniversityWhatcom CollegeWhitman CollegeWilliams CollegeYale University


SUPPORT SERVICES

7TH–9TH GRADE

100%COLLEGE

ADMISSION

250+hours of

college application support

71%admitted to

most/more selective schools –

up 20% from 2018

Angela Tran (Cohort 11) is small, but mighty. A competitive wrestler, who competed in the State Championships, she was accepted to Stanford University last December via their Early Action program. Angela will be the first in her family to attend college.

Other Cohort 11 scholars who received early college acceptances include: J’Dyn Plater, Emory University; Khalid Omer, Pitzer College; Nejat Ali, Pitzer College; and Melat Feseha, Pomona College.

180scholars at 60

college campuses as of Fall 2019


Internship Partners

Partners provide quality internship opportunities that make it possible for both high school and college-aged scholars to explore various career paths, network with professionals and build resumes.

We are grateful to our internship partners who share a commitment to advancing diversity in the workplace while investing in tomorrow’s leaders.

21 Progress

Aegis Living

Amazon Web Services

Art with Heart

Artemis Connection

Baird Private Wealth Management

BMGI

The Boeing Company

Boys & Girls Club of King County

Breakthrough Collaborative

Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare

Cascadia Consulting Group

Center for Victims of Torture

Charlie’s Produce

The Children’s Law Center

Chinook Capital Advisors

Church World Service

Coffee Town Press

COPE Health Scholars

Credit Suisse

Cyborg Mobile

Ekata

Electroimpact

EnviroIssues

Environmental Works

Epiphany School

evo

Expedia

Forterra

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Giddens School

GoDaddy

Goldman Sachs

Green Plate Special

Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center

Harley Marine Services

Harper Engineering

Harvey Mudd Undergraduate Summer Research

Helsell Fetterman

Hermanson Company

Institute for Systems Biology

K&L Gates

Kiewit

King County Environmental Health

King County Wastewater Treatment Division

Landesa

Lebawi Academy

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Lincoln International

Macquarie Group

MCM

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Microsoft

MOHAI

New Americans Fellowship

New Engen

New Technologists

Nokia

Nordstrom

Novo Nordisk

Pacific Northwest Research Institute

PATH

Pemco Insurance

Perkins Coie LLP

Pomona Hope

Ravenna Solutions

Rios & Cruz, P.S.

Russell Investments

Sea Mar Community Health Centers

Seattle Aquarium

Seattle Art Museum

Seattle City Light

Seattle Goodwill

Service Now

Slalom Consulting

Tableau

Union Summer

Upward Bound

USAFacts

UW Botanic Garden

UW Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity

UW Early Social Cognition Lab

UW Ginger Lab

UW Robinson Center

Vulcan Inc.

WA-BLOC’s CDF Freedom Schools

Whitepages

YMCA of Greater Seattle

Daniel Ewnetu (Cohort 9) doesn’t let opportunity pass him by. This award-winning high school student body president (Oregon Episcopal School ’17) is now studying economics at Northwestern University, and is on track to graduate in 2021.

Daniel has had a number of investment-related internships, has interned with Microsoft and worked on several projects for Transportation Choices Coalition. Daniel serves as co-president of Northwestern Capital Management, a campus finance group which manages a portion of the university’s endowment.

100high school and college summer

internships

712hours of

career support– events & counseling

3,600hours of

high school leadership training


Keystone Partners

Thank you to the following companies for their depth and breadth of involvement, offering financial support, employee engagement, internship opportunities and full-time employment for scholars.

Amazon

BMGI

The Boeing Company

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Google

Honeywell

Liberty Mutual/Safeco Insurance

Logic20/20

MCM

Nordstrom

Perkins Coie LLP

Skanska


SUPPORT SERVICES

7TH–9TH GRADE

Our 2019 college graduates are pursuing careers or graduate education in the following fields:

• Public Health• UX/UI Design• Geographic Information

System Mapping• Accounting• Software Engineering

600hours of

academic support

114individual visits to

scholars at colleges out of our region

View our video “Thank You for Believing in Us”

93%ON TRACK TO

GRADUATE FROM 4-YEAR COLLEGES

• Communications• Legal Analysis• Financial Analysis• Psychology• Environmental Studies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhmeFV7G5nA

Alumni Engagement

Rainier Scholars was a champion for my success.

22% Medicine and Science

19% Business and Finance

16% Computer Science, Engineering and Technology

12% Education

7% Social Services

5% Marketing and Communications

4% Human Resources

15% Other

Alumni Employment by Industry

I believe, “To whom much is given, much is expected in return.” I stand on the shoulders of many who come before me and I hope to inspire that spirit in those who come after me.

Menbereselassie Kebede Tufts University Class of 2017


Anonymous

Parirash Abdolhosseini, University of Washington, Class of 2015

Kaylyn Abenojar, Ithaca College, Class of 2015

Hamzah Aly, University of Washington, Class of 2017

Nico Andrade, Union College, Class of 2014

Jasmine Beverly, Goucher College, Class of 2016

Abe Bui, University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2014

Ayda Cader, Dartmouth College, Class of 2013

Brittany Carroll-Watts, Columbia University, Class of 2014

Crystal Cheung, University of Washington, Class of 2015

Ebony Davis, University of Southern California, Class of 2015

Barite Dawud, Western Washington University, Class of 2016

Tan-Brian Dinh, Seattle University, Class of 2017

Bisrat Gebre, Washington State University, Class of 2015

Tolossa Hassan, Allegheny College, Class of 2018

Peter He, University of Washington, Class of 2016

Yessica Hernandez-Cruz, University of Washington, Class of 2014

Myles Jones, Seton Hall University, Class of 2015

Menbere Kebede, Tufts University, Class of 2017

Maggie Khuu, Middlebury College, Class of 2013

Brian Lam, University of Washington, Class of 2017

Sallie Lau, Williams College, Class of 2015

Winson Law, Middlebury College, Class of 2016

Jimena Diaz Leiva, Dartmouth College, Class of 2014

Jamie Li, Dartmouth College, Class of 2013

Alan Lin, University of Washington, Class of 2016

Calvin Lin, University of Washington, Class of 2017

Karen Lobos, Scripps College, Class of 2014; University of Washington, Class of 2019

May-Lannie Lozano, Whitman College, Class of 2016

Tiesa McElroy, Knox College, Class of 2013

Nam Thanh Ngo, Williams College, Class of 2014

Andy Tam Nguyen, University of Washington, Class of 2018

The Nguyen Family, Davidson College, Class of 2017

Christina Norwich, University of Washington, Class of 2013

Leonardo Rozal, Seattle University, Class of 2013; Creighton University School of Medicine, Class of 2018

Jordan Sanabria, University of Washington, Class of 2016

Eric Serrano, University of Oregon, Class of 2015

Quyen Tang, Seattle University, Class of 2014

Duyen Tat, Johns Hopkins University, Class of 2016

Yael Tellez-Rodriguez, Seattle University, Class of 2018

Kelabe Tewolde, Colgate University, Class of 2018

Lina Thach, University of Washington, Class of 2015

Carolyn Tran, Macalester College, Class of 2017

Nancy Tran, Bates College, Class of 2016

Hai-Yen Truong, Yale University, Class of 2015; Loyola Marymount University, Class of 2017

Ankit Udas, University of Washington, Class of 2018

Miles Welsh, Marist College, Class of 2016

Dawit Workie, Dartmouth College, Class of 2017

Alumni Donors


Financial Results

RevenueIndividuals $2,667,261 61%

Corporations $947,560 21%

Foundations $692,709 16%

Other $79,681 2%

Total Revenue $4,387,211

ExpensesPrograms

Academic Enrichment $1,290,580 30%

Middle School Support $657,471 15%

High School Support $758,641 17%

College Support $758,321 17%

Total Program $3,455,013 79%

Administration $256,588 6%

Fundraising $688,894 15%

Total Expenses $4,400,495

Audited financial results for the fiscal year July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 (excludes restricted funds)

Rainier Scholars is a proven model to transform lives.


Business Partners

Thank you to the following business partners that offer support through grant funding, matching gifts, event sponsorship, pro bono services and direct or in-kind donations.

Anonymous The 5th Avenue Theatre ACG Seattle Acoustical Design Inc AFH Salon Afiniti Ahlers & Cressman PLLC AI Industries Alaska Airlines Aldridge Alex Dunlop Golf Alliance Packaging Altura Restaurant Amazon American Technologies, IncAnning-Johnson Company Apex Steel Apollo Mechanical Architectural Elements Art with Heart Artemis Connection, Inc Auburn Mechanical Baird Private Wealth ManagementBerntson Porter & Company, PLLCBetschart Mechanical, Inc Bickford Ford Bigger Boat Consulting BlackRock BMGI BMWC Constructors, Inc The Boeing Company Brandon Roy Enterprises, LLCBrighton Jones Brundage-Bone Concrete PumpingCadman CBRE CenturyLink

CFO Selections Charlie’s Produce The Clarius Group, LLC

In Honor of Dan & Hilary KaltenbachCochran, Inc Collinear Group, LLC Construction Equipment Exporters, LLCCornerstone Advisors Costco Wholesale Coughlin Porter Lundeen Creoworks Davis Wright Tremaine LLP DBM Contractors Inc DCI Engineers DeLille Cellars DocuSign Dunlap Industrial Hardware Dutton Electric Company, Inc Endeavour Capital evo Expedia Fairweather Masonry Fire & Vine Hospitality Firstline Systems, Inc Flynn Seattle Foy Group Corporation Gavco Getty Images Goldman, Sachs & Co Goodfellow Bros Google Gramercy Cellars Grayhawk Construction, Inc Guardian Cellars Heavy Restaurant Group Heritage Residential LLC Hermanson Company

Holmberg Company IEH Laboratories & Consulting GroupInspirus Credit Union Interior Technology Inc ISEC Inc Johnson & Johnson Karr Tuttle Campbell KHS&S Contractors Kinder Morgan King & Oliason PLLC Lagunitas Brewing Co Lakeside Industries Inc Latent Image Leewens Corporation Liberty Bar Logic20/20 MacDonald-Miller Facility SolutionsMadrona Venture Group Make It Matter LLC Mallory Safety and Supply McKinstry Mercurio’s Heating & Air ConditioningMicrosoft MJR Development Molly Moon’s Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Museum of Flight Museum of Glass Museum of Pop Culture New Seasons Market Noble House Hotels & ResortsNordstrom Nortal Northshore Exteriors, Inc NorthStar CG, LP Northwest Construction The Northwest School

The Overlake School Pacific Portfolio Consulting, LLCPacific Science Center Pagliacci Pizza Patriot Fire Protection PBS Supply Co Penington Painting CompanyPerformance Contracting IncPerkins Coie LLP Pine Street Group LLC Precision Electric Group, IncPremera Blue Cross Premier Power Electric PRIME Electric Prospect Construction, Inc Pro-Tect Construction SupplyPSF Mechanical, Inc Pugh Capital Management Quadrant Homes Ranta CPA & Associates RAUPC RealNetworks Red Bison Advisory Group Red Door Redwing Cafe Retail Lockbox, Inc Roscoe’s Ranch Safeco Insurance/Liberty MutualSaltchuk Salty’s Seafood Grills Schuff Steel Seabrook Cottage Rentals Seattle Art Museum Seattle Mariners Seattle Seahawks Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Theatre Group

Seattle University Sequoyah Electric Sessler, Inc Sheraton Grand Seattle The Shoppe Seahurst Skanska Slalom Consulting Smead Capital Management Snyder Roofing of Washington, LLCSound Glass Sales, Inc Starbucks Coffee Company Stevens Pass Mountain Resort Stirrett-Johnsen, Inc StockCharts, Inc In Honor of QA Hoang Systematic Supply Tableau Talking Rain Taproot Theatre Teknon Corporation TITAN Earthwork LLC T-Mobile Tom Douglas Restaurants Turning Point Realty Advisors United Rentals University Mechanical Contractors Inc University Prep U.S. Bank Valley Electric Co VECA Electric & Technologies Vulcan Inc W.W. Wells Millwork LLC Walters & Wolf Curtain Wall Washington Technology Industry Association Wells Fargo Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati The Woodhouse Wine Estates ZGF Architects

Rainier Scholars Impact Report to Contributors 2018–19 MISSION CONTRIBUTORSALUMNI ENGAGEMENT FINANCIALSPARTNERS

Contributors

Contributors

Leadership Circle

Donors who have given at any level and surpassed $50,000 in cumulative giving, investing in a scholar’s journey from 5th grade through college graduation

Johnson Scholarship Foundation

Kinder Morgan Foundation

Laird Norton Family Foundation’s Sapling Fund

Larry Benaroya Family Foundation

Lewis Greenwood Foundation

The Lissy Moore Foundation

Loeb Family Charitable Foundation

Oath Foundation

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

The Peach Foundation

Pinto Foundation

RealNetworks Foundation

FoundationsAnonymous (2)

Apex Foundation

The Arakawa Foundation

Baird Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

BlackRock Foundation

CHOICE Charitable Trust

Fordham Street Foundation

The Foster Foundation

Harnish Foundation

J.E. Fehsenfeld Family Foundation

Johnson & Haefling Family Foundation

Legacy Circle

Donors who have given at any level for 12 years, the same timespan our scholars commit to their future

Safeco Insurance/Liberty Mutual Foundation

Salesforce.com Foundation

Satterberg Foundation

The Seattle Foundation

Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation

Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation

Silver Family Foundation

Titcomb Foundation

U.S. Bank Foundation

United Way of King County

Wells Fargo Foundation

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation


View the list of Leadership Circle Donors

View the list of Legacy Circle Donors

https://www.rainierscholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/RS-AR-2018-19-LegacyCircle.pdfhttps://www.rainierscholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/RS-AR-2018-19-LeadershipCircle.pdf

Volunteers and Individual Donors

Thank you to those individuals who have made direct and in-kind donations or have volunteered their time in 2018–2019.

3,070 hours of

volunteer service contributed

$50,000 and above: 7 donors







$500 and above: 224 donors

$250 and above: 226 donors

Up to $250: 444 donors

591 volunteers

invested their time and talent1,431

individual contributors

$2,667,261 total

contributions


View the list of Individual Donors

https://www.rainierscholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/RS-AR-2018-19-Donors.pdf

Rainier Scholars Leadership

Board of Trustees

Reggie Brown | Chair Martha Bejar | Vice Chair Rod Jones | TreasurerDiankha Linear | Secretary

Kristina Ota Belfiore

David Clarke

Adam Diamond

Kristen Roby Dimlow

Zander Doroski

Lela Franco

Bisrat Gebre

Patricia Handjaja

Pam Harrington *

Andy Jassy

Frank Martinez

Lance Neely

Laura Orser

Rich Padden **

Sujal Patel

Gail Ransom

John Snyder

Robert Strong

Dr. Ed Taylor

Chris Toher **

Bradaigh Wagner

* New Trustee in 2019-20 ** Completed Board Service in 2018-19

Resource Council

Susie Kang Algard

Emily Anthony

Patti Brooke

Julia Calhoun

Gregory Davis

Craig Dawson

Joan Dawson

Tom Ellison

Matt Griffin

Daniel Heu-Weller

Leslie Magid Higgins

Judge Sean O’Donnell

Craig Stewart

Joyce Taylor

Jeff Wright

Gary Young

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2018–19 Impact Report to Contributors - Rainier Scholars...BMGI The Boeing Company Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Google Honeywell Liberty Mutual/Safeco Insurance Logic20/20