Wakeman Memorial Association Inc.

Wakeman Memorial Association Inc., doing business as Wakeman Boys And Girls Club, is a Connecticut-based tax-exempt nonprofit that operates as a federal grant recipient, delivering youth development and after-school programming to low-to-moderate-income communities. The organization acts primarily as a sub-recipient (86% of recent awards) under federal grant programs managed by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, with one recent prime grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.

Wakeman Boys And Girls Club's capability portfolio centers on comprehensive after-school and youth enrichment programming. The organization's prime grant work includes a $300,000 Social Services Research and Demonstration program (CFDA 93.647) award from HHS ACF, effective August 31, 2026, through August 30, 2027, supporting the Madison Avenue Clubhouse after-school program in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Programming focuses on four priority areas: academic success, character and leadership, healthy lifestyles, and life and workforce readiness. Staffing and services include youth development professionals, program coordinators, safety personnel, family engagement specialists, trauma-informed wellness support, educational field trips, enrichment supplies, food service, and daily transportation enabling school pick-ups across Bridgeport. In its sub-recipient role, Wakeman Boys And Girls Club participates in STEM mentoring initiatives under sub-awards from the Sea Research Foundation (March 2024 and September 2025), summer enrichment expansion and American Rescue Plan ESSER programs under Connecticut Department of Education sub-awards (July 2022 and August 2024), and mentoring programming under a Boys & Girls Clubs of America sub-award (March 2024).

Customer concentration spans three federal agencies with equal emphasis on volume: the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (3 awards), the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (3 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (1 award). Combined dollars obligated across all seven awards total $655 thousand. Activity has remained light and episodic — one award in 2021, one in 2022, three in 2024, and one each in 2025 and 2026 — with only one award facing completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization does not hold federal contracts or sit on government-wide acquisition vehicles; its federal footprint is grant-funded and rooted in youth services delivery within Connecticut.