2015-11-13T12:54:11-06:00 2014-12-31 460398923 WOLTMAN GROUP PC 4500 S TECHNOLOGY DR SIOUX FALLS SD 571064214 990 2014-01-01 460399482 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE BOYS 6053388061 824 E 14TH STREET SIOUX FALLS SD 57104 JEFF JONES BOARD PRESIDENT 6053388061 2015-11-02 TRENT R PRINS P00851377 6053611200 2015-11-02 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z REBECCA WIMMER 824 E 14TH STREET SIOUX FALLS SD 57104 9083885 false X WWW.YOUTHENRICHMENT.ORG X TO ENRICH AND DEVELOP THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE SIOUX EMPIRE THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO MEET EVOLVING NEEDS. 10 10 342 172 3564 1865057 1574786 2634333 2690940 12811 3591 994667 -69122 5506868 4200195 0 0 3059175 3178761 0 73266 1538074 1540054 4597249 4718815 909619 -518620 7314052 6750513 1945778 1900859 5368274 4849654 X TO ENRICH AND DEVELOP THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE SIOUX EMPIRE THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO MEET EVOLVING NEEDS. false false 4032208 2690940 YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES (YES) WAS FORMED IN 1989 AS A RESULT OF THE MERGER OF THE BOYS CLUB AND THE GIRLS CLUB OF SIOUX FALLS. AS THE WORK ENVIRONMENT CHANGED DURING THE 1970'S, THE BOYS CLUB AND GIRLS CLUB WERE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF RECREATIONAL AND AFTERSCHOOL SERVICES IN THE SIOUX EMPIRE. IN THE MID 70'S, THE TWO CLUBS WERE THE FIRST TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL SNACKS AND EVENING MEALS FOR DROP-IN PARTICIPANTS AND TO BEGIN TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS WHICH ASSISTED PARENTS BY TRANSPORTING CHILDREN FROM SELECT SCHOOL SITES TO CHILDCARE LOCATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN 1980, COMING TOGETHER IN AN UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, YMCA AND YWCA JOINTLY FORMED KARE-4, AN AFTER SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR LATCHKEY YOUTH SERVICING EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CITY. KARE-4, AN ACRONYM FOR KIDS AFTER SCHOOL RECREATION AND ENRICHMENT, WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADMINISTERED THROUGH YES AND TODAY PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION FROM MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SIOUX FALLS WITH BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL SITES WITHIN SIOUX FALLS, BRANDON, AND HARRISBURG. IN 1985, THE GIRLS CLUB WAS THE FIRST IN THE COMMUNITY TO BEGIN A SPECIALIZED CHILDCARE PROGRAM CALLED KINDER CLUB, PROVIDING CHILDCARE, MEALS AND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL FOR HALF DAY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. AS A RESULT OF KINDER CLUB, THE GIRLS CLUB BEGAN A PROGRAM CALLED KINDER PREP, AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM WHICH PREPAREDS FOUR-YEAR-OLDS FOR KINDERGARTEN. THEN, AS IT CONTINUES TO BE TODAY, THE ORGANIZATION IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION. IN 1989, IN A MOVEMENT AHEAD OF IT'S TIME, THE LOCAL BOYS CLUB AND GIRLS CLUB RECOGNIZED THE POTENTIAL IN A MERGER OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. THEY CAME TOGETHER FORMING YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES, A SEPARATE, STAND ALONE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. YES ALSO INITIATED INFANT & TODDLER CARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, PROVIDING EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING PROGRAMS INCLUDING COMMUNITY BASED HEAD-START AND THE STARTING STRONG PRE-K PILOT PROGRAM. YES PROVIDES MORE THAN 350 CHILDREN AGES 0-5 YEARS WITH A SAFE, NURTURING, AND EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THE PROGRAM UTILIZES THE CREATIVE CURRICULUM, A NATIONAL RECOGNIZED, RESEARCH BASED CURRICULUM AS THE FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING AND REQUIRES LEAD TEACHERS TO POSSESS DEGREES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TO PROVIDE THE OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. YES PARTNERED WITH THE SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2013 TO PROVIDE THE SAME QUALITY CARE FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ATTEND THE JOE FOSS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE CHILDCARE IS PROVIDED ON SITE AT THE SCHOOL WHICH ALLOWS TEEN PARENTS TO NOT ONLY GET AN EDUCATION BUT ALSO INTERACT WITH THEIR CHILD, RECEIVE PARENTING INSTRUCTION AND MENTORING FROM TRAINED AND EDUCATED STAFF MEMBERS. YES HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST NOT- FOR-PROFIT CHILDCARE PROGRAM PROVIDERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, OFFERING SERVICES AT FOUR STAND-ALONE CENTERS AND IN SEVERAL BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL SITES. YES CHILDCARE PORGRAMS SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1100 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. HAVING CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ANALYSIS IN 2010 AND HAVING SOUGHT THE INPUT OF A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BUSINESS, SERVICE, GOVERNMENT AND FAMILIES OVER THE PERIOD OF NEARLY A YEAR, YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES WAS CONFIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE ADDITIONL OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA. IN A MOVE REMINISCENT OF ITS FOUNDATION, THE EASTSIDE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OPENED ON APRIL 1, 2011 AND HAS MORE THAN 700 YOUTH MEMBERS IN GRADES 1-12. THE CLUB PROVIDES SUPERVISED AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AGES 6-18, INDLCLUDING AN EVENING MEAL. THE CLUB IS OPEN TO ALL YOUTH FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT DRAWS HEAVILY FROM ONE OF THE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE CLUB'S IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS: CLEVELAND, ANNE SULLIVAN AND TERRY REDLIN. ALL THREE ARE TITLE I SCHOOLS, SERVING 73, 65 AND 87 PERCENT FREE AND REDUCED MEALS, RESPECTIVELY. TWO ARE DESIGNATED "ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED" BY NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND STANDARDS. OLDER MEMBERS ATTEND EITHER WHITTIER OR AXTELL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AGAIN, NEARLY 70% OF THOSE SCHOOLS' STUDENTS RECEIVE FREE OR REDUCED MEALS, AND NEITHER SCHOOL HAS REACHED IT'S NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND GOALS IN READING OR MATH. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROGRAMS FEATURE FIVE CORE AREAS: CHARACTER & LEADERSHIP, CAREER & EDUCATION, HEALTH & LIFE SKILLS, THE ARTS, AND SPORTS, FITNESS & RECREATION. THESE CORE AREAS ARE WOVEN INTO PROGRAMMING THAT IS FUN, ENGAGING, AND POSITIVE. CLUB PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS AND GIRLS BY INSTILLING A SENSE OF COMPETENCE, USEFULNESS, BELONGING AND INFLUENCE AS WELL AS PROVIDING YOUTH A SAFE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND GROW. IN OCTOBER 2012, BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE PARTNERED WITH CHUCK BRENNAN TO ESTABLISH BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL ACADEMY. THE GOAL OF THE BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL ACADEMY IS TO HELP CHILDREN UNCOVER AND DEVELOP THEIR LOVE, PASSION AND TALENTS THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. THROUGH POSITIVE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM KIND AND GIFTED MUSICIANS, THE STUDENTS LEARN MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND INDUSTRY SKILLS WHILE LEARNING TO DREAM BIGGER AND BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES MORE BY GAINING SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH SOMETHING THEY ARE TRULY EXCITED ABOUT...MUSIC. BRENNAN ROC & ROLL PROVIDES MUSIC EDUCATION FOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB KIDS THAT FOCUSES ON ROCK & ROLL INSTRUMENTS: GUITAR, BASS, KEYBOARD, DRUMS, AND VOCALS. MEMBERS OF THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE RECEIVE LESSONS WITH PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS ALONG WITH WEEKLY BAND REHERSALS TO PREPARE FOR UPCOMING CONCERTS. CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ACCESS BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB WITH A YEARLY MEMBERSHIP OF 25. THE MEMBERSHIP FEE ALLOWS FOR ACCESS TO ALL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROGRAMMING, MEALS AND BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL ACADEMY. TRANSPORTATION IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY AND/OR THE EASTSIDE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB. 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IN 1985, THE GIRLS CLUB WAS THE FIRST IN THE COMMUNITY TO BEGIN A SPECIALIZED CHILDCARE PROGRAM CALLED KINDER CLUB, PROVIDING CHILDCARE, MEALS AND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL FOR HALF DAY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. AS A RESULT OF KINDER CLUB, THE GIRLS CLUB BEGAN A PROGRAM CALLED KINDER PREP, AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM WHICH PREPAREDS FOUR-YEAR-OLDS FOR KINDERGARTEN. THEN, AS IT CONTINUES TO BE TODAY, THE ORGANIZATION IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION. IN 1989, IN A MOVEMENT AHEAD OF IT'S TIME, THE LOCAL BOYS CLUB AND GIRLS CLUB RECOGNIZED THE POTENTIAL IN A MERGER OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. THEY CAME TOGETHER FORMING YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES, A SEPARATE, STAND ALONE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. YES ALSO INITIATED INFANT & TODDLER CARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, PROVIDING EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING PROGRAMS INCLUDING COMMUNITY BASED HEAD-START AND THE STARTING STRONG PRE-K PILOT PROGRAM. YES PROVIDES MORE THAN 350 CHILDREN AGES 0-5 YEARS WITH A SAFE, NURTURING, AND EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THE PROGRAM UTILIZES THE CREATIVE CURRICULUM, A NATIONAL RECOGNIZED, RESEARCH BASED CURRICULUM AS THE FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING AND REQUIRES LEAD TEACHERS TO POSSESS DEGREES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TO PROVIDE THE OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. YES PARTNERED WITH THE SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2013 TO PROVIDE THE SAME QUALITY CARE FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ATTEND THE JOE FOSS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE CHILDCARE IS PROVIDED ON SITE AT THE SCHOOL WHICH ALLOWS TEEN PARENTS TO NOT ONLY GET AN EDUCATION BUT ALSO INTERACT WITH THEIR CHILD, RECEIVE PARENTING INSTRUCTION AND MENTORING FROM TRAINED AND EDUCATED STAFF MEMBERS. YES HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST NOT- FOR-PROFIT CHILDCARE PROGRAM PROVIDERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, OFFERING SERVICES AT FOUR STAND-ALONE CENTERS AND IN SEVERAL BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL SITES. YES CHILDCARE PORGRAMS SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1100 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. HAVING CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ANALYSIS IN 2010 AND HAVING SOUGHT THE INPUT OF A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BUSINESS, SERVICE, GOVERNMENT AND FAMILIES OVER THE PERIOD OF NEARLY A YEAR, YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES WAS CONFIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE ADDITIONL OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA. IN A MOVE REMINISCENT OF ITS FOUNDATION, THE EASTSIDE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OPENED ON APRIL 1, 2011 AND HAS MORE THAN 700 YOUTH MEMBERS IN GRADES 1-12. THE CLUB PROVIDES SUPERVISED AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AGES 6-18, INDLCLUDING AN EVENING MEAL. THE CLUB IS OPEN TO ALL YOUTH FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT DRAWS HEAVILY FROM ONE OF THE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE CLUB'S IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS: CLEVELAND, ANNE SULLIVAN AND TERRY REDLIN. ALL THREE ARE TITLE I SCHOOLS, SERVING 73, 65 AND 87 PERCENT FREE AND REDUCED MEALS, RESPECTIVELY. TWO ARE DESIGNATED "ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED" BY NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND STANDARDS. OLDER MEMBERS ATTEND EITHER WHITTIER OR AXTELL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AGAIN, NEARLY 70% OF THOSE SCHOOLS' STUDENTS RECEIVE FREE OR REDUCED MEALS, AND NEITHER SCHOOL HAS REACHED IT'S NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND GOALS IN READING OR MATH. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROGRAMS FEATURE FIVE CORE AREAS: CHARACTER & LEADERSHIP, CAREER & EDUCATION, HEALTH & LIFE SKILLS, THE ARTS, AND SPORTS, FITNESS & RECREATION. THESE CORE AREAS ARE WOVEN INTO PROGRAMMING THAT IS FUN, ENGAGING, AND POSITIVE. CLUB PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS AND GIRLS BY INSTILLING A SENSE OF COMPETENCE, USEFULNESS, BELONGING AND INFLUENCE AS WELL AS PROVIDING YOUTH A SAFE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND GROW. IN OCTOBER 2012, BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE PARTNERED WITH CHUCK BRENNAN TO ESTABLISH BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL ACADEMY. THE GOAL OF THE BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL ACADEMY IS TO HELP CHILDREN UNCOVER AND DEVELOP THEIR LOVE, PASSION AND TALENTS THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. THROUGH POSITIVE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM KIND AND GIFTED MUSICIANS, THE STUDENTS LEARN MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND INDUSTRY SKILLS WHILE LEARNING TO DREAM BIGGER AND BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES MORE BY GAINING SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH SOMETHING THEY ARE TRULY EXCITED ABOUT...MUSIC. BRENNAN ROC & ROLL PROVIDES MUSIC EDUCATION FOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB KIDS THAT FOCUSES ON ROCK & ROLL INSTRUMENTS: GUITAR, BASS, KEYBOARD, DRUMS, AND VOCALS. MEMBERS OF THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE RECEIVE LESSONS WITH PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS ALONG WITH WEEKLY BAND REHERSALS TO PREPARE FOR UPCOMING CONCERTS. CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ACCESS BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB WITH A YEARLY MEMBERSHIP OF 25. THE MEMBERSHIP FEE ALLOWS FOR ACCESS TO ALL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROGRAMMING, MEALS AND BRENNAN ROCK & ROLL ACADEMY. TRANSPORTATION IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY AND/OR THE EASTSIDE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB. BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE CONTINUES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BY NUTURING, EDUCATING AND ENRICHING THE LIVES OF SO MANY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE SIOUX EMPIRE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 9 KAREN FOGAS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO FILING AND WILL BE REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE CEO AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE POLICY COVERS THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE YES LEADERSHIP STAFF. THE LEADERSHIP BRINGS POTENTIAL CONFLICTS TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND DETERMINING IF CONFLICTS EXIST. PERSONS WITH A CONFLICT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT ANNUALLY, REQUESTING EACH BOARD MEMBER TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND SIGN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INFORMED AND WILL ABIDE WITH THE POLICY. IF A CONFLICT IS DEEMED TO EXIST, THE INDIVIDUAL(S) IS EXCUSED FROM THE DISCUSSION, ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING ALTOGETHER, AND/OR ASKED TO RESIGN FROM THE BOARD DEPENDING UPON THE NATURE OF THE CONFLICT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A CEO COMPENSATION LEVELS WERE DETERMINED UPON HIRING IN 2005, WITH THE USE OF AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT (SUMPTION & WYLAND). SALARY ADJUSTMENTS ARE DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ANNUALLY USING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF COMPENSATION LEVELS OF SIMILAR POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA, AS WELL AS COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. IN 2006, YES DID A COMPARISON OF SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, DEVELOPED A SALARY GRID BASED UPON THAT INFORMATION, BROUGHT IT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL AND THEN IMPLEMENTED IT. YES AGAIN COMPARED ITS WAGE STRUCTURE WHEN IT RECEIVED A DONATION FROM SANFORD HEALTH SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATED FORMER BRIGHT HORIZONS/SANFORD EMPLOYEES INTO ITS ORGANIZATION IN THE FALL OF 2007. A REVIEW PROCESS WAS UNDERTAKEN AND SALARIES ADJUSTED IN 2010. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.