Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest has been awarded the Pinnacle Award for the year 2019. Only 5 out of 256 sites across the country achieved this distinction in 2019. Agencies which achieve Gold Standard for more than one year are eligible for the Pinnacle Award. The following criteria must be met in calendar year 2019 in order for affiliates to earn these awards, which will be announced in Spring 2020 and presented at the 2020 National Conference. 

• Serve a minimum of 100 children and raise $200,000 in revenue.
• Achieve a Community-Based 12-month retention rate that is 5 percentage points higher than the national average for the network in 2017. 
• Achieve a Site-Based 12-month retention rate that is 5 percentage points higher than the national average for the network in 2017. 
• Maintain a Match Support Contact done rate of 90%.
• Show growth in number of end active matches.
• Post a positive net income at the end of the affiliate’s fiscal year that ends during 2019.  

We want to thank all of our Bigs, Littles, families, supporters, and friends for helping us hit these goals. We are proud to offer the quality of service that it takes to be a Gold Standard Agency.