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Bethesda Project

A caring family for individuals experiencing homelessness.

Philadelphia, PA   |  www.bethesdaproject.org

Mission

Bethesda Project's mission is to find and care for the abandoned poor and to be family with those who have none.

Ruling year info

1982

Chief Executive Officer

Tina Pagotto

Main address

1630 South Street

Philadelphia, PA 19146 USA

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EIN

23-2209338

NTEE code info

Homeless Services/Centers (P85)

Temporary Shelter For the Homeless (L41)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Bethesda Project's Theory of Change (ToC) grew out of Bethesda Project’s participation in Pew Foundation’s Evaluation Capacity Building Initiative (ECBI) in 2021 - 2022. The ToC clarifies the ultimate impact we seek to achieve: ending chronic homelessness among single adults in Philadelphia, while also identifying the short, medium, and long-term outcomes that arise from our core programming components: person-centered services, low-barrier shelter and housing, and system and community engagement.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Shelter and Housing

Bethesda Project serves approximately 1,000 unique individuals annually across 12 locations in Center City Philadelphia. Each site is designed for adults with specific sets of needs, and each Case Manager personalizes their work to best meet individual challenges. Guests and residents may stay at a Bethesda Project site for a few nights or for years, depending on their needs. The following is a brief description of each program.

Entry-Level Programs: Engagement with vulnerable individuals who are street homeless to build trusting relationships and meet their most basic needs utilizing a Harm Reduction approach.

Emergency Shelter: Connecting guests who are episodically homeless to resources, moving them to stable housing, and ending housing crises quickly at our 149-bed shelter.

Supportive Housing: Maintaining long-term residential housing stability through case management and supportive services.

Population(s) Served
Homeless people
Adults

Bethesda Project provides case management and follow-up support to help people progress in their efforts to secure a reliable income, manage mental illness, medical conditions and substance use disorders.

Population(s) Served
Adults

“To be family with those who have none.” Bethesda Project’s mission embodies a belief in the power of positive relationships among shelter guests, residents, staff, and volunteers to help people heal from the alienation of homelessness and become valued members of a caring community. The organization has more than 1,200 active volunteers who contribute over 10,000 hours of service each year. Volunteers cook and serve meals, assist with facilities improvements, take residents to medical appointments and shopping, and celebrate birthdays and holidays together as one compassionate family. A Community Life Council, comprising volunteers and residents elected as representatives from each Bethesda Project site, meets monthly to plan activities and programs for the community.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

External assessments

Evaluated via the Impact Genome Project (2019)

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Average number of service recipients per month

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Bethesda Project serves over 1,000 unique individuals annually across its programs.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Bethesda Project

Board of directors
as of 10/02/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Daniel Hirst

Domenic Rossi

Bethesda Project

Amedeo Piccioni

Community Representative

Dwayne Edghill

Comcast

Glenn Hauler

Copy That

Carolyn Bradley

Morgan Stanley

Danielle E. LaGuerre

Bank of America

Erin Leffler

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Robert Kuehl

Retired

Tina Pagotto

Bethesda Project

Igor Pleskov

Saul Ewing

Kyle Werder

Comcast

Janice Wong

Gattuso Development Partners

Hazelita Hayes

Former Bethesda Project Resident

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 9/15/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/02/2024

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.