Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City (BBBS NYC) is a private charitable organization based in New York City. It has served over 100,000 children through one-to-one mentoring relationships since its founding in 1904.

In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Coulter was seeing more and more boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these kids stay out of trouble, and he set out to find volunteers. That marked the beginning of BBBS NYC and, in fact, the entire Big Brothers movement.

Today, BBBS NYC has five offices, with a staff of over 100. It serves about 5000 families and 3000 volunteers throughout all five boroughs. It is one of the largest affiliates of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America federation, with an annual revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 of nearly ten million dollars. [cite web| url=http://www.bigsnyc.org/pdfs/bbbs06ar.pdf| title=BBBS NYC Annual Report 2006|format=PDF Retrieved June 27, 2007] In 2007, it was among over 530 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $30 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. [cite web| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/nyregion/06donate.html?ex=1278302400&en=93a1beabd4ede5b8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss| title=New York Times: City Groups Get Bloomberg Gift of $20 Million Retrieved on August 20, 2007] Since 2002, the Carnegie Corporation has allocated more than $115 million. [cite web| url=http://www.carnegie.org/sub/news/2007anonymous.html| title= Carnegie Corp: NYC Arts & Social Service Orgs Awarded Grants Retrieved on August 20, 2007]

Effective July, 2008, The Honorable Michael Corriero will be Executive Director. Corriero has served the people of New York for three decades, beginning as an Assistant District Attorney for New York County in 1969. He has also been appontied Justice, Supreme Court State of New York and Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York. His new book, Judging Children As Children: A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System, has recently sold out on Amazon.com.

References

External links

* [http://www.bigsnyc.org BBBS of New York City]
* [http://www.bbbsa.org BBBS of America]


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