A Look Back At Our Year - REAL CHAMPIONS, INC. DECEMBER 2020
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REAL CHAMPIONS, INC. DECEMBER 2020 A Look Back At Our Year REAL CHAMPIONS, INC. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR. CARL F. MARTIN JR.
A letter from our team
What a year 2020 has been for all of us. COVID-19 We have added new, important Board Members
rocked our country and changed the landscape of the bringing our total count to 13. This is an amazing
communities around us. We have seen many moments group of individuals dedicated to RCI's growth and
of uncertainty and division and yet we have pushed success. We are ready to empower each of the
forward to share hope with those who need it most. children in our program to grow into whoever they
Now, more than ever, the work Real Champions Inc. want to be and break the cycle of generational
does is so important. In these times of division and poverty for good. Captured in these little boxes, you
hopelessness, our Advocate Mentors are ready to will find images and information on some of our big
step up and help our students gather all the tools wins from 2020 and our even bigger dreams for 2021.
they will need to succeed in the future, including You will meet the faces of our team, the people on
navigating virtual classrooms, dealing with the ground, who are full of hope and determined to
uncertainty, and making sure they have the resources change the world. We take a moment to celebrate the
they need for growth. Our team has been working grants we received from our amazing community
hard with our mentors going through 40+ hours of partners and share with you our individual donor
training and preparation for the work ahead. Our breakdown. Finally, we want to give you exciting
Program Director, Ricardo Perry, has worked with updates on how you can be involved with the RCI
USC's Samuel McQuillan to finalize our logic model team in 2021 both financially and personally. Thank
for growth and evaluation tools. Our Associate you for being on this journey with us, for believing
Director of Development, Megan Tice, has worked on change is possible, and for helping us deliver hope to
developing a trustworthy brand, messaging, and the most vulnerable children in our community. It may
donor support model. Our Executive Director, Carl sound cliché, but the truth, is none of this work would
Martin, has cast the vision through the uncertainty of be possible without you and the immense generosity
2020 and guided us through successful fundraising, of your time and resources that you've shared with us.
growth, and onboarding of new board members and Here's to the work ahead!
advisors.
We Believe
a World
Without
Generational
Poverty is
Possible.
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About Real Champions, Inc 02
Staff, Advocate Mentors, and Board of Directors
MEGAN TICE
CARL MARTIN RICARDO PERRY
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR
DEVELOPMENT
ANTHONY "RUSSELL" CANNICK TINA HAGE DE'ANTE SCOTT KHADASHIA MCMILLIAN
ADVOCATE MENTOR ADVOCATE MENTOR ADVOCATE MENTOR ADVOCATE MENTOR
NED MCNAIR WYNN ENGLISBE OPHELIA HAYWOOD RUSS JOHNSEN
BOARD CHAIR TREASURER BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER
S. KEITH OSBORN BOB PAULLING DALE PAULLING TAMARA THOMPSON
BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER
WALT WHEELER STEVE BRAGG RAY PRINGLE PATRICK WALSH JR. SCOTT DALTON
BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER
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Grants and Foundations In the Height of COVID-19 Our Community
WE HAVE BEEN HONORED TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM SOME
Really Stepped Up and We Raised $130,444!
AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR WHO HAVE PARTNERED (March-July)
WITH US TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY FOR GOOD.
Crowd Funding
ORGANIZATION AMOUNT 2.8%
Individual Donors
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE
LOWCOUNTRY $15,000 26.7%
PALMETTO ELECTRIC
$13,964.35
COASTAL STATE BANK
$5,000
Mailers
BAPTIST FOUNDATION OF SOUTH 44.5%
CAROLINA $10,000
DABO SWINNEY
ALL IN FOUNDATION $2,500
ROGER SLATER FAMILY
FOUNDATION & THE
GEORGE W. & CONNALLY S. ROGERS $100,000 Foundations
DONOR ADVISED FUND 26%
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25%
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Where we are
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OUR GOALS AND DREAMS FOR 2021 AND
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
Ther e a r e multiple ways you
We h a v e b egun meeting with can g e t i nvolved with Real
fami l i e s and children to fill Cham p i o ns, Inc in t he coming
our f i r s t c ohort of 3 2 children year :
by t h e s t art of 2021. We are 1. Beco m e a monthly donor.
open i n g o ur admissions Any s i z e gift helps sustain
proc e s s t o include various the w o r k we do at RCI. As a
aven u e s o f referral, such as than k y o u for becoming a
publ i c a n d charter schools, mont h l y d onor, you will
DSS, a n d community referrals rece i v e p ersonalized
to e n s u r e we meet the most upda t e s f rom our mentors
vuln e r a b l e children directly and a c c e s s to fun perks
wher e t h e y are at. Our thro u g h o u t the year. See
Advo c a t e Mentors underwent the n e x t page for the
40+ h o u r s of training and are leve l s o f g iving as w ell as
eage r t o begin partnering how t o e n roll.
with t h e s e children and their 2. Beco m e an advoca te.
fami l i e s . W e believe that hope Atte n d o n e of our
is po s s i b l e and is o nly a quar t e r l y trainings on how
mome n t away for 3 2 children to b e a n advocate to end
in t h e s t a t e of Sout h Carolina. pove r t y i n your
As w e l o o k forward to 2021, comm u n i ty. We will teach
we k n o w t he need is growing you h o w t o host a
and w e a r e ready to rise to Jeff e r s o n ian Dinner, send
the o c c a s ion. We hope to you c o n t e nt to post and
rais e $ 6 5 0,000 in order to shar e w i t h your friends
sust a i n o ur current program and f a m i l y, and equip you
need s a n d bring four more to b e t h e change-maker
ment o r s o n board so that we you h a v e always dreamed
can w o r k with 32 more of b e i n g .
prec i o u s children, for a total 3. Beco m e a Corpora te
of 6 4 . T h e work is big and the Spon s o r . Do y o u o wn a
issu e s a r e complicated, but busi n e s s or work for a
we a r e n o t daunted by the comp a n y that offer s
task . I n s t e ad, we ar e empl o y e e matching ?
invi g o r a t ed and ready to push Cont a c t u s to find out the
into t h e year ahead, but we perk s o f our new
cann o t d o it alone. Wondering corp o r a t e sponsorship
how y o u c an help? prog r a m .
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