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2013 annual report

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It’s what Fight For Children

works for each day: making sure

each child is healthy and ready

not just to learn, but to thrive.

a simple hope for every child.

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THRIVE.Children thrive when families, teachers, and

communities work together and stay focused on their

success. At the core of everything we do at Fight For

Children is a belief that all children have the ability to

achieve at high levels and to thrive.

We launched Joe’s Champs in 2013 to honor our late

founder Joseph E. Robert, Jr. This innovative program

gives educators, school leaders, and ultimately

parents, the tools they need to ensure that all children

in DC’s high-need neighborhoods receive an excellent

early childhood education and enter kindergarten

ready to learn. On the following pages, we tell the

story of Fight For Children through the voices of three

people directly impacted by Joe’s Champs: a teacher,

a school leader, and a parent.

We hope their stories touch you as deeply

as they do us.

Raul Fernandez Michela English Chairman President & CEO

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insideBringing it all Together to Help Children Thrive

Joe’s Champs is at work

at Friendship Southeast,

bringing teachers,

school leaders, and

families together to

work toward a common

goal: getting their

children ready to learn

and to become lifelong

learners.

Helping School Leaders Build a Strong Foundation for Success

At E.W. Stokes and six

other schools, school

leaders have committed

to following a rigorous

three-year curriculum to

effectively integrate early

childhood education into

the fabric of their schools.

Giving Teachers New Tools to Support DC’s Youngest Learners

Cheetahs and sloths

(and teachers!) are

helping children at

DC Bilingual read, write,

and grow smarter by

getting to know the

world outside

the classroom.

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63%16%

11%

3% 3% 2%2%

8%

38%

11%

23%

20%23%

38%

25%

15%

Fight Night

BequestFoundation and Government Donations

Investment Income

Donated Facilities and Services

Earned Revenue

Other

revenues100% = $7,888,126

expenses100% = $6,109,538

functional expenses100% = $6,109,538

Program services

Grants to other organizations

Fight Night

Support and administration

StaffingEvent Expenses

Program Expenses (non-staff)

GrantsOther Expenses

2013 was a strong year for Fight For

Children. Because of the success of

Fight Night, we exceeded planned

revenue by well over $1,000,000.

We used the bulk of those

additional resources to expand our

partnerships with other non-profit

organizations, including ones in

Baltimore. We ended the year with

a surplus of $158,359, slightly less

than 2012. We are proud that we

again received a clean audit in

2013, a copy of which is available

by calling 202-772-0417.

financialsINCOME

2013 (Audited) 2012 (Audited)

Fight Night$3,933,243 $2,113,761

School Night$0 $463,146

Bequest1$1,031,477 $4,815,070

Foundation and government donations $688,196 $346,049

Investment income2$213,982 $0

Donated facilities3$152,273 $86,072

Donated services$19,503 $0

Earned revenue4$120,000 $0

Other5$109,223 $64,028

Total$6,267,897 $7,888,126

Expenses

Programs$1,395,237 $600,998

Grants to other organizations $2,300,196 $764,500

Events

Fight Night$1,515,706 $1,168,761

School Night$0 $363,162

Support and administration

Fundraising and management staff costs $398,887 $517,084

Rent$231,760 $164,060

Other expenses$267,752 $300,718

Total$6,109,538 $3,879,283

Change in net assets$158,359 $4,008,843

Net assets at beginning of year $6,376,254 $2,367,411

Net assets at end of year1,6 $6,534,613 $6,376,254

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 and recorded as temporarily

restricted revenue during 2012.

$1,000,000 was released from

restriction in 2013 and is recorded

as revenue. An additional $31,477

was recorded as revenue in 2013

to adjust the discount amount

recorded in 2012. As of December

31, $2,846,547 of this amount

remained receivable.

2 In 2013, Fight For Children

opened an investment account

at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Investment income includes

interest, dividends, unrealized and

realized gains.

3 At the recommendation of our

auditors, we adjusted how the

fair market value of our donated

office space is calculated. There

was no change in the amount or

location of our office space.

4 Includes minor fees paid by

schools to participate in the Joe’s

Champs program.

5 Includes miscellaneous

contributions.

6 Unrestricted net assets at end of

year were $2,680,205

As noted above Fight Night revenue significantly

exceeded plan. As a result, it represented 63% of

total income, versus approximately 50% in a typical

year. The percentage of foundation and government

donations increased from 4% in 2012 to 11% in

2013 due to the receipt of gifts for the Joe’s Champs

program. Investment income, a new source of revenue

in 2013, represented just over 3% of total revenue.

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 costs declined year over year both in

terms of dollars expended and as a percentage of the

total amount due to the timing of filling vacant staff

positions.

This chart summarizes major functional expenses by

type, not by programs. As reflected in the chart, grants

to other organizations increased as a percentage

of total expenses because Fight For Children made

dramatically more grants in 2013 due to the

success of Fight Night.

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Being Transparent and Accountable

Fight For Children is

committed to careful

stewardship of its

resources. We are

also grateful to the

generous organizations

and individuals who

make our work possible.

We are proud to

recognize them.

Building Strong Partnerships

Fight For Children is

collaborating with and

providing resources to a

dozen high-performing

organizations to directly

impact the lives of

thousands of preschool

and K-12 students.

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Promoting Quality in K–12 Schools

To give more children

the education they

deserve, Fight For

Children continues

to invest in DC schools

that have strong

leadership and a clear

vision for the future.

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DC Bilingual

thrives

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Our kids love cheetahs—they are obsessed with cheetahs! We decided they were going to become cheetah experts.

We integrated cheetahs across all subject areas—science, math, and literacy.

We read books, we watched videos, we sang songs. In the end, my pre-K

students were able to write their own books and present them to

the kindergartners. We have learned to listen to the children and

to teach them what they need to learn by tapping into their

interests and the knowledge they already have.

—Jessica Alvarez-Harris, pre-K teacher at DC Bilingual

The cheetah was running too fast. BAM! He crashed and got hurt.

The sloth made him feel better.

They became friends!— Jay Z, rising kindergartner

at DC Bilingual

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Through Joe’s Champs, early childhood teachers

at seven DC schools are participating in professional learning

communities that bring school leaders and teachers together

to focus on a specific “topic of inquiry” chosen by the school

community. At DC Bilingual Public Charter School, the

teachers selected language development and are learning the

Project GLAD model of professional development, focusing

on strategies to promote English language acquisition,

academic achievement, and cross-cultural skills.

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School leaders participating in Joe’s Champs make a three-year commitment to the program. Over those three years, they

receive comprehensive instruction on child development,

including brain function, language development, and

learning through play; teaching and learning, including supporting higher order thinking,

analysis of assessment data, and developing appropriate classroom environments; and

instructional leadership, including planning preschool to kindergarten transition, actively

engaging parents, and setting goals for early childhood education programs.

A lot of organizations come into our school for a year or usually less. That really isn’t long enough

to give you a deep appreciation for what you are learning and to see the positive changes

that are possible. With Joe’s Champs, we have the time to go deep on issues that are

important to the early childhood team and the leadership here at E.W. Stokes. That long-

term view and the consistency that comes along with it are helping to bring our work to

new levels, and I think the improvements will really hold. I’m glad that Fight For Children

is going to be around here for a while.

—Jonah Davenport, Pre-K Coordinator at Elsie Whitlow Stokes

Community Freedom Public Charter School

The framework for success was here, as was the philosophy that very young children learn best through play. I’m supporting Jonah by sharing my experience of

what works on the ground and what doesn’t as he

implements what he is learning through Joe’s Champs

here at E.W. Stokes. —Holly Blum, Joe’s Champs mentor

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E.W. Stokes

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Fight For Children is unique among organizations supporting early childhood

education. Joe’s Champs is the only program of its

kind that combines leadership development, new

teacher recruitment, and comprehensive professional

development for veteran teachers. Joe’s Champs

promotes school cultures that reduce teacher turnover, value the contribution of early

childhood education teachers, and close the achievement gap before third grade.

The teachers at Friendship Southeast Elementary Academy Public Charter School chose to focus on brain development as their Joe’s Champs “topic of inquiry.” School

leaders are supporting these teachers as they learn the latest research on how

the brain grows. They are also bringing what they are learning through the Joe’s

Champs leadership curriculum back to their school community. These combined

efforts are helping to strengthen Friendship’s

pre-school programs, with an emphasis on

aligned goals, shared planning, and consistent

communication between school staff and families.

Among the benefits of Friendship Southeast’s

participation in Joe’s Champs is building positive

parent-teacher relationships that support student

success.

My three kids at Friendship Southeast are all different people. The teachers here get that, and they try different things until they find what works

for each child. I know in my heart that my kids are learning and that makes

me proud to be a parent here. —Erika Petty, parent at Friendship Southeast

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thrivesFriendship Southeast

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Promoting Quality in

K–12 Schools

Columbia Heights Education CampusThe largest secondary school in Ward 1, Columbia

Heights Education Campus, or CHEC as it is widely

known, serves over 1,200 students in grades 6 to 12.

CHEC is committed to creating learning experiences

that focus on rigor, relevance, and social justice. CHEC

works diligently to have a unified approach to teaching

and learning so that each grade builds on the next

one. Every teacher, administrator, and staff member

stands ready to work with each and every student so

that all students can experience academic success and

excitement in learning. The school is using its Quality

Schools Initiative award money to expand its dual

language program into its high school grades, making

the school the first dual-language public high school in

DC. Through the implementation of this plan, the school

hopes to increase reading and math proficiency, reduce

the achievement gap for English Language Learners and

special needs students, increase its four-year graduation

rate, and improve the attainment of bilingualism for

native and non-native Spanish speakers.

DC Bilingual Public Charter SchoolDC Bilingual Public Charter School is a learning

community where high academic expectations are

held for all students. Located in Ward 1 with 349

students, DC Bilingual cultivates a nurturing, engaging,

multicultural environment where young leaders become

bilingual and bi-literate in Spanish and English. Using

an integrated approach, DC Bilingual aims to graduate

culturally responsive leaders prepared to serve their

local and global communities. The school is using its

Quality Schools Initiative award money to increase

reading and math proficiency by 2015. With the

integration of a leveled text library, artifact library, and

educational technology into its curriculum, along with

increased special education professional development

for its teachers, the school is closing achievement gaps,

as well as improving the academic achievement of its

overall student population.

Through its Quality Schools Initiative, Fight For Children continues to invest in DC

schools that have strong leadership and a clear vision for the future of their students. We believe this support gives schools already in the midst of change

and improvement a catalyst to continue their upward trajectory and give more kids the education they deserve. An independent committee of leaders across DC’s education spectrum selected the winning

schools and finalists based on a thorough evaluation of their applications, strategic plans, and on-campus visits. In 2013, two winning schools received $100,000 over two years to implement their targeted school

improvement strategies designed to further improve academic achievement.

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AppleTree Institute for Education InnovationFight For Children and AppleTree are in the fourth 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 this year alone. www.appletreeinstitute.org

CentroNíaFight For Children awarded CentroNía $120,000 to continue its early childhood provider professional development training that it started with Fight For Children in 2012. CentroNía will use

these funds to continue providing quality early childhood education training to five private childcare centers, expand to provide professional development to three additional centers, and develop an early childhood administrator tool-kit that outlines instructional coaching and professional development strategies. This grant should impact 800 children during calendar year 2014. www.centronia.org

Children’s National Health SystemThe IMPACT DC asthma treatment and prevention program at Children’s National Health System will use a

$100,000 grant from Fight For Children to develop an asthma prevention curriculum for caregivers (families and childcare workers) of children two to five-years-old. This new curriculum will help prevent asthma-related

emergency room visits for an estimated 1,500 children in 2014. Children’s National Health System estimates this curriculum could help 5,000 children be healthier and stay out of the emergency room over the course of five years. www.childrensnational.org

DC Special Education CooperativeThe DC Special Education Cooperative is a new Fight For Children grantee in 2013, receiving $113,000 to grow the INCLUDE program. INCLUDE DC provides a credited course, via a partnership with Trinity

University, to general education teachers in DC on appropriate strategies to teach special needs students in an inclusion setting. Fight For Children’s grant will allow the DC Special Education Cooperative to develop additional quality content and provide scholarships to 30 DC teachers to take the course in 2014. www.specialedcoop.org/coop

The Family PlaceFight For Children awarded $50,000 to The Family Place to support its family literacy and engagement program, a comprehensive adult and young child education program coupled with family

case management. Fight For Children’s support will enable The Family Place to provide services to 800 families with young children in DC and ensure parents and other caregivers are supporting DC’s youngest residents in their development and preparation for kindergarten. www.thefamilyplacedc.org

Building Strong

PartnershipsIn addition to Joe’s Champs and the

Quality Schools Initiative, Fight For Children uses

proceeds from Fight Night, its signature fundraiser, to invest in other

local non-profit organizations to advance the objectives of its programmatic initiatives.

Since 1990, Fight For Children has supported over 160 local organizations that work directly with children

and families. Fight For Children is currently partnering with the following organizations:

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Georgetown University, Center for Child and Human Development

The Center for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University will

develop and implement an early childhood mental health consultation model for school-based early childhood education programs. This two year, $200,000 program will embed a pediatric mental health consultant in classrooms to train teachers on group behavior interventions for three and four-year-olds and conduct one-on-one counseling with individual students, as needed. With DC’s high instance of early childhood trauma in our low-income communities, this program has the potential to dramatically change the course of 5,000 students’ lives over the course of five years. www.gucchd.georgetown.edu

Live It Learn ItFight For Children awarded Live It Learn It $100,000 to support the execution of its interactive field trip curriculum for 4th and 5th grade science and social studies classrooms at DCPS elementary schools in Ward 7. The Live

It Learn It curriculum and teacher development will help classrooms at the participating schools to expand their students’ exposure to hands-on education experiences and instill in them a love of learning. 400 students will benefit from our grant support of Live It Learn It. www.liveitlearnit.org

Mary’s CenterMary’s Center will implement a comprehensive professional development program for its home visitors using a $100,000 award from Fight For Children. Mary’s Center will train all of its home visitors, and two will receive comprehensive

instruction to become “core” trainers. As DC does not currently have core trainers within District lines, after they are trained as core trainers, they will provide training to all new DC home visitors. DC home visiting programs will no longer need to spend scarce resources to send their new staff to required training out-of-state. Over time, this program will impact more than 800 DC families that receive home visiting services each year. www.maryscenter.org

My School DCDC recently launched an innovative common school application system for all its DC Public Schools and the majority of DC Public Charter schools. Fight

For Children is supporting My School DC with $200,000 over two years to streamline the city-wide school application and lottery process. A portion of these funds will also contribute to the analysis and discussion of how information obtained by DC through the common application system can inform future, local education policy discussions. This project will impact all DC public school students and their families.www.myschooldc.org

Reach, IncorporatedReach, Incorporated is a one-of-a-kind afterschool tutoring program in DC that hires teens to tutor elementary students in reading. 83% of DC public school

students do not read at grade level when they enter 9th grade. Research and data show these problems develop early in a child’s education, and proficiency in reading by 3rd grade is critically important to success in later years. Reach will use a $92,000 grant from Fight For Children, the largest in Reach’s history, to scale its programs to help 400 high school and elementary school students in high-risk communities increase their reading and leadership skills. www.reachincorporated.org

And More...Each year since the founding of Fight Night in 1990, a portion of the proceeds from the event have gone to support the Alexandria Boxing Club, a structured afterschool program for children focusing on character development, self-respect, and physical health. Fight For Children is proud to continue supporting this worthy organization that is making a positive impact on children’s academic achievement, while encouraging physical activity and discipline.

For the first time in 2013, Fight For Children made several significant investments in Baltimore as part of the collaboration between Fight For Children and Under Armour. The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation will use proceeds from Fight Night 2013 to build a multi-purpose turf field at Latrobe Park in the city’s Locust Point neighborhood. In addition, the fitness centers at two Baltimore public schools, Western High School and Baltimore Design School, will be renovated. The Baltimore Parks and People Foundation will use the funding from the 2013 event to expand their middle school athletic programming, which serves thousands of low-income children who would otherwise lack access to formal sports programs.

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63%

16%

11%

3% 3% 2%2%

8%

38%

11%

23%

20%23%

38%

25%

15%

Fight NightBequestFoundation and government donationsInvestment incomeDonated facilities and servicesEarned revenueOther

revenues100% = $6,267,897

expenses100% = $6,109,538

functional expenses100% = $6,109,538

Program servicesGrants to other organizationsFight NightSupport and administration

StaffingEvent expensesProgram expenses (non-staff)Grants to other organizationsOther Expenses

2013 was a strong year for Fight For

Children. Because of the success of

Fight Night, we exceeded planned

revenue by well over $1,000,000.

We used the bulk of those

additional resources to expand our

partnerships with other non-profit

organizations, including ones in

Baltimore. We ended the year with

a surplus of $158,359, slightly less

than 2012. We are proud that we

again received a clean audit in

2013, a copy of which is available

by calling 202-772-0417.

financials INCoME 2013 (Audited) 2012 (Audited)Fight Night $3,933,243 $2,113,761School Night $0 $463,146Bequest1 $1,031,477 $4,815,070Foundation and government donations $688,196 $346,049Investment income2 $213,982 $0Donated facilities3 $152,273 $86,072Donated services $19,503 $0Earned revenue4 $120,000 $0Other5 $109,223 $64,028Total $6,267,897 $7,888,126ExpEnsEsPrograms $1,395,237 $600,998Grants to other organizations $2,300,196 $764,500EventsFight Night $1,515,706 $1,168,761School Night $0 $363,162support and administrationFundraising and management staff costs $398,887 $517,084Rent $231,760 $164,060Other expenses $267,752 $300,718Total $6,109,538 $3,879,283Change in net assets $158,359 $4,008,843net assets at beginning of year $6,376,254 $2,367,411net assets at end of year1,6 $6,534,613 $6,376,254

1 On March 8, 2012, the organization received notice that Joe 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 and recorded as temporarily restricted revenue during 2012. $1,000,000 was released from restriction in 2013 and is recorded as revenue. An additional $31,477 was recorded as revenue in 2013 to adjust the discount amount recorded in 2012. As of December 31, $2,846,547 of this amount remained receivable.

2 In 2013, Fight For Children opened an investment account at JpMorgan Chase & Co. Investment income includes interest, dividends, unrealized and realized gains.

3 At the recommendation of our auditors, we adjusted how the fair market value of our donated office space is calculated. There was no change in the amount or location of our office space.

4 Includes minor fees paid by schools to participate in the Joe’s Champs program.

5 Includes miscellaneous contributions.

6 Unrestricted net assets at end of year were $2,680,205

As noted above, Fight night revenue significantly exceeded plan. As a result, it represented 63% of total income, versus approximately 50% in a typical year. The percentage of foundation and government donations increased from 4% in 2012 to 11% in 2013 due to the receipt of gifts for the Joe’s Champs program. Investment income, a new source of revenue in 2013, represented just over 3% of total revenue.

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 costs declined year-over-year both in terms of dollars expended and as a percentage of the total amount, due to the timing of filling vacant staff positions.

This chart summarizes major functional expenses by type, not by programs. As reflected in the chart, grants to other organizations increased as a percentage of total expenses because Fight For Children made dramatically more grants in 2013 due to the success of Fight night.

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Thank You for

Helping Kids Thrive

$1,000,000 and UpEmbassy of the United Arab

Emirates

$500,000–$999,999Under Armour

$100,000–$249,999DC Office of the State

Superintendent of Education

Dick’s Sporting Goods Store

Freddie Mac Foundation

J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

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

Fredrick Schaufeld / Swan Investors / NEW Charitable Foundation

Vornado / Charles E. Smith

$50,000–$99,999Chieh & Orina Chang

FedEx Government Affairs

Raul Fernandez / Fernandez Foundation, Inc.

Rick Kay

Kimsey Foundation

Roger Mody / Mody Foundation

National Football League

Needle Craft

Ramatex

Regina Miracle International

Bradford Shusman / Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Singlun

Sintex

Washington Wholesale— The Charmer Sunbelt Group

$25,000–$49,999Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

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

Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation

Bill Cameron

The Carnival Foundation

Children’s Hospital Foundation

CityBridge Foundation

Classic Fashion Apparel

Evervan Group

FedResults

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Fort Lincoln Newtown Corporation

Michael P. Galvin

Donald E. Graham

The Hainer Foundation

Hamilton Insurance

JB Creative

Kuohwa Garment & Enamel Industry Co.

Ted Leonsis

Little King Ind. Co.

Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Mario Morino

Duncan L. Niederaurer / New York Stock Exchange

Kevin Plank

Mitchell Rales

SAP

Michael Saylor / MicroStrategy

Devin Schain / Clear One Advantage / Capital-E

David & Kristin Steinberg Foundation

Wintan, Inc.

ZUFFA, LLC

$10,000–$24,999Accountable Health, Inc.

Byron K. Adams Jr.

Avery Dennison

Baker & Hostetler

Bank of America

BB&T

BET Networks

BGE

Bodynits

Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

BuildingHope

Cantor Fitzgerald

CDW / CISCO / Lenovo

COFACO

Neil Cohen / District Photo Inc.

Jack Davies

Donatelli Development

Richard A. Friedlander

Donatelli & Klein, Inc.

Duff & Phelps, LLC

Eagle Bank

Educational Testing Service

Mark David Ein Foundation

Empire Event Promotions

ENTERGY

EverFi

Eyeking, LLC

Ken Falke

First Washington Realty Inc.

Grupo Beta

Guidance Counsel

Guilford/Lear

Handsome Textile

Robert G. Hisaoka

Ideal Fastener Corp.

Intelligrated, Inc.

Intralot/DC09

Ray Jacobsen

Raymond James

JK Moving & Storage

Jones Group International

Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation, Inc.

Kearney & Company

Annette M. & Theodore N. Lerner Foundation

Lockton Companies

Major League Baseball

Matsui International Co.

Maury, Donnelly & Parr Insurance

The Meltzer Group

Dean F. Morehouse

The Nader Family Foundation

National Basketball Association

NCTA

New Holland Apparel

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Nayan Patel

Pettenati

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Presidio Networked Solutions

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Pride Performance Fabrics

PRM Consulting, Inc.

Promax

Franklin D. Raines

W. Russell Ramsey

John R. Reynolds

Carl J. Rickertsen

Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation

RLJ Development, LLC

Rushmark Properties

Louis E. Sapperstein

Silver Printing

Howard J. Rosen

Doug Smith

Spartan Surfaces, Inc.

SunTrust Bank

Swisstex Direct / Gazzatex, Inc.

Tolson Family Foundation

Total Wine & More

United Creation

University of Maryland / Smith School of Business / Terrapin Club

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Urban Pace

Verizon

Victory Footwear Co.

Christopher T. Voss

Wen-Parker Logistics

WPX Energy

Yue Yuen Industrial Co.

$5,000–$9,9991901 Group LLC

The Charlesmead Foundation

Conveyor Handling Company

Crystal City Business Improvement

Dougtree Co.

Fensterheim & Bean, P.C.

William S. Janes

Korn Ferry International

Maserati

Morgan Stanley

Ourisman Ford Lincoln

Precision Computer Works, Inc.

Premium Distributors

Hunter Rankin

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

Harvey Sanders

Peter Schwartz

Edwin A. Sheridan

Studley, Inc.

$1,000–$4,999Abdo Development /Jim Abdo

Ace Fire Extinguisher Service

Advisory Real Estate Services

American & Efird

Awe Talisman

Richard Banjo

Larry Bank

BK Broker Corp.

Blake Real Estate, Inc.

J. Tyler Blue

Boone & Sons, Inc.

Jamie Bragg

Lisa Burley

Conrad Cafritz

Carter Realty Group

James P. Cassidy

Cavalier Maintenance

H. Alfred Cissel, Jr.

Clune Construction Company

Ryan Clutter

Scott M. Cohen

Community Counseling & Mentoring Services

Craig Realty Group

Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund

Brian Cummings

Joe Cusack

Kevin P. Desanto

Mike Desimone

Bradley Dickerson

Anthony R. Dolan

Robert C. Dyer

E. Textint Corp.

Eastdil Realty Co., LLP

Elutions

Michela A. English

Forensic Risk Alliance

Forest City Washington

Forum Properties

Brendan Fry

The Gilbert Company

Peter B. Gilmore

Sean Glass

Sean C. Gormley

Ryan Gregory

S. Alexander Green

James Hardy

Jeffrey Harvey

Barry Hefner

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

Greg A. Keil

James Kemp

Sam W. Klein Charitable Foundation

Dawn Kum

Leland Investments, Inc.

Lincoln Property Co. Commercial Inc.

Mark London

Stephen T. Lucas

Rafat Mahmood

James Martin

Sanjeev K. Mathur

Lisa G. McCurdy

Kenny McLendon

C. Thomas McMillen

Lesley McQuillan

John McShane

Mead Properties, Inc.

Merrill Lynch

Midatlantic Realty Partners

The Moore Company

Jeffrey T. Nebel

Nordstrom

Sumitro Pal

John T. Paleologos

Greg Papa

Charles Paret

Patton Boggs

Adam Peake

Gregg Petersmeyer

Richard H. Rapuano

REDPEG Marketing

Joe Reeder

Reingold Link

REPEQUITY, Inc.

Ropes & Gray LLP

Kevin Ross

Saks Fifth Avenue

Scott Salkeld

Simon Properties

Frank J. Small

SML

Henry B. Stafford

Walter Steimel, Jr.

Stratus Security Managment

Mark Struble

Spencer Stuart

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers

Matt Teems

TGF Management Group

Tiffany and Company

Triple D

UBS

Unity Health Care, Inc.

US Intercollegiate Boxing Association

Verizon Wireless, Inc.

Kevin Yam

William Walsh

A special thank you to Under Armour

for Chairing Fight Night 2013!

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Staff and Board As of june 2014

Board of Directors

Raul Fernandez, ChairmanChairman & CEO, ObjectVideo Vice Chairman, Monumental Sports and Entertainment

Jim AbdoPresident & CEO, Abdo Development

Gina F. AdamsCorporate Vice President for Government Affairs, FedEx Corporation

Neil CohenPresident & CEO, District Photo Inc.

Michela EnglishPresident & CEO, Fight For Children

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

Adrian FentySenior Business Development Manager,Perkins Coie, LLP

Charles KuhnPresident, JK Moving Services

Anthony A. LewisRegion Vice President, Verizon

Dr. Kurt NewmanPresident & CEOChildren’s National Health System

Joseph E. Robert, IIISergeant, United States Marine Corps

Fredrick D. Schaufeld Vice Chairman, NEWAsurion Corp.

Anthony A. WilliamsPresident & Executive Director, Federal City Council

Staff

Michela EnglishPresident & CEO

Anna FaryarProgram Assistant

Ellett GeorgeDevelopment Director

Elizabeth HuberProgram Manager

John “Skip” McKoyDirector, Programmatic Initiatives

Martine SadaranganiProgram Manager

Kim StevensonExecutive Assistant

Jeff TraversDirector, External Relations

Liz WarneckiAdministrative Manager

Judy WrenchAccounting Manager

Fight For Children would like to acknowledge the dedication of two members of the Board of Directors, Michael Kimsey and Reginald Van Lee, who served in 2013 and have since left the Board.

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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.

our Mission

We fight to ensure low-income children in Washington, DC receive a great education and stay healthy so they can learn.

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.

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