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

“The long-range plan for this program called for a planned-giving director in BGCA’s five regions, to provide hands-on consulting for clubs,” Aschermann says.

In 2005, BGCA received seven planned gifts at the national level with an estimated expectancy of $7.8 million, compared to 163 local gifts with an estimated expectancy of $16.8 million.