Friends of the Children

About Friends of the Children

Friends of the Children is a national organization focused on impacting generational change by empowering youth facing significant obstacles through long-term relationships with professional mentors. They commit to each child for over 12 years, providing support through a unique model that pairs children with paid mentors called 'Friends'.

Products & Services

Long-Term Youth Mentoring:A program that pairs children facing systemic obstacles with professional mentors for over 12 years to foster hope and resilience.

Foster Care Support:Specialized mentoring and support for children in foster care to address their unique challenges.

Mental Health Support:Focused initiatives to support the mental health needs of youth through mentoring.

Two-Generation Approach:A strategy that supports both children and their caregivers to create lasting impact across generations.

Specialties

Long-Term Mentoring Youth Empowerment Foster Care Support Mental Health Support Two-Generation Approach

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Philanthropic Gift T: - FT: Philanthropic Gift	A: 33000000 MR: - FA: $33 million FAN: 33000000	D: 2023-01-10 FD: 2023-01-10	1 investors

Philanthropic Gift Latest

2023-01-10

$33.0M

1 investor (Pro only)

Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

S

Simone Biles

World Champion Gymnast and Youth Advocate

D

DJ Wilson

Board Chair

E

Erica Baird

Board Co-Vice Chair

G

George Granger

Board Co-Vice Chair

A

Amy Tykeson

Secretary

B

Bruce A. Schoen

Treasurer

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