The primary exempt purpose is to help children reach their full potential through professionally supported one-to-one volunteer mentoring relationships with measurable impact.

Big Brothers & Big Sisters , Children & Youth

Our high impact mentoring programs are delivered by volunteers. The irs does not allow the reporting of the value of these volunteer-provided services in our financial statements, but these services are critical to the big brothers big sisters of colorado mentoring program operations. In 2017, our volunteers provided an estimated 90,228 volunteer mentoring hours valued at approximately $2,342,306 (i. E. $25. 96/hour; independent sector). This significant value results in lower administrative/fundraising related expense percentages than reflected in form 990, part ix. When the reported program related expenses are combined with this volunteer-provided added value, our program related expenses equal 81% of our total expenditures. Higher return on investment: for every dollar invested in the organization, an additional $. 68 in volunteer value is added. The true volunteer contribution is well over this amount since volunteer hours do not account for the significant annual investment by each mentor in gas, food, entertainment, etc. Program: - provided one-to-one mentoring for 1,646 youth, including 1,330 in denver and 316 in colorado springs. - celebrated 27 littles who graduated from high school in 2017; many are the first in their family to reach this milestone. - expanded mentor2. 0 program to atlas preparatory school in colorado springs, matching over 206 incoming 9th grade students with a college-educated mentor. - completed year one and expanded mentor2. 0 program at sheridan high school over 273 students in 9th, 10th and 11th grade are now being served at this school, and matches are exceeding benchmarks for program engagement and participation. - increased 12-month match retention rate for community based matches from 71. 4% to 75. 8%. Site based also increased, from 69. 4% to 70. 4%. - completed year one of positive outcomes in mentoring (pom), a national research project studying the impact of mentoring on children with an incarcerated parent. - invited to participate in a new longitudinal randomized control trial study of the big brothers big sisters community based mentoring program, a seven year study conducted by dr. David dubois, professor, university of illinois at chicago, and dr. Carla herrera, independent consultant. Completed the study to analyze relationships (star). - increased average match length in denver to 37 months, compared to the national average of 27 months. Finance and administration - ended the first new fiscal year (october 1 to september 30) with a surplus. - received a record-breaking award from the 2017 cobiz financial biz bash; funds from biz bash will support mentor2. 0, create an endowed scholarship fund for our graduating seniors, build a cobiz corner at our new office, and create new recruitment and training videos for our mentors. - selected as one of only 20 bbbs of america affiliates for a 2-year pilor grant to enhance mentoring services for lgbtq youth and mentors. - converted donor database to blackbaud to improve donor analytics and communication. Community - named as a 2016 bbbs of america quality award winner.