past Projects
Project #1: In 2021, the organization received a grant of $997,980 from California’s Vaccine Equity Campaign (administered by Sierra Health Foundation) to coordinate more than 20 Boys & Girls Club subgrantees in holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics to vaccinate underserved children and adults. The Alliance helped each subgrantee Club set a goal for the total number of people to be vaccinated, monitored and supported each Club in completing the scope of work they had proposed—including connecting them with medical providers as necessary, and sharing ideas about how other Clubs had overcome challenges—and together the alliance and its member Clubs succeeded in vaccinating nearly 10,000 individuals statewide.
Based on the success in the first phase of the program, the Alliance was awarded
an additional $120,000 in 2023 to conduct additional vaccine clinics, and that same year was awarded an additional $20,000 from Sierra Health to increase organizational capacity.
The project concluded in 2023 as the state ended its focus on providing free vaccines, but many participating Clubs continue to offer free annual flu shots.
Project #2: Between 2023-2024, the Alliance received a $2.3 million grant from the California Department of Developmental Services (administered through the Harbor Regional Center) to train Club staff in 13 counties to support youth with autism and other developmental disabilities, and to create sustainable pathways to sufficiently serve youth members with developmental disabilities.
The program resulted in 22 Boys & Girls Clubs developing staff capacity and specific programs to support youth with developmental disabilities, hundreds of whom were then enrolled as members during the project period. The program’s impact continues to grow, as many Clubs created sustainable referral partnerships with their county Regional Centers to accept youth with developmental disabilities as members on an ongoing basis, and they continue to do so today.
Project #3: In 2023, the Alliance received a grant of $312,499 from the Governor’s Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications. The purpose of the project was to identify and manage subgrantee Clubs in more than 10 counties to conduct trusted messenger outreach to underserved populations—both youth and adults—to share state resources related to water conservation, avoiding extreme heat exposure, etc. The Alliance provided subgrantees with training and suggestions for engaging their teen members in community outreach.
The program was so successful that the Alliance was awarded a $300,000 grant the following year to continue the program. The impact of the project was that teens developed the ability to engage their peers and community on social issues, and community members learned about important state resources that improved their safety, environmental impact, and well-being.
Project #4: Between 2023-2025, the Alliance was the program coordinator for a $5.9 million Board of State and Community Corrections CalVIP grant for which Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica was the fiscal lead. As a result, nearly 1,400 youth were assessed for risk factors for violence, and approximately 2/3rds of participants received intensive case management.
The program’s impact was profound: RAND Corporation found statistically significant evidence that Clubs’ case management intervention reduced hundreds of youth participants’ risk factors for violence across seven different dimensions. Several of the nine participating Clubs currently offer intensive case management to youth members beyond the grant cycle, and all nine organizations continue to collaborate to find ongoing funding.
Project #5: In 2025, the Alliance partnered with the California Partners Project, which is co-founded by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, to conduct a statewide survey of teens and focus groups. The partnership resulted in survey data collected from 700+ teens statewide, as well as 4 focus groups held with parents and caregivers. The research report, which gathered data on teen preferences regarding out-of-school time spaces, and in-person interaction versus online socializing, will launch in Summer 2026. The impact of the project is that it will inform Clubs and policymakers statewide about the types of spaces that teens are seeking for in-person enrichment. Specifically, the research will help Clubs provide better programming to offset negative mental health and isolation trends among teens.
Current Partners
