Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO HELP CHILDREN-IN-NEED REACH THEIR POTENTIAL, THROUGH PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED, ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS TO STRENGTEN THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES OF CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY, TO IMPROVE THE CHILDREN'S COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL AND TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, TO IMPROVE CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTHY STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR, TO IMPROVE EACH CHILD'S RESILIENCE, SELF-EFFICACY AND SENSE OF THE FUTURE, AND TO STRENGTHEN EACH CHILD'S SENSE OF SELF-WORTH.
TO CREATE AND SUPPORT ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS THAT IGNITE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF YOUTH.
COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING: YOUTH AGES 6-18 ARE PAIRED WITH A PROFESSIONALLY-SCREENED ADULT MENTOR TO FOSTER A POSITIVE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES OF YOUTH IN THE PROGRAM. IN 2019, WE SERVED AN ESTIMATED 945 CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE PROGRAM. THE COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED AND OPERATES YEAR-ROUND AND IS THE AGENCY'S LARGEST PROGRAM.
SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BBBSLA BRINGS PROFESSIONALLY-SCREENED ADULT MENTORS INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING TO PROVIDE WEEKLY 1-HOUR MENTORING SESSIONS TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN GRADES 2-5. IN 2019, BBBSLA CONDUCTED SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING PROGRAMS AT TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: 20TH STREET ELEMENTARY AND BRADDOCK DRIVE ELEMENTARY. AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT OF OUR SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING PROGRAM IS OUR HIGH-SCHOOL BIGS PROGRAM, A UNIQUE SUB-PROGRAM. THIS SUB-PROGRAM ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER AS MENTORS TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WEEKLY, 1-HOUR SESSIONS. ALL SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING AND HIGH-SCHOOL BIGS SESSIONS ARE GUIDED BY ON-SITE BBBSLA STAFF THROUGH A STAFF-CURATED, EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM. THE SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING PROGRAM SERVED AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 147 YOUTH IN 2019. IN THE 2019 CALENDAR YEAR, BBBSLA CONDUCTED AND ADMINISTERED AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 30 WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING PROGRAM, WITH A TOTAL OF 11 PROGRAMS (6 SITES IN SPRING 2019; 5 PROGRAMS IN FALL 2019), AND AN ESTIMATED 170 HOURS OF SESSIONS.
WORKPLACE MENTORING: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH L.A. COUNTY SCHOOLS AND CORPORATIONS, BBBSLA BRINGS HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED HIGH SCHOOLS INTO PARTNERING WORKPLACE SITES ONCE A MONTH TO CONDUCT TWO-HOUR GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL MENTORING SESSIONS LED BY BBBSLA STAFF. EACH STUDENTS IS MATCHED WITH AN EMPLOYEE THROUGH THE PARTNERING CORPORATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE TWO-HOUR SESSIONS OFFER ONE HOUR OF GROUP ACTIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE STAFF-CURATED AND EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM, FOLLOWED BY AN HOUR OF INDIVIDUAL MENTORING SESSIONS BETWEEN MATCH RELATIONSHIPS. THE WORKPLACE MENTORING PROGRAM SERVED AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 318 YOUTH IN 2019. IN THE 2019 CALENDAR YEAR, BBBSLA CONDUCTED AND ADMINISTERED AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 9 MONTHS OF THE WORKPLACE MENTORING PROGRAM, WITH A TOTAL OF 31 PROGRAMS (17 SITES IN SPRING 2019; 14 SITES IN FALL 2019), AND AN ESTIMATED 288 HOURS OF SESSIONS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Olivia Diaz-Lapham | PRESIDENT/CEO UNTIL 12/2019 | 40 | $166,692 |
Lauren Plichta | PRESIDENT/CEO AS OF 12/2019 | 40 | $118,462 |
Joni M Weyl | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Steve Soboroff | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Brad Shairson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Vicki Martin | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Damon Lee Iii | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Sherry Lansing | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
John Kobara | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Max Jong | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
John Hunter | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Robert Howard | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Rebecca Campbell | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Adriana Balaban | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
Caroline Yim | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Tim Ward | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Neil Smith | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Tara Senior | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Jennifer Salke | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Kathleen Remington | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Byron Reed | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Jeffrey Rao | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Amy Powell | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Ret Captain Evangelyn Nathan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Byron G Mobley Sr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
David Misch | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Nick Meyer | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Lance Markowitz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Maria Marill | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Nicole Garris Lorey | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Sabin Lomac | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Holly Jacobs | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Cindy Holland | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Paola Franco | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Roy P Disney | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Marie Demirdjian | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Mike Daly | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Megan Colligan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Kim Baldonado | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Silas A Myers | TREASURER AS OF 12/2019 | 1 | $0 |
Erin Lavelle | TREASURER UNTIL 11/2019 | 1 | $0 |
Judge Michael D Carter | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
Laura Lizer | CHAIR EMERITA | 1 | $0 |
Brock Moseley | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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