For The Children
Its our desire for every child to experience unconditional love, hope and safety.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Humankind suffers in two ways. It suffers from natural occurrences, such as disease, famine, and natural disasters. It also suffers from the actions of humans. Perhaps the most insidious form of human suffering is family-induced childhood trauma (FICT). While the negative effects of wars, famine, disease, and poverty cannot be overstated, the psychological and physiological (brain) damage of a child whose parent is the cause of such suffering contributes to the following social ills: academic failure, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, sex trafficking, homelessness and incarceration. The effects of toxic stress due to FICT are pervasive, yet toxic stress itself is preventable. Instead of focusing only on treating the effects of trauma—the array of physical, mental, and socioeconomic consequences of toxic stress—our focus must be shifted to the prevention of childhood trauma.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Camps
Royal Family KIDS Camp is fun. In addition to receiving the attention and encouragement of
an adult Camp Counselor, each camper is also offered a variety of activities, designed for their
success and to build self-esteem. Activity centers, games, sports, hiking—sometimes even
swimming, fishing, and horseback riding—may be part of the program. There is also a great
feeling of “family” at each camp, including a camp Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt and
Uncle. The camp “family figures” give campers affirmation and affection in a wholesome, nonthreatening
atmosphere.
Mentoring
In order to help a child recover from abuse and neglect, intervention must go both deep and wide. Five days of immersion at camp goes deep and breaks barriers — our mentoring programs go wide. Dependable, monthly contact with the same, safe adults is vital. RFK’s range of in person clubs, phone and online options work even when COVID-19 restrictions are in place.
FTC's mentoring program includes skills mastery, character building, and fun — plus individualized attention from trained adults who are effective role models. Research shows even one school year of commitment makes a difference—and children from the most difficult situations benefit the most from mentoring.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2017
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of new champions or stakeholders recruited
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships
Related Program
Camps
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We utilized a child rights pledge to reach more stakeholders to elevate the message of the needs of children in our communities.
Number of new advocates recruited
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships
Related Program
Camps
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of individuals attending community events or trainings
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Camps
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Our 2021 metric is for newly trained directors, not jsut volunteers.
Number of stories successfully placed in the media
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Camps
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of first-time donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships, Christians
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of grants received
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children, Foster and adoptive children, Orphans
Related Program
Camps
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth mentored
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children, Orphans, Foster and adoptive children
Related Program
Mentoring
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Its our desire for every child to experience unconditional love, hope and safety. For The Children's mission is to mobilize the local Church to create life-changing moments for children who have experienced relational trauma.
In order to help a child recover from abuse and neglect, intervention must go both deep and wide. Five days of immersion at camp goes deep and breaks barriers — our mentoring programs go wide. Dependable, monthly contact with the same, safe adults is vital. Due to the pandemic, we had to adjust many of our programs to virtual options. We are happy to say that our more than 200 chapters were able to serve even more foster children due to the flexibility of virtual meetings and camp alternative programming. In 2022, we desire to bring on an additional 15 For The Children chapters. These chapters will likely bring programming to approximately 750 additional children. We are also hoping to bring the total number of chapters operating both camp and mentoring up to 30%.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
For The Children is focusing on sustaining our current chapters by doing the following:
1. Return to serving more than 8,000 children annually.
2. Increasing value to the field through training, safety guidance and support, marketing materials, fundraising support, advocacy support and church relations support
3. Hire gaps in fundraising and program development
4. Continue to build brand awareness and increase visibility of FTC
In order to promote growth to reach more children we are:
1. Increase accessibility to training
2. Utilize pastoral "champions" to grow inter-denomination chapters
3. Increase communications on impact to all stakeholders
4. Build more synergistic partnerships with like-organizations.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We believe it is a mandate of the church and local community-based organizations to serve vulnerable children. We have built a structure of a 'Main Office' that supports all governance, curriculum development, chapter acquisition, safety of children, chapter growth and development, volunteer and leadership training on programs and trauma informed modalities. Our 'Main office' is focused on chapter growth and sustainability in 2021 and are building capacity to accomplish this.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
To date, 120,400 children have attended For The Children programming. We have trained over 90,000 volunteers. There are currently 200+ chapters around the world, with 26 of those located outside of the U.S. For The Children will continue to build momentum by expanding its outreach to churches, increase the level of public awareness and engagement through public events, film, podcasts and other marketing campaigns. FTC will also continue to recruit church partners, train and equip volunteers, and sustain its dynamic network by expanding conferences for its volunteers.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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For The Children
Board of directorsas of 11/24/2022
Gunnar Gustafson
Vectra AI
Term: 2020 - 2024
Teddy Fong
CEO, Million Dollar Baby Co.
Gunnar Gustafson
Sales Director, Vectra AI
Mike Lang
COO, Power Plus
Brad Wayman
Head of US Consumer Lending Sales, Citi
John Beering
President, United Access
Jan Blakey
VP, Irvine Company
Joy Peabody
SVP of Marketing, HeyDay
Sandy Cook-Fong
LCSW, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska
Jack Hinds
Retired Financial Advisor
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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