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2020 IMPACT REPORT

2020: A LESSON IN RESILIENCE We are humbled. To our partners, donors, supporters, and advocates - We all endured a shared thank you...we are humbled. We experience in 2020. Collectively, strive to be a strong backbone we learned about new ways of to mentoring programs across doing things, new solutions to Virginia, but you have been our new problems, and new things to backbone - not just throughout be thankful for. 2020, but for the last 27 years. MENTOR Virginia has been Thanks to you, MENTOR fortunate to have the support of Virginia emerged from 2020 the community during this with enormous gratitude and an unprecedented moment in aspiration to empower, elevate, history. Our goals, each and and encourage all young people every day, have been to ensure across the Commonwealth. young people have the support of caring mentors and that Thank you for your support, mentors hear the voices of young people. Bill Bales Chair, Board of Directors Jennifer Boyle Executive Director Our mission is to foster quality relationships that empower, elevate, and encourage young people. Our vision is that every young person in Virginia who needs a mentor will have a trained mentor. PAGE 1

TAKING ACTION We must progress if we want to move toward a world where young people have access to opportunities that are not bound or limited by skin color. Our young people deserve better. Through conversations with program partners, our board members, trainers and consultants, and other MENTOR affiliates across the country, MENTOR Virginia identified avenues for our future. These conversations resulted in actions and initiatives our team and board of directors are making to more fully disrupt racist systems operating in our own work. These shifts are being integrated into the heart of what we do, changing how we talk about, approach, and fulfill our mission. We intend this process to be ongoing with the hope that one day we will live in a world that makes and keeps the promise of equity and opportunity to all our young people. To learn more about MENTOR Virginia's measures to fight racism, visit https://mentorva.org/taking-action/. PAGE 2

MENTORING IN A TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING E-MENTORING 70 Within a month of the pandemic shutting mentoring program staff attended down schools and mentoring programs the two-part virtual training series across the state, MENTOR Virginia on e-mentoring provided a free two-part training series on how to launch an e-mentoring program, 77% helping to ensure youth had continued access to mentoring relationships. of mentoring programs were offering e-mentoring by August 2020 ZOOMING IN MENTOR Virginia responded to our partners' needs by creating virtual community events to discuss strategies for supporting youth through the pandemic. 136 mentoring program staff participated in these online events BRIDGING CONNECTIONS MENTOR Virginia established several statewide e-mentoring working groups comprised of mentoring program staff. These groups met regularly in 2020 to share experiences, resources, and best practices. 80% \"MENTOR Virginia has done a great job bringing the mentoring programs of Virginia of participants reported that together to share successes and best practices, as the working groups helped well as lessons learned from efforts that weren't strengthen their program so successful during this pandemic.\" PAGE 3 Mary Midyette, Program Supervisor, Team Up Mentoring

THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 PROGRAM PARTNERS THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM PARTNERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING, CONSULTATION, OR AMERICORPS VISTA. ABC Lutheran Social Services Abundant Life Ministries Make Space A Few Good Men, LLC MEGA Mentors Alexandria Mentoring Partnership MentoringOurMen AMP! Metro Richmond MentorPrize Armstrong Leadership Program Micah Initiative Avery C. Thompson Community Center Million Women Mentor Baker’s Anchor Mentoring Peter Paul Development Center Big Blue Play Like a Girl! Big Brothers Big Sisters Positive Reflections Bowie Youth & Family Services Pretty Matters, LLC Boys & Girls Club of America Pretty Purposed Boys to Men – Arizona Quality of Life Boys to Men – California Raising Amazing Men Boys to Men – Hawaii RefugeeOne Boys to Men – Virginia Richmond Public Schools - Brothers United C4K St. Andrew's School Capital One Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club Capital Youth Empowerment Program SkillsUSA Casa Chirilagua Space of Her Own Catholic Charities Starfish Mentoring Commonwealth Catholic Charities STORY Communities in Schools Chesterfield S2S Youth Care Connecting Generations Sweet Briar College EAB Team Up Mentoring Fairfax Dept. of Child and Family Services University of Richmond FIRST Chesapeake UpliftRVA First Tee Virginia Blue Ridge Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center ForKids, Inc. VCU African American Alumni Council Germanna Community College VCU ASPiRE Girls2Women VCU Health Services Goodwill of the Valleys VCU School of Education Henrico HEROES Vision of the Youth, LLC J. Seargant Reynolds Community College Wendell Scott Foundation LinkedIn WoMen of Connections Ministry Little Lights Urban Ministry XZone Youth of Promise \"[MENTOR Virginia] connected me with other mentor coordinators through small workgroups and helped me see that our program wasn’t the only program having challenges engaging the kids in the new format.\" Tiffani Peguese, Coordinator, Befriend-a-Child PAGE 4

CONSULTATION MENTOR Virginia provided a record- 1,295 breaking 1,295 hours of no-cost technical assistance (TA) consultation to mentoring hours of no-cost consultation programs across the state of Virginia in 2020, benefitting 39 programs and 4,908 4,908 youth. Consultation focuses on building the capacity and sustainability of programs in youth impacted alignment with best practices in the field, strengthening systems that will positively impact youth for years to come. 2020 TRENDS IN TA 39 Launching e-mentoring programs programs served Virtual engagement strategies Supporting virtual matches 48% Virtual match activities Recruiting mentors virtually of programs who received TA were Training mentors on cultural located in an area of Virginia outside humility and bias of the Greater Richmond region Measuring program outcomes PARTNER FEEDBACK \"We had to create the foundation of operations for a new e-mentoring program. The guidance, planning, structure, and support was of great value to CYEP.\" - Capitol Youth Empowerment Program \"[Our TA Consultant] did a great job of helping us understand mentoring programs and their success based on evidence based programming.\" - First Tee Virginia Blue Ridge “I presented the changes we have already made to leadership at Little Lights and they were very impressed. They mentioned, echoing my own thoughts, that this process of TA has really taken the quality of our program to a new level.” -Little Lights PAGE 5

TRAINING 1,604 MENTOR Virginia trained 1,604 mentors and mentees across trained mentors and mentees Virginia on topics ranging from initiating new relationships, virtual engagement, building webs of support, trauma/resiliency, and culturally responsive mentoring. Due to COVID-19, the majority of trainings were offered through virtual sessions. PARTNER FEEDBACK \"The training really got me more excited to be able to engage with the mentees, and made me feel more comfortable and confident in being able to deal with certain unprecedented situations.\" \"The New Mentor Training was fantastic! The candor was lively and the content was timely, relevant and addressed what many young folks are experiencing in these unprecedented times. I look forward to implementing what I learned.\" \"We had a really diverse group and we all got to share our experiences and help better understand what we can do as mentors.\" \"The presenters were very professional and engaging. They created a positive environment where I felt comfortable sharing ideas. Their open-ended questions were thought-provoking and led to interesting discussions.\" PAGE 6

AMERICORPS VISTA 10 MENTOR Virginia was able to provide 10 mentoring programs AmeriCorps VISTA host sites across Virginia with the opportunity to build capacity for their programs by hosting a full- time AmeriCorps VISTA Member for 365 days during the 2020-2021 service year. VISTA Members work to expand high-quality, high- impact mentoring opportunities for youth and young adults. AMERICORPS PROJECT SPOTLIGHT With MEGA Mentors in Chesterfield, Arya Pazhwak is developing mentoring policies and procedures focused on virtual mentoring, and revising mentoring program curriculum for grades 6-12 to include content on racial equity. With C4K in Charlottesville, Yvonnia Bryant is developing and implementing a marketing and outreach plan centered around elevating the voices of youth who participate in their programs. With Germanna Community College in Fredericksburg, Briana Oyler is developing, implementing, and sustaining three mentoring programs for specific campus populations with a goal of strengthening retention and connecting students to resources. PAGE 7

ADVOCACY In January 2020, MENTOR Virginia gathered partners from across the state of Virginia to advocate for expanded support for mentoring initiatives. The VA delegation joined hundreds of others from all over the country in Washington D.C. for this annual Capitol Hill Day, which resulted in a $3 million boost in federal funding for mentoring in FY20. NOTABLES In 2020, MENTOR Virginia's Board of Directors established a Governance Committee, Advancement Committee, and a DEI Task Force to focus efforts as we develop strategies for progress. In the midst of the pandemic, MENTOR Virginia moved our office location to the Manchester neighborhood in Richmond. We are grateful to the volunteers who helped make this happen. In February 2020, we welcomed Jennifer Boyle as MENTOR Virginia's new executive director. Jennifer succeeded Elizabeth Bass, who embarked on a new journey after serving six years in the position. After 27 years of being in a mutually beneficial relationship with Virginia Commonwealth University, MENTOR Virginia achieved operational independence in order to push into new avenues of growth and excellence. PAGE 8

CARPOOL CINEMA As COVID restrictions continued into the fall of 2020, our communities were seeking safe forms of communal entertainment that would help distract from the stresses of life during a pandemic. MENTOR Virginia's Carpool Cinema, held October 2, provided a family-friendly escape for people to come together and enjoy a shared experience. Over 200 attendees in more than 60 vehicles enjoyed How to Train your Dragon—a movie with a strong mentoring element. Food trucks, fair weather, and a full moon rounded out the evening. Thank you to the sponsors of Carpool Cinema! FFIINNAANNCCIIAALLSS CONTRIBUTIONS & REVENUE EXPENSES PAGE 9

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS $50,000 + $500 - $999 Altria Allconnect - A Red Ventures Company MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership William B. Bales II Owens & Minor Hezekiah C. Butler The CarMax Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Kathleen Carrig Robert Diegelmann Bob & Anna Lou Schaberg Foundation Genworth The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation Andy C. Foldenauer United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg Kul Wheels Matt Lively $10,000 - $24,999 Microsoft Heather Anne Newman The Bales Family Foundation Britt Parrack Herndon Foundation E. Lee Showalter The Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Dr. Jason Wayne Smith The Westmoreland Family Charitable Foundation Fund $5,000 - $9,999 Joan Woodis Anonymous PAGE 10 Dominion Energy Emily S. and Coleman A. Hunter Charitable Trust Luck Companies Tredegar Corporation Weinstein Properties $1,000 - $4,999 Andrea Lynn Hill Hinesight Dr. Catherine Howard Midlothian Rotary Club RBC Foundation H. B. Thomson in memory of Tom and Cathy Thomson Vanguard Charitable / Kelly Lee (Groh) Tuminelli Jim & Bobbie Ukrop Virginia Credit Union \"Everyone deserves a caring adult who will be their champion. I believe in the power of mentorship and know firsthand that it works. My goal is to reach as many youth as possible by expanding programming across the district so that they receive what they rightfully deserve.\" Leslie Velez, K-12 Intervention Specialist, Henrico HEROES

$200 - $499 Mark Kilduff Cynthia Lantz Anonymous Marci Linas Elizabeth Bass Sarah Martin Dwayne Bennett Sue Murdock in honor Marty Bland Capital One of Jessica White and Mary Lynn White Bryan D. Carr Erin Poston Davidow Family Donor Advised Fund Mark Raper Gregory B. & Elizabeth W. Robertson of the Richmond Jewish Foundation Russo Family Fund Bonnie Draga Kala Somerville Sam and Sheri Highfill Phil and Suzanne Sword Franklin & Bettina Hinckle Willis Walter Sarah Keeble in honor Kaitlyn Wark Malissa Whitby of Sarah Wilkinson Ben White Elizabeth W. Majewski Mary Lynn White Allyson F. Roberts Charlene Whitfield Gregory B. Robertson Sarah Wilkinson Scott & Maria Sorkin Seth Wilkinson Tamara Thornton Susan Williams William and Amanda Van Thunen Bill and Myra Wood Jessica Dalton White up to $200 Thomas Anderson Melissa Armstrong Emanuel Bartolotta Utibe Bassey Jennifer Boyle Tim Brooks Georgia Sutton Buchanan Maggie Carnan Kevin Curtis Marvin Daniel Deena Disraelly Sherry Finneran Marilyn and Jim Flinn in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper & Kristen O'Neil Natalie Foster Cheri Garvin Philip Goodpasture Carmen Gutin Christina S. Halligan Jaraad Hines Gurlfriend Hoof Kate Hoof Kathleen Hunter Angela Hyldburg in honor of Sarah Wilkinson Chapin Jones PAGE 11

2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair: Marty Bland Heather Anne Newman Bill Bales Capital One Altria Atlantic Union Bank Hezekiah C. Butler Tamara M. Thornton Vice Chair: Patrice and Associates & Direct Owens & Minor Andy C. Foldenauer Learning Solutions RBC Wealth Management Kaitlyn Wark Bryan D. Carr Capital One Treasurer: Deisinger Consulting, LLC Elizabeth Majewski Malissa Whitby CarMax Andrea Lynn Hill Capital One EY At-large: Jessica Dalton White Jason Smith, Ph.D. Franklin M. Hinckle, Jr. Jessica White Travel Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Dominion Energy STAFF AND CONSULTANTS STAFF TRAINERS AND CONSULTANTS Jennifer Boyle Dwayne Bennett Tammie Mobley Executive Director Rameka Blakey Bianca Myrick Natalie Foster Director of Programs and Partnerships John Harris Tiffany Patton Vanessa Reyes Stephanie Hunter Allyson Roberts Director of AmeriCorps Program Laura Leporati Sarah Wilkinson Programs Manager PAGE 12

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