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Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City

Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC
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Abbreviation BBBS of NYC
Motto The Power to Change Lives
Formation 1904
Type NGO
Purpose Mentoring
Headquarters New York, NY
Location
  • New York, NY
Executive Director
Hector Batista
Parent organization
BBBSA
Website www.bigsnyc.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in New York City, whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that try to have a measurable impact on youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is one of the oldest and largest youth mentoring organizations in the United States, and has served over 100,000 children since its founding in 1904.

In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Kent Coulter was seeing many boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these boys stay out of trouble, so in 1904, he set out to find volunteers and made his famous plea:

"There is only one possible way to save that youngster, and that is to have some earnest, true man volunteer to be his big brother. To look after him, to help him do right, to make the little chap feel that there is at least one human being in this great city who takes a personal interest in him, who cares whether he lives or dies. I call for a volunteer."

That marked the beginning of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City and the Big Brothers movement.

When the first gentleman stood to volunteer, Big Brothers of New York City (the founding member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America) began. Coulter's audience, a New York City men's club of business and community leaders, immediately saw the strength of this brave new idea. By the end of the day, 39 men had volunteered, and thus 39 futures were salvaged.

By 1916, Big Brothers had spread to 96 cities across the country.

Eight years later, in June 1912, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt helped to form the “Big Sisters” organization. In 1921, the Big Brother and Big Sister Federation incorporated in New York State.

In October 2010, Hector Batista was appointed as the new Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City. Mr. Batista has devoted most of his life to public service, and has served as a leader of large government departments as well as non-profit and private organizations.

Mr. Batista began his career in the Brooklyn Borough President’s office, where over the course of nine years, he served as Director of Real Estate for the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, Director of Economic Development and Director of Development and Finance. He was later appointed by New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani to serve as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

During his time in the private sector, Mr. Batista was the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at Jeffrey M. Brown Associates, Builders and Construction Managers, where he was responsible for projects in eighteen states and an operating budget of $450 million.


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