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Cekpet

aka Malenkaya Kompaniya /KidzHOME-House of Multicultural Education   |   Brooklyn, NY   |  https://kidzhome.org/english/

Mission

CEKPET, Ltd./dba Malenkaya Kompaniya /dba KidzHOME – House of Multicultural Education is a grassroots non-profit organization of parents interested in a good education for their children. Since we work mostly with immigrant families, we try to combine American values with those of the heritage culture, helping families adjust to the US educational system while keeping the heritage language. Our goals are to attract kids to reading in any language, help them thrive in school, develop their creative skills, and maintain inter-generational ties within the family. In order to achieve our goals, we conduct various classes, educational workshops, and theater shows, organize the Olympiada of Spoken Russian (together with the American Council of Teachers of Russian), contests, and other events.

Ruling year info

2010

Executive Director

Ms Alla Markova

Main address

2381 Bragg Street 1st Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11229 USA

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EIN

26-4435254

NTEE code info

Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose (A20)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

Recreational, Pleasure, or Social Club (N50)

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

CEKPET, Ltd./dba KidzHOME – House of Multicultural Education/dba Malenkaya Kompaniya is a grass-roots non-profit organization of immigrant parents interested in a good education for their children. Since immigrant families come from various backgrounds, they often do not know how to navigate American educational system and how to help their children to thrive in school.

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?

Russian Children's Theater Studio

The program includes acting, speech and movement classes and workshops for children from 5 to 18; shows, art exhibits, role games, and performances for the whole community. The classes and shows are in Russian and English.

Population(s) Served

Program for toddlers and caregivers in Russian, helps develop language skills, fine and gross motor skills, and social skills.

Population(s) Served

We try to help children keep heritage language and culture and improve their creative and performing skills by staging shows in Spanish

Population(s) Served
Families
People of Latin American descent

Program for toddlers and caregivers in Spanish, helps develop language skills, fine and gross motor skills, and social skills.

Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers
Caregivers
Infants and toddlers
Caregivers

Program for development of vocal abilities of children of various ages

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Ethnic and racial groups
Families

Development of of drawing skills, learning of basic art techniques and history of art

Population(s) Served
Children and youth

Classes of Russian, Spanish, Mandarin, and Ukrainian languages for children and adults

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Families
Adults

A program for children from 5 to 13 years old that helps them develop their performing, creative, and language skills, make new friends, and have fun during summer break.

Population(s) Served

Fun and interactive program for kids from 5 to 13 years old that helps them develop their creative, performing and language skills during short breaks

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Families
Children and youth
Families
Children and youth
Families

Where we work

Awards

Cross River Bank Grant 2022

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Affiliations & memberships

NYC Mayoral Message for the Russian Olympiada 2019

Our Sustainable Development Goals

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Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We try to combine American values with those of the heritage culture, helping families adjust to the US educational system while keeping the heritage language. Our goals are to attract kids to reading in any language, help them thrive in school, develop their creative skills, and maintain inter-generational ties within the family.

In order to achieve our goals, we conduct various classes, educational workshops, and theater shows, publish children's literary magazine in Russian, organize the Olympiada of Spoken Russian (together with the American Council of Teachers of Russian), contests, and other events.

We have wonderful staff of volunteers, most whom have been with us since 2008, and some new talented people joined recently. Our volunteers have education, skills, and experience that permit them work with children and families and create exciting programs.
We have been doing Russian children's theater studio since 2008, and now we have started a Spanish children's theater studio. We organize free or low cost shows, performances, role games, and contests that attract families with children not only from Brooklyn, but also from other boroughs of NYC, from many states of the USA and even from abroad. We publish Russian literary magazine for children since 2006.

Since 2008 we have shown more that one hundred shows and performances for children. The total number of our students is more that 350. We twice participated in the Festival of the Russian children's theaters in the US in Washington, DC, and won the award for the best classical work (when we staged The Little Prince). We conducted twelve Olympiadas of Spoken Russian (together with the American Council of Teachers of Russian).
Now we rent our own premises and want to organize a children's theater festival in NYC. We have also started a Spanish children's theater studio and hope it will be as popular as the Russian one.

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 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 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, 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 the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve

Financials

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Operations

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

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Board of directors
as of 05/14/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Ms Margarita Finkelshteyn

Elena Argush

School Plus

Ekaterina Klimchenko

Lara Wolfe

Victoria Sumina

Ross Kamenetsky

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? Not applicable
  • 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? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 5/2/2022

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
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 05/02/2022

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Data
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
Policies and processes
  • 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 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.