Dear Friends & Supporters,

Thank you for your support and helping us grow to become one of the marquee mental health organizations in the country. See our highlights below :)

Trent Alenik

Executive Director

www.InspiringChildren.org

2022

HIGHLIGHTS

Record-Breaking Year

We are proud to say that we're continuing our track record with 100% of the children in our leadership program and our TEAM BRYAN program being so talented that they earned admissions, plus scholarships and financial aid into the best schools in the world. In our recent classes, we’ve had the highest-ever number of Ivy League level admissions and scholarships. In the last five years, 68% of our graduates have been accepted to Ivy level schools, including Stanford, Columbia, Brown, UNLV, Southeastern, Clark Atlanta, Georgetown, Wesleyan, and Williams.

Through our Jewel Never Broken program, we've been able to scale online our best-in-class emotional & mental health tools that have existed at Lorenzi park for over 21 years. Through Inspire House and JewelNeverBroken.com, we have collectively reached over 2.7 million people in the last two years, by making emotional & mental health tools available to the masses for free. Our NotAloneChallenge extended this to millions more people over the last three months.

#NotAloneChallenge

The campaign provided free mental health tools to the millions of people it reached, while reminding them that they are not alone in their struggles. We had hundreds of influencers in finance, technology, entertainment, music & mental health who accepted and shared the challenge on social media - totaling 1.4 billion followers. Both iHeartRadio and Facebook helped amplify the campaign.

Growing the Team

Our #1 strategic priority for 2023 is to raise funds to professionalize our organization by hiring additional staff to meet the dramatic increase in need for emotional & mental health programming. We are happy to say that we have increased our staff to 18 people, and have brought on the following staff members:

Andrew Freeman, PhD - Chief Clinical Officer

Jeanne Hamrick - Senior Consultant for Strategy & Fund Development

Casey Caruso - Director of Operations, JNB

Sydney King - Community Manager, JNB

Ricky Sypert - Manager

Paige Neuenschwander - Executive Assistant

Keilani Kimoto - Administrative Assistant

Transitional Homes

Thanks to the Englestad Foundation, along with Kelly & Bob Price, we’re able to fully own all three of our transitional homes within walking distance of our facilities. These homes have been extraordinary safe places of healing and growth for the children in our program. Thanks to the Long Family Force For Good Foundation for covering operational expenses of one of the homes.

ICF Charity of the Year for Henderson Leadership Class of 2022

Thanks to Leadership Henderson Class of 2022, our transitional homes were chosen to be fully renovated. Several community leaders and businesses joined together to make our homes incredibly beautiful places to live, and even more loving, safe, and supportive for youth undergoing challenging circumstances.

CLICK HERE for the story.

CLICK HERE for a full list of all the companies that aided with our renovations.

BNP Trip

Over 400 attendees participated in our 22nd annual BNP trip, allowing ICF and TEAM BRYAN youth to witness tennis at the highest level. Post-grad interns helped facilitate every aspect, including tennis clinics with internationally renowned coach and father to the Bryan Bros., Wayne Bryan.

A special congratulations to NO QUIT alumna, Asia Muhammad, for reaching the semi-finals of the tournament in doubles!

New Co-Directors of TEAM BRYAN Program

Inspiring Children Foundation is proud to announce two new Co-Directors for the TEAM BRYAN program: Master Coaches and former ATP Players Dave Macpherson and James McGee.

Working with the program’s Executive Director Tim Blenkiron and the Foundation leadership, Dave and James are motivated to take the program to a whole new level.

Thanks to the support of the entire Bryan Family (Wayne, Bob, Mike, Michelle, Kathy & Nadia) we've been able to create a best-in-class, high performance tennis & college pathway program that is now being duplicated by 19 other organizations around the country in collaboration with the USTA Foundation. Program highlights include:

300+ Sectional Titles

200+ Nationally Ranked Players

185 College Scholarships

25+ Ranked Top 10 in U.S.

15+ National Titles

8 Professional Titles

8 Players ranked #1 in America

5 College Players Ranked

4 State Championships

4 NCAA Titles

1 World Team Tennis Team

1 All-American Championship

Ashley Newell-Prandecki Honored with Title IX Award

Foundation alumna, Ashley Newell-Prandecki, was one of four sisters in our program who received college scholarships for tennis & academics to Western New Mexico University. Upon graduating, Ashley coached one of our outreach programs while studying for her MCAT. Ashley then received a full-ride scholarship to the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, thanks to the Englestad Foundation, and is now completing residency at UMC. Ashley and her family were recognized for their extraordinary efforts, and Ashley was presented with the Empowerment Award by Raiders tight-end and Foundation partner, Darren Waller.

Leadership Talk Series

We were honored to host incredible Leadership Speakers including:

• Kimbal Musk, Entrepreneur & Restaurateur
• Dr. Neal Mills, Chief Medical Officer at Goldman Sachs
• Rob Goldstein, Chairman & CEO of Sands Corp.
• Robert Kaplan, former Dallas Federal Reserve CEO and Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman
• Kevin Anderson, former #5 ranked tennis professional
• Megan Haley, Licensed Therapist
• Kurt Long, Entrepreneur
• Jennifer Smorgon, Philanthropist & Meditation Teacher

Leadership speakers help us bring some of the world’s top insights, Q&A’s and conversations to our youth. Their personal successes, failures, and stories lead to transformational insights.

NV State Grant

We were awarded a grant from the Nevada Department of Behavioral Health Services. This allowed us to hire clinical psychologist, Dr. Andrew Freeman, along with two peer-to-peer support staff. The grant will also fund multiple staff trainings, and allow us to provide clinical services to our youth.

Physicians & Barristers Ball

Through our project-driven learning program, youth led our 12th Annual Physicians & Barristers’ Ball. 100% of the operations and functions of the event were run by the children, where they gained confidence and know-how through real-life work. The event had over 300 entries and raised thousands of dollars for our physical, emotional & mental health programs.

Leadership Retreats

Leadership Retreats are one of the most powerful programs we provide. Students are taken out of their day-to-day lives and placed into new environments, often involving nature, self-reflection and team bonding that gives them a new perspective on life and a greater sense of appreciation for what they have.

We successfully held numerous retreats, including our marquee events:

• Strategic Planning Retreat In Joshua Tree
• Summer Leadership Retreat at Malibu Fig Ranch
• Winter Leadership Retreat at the Westin Lake Las Vegas

A big thank you to Westin Lake Las Vegas and Kerry Clasby at Malibu Fig Ranch for hosting us!

Innerworld Partnership

We are beginning a partnership to insert elements of our program into an online, immersive wellness center in the metaverse. Our first step in this partnership is to create mental health programming available with metaverse partner Innerworld for those who can’t afford it.

East Coast Leadership Tour

This year’s annual TEAM BRYAN East Coast Alumni Leadership Retreat gave alumni an opportunity to reconnect in New York and spend time in a fun and inspirational way. They used this trip to check in with one another as peer-to-peer mentors to discuss where they are at in their lives. Through each other’s mentorship, they set new goals, formed new habits and made positive changes in their lives.

ForeLove Fundraiser

Thanks to Bob, Mike & Wayne Bryan, along with Jack & Barbara Nicklaus, the 6th annual Fore Love event took place at Mr. Nicklaus' home and private grass tennis courts in West Palm Beach, FL. Pros that supported the event included Bob & Mike Bryan, Juan Martin del Potro, Kim Clijsters, Kevin Anderson, Victoria Azarenka, Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul, William Blumberg, and Leylah Fernandez.

Necker Cup

Necker Cup was a huge success thanks to the generosity of the pros that donated their time, including: Juan Martin del Potro, Kevin Anderson, Heather Watson, Mike Bryan, Vasek Pospisil, James Cluskey, and James McGee.

Telluride Fundraiser

After 4 years without any fundraising events (due to COVID), we were able to host a private VIP dinner, concert & fundraiser with Jewel in Telluride, Colorado.

Las Vegas Pickleball Charity Classic

Thanks to Plaza Hotel & Casino, we hosted our 2nd annual Las Vegas Pickleball Charity Classic, presented by lemonsnlaundry.com! Alumna & Stanford graduate Kimberly Yee was our tournament director and donated her time to give back to the Foundation.

Backyard Renovation

Thanks to Patrick Parker, Cody Winterton and the entire Lake Las Vegas community, we were able to build relationships with Raintree Investment Corp and Brock Krahenbuhl with GTI Nevada. They did a complete renovation of our backyard, beautifying it into a place where children can thrive on peer-to-peer group discussions and meaningful conversations.

TAO L4 Team Championships

Thanks to founding Advisory Board member Jason Strauss, we have been awarded a National Level 4 Team Tournament. Congratulations to our TEAM BRYAN and NO QUIT players who competed in this amazing team competition sponsored by Jason Strauss & TAO Group! We had a total of 9 champions and 2 runner-ups in this competitive event.

A massive thank you to Jason Strauss & TAO Group for making this tournament possible for the Intermountain tennis community! Our parents and players greatly appreciate it.

Kelly Price River Retreats

Thanks to Kelly Price, Sean Wolfington and Bennington Boats who made it possible for our children to engage our river retreat on a more consistent basis. These river mindfulness retreats reconnect the children to themselves by immersing them in big nature.

We partnered with Jewel, Tony Hawk and DC Shoes to construct a skate park for the Dine youth and their families within the Navajo nation.

CEO Pickleball Event

Thanks to advisory board member Jonathan Jossel, CEO of the Plaza Hotel & Casino and alumna Kimberly Yee (Stanford) we hosted Vegas Executives for this incredible evening of fun, food, music and play.

Life Is Beautiful Festival

We love to give our youth (& staff) an outlet for a positive social life. Sometimes that’s watching a movie or playing board games, and sometimes it’s dancing like crazy at a music festival!

Thank you Zappos, Jewel and the Hsieh Family for giving us the opportunity to give this experience to our foundation youth & staff.

TisBest Partnership

In partnership with TisBest, we were able to bring the gift of giving to thousands of people around the country, and we were recipients of the generosity of others. Special thanks to the support of Ray Dalio, Jewel, Arianna Huffington, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Gayle King, Kevin Systrom, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Paul Tudor Jones.

Top Goals for 2023

• Endowment 
• Governance
• Prepare for scale 
• Curriculum productization 
• Staff raises
• Staffing