Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc.

By offering a structured and supportive environment, BGCK helps reduce the chances of youth getting involved in negative activities or being exposed to unsafe situations. That is why the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana’s Return on Investment is $14.56 per $1.
Overall, providing resources for after-school programming in under-resourced neighborhoods can have a profound impact on the life outcomes of the young people we serve.

1. Grow Mission Footprint: Maximize mission service delivery. We will operate at a maximum capacity in our four existing sites and expand to at least two new sites by 2025.
2. Improve Talent Acuquisistion, Development and Retention: Become a local employer of choice. We will attract and retain high quality staff, develop our talent, and build the culture to advance our mission.
3. Increase Quality of Club Experience: Provide world-class experience for our members. Our highly competent and trained staff will develop the skills of young people, attracting them and retaining them through high school in a fun, safe environment that meets the needs of local families.
4. Significantly Increase Revenue: Double the organization’s revenue. Our revenue growth will be sustainable and include long-term endowment efforts in alignment with community and donor needs and an intentionality of increasing donor pool and growing donors along the continuum.
Our formula for impact at BGCK is a research-based theory of change that calls for us to consistently provide the most powerful Club experience for the young people we serve. General operating support from JGBF would allow us to amplify our mission impact and have working capital to invest in the identified focus areas of our strategic plan (Grow Mission Footprint, Improve Talent Acquisition, Development and Retention, Increase Quality of Club Experience, Significantly Increase Revenue). Enabling BGCK to build a strong and sustainable infrastructure to provide programs and services that will have the greatest impact on the young people we serve during these uncertain times in our community.
We will use the National Youth Outcomes Initiative (NYOI) Survey to measure both the Club Experience youth outcomes and our staff’s level of engagement in practices that have been identified as promoting an optimal Club Experience. NYOI uses common, research-informed indicators with data collected via member and staff surveys, as well as several new resources including parent and caregiver surveys. This tool is instrumental in monitoring and tracking two focus areas of BGCK’s Strategic Plan (Improve Talent Acquisition, Development and Retention/Increase Quality of Club Experience).
Growth of Mission Footprint will be monitored and tracked by membership growth, retention, and our Average Daily Attendance (ADA). In addition to progress in the opening of two new Club sites by 2025.
Significantly Increase Revenue will be tracked a monitored by growth in individual donors, program revenue, and strategic partnerships that generate new revenue.

BGCK has a proven track record of success in implementing programs that promote academic achievement, character development, and health and wellness. By offering these initiatives, the organization aims to bridge the academic gaps, promote positive values and behavior, and improve the overall wellbeing of the youth we serve. We have been offering safe places for youth since 1959.

First, in 2022, BGCK served 3,294 youth and over 26,000 meals!
In January, we opened a new Club in the California neighborhood of Louisville, KY. It is our 4th Club location and in a community that desperately needed services to help youth achieve their best. It is the second poorest zip code in the state of Kentucky, among one of the highest crime ones in Louisville, and had no resources available to help its youth - making this a no-brainer when the St. Stephen Church approached us about opening a location at their Family Life Center.
In addition, we have added mental health counselors at two locations, and are working on additional resources to have licensed counselors available at all. With the enormous amount of pressure, violence and societal stress that is tormenting our youth today, they need more resources to succeed. And we are working hard to provide these to our youth.