2021 – 2023 Strategic Plan
The goals of this strategic plan are to define YES’s vision, strategy, direction, and focus to achieve game-changing results for Boston’s young people.
YES’s 2021 – 2023 Strategic Focus
Programmatic Goals
- Outreach more strategically in YES’s primary neighborhoods of service: Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan
- Expand Leadership / Career Curriculum: (1) Deepen college and career strategies with the Leadership Corps program; (2) Become more structured; (3) Impact more Leadership Corps teens members with individualized career plans
- Expand and enhance activity-based programming for Boston’s young people
- Establish partnerships with ski resort conglomerates and partner with ski and track programs
- Strengthen opportunities for youth to engage in repeat programming participation
Administrative Goals
- Relocate to a new YES headquarters
- Increase board contributions to meet YES’s goals
- Increase brand awareness of YES
- Steward volunteer experiences to ensure retention of program volunteers
- Enhance finance functions and vendor partnerships
- Maintain competitive staff compensation / benefit opportunities
Fiscal Goals
- Expand board membership and leverage assistance of board leaders to increase philanthropic revenue
- Relaunch Capital Campaign to raise $4M to fund new YES headquarters and introduce comprehensive appeals to invite donors’ three to five year investment to fund YES programs and operations
- Focus on engaging high net worth individuals and families in attracting increased financial support and establish a legacy of generosity for YES
- Build YES’s corporate partnership program and deepen outreach to institutional supporters for programmatic support
- Commit to building a sustainable funding program, working to attract multi-year support as noted above, as well as reserves and an endowment for YES
- Strengthen development infrastructure by capitalizing the expense to add development staff capacity
Read more about the great achievements YES has accomplished in our Fiscal Year Achievement reports: