Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester

What it reported doing in 2024

Bgcnw is licensed by New York state office of children and family services. Youth development includes an early childhood education ("ece") program which for more than 40 years has prepared children to successfully acclimate and perform in kindergarten with smiles. The program is designed to expose all children to a structured preschool setting. The creative curriculum for children ages 3 to 5 focuses around specific goals, including cognitive and language development. There are four (4) dedicated classrooms to bilingual learning for approximately 60 children.the curriculum is theme-based and includes reading stories, hands-on activities, and discussions. The program runs for 12 months of the year with a full-day program offering early drop-off and late pick-up. It is taught by early childhood educators who allow the children to explore and participate in hands-on activities to help them develop a foundation and love for learning. Students have the opportunity to learn from one another in a peer-mediated, age-appropriate setting. The program supports children's cognitive development through observation, discovery, exploration, and representation. Children connect experiences and use important process skills. The curriculum promotes pro-social behavior by reinforcing that the children play well with others, recognize the feelings of others and respond appropriately. In addition to the interactive nature of the creative curriculum, the preschool also includes an on-site learn to swim program where preschoolers have swim lessons at least twice a week, developmentally appropriate classroom activities, a gardening program, a physical education program, nutrition and cooking, yoga, art, and music time, among many other programs. Hot, nutritious breakfasts, lunches and healthy snacks are prepared daily on-site for all preschoolers. Many of our most influential community and business leaders started at bgcnw early childhood educational program. The majority of our youth of the year finalists attended the bgcnw ece.fun club and teen programming are based upon a nationally recognized, successful youth development model by boys & girls clubs of america. Having the benefit of over 85 years of program experience led by the very best youth professionals the bgcnw team compliments the bgca programming including resources from neighboring schools, educational and leadership centers, and youth professionals. The club key differentiator includes advocacy and community leadership, which is applied to all programming. Preschool children prepare capes for children in the hospital so the patients can feel like superheroes and supported by neighbors, middle school members work on sustainability projects to educate peers and the community on the importance of being advocates of the environment. Keystone our teen leadership and community service club members speak before local state and national leaders regarding impactful legislation for youth. Club participants consistently demonstrate increased attendance and graduation rates, confidence and academic achievement, improved physical and mental wellness, avoidance of risky behavior, improved leadership, engagement in community service, and improvement in homework quality, completion, and grades. 87% of club members who regularly attend club programming will include community volunterism in their lives as adults. Fun club and teen programs are designed to help foster young people's character, personal growth, and leadership skills and to encourage community service while providing robust academic, wellness, and workforce development support:(1) education and career development - power hour homework, tutoring, project learn academic strategies, stride academy computer-based program, learning centers two supervised learning centers for grades k-5 and grades 6-8; brain gain read - expanded learning opportunities in the summer to youth grades 1-4; teen programming includes college quest; workforce developm

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 96%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.05; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings