National Guard Youth Foundation

[Pylon]

Just saw this coming across the Wire: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-guard-youth-foundations-sixth-annual-challenge-champions-gala-highlights-nations-critical-dropout-epidemic-117332738.html


The National Guard Youth Foundation seems to be doing a few things right, from a non-profit cadet program standpoint.  Tracking how many "graduates" they have from their cadet program annually, for one (and capitalizing on that figure as a mark of success).  And holding a major national fundraising gala to support their cadet programs for another.


It made me curious, so I pulled down a copy of the foundation's 2009 tax returns.  In 2009, that one-night gala raised over $305,000 for their cadet program.


Makes you wonder why our "CAP Foundation" still hasn't taken flight three or four years after being fully chartered and stood up, huh?

[RiverAux]

Measuring success is important and I wish CAP did more of it, though it is somewhat easier to accomplish for a program like Youth Challenge which is more of a 1 shot deal than something like CAP where you could be a cadet for over a decade.