Boys & Girls Clubs Of Greater Conejo Valley
Great Futures Start Here
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
BGCGCV's goal is that every child has access to a safe place to go before, during and after school and during the summer where they have access to high quality programming focused on: Character & Leadership Development, Education & Career Development, Health & Life Skills, the Arts, and Sports, Fitness and Recreation. Access is regardless of ability to pay.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
School-Year Enrichment Programming
BGCGCV staff and volunteers work hard every day to provide a safe place for community youth to play, laugh, discover and learn through before-, lunchtime and after-school youth development programs serving grades K-8. Caring, trained staff and volunteers provide high quality programming that focuses on the five core areas of Boys & Girls Clubs: Character & Leadership Development, Education & Career Development, Health & Life Skills, the Arts, and Sports, Fitness and Recreation. Participants build strong foundations in each of these focus areas through staple Club programs including Torch Club (adolescent leadership and character development), Youth for Unity (promoting and celebrating diversity), Project Learn (reinforcing academic enrichment and school engagement), Power Hour (homework help), Career Launch (workforce exploration), S.M.A.R.T. Girls (health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program for girls), Triple Play (personal health and wellness), and more. In addition, our club staff pride themselves on going beyond the typical to engage with participant interests and develop relevant and exciting programming to keep youth engaged, learning and developing.
Schedules are updated regularly at www.bgcconejo.org.
Sports Leagues
Sports Leagues are offered for children ages 5 to 15. Leagues include sports such as flag football, hockey, basketball, and soccer. Schedules are updated regularly at www.bgcconejo.org.
Summer Camps
We offer a wide variety of Summer Programs for Ages 5-17.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Boys and Girls Clubs of America 2003
External reviews
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?
Every child has a safe place, trusted adult mentors, supportive peers, and high-quality youth development programming that allows them to explore their interests and pursue their best futures.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
BGCGCV provides safe spaces, highly trained staff and research-based programming proven to have high impact on youth outcomes.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our organization is guided by a detailed operation plan that is updated monthly and a strategic plan through 2025, updated annually based upon data collected throughout each year.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
BGCGCV is focused on providing the environment and activities that result in the best social and academic outcomes for our members.\n\nIn late 2018, we developed a 7 year strategic plan that laid out five strategic goals that we believe will enable us to move with strength toward realizing our mission to the greatest extent. These goals include: improving program quality, strengthening our organization, advocating for youth development and reaching more youth. \n\nWe are proud to state that under the first year of guidance of this strategic plan, we have made significant progress, often surpassing our year target, under each goal. \n1. BGCGCV increased our overall NYOI score of members reporting optimum Club Experience (which already surpasses the national average) by 7 percentage points, surpassing our Year 1 goal.\n2. 100% of staff underwent training specific to the requirements of their jobs.\n3. An Operations Plan was adopted by organization leadership, which is reference weekly and adjusted quarterly, to keep organizational activities aligned and on track.\n4. All staff and board were provided with advocacy training and our leadership participated in national and regional advocacy for youth development.\n5. Staff engaged in assessment of our current membership numbers and potential membership recruitment efforts (including this project to reach at-risk youth) to devise a plan to annually increase the number of youth we reach with our services.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
-
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
-
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
-
What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
Unlock nonprofit financial insights that will help you make more informed decisions. Try our monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights?
Learn more
about GuideStar Pro.
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
Boys & Girls Clubs Of Greater Conejo Valley
Board of directorsas of 01/31/2023
Mr. Mark Bagaason
Retired Accountant
Term: 2023 -
Mark Bagaason
Retired Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
Marilyn Bencar
The Johnston Group
Calvin Johnston
The Johnston Group
Jeff Johnston
The Johnston Group
James Post
Retired
John Scardino
Sherwood Development Company
Amer Soudani
PSBI
Gary Stephani
Retired Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
Denis Weber
Pacific Western Bank
Lorraine Crawford
City National Bank
Stephen Davis
UBS, The Davis Group
Steven Dorfman
Retired Vice Chair, Hughes Electronics
Tim English
Retired
David Heroux
NFP Retirement, OneAmerica
Barbara Impellizzeri
Holthouse, Carlin, Van Trigt LLP
S. Dean Lesiak
Retired Banker
Joe Seetoo
Morton Capital Management
Peter Wakeman
Wakeman Law Group, Inc.
Fred Kelso
PWC
Preston Kevin Lewis
Warner Media
Judith Sanchez Lopez
JAFRA
Jennifer Terrill
Forest Lawn
Linda Catlin
Retired
Rinku Goldberg
United HealthCare Group
Karen Jefferson
Jefferson Farms Honey
Omid Noori
US Bank
Rachelle Wan
Amgen
David Catlin
Retired
Ed Jefferson
Retired
Board leadership practices
GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section.
-
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
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
No data
Disability
No data
Equity strategies
Last updated: 01/24/2023GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- 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 analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.