GLOBAL CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION
Connect Communities, Change Lives
Mission
Global Connections Foundation mission is to encourage, promote, and support programs that build global bridges of understanding among people of the world with the aim of preparing global citizens who are motivated to make the world a better and just place for everyone. GCF does this by providing meaningful service learning experiences to enrich global communities.
Ruling year
2016
Executive Director
Dr. David M Angwenyi
Communications Director
Ellyn M Ito
Main address
132 Samdin Blvd
Hamilton, NJ 08610 USA
EIN
47-5431105
NTEE code
Youth Development Programs (O50)
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (T12)
Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement (S20)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Global Connections Foundation is working on addressing the need of connecting communities through educational diplomacy programs that offer young people first hand exposure to new cultures in an effort to broaden their perspectives as well as develop their leadership potential.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Educational Diplomacy
Education Diplomacy program is aimed at building global bridges of understanding between different countries through global service learning programs that help improve living conditions of people across the world. Educational diplomacy provides students opportunities to do community service in their local communities and then partner with other students in another country where they work to implement a project to improve living conditions. GC-Foundation educational diplomacy program is focused on the Kenya Experience that is organized and managed by Global Connections Kenya.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of paid participants on field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Educational Diplomacy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of paid participants for the Global Connections Educational Diplomacy Experience Program.
Total number of conferences held
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Educational Diplomacy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Monthly conference seminars on educational diplomacy.
Number of unique website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Educational Diplomacy
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Global Connections Website continues to grow as more people learn about our programs.
Number of participants in study abroad and exchange programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Educational Diplomacy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Kenya Trip Summer Programs.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Educational Diplomacy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The volunteers who have joined our board or helped with our fundraising efforts to ensure that our Educational Diplomacy are successful.
Number of youth who volunteer/participate in community service
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Educational Diplomacy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Students or youth who have volunteered for at least one or more of events.
Hours of mentoring
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Educational Diplomacy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The total number of hours our programs have provided direct mentoring to students.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Global Connections Foundation goals include the following:
A. Build a culture of strong respect among youth from cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
B. Develop educational diplomacy skills for young people to guide their interaction with people from diverse backgrounds.
C. Foster healthy learning and growth that understands the importance of leading a health lifestyle.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Mentor sessions and programs that allow young people to participate in experiential learning.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
A network of community leaders and experts in various fields has been tapped as volunteers. The foundation continues to develop a variety of fundraising programs to generate resources necessary to make it possible to run our programs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have not yet established our space where we can run our programs so at the moment we rent out spaces for our programs. Also, our reliance on the staff of volunteers limits the number of activities we are able to run full-scale.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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GLOBAL CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 8/24/2020
Dr. David Angwenyi
Experience Link Academy
Term: 2019 - 2022
Ellyn Ito
David Angwenyi
Ellyn Ito
Sutinder Dhanjal
Shakira Muhammad
Lisa Wolff
James Misoka
David Sherwin
Lea Hopkins
David Otieno
Shazel Muhammad
Kevin Machine
Board leadership practices
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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
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- 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 measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
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