Big Brothers Big Sisters Of

“A draft of the form 990 is reviewed by the executive director and the board of directors prior to filing.”

“The board of directors reviews and approves the executive director's annual salary, with no participation by the executive director or other interested persons. The executive director's salary is established using comparable data for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similar nonprofits; consideration of roles and responsibilities of the executive director; and cost of living data. Comparable market data is obtained from salary surveys and form 990s filed by comparable not-for- profit organizations. Discussions and decisions regarding the compensation are documented in board of directors meeting minutes. The executive director also receives reimbursements for routine, reasonable, and documented expenses incurred during the year under an accountable plan. The executive director travels throughout our service area. The organization has a travel policy that caps reimbursement levels and requires low-budget travel.”

“We consider requests on a case-by-case basis.”

“The estimated 7,900 volunteer hours provided by 108+ full- and part-time volunteers in 2024 could be valued at 268,466, using hourly wage rate data from the bureau of labor statistics. Of this number, 249,701 represents the volunteer hours of big brothers and big sisters in our programs, and 18,765 represents volunteer hours expended in administrative support, fundraising events, and other development activities. Our board of directors also serve on a volunteer basis. Volunteer services included all aspects of the organizational operations including programming, administrative, and executive. Volunteers provided time and effort with marketing, board membership, data and systems improvement, strategic oversight and visioning, volunteer recruitment, human resources, fundraising, event operations, and mentoring youth. Volunteers included board members, board committee members, program mentors, and episodic event implementation.”

“Big brothers big sisters of southwest colorado creates and supports one- to-one mentoring relationships that inspire the power and promise of youth. Our vision is to help all youth in our program achieve their full potential and build an intrinsic feeling of the impact of positive relationships to be received and given throughout their lifetime. By partnering with parents/guardians, educators, volunteers, and other advocates in the community, we are accountable for each youth and volunteer in our program, ages 6 years+, in achieving higher graduation rates, increasing a sense of belonging and confidence, mitigate risky behaviors, and increase a desire to achieve their own success. Our professionally trained staff engage youth in a mentoring relationship within our local community. These relationships are built through two main program models: community-based mentoring and high school bigs mentoring. Community-based matches include a youth and adult that engage through intentional activities to strengthen their relationship. High school big matches are matched in a supervised setting that allow high school-aged mentors to engage with a mentee on a weekly basis, throughout the school year. All youth of any demographic and socio-economic status may be served in our program with the availability of volunteer mentors.”

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