Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
LEARN. LIVE. LEAD.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Kids and teens are most susceptible to negative outside influence during out-of-school hours, especially between 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm during the school year. Youth in our communities face greater challenges than ever before, and for the first time in history, are destined to not do as good or better than the generation preceding.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County serves school-age youth, ages 6 - 18, through a variety of programs including homework assistance, technology centers, teen centers, career exploration, job assistance, sports and recreation, art classes and leadership development. Our Staff also provides informal youth guidance and helps children learn how to make healthy choices and be good citizens.
Project Learn
Project Learn reinforces the academic enrichment and school engagement of young people during the time they spend at the Club. This strategy is based on research demonstrating that students do much better in school when they spend their non-school hours engaged in fun, but academically beneficial, activities. Through Project Learn, Club staff use all the areas and programs in the Club to create opportunities for these high-yield learning activities, which include leisure reading, writing activities, discussions with knowledgeable adults, helping others, homework help, tutoring and games (such as Scrabble), that develop young people’s cognitive skills. Project Learn also emphasizes parent involvement and collaboration between Club and school professionals as critical factors in creating the best after-school learning environment for Club members ages 6 to 18.
Where we work
Awards
League of EAGLES - GOLD 2015
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League of EAGLES - GOLD 2016
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Gateway to Impact Award 2014
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Gateway to Impact Award 2015
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League of EAGLES - GOLD 2017
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League of EAGLES - GOLD 2018
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League of EAGLES - GOLD 2019
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League of EAGLES - GOLD 2020
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SOAR Award 2020
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League of EAGLES - GOLD 2021
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SOAR Award 2021
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2022 Resource Development Professional of the Year 2022
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2022 Organization of the Year for Government Relations 2022
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Affiliations & memberships
Boys and Girls Clubs of America 1997
World Federation of Youth Clubs 2022
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsAverage number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, At-risk youth
Related Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This represents direct participation, as reported through the member tracking system.
Number of youth who volunteer/participate in community service
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, At-risk youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This represents direct participation, as reported through VisionMTS, a member tracking system.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
In preparing our youth to reach our three priority outcomes, we aim to grow tomorrow's leaders who will perpetuate the cycle and create great change in the community. As an organization, it is important to us that all barriers to future success for a child are removed, and every opportunity for them to take charge of their future.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Boys & Girls Club is a youth development organization dedicated to promoting the health, social,
educational, vocational, cultural, character and leadership development of school age youth. It aims to help
young people improve their lives by building self-esteem and developing values and skills during critical
periods of growth.
Boys & Girls Clubs:
• Are for youth and teens ages 6-18 years old.
• Have full-time professional leadership, supplemented by part-time staff and volunteers.
• Require no proof of good character. They help and guide youth who may be in danger of acquiring,
or who already have acquired, unacceptable habits and attitudes, as well as youth of good character.
• Make sure that all youth can afford to belong. Membership dues are kept low so that all youth can
afford to belong and even the least interested will not be deterred from joining.
• Are building-centered. Activities are carried on in a warm, friendly, atmosphere of buildings
especially designed to conduct programs.
• Are non-sectarian.
• Have an open door policy.
• Have a varied and diversified program that recognizes and responds to the collective and individual
needs of youth and teens.
• Are guidance oriented. Clubs emphasize values inherent in the relationship between the youth and
their peers, and youth and adult leaders. They help youth make appropriate and satisfying choices in
their physical, educational, personal, social, emotional, vocational and spiritual lives.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our organizational capability and capacity continues to grow, largely through increasing investments in Professional Development for Staff and Board members. Currently, the average tenure for senior program staff is nearly 10 years. This has provided a strong foundation, and recent acquisitions of key employees in Marketing and Resource Development help to educate our community, especially our donor-investors, as to our progress.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County has accomplished much in the short history of the organization. One of those highlights specifically was the honoring of Justice Lively as the first Washington State Youth of the Year from our organization, in 2015. Clubs are serving more kids, impacting test scores positively, and implementing new services to maximize efficiency and scope of services.
There is much for us that remains to accomplish though, especially in building facilities to respond to growth, better preparing our members for 21st Century careers, and expanding our geographic reach both in, and out, of Skagit County.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
Board of directorsas of 10/10/2023
Robert Martin
Retired
Term: 2022 - 2023
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
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Transgender Identity
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.