Dear Friends & Supporters,
Wanted to let you know we had one of the most challenging yet extraordinary years in our organization's history. See our highlights below :)
Trent Alenik
Executive Director
www.InspiringChildren.org
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80,000 people attended The Wellness Experience Festival, by Kroger which provided physical, mental & emotional health resources to the public, for free. |
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We reached over 5 million viewers & had 40 national partners, 20 speakers, and 10 musicians with 150 million media impressions. |
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Jewel Never Broken Program |
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After transitioning to a new online platform, JewelNeverBroken.com reached 2.7 million people this year and currently has 83,000 subscribers. |
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100% of graduates reported being mentally strong and earned college scholarships. 70% were accepted into Ivy-league level schools and 30% into many of the nation's best colleges including Stanford, Harvard, Brown, Columbia, USC, Georgetown and Wesleyan. University of Nevada Reno, USD, University of Washington, Clark Atlanta, West Virginia, University of Miami and Seattle University. |
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Thanks to the support of the entire Bryan Family (Wayne, Bob, Mike, Michelle, Kathy & Nadia) we've been able to create a best-in-class, high performance tennis & college pathway program that is now being duplicated by 16 other organizations around the country in collaboration with the USTA Foundation. Highlights include:
300+ Sectional Titles
200+ Nationally Ranked Players
25+ Ranked Top 10 in U.S.
15+ National Titles
9 College Scholarships to Stanford, Brown, USC, San Diego, UNLV, Toronto, Westmont, and Findlay
8 Professional Titles
8 Players ranked #1 in America
5 College Players Ranked
4 State Championships
4 NCAA Titles
1 World Team Tennis Team
1 All-American Championship
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Youth Earned Scholarships |
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Our scholar-athletes earned the ultimate academic scholarships. They were recognized with the Bill & Melinda Gates scholarship, Questbridge, and Rogers Foundation scholarships. |
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The INSPIRE HOUSE online mental health community reached 2.7 million in need providing emotional and mental support. |
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ICF Leadership Speaker Series included Sir Richard Branson, former USTA President Katrina Adams, and Raiders tight-end Darren Waller. |
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LemonsNLaundry Partnership |
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Alumna Kimberly Yee started an ath-leisure online boutique apparel company called www.LemonsNLaundry.com and produced an Asia Muhammad line.
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Jewel went on Joe Rogan's podcast to share her story and promote ICF. The episode had an estimated 11 million listeners. |
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The USTA awards the Eve Kraft Community Service Award to individuals who best exemplify Kraft’s selfless mission to bring the sport of tennis to everyone who wants to play.
“Tim’s passion and dedication to providing kids with the powerful combination of sports, education and mentoring is truly changing lives,” said Craig Morris, USTA Chief Executive, Community Tennis. “His world-class programs and inclusive culture have impacted the sport beyond the local community, working with the USTA, the USTA Foundation and many other tennis programs across the country to grow the sport and most of all, change lives for the better.”
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The Price family donated the funds to provide another transitional home for families and youth in need. These transitional homes have been extremely transformative, thanks to the support of Kelly & Bob Price. Special thanks to Kurt Long and the Long Family Force For Good Foundation for funding the expenses to operate one of our homes for the year. |
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Kyle Kimoto Receives Presidential Pardon |
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The six children of Kyle Kimoto got a surprise late night call from Ivanka Trump to tell them, "The President has commuted your father's sentence and he is coming home."
After serving more than twelve years in prison for a non-violent, white collar crime he committed at the age of twenty-three, Kimoto's 29 year sentence was now commuted and he's reunited with his six children. This was made possible in part due to the advocacy from Grammy Nominated Singer-Songwriter Jewel, who reached out to Ivanka Trump with Kyle’s story.
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Zappos has been an extraordinary partner and has donated countless items to our organization including: Computers, TV’s, vehicles, office equipment, Life is Beautiful tickets, merchandise, and more. |
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Partnership with SaksWorks |
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We are proud to announce our partnership with Saks Foundation and that the SaksWorks is using elements of our curriculum in their work space. Alumni Nicole Kalhorn, Sarah Lucas and Clayton Alenik are working full time for Saks 5th Avenue. |
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We accomplished our goals to bring the Vegas tennis community together to enjoy high level professional tennis during the pandemic. |
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PPP Forgiveness & SBA Loans |
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Thanks to the hard work of our staff, we were able to secure both an SBA loan and PPP loan, that which was forgiven after properly complying with all of the protocols. |
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Necker Cup 2021 was a huge success thanks to the generosity of the pros that donated their time, including: Kevin Anderson, Grigor Dimitrov, Harriet Dart and Kristie Ahn. Entertainers included Jewel and Michael Franti. |
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Leadership Retreats are one of the most powerful programs we provide. Students are taken out of their day to day lives and placed into new environments, often involving nature, self-reflection and team bonding that gives them a new perspective on life and a greater sense of appreciation for what they have. Retreats include:
Malibu Farms Summer Retreat
Colorado River Retreats
Kelly Price Weekend Retreat
Alumni Winter Leadership Retreat
Thank you to everyone who made this possible :)
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Kelly Price Weekend Retreat |
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Donor Kelly Price came and blessed our youth for a weekend! Highlights included fun at a hotel waterpark, amazing dinners and conversation, and a John Maxwell book study usually reserved for business leaders. |
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TAO L4 Team Championships |
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Thanks to one of our Founding Advisory Board members Jason Strauss, we have been awarded a National Level 4 Team Tournament. Congratulations to our TEAM BRYAN and NO QUIT players who competed in this amazing team competition sponsored by Jason Strauss & TAO Group! We had a total of 9 champions and 2 runner-ups in this competitive event.
A massive thank you to Jason Strauss & TAO Group for making this tournament possible for the Intermountain tennis community! Our parents and players greatly appreciate it.
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Thanks to Bob, Mike & Wayne Bryan, along with Jack & Barbara Nicklaus, the 5th annual Fore Love event took place at Mr. Nicklaus' home and private grass tennis courts in West Palm Beach, FL. Pros that supported the event included Bob & Mike Bryan, Kevin Anderson, Victoria Azarenka, Guillermo Canas, Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul, Amanda Anisimova, Sophia Kenin, Aaron Krickstein, William Blumberg, Ajla Tomljanovic, Leylah Fernandez & Matteo Berrettini. It was an honor to have our alumni come and help out in this event that included the support of Mario Aguayo, Cherrial Odell, Audrey Boch Collins, and Sara Alajbegovic. |
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River Retreat Sponsorship |
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Kelly Price purchased a boat to make it possible for our children to engage our river retreat on a more consistent basis. This river mindfulness retreat reconnects the children to themselves by immersing them in big nature. |
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Dine Skate Garden Project |
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We partnered with Jewel, Tony Hawk and DC Shoes to construct a skate part for the Dine youth and their families within the Navajo nation. |
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Bryan Bros' Farewell Event |
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To celebrate Bob & Mike Bryan’s career and retirement, Willo hosted a Bryan Brothers Farewell Celebration, a cocktail-fundraiser hybrid event with a friendly ping-pong tournament on Oct. 6 at Imago Galleries in Palm Desert. The evening featured a performance from The Bryan Brothers Band, which was joined by friend and player Kevin Anderson, and featured a special performance by singer-songwriter Marieme. Proceeds from the evening went to support our TEAM BRYAN program. Big thank you to Nadia Bryan for arranging everything and making this special farewell event happen! |
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Charity Pickleball Tournament |
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Thanks to alumna Kimberly Yee (Stanford) and partner Plaza Hotel & Casino, we hosted our first charity pickleball tournament. |
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In partnership with Jewel, Ray Dalio, The Ellen Show, Ashton Kutcher and others, we were able to bring the gift of giving to thousands of people around the country, and we were recipients of the generosity of others. |
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Bryans Inducted Into Stanford Hall of Fame |
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We were honored to be invited to witness Bob & Mike Bryan, the greatest doubles team in history, be inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame. They included Cherrial Odell - one of our youth they mentored who's now a freshman at Stanford.
Cherrial followed their footsteps by getting a scholarship to Stanford University. Bob & Mike Bryan kept in touch with Cherrial and all of their TEAM BRYAN children on a regular basis. Every chance they had, they took the opportunity to help and mentor them, and passed on the wisdom that their parents Wayne and Kathy provided to them… that sports are not just opportunity to have fun and to be creative, but to play music, and excel in academics, and to build life-long relationships with others. On countless occasions, I’ve been overwhelmed with tears of joy seeing the level of support and goodwill that Bob & Mike have offered to the children in our Team Bryan program. When COVID-19 first hit and our Foundation lost 80% of its funding, Bob & Mike Bryan called saying they would donate all of their Foundation's money to help the TEAM BRYAN program.
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ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
For nearly two decades, Jewel’s Inspiring Children Foundation (ICF) has been empowering children struggling with financial hardship, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation by giving them the ultimate environment to survive, then thrive at the highest levels.
The Foundation, with your support, has been able to provide the following programs:
* JEWEL’S PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH
* TEAM BRYAN Tennis, music and education
* KELLY PRICE TRANSITIONAL HOMES
* WOLFINGTON FAMILY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
* MENTORING
* PROJECT DRIVEN LEARNING
* VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY SERVICE
* MINDFULNESS
* A PSYCHOLOGY FOR LIFE
* INTRAPRENEUR & ENTREPRENEUR SKILLS
* RETREATS & CAMPS
* SPORTS & NUTRITION
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BY THE NUMBERS
- 43 Million earned in college scholarships
- 2.1 Million donated in-kind annually
- 1.9 Million operating cash budget
- 120,000 Attendees at Wellness Festival
- 82,000 Users on JewelNeverBroken.com site
- 1,700 Mentoring sessions with youth and families annually
- 1,000 Youth receive tennis, mentoring & education programming annually
- 160 College Scholarships
- 100% of donations go directly to programs
- 95% Youth earn college scholarships
- 80 Leadership talks
- 75 Received tournament scholarships
- 50 in Elite TEAM BRYAN leadership program
- 40 Alumni Volunteers
- 35 Alumni-run businesses
- 33 Jobs provided to alumni & parents
- 30 Parent volunteers
- 25 Players earned top 10 USA athletic rankings
- 22 Youth interns
- 8 Players reached #1 in America
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