Best Buddies International, Inc.
Best Buddies International, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
About
Friendship Programs: Middle Schools, High Schools, Colleges, Citizens & e-BuddiesThe Best Buddies International friendship programs match volunteers with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in one-to-one friendship matches through four unique programs: Middle Schools, High Schools, Colleges, and Citizens. Best Buddies has grown from a single college program, started at Georgetown University in 1989, and has grown to 2,860 global chapters in 53 countries. Year to date, from 2017 to 2018, Best Buddies has grown overall by opening 362 chapters and has reached 113,742 more participants. This extensive and successful growth is a result of improved processes in the way Best Buddies is introduced to new schools. Best Buddies has developed new language to outline streamlined requirements to open a Best Buddies chapter and developed new tools with clear, concise expectations on starting new programs. This shift is designed to empower volunteers to develop a path of excellence for their programs. With these changes, Best Buddies staff have cultivated new leaders who are quickly growing and supporting our programs independently, thus allowing staff to focus on expanding new chapters, developing and leading trainings, and fostering new volunteers to share the mission. The Best Buddies' friendship programs year in review below showcases the progress being made globally to reach our 2020 initiative through expansion efforts globally. Best Buddies Citizens Best Buddies adult friendship programs have seen significant expansion this year, with continued commitment to developing opportunities for adult inclusion with corporate partners and with community matching. In 2018, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Oregon markets expanded programming offered to adults by cultivating one to one matches between corporate partners and community members with IDD. Best Buddies has seen the quickest - and most accessible - growth with this model, our citizens chapter program. This model, which establishes friendships between employees at a Best Buddies partner company and adults with IDD in the surrounding community, is successful for three reasons. This model allows for the company to have ownership, independence, and empowerment in developing friendships; it connects corporate partners more deeply to the mission; and it is easier to manage since the model mirrors the longstanding friendship model. With this model, staff are able to use tools, resources, and experiences to cultivate friendship matches in new areas with adults. As a result, small markets that did not previously offer adult programming, like Missouri and Oregon, have thriving adult opportunities. Cultivating these inclusive opportunities has established more visible and accessible lifelong opportunities for volunteers and furthered the awareness and value of Best Buddies programs in new community markets. Best Buddies CollegesBest Buddies' cornerstone program continues to expand and has been instrumental in driving mission-focused awareness and promoting expansion opportunities across the country. This has been especially true in areas where Best Buddies is concentrating expansion efforts, like the Pacific Northwest. At the University of Washington, community members were introduced to the mission by volunteers who advocated for the program with campus administration, wrote to media sources, and met with com
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
From their filing, the objective of the non-profit is stated as “Best buddies international is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”.
When talking about its functions, they were outlined as: “Best buddies international is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”.
- The legally reported state of operation for the non-profit is DC.
- According to the filing, the non-profit's address in 2019 is 100 SE 2nd St 2200, Miami, FL, 33131.
- The non-profit organization as of 2019 has a total of 466 employees reported on their form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $3,041,099.
- The organization has 28 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1989.
- The organization pays $17,782,574 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $4,117,650 in fundraising expenses.
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