2024-07-29T15:37:29-05:00 2023-12-31 581763570 Jones and Kolb 3475 Piedmont Road Suite 1500 Atlanta GA 30305 990 2023-01-01 580861895 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc BIGB 4046017000 680 Murphy Ave SW STE 1090 Atlanta GA 30310 Kathy Wells Chief Financial Officer 4046017000 2024-07-25 1 0 Laura H Heller P00744874 4042627920 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z Kwame Johnson 680 Murphy Ave SW STE 1090 Atlanta GA 30310 11675542 0 X www.bbbsatl.org X 1960 GA Create and support mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. 24 24 107 1081 0 0 8815632 7193194 0 0 -213220 292861 7486 0 8609898 7486055 142500 23000 0 0 4165143 5402074 0 0 1241228 1470137 1661438 5777780 7086512 2832118 399543 12676783 13460661 2379826 2225227 10296957 11235434 X Create and support mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. In 2023, we served 1,907 children and youth in the 12-county Metro Atlanta area. The mentoring relationship has a profound impact on young people, often changing the trajectories of their lives. 0 0 2885075 Level Up: Future-focused In-school Mentoring in Middle Schools: Level Up is a large-scale mentoring program that utilizes paid mentors embedded full-time in middle schools. We created this innovative program in response to the needs expressed by principals, counselors, and administrators for mentoring at scale in middle schools. They wanted trained positive adult role models to provide consistent and direct mentoring for students to address unprecedented levels of classroom disruptions, student conflicts and other behavior issues. The program is designed to serve 100 students per grade at partner middle schools through small group and 1:1 mentoring. We continue to serve these students through eighth grade, when possible, while adding a new group of sixth grade students each year. Mentoring sessions take place weekly during the school day in a designated space at each school and follow a curriculum aligned with these outcome areas: Social-Emotional Learning, Sense of Belonging, Vision for the Future and Avoidance of Risky Behaviors. In the 2022-23 school year we served students at three Atlanta Public Schools (APS) middle schools: Price, Young and Russell middle schools. Level Up has garnered significant interest from local governments and school districts which has led to continued growth and expansion. In the 2023-24 school year we have added more grade levels at each of the three initial schools, in addition to expanding the program to two more schools: Bunche Middle School (APS) and Lithonia Middle School (DeKalb County.) In 2023, we served a total of 857 students through the Level Up program. 1940868 23000 1:1 Mentoring with Volunteers: In our traditional 1:1 mentoring program we match children and youth (Littles) with caring adult volunteers (Bigs). The program is individualized for each child to meet their social, emotional and academic needs. Parents/guardians enroll their children in our program and work with program staff to identify issues their child may be dealing with, areas of concern, and goals for the mentoring relationship. Our staff then create a personalized match plan for each youth outlining specific goals that can be monitored and supported for the duration of the match. Volunteers and youth are matched based on a range of criteria including geographic proximity, personality, life experiences, and shared interests. The Big Brother/Sister and Little Brother/Sister spend quality time together engaged in enrichment activities at times that are most convenient for them and their families. In some cases, Bigs and Littles meet at the Littles school during the school day. A one-year commitment of two meetings/month on average is required. Each mentoring match is supported by a dedicated Program Specialist who provides ongoing resources and support to the Big, the Little and parents/guardians. Young people can remain in our program until they graduate from high school. In 2023, we served 872 children and youth ages 8-18 in our 1:1 Mentoring with Volunteers program. An enhancement to our core mentoring programs, Big Futures programming is designed to ensure that all High School youth are highly engaged and supported with tailored programming, resources and support. Our goal is that our high school Littles graduate both high school and our program with a concrete plan for their future, a sense of confidence as they enter adult life and a support system to help them navigate the transitions to and through high school. We offer a suite of resources and connections to other community partners who support high school youth. Through consistent and tailored communications to our High School matches and families, we provide ongoing opportunities such as college application and preparation support, college tours, and corporate behind-the-scenes visits. We continuously solicit feedback from high school Littles and their Bigs and families as part of our ongoing evaluation and assessment of Big Futures to ensure our programming is meeting the needs of the high school students in our program. In 2023, we served more than 550 high school students with our Big Futures activities and resources. We are very proud of the outcomes the young people we served in 2023 were able to achieve, at school and in the community: - 99% were promoted to the next grade on time - 99% did not become involved in the juvenile justice system - 97% of high school seniors graduated on time - 91% of graduating seniors reported plans to pursue education, employment, enlistment,or entrepreneurship 419647 Beyond School Walls workplace mentoring program: In our Beyond School Walls workplace mentoring program, high school students (Littles) are matched with corporate volunteers (Bigs) in 1:1 mentoring relationships. Matches meet as a group for two hours/month at the mentors workplace and engage in sessions facilitated by BBBSMA staff. The curriculum focuses on career and college readiness, along with relational skill development. Sessions allow a Big and Little to participate in a shared activity while building relationship and conversation. Each year of the curriculum correlates to the next, but is designed so that a Little can enter the program at any year within the cycle. This allows us to continue engaging the Littles throughout all four years of their high school career and as part of a cohort. Mentoring relationships are created and supported adhering to the same evidence-based best practices as those in our traditional 1:1 mentoring program. In the 2023-2024 school year, we have doubled the number of Beyond School Walls partnerships between high schools and corporate partners from three to six including the following: Cox Enterprises and Chamblee High School; Therrell High School and UPS; Chick-fil-A and South Atlanta High School; Google and Benjamin Mays High School; Insight Global and Cross Keys High School; and Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta and North Atlanta High School. The focus of the Beyond School Walls program is on career readiness; during the 2023-24 school year Bigs and Littles follow a curriculum designed to help Littles learn how to create solutions and solve problems in corporate settings. 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The Board of Directors intends to use endowment funds to subsidize operations, if and when necessary, and also to fund unexpected or unusual financial obligations of the Agency. Legacy Awards Gala 439810 269886 169924 6504 111634 1114 50672 Fashion Play 245807 177424 68383 1915 23398 2260 40810 3 243833 152646 91187 3514 53331 183 34159 929450 599956 329494 11933 188363 3557 125641 329494 0 1 Scholarships 13 23000 FVM Part I, Line 2: Big Futures Scholarships: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta will send seniors an application to apply for the scholarships, so all responses are recorded through the application in Form Assembly. A committee grades each application and scores it based on a rubric to determine who receives a scholarship. All scholarships are unrestricted. Each recipient receives a check addressed to them individually to cash and use at their discretion. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta does not monitor the use of the awarded funds. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kwame Johnson President & CEO 240828 0 40950 0 0 0 9888 0 8425 0 300091 0 0 0 Michele Pearce Chief External Relations O 140619 0 5703 0 2400 0 7230 0 8166 0 164118 0 0 0 Kara Stimpson VP - Program 136852 0 4483 0 549 0 4480 0 7305 0 153669 0 0 0 Part I, Line 3 The compensation of the President & CEO was recommended and approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors subject to the salary range determined as a result of the comprehensive market study performed both internally and by an independent compensation consultant and review of Form 990s of other similar organizations. X Auction items 84 69211 Fair value X Tickets 26 19585 Fair value X Food 20 16444 Fair Value 0 0 1 0 Part I, Column (b): Organization is reporting the number of contributions in Part I column B. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A draft copy of the Form 990 will be provided to the Board of Directors before it is filed and allow time for any comments. The Treasurer (Chair of Finance committee), after considering any comments, will approve the form 990 before it is filed by the VP - Finance & Administration. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Annually all officers, directors, and trustees are required to review the policy and sign a form acknowledging understanding and compliance. Any potential or actual conflicts of interest are addressed by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Agency's policy is to perform a comprehensive review of staff compensation levels for all positions in the Agency to ensure that Agency salaries are competitive with the market in order to attract and retain highly qualified personnel. The last comprehensive review took place in 2022. The compensation rate of officers (other than the President & CEO) and employees is recommended by the employee's supervisor and approved by the President & CEO, subject to the employee's salary range as determined as a result of the comprehenive market study, as described above. Additional compensation for exceptional performance may be recommended by supervisors and approved by the President & CEO. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. In addition, the financial statements are on the Agency website.