2. History
28 years of continual service
Part of community fabric
Multi Generational
Crosses Gang boundaries
Breaking down societies barriers
Community shared leadership
Mobile and agile
Efficient outreach model
3. Community
Teenage
95% Single
Pregnancy
Parent
Home 54%
Graduation
Average
Rate
Income
$5500/yr. 30%
Central
4. Community
All kinds of
Strong
untapped
History
potential.
Highest
Key location
population
to all things
of youth in
Cleveland.
City.
Central
5. mission
Equip and empower the
kids of Central with the
resources and
opportunities to reach
their potential.
6. vision
Holistically restored
community with
indigenous leadership fully
engaged in the process of
transformation. Central is
the neighborhood we all
would want to raise our
family in.
7. programs
Heaventrain Storehouse Home Cookin
• 1,200 kids every • 10 Community • 34 locations
• 5,500 home
Saturday pantries
• Five • Feed over 2,500 cooked holiday
Neighborhoods households each dinners
• 28 year history • Community
month
• 12,000 volunteer
• 9,000 volunteer serving each
hours other
hours
• Community • Collaborative in
• $400k in in-kind
based leaders nature
support
• $800k in in-kind • 8,500 hand
• Over 2,000
packed jars of
Christmas Gifts
candy
and 1,400 coats.
13. New Programs
Central Express SPAN Reality Check
• • Summer Lunch • Summer
Basketball
• Program exchange
Tutoring
• Math tutoring program for
• Mentoring
urban/suburban
• Reading
• Leadership
youth.
comprehension
Development
• Poverty
increased 34%
• Positive Peer
immersion
• Field trips
interaction
• Reality
• Summer Camp
• Discipline
• Soccer Camp
• Relational
• African Drums
• Extreme High
• Military Drill
Risk
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. capacity building goals
Financial Systems
• Assessments
Human Resources
• Broader set of
Board Development
• Review of our
of staff and
skills
systems
volunteers
• Clear
• Strong budget
• Better
expectations
process
Planning and
• Board
• Real time
tracking
performance
tracking
• Training for
management
• Accrual based
staff and
• Active and
system
volunteers
engaged in
• Audit
• improved job
fund
• Fund descriptions
development
Development
• Performance
and strategic
tracking
partnerships. Evaluation
