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UPPER DARBY ARTS AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

Uniting the Community Through Arts and Education

Drexel Hill, PA   |  http://www.udfoundation.org

Mission

We transform lives through inclusive arts and education experiences that empower young people and unite our community.

Notes from the nonprofit

UDAEF partnered with CultureWorks, a non-profit management commons for more than 100 arts communities, to support its organizational transition and acquisition of the Summer Stage program. This partnership provided an opportunity for UDAEF to decrease its administrative costs, receive better benefits, and focus on leading its new day-to-day programs, while leaving compliance and fiscal responsibilities to CultureWorks. While CultureWorks was a great benefit, UDAEF brought all of its operations back in-house as of 1/1/2023. UDAEFs fiscal year previously was July 1-June 30, which means half of last fiscal year was under CultureWorks fiscal sponsorship (7/1 -12/31/2022). CultureWorks completes an audit that includes all of its fiscally sponsored organizations. Its last fiscal year ended on 6/30/2023, but this audit is not yet complete. UDAEF has since transitioned to a calendar fiscal year, with the most recent year ending on 12/31/23. An audit for this past fiscal year is forthcoming.

Ruling year info

1998

Executive Director

Mr. Harry Dietzler

Associate Executive Director

Jennifer Schoener

Main address

1051 Pontiac Road #707

Drexel Hill, PA 19026 USA

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Formerly known as

Upper Darby Educational and Cultural Foundation, Inc.

EIN

23-2934964

NTEE code info

Elementary, Secondary Ed (B20)

Arts Education/Schools (A25)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (B12)

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Programs and results

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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?

Upper Darby Summer Stage

Upper Darby summer Stage is a nationally recognized youth theatre program that has involved over 700 children and over 120 professional staff every summer since 1976 in the creation of seven fully staged musicals performing for more than 34,000 people. Summer Stage has been awarded the prestigious Barrymore Award and was a semifinalist for a Tony Award for Theater Education. Summer Stage offers classes and workshops for elementary and middle school students, musical productions for high school and college students and a technical theater program for high school students. Summer Stage presents 30 performances each season for the community featuring low ticket prices and professional quality.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Families of origin
Grandparents
Low-income people
Artists and performers


The Schoener Fund has brought high-quality and enriching music education programs to Upper Darby children through our MusicMan Academy. This seven-week summer program for school-aged children consists of workshops located throughout Upper Darby that offer instruction in a variety of musical instruments at all skill levels, and is taught by experienced teaching artists.

The Schoener MusicMan Academy has provided hundreds of children with unique musical experiences: the MusicMan Camp, Jazz Jam! Camp, Stay in Shape music lessons, Stellar Strings Camp, Sonic Sandbox classes and our community drumline and performance team - the Groove Patrol!

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Low-income people
People with disabilities
People of African descent
People of Asian descent

The Foundation has awarded more than 1,100 grants to teachers in the Upper Darby School District for projects ranging from classroom libraries, murals, science labs, Robotics, After Prom, K-2 Literacy, early childhood education, STEM, instrument donations, an autistic classroom and more. Grants have totaled more than $2.7 million.

Population(s) Served
People of African descent
People of Asian descent
People of Middle Eastern descent
Students
Teachers

The Upper Darby Collaborative is an initiative created to unite the diverse Upper Darby nonprofits that serve our very unique populations. Launched by the Upper Darby Arts & Education Foundation, this group was formed in the fall of 2021 with the goal of coordinating services, avoiding duplication of efforts, and providing meaningful conversation for the betterment of each other and our community.

Population(s) Served
Low-income people

Founded in 2015 by UDAEF Senior Delegate, Aysha Tahsin, the Upper Darby Arts & Education Service Club is a student-led club through partnership between the Foundation and the Upper Darby School District. Since the beginning of this school year, the Club’s 150+ members have logged over 900 hours in collaboration with 13 local nonprofit organizations.

Population(s) Served
People of African descent
People of Asian descent
People of Latin American descent
Immigrants
People of African descent
People of Asian descent
People of Latin American descent
Immigrants
Adolescents

The Shooting Stars continue the excitement of Summer Stage throughout the year with performances at retirement communities, the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade, community festivals and other event both locally and regionally. The group is support by participation fees, performance fees and fundraisers.

The Shooting Stars rehearsed on Sundays throughout the school year at Bonner/Prendie as well as Holy Child Academy. They presented their annual holiday show at Performing Arts Center, their annual Rose Tree Park performance and were invited to perform for over 600 in York, PA. The Shooting Stars entertained senior citizens at six retirement communities and delighted children at a Disney character pancake breakfast.

Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Grandparents
Artists and performers

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

Association of PA Education Foundations 2006

Upper Darby Lansdowne Rotary Club 2018

Videos

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 tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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UPPER DARBY ARTS AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

Board of directors
as of 01/19/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Joseph Lunardi

St. Joseph's University/ESPN Bracketologist

Term: 2023 - 2026

Steve DeMott

PECO

Kevin Dietzler

Villanova University

Carolyn Felker

Retired, Upper Darby School District

Brian McFadden

SEPTA

Charles Mohnacky

Retired Educator

David Othmer

Strategic Planning Consultant

Mariela Smith-McClallen

Conduent

Justin Heimbecker

Berks Arts

Paul Cheng

Cheng's Martial Arts

Joseph Lunardi

ESPN

Alison Dobbins

Upper Darby Township

Desiree Murphy Morissey

Upper Darby SD Board Member

Terry Tracy

CEO Broad & Liberty

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 ? Not applicable
  • 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

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/31/2023
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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:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/31/2023

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Data
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • 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.
Policies and processes
  • 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 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.