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The Pathways to Excellence workshop series is an outgrowth of The New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program, managed by the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York in collaboration with The Trust and Philanthropy New York with media sponsor WNYC.

Moderator: Sharon Stapel, President and Executive Director, NPCC

Panelists: Iris Abrons, Board Chair at Children's Aid Elizabeth Guggenheimer, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Institutional Advancement, Lawyers Alliance for New York (2017 Awards Selection Committee member) Jeremy Kohomban, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Children's Village

Agenda 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM Welcome

10:05 AM – 10:20 AM Moderator and Panelist Remarks

10:20 AM – 11:20 AM Panel Discussion and Useful Tools & Resources

11:20 AM – 11:25 AM Peer Sharing

11:25 AM – 11:55 AM Q & A

11:55 AM – 12:00 PM Closing Remarks

Table of Contents

Organizational Profiles of Panelists…………………………………………………………...…….... 2-4

Tips & Strategies from Workshop Panelists………………………………………………….……....... 5

Nonprofit Excellence Awards: List of Past Winners ………………………………..………...……......6

Resources:o Children’s Aid Board Grid Template….……………….………………………......…………….7 o Children’s Aid Prospective Trustee Matrix Template...…………………..……………………8 o Children’s Aid Trustee meetings Template………....…………………..…………………..9-10 o Children’s Aid Trustee Skills Matrix Template……………...…………………..……………..11 o The Children’s Village 2018 Leadership Council One Pager………………………………..12

Notes Page……………………………….…….................................................................................13

Pathways to Excellence 1

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

Children’s Aid 2017 Gold Prize Winner for Overall Management

Excellence

The Children’s Aid mission is to help children living in poverty succeed and

thrive.

Since its founding in 1853, Children’s Aid has been at the forefront of innovative child services.

Among many historical highlights, Children’s Aid created the basis for the modern foster care

system and opened the first nursery for children of working mothers.

Today, Children’s Aid takes a whole-child approach to address the obstacles confronting children

and their families living in poverty. They provide a continuum of services from cradle-through-

college and beyond to help children grow into productive, healthy, and successful adults.

Guided by their mission and driven by a firm belief that higher education is a key to securing a

future free from poverty, Children’s Aid centers its work in targeted high-need New York City

neighborhoods. Services include adoption and foster care; early childhood education; medical,

dental and mental health care; after school and summer enrichment programs; positive youth and

leadership development; college and career preparation; family education and stabilization; and

advocacy.

Examples of Excellence Identified by the 2017 Selection Committee:

Board committees leverage resources, oversee policy, ensure accountability, utilize data to

inform recruitment with skills matrix, and annually evaluate effectiveness against goals.

o Committees go beyond the traditional; Board Strategy and Excellence

Board has written job descriptions with detailed expectations of time, expertise, attendance at

events and board meetings, participation with constituency and fundraising.

Engaging non-board members as advisors in a creative way by having volunteers actually

participate in board committees as non-voting members.

Implementation and usage of term limits.

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ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

The Children’s Village 2013 Gold Prize Winner for Overall Management Excellence

The Children’s Village’s (CV) mission is to work in partnership with families to help society’s most vulnerable children so that they become educationally proficient, economically productive, and socially responsible members of their communities. CV was founded in 1851 to serve children arrested for survival crimes in NYC. CV evolved to become an innovative leader in strengthening the most at-risk youth in New York’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Each year, CV serves approximately 10,000 children and families through a variety of short-term residential and community-based programs. We focus on keeping children safe and, whenever possible, in their community with family.

Much of CV's work provides preventive services that intervene to support families and reduce the need of out-of-home care, and our services in the community address diverse needs such as behavioral problems, mental illness, homelessness, domestic violence, substance abuse, housing, and unemployment. Regardless of the specific program area, CV has proven itself to be adept at supporting at-risk youth and helping them to become more productive in all aspects of their lives.

Because of our reputation for excellent programming and strong fiscal and administrative expertise, CV has been approached repeatedly to assist other organizations. In 2012, Harlem Dowling, the successor of the Colored Orphan Asylum that was, founded in 1838 and destroyed during NYC’s draft riots of 1863 asked CV to form a strategic alliance. Working together, the two organizations restructured Harlem Dowling, paid-down debt and built a new home for Harlem Dowling at 127th street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. The Board of Bridge Builders in the Bronx also asked CV to step in to avoid their dissolution. Bridge Builders is now a thriving community-based resource with a balanced budget and was just selected by ACS to develop the Bronx Family Enrichment Center (FEC). One of only 3 FEC’s in NYC. Finally, the Board of Inwood House, a 170-year-old organization that provides pregnancy prevention education and care for pregnant and parenting teens, approached CV in late 2014 to discuss a full merger. That merger was finalized on December 31, 2016 and Inwood House is now a division of CV with strong programs. In 2017, CV was chosen to co-chair the National CHAMPS Campaign alongside Brookings Institute and LA’s Youth LAW Center.CV is accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) and the Better Business Bureau.

Examples of Excellence Identified by the 2013 Selection Committee:

Compensation Committee conducts a dedicated and rigorous CEO Review process.

Nominating Committee maintains a list of skills needed on the board, and regularly reviews individualboard member performance, focusing on contributions, meeting attendance and committeeparticipation.

Strong committee structure has 10 working and ad hoc committees.

Formal board succession policy added a second vice-chair position to ensure stability and continuity.

“Junior board,” which they call their Leadership Council, helps attract younger donors and additionalcorporate support; also intentionally cultivates future leaders, providing a pathway to the board, (eachleader has a board mentor).

Board agreed on the strategic intent to share organization’s management expertise with strugglingpartner organization.

Board serves as a brain trust: critical, engaged, reflective, and thinking with staff on how to evolve theorganization.


Succession Planning

Tips from the Workshop Panelists

Children’s Aid

As part of Children’s Aid recruitment of new trustees, we ask prospective trustees to write a letter to theboard explaining their interest in Children’s Aid and why they want to join our organization. We also askthem to share how they hope to advance our mission. We have a recruitment process in place after wedecide if he or she is a good candidate.

It is important for the agency to have a strong committee structure with strong board leadership ascommittee chairs. That helps us to identify future chairs of the board.

The Children’s Village

Discuss the social justice implications of our work and identify early, commitment to:o stand with us,o to governance ando to fundraise.Revisit regularly. Example – Discussion of race, poverty and system impediments to success.

Request that the Children’s Village be in the top 3 causes of giving, preferably #1.

Draw new Trustees from those who know us

Include program reports with staff and clients at all Board meetings – let them get to know our work.


New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

35 Winning Organizations 2007 - 2017

America Needs You, 2015 Winner

BRC, 2015 Winner

Brooklyn Community Services, 2017 Winner

BronxWorks, 2013 Winner

Center for Urban Community Services, 2007 Winner

City Harvest, 2011 Winner

Children’s Aid, 2017 Winner

Community Health Action of Staten Island, 2008 Winner

CSH, 2013 Winner

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, 2007 Winner

GMHC, 2017 Winner

God’s Love We Deliver, 2010 Winner

Good Shepherd Services, 2007 Winner

Graham Windham, 2014 Winner

Groundwork, Inc., 2009 Winner

Harlem Academy, 2011 Winner

Harlem RBI, 2009 and 2012 Winner

Ifetayo Cultural Arts, 2008 Winner

Institute for Family Health, 2008 Winner

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, 2016 Winner

Leake & Watts, 2014 Winner

Neighbors Link, 2016 Winner

Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, 2009 Winner

New York Cares, 2009 Winner

New York Common Pantry, 2015 Winner

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, 2010 Winner

Open Door Family Medical Centers, 2012 Winner

Per Scholas, 2016 Winner

Red Hook Initiative, 2012 Winner

Row New York, 2014 Winner

Sadie Nash Leadership Project, 2010 Winner

Sanctuary for Families, 2011 Winner

The Children’s Village, 2013 Winner

Vera Institute of Justice, 2009 Winner

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Board Summary FY16 FY17

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Average Trustee Gift $93,017 $78,366

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The priorities and responsibilities of the Children’s Aid board are outlined in the blue column below. Please

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Who We Are: We are young professionals working in the greater NYC area who are committed to making a significant impact in the lives of vulnerable children and teens.

Mission: Our mission is two-fold: 1) To volunteer our time with kids, playing games, taking them on trips, and getting to know them; and 2) To raise money to improve the lives of children by providing backpacks for school, gifts for the holidays, and programs that improve their lives. Each year we vote on the programs we feel most need support.

Leadership Council Members:• Attend 4 business meetings per year• Participate in 4 annual volunteer and/or fundraising events• Contribute to and solicit for our annual fundraising campaign• Hold an officer position or serve on a subcommittee

Recent Leadership Council Projects:• Serving Thanksgiving dinner for families living in a public housing development in Harlem• Sponsoring the holiday wishes of boys living on CV’s residential campus• Organizing an afternoon softball game and pizza party for CV kids• Taking residents to watch the Knicks play at Madison Square Garden

About The Children’s Village: Since 1851, the mission of CV has been to work in partnership with families to help society’s most vulnerable children so that they become educationally proficient, economically productive, and socially responsible members of their communities. CV serves more than 10,000 children and families each year through a variety of programs and services:

• Residential programs for foster teens, parenting teen moms and their babies, andhomeless teens

• Support for struggling families• Foster homes• Pregnancy prevention education• Community Center in Harlem

The Children’s Villagewww.childrensvillage.org

About The Leadership Council


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