ImpactIsrael, Inc.
Elevating Education and Lifting Lives the Village Way
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Israel has approximately 400,000 immigrant and at-risk youth who live on the margins of society and suffer poverty, isolation, and educational failure. At Yemin Orde, these fragile teens receive the highest quality personal care, an excellent education and therapeutic programs that enable them to thrive, have hope and believe in a bright future as productive citizens of Israel. The Village's methodology, called the Village Way, is a standard of educational excellence throughout Israel. This methodology has expanded into 55 other educational communities in Israel, thereby helping thousands more at-risk youth achieve success in school and in life.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Graduate Program
Graduate Program is unique aspect of the methodology. Graduates remain part of the family, just as other children always have a place in their parents’ home. Graduates can stay at the Graduate House between university semesters or military service or during times of crisis; they are welcome when they celebrate weddings or holidays. As they advance in life, they are assured that they will never again experience abandonment—and they give back to Yemin Orde in the same spirit.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
ImpactIsrael is the philanthropic partner of Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives. Our central mission is to provide Israel's at-risk youth with a vibrant and holistic community of meaning, a future of hope and the essential tools for a productive life. Through our think tank and resource center, Village Way Educational Initiatives, we hope to expand the successful Village Way methodology to 91 educational communities throughout Israel, and impact even more at-risk youth. By 2026, we will serve 55,000 youth and 4,100 educators in Israel.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our five-year goal is raise $36 million for Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives in order to support the expansion of our Village Way educational methodology to 59 youth villages, therapeutic residential communities and public high schools in Israel. Yemin Orde's Israeli leadership visits the United States throughout the year on speaking tours, meetings with donors and our Board of Directors, and attending private fundraising events. We are also hosting an international dinner gala in New York City in May 2018 to honor Israeli visionary educator Chaim Peri. This dinner is also a fundraiser designed to promote Yemin Orde to new donors and elevate our position in the New York region. We also encourage donors and prospective donors to visit Yemin Orde Youth Village on a trip to Israel and see, first-hand, how our holistic community of meaning is helping to transform the lives of hundreds of at-risk teens.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our organization has a team of professional fundraisers situated on the East and West coasts who are dedicated to our mission to help Israel's youth at risk. They travel throughout their regions meeting with donors, organizing fundraising events, hosting graduates and visitors from the Village and planning private trips to Israel for prospective donors. Our volunteer Board of Directors also engages in fundraising efforts and actively promotes ImpactIsrael in their communities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
There are many new and innovative programs at Yemin Orde Youth Village as a result of our fundraising: a new partnership with the Israel Defense Forces that provides important technology training to students; upgrades to the Village's onsite dental clinic; expansion of Yemin Orde Eco-Farm where youth take classes in agriculture, ceramics, metal and woodworking, as well as learn responsibility in tending to the site's farm animals; U.S. tour of youth choir; presentation at international symposium in Germany on residential education. VWEI is committed to expanding the Village Way methodology and transforming thousands of lives in Israel through long-term systemic change in Israel's education curriculum for immigrant and troubled youth. The methodology is part of the curriculum in Israel's universities and teaching colleges, including Hebrew University's School of Education; VWEI organizes an annual symposium for Israel's educators; third-part evaluators measure the success of our integration process; programs for educators that create professional alliances for learning and developing leadership abilities, and more.
VWEI has a strategic plan to expand to 91 communities from 2022-2026.
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ImpactIsrael, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 05/19/2022
Robert Arogeti
Aprio
Term: 2020 - 2021
Charles Gwirtsman
KRG Capital
George Blank
MedTech Group
Michael Salzhauer
CHH Realty
David Amar
Merrill Lynch
Allen Applbaum
StoneTurn
Michael Azeez
Vermeil Wines
Jeremy Barnett
Tokio Marine HCC
Mark Claster
Carl Marks Advisory Group
Michelle Copelin
Jon Cordish
Cordish Companies
David Frieze
Sixth Street Properties
Victor Hammel
Jeffrey Hirschfeld
Hirschfeld Companies
Judy Kaye
Beth Landman
Dale Okonow
Watermill Ventures
Rabbi Michael Paley
Harvey Potter
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Steven Rosenfeld
David Schwarz
Colony Capital
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Board orientation and education
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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