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With our largest high school class to date earning record rates of acceptance to top-tier colleges around the country, our earlier-start scholars enrolling in record numbers into indep

2018–19 Impact Report to Contributors

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There was much to celebrate this past year at Rainier Scholars With our largest high school class to date earning

record rates of acceptance to top-tier colleges around the country, our earlier-start scholars enrolling in record

numbers into independent and highly-capable public school programs, academic achievement rising across all phases

of our program and student leadership abounding at all ages, the Rainier Scholars mission focus on opportunity and

access remained strong and clear

We could not have done it without your support

Access to opportunity matters We know it can launch lives of economic

stability, leadership and influence in consequential decision-making arenas,

and can be a conduit through which generational poverty can be broken and

new pathways can be forged

In a 2014 National Bureau of Economic Research study, we learned that while, for middle and upper class students,

access to highly selective colleges and universities has a negligible economic impact on their future lives, for

low-income Black and Latino students whose parents have limited education, the impact is profound and offers the best

opportunity for moving from the bottom 20% of the economic ladder to the top 20% over one generation

In other words, access matters most for those least likely to have it

We know that it takes our entire community to create pathways of access and opportunity for our scholars

The system is not set up for someone to overcome barriers of race, class and generational privilege without

some intentional interventions, structure and programming to disrupt the status quo; the flow of

the river must be interrupted to change course in any meaningful way

Thank you for joining with staff, parents, school partners and the scholars themselves to carve out new

pathways of opportunity for so many of our young people in this community As we head into our

20th anniversary year, may we celebrate the investment made by all, which will pay infinitely greater

dividends for our community, city and region in the years to come

Sarah Smith | Executive Director

We lift each other up

as a community.

Access and Economic Mobility

Jackie Meza (Cohort 11) epitomizes Rainier Scholars

EPIC (excellence, perseverance, integrity and courage)

in action Engaged and enthusiastic, she was a beloved student advisor to Cohort 16

Jackie participated in the Highline School District’s International Baccalaureate program, volunteered

as a youth soccer coach, and was named one

of her high school’s Top Ten Most Inspiring Seniors She’s just started her first year

at Whitman College, her dream school, where she plans to major

in science, with a minor in French.

ACADEMIC COUNSELING &

SUPPORT SERVICES 7TH–9TH GRADE

98%

PROGRAM

high school GPA of 3.0 and above

500

hours of individual academic counseling

1,200

hours of cultural identity & resiliency support per cohort

Mission and Impact

Rainier Scholars cultivates the

academic potential and leadership skills

of hard-working, 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.

View our video “Together We Rise”

School Partners

We are grateful for

all of our school

partnerships in

public, private and

independent schools

throughout the

Puget Sound region

and beyond.

Annie Wright School Billings Middle School Bishop Blanchet High School The Bush School

The Cate School The Downtown School Eastside Preparatory School The Evergreen School Explorer West Middle School Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Highline Public Schools

Holy Names Academy Kennedy High School Lake Washington Girls Middle School Lakeside School

The Northwest School Oregon Episcopal School The Overlake School Phillips Exeter Academy Rainier Prep

Raisbeck Aviation High School Renton Public Schools Seattle Academy

ACADEMIC COUNSELING &

SUPPORT SERVICES 7TH–9TH GRADE

99%

PLACEMENT IN COLLEGE PREP PATHWAYS

1,500+

hours of academic enrichment per student

35+

independent school and public school district partners

Nyomi Bennett (Cohort 18) was this year’s recipient of the

Frederick Douglass award, in recognition of her dedication to her own and her classmates’ education, as well as her willingness to fight through obstacles with grace, wisdom and maturity After completing 14 months of academic enrichment, Nyomi is now a sixth-grader at Seattle Girls’ School.

100+

hours of family workshops and tailored application support

Seattle Country Day School Seattle Girls’ School Seattle Lutheran High School Seattle Preparatory School Seattle Public Schools Shawnigan Lake School

St Bernadette Parish School

St Joseph School 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

The Northwest School Seattle University South Shore PK-8 School University Prep

Whitman College

College Partners

Colleges and

universities

attended by

Rainier Scholars,

2009–2019.

Agnes Scott College Allegheny College American University ArtCenter College of Design Bard College

Bates College Bellevue College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College 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 Eastern Washington University Emory University

Eugene Lang College Evergreen State College Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University Georgetown University Gonzaga University Goucher College Harvard College Harvey Mudd College Highline College

Howard University Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Kalamazoo College Knox College Lafayette College Loyola Marymount University Macalester College

Marist College Marlboro College Middlebury College Mills College Morehouse College

Mt Holyoke College New York University 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 Santa Clara University Scripps College Seattle Central College Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Seton Hall University Shoreline Community 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 Union College University of Alaska-Fairbanks University of Chicago

University of Miami University of Michigan 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 Washington State University Wellesley College

Wesleyan University Western Governors University Western Washington University Whatcom College

Whitman College Williams College Yale University

ACADEMIC COUNSELING &

SUPPORT SERVICES 7TH–9TH GRADE

100%

COLLEGE ADMISSION

250+

hours of college application support

71%

admitted to most/more selective schools –

up 20% from 2018

Angela Tran (Cohort 11) is small, but mighty A competitive

wrestler, who competed in the State Championships, she was accepted to Stanford University last December via their Early Action program Angela will be the first in her family to attend college Other Cohort 11 scholars who received early college acceptances include: J’Dyn Plater, Emory University; Khalid Omer, Pitzer College; Nejat Ali, Pitzer College; and Melat Feseha, Pomona College

180

scholars at 60 college campuses

as of Fall 2019

Internship Partners

Partners provide

quality internship

opportunities that

make it possible for

both high school

and college-aged

scholars to explore

various career

paths, network with

professionals and

build resumes.

We are grateful

to our internship

partners who share

a commitment to

advancing diversity

in the workplace

while investing in

tomorrow’s leaders

21 Progress Aegis Living Amazon Web Services Art with Heart Artemis Connection Baird Private Wealth Management BMGI

The Boeing Company Boys & Girls Club of King County Breakthrough Collaborative Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare Cascadia Consulting Group Center for Victims of Torture Charlie’s Produce

The Children’s Law Center Chinook Capital Advisors Church World Service Coffee Town Press COPE Health Scholars Credit Suisse

Cyborg Mobile Ekata

Electroimpact EnviroIssues Environmental Works Epiphany School evo

Expedia Forterra Frazier Healthcare Partners

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Giddens School

GoDaddy Goldman Sachs Green Plate Special Harborview Injury Prevention &

Research Center Harley Marine Services Harper Engineering Harvey Mudd Undergraduate Summer Research

Helsell Fetterman Hermanson Company Institute for Systems Biology K&L Gates

Kiewit King County Environmental Health King County Wastewater Treatment Division Landesa

Lebawi Academy Liberty Mutual Insurance Lincoln International Macquarie Group MCM

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Microsoft

MOHAI New Americans Fellowship New Engen

New Technologists Nokia

Nordstrom Novo Nordisk Pacific Northwest Research Institute PATH

Pemco Insurance Perkins Coie LLP Pomona Hope Ravenna Solutions Rios & Cruz, P.S

Russell Investments Sea Mar Community Health Centers Seattle Aquarium

Seattle Art Museum Seattle City Light Seattle Goodwill Service Now Slalom Consulting Tableau

Union Summer Upward Bound USAFacts

UW Botanic Garden

UW Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity

UW Early Social Cognition Lab

UW Ginger Lab

UW Robinson Center Vulcan Inc

WA-BLOC’s CDF Freedom Schools Whitepages

YMCA of Greater Seattle

Daniel Ewnetu (Cohort 9) doesn’t let opportunity

pass him by This award-winning high school student body president (Oregon Episcopal School ’17) is now studying economics at Northwestern University, and is on track to graduate in 2021

Daniel has had a number of investment-related internships, has interned with Microsoft and worked on several projects for Transportation Choices Coalition Daniel serves as co-president

of Northwestern Capital Management, a campus finance group which manages a portion of the university’s endowment

100

high school and college summer internships

712

hours of career support–

events & counseling

3,600

hours of high school leadership training

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 BMGI The Boeing Company Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Google

Honeywell Liberty Mutual/Safeco Insurance Logic20/20

MCM Nordstrom Perkins Coie LLP Skanska

ACADEMIC COUNSELING &

SUPPORT SERVICES 7TH–9TH GRADE

Our 2019 college graduates are pursuing careers or graduate education

in the following fields:

• Public Health

• UX/UI Design

• Geographic Information System Mapping

• Accounting

• Software Engineering

600

hours of academic support

114

individual visits to scholars at colleges out of our region

View our video “Thank You for Believing in Us”

93%

ON TRACK TO GRADUATE FROM 4-YEAR COLLEGES

• Communications

• Legal Analysis

• Financial Analysis

• Psychology

• Environmental Studies

Alumni Engagement

Rainier Scholars was a champion for my success.

22% Medicine and Science 19% Business and Finance 16% Computer Science, Engineering and Technology 12% Education

7% Social Services 5% Marketing and Communications 4% Human Resources

15% Other

Alumni Employment by Industry

I believe, “To whom

much is given, much

is expected in return.”

I stand on the

shoulders of many

who come before me

and I hope to inspire

that spirit in those

who come after me.

Menbereselassie Kebede

Tufts University

Class of 2017

Parirash Abdolhosseini, University of Washington, Class of 2015

Kaylyn Abenojar, Ithaca College, Class of 2015

Hamzah Aly, University of Washington, Class of 2017

Nico Andrade, Union College, Class of 2014

Jasmine Beverly, Goucher College, Class of 2016

Abe Bui, University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2014

Ayda Cader, Dartmouth College, Class of 2013

Brittany Carroll-Watts, Columbia University, Class of 2014

Crystal Cheung, University of Washington, Class of 2015

Ebony Davis, University of Southern California, Class of 2015

Barite Dawud, Western Washington University, Class of 2016

Tan-Brian Dinh, Seattle University, Class of 2017

Bisrat Gebre, Washington State University, Class of 2015

Tolossa Hassan, Allegheny College, Class of 2018

Peter He, University of Washington, Class of 2016

Yessica Hernandez-Cruz, University of Washington, Class of 2014

Myles Jones, Seton Hall University, Class of 2015

Menbere Kebede, Tufts University, Class of 2017

Maggie Khuu, Middlebury College, Class of 2013

Brian Lam, University of Washington, Class of 2017

Sallie Lau, Williams College, Class of 2015

Winson Law, Middlebury College, Class of 2016

Jimena Diaz Leiva, Dartmouth College, Class of 2014

Jamie Li, Dartmouth College, Class of 2013

Alan Lin, University of Washington, Class of 2016 Calvin Lin, University of Washington, Class of 2017 Karen Lobos, Scripps College, Class of 2014;

University of Washington, Class of 2019

May-Lannie Lozano, Whitman College, Class of 2016 Tiesa McElroy, Knox College, Class of 2013

Nam Thanh Ngo, Williams College, Class of 2014 Andy Tam Nguyen, University of Washington, Class of 2018 The Nguyen Family, Davidson College, Class of 2017 Christina Norwich, University of Washington, Class of 2013 Leonardo Rozal, Seattle University, Class of 2013;

Creighton University School of Medicine, Class of 2018

Jordan Sanabria, University of Washington, Class of 2016 Eric Serrano, University of Oregon, Class of 2015 Quyen Tang, Seattle University, Class of 2014 Duyen Tat, Johns Hopkins University, Class of 2016 Yael Tellez-Rodriguez, Seattle University, Class of 2018 Kelabe Tewolde, Colgate University, Class of 2018 Lina Thach, University of Washington, Class of 2015 Carolyn Tran, Macalester College, Class of 2017 Nancy Tran, Bates College, Class of 2016 Hai-Yen Truong, Yale University, Class of 2015;

Loyola Marymount University, Class of 2017

Ankit Udas, University of Washington, Class of 2018 Miles Welsh, Marist College, Class of 2016

Dawit Workie, Dartmouth College, Class of 2017

Alumni Donors

Financial Results

Revenue

Expenses

Programs Academic Enrichment $1,290,580 30%

Middle School Support $657,471 15%

High School Support $758,641 17%

College Support $758,321 17%

Audited financial results for the fiscal year July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 (excludes restricted funds)

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