CWV New and Noteworthy
Client Highlights
PBS Documentary Showcases Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Collaborative Participant, Beech Acres Parenting Center
PBS ran a
documentary in late April featuring Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Collaborative participant Beech Acres Parenting Center. The
documentary "A Cry for Help" highlighted the organization’s innovative
Parent Child Interactive Therapy, with comments from CEO, Jim Mason.
"A
Cry for Help" followed the struggles some adolescents have with mental
illness through interviews with troubled teens, including a straight-A
student who hid her battle with depression from her parents until her
freshman year of college. Also featured were the efforts of two local
high schools to help at-risk teens, and steps some mental health experts
are taking to help families. This was an opportunity for Beech Acres to
showcase to a national audience the value of being proactive and
positive as a parent. Click below to watch the documentary.
Ford's Theatre Society Museum Re-Opens
After
an 11-month renovation period, Ford’s Theatre Society and the National
Park Service have re-opened the Ford’s Theatre museum featuring enhanced
accessibility and exhibits showcasing Lincoln’s life in Washington, DC.
Located below
the newly restored Ford’s Theatre (511 10th Street NW), the Museum uses
21st-century technology to transport visitors to 19th-century
Washington. The museum’s remarkable collection of historic artifacts are
supplemented with a variety of narrative devices—environmental
recreations, videos and three-dimensional figures, bringing to light
Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and life in Washington, D.C.
According
to Paul Tetreault, the Director of the Ford’s Theatre Society,
“The new Ford’s Theatre
Museum is designed to engage and educate visitors about Abraham
Lincoln’s time in Washington—from his arrival by train to the night of
his tragic assassination at Ford’s Theatre. Our hope is that by visiting
the Museum and Theatre visitors will uncover the extraordinary legacy
that makes Lincoln a leader for the ages.” To read more about the
renovation, see the July 15th
press release.
Autism
Treatment Center Achieves Implementation Milestone
Congratulations to the Autism Treatment Center, a participant in the
first North Texas Collaborative, on receiving its facility Medicaid
number for the Autism Treatment Center Rehabilitation Agency (ATCRA),
which was opened in 2008. This is a critical milestone in the
implementation of the business plan produced during the Collaborative
– allowing them to serve this new population which is both large in size
and in great need of services.
ATCRA provides
new outpatient services including occupational therapy (OT), physical
therapy (PT), speech therapy (ST), and diagnostics. ATCRA is first
expanding services for existing ATC consumers and will then grow to
serve children and adults with autism throughout North Texas. Over
time, income from ATCRA will be returned to ATC to support its mission
to expand its reach to serve and support more children and adults with
autism including families who are not able to access or pay for much
needed autism services and supports.
Nonprofit Services
Sample of Current Clients
Shepherds Ministries
Shepherds
Ministries has engaged CWV to produce an actionable marketing plan for
its innovative social enterprise, Shepherds College. Shepherds College,
launched in 2008, provides a three-year post-secondary education to
individuals with developmental disabilities. CWV will provide Shepherds
Ministries with a roadmap for the successful execution of a new
marketing strategy designed to generate greater awareness of Shepherds
College, increase enrollment and increase retention rates.
Montana Food Bank Network
The Montana Food
Bank Network and L3C Advisors are working with CWV to develop a business
plan for the Endless Sky Project. Endless Sky will be structured as an
independent L3C, combining true integration of mission and revenue
generation. It will provide food for the Montana Food Bank Network while
earning enough income from the sale of a branded line of fine quality,
locally grown, healthy fresh foods to be self sustaining. In line with
the L3C model, Endless Sky, while carrying out its primary business,
will maximize inclusion of socially beneficial services. It will create
quality new employment opportunities for the local Deer Lodge, Montana
community, a variety of occupational training and work experiences for
inmates from the Montana State Prison, and a broad range of
opportunities for former prisoners. The facility also plans to
incorporate environmentally progressive features and will attempt to
reduce carbon output through new concepts in waste processing and power
generation. And as a for profit it will be a tax payer.
Congreso
Congreso de
Latinos Unitos has engaged CWV to develop investment materials to share
with organizational stakeholders, funders and partners. The
documentation will share Congreso's approach to poverty alleviation,
which focuses on individuals achieving self-sufficiency through the
obtainment of educational degrees and career track employment. To help
the most impoverished Philadelphia residents achieve this goal, Congreso
developed four service models, including an
Alternative Curriculum model, an Academy Charter School model, a Career
Track Employment Model, and Primary Care Management Model. CWV worked
with Congreso to develop an SROI model that will quantify the new wealth
and societal benefits created as a result of their educational and
employment models.
Foundation/Government Services
Sample of Recent and Current Programs
Louisiana Social Innovators Institute
The Office of Social Entrepreneurship has partnered with
Community Wealth Ventures to launch the Louisiana Social Innovators
Institute, an exciting 6-month business plan development process
designed to help select Louisiana organizations create a business plan
for a new or existing entrepreneurial and innovative program. These
programs will use original, measurable, and sustainable methods to
ultimately help the communities they serve by reducing or eliminating
one or more causes of an existing social problem, therefore reducing the
prevalence of the social problem. The first peer learning session for
the Institute took place on September 1st. Twelve organizations were
selected to participate in the Institute:
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Acadiana
Outreach Center
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ADVANCE
Innovative Education
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Boys Hope Girls
Hope of New Orleans and Baton Rouge
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Cultural
Crossroads of Minden
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Family Service
of Greater Baton Rouge
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Holy Angels
Residential Facility
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LifeShare Blood
Centers
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NextSTEP of
Central Louisiana, Inc.
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NO/AIDS Task
Force
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Reconcile New
Orleans, Inc.
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St. Bernard
Project
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The Green
Project
The Louisiana Social
Innovators Institute is honored to be highlighted in a new web-based
journal co-founded by Nicholas Torres of Congreso and Tine Hansen-Turton
of National Nursing Centers Consortium and Public Health Management
Corporation called the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal -
the first regional web-based journal of its kind. The Journal brings
together Philadelphia’s top social innovators and entrepreneurs to
recognize and solve current social issues.
The Journal launched on
Wednesday, October 14th and can be found at the following link:
http://www.philasocialinnovations.org/.
Read the article on the Institute
here.
North Texas Community Wealth Collaborative #2
The second year of the
North Texas
Community Wealth Initiative is well underway, and has ushered in
a new phase in the partnership between the Center for Nonprofit
Management and Community Wealth Ventures. In this year of the
Initiative, all services are being jointly delivered by the Center and
CWV. The second Collaborative is now in its 7th month. The teams have
completed their secondary and primary research, have drafted the
industry, market, marketing, and competition sections of their business
plans and are currently working on operations and staffing.
Participating organizations include:
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All Church Home
for Children
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Cancer Care
Services
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Christian
Community Action
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Grapevine Relief
and Community Exchange
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Helping Restore
Ability
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Mi Escuelita
Preschool
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Nexus Recovery
Center
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Special Care and
Career Services
Additionally, two of the three-part community workshop series sessions
were conducted in both Dallas and Fort Worth in June 2009. The two-hour
sessions entitled, Building a Sustainable Growth Plan for your
Organization and Social Enterprise, addressed how nonprofit
organizations could respond to the current economic crisis by examining
the drivers of their sustainability, defined as long-lasting relevance
and impact. The final workshop in the series, Getting Started with
Social Enterprise, was conducted in Dallas on October 6, 2009.
Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Community
Wealth Collaborative
The Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Community Wealth
Collaborative concluded in early August with all seven participants
presenting their business plan to a panel of local business experts and
nonprofit leaders. Panelists included Doug Bolton, Publisher, Cincinnati
Business Courier; Ellen Van der Horst, President & CEO, Cincinnati USA
Regional Chamber; Rachelle Caldwell, Manager of Community Affairs, Duke
Energy; and Neal Mayerson, Mayerson Foundation. Participants in the
Collaborative included:
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Beech Acres
Parenting Center
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Children, Inc.
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Clermont
Counseling Center/Family Service
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Easter Seals
Work Resource Center
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Everybody Rides
Metro
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Health
Improvement Collaborative
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HealthSource of
Ohio
Suzanne Steffens, the
Senior Consultant who led the Collaborative, will be leading a Community
Workshop in Cincinnati on October 13th for Cincinnati area
nonprofits entitled “Planning for a Social Enterprise: Introduction to
Feasibility Assessments and Business Plans”.
Mahoning Valley Community Wealth Workshop Series
The
Mahoning Valley Workshop Series concluded this June. The six
participating organizations performed well during the Workshop Series
with all organizations developing and presenting strong business plans
that they can use to move their ventures forward. Business plan
panelists included Donald Colvin, Founder and President, Master Plan
Consulting, LLC; Greg Gett, CPA, President, Packer Thomas; Jim Rowlands,
Director, REACH Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber; and Julie Michael
Smith, Chief Development Officer, Youngstown Business Incubator.
Participating organizations included:
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Beatitude House
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Goodwill Industries
Youngstown Area
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Habitat for
Humanity of Mahoning Valley
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HandsOn Volunteer
Network of the Valley
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Lien Forward Ohio
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Meridian Services,
Inc.
Upcoming and Recent Speaking Engagements
Greater Miami Jewish Federation Conference
December 3, 2009
Miami, FL.
Presenter: Nicole Hanrahan, Director, Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
Topic: Introduction to Social Enterprise
CWV will lead a workshop to introduce Miami area human service
organizations to social enterprise.
Independent Sector
Annual Conference
November 4,
2009
Detroit, MI
Presenter: Heather Peeler, Managing Director, Community Wealth Ventures,
Inc.
Topic: What Works: Assessing and Achieving Impact
While financial pressures are forcing organizations of every size and
mission to re-evaluate allocation of limited time and resources, donors
and other stakeholders are increasingly looking to nonprofits and
foundations for reliable information on the impact of their work. This
session will examine how organizations assess what's working -- and
what's not-- and adapt their work accordingly.
United States
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association’s 3rd Leadership Summit
October 7,
2009
New Orleans, LA
Presenter: Sara Brenner, Director, Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
Topic: Building Sustainable Nonprofit Organizations: Exploring Earned
Income Opportunities, Feasibility Studies and Business Planning
This day-long
interactive workshop educates nonprofit leaders about earned income
strategies. Specifically, the session will engage the organizations’
leaders in understanding the process for identifying earned income
opportunities through an analysis of leveragable assets, and assessing
the feasibility of these opportunities. Participants will have the
opportunity to identify assets and brainstorm possible business
opportunities for their organizations. CWV will also provide tools for
exploring the feasibility of business opportunities and writing business
plans. The risks and benefits of earned income strategies also will be
discussed and explored.
Catholic Charities USA
Annual Gathering
September
26, 2009
Portland, OR
Presenters: Diana Peacock, Senior Consultant, Community Wealth Ventures,
Inc. and Mary Goosens, Director of Finance, Catholic Charities Diocese
of Fort Worth
Topic: Getting Started with Social Enterprises: Increasing Mission
Impact & Organizational Sustainability - a case study on TIN -
Translation and Interpretation Network, a business venture of Catholic
Charities Diocese of Fort Worth.
University of Maryland
Robert H. Smith School of Business Forum: Leadership for a Better World
– Creating Social Value through Innovation
September
25, 2009
Washington, DC
Moderator: Heather Peeler, Managing Director, Community Wealth Ventures,
Inc.
Panelists: Brian
Gaines, Vice President of Regional Operations, Marketing and
School Partnerships,
College Summit and
Mike Curtin,
CEO, DC Central
Kitchen.
Topic: Motivations and Strategy: Scaling Your Social Enterprise
The forum featured a series of high-profile thought leaders on the role
of business in society and fostering social change through models of
innovation. The “Motivations and Strategy: Scaling Your Social
Enterprise” panel discussion highlighted two approaches to scale in the
social sector and also provided a strategic framework for leaders who
are exploring pathways to increase their organization's social impact.
Kids Count Annual
Conference: Strength in Numbers
September
16, 2009
Baltimore, MD
Presenters: Katie McNerney, Senior Consultant and Heather Peeler,
Managing Director, Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
Topic: Riding Out the Storm – Managing Through Tough Economic Times
CWV presented this
workshop for Annie E. Casey Foundation’s honorees in the Kids Count
Network to share lessons learned from the capacity building consulting
and group training sessions CWV has been offering to the Network as part
of Casey Foundation’s Economic Recovery Support initiative. In this
workshop, KIDS COUNT grantee panelists and their Community Wealth
Ventures consultants shared lessons learned on how the economic
recession has impacted organizations’ thoughts on sustainability, the
measures grantees are now taking to invest in their sustainability and
the key issues all organizations should be taking into account for
driving sustainability.
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