Annual Reports

2008 Annual Report
BE GREAT.
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In 2008, Boys & Girls Clubs achieved great things by making a positive impact in communities around the world. Recognizing the challenges young people face, we launched a five-year strategic plan that focuses on three key outcomes for our youth: academic success, healthy lifestyles, and good character and citizenship.

The theme of this year's annual report, BE GREAT, emphasizes youth advocacy and demonstrates how Clubs help kids be their best. We are so grateful for the support of our donors, volunteers, parents and friends and hope each takes pride in the achievements detailed in our 2008 Annual Report.

Through our comprehensive approach, Boys & Girls Clubs are in a unique position to inspire a generation, lift the nation and improve the world.

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BGCA 2008 Form 990 download (4 MB PDF)
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2007 Annual Report
Inspiring A Generation
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Every day Boys & Girls Clubs inspire their members. Whether encouraging young people to complete their homework, play sports or recreational activities, enter an art competition or have a healthy snack, Club staff know the important role they play in creating the wholesome environment kids need.

The United States is facing a national crisis with soaring high school drop-out rates, coupled with low fitness and high obesity within our young people. Boys & Girls Clubs are providing solutions to this national epidemic through homework help, engaging and fun nutritional tips, energizing sports and recreational activities and challenging academic programs. Throughout America, Clubs are reaching out to a generation at risk by providing positive guidance and exciting opportunities.

Through our comprehensive approach, Boys & Girls Clubs are in a unique position to inspire a generation, lift the nation and improve the world.

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2007 Financial Statements download (124K PDF)

2006 Annual Report
A Centennial Celebration
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Promise – the word means both pledge and potential. At Boys & Girls Clubs of America, that dual definition has powerful significance. Our pledge is our potential. In 2006, as part of our national Centennial, we made three promises:

to provide a significant gift to America
to create greater awareness for our cause
to generate more resources for our Clubs

As you’ll see in these pages, we kept each promise. And delivered much more. That’s been a hallmark of our work for 100 years.

Thanks to such commitment, we look forward to a second century of service as eventful as the first, and to helping new generations of young people find hope and opportunity at their local Boys & Girls Club – around the corner and around the world.

We promise.

2005 Annual Report
Our Core Promise
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The year 2005 – the eve of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s national Centennial – was a time to reflect on our past.

In the last decade alone, we started more than 2,000 new Clubs and served more than 2 million additional kids. We developed world-class programs in education, technology, diversity and career exploration. We made a commitment to reach those with the greatest obstacles and least opportunities in life – in public housing and on Native American lands – assuring those in need a chance to share in the American dream. And we became a key partner in supporting military families, helping to protect and defend America.

As we transition to our next century of service, we begin by affirming our core promise. It sums up the values that have served us well for a century. Our core promise to America’s youth: to provide a safe environment and have a positive impact on their lives. Our core promise to the nation: to uphold high ethical standards.

As a Movement united for the last 100 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America has changed the destinies of millions of children. Tomorrow, by reaching out to more children with even greater impact, we can change the course of history.

2004 Annual Report
Making Connections
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2004 saw the Boys & Girls Club Movement connect with more people than ever before. It was a time that brought everyone closer together, reaffirming our common humanity – and the Boys & Girls Club mission.

That mission is all about making connections: between Club staff and kids, between volunteers and Clubs, between our national organization and its local affiliates. As One Movement we are truly united, a whole far greater than the sum of its parts.

That is why there is no more fitting venue for this year’s annual report than Connections, the flagship publication of our Movement. The magazine’s name is derived from the "connect" symbol, representing clasped hands, adopted as our logo a quarter-century ago. Today, Connections reaches more than 50,000 Club professionals and board volunteers the world over.

2003 Annual Report
Lessons of Hope
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In good times and bad, Boys & Girls Clubs have been a mainstay for our nation’s youth. In war and peace, the challenges posed by change in turbulent times were ever present during 2003.

It was a year that saw our armed forces in harm»s way, far away from home. They and their families needed, indeed they still need, our support. Clubs are proud to give it, a legacy of caring deeply rooted in the American experience.

It was a year when our Movement took decisive steps to further the cause of child protection, in the halls of government and our own facilities. We know that the promise of tomorrow begins today – with a safe environment that promotes youth development and a happy childhood.

2002 Annual Report
It's About Time
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Alex Rodriguez says it best: "Three o’clock. Where do your kids go?" Because something happens every school day, in the hour after dismissal bells ring across the country. Violent juvenile crime skyrockets. In fact, it doubles.

The number of young people victimized by violent crime – including murder, sex offenses, robbery and assault – also goes up after school. Daunting prospects when you consider that at least 7 million American children are left alone after school each day, according to the Department of Education.

The hours between 3 and 8 p.m. are most critical. It’s the time when young people are most susceptible to influences – both positive and negative. And it’s no coincidence that this is the time when Boys & Girls Clubs do their greatest work. Through caring professional staff and life-saving programs, backed by generous donors, our cause did more of that work than ever before in 2002, serving a record 3.6 million children, receiving record funding, and establishing 321 new Clubs.

2001 Annual Report
From Many, One
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Although 2001 was torn by the grievous events of September 11th, Boys & Girls Clubs of America can look back with satisfaction on a year marked by tremendous achievement: more Clubs than ever around the globe; a record Congressional appropriation; closer cooperation between the national office and local affiliates; combined Movement-wide budgets surpassing $1 billion for the first time.

But if the events of September 11th taught us anything, it is that trouble brings us closer together – as a cause, as a nation, and as human beings.

That spirit, that sense of humanity, continues to motivate the work of Boys & Girls Clubs. In the best of times and the worst of times, we are there for America’s children.

2000 Annual Report
A Breakthrough Year
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There’s only one phrase to describe 2000 – a breakthrough year. Boys & Girls Clubs of America can celebrate a level of achievement unsurpassed in our history: with more youth served and funds raised than ever before.

The year was a benchmark of progress for us in many areas, including educational enrichment, gang prevention and physical fitness. In our outreach to America’s most vulnerable youth, B&GCA received unprecedented support from Congress, fueling our expansion to more communities in need.

1999 Annual Report
Saving Lives
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The words are as old as Scripture, but the belief has new meaning each day. At Boys & Girls Clubs of America saving lives is our mission, and 1999 saw more proof of that effectiveness than ever before.

Affirmation comes from a major study of Boys & Girls Club alumni, conducted by the prestigious polling firm of Louis Harris & Associates. There are as many as 10 million former members living around the world, and the survey was designed to gauge the depth and meaning of their Club experience. We were impressed – indeed awed – by the findings, which are shared throughout this annual report.

1998 Annual Report
Foundation for the Future
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Planning is an act of faith, expressing confidence in the future. During 1998, Boys & Girls Clubs of America completed its “Foundation for the Future,” an ambitious strategic plan that will guide our cause over the next three years.

Created with input from thousands of Club professionals and volunteers nationwide, the plan provided an opportunity to restate and reaffirm our mission and core beliefs. It focuses on three key areas:

Increasing the capacity and quality of Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide.
Enhancing programs in such key areas as education, career preparation, technology and race relations, to have a positive influence on successive generations.
Fostering future growth and high standards.

All those themes were strongly in evidence during 1998 – a year of unprecedented achievement in our 139-year history. For the first time, Boys & Girls Clubs served 3 million young people, an increase of 200,000 over 1997.