2022-05-05T10:34:35-07:00 2021-06-30 010727068 Targeted Services PC 709 Clay Street Suite 102 Fort Wayne IN 46802 990 2020-07-01 462999089 The Brandon Foundation Incorporated BRAN 2604205025 4004 Crawford Road Fort Wayne IN 46845 John Duff Treasurer 2022-05-05 true John Duff 999009999 Patricia Oppor P00234243 2602033121 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Caty Smith 4004 Crawford Road Fort Wayne IN 46845 283512 false X https://thebrandonfoundation.org X 2013 IN Our mission is to build strong, Christian leaders of tomorrow through community service and character building opportunities by celebrating diversity and striving to instill integrity, compassion, and confidence in each child. 6 6 4 20 0 93694 274023 0 2005 2044 2320 95699 278387 17746 22000 0 48185 52553 0 18205 29109 31507 95040 106060 659 172327 155976 359659 9478 10910 146498 348749 Our mission is to build strong, Christian leaders of tomorrow through community service and character building opportunities by celebrating diversity and striving to instill integrity, compassion, and confidence in each child. false false 71342 16935 At The Brandon Foundation, students, between the ages of five to eighteen, meet twice a week for two hours and are partnered with a mentor/tutor who helps them by supporting their academic goals. See Schedule O for further information. 71342 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 true 4 false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false true false false IN X John Duff 2604205025 4004 Crawford Road Fort Wayne IN 46845 Caty Smith CEO/Founder 22.30 0.00 X 41538 0 0 Cadie Beasley President 2.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Long Vice President 2.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 John Duff Treasurer 2.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Rockell Allen Secretary 2.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kendra Klink Director 2.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 41538 0 false false false None 0 23035 250988 274023 0 2044 2044 0 0 0 0 7445 23035 5125 2320 0 0 0 278387 2044 100 100 21900 21900 0 0 41538 24507 2908 14123 0 6911 4077 484 2350 0 0 4104 2421 287 1396 0 0 4318 4318 0 0 1503 1503 500 500 165 165 2452 1352 794 306 4049 3923 96 30 0 0 0 0 681 345 336 0 0 960 960 1243 921 322 Student Activity Fees 5009 5009 Program Supplies 4911 4911 Shared Meals 4031 4031 Mentor Appreciation 1171 1171 514 514 106060 76307 11548 18205 60040 160015 0 44000 0 0 0 0 0 1476 143 2878 2590 1248 288 91173 153713 0 0 0 2039 1500 155976 359659 1078 1538 8400 9372 9478 10910 X 135400 195001 11098 153748 146498 348749 155976 359659 172327 24959 X false false false X 35309 58814 86181 93694 274023 548021 0 0 35309 58814 86181 93694 274023 548021 179660 368361 0 0 0 548021 0.67220 0.73710 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2878 2590 288 288 false Evening to Empower 30480 23035 7445 375 2617 75 2058 30480 23035 7445 375 2617 75 2058 5125 2320 false 0 0 Student personal needs (shoes; food 22 6900 Cost Student needs (shoes; food; school) College Scholarships 1 15000 Cost College tuition paid Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Treasurer and Board review the draft 990 prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board of Directors evaluates the Executive Director's performance and votes on her compensation without her presence at the meeting. The Executive Director's compensation is comparable to others based upon organizational size and region of the country. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available upon request. Part III, Line 28 (continued) Why We Need Your Help: In Allen County, there are nearly 100,000 children under age 18. Many of these children are vulnerable to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). The Centers for Disease Control define adverse childhood experiences as experiencing or witnessing violence, abuse or neglect, or growing up in an environment where household members experience substance abuse, mental health or instability due to separation, such as parental incarceration, homelessness, or involvement with the child welfare system. Stressful experiences such as these can cause children to have low educational attainment, poor mental and physical health, and other negative outcomes later in life, such as repeated cycles of poverty and family violence. There is a pressing need to address both basic needs of Fort Wayne families and children as well as to provide more complex, longer-term solutions. Research demonstrates that having a mentor, a caring person outside of a childs family, can have long lasting positive effects. Young people who have experienced ACES but who have a mentor are:--Less likely to skip classes, maintain better attitudes toward school, and are 55 percent more likely to enroll in college.--46% less likely than their peers to start using illegal drugs and 27% less likely to start drinking.--130% more likely to hold leadership positionsWho We Are: The Brandon Foundation is a Fort Wayne-based nonprofit organization that prizes ethical behavior and integrity, that seeks to provide educational empowerment. We explore our scholars' gifts and guide them to be future leaders while filling the gaps according to individual needs. We reach out to parents to become resources that align with The Brandon Foundation program to create world changers. In our program, students are partnered with a mentor who helps support their individual academic goals. Within the Brandon Foundation program, the students participate in community service activities in order to prepare them to be positive leaders and citizens in their community. At The Brandon Foundation, students meet during the school year with their mentors twice a week at St. Henrys Community Center to engage in tutoring, meals, and a safe environment to develop emotionally and spiritually with their mentors. In 2020/2021, we served 22 young people and engaged 20 volunteers as mentors and facilitators for programming. Our program seeks to empower students to set goals and achieve their dreams.The Fruit of our Program: Brave, Strong, Resilient: Dejiahs StoryMy story is not a sad story, but a story of victory. A story that tells all. No matter what you are going through or what you went through. You must continue and stay strong because someone else is going to be saved through you.-Dejiah, Brandon Foundations First GraduateIn her own words, Dejiah says, [My] childhood was as normal as everyone elses childhood, but then things started to take a turn I got molested by somebody close to me. Especially because youre a child, everybody thinks itll be a stranger, but its the ones youre closest to that you never think of. On top of that, I ended up witnessing my mom and her friend murder a little boy that lived with us...Eventually the police heard about it, and they separated me from my mom when I turned 9. I had to go live in a foster home. I didnt really know what to think. I just knew my mom was going somewhere, and I was going somewhere by myself and to make it worse, I had no family members by me. Its really hard being alone, not knowing who to talk to or why it had to happen to you. Eventually, Dejiah was reunited with her younger brothers, and her great aunt and uncle became their adoptive parents. Dejiah describes herself as a survivor. She says that her time with The Brandon Foundation helped her realize a purpose for her story, Through everything that was meant to take me out, Im still standing with my head up high and my dreams bigger than ever before...I started to really understand all of those things happened for a reason. All the pain, all the crying, all that was for a reason. Im grateful because if all that stuff wouldnt have happened because I wouldnt be the person I am today without the Brandon Foundation, I wouldnt have the leadership skills I possess now. Im just grateful for all the people who believed in me. Dejiah graduated from high school in 2020 and is currently in college pursuing her goals.Our BF programs include: Beauty from Ashes- Teen Girls Support Group BF Bizkids- Entrepreneurship Unit BF instaTUTOR- online homework/e-learning help Growing Boys to Men- Teen Boys Group (new this year) that includes fishing trips, camping, etc. Dream Maker Cohort- Students are matched with a mentor and meet twice a week at our location to work on academics and leadership activities. We sign students up for local programs that help them further their dreams and build confidence. (dance/music lessons, sports teams, summer camps etc.) Empowerment Scholarship Fund- A scholarship fund has been established with New York Life for graduating BF students, with various levels and requirements. We have been blessed to award $30,000 in student scholarships since 2018 to our BF grads.