The Call of Duty Endowment Announces Its 2018 Seal of Distinction U.S. Recipients
December 20 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Each Will Receive a $30,000 Unrestricted
Grant for Excellence in Veteran Job Placement
The Call of Duty Endowment (“the Endowment”) is proud to
announce the selection of Workshops for
Warriors and FourBlock as the 2018 recipients of the
Call of Duty Endowment Seal of Distinction, the standard of
excellence in the veterans’ employment sector.
Celebrating its sixth year, the program, which is recognized by
the Philanthropy Roundtable as a best-in-class model for funding
veteran employment, is key to the Endowment’s success in placing
veterans at one-sixth the cost of U.S. Department of Labor efforts.
Each winner will receive a $30,000 grant and the opportunity to
apply for additional restricted funding, advice, and support.
“We are proud to bestow this honor on two best-in-class
organizations: Workshops for Warriors and FourBlock,” said Dan
Goldenberg, Executive Director of the Call of Duty Endowment.
“Through our rigorous vetting, in collaboration with Deloitte,
these organizations have proven their abilities in preparing
veterans to secure high quality employment.”
More about this year’s U.S. winners:
- Workshops for Warriors is a
nonprofit that trains, certifies, and helps place veterans, wounded
warriors, and transitioning service members into advanced
manufacturing careers.
- FourBlock is a nonprofit that
offers career development instruction and mentorship to veterans
during their military-to-civilian career transitions. Through its
in-person Career Readiness Program and FourBlock Online, the
foundation provides veterans with the professional development,
career exploration, and network needed to make strong career
choices.
This program would not be possible without Deloitte’s
collaboration and assistance in assessing all Seal of
Distinction semi-finalists.
“We are so grateful for the support of Deloitte in identifying
and vetting these organizations,” Goldenberg added. “Their
expertise is critical to the program’s ongoing success.”
“Deloitte is honored to continue its long-standing relationship
with the Endowment and the Seal of Distinction program. This
program has created true impact by accelerating the employment of
more than 50,000 transitioning service-members and veterans back
into the workforce,” said Mark Goulart, Principal, Deloitte
Consulting.
This year’s Seal of Distinction recipients join an
elite list of non-profit organizations to receive this recognition.
Previous recipients of the Seal of Distinction who
continue to make a major difference in the lives of U.S. and U.K.
veterans are:
- Able-Disabled
Advocacy - San Diego,
California
- American Red
Cross of Southern Nevada -
Las Vegas, Nevada
- AMVETS -
Lanham, Maryland
- Career Source
Broward - Oakland Park, Florida
- Career Source
Palm Beach County - West
Palm Beach, Florida
- CASY - St.
Louis, Missouri
- Easter Seals
of DC, MD and VA’s Veteran Staffing Network - Silver Spring, Maryland
- Goodwill of
the Olympics and Rainier Region - Tacoma,
Washington
- Goodwill
Southern California - Los Angeles, California
- Hire Heroes
USA - Alpharetta,
Georgia
- Hiring Our
Heroes - Washington,
D.C.
- JVS - Los
Angeles, California
- National Able
Network - Chicago,
Illinois
- NextOp, Inc. -
Houston, Texas
- Operation: Job
Ready Veterans -
Indianapolis, Indiana
- Project
Renewal - New York, New
York
- Salvation Army
Haven - Los Angeles,
California
- Still Serving
Veterans - Huntsville,
Alabama
- The Forces
Employment Charity - London, United Kingdom
- Thresholds -
Chicago, Illinois
- US
Vets - Los Angeles,
California
- USC School of
Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research for Veterans and
Military Families - Los
Angeles, California
- Veterans
Inc. - Worcester,
Massachusetts
- Veterans
Leadership Program -
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Walking with
the Wounded - Melton Constable, United Kingdom
- Weingart
Center for the Homeless -
Los Angeles, California
Applicants for the Call of Duty Endowment’s Seal of
Distinction must meet rigorous criteria to be considered,
including full transparency when opening their books to provide
extensive documentation about their job placement results. The
metrics assessed include number of placements made, average cost
per placement, average starting salary, six-month retention rate,
key employee background checks, and a variety of organizational
financial health indicators. All qualified applications were
initially reviewed and evaluated by the Endowment’s
outside Board of Advisors. Semi-finalists are then
independently assessed on a pro bono basis by Deloitte and
ultimately approved by the Endowment’s Board of Directors.
The Call of Duty Endowment has successfully funded the placement
of more than 50,000 veterans into high-quality, high-retention
employment since 2009. They reached this goal ahead of schedule,
and recently announced they will double down their efforts and have
committed to placing a total of 100,000 veterans by 2024. The
Endowment launched its Seal of Distinction program in
August 2013 and to-date has awarded more than $28 million in grants
to Seal of Distinction recipients, and Activision
Blizzard has donated over $30 million to the Endowment since its
inception in 2009.
About the Call of Duty™ Endowment:
The Call of Duty Endowment is a non-profit organization founded
by Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. The Endowment seeks to
help veterans find high-quality careers by supporting groups that
prepare them for the job market and by raising awareness of the
value vets bring to the workplace. For more information about the
Call of Duty Endowment, please
visit www.callofdutyendowment.org.
ACTIVISION and CALL OF DUTY are trademarks of Activision
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