Delaware State University Foundation, Inc
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Delaware State University is working to provide the highest quality educational opportunities possible to under-served populations in order to create highly motivated and skilled workers in Delaware and beyond.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Campaign
The top priorities of the campaign are Student Success, Scholarship, and Academic Innovation. Additional priorities include athletics and annual giving.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of endowments
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Population(s) Served
Children, Adolescents, Ethnic and racial groups, Low-income people, Working poor
Related Program
Campaign
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average financial aid award per FTE student
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of first-entry undergraduate program students who identify themselves as 'visible minorities'or 'non-white'
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of new donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Ethnic and racial groups, Low-income people, Working poor
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Campaign
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total dollars received in contributions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Ethnic and racial groups
Related Program
Campaign
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average number of dollars received per donor
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Campaign
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn 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?
Delaware State University seeks to:
1. Create an exceptional learning environment that promotes
challenging, high-quality curricular and co-curricular programs,
engaged student learning, and local and global citizenship.
2. Recruit, develop, retain, graduate and place outstanding students.
3. Increase and sustain excellence in scholarly and creative research
that addresses significant state, regional, national and global
challenges.
4. Strengthen and expand our outreach, engagement and economic
development programs to benefit the people of Delaware, the
nation and the world.
5. Enhance and extend the University’s environmental stewardship
through education, research, outreach, conservation and
innovation.
6. Enhance, leverage and diversify our resources to fulfill the
University’s mission.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Delaware State University has set the following Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to accomplish our strategic goals:
KPI #1: Undergraduate Student Participation Rate in Research, Study
Abroad, Service Learning, Experiential Learning and Leadership Programs
KPI #2: Percent of Students Obtaining Gainful Employment in 12 months
KPI #3: Four-Year Graduation Rate
KPI #4: First-Year Retention Rate
KPI #5: New Freshman Average SAT/GPA
KPI #6: Contracts and Grants Awarded
KPI #7: Number of Students in the “STEM” Early College High School
KPI #8: Number of Online Courses and Programs
KPI #9: Number of Certificate Programs
KPI #10: Undergraduate Student Participation Rate in Sustainability
Courses and Activities
KPI #11: Guaranteed Energy Savings
KPI #12: Strategic Enrollment Increase
KPI #13: Increase Overall University Funding
KPI #14: Alumni Giving Rate
KPI #15: Instruction Expense per FTE Student
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
In effort to reach these strategic goals, the entire Delaware State University community must participate in adopting and implementing these strategic goals. The University Board of Trustees, President, Provost and other Administrators are responsible for
• Reviewing the Strategic Plan and monitoring progress toward its goals and objectives
• Ensuring that the University Strategic Plan and its goals and objectives are implemented in an efficient and timely manner.
• Reinforcing a climate of accountability for the pursuit of the plans and achievement of priorities and goals.
• Ensuring that resources are allocated to institutional strategic priorities.
• Communicating regularly with the campus community concerning the progress of the University toward achieving the goals contained in the Strategic Plan
• Providing planning and institutional analysis to campus leadership in support of strategic planning.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Delaware State University has moved the needle in all of our strategic priority areas and is constantly reassessing the needs of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni to ensure we are meeting all of their needs in the most effective and efficient way possible.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Delaware State University Foundation, Inc
Board of directorsas of 10/06/2023
Dr. Enid Wallace-Haley
Delaware State University Foundation
Term: 2023 - 2024
Ms. Nicole Dye-Anderson
Wells Fargo
Term: 2023 - 2024
Enid Wallace-Simms
Delmarva Power
Jocelyn Stewart
Vincent Rojas
William Charlton
Nicole Dye-Anderson
Steve Ewing
Catherine Trigg-Jones
Daryl Graham
Joseph Purzycki
Kathleen Shelton
David Sheppard
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Thomas Horne
Chase Bank
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? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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Disability
Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- 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 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.