Endowments

$3,000,000 provides $150,000 per year to fund the cost of the Club’s Food & Nutrition Program.

The Boys & Girls Club of Ada County served nearly 200,000 meals annually. The Nutrition Program ensures that healthy meals which meet or exceed the standards of the USDA and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are provided to our members every day the Club is open, free of charge. Additionally, the Club delivers evolving programs that educate members on healthy eating habits and making good nutritional choices with the goal of fighting childhood obesity.

$1,000,000 provides $50,000 per year to purchase, maintain and upgrade Club technology resources.

This endowment provides the resources needed to ensure the Club can provide, through the use of technology, relevant, practical and contemporary programs and services which aid our members in their pursuit of academic success and career exploration.

Examples include:

•    Regular updates to hardware and software for both of the Club’s education and technology centers

•    Regular maintenance and security updates of the Club’s systems

•    Specialized software, materials and services to augment core program initiatives

$1,000,000 provides $50,000 per year to maintain a safe and productive club house for our members as well as to purchase replacement equipment.

This endowment provides support for the necessary purchase of equipment and maintaining the existing facility to provide a safe, attractive, well-functioning building and program area that drives the young people of our community through our doors – and keeps them here.

$1,000,000 provides $50,000 per year toward the cost of staff and program supplies for a program department.

This endowment provides the resources the Club needs to enable youth to become proficient in basic educational disciplines, apply learning to everyday situations, and embrace technology to achieve success in a career.

Examples include:

•    Project Learn

•    Power Hour: Making Minutes Count

•    Goals for Graduation

•    Junior Staff

•    Career Launch

Click here to learn more about these Academic Success programs.

$2,000,000 provides $100,000 per year for the Club’s transportation services.

This endowment provides accessibility to the Club by providing transportation to the Club after school and home in the evenings.  Additionally, transportation is an integral element of the Club’s college preparatory program, community service projects, and much more.

The endowment subsidizes transportation expenses including:

•    Program travel and field trip expenses including Club athletics, community service projects, etc.

•    Fuel and fleet maintenance

•    Busing contracts

•    Staffing, insurance and registration

$100,000 provides $5,000 per year for basic supplies and resources necessary to meet unmet needs.

This endowment provides special assistance to help Club members and their families most in need with basic social, health and welfare issues. Club staff discreetly identify pressing needs such as winter apparel and food assistance for members whose needs are dire and immediate.

$250,000 provides $12,500 per year to support the cost of training and development for our professional staff.

This endowment provides support for training, professional development, continuing education and recognition for the development and retention of Boys & Girls Club of Ada County employees. Our professional staff are the key to our success with our members. The personal attention and guidance provided by caring, professional youth development professionals means that the young people we serve have the opportunities they need for GREAT Futures!

$1,000,000 provides $50,000 per year toward the cost of staff and program supplies for a program department.

This endowment provides the resources the Club needs to develop young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals and live successfully as self-sufficient adults and develop fitness, the positive use of leisure time, skills for stress management, appreciation for the environment and social skills.

Examples include:

•    Smart Moves (Skills Mastery And Resistance Training)

•    Smart Girls

•    Passport to Manhood

•    Triple Play

Click here to learn more about our Healthy Lifestyles programs.