PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
44180 Riverside Parkway, Landsdowne, VA 20176 www.pfm.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PRISON FELLOWSHIP'S MISSION IS TO RESTORE THOSE AFFECTED BY CRIME AND INCARCERATION.

PRISON FELLOWSHIP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ARE IN HUNDREDS OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES EACH WEEK SHARING THE GOSPEL, SPREADING HOPE, AND LEADING INTENSIVE, BIBLICALLY-BASED PROGRAMS THAT HOLISTICALLY CHANGE LIVES. THROUGH OUR EVANGELISM EVENTS, WE INTRODUCE INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN TO A NEW FUTURE IN CHRIST AND NURTURE THEIR SPIRITUAL GROWTH WITH WELCOMING CLASSES THAT OFFER TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO OFFER A HOLISTIC SET OF LIFE-SKILLS CLASSES, LIFE COACHING, AND REENTRY PROGRAMS TO PREPARE PRISONERS TO BE LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES - WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF PRISON. AS A RESULT, WE ARE SEEING PRISONERS USE THEIR SENTENCES AS A TIME TO GROW, CHANGE, AND FIND A NEW, POSITIVE LIFE PATH WITH PRISON FELLOWSHIP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AS THEIR GUIDES. IN FY20, MORE THAN 9,000 VOLUNTEERS SERVED WITH PRISON FELLOWSHIP, AND MORE THAN 14,000 INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN WERE IMPACTED BY PRISON FELLOWSHIP CLASSES, SEMINARS, OR INTENSIVE PROGRAMS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. LONG-TERM, EVIDENCE-INFORMED PROGRAMMING WAS DELIVERED IN 110 FACILITIES IN 29 STATES, AND MORE THAN 75,000 BIBLES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO PRISONERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MORE THAN 200 OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS STATE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE WARDEN EXCHANGE, A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS MAKE THEIR PRISONS SAFER, MORE CONSTRUCITVE, AND MORE SUPPORTIVE OF PRISONERS' REHABILITATION. THE MINISTRY ALSO DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 961,000 COPIES OF INSIDE JOURNAL, AN INSPIRATIONAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE PRISON POPULATION. PRISON FELLOWSHIP'S ANGEL TREE PROGRAM SERVES INCARCERATED PARENTS BY MOBILIZING THE CHURCH TO SERVE THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. EVERY CHRISTMAS, ANGEL TREE EQUIPS LOCAL CONGREGATIONS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO MINISTER TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN BY DELIVERING A GIFT AND THE GOSPEL MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF THEIR INCARCERATED PARENTS. IN ADDITION, MANY OF OUR PARTNER CHURCHES MEET THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PRISONERS' FAMILIES THROUGH YEAR-ROUND MINISTRIES SUCH AS CAMPING AND SPORTS CLINICS. THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS, ANGEL TREE PROVIDES A PATHWAY FOR STRENGTHENING AND RESTORING PRISONERS' RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. IN FY20, MORE THAN 159,000 PARENTS SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, AND NEARLY 301,000 CHILDREN WERE ASSIGNED TO LOCAL ANGEL TREE PARTNERS WHO SERVE THEM. MORE THAN 6,000 CHILDREN OF PRISONERS ATTENDED CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP WITH A SCHOLARSHIP FROM ANGEL TREE. As the COVID-19 public health crisis brought prison closures across the nation, we continued to advocate for a more restorative criminal justice system, support second chances, and we developed new and innovative approaches to bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ into prisons and to support and strengthen families with an incarcerated parent. We pivoted from in-person programming to creative alternatives that included partnering with 20 departments of corrections to broadcast a recorded Easter celebration via closed-circuit television, hosting a Prison Fellowship Academy graduation via videoconference, and creating a Virtual Angel TreeTM option for delivering Christmas gifts to prisoners' children through the mail. We launched FloodlightTM, our new online resource platform that makes available free encouraging and inspiring faith-based content for use on prison televisions and tablets. This response to COVID-19 prison closures is available in 307 facilities across 45 states, providing more than half a million incarcerated viewers safe access in their cells and dorms to this high-quality programming. We partnered with Kenny Dobbs, international Slam Dunk Champion and basketball instructor, to host a virtual Angel Tree basketball clinic. With premium filming optics and equipment, we filmed the 10 sessions in Phoenix, Arizona, at "The Phhacility," a premier basketball training complex. Along with basketball fundamentals and fitness drills, Kenny shared his story of leaving a life of crime, turning to Jesus and becoming a basketball superstar who speaks to children across the nation. As an expression of support and encouragement, we distributed to Angel Tree families 5,141 Caregiver Care Packages containing a $150 grocery gift card, a One Hope Booklet, the choice of a basketball, football, volleyball, or soccer ball, and either a children's or adult Bible.

PUBLIC EDUCATION: COSTS RELATED TO COMMUNICATING THE VARIOUS ISSUES IN WHICH PFM IS INVOLVED TO CHURCHES, VOLUNTEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS IS PERFORMED THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA AND INCLUDES DIRECT MAIL, PUBLICATIONS, INTERNET, PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND CONFERENCES. PRISON FELLOWSHIP'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCACY TEAM EDUCATES OUR SUPPORTERS ABOUT THE NEED FOR FAIRER SENTENCING, A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE CORRECTIONAL CULTURE, AND SECOND CHANCES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY.

INTERNATIONAL PRISON MINISTRY: PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES MAKES GRANTS TO PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL, WHOSE MISSION IS TO ENGAGE THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TO PURSUE JUSTICE AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO CRIME TO THE END THAT OFFENDERS ARE TRANSFORMED, RELATIONSHIPS ARE RECONCILED, AND COMMUNITIES ARE RESTORED.

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