Boys & Girls Clubs of America
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Boys Club logo created by Saul Bass from a national contest held in 1978.
Designed by a 16-year-old part time employee B. Wood of the Boys Club of Westminster 14400 Chestnut st. Westminster Ca 92683 | |
| Motto | "To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens." |
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| Formation | 1861 |
| Type | Youth organization |
| Legal status | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | "Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence." |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Region served | United States |
| Website | bgca.org |
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide after-school programs for young people. The organization, which holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, has its headquarters in Atlanta, with regional offices in Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, New York City and Los Angeles.[1] BGCA is tax-exempt and partially funded by the federal government.[2]
The Club's former president, Roxanne Spillett, received a base salary in 2011 of $455,829 with an additional $116,000 bonus and $1.2 million in deferred compensation and retirement.[3]
History
The first Boys' Club was founded in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1906, 53 independent Boys' Clubs came together in Boston to form a national organization, the Federated Boys' Clubs. In 1931, the organization renamed itself Boys' Clubs of America, and in 1990, to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. As of 2010, there are over 4,000 autonomous local clubs, which are affiliates of the national organization. In total these clubs serve over four million boys and girls. Clubs can be found in all fifty states as well as locations in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and US military bases. In total, Boys & Girls Clubs of America employ about 50,000 staff members.[4]
The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked Boys & Girls Clubs of America number one among youth organizations for the 13th consecutive year, and number 12 among all nonprofit organizations. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America is the official charity of Major League Baseball.[5] Denzel Washington, a former club member, has been the spokesperson for Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1993.
Reach and size
As of 2012, Boys & Girls Clubs of America served some 4 million youth through club membership and community outreach. There are 4,074 chartered Club facilities, including approximately: 1,400 in schools; 400 BGCA-affiliated youth centers on U.S. military installations; 300 in public housing and 200 on Native American lands.
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Founders
Boys Clubs of America, 1956
These people came together in 1956 to create the Boys Clubs of America:[6]
- Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States
- William E. Hall, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
- Albert L. Cole, G.M. of Reader's Digest
- James A. Farley, United States Postmaster General
- Albert C. Wedemeyer U.S. Army chief of Plans and Operations
- Matthew Woll, vice president of the AFL-CIO
- Jeremiah Milbank Jr., two time Republican Party Finance Committee chairman
- Stanley Resor, secretary of the Army
- James B. Carey, president of AFL-CIO
- J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
- Robert E. Wood, quartermaster general of the army, V.P. of Sears
- Fred C. Church Jr., insurance businessman.
- H. Bruce Palmer, president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
- Edgar A. Guest, TV and radio host
- Nicholas H. Noyes Indianapolis, Indiana- Oil Mogul
- George A. Scott, president, Walker-Scott Company
- E. E. Fogelson, Army colonel and cattle and oil baron
- Ernest Ingold, San Francisco, California
- Jesse Draper, Atlanta, Georgia
- Julius Epstein, Chicago, Illinois
Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 1990
In 1990, Boys Clubs of America was succeeded by Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which was founded by the following people:
- Gerald W. Blakeley, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts
- Roscoe Brown, Bronx, New York
- Cees Bruynes, Stamford, Connecticut
- Honorable Arnold I. Burns, New York, New York
- John L. Burns, Greenwich, Connecticut; President of the Boys' Clubs of America 1968-1981, Chairman 1981-1988[7]
- Hays Clark, Hobe Sound, Florida
- Mrs. Albert L. Cole, Hobe Sound, Florida
- Mike Curb, Burbank, California
- Robert W. Fowler, Atlantic Beach, Florida
- Thomas G. Garth, New York, New York
- Moore Gates, Jr., Princeton, New Jersey
- Ronald J. Gidwitz, Chicago, Illinois
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Notable members
Some notable members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America[8]
References
- ↑ "Mad._Sq_AR_FINAL_reference.pdf" (PDF). Boys & Girls Clubs- Madison Square. 17 Mar 2014. Retrieved 19 Apr 2014.
- ↑ "Home - Madison Square Boys & Girls Club" (PDF). Madison Square Boys & Girls Club. 17 Mar 2014. Retrieved 19 Apr 2014.
- ↑ Charity Rating Guide and Watchdog Report 59, American Institute of Philanthropy, "Charity Watch", Dec 2011
- ↑ Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Boys & Girls Club Leadership University. "COREv2: History of the Boys & Girls Club."
- ↑ "MLB Community: Programs: Boys and Girls Clubs of America". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. 19 Jun 2012. Retrieved 19 Apr 2014.
- ↑ "Title 36 -- Patriotic Societies and Observances". US Congress via bulk.resource.org. 11 May 1994. Retrieved 19 Apr 2014.
- ↑ John L. Burns, 87, Former Head of Boys Club, The New York Times, retrieved September 1, 2015
- ↑ Great Futures Start Here. (n.d.). Retrieved June 3, 2013, from http://www.bgca.org/newsevents/Pages/GFSH_PSA.aspx
- ↑ Boys and Girls Club, Alumni Hall of Fame from http://www.bgca.org/whoweare/alumni/AHOF/Pages/EvanderHolyfield.aspx