A YEAR OF Change and Growth
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Rainier Scholars Annual Report
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
To our supporters Our mission
I joined Rainier Scholars in July, capping the end of a phenomenal fiscal year of change and growth.
Thanks to the resilience of our scholars and families and the resourcefulness of our staff, programming thrived, despite the ongoing need for remote learning. Classes continued, with several special guests, including Hadi Partovi from Code.org and Washington State Representative Marilyn Strickland. Career and leadership development activities took on a new urgency and our scholars stepped up to the challenge, developing online resources for their peers impacted by COVID-19, taking extracurricular coding classes, and participating in remote internships and our virtual Career Expo.
Our mental health team and our academic counselors ensured that scholars and families had the support they needed. As many in our community were hit hard by the pandemic, at holiday time, our entire staff delivered gift cards to every single one of our families.
Rainier Scholars cultivates the academic potential and leadership skills of hardworking, underrepresented students of color.
By creating access to transformative educational and career opportunities and providing comprehensive support to scholars and families, we increase college graduation rates and empower new generations of leaders.
“ Thank you for your
We celebrated our scholars’ achievements, with socially distant events to acknowledge our newest high school and college graduates and a Rites of Passage to celebrate our Academic Enrichment Phase graduates. We recruited a new cohort of scholars, our 21st, and expanded our program, thanks to a new partnership with Tacoma Public Schools.
commitment to help build a more equitable society.” ACADEMIC COUNSELING
The tidal wave of support we received this year, culminating in our record-setting, first-ever virtual luncheon, helped make this all possible. We’d particularly like to acknowledge our newest donors and the many small businesses who stepped up to help.
On behalf of our scholars, families, staff and Board of Trustees, I would like to thank each of you for your steadfast belief in our mission and your commitment to help us continue to deliver.
We have a lot planned for the coming year. I hope you’ll join us in our efforts to help build a more equitable society.
Sincerely,
Rafael del Castillo | Executive Director
ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
Academic Rigor and Placement on College Prep Pathways
Community-building, Support and Advocacy
COLLEGE COUNSELING
College Readiness, College Planning and Application Support
LEADERSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Skill-building, Exploration and Access
A 12-YEAR JOURNEY TO COLLEGE GRADUATION
Rainier Scholars provides twelve years of comprehensive support, spanning 5th grade through college.
KEEPING IT PERSONAL
Staying close, while staying safe
Remote learning was engaging and effective, thanks to the creativity of our staff, the positive attitude of our scholars and the generosity of our supporters. From innovative science experiments to special guests and opportunities to learn new skills, our scholars stayed connected and busy!
We also continued individual and cohort-based academic and family support, mental health and wellness support and college counseling.
We were pleased to return to safe, in-person learning at The Bush School in July 2021.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• New laptops and microscopes for AEP students
• College application bootcamp and virtual college visits
• 82% of high school seniors accepted to more and most selective colleges and universities
• College 101 retreat for high school seniors
• Rites of Passage and high school and college graduation celebrations for scholars and families
• Community lunches and virtual and socially distant social events for all scholars
• Regular family meetings and a network of parent ambassadors to support their AEP peers
“We’ve all shown resilience for the sake of education.”
Cristian S. | Cohort 19
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CONNECTING THE PRESENT TO THE FUTURE
Leadership and career development for today’s world
From participating in public service projects, leadership retreats, summer camps/classes, and professional internships, our scholars engaged in personal and professional exploration, refining their interests, sense of purpose, and career and leadership skills.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• Middle school and high school workshops and retreats focused on taking meaningful steps towards becoming leaders and changemakers
• Career exploration speaker series for high school and college scholars
• Record attendance at Career Expo, which incorporated career pathway panels, live networking, and skill-building workshops for high school and college scholars
• 82% of high school and college scholars had internships or other meaningful summer experiences • Coding classes for eighth graders designed to expand exposure and skill-building in STEM related fields
“ What good is inner drive if you don’t have access to opportunity ? ”Marilyn Lopez | Career Development Manager
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Key performance indicators
93% 100% 82% 90% 96%
placement on college prep pathways in public and private schools for rising sixth graders
admission and matriculation to four-year colleges and universities for high school seniors of high school and college scholars engaged in meaningful summer internship or educational experiences of eligible scholars have graduated or are on track to graduate from college of the Class of 2020 were employed or in graduate school one year after college graduation (of nearly 75% reporting)
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A college degree will change the trajectory of my life.”
Bryan H. | Cohort 11
New beginnings and partnerships
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• Successful recruitment of our 21st cohort, with nearly 40% multi-generational African American (MGAA) representation
• Partnership with Seattle University, which pledged to meet the full demonstrated financial need of every Rainier Scholar newly admitted to the university
• Nearly 50 new and potential high school and college internship partners
• A new summer lab sciences program for high school scholars at the University of Washington
• Development of resources for employers to support BIPOC and first-generation students in the workplace
• Development of an alumni mentorship program for current college scholars
Rainier Scholars | Tacoma
In partnership with Tacoma Public Schools, we launched Rainier Scholars–Tacoma, an important outcome of our strategic growth and MGAA initiatives.
Team Tacoma has set up an office, hired staff and established relationships with over 50 community-based organizations. Program design and recruitment are underway, with the first cohort expected in Summer 2022.
EXPANDING OUR REACH
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“Centering MGAA students in our Tacoma program design is in response to the disproportionate achievement outcomes we see for Black students.”
Jennifer Ward | Chief Operating Officer Rainier Scholars–Tacoma
POISED TO GROW
A tidal wave of support
On April 29th, 2021, after an unprecedented year marked by a global pandemic and heightened awareness of racial inequity, our community came together for our first-ever virtual luncheon. Inspired by the hard work and determination of our scholars, together we set a fundraising record of $2.4 million, underscoring the critical importance of educational equity. Our luncheon theme, “From Hope to Change” represents the essence of the Rainier Scholars journey. Families are drawn to our program because it reflects the hope they hold for their children. Students commit to education to achieve their dreams. Rainier Scholars illuminates and provides access to pathways leading to college degrees—creating a future of new possibilities.
Over 275 Rainier Scholars alumni have completed their journey and are now early career professionals or graduate school students, bringing diverse perspectives and talent forward in a variety of fields, while redefining leadership.
Moving from hope to change is a collective effort. We are grateful to the many businesses, foundations and individuals who help make this possible.
Thanks to your investment, we are poised to grow, furthering our mission and our scholars’ progress on the pathway from hope to change.
Moving from hope to change is a collective effort.
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School partners
We share a vision with our school partners to create educational access and opportunity for our scholars. We work in partnership with public and private schools to ensure students have access to college preparatory pathways.
Annie Wright Schools
Billings Middle School
Bishop Blanchet High School
The Bush School
Charles Wright Academy
The Downtown School
Eastside Preparatory School
The Evergreen School
Explorer West Middle School
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Highline Public Schools
Kennedy Catholic High School
Lake Washington Girls Middle School
Lakeside School
The Northwest School
O’Dea High School
Oregon Episcopal School
The Overlake School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Rainier Prep
Raisbeck Aviation High School
Renton Public Schools
Seattle Academy
Seattle Country Day School
Colleges and universities attended
Agnes Scott College
Allegheny College
American University
Art Center College of Design
Bard College
Bates College
Bellevue College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
California Polytechnic State University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Central Washington University
Chapman University
Claremont McKenna College
Colgate University College of Wooster
Columbia University Connecticut College Dartmouth College Davidson College
Denison University
Duke University
Eastern Washington University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Prescott
Emory University
Eugene Lang College
Evergreen State College
Franklin & Marshall College
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Gettysburg College
Gonzaga University
Goucher College
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College
Highline College
Howard University
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Knox College
Lafayette College
Loyola Marymount University
Macalester College
Manhattan Christian College
Marist College
Marlboro College
Middlebury College
Mills College
Morehouse College
Mt. Holyoke College
New York University
North Carolina A&T
North Seattle College
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Ohio State University
Pacific Lutheran University
Parsons School of Design
Pitzer College
Pomona College Pratt Institute
Princeton University
Seattle Girls’ School
Seattle Lutheran High School
Seattle Preparatory School
Seattle Public Schools
Soundview School St. George School
St. Joseph School
Tacoma Public Schools
The Thacher School University Prep Villa Academy Westside School
Special thanks to our school and community partners who provide in-kind contributions through facilities and program support:
Aki Kurose Middle School
The Bush School
Lake Washington Girls Middle School
The Northwest School
Seattle University
South Shore PK-8 School
University Prep Whitman College
Santa Clara University
Scripps College
Seattle Central College
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle University
Seton Hall University
Shoreline Community College
Simmons College
Skidmore College
Smith College
South Seattle College
Southern Methodist University
Spelman College
St. John’s University (NY)
St. Olaf College
Stanford University
Suffolk University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
University of Alaska–Fairbanks
University of Chicago
University of La Verne
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of New Mexico University of Notre Dame University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Washington
University of Washington–Bothell
University of Washington–Tacoma
Wake Forest University
Washington State University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Western Governors University
Western Washington University
Whatcom College
Whitman College
Williams College
Yale University
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Rainier Scholars Annual Report 2020–2021 Rainier Annual Report | A Year of Change and Growth | Partners | Carrying the Vision Forward | Financials | Contributors Keystone partners Thank you to the following companies for their depth and breadth of involvement, offering financial support, employee engagement, internship opportunities and full-time employment for scholars. Amazon Baird The Boeing Company Cascade Asset Management Company Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Google Hermanson Company Highspot Honeywell We are grateful to our internship partners who share a commitment to advancing diversity in the workplace while investing in tomorrow’s leaders. Activision Amazon / AWS Baird The Beet Box BwD Design Group Cascade Asset Management Company Cascadia Capital Codeblack Films COPE Health Scholars Credit Suisse Crux Consulting Deutsche Bank Ekata EPA, County of Santa Clara Epiphany School Ernst & Young Felux Floop Forterra Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Gas Technology Institute Giddens School Girls Fly Girls Who Invest Glowforge GoLab Green Plate Special Hamilton Scholars Highspot Housing Diversity Corp. IMCO Construction Institute for Systems Biology Kaiser Permanente Last Myle Legal Voice Liberty Mutual Martin Literacy Agency Methow Valley Riding Unlimited Micron Technology Microsoft Milestone Properties Mortenson Construction New Technologists Northwest Folklife Northwestern Mutual Novo Nordisk Nurturing Roots Pacific Northwest Research Institute PEMCO Rainier Partners Rainier Prep Rainier Scholars Renton Innovation Zone Partnership Rios Immigration Law, P.S. Russell Investments Salish Sea Sciences Sasquatch Books Seattle Youth Employment Program Seattle University Skywide Logic LLC St. Olaf College StrataCore Summer Health Professions Education Program Tableau Software Teens in Public Service Turner Construction USA Facts UW Department of Microbiology UW Department of Physiology & Biophysics UW Friday Harbor Labs REU UW Ginger Lab UW Molecular Information Systems Lab UW Scan Design Lab Washington Association of Sewer & Water Districts The Washington Bus Washington State Charter School Commission Woodbery Partners The Works Seattle Young Storytellers Liberty Mutual Logic20/20 MCM Microsoft Nordstrom Perkins Coie LLP Skanska Slalom Consulting Skanska is proud to stand with Rainier Scholars in this pivotal moment. Together with our industry partners, we are helping to build a more equitable society by investing in education. Platinum Partners Gold Partners Silver Partners Thank you, 2020 Bricks & Books Supporters! Bronze Partners IN A YEAR OF unprecedented challenges and heightened awareness of racial injustice, our deepest thanks to the businesses, large and small, who stepped up to support our work. Together, we help ensure access to quality education and greater opportunity for underrepresented students of color in our community. BUSINESSES SUPPORTING THE WORK OF RAINIER SCHOLARS AFH Salon Afiniti Ahlers Cressman Sleight PLLC Akin Gump Aldridge New Glass Alliance Packaging Amazon American Family Insurance Apex Steel Apollo Mechanical Apple Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers Baird Ballard Elks Lodge #827 Bayer Berntson Porter Company, PLLC Betschart Mechanical, Inc Bigger Boat Consulting BlackRock BMWC Constructors, Inc The Boeing Company Brighton Jones LLC Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Cairncross Hempelmann, PS Campfire Analytics Caroline Garry Branding LLC CBRE CFO Selections The Clarius Group, LLC Classic Accessories Coffman Engineers, Inc Collinear Group, LLC Columbia Pacific Wealth Management Columbia Sustainable Enterprises Compass Conover Insurance Convoy Costco Wholesale Coughlin Porter Lundeen DBM Contractors, Inc DCI Engineers Deeny Construction DocuSign Dutton Electric Company, Inc e-Courier Software Ekata Ember Community Kits Endeavour Capital Networks Facebook Filter LLC Firstline Systems, Inc Gabrielle Family Vision Care Gates Ventures Genentech Generation Hope Management LLP Glowforge GoDaddy Google The Gottman Institute, Inc GQG Partners Gravity Payments Graybar Electric Groundspeak Inc Heritage Realty Hermanson Company Highspot Hillis Clark Martin Peterson PS Housing Diversity Corp Hudson Pacific Properties Hulu Indeed Interior Technology Inc J&S Masonry, Inc Jacobs JayMarc Homes, LLC JPMorgan Chase Keysight KHS&S Contractors King Oliason Larkmead Vineyards Lasher Holzapfel Sperry Ebberson, PLLC Latent Image Lee Hayes Leewens Corporation Lehigh Hanson, Inc Liberty Bar Liberty Mutual Logic20/20 Lumen Technologies MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions Madrona Venture Group Manson Construction Co MarninSaylor, LLC McKinney Group Inc McKinsey McKinstry McNaul Ebel Nawrot Helgren, PLLC Metropolitan Market Microsoft MJR Development Montlake Capital Mortenson NanoString Technologies, Inc Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc NBBJ Design NetApp Nike Northbound Northshore Exteriors, Inc NorthStar CG, LP ReNu OAC Services, Inc Oath Inc OneSpace Orca Running Pacific Lighting Systems, Inc Pacific Portfolio Consulting, LLC Pathstone Patriot Fire Protection PCS Structural Solutions Penguin Random House LLC Performance Contracting Inc Perkins Coie Pershing LLC Pike Street Press Pioneer Square Labs Pivetta Brothers Construction, Inc Pivotal Ventures PLUMMER HARRINGTON Poole Architecture Posie Turner Precision Electric Group, Inc Premera Blue Cross Premier Power Electric Prime Consulting Prospect Construction, Inc PSF Mechanical, Inc Puget Sound Energy Pugh Capital Management PwC R&D Masonry, Inc Redwing Cafe Remitly Retail Lockbox Ribbon Health Risk Insurance Management Society WA Chapter Robert Half Roscoe’s Ranch Rusty Gate Brewery Salesforce.com Schneider Electric Scougal Rubber SeaTac Lighting Controls LLC Climate Pledge Arena Seattle Seahawks Seattle SHRM Chapter Seattle University Sephora ServiceNow Shinn Mechanical Silver Creek Capital Management Simple Mills Slalom Consulting Snyder Roofing Washington, LLC Sonoma BioTherapeutics, Inc Sound Waterproofers Spotify Starbucks Coffee Company Steve Sitcov PLLC Stoneway Concrete StrataCore Thompson Flanagan Executive Liability LLC TL;DR Insights LLC T-Mobile TNT Marketing, Inc Tokki Tripadvisor Turning Point Realty Advisors UMC, Inc Universal Life Church Ministries Urban League Metropolitan Seattle Uwajimaya Valley Electric Co VECA Electric Technologies VMware Walters Wolf Curtain Wall Walton Enterprises Weber Thompson Whitepages, Inc Windermere Wedgwood ZGF Architects Zillow Group ZT Systems Rainier Scholars Virtual Luncheon Noon on Thursday, April 29, 2021 Creating pathways from hope to change JOIN US IN BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY Join us at the Rainier Scholars Virtual Luncheon Thursday, April 29 Internship partners View our ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal thanking our Bricks & Books supporters View our ad in The Seattle Times thanking the business community for its support
The Sarah Smith Legacy Fund for Tomorrow’s Educators
The Rainier Scholars Board established the Sarah Smith Legacy Fund for Tomorrow’s Educators to honor Sarah’s dedicated 20 years of leadership and service to Rainier Scholars.
Her endless hours of work were dedicated to providing educational and life opportunities to young people of color in our community who face the greatest barriers to earning a college degree. Our region and our nation will long reap the benefits of our scholars’ skills, talents and leadership—all fostered during their years at Rainier Scholars.
As a former teacher and educational nonprofit leader, Sarah’s commitment to and admiration for careers in education is the foundation for the fund in her name. The Sarah Smith Legacy Fund for Tomorrow’s Educators will provide stipends to selected Rainier Scholars who choose to follow the academic or career paths to becoming educators. A small committee, including Sarah Smith, will select recipients each year.
Her impact on the program is deep and everlasting; yet her positive impact on students and their families is perhaps Sarah’s greatest legacy.
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Alex & Susie Algard
Kristina & Joe Belfiore
Reggie Brown
Julia & David Clarke
Kristen & Jim Dimlow
Zander & Hilary Doroski
Chrissie & Chris Drape
Ellison Foundation
Roy & Annie Fisher
Milena Flores & Sonia Raman
Harley & Lela Franco
Bethany & Hugh Furubayashi
Matt & Shanti Garman
Saedah Ham | Alumni
Greg & Pam Harrington
Peter He | Alumni
Sumiko Huff & Steve Linden
Rick & Marcy Jackson
Sara K. Jackson & Danielken Molina
Andy & Elana Jassy
Rod & Tara Jones
Mary & Peter Kerr
Alison Krupnick & Jeffrey Greenberg
Sallie Lau | Alumni
Olivia Littles
May-Lannie Lozano | Alumni
Woinshet Meshesha & Sisay Srato
Michael Montgomery
Kathryn Pienta
Gail & Larry Ransom
Colin Roberts
Jessica Schreiber & Rory Henneck
Ashley Sirls
John & Mary Snyder
Robert & Katie Strong
Amanda Szeto | Alumni
Kelabe Tewolde | Alumni
Nancy Tran | Alumni
Bradaigh & Thor Wagner
Miles Welsh | Alumni
Dawit Workie | Alumni
CARRYING THE VISION FORWARD
Laura & Peter Orser
Monica R. Parker
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Sarah Smith with Ed Taylor, Rainier Scholars Founding Board Member
During this time of change and challenge, Rainier Scholars has not just survived, we have thrived. The strength of our financial position provided the confidence to move forward with the launch of Rainier Scholars–Tacoma and fuels the vision to explore growth beyond Tacoma. We are now poised to connect the present challenges with future opportunities: • Serving more scholars in both Seattle and Tacoma, with a focus on multi-generational Black families
our influence and reach through new partnerships
• Actively engaging with our 275+ post-collegiate scholars as leaders and changemakers • Carrying our vision forward by engaging stakeholders in creating our next Strategic Plan (2022-2027) With generous support comes high expectations. Our donors have given us the confidence and determination to move forward with collective purpose. Together, we will extend pathways of access and opportunity to an even greater number of underrepresented youth who aspire to become college graduates, career professionals and community leaders.
Revenue Individuals $4,026,241 61% Corporations $1,756,547 27% Foundations $763,785 11% Other
1% Total Revenue $6,565,688 Audited financial results for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021 (excludes restricted funds) 2020-2021 Financial results “As staunch believers in education’s ability to change someone’s path, we quite easily found our way to Rainier Scholars.” New Leadership Donors | 2021 Rainier Scholars Annual Report 2020–2021 | A Year of Change and Growth | Partners | Carrying the Vision Forward | Financials | Contributors
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Leadership
Career
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$53,316 2%
$3,102,522 75%
$429,127 10%
$638,747 15%
$4,170,396
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Rainier Scholars Annual Report 2020–2021 IN A YEAR OF unprecedented challenges and heightened awareness of racial inequity, we are grateful to the sponsors, partners and community leaders who believe in our mission, generously support our work, and create pathways from hope to change. Together, we help ensure access to quality education and greater opportunity for underrepresented students of color in our community. Together, we are building more equitable society. Creating pathways from hope to change THANK YOU TO OUR LUNCHEON SPONSORS PhD Sponsors Summa Cum Laude Sponsors Magna Cum Laude Sponsors Cum Laude Sponsors The Padden Family The Larry Benaroya Family Foundation Matt & Evelyne Special thanks to our sweatshirt sponsor: Roscoe’s Ranch your dog’s home away from home! Business partners Anonymous Acacia Apothecary and Wellness ACG Seattle Adept Innovationz Adobe AFH Salon Afiniti AHBL Inc. Ahlers & Cressman PLLC AI Industries Akin Gump Alaska Airlines Aldridge All New Glass, Inc. Alliance Packaging Alpine Immune Sciences Amazon American Family Insurance Rainier Annual Report | A Year of Change and Growth | Partners | Carrying the Vision Forward | Financials | Contributors Thank you to those business partners that offer support through grant funding, matching gifts, event sponsorship, pro bono services and cash or in-kind donations. Ankrom Moisan Architects Apex Steel Apollo Mechanical Contractors Apple Auburn Mechanical Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers Baird Ballard Elks Lodge #827 Bassetti Architects Bayer BECU Bellmont Cabinet Co. Berntson Porter & Company, PLLC Betschart Mechanical Bigger Boat Consulting BlackRock Blue Fern Development BMWC Constructors, Inc. The Boeing Company Brighton Jones Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Cadman Cairncross & Hempelmann, PS Campfire Analytics Cascade Asset Management Company CBRE Charlie’s Produce The Clarius Group LLC In honor of Dan & Hilary Kaltenbach Classic Accessories Coffman Engineers Collinear Group, LLC Columbia Sustainable Enterprises Compass PNW Conover Insurance Convoy Coppei Collective LLC Costco Wholesale Coughlin Porter Lundeen Curator Cut.com DBM Contractors, Inc. DCI Engineers Deeny Construction Dimensional Communications DocuSign Dutton Electric Company, Inc. EastLake Church
honor of Roy Fisher Eastside Preparatory School Admissions Team e-Courier Software Efficient Counseling,
Ekata Ember Community Kits Endeavour Capital evo E-Z Interface F5 Networks facebook Filter LLC Firstline Systems, Inc Foster
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Goldman Sachs
Bros Google
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GoDaddy
Goodfellow
GQG Partners
Payments Graybar Electric
Foods
Hermanson
Hulu Indeed
Image, Inc. LAUT Design, LLC Lee & Hayes Leewens Corporation Lehigh Hanson Inc. Lenovo Liberty Bar Liberty Mutual Living Proof Photography Logic20/20 Lumen Technologies MacDonald-Miller Madrona Venture Group Manson Construction Co. MarninSaylor, LLC McKinstry Co., LLC McKonklin McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, PLLC Metrix Engineers Metropolitan Market Microsoft Milne Electric Mithun MJR Development Montlake Capital Mortenson Construction Moss Adams Wealth Advisors Muckleshoot Indian Tribe NanoString Technologies Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. NBBJ NetApp Nike Nintendo Nordstrom Northbound Northshore Exteriors, Inc. NorthStar CG and RENU Northwest Construction, Inc. The Northwest School Novo Nordisk OAC Services, Inc. Oath Inc. OneSpace Pacific Portfolio Consulting, LLC Parametric Parker Hannifin Pathstone Patriot Fire Protection PCS Structural Solutions Penguin Random House LLC Perch Partners Performance Contracting Perkins Coie LLP Pike Street Press Pilot Lab, LLC Pioneer Square Labs Pivetta Brothers Construction Pivotal Ventures PLS Business listing continues on next page View our ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal thanking our luncheon sponsors
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Intel Interior Technology Inc. ISEC Inc. J&S Masonry, Inc. Jacobs JayMarc Homes, LLC JPMorgan Chase Kaiser Permanente Keysight KHS&S Contractors King & Oliason PLLC Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC Latent
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PMI Worldwide
Poole Architecture
Posie Turner
PowerCom, Inc.
Precision Electric Group, Inc.
Premera Blue Cross
Premier Power Electric
The Premier Team
Prime 8 Consulting
PRIME Electric
The Production Network
PSF Mechanical, Inc.
Puget Sound Catholic Schools
Puget Sound Energy
Pugh Capital Management
Qumulo
R&D Masonry, Inc.
Record360
Red Bison Advisory Group
Redwing Cafe
Ribbon Health
Risk & Insurance Management
Society – WA Chapter
Robert Half
Roscoe’s Ranch
Russell Investments
Sea Tac Lighting & Controls LLC
Seattle Academy
Seattle Kraken & Climate Pledge Arena Seattle Seahawks
TalentBloom
Anonymous
Alaska Airlines Foundation
American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation Inc.
Apex Foundation
Bainbridge Community Foundation
Baird Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BlackRock Foundation
Brandon Roy Foundation
Charles D. and Mary A. Bauer Foundation
CHOICE Charitable Trust
F5 Foundation
Fordham Street Foundation
The Foster Foundation
Generation Foundation
Glaser Foundation
GQG Partners Community Empowerment Foundation
Grousemont Foundation
Harnish Foundation
J.E. Fehsenfeld Family Foundation
James D and Sherry Raisbeck Foundation
The James E. & Constance L. Bell Foundation
Loeb Family Charitable Foundation
Medina Foundation
Microsoft Alumni Foundation
The Norcliffe Foundation
Paul Bechtner Foundation
The Peach Foundation
The Prime Foundation
In honor of the Mortenson Company
Satterberg Foundation
Seattle Foundation
Silver Family Foundation
Tableau Software Foundation
Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund
William E. Wockner Foundation
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
United
Larry Benaroya Family Foundation
Leo Maddox Foundation
Liberty Mutual Foundation/ Safeco Insurance Fund
Live Like Raija
Windermere Wedgwood
Seattle SHRM Chapter Seattle University Sephora ServiceNow
Shinn Mechanical Signal4D, Inc.
Silver Creek Capital Management Skanska
Snyder Roofing of Washington, LLC Sonoma BioTherapeutics, Inc.
Sound Community Bank
Sound Waterproofers Spotify Stay Inspired Friends STEM Tutoring Steve Sitcov PLLC Stirrett-Johnsen, Inc. Stoneway Concrete Superfeet Worldwide, Inc. Sweeney Conrad PS In honor of David Midgley Tableau Software
Team Valley Electric Thermo Fisher Thompson Flanagan Executive Liability LLC Thrivent TITAN Earthwork LLC TL;DR Insights LLC T-Mobile Tokki TSMS Group Inc Turning Point Realty Advisors, LLC UMC, Inc.
Wholesale Mortgage LLC
Universal Life Church Ministries
UW Panhellenic Association
Uwajimaya Inc.
Valley Electric Co.
VECA Electric & Technologies Vertical Bridge Reit, LLC Villa Academy Vulcan Inc.
W.W. Wells Millwork LLC
WALSH Construction Co.
Walters & Wolf Curtain Wall
Walton Enterprises Whitepages, Inc.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
ZGF Architects LLP
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Individual donors and volunteers
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INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Welcome to our 1,179 new donors. This year we were honored to have support from 2,388 individual donors – an increase of 58% from 2019-2020 – including 135 recurring monthly and quarterly donors. Together, individuals contributed $4,026,241 to make our work possible in 2020-2021.
$50,000 and above 10 donors
$25,000 and above .......25 donors
$15,000 and above ....... 21 donors
$10,000 and above 54 donors
$5,000 and above 109 donors
$2,500 and above 106 donors
$1,000 and above .......385 donors
$500 and above .......... 363 donors
$250 and above 382 donors
Under $250 933 donors
View the list welcoming our newest Leadership Circle donors
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
Welcome to our 16 new members. We honor our donors who have surpassed $50,000 in cumulative giving, investing in a scholar’s journey from 5th grade through college graduation.
View the list welcoming our newest Legacy Circle donors
LEGACY CIRCLE
Welcome to our 41 new members. We are grateful to our donors who have given at any level for 12 years, the same timespan our scholars commit to their future.
VOLUNTEERS
Thank you to the 370 volunteers who invested 2,050 hours of their time and talent in 2020-2021.
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Memorial gifts
Andy Reynolds is a man who created his legacy every day in words and actions, in leadership and purpose and investing in young people as the next generation of leaders.
Andy LOVED attending the Rainier Scholars annual luncheon. First introduced to the program by Brenetta Ward, Andy and his wife Donna Stringer became avid supporters and advocates. Always looking to contribute to organizations that benefit social change and nonprofits that are sustainable, Andy believed in the transformative power of education and the investment in young people of color.
In his four plus decades in Seattle, Andy was dedicated to the community, serving on boards and being a part of the very first class of Seattle’s Leadership Tomorrow. According to his wife Donna “Andy has been particularly vocal over the past several years about the need to support the next generations, believing that social justice and climate control are now in their hands. He was adamant about the need to mentor, coach and support young people and felt that Rainier Scholars is doing an outstanding job at this.”
Andy chose once again to match his actions with his beliefs. Rainier Scholars was included in his estate plan and is one of three organizations receiving memorial gifts in his honor. A trailblazer, an advocate, a community voice for the underrepresented, a believer in youth of color as future leaders…Andy built his legacy each day with how he lived his life and the choices he made. We are proud to be a part of his lasting legacy to this community.
How do we build our legacy and who tells our story?
A trailblazer, an advocate, a community voice for the underrepresented, a believer in youth of color as future leaders…
Andy Reynolds built his legacy each and every day with how he lived his life and the choices he made.
Thank you to the donors who have made named memorial giftsIn Memory of Andy Reynolds
Angela
Emily Bair Jon & Bobbe Bridge Sally Buckley Therese Coad Kathryn K. Crane Beroz Ferrell Robert Flor Michael J. Fox & Kerry E. Radcliffe Lee Gardenswartz Carrie George Angela Ginorio K.A. Harmon Leanne & Rick Hawkins Robert & Debra Hayles Nancy Howard Samuel & Martha Jacobs James Johnson Linda King Deborah Lawson Gary Lesniak Marti & Rob Liddell Betty McNiel
Barb Andersen
Antenore
Michael & Sarajane Milder
Carol Mirman
Susan Schulkin Staci Sleigh-Layman Amy Sommers Kathryn
& Elizabeth Stanton Donna
Louise
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Erin & Juan Moncada Kathleen O’Connor Susan & Jerry Posten Chad Rockwell Anita Rowe Alan &
Sorrells Lee
Stringer
Wilkinson
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