Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands

“The organization adopted new by-laws for 2019.”

“The form 990 will be presented to the finance committee and then on to the board of directors.”

“Each director, key employee, and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers must annually sign a statement affirming they have received, read and understand the conflict of interest policy. They also affirm their willingness to comply with it.”

“The salary of the ceo is determined by the executive evaluation and compensation task force of the board. This independent body utilizes several methods to determine reasonable compensation for the ceo.”

“All organizational documents required to be available to the public are available upon request.”

“Big brothers big sisters focuses on ensuring that youth in the program achieve higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships. A primary goal of the community-based mentoring program is avoidance of risky behaviors by the youth connected with a mentor. The results of these unique mentoring relationships are academic success that leads to workforce readiness for vulnerable youth in our community. Big brothers big sisters serves youth who need mentors the most. There are over 40,000 youth in our service area who are facing adversity. We reserve enrollment in the program to children who meet 1 or more of the following criteria: 1) low income as defined by eligibility to receive free or reduced lunch at school, 2) living in a single parent household or with extended family, 3) foster care children or living in some type of out of home placement, 4) has 1 or more parent(s) incarcerated, 5) have had contact with the juvenile justice system. Big brothers big sisters holds ourselves accountable to the youth in our program achieving positive outcomes. We measure our success with the youth outcomes survey (yos) which was developed exclusively for big brothers big sisters by expert researchers in the mentoring field. Annually, at least 97% of youth matched 1 year or longer maintain or improve in at least 4 of the 7 key categories linked to youth success. The categories measured are social acceptance, scholastic competency, educational expectations, grades, risk attitudes, parental trust and truancy. The areas measured in the yos have been linked by research to long-term outcomes such as high school graduation, avoidance of juvenile delinquency, and college or job readiness.”