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2017 BLF FOUNDATION IN REVIEW

2017 ANNUAL REPORTBLF FoundationPAGE | 2

In 2017...the BLF Foundation, partners, and mentors came together to provide over $30,000 in support helping develop, graduate, and retain talented minority college students.

2017PROGRAM RESULTS

Volunteer HoursOver 568 volunteer hours contributed through our mentors

Volunteer In-Kind DonationOver $13,000 in volunteer hours (donation) at

Texas Volunteer Rate ($25.01/hour)


Scholarship and Mentorship AwardsOver $17,000 in support to our college students


2017 Scholarship Winners Sponsored by State Farm

From Left to Right: Brian L. Fontenot, Founder/CEO, Kyle Davison, award recipient, Amie Jean, award recipient, Kory Davison, award recipient, and Rakiya Cunningham, award recipient

2017 “Developing Future Leaders” Mentorship Cohort Sponsored by State Farm

From Left to Right: Amie Jean, Camron Goodman, Ashley Ikwuagwu, Kory Davison, Rakiya Cunningham,Kyle Davison, Samantha Wellington, Lucia Armeu, Gabriel Roberts, Tyeria Evans



Thanks to your Investment, our students learned these invaluable skills:

Personal BrandingImportance and Art of NetworkingLeadership Philosophy and Skill DevelopmentCivic Leadership and Community InvolvementPersonal DevelopmentTime ManagementCritical-Thinking and Decision-MakingGoal and Vision SettingFinancial LiteracyFundamentals of Entrepreneurship


“Overall it’s been a really great experi-ence. Coming in I got to meet a lot of great people both in the corporate life

and other students at my school that I’ve never met before and just being in

the program we got to bond and devel-op a great relationship. In general, the

BLF Foundation has been really eye opening for me. I’ve been able to meet

these people and learn from their expe-riences and that’s been able to help me develop my career path in the future.”

- Kory Davidson2017 Scholarship Recipient and future Phillips66 Financial

Analyst upon Spring 2018 Graduation


“For me it has been a great experi-ence. I came in and throughout the past months I can say that I’ve grown personally and professionally after meeting my mentor and learning the different modules, and the different mentorship sessions that we had over the course of this program. I definitely can say that I picked up a lot of things from it and have grown.”

- Kyle Davidson2017 Scholarship Recipient and future Phillips66 Financial

Analyst upon Spring 2018 Graduation

Student Success Results for 2017• 100% Graduation Rate for all Senior Students• 100% Job Offer and Acceptance for Rising Seniors• 100% Completion on Full Year of Education• Received over 26 hours of personal and professional training delivery• Multiple Honors and Accolades for each individual students


None of this could be possible without our amazing mentors!

Thank you for your dedication to the development of your student mentees!

Alexandra WilsonChanel GeterBrian Bolden

Ashley RobinsonJennifer Cephus

Tess EureLeneric Muldrow

Muhammad Shabazz

Stephen SmithTim Frank

Charles GeeJamarr Brown

Brandon BooneCharles Osiegbu

Jonathan RobinsonMichael Ward

Nadine PhillpottsRainie SpivaLor’eal Knox

Mikaela MooreKiara Hagan

Zuby OnwutaAaliyah Richardson

Benika Dixon


Our Sponsors and Partnerships


Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver SponsorsSM-F Consulting

Kelvin Beachum


Thanks to the University of Texas at Austin’s Division of Diversity of Community Engagement and Multicultural Engagement Center. UT

DDCE and MEC have served as an advisor to the Foundation, and also providing a meeting place for our program to conduct various

mentorship program sessions.


Thanks to the Huston-Tillotson University and Wayne Knox for training our students during our mentorship session focused on leadership philosophy and skill development, and allowing our students to experience the diverse programs on the Huston-Tillotson

University Campus!


Thanks to the Austin Area Urban League (AAUL) for working our cohort through a men-torship session focused on civic involvement and community engagement and allowing our students to learn first hand about the programs and resources offered at the AAUL.

Thanks to IBM for opening up your campus for our students to explore your state-of-the-art “Design Studio” and for hosting a very innovative session on critical-thinking and problem-solving, teaching our cohort how to use design thinking to help them navigate

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Thanks to City of Austin’s Equity Office for allowing our students to have a mentorship session focused on goal and vision setting at City

Hall while exploring opportunities for careers within the city!

Thanks to Photography by John Marcus for providing headshots to im-prove the professional brand and presentation for our mentorship cohort!



Thanks to Millennial Resumes for teaching our mentorship cohort the impor-tance and application of emotional intelligence through our personal develop-ment mentorship session and also for revamping the resumes of our students!

Thank you to our Media Partners!


Looking Forward to

More Stellar Results in 2018!

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