Transforming Communities, Changing Kids' Lives
ABOUT USCalvin Butler: The Power of Impact in the Community
May 24, 2024
Calvin Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Exelon, oversees 20,000 employees across six local energy companies. Together, the companies form the nation’s largest utility, serving approximately 10.6 million electric and gas customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
This month, Butler has stepped into the role of Board Chairman for the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, a national nonprofit organization based in Baltimore and created 23 years ago in memory of Cal Ripken, Sr. Our mission is to help strengthen America’s most underserved and distressed communities by supporting and advocating for children, building Youth Development Parks, partnering with law enforcement and youth service agencies, and addressing community needs, including installing STEM Centers through our national program initiatives.
"Together, we will open 81 Exelon Foundation-sponsored STEM Centers in underserved communities across our markets that offer opportunities for kids to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts that they can use in the classroom and in everyday life." - Calvin Butler
STEM learning is vital to our nation’s global competitiveness and economic growth, so providing at-risk communities with access to STEM education is a major priority of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation. Over the last eight years, we have installed more than 500 fully equipped STEM Centers and provided curriculum for teachers/mentors in 23 states, giving over 200,000 students access to year-round STEM education. Our goal is to offer opportunities so every student can excel academically and learn about exciting careers in STEM-related fields.
To learn more about our program or how you can sponsor a STEM Center, please visit https://www.ripkenfoundation.org/donate-page.
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Reach and Impact
Reach & Impact
In 2023-24, the Ripken Foundation collaborated with 824 local youth-serving partners and law enforcement agencies in 331 cities and towns in 43 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. Virgin Islands to impact over 1.4 million at-risk youth. The Ripken Foundation Portal, which gives mentors access to our program curriculum guides, impacted 495,252 of those at-risk youth. In addition, we now have 538 STEM Centers completed in 24 states giving over 227,795 kids the early exposure and hands-on opportunity to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
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Mentoring
Mentoring
In 2023, 25,869 coaches, law enforcement officers, teachers, volunteers, and other youth mentors worked with the kids in our programs. Badges for Baseball, our signature crime prevention and mentoring program, impacted 30,289 kids in 122 communities.
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Youth Development Parks
Youth Development Parks
We’re adding more of our signature Youth Development Parks every year—creating safe places to play and renewing community pride.
Score Big with Our Resource Portal
Create your free account to access a stellar lineup of positive youth development resources. You will find easy-to-use training materials, videos, and other tools to help coaches and mentors make a lasting difference.
Testimonials
We love to hear how the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation has positively impacted the lives of our mentors and at-risk youth. If you have a positive experience with the Foundation that you would like to share, please submit a story. You might be featured below or on our social media outlets!
Sponsors
The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation is grateful for the support of the generous sponsors who share our vision and make our work possible.