Catholic Big Sisters & Big Brothers

“Bigs and littles nyc mentoring, inc. Has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to each voting member of the organization's governing body for any comments. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing.”

“Prior to election to the board, and thereafter on an annual basis, all directors shall disclose in writing, to the best of their knowledge, any interest such director may have in any corporation, organization, partnership or other entity which provides professional or other goods or services to the corporation for a fee or other compensation, and any position or other material relationship such director may have with any other not-for-profit corporation with which the corporation has a business relationship (collectively, a "conflict of interest"). A copy of each disclosure statement shall be available to any director of the corporation on request. If at any time during his or her term of service, a director acquires any interest or otherwise a circumstance arises which may pose a conflict of interest, that interest or other potential conflict of interest shall be promptly disclosed in writing to the president and the board. When any matter for decision or approval comes before the board or any committee of the board in which a director has an interest or potential conflict of interest, that interest or potential conflict of interest shall be immediately disclosed to the board or relevant committee by that director. No director shall vote on any matter in which he or she has a conflict of interest. Any director who has a conflict of interest in a matter shall leave the room in which discussion regarding that matter is carried on, if so requested by the board or the relevant committee; provided, however, that the interested director may participate in any discussion regarding his or her absence.”

“The executive director's compensation is determined through a compensation committee made up of the board president and the chair of the fiscal committee who make a recommendation to the executive committee of the board. In determining compensation for the executive director, the committee reviews her annual evaluation and researches compensation given to other nyc executive director's of comparably sized not-for-profit organizations. The committee then makes a recommendation to the executive committee and the increase in salary (if any) and any other changes in her contract are voted on by the full board when it adopts the budget. This process is conducted on an annual basis. The executive director's compensation review took place in december 2024.”

“The bigs and littles nyc mentoring makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, form 990, and governing documents are also available upon request.”

“Bigs & littles nyc mentoring's mission is to transform the lives of children through one-to-one mentoring, while strengthening entire families in hardship. We provide vulnerable new york city youth and families - including high-risk populations such as hispanic immigrants, foster care youth, and children of incarcerated parents - with the support and tools to break the cycle of poverty. We have integrated several established traditions in social service with innovative practices to provide an improved mentoring model, continuously seeking new ways to serve disadvantaged youth (littles) through mentoring by screened and trained volunteer mentors (bigs) and programming that responds to their changing needs. We have established ourselves as a leader in the family-based approach to mentoring by providing crisis intervention to the entire family, academic support, and life skills programming. We reach new york city children age 7 to 19 (providing services through completion of the critical first year of college) and their families, 87% of whom live below the poverty line, 66% are single parent households, and 29% have a history of administration for children's services involvement. 42% of our youth are hispanic, 35% black, 8% are asian and 10% multi-ethnic (consisting of black and hispanic ethnicities); 28% speak spanish at home. 42% of our youth are first generation americans and 65% will be the first in their families to attend college. Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is the only local mentoring organization that focuses on comprehensive family support services as part of our mission, involving the entire family in addressing problems. Our program managers who are trained professionals with a wealth of experience provides direct services, including in-depth social and emotional support and crisis counseling, peer support groups and referral assistance to concrete resources. Supporting parents, in conjunction with support and services to children, dramatically increases short and long-term success. Goals and objectives: one-to-one mentoring transforms the lives of young people, inspiring and supporting them to work harder, dream bigger, and plan for their future, creating caring, responsible adults. We are proud of the impact we have had on our littles, seen through the following results achieved last year: - 98% of our littles were promoted to the next grade - 100% of our littles graduated high school and 95% of these youth went to college or vocational training - 97% of youth have increased in self-confidence - 99% of our littles avoided derailing behaviors including early parenting and substance abuse - 98% of parents showed improved self-efficacy”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process did not change from the prior year.”