Malivai Washington Kids Foundation Inc
Serving Hope, Changing Lives
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
MWYF is working to break cycles of poverty for the children and families we serve. The majority of our students (94%) are eligible for free/reduced lunch which brings them within 150% of the poverty line. Our median household income is $22,000. Our zip code has the lowest high school graduation rate, highest crime rate, highest juvenile crime rate and highest teen pregnancy rate.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
TnT- Tennis and Tutoring
Grades K-12
Daily After-School Program: Monday-Friday 3pm-6pm
Our TnT program consists of Kindergarten through 5th grade students. These students receive daily academic support through daily homework assistance, small group tutoring sessions and mentors. We use internal pre and post assessments to track our student’s progress over the school year and assist us in recognizing students who are below grade level so we can provide additional support as needed.
Aside from academic support, the students take part in a variety of other activities including being introduced to the sport of tennis and participating in weekly enrichment lessons. These lessons are geared towards using STEAM, Literacy, Math, and Art to teach the students how to use Communication, Teamwork, Problem Solving and Creativity.
All students receive a nutritious snack daily and participate in community service activities.
Leadership
Grades 6-12
The Leadership Program is for middle and high school students and provides them with a hands-on, engaging curriculum, study hall for homework, college tours, and career exploration. Middle school students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of electives including technology club, creative expression art club, cooking club, and sports club. High school students who have a 3.0 GPA or higher are eligible to take part in our Leaders in Training program where they work part-time in administrative or teaching assistant positions. Those who complete service projects, educational projects, and social projects throughout the year are also eligible to attend fun outings like going to the movies, bowling, or eating out!
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of students enrolled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
At-risk youth, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
# of students enrolled in daily after school program (does not include outreach and community clinics)
Number of youth who have a positive adult role model
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
approximately 40% of youth have a mentor who meets with them weekly, approximately 60% have a champion who they write to quarterly. 100% of youth have interaction with positive staff role models.
Number of students receiving homework help
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
All students participate in a one hour study hall/homework assistance period daily.
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of children who attended at least 30 days.
Total dollar amount of scholarship awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis beginning in 5th grade. More than $1 million has been awarded to date.
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?
Our programs have proven to be successful in combatting the odds listed above. Through a comprehensive youth development program beginning in kindergarten and continuing through high school (with limited alumni programs), MWYF provides programs and services to help youth see their worth and help turn their dreams into achievable goals. Our vision is that the youth we serve will graduate from high school with the resources they need and a plan to further their education and become contributing members of society.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
MWYF provides a daily comprehensive after school program for 200+ youth. In addition, a full day six week summer camp is provided. There are three separate programs divided by age group: Tennis-N-Tutoring (K-5), Leadership (6-8) and Club 904 (9-12) school. While each program provides unique opportunities, all focus on academic success (homework completion, study hall, school engagement and small group tutoring). The elementary program offers academic enrichment in a hands on learning environment. Leadership students participate in weekly life skills classes as well as recreational and education (robotics, coding, culinary, etc.) activities. Middle and High School students participate in college and career prep and high school students participate in a first employment 'work-study' program. All students participate in tennis and service learning.
Our programs require mandatory attendance and mandatory parent involvement through Parent Nights and community service. We also work closely with area schools on academics. Our strategies for success have been proven over our 25 year history.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
MWYF has been providing after school programs in Jacksonville since 1996. Our comprehensive after school program (TnT) began in 2000 with our summer camp beginning in 2009. In September 2020, we held the grand opening for our new teen center, Club 904, after raising over $5.5 million (our first campaign in 2005-2008 raised $3.8 million to build our current youth center.
We have a committed, passionate professional staff, a strong board of directors and solid financial backing to support our programs and services. We have been the recipient of numerous local and national awards including one of 10 Mutual of America Merit finalists for partnerships in 2012.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Much of our progress has been described above, however, in our 25 years we have grown as an organization and established ourselves as one of the premier tennis and education organizations in the country. We consistently score at the highest level (4 star) in the national USTA tennis & education programs ranking system and score Excellent on our City of Jacksonville monitoring reports. We have awarded more than $1.1 million in college scholarships to our alumni, allowing many to graduate debt free.
Short term, we keep kids safe and engaged in after school and summer activities designed to reinforce their school day and decrease summer learning loss. Our kids are promoted more frequently than their peers, attend school more frequently than their peers and have less discipline referrals in general than their peers.
What's next is the expansion of our programming now that our teen center, Club 904, has opened. Through this 'first of it's kind' program for Jacksonville, the center will be 'teen driven' and 'teen led'. We will be able to serve more students in all of our programs through this additional space.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Malivai Washington Kids Foundation Inc
Board of directorsas of 08/31/2023
Ms. Judy Hughes
Terri Florio
Ex Officio, MWYF
MaliVai Washington
Founder
Travis Cox
Jax Sheriff
Ann Joseph
Carol Lynch
Mountain Star Capital
Dana Leonard
Eric Kasper
Kasper Arch
Frank Morreale
Holland & Knight
Jim Dalton
Dalton Agency
Nick Smith
Wood & Smith
Irene Wolfe
UTR
Entrice Rowe
Bill Hendrich
Darnell Smith
Florida Blue
Kortney Wesley
DCPS
Laurie Allen
CIti
Michael Mayers
J&J
Erin Sullivan
PGA Tour
Rhonda Thagard
Prudential
James Whitfield
Bank of America
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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Race & ethnicity
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.