• Engage youth over many years, not on a seasonal or ad-hoc basis
• Are team-based, ensuring positive peer support
• Have low youth to adult ratios (never higher than 8:1, and often as low as 3:1), ensuring a connection with caring, responsible role models
• Utilize professional staff and well-trained volunteers
• Establish high expectations of all participants

• Since 2004, 95% of Harlem RBI Seniors graduated from high school and 93% were accepted to college.
• Harlem RBI's senior class averaged 5.9 years in Harlem RBI programs in 2007.
• 100% of Harlem RBI youth have avoided teen parenthood for three consecutive years.

• Meets all Better Business Bureau standards and is a Charity Navigator 4-star charity
• Spends 80 cents on the dollar directly on program services
• More than 90% privately funded
• Receives support from prominent institutional philanthropies including Robin Hood, the Tiger Foundation and the Clark Foundation
• Has 100% board giving and 82% board attendance at quarterly meetings
• 24,000 volunteer hours of service annually with a 60% year-to-year retention rate
• Provides technical assistance to some of New York City’s biggest and best youth service providers including The Partnership for After-School Education (PASE) and The Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation (SASF)

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