Giveback

Club Beyond’s Mission

Celebrate life with military teens, introduce them to the Life Giver, and help t​hem become more like Him (Jesus).

Club Beyond’s Vision

Let every military brat believe.

Club Beyond’s Strategic Objective

Healthy subject matter experts providing effective military youth ministry.

Background

Staff for Club Beyond come primarily from professional youth workers in the United States. There is a strong partnership with the Young Life organization and many of the staff come from there. Both official staff and Club Beyond volunteers serve as mentors to youth, and work to be present through the rocky period of adolescence. They assist as positive role models during this often-tumultuous period. Club Beyond events include weekly meetings and Bible studies, youth retreats, and other special activities such as activity nights, ski trips, summer camps, service projects and more. Live On Purpose Life Coaching San Antonio is proud to work with such a great organization.

Military teens are particularly vulnerable as they are often uprooted when a parent is reassigned to a new location or is deployed. This might include being transplanted to a new state or country, culture, and language even as well as a new school to attend. Combine this with the challenges of the teenage years, Club Beyond helps to fill the gap and provide unconditional love and support for military teens who experience their share of challenges.

A strategic partnership was formed in 1980 between Young Life and Youth for Christ, creating the model which reflects the needs of military youth; this was the genesis of Club Beyond. Since that time Club Beyond has grown from two programs to over 20 programs globally and has touched more than 10,000 students with their outreach.

Club Beyond staff are vocational youth workers recruited from across the United States, usually from Young Life team and augmented with local volunteers.

The Mighty Oak Foundation

Mighty Oak serves the brokenhearted through their different peer-based discipleship programs and events. The focus is on helping these warriors move toward their own recovery through God’s transformational power. We find great value in this organization here at Live on Purpose Life Coaching San Antonio

Mighty Oaks have multiple programs across the United States on military bases, at Mighty Oak Outposts as well as various rural ranch lodges. Programs are focused on intensive peer-based programs leveraging instruction, camaraderie and team building designed to help these warriors to overcome their trauma, tragedies and move toward triumph and live a life of purpose.

How are charitable organizations evaluated?

There are several resources to leverage in order to identify and rate a charitable organization (typically labeled a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)) uses the donations it receives effectively. Different sources of data are leveraged regularly including data from the IRS, information submitted by the charitable organization itself, as well as other sources.

Rating organizations leverage a number of different factors to include details such as mission, leadership, community impact, results of the organizations, and, most importantly, financial impact. Other benchmarks could include insider relationships, offshore investments, and any scandals identified. Without exception, the main factor is a focus on the percentage of total expenses a charity spends on its programs. Ratings are typically dependent heavily on this factor. Individual rating systems are set up based on the data available. This allows for transparent evaluation when selecting a charitable organization to support and ensuring it is in alignment with what matters most to the donating organization. There are several sources available to include charitywatch.org, charitynavigator.org, and guidestar.org to name a few. Diving a bit deeper regarding those charitable entities with a focus on veteran or the military, there are also organizations such as donorbox.org, military-money-matters.com, and charitiesforvets.org and more.

Military Community Youth Ministries (MCYM) – Club Beyond Ratings

So how does Military Community Youth Ministries – Club Beyond rate?  From one of the most well-known rating organizations, Charity Navigator, MCYM has been rated at four stars and 100%, which is the highest rating.  This translates into the highest confidence rating for those who desire to give to this organization. Of particular note is their financial rating which is at a score of 100, translating into a financially stable and healthy organization. MCYM also rates at a score of 100 in the leadership and adaptability category which translates into solid organizational overall capacity and health.  MCYM/Club Beyond is also an officially registered with the Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability (EFCA) as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; members admitted to the EFCA must have the highest financial accountability standards.

Additionally, MCYM/Club Beyond shares their annual and other reports in full transparency on their website should you be interested in checking this out for yourself –

Military Community YouthMinistries – MCYM

Mighty Oaks Foundation Ratings

If you want to learn more about any of the charitable giveback programs we at Live on Purpose Life Coaching San Antonio support then reach out to us via our contact us form and we can get in touch to answer any of your questions.