Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake, Inc
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Community One-to-One Mentoring
The "gold standard" in youth mentoring. Mentors and mentees meet in the community two to three times a month for at least one year to build strong relationships. BBBSGC case managers provide support, supervision and guidance.
Campaign for Black Male Achievement
The goal of this project is to reduce the number of African American boys living in Baltimore City who are on our agency waiting list for a mentor.
Bigs in Schools
Mentors meet their mentees weekly at school during the academic year for regular activities and to help with homework. BBBSGC coordinates onsite. Corporations such as Frito Lay, T. Rowe Price, Stanley Black and Decker and the U.S. Naval Academy provide mentoring relationships in schools across our service area.
Workplace Mentoring
Corporate employee volunteers mentor high school students at sponsoring workplaces including Under Armour, Wells Fargo and Legg Mason. These three-year programs are designed to radically broaden the youths’ exposure to career opportunities and develop critical job skills.
Positive Pathways
The Positive Pathways Program serves youth ages 14-18 who have been or are at risk of being involved in the juvenile justice system with one-to-one mentoring, leadership skills development, college and career preparedness, job placement and restorative justice activities.
Take Charge 2.0!
A collaborative violence prevention program with Johns Hopkins University that matches youth who have been referred by the Emergency Department with a BBBSGC mentoring volunteer to participate in a curriculum-based research project to solve problems without violence. (Parents are also taught communication techniques.)
Beyond School Walls
An experiential program for elementary/middle school students. Youth spend three hours a day, twice each month at a participating workplace. BBBSGC coordinates onsite, travels with students to and from school, and organizes twice-yearly field trips. Through a partnership with Junior Achievement, BBBSGC offers curricula on professionalism and business.
Summer Reading
A new summer reading program with Bigs encouraging Littles to read classic children’s books, with kick-off and completion celebrations.
Where we work
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Login and updateAffiliations & memberships
Affiliate/Chapter of National Organization (i.e. Girl Scouts of the USA, American Red Cross, etc.) - Affiliate/chapter 2011
MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership - Respondent 2011
Society for Human Resource Management 2011
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Short-Term Goals
Increase individual giving and decrease reliance on government support.
Achieve 1,000 active youth mentoring relationships (mentor-mentee pairs).
A specific focus on finding more male mentors.
Long-Term Goals
Create a new strategic plan.
Double the number of site programs through increased outreach to corporations and other organizations.
Expand our existing model to provide more links to college and career readiness for youth.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Short-Term Goal Strategies
Our Brighter Futures campaign is focused on spurring individuals to invest in youth mentoring.
Our new Volunteer Recruitment Director is building partnerships with companies and community organizations to recruit new volunteers.
Our Vounteer Recruitment Director is working on this by targeting men's organizations.
Long-Term Goal Strategies
Our President/CEO, leadership staff and Board of Directors will be working on a new strategic plan in 2016.
To increase site programs, we are optimizing the increased interest post-unrest.
We will partner with agencies, private and other entities to provide more links to college and career readiness for youth.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
BBBSGC has been developing its expertise in mentoring in Baltimore and Maryland since 1952 Our dedicated staff, leadership and volunteers helped us exceed our FY2015 goals for improved school attendance, fewer suspensions, reduced risky behaviors (fighting, using alcohol or drugs) and increased socio-emotional outcomes (better relationships with parents, peers and authority figures; improved self-confidence; increased community engagement). In addition, we surpassed our goal for the number of children and youth who participated in community activities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our current wait list includes over 1,100 children and youth. Your financial support will assist us in successfully completing more mentor-menteee matches.
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Operations
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake, Inc
Board of directorsas of 04/29/2019
David DiPietro
Hidden Cove Advisory, LLC
Steve Lambertson
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Jason Pappas
Hannix Consulting
Bradley Dickerson
Under Armour
Veronica Cool
Wells Fargo
James Piper
No affiliation
Stuart Simms
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Michel (Chel) Cavallon
No affiliation
A. Bryan Claxton
New Creation Christian Church
David DiPietro
Hidden Cove Advisory LLC
Kelly Hodge-Williams
Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland
Dawn Motovidlak
Business Health Services
Stephen Lambertson
Whiting Turner
William Rienhoff IV
Brown Advisory
Peter Tovar
Legg Mason
Stephanie Shack
Corporate Office Properties
Katherine Schulze
Transamerica Law & Compliance
Peter S. Austin
T. Rowe Price Assoc., Inc.
Stephanie Baker
The Baltimore Life Insurance Company
Newton B. Fowler
Womble Carlyle
Daniel T. Joerres
WBAL-TV
Kama Kolbe
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company
Edward Meister
Wells Fargo
Aimee Metrick
Comcast
Christopher Oven
M&T Bank
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes