BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA CHOSEN AS A 2020 NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 21, 2020
Contact: Tina Syer, tina@bgcp.org, 650-387-9504
Menlo Park, August 21, 2020 - Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assembly Member Marc Berman.
BGCP is one of over a hundred other nonprofits that will be honored by their state senators and assembly members for their tremendous contributions to the communities they serve.
BGCP partners with families, schools, and school districts to provide our students with expanded learning opportunities through after school, summer, and school day programming. Since March, we have expanded our services to offer dinners to our community every weeknight.
“Staff and volunteers at BGCP feel fortunate to meet the needs of our community members, and we are deeply humbled to be recognized by Marc Berman, as a Nonprofit of the Year. We appreciate Marc coming to our East Palo Alto clubhouse to help serve to-go community meals,” comments Peter Fortenbaugh, BGCP CEO.
“The pandemic and shelter-in-place orders of the last few months have put nonprofits – usually hidden in plain sight – in the spotlight,” explains Jan Masaoka, CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits). “California Nonprofit of the Year is an opportunity for our elected officials to celebrate the good work they see nonprofits doing in their districts, and for everyone to appreciate the collective impact of nonprofits in our communities.”
Additional Background
For the last five years, legislators from across California have chosen a Nonprofit of the Year in their district. Traditionally, Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on the Nonprofit Sector Assemblywoman Monique Limón (Santa Barbara) and CalNonprofits invited legislators and honorees to a celebratory luncheon on California Nonprofits Day. This year, the June luncheon was canceled in response to the Shelter-in-Place orders, but legislators have moved forward with honoring nonprofits doing great work in their districts.
According to “Causes Count,” a 2019 report commissioned by CalNonprofits, the nonprofit sector is the 4th largest industry in the state, employing more than 1.2 million people. Each year, California nonprofits generate more than $273 billion in revenue and bring in $40 billion in revenue from outside of California. The unpaid labor contributed by volunteers at nonprofits is equivalent to 330,000 full-time jobs every year.