Boys & Girls Clubs of America

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Purpose"Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence."
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Region served
United States
Budget (2016)
$1.85 billion (revenue)
$1.73 billion (expenses)[1]
Websitebgca.org
Boys Club of New York, Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York
Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg, West Virginia

Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide voluntary

federal government.[3]

History

The first Boys' Club was founded in 1860 in

Virgin Islands, and US military bases. In total, Boys & Girls Clubs of America employ about 50,000 staff members.[5]

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.[6] Denzel Washington, a former club member, has been the spokesperson for Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1993.[citation needed]

Lists of founders

Boys Clubs of America, 1940

These people came together in 1940 to create the Boys Clubs of America:[7]

  • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
  • William E. Hall, US Medal of Honor recipient
  • Albert L. Cole, CEO of Reader's Digest
  • James A. Farley
    , United States Postmaster General
  • Albert C. Wedemeyer
    US Army Chief of Plans and Operations
  • Matthew Woll, vice president of the AFL-CIO
  • Jeremiah Milbank, 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 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
  • Robert E. Wood, quartermaster general of the army, vice-president 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 of San Francisco, California
  • Jesse Draper of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Julius J. Epstein
  • John Albert

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:

Notable members

Some notable members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America:[9]

Donations received

Following the success of the film Black Panther, in 2018 Disney donated $1 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America for the development of STEM programs in the United States.[11] The donation was to be allocated to help grow the group's national STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum.[11]

According to Mimi LeClair, president and CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, it is very important for young people to have a solid background in STEM to compete in the global economy.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Boys & Girls Clubs of America". Forbes.
  2. ^ "Mad._Sq_AR_FINAL_reference.pdf" (PDF). Boys & Girls Clubs – Madison Square. March 17, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Home – Madison Square Boys & Girls Club" (PDF). Madison Square Boys & Girls Club. March 17, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  4. ISBN 9781412940504
    .
  5. ^ Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Boys & Girls Club Leadership University. "COREv2: History of the Boys & Girls Club."
  6. ^ "MLB Community: Programs: Boys and Girls Clubs of America". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. June 19, 2012. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  7. ^ "Title 36 – Patriotic Societies and Observances". US Congress. May 11, 1994. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2014 – via resource.org.
  8. ^ "John L. Burns, 87, Former Head of Boys Club", The New York Times, 11 September 1996, retrieved September 1, 2015
  9. ^ Great Futures Start Here. (n.d.). Retrieved June 3, 2013, from "Great Futures Start Here". Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  10. ^ "Evander Holyfield". Alumni Hall of Fame. Boys & Girls Club of America. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  11. ^ a b Gibbs, Alexandra (February 27, 2018). "In honor of 'Black Panther' success, Disney donates $1 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America for development of STEM program". CNBC. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  12. ^ "Solid STEM background is important for youth to compete in the global economy". ABC7 Chicago. February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.

External links

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