Subject: c3 documents
From: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hallie Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:07:28 -0400

Hi there - Sent these docs to Mel and Mary Beth, his tax attorney, Sunday. They’re attached for you to review. I’ve also pasted the narrative section below. The question asks to to describe our programming and where our funds will go. The list is in no way exhaustive, but it’s a start. I wanted to include one “pass through” example, one original programming example, and the scholarship and fellowship examples.
Let me know if this makes sense to you both.
/ja

PART IV Narrative Description of Your Activities

The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children will continue the work Joseph R. “Beau” Biden, III loved the most – protecting the most vulnerable among us. As Beau said: “As adults, we have a legal and moral obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused – they cannot speak for themselves.”

The Foundation recognizes there are already a number of very successful non-profits working in this space. Our goal is not to recreate the wheel, but rather fill gaps that exist in educating adults about child protection, raising awareness of bullying and online safety among school aged children, and expanding across the nation, some of the policy solutions to protecting kids that Beau Biden brought to Delaware while serving as the State Attorney General. As such, the Foundation will have three main programming goals: create programs that build on in-school and community programs Beau brought to Delaware; fund existing programs through grants to other non-profits working in the space; and provide scholarships/endow fellowships for college and post-graduate students who want to dedicate their lives to protecting children.

What follows is a brief list of programs we will to develop and fund. It is in no way exhaustive or exclusive.

1. As Attorney General, Beau spent a lot of time in schools, talking to kids about the dangers of bullying and the importance of online safety and reputation. The Foundation, working with our Program Director, the Board of Directors and experts in the field, will develop a comprehensive in-school presentation and workshop that we can take to local schools. Beau believed children are the first line of defense in protecting other children from bullying – and so he went in to schools to talk to kids about it. The foundation believes this will be one of our major programs. As with all of our programs, this will be funded by donations from the public and by grants from non-profits, governmental programs or foundations.

2. An organization called Darkness To Light has a program called Stewards of Children that trains adults to recognize the signs of child abuse and offers them tips and solutions to prevent abuse in their own social circles. Beau had set a goal of training 30,000 adults in Delaware in the Stewards of Children program. To date, about 15,000 have been trained. The Foundation will work with Darkness to Light to partner with large employers in Delaware and fund the training program. The foundation believes this will be one of our major funding projects. As with our own programs, this will be funded by donations from the public and by grants from non-profits, governmental programs or foundations.

3. Beau recognized the importance of having really great people working on child protection issues. He recruited the best minds to his Child Predator Task Force and the Family Division in the Delaware Department of Justice. The Foundation plans on funding scholarships at local colleges and law schools to train the next generation of leaders in the Child Protection space. These scholarships will be well publicized, open for anyone to submit an application, and will be fairly judged and handed out. The foundation believes we will give no more than 5% of our annual giving out as scholarships. As with all of our programs, this will be funded by donations from the public and by grants from non-profits, governmental programs or foundations.

4. Beau helped draft and pass legislation protecting children in Delaware. We have some of the best laws in the country as it relates to keeping kids safe and keeping predators off the street. The Foundation would like to see other states pass similar laws. To that end, the Foundation would like to endow a fellowship at the National Association of Attorneys Generals. This fellowship would pay for the room and board, perhaps a small stipend, for a lawyer or prosecutor from a State Attorney General’s office to spend a three or six month stint in Washington, DC (where the National Association of AGs is located) to work on child protection issues. Examples could include: conducting research, composing white papers and drafting legislation. It’s important to note that we expect this fellowship to be a small portion of the programming we fund. About 5% of our annual giving will be dedicated to funding this fellowship. As with all of our programs, this will be funded by donations from the public and by grants from non-profits, governmental programs or foundations.

Joshua Alcorn
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