With nearly 4,000 local affiliates as it celebrates its centennial, Boys and Girls Clubs of America still is learning how to keep everyone funded, happy and on the same page.

By Nicole Rollender

“I like to think we’re still rolling the dice — we’re still gambling, trying new approaches to fundraising and communications as often as we can,” he says, adding, of course, that the organization’s longevity boosts its fundraising efforts.

“I think there’s an advantage to being an old-timer,” he says, “because some donors are going to say, ‘I’m not going to donate to some fly-by-night organization; I’m going with the nonprofit that’s been here a while.’”