Risk Takers for Christ Inc
Moving believers from the sidelines to the front lines
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
1. The leading predictor of future incarceration is out-of-wedlock birth caused by absentee fathers.
2. The national recidivism (rearrest) rate is 70% within four years post-release.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Living H2O Initiative
We seek to provide positive male role models for at-risk youth by hosting twice-weekly faith-based basketball programs.
Prison Ministry
We offer free recreational and spiritual services to prisoners in the Florida Department of Corrections and other jurisdictions throughout North America and Africa.
Dare 2B Daring men's conferences
We host men's conferences throughout the Eastern United States, challenging men to be leaders in their families, their churches and their communities.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Men and boys, At-risk youth, Incarcerated people
Related Program
Prison Ministry
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These figures include estimates from our Florida Prison Project, our Living H2O Initiative, sports camps and tournaments, and various church events.
Number of people trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Men and boys, Adults, Christians
Related Program
Prison Ministry
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These figures reflect the number of new prison ministry and Living H2O Initiative volunteers that we have trained each year.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Men and boys, At-risk youth, Incarcerated people
Related Program
Prison Ministry
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These figures reflect best estimates of regular volunteer participation in both our Florida Prison Project and our Living H2O Initiative.
Number of participants engaged in programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Men and boys, People of African descent, At-risk youth
Related Program
Living H2O Initiative
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These figures reflect the estimated number of at-risk youth who attend our twice-weekly Living H2O Initiative.
Number of public events held to further mission
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Men and boys, Adults, Christians
Related Program
Prison Ministry
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These figures include speaking engagements, conferences, and special events. They do not include twice-weekly breakfast meetings with pastors and donors, board meetings, or regular pulpit supply.
Total dollars received in contributions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Christians
Related Program
Prison Ministry
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Gross revenues from contributions and grants.
Number of people on the organization's email list
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Evangelicals, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Orthodox Christians
Related Program
Prison Ministry
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of people who receive our monthly E-newsletter.
Number of Facebook followers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults, Adolescents, Children, Preteens, People of African descent
Related Program
Living H2O Initiative
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Many of our Facebook followers are subscribers to our daily devotional messages, whereas others simply follow and support our various outreaches to prisoners and at-risk youth.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We seek to prevent criminal behavior by providing positive male role models for at-risk, mostly minority youth. We also seek to lower recidivism rates by providing faith-based recreation services for inmates.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our Living H2O Initiative provides a safe place for at-risk youth to recreate while being exposed to positive male role models and faith-based messages.
Our prison ministry teams provide free recreational services to prisoners accompanied by a faith-based message.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We conduct twice-weekly basketball programs (one indoor and one outdoor) for at-risk, mostly minority youth in Indian River County.
We conduct one prison ministry trip per month within the State of Florida and periodic prison ministry trips to other states and countries.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Through our first 11 years, we have conducted hundreds of prison ministry trips throughout the Eastern United States and Africa; thousands of basketball outreach programs for at-risk youth; and dozens of men's conferences.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Risk Takers for Christ Inc
Board of directorsas of 06/07/2022
Rev. Dale Glading
Risk Takers for Christ
Term: 2011 - 2022
Lawrence Lilly
Retired
Steve Navarro
Advisor Learn
Steve Salis
Cornerstone Private Advisors
Greg Sempsrott
Vero Bible Fellowship
Michael Kelley
Chick-fil-A
Matthew Parris
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Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Race & ethnicity
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