Project Title: BHGHSTL Campus Expansion Financial Forecasting

Boys Hope Girls Hope of St. Louis

Details
Project Title BHGHSTL Campus Expansion Financial Forecasting
Project Topics Growth Strategy Reporting, Financial Planning & Analysis
Skills & Expertise
Project Synopsis: Challenge/Opportunity
Too many youths face intense barriers to realizing their potential—poverty, family illness, trauma, and systemic inequities. At the same time, these young people have grit, motivation, capacity, and promise. Unlocking access to crucial resources and support will help them thrive and make a difference for others. Our Residential (home-based) and Academy (out-of-school) pathways complement each other. Our tight, close-knit environment allows us to meaningfully engage with young people’s needs, challenges, and opportunities: academic, psychological, spiritual, and physical; informing and shaping our out-of-school pathway proactively supports young people through a structured yet flexible series of supports and allows us to provide powerful programming with a broad, diverse group of young people.
Programming spans the critical middle and high school years, extending alumni support through postsecondary education and career launch. As the global pandemic has widened the economic and opportunity gap, the need for Boys Hope Girls Hope is greater than ever. As it looks to the future, Boys Hope Girls Hope is prioritizing two high-impact strategies:

1)  campus expansion to build a more vibrant community of peer-driven cohorts, providing richer, more diverse scholar experiences.
2)  to enhance programming and enable efficiencies of scale through campus expansion space for collegian transitional housing. 

Driven by the rising cost of education, shrinking financial aid budgets, and other initiatives competing for aid, we need a clear outline of the costs of developing and maintaining these strategic initiatives. 
Project Synopsis: Activities/Actions Required
1. Assessment of current finances
2. Research the estimated cost of a campus expansion (property, construction, ongoing operating expenses)
3. Research the estimated cost of serving more scholars (additional team members, vehicles, etc). 
4. Assess the estimated costs to maintain current operations over time (inflation, wage increases, healthcare costs) 
Project Synopsis: Expected Results
1. 3-5-7 year fiscal forecast presented at cost of no change in services provided
2. Estimated cost (with breakdown analysts) of construction/campus expansion with estimation of ongoing costs to maintain year over year 
3. Estimated costs to serve additional scholars over the 3-5-7 years 
4. Recommendation of expansion plan over 1-3-5-7 years based on year-over-year budget and fundraising that is fiscally responsible 



Project Timeline

Touchpoints & Assignments Date Type

Program Kickoff

Sep 12 2023 Event

Program Managers

Name Organization
Elizabeth Larsen New York University (NYU)

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