EQUALITY PROJECT
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What we aim to solve
Equality Nevada advocates and educates to achieve fair treatment and equal opportunity for all Nevadans regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Equality Nevada focuses on youth, making sure laws are passed to protect them, provider funding and resources to low income families to help make possible that all youth can achieve the same dreams in life. Equality Nevada builds a social and political voice for the LGBTQ communities of Nevada. We work with leaders from all around Nevada in an intentionally collaborative, inclusive, diverse, and respectful way.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Equality Project
Equality Project INC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that uses advocacy, education and mobilization programs to achieve our mission.
Equality Nevada
Equality Nevada advocates and educates to achieve fair treatment and equal opportunity for all Nevadans regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Equality Nevada builds a social and political voice for the LGBTQ communities of Nevada. We work with leaders from all around Nevada in an intentionally collaborative, inclusive, diverse, and respectful way.
We aim to advance LGBTQ protective policy, convene and organize LGBTQ leaders, people, and organizations, and elect candidates who support the various needs of our diverse community throughout the state.
Athlete Equality
Athlete Equality we want every youth to have a chance at playing a sport. We offer a Grant program to help the youth from getting equipment to helping sponsor them to be on a team.
Henderson Equality Center
Henderson Equality Center provides gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, their families and supporters in Henderson, NV with resources and opportunities to promote visibility, understanding, and equality within the LGBT communities and the community at large. Henderson Equality Center will work toward these goals through education, social support, networking, and advocacy.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We aim to advance LGBTQ protective policy, convene and organize LGBTQ leaders, people, and organizations, and elect candidates who support the various needs of our diverse community throughout the state. To advance LGBTQ education among youth by providing workshops and educational classes.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
To have fundraising events through out the year to raise money.
To run our office location to provide access for youth to have resources and education to various topics.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Fully compatible with a organization size of 10-15 members
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have accomplished so much, we first started in Chicago IL with the non profit organization which held an annual event the Chicago Red Dress Party for 5 years. The organization then relocated to Las Vegas NV where it has now been since 2018 conducting operation. Since relocating to Las Vegas, NV we have opened up Equality Nevada and Athlete Equality. Two organizations under the Equality Project umbrella. In 2020 we are moving forward with the opening up of an office. This office will be for youth education, teaching workshops on various LGBT topics that are important to the education of LGBT students.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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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
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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 share the feedback we received with the people we serve, 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
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Operations
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EQUALITY PROJECT
Board of directorsas of 04/17/2024
Mr. Cody Reynolds
Equality Project
Term: 2015 -
Cody Reynolds
Equality Project INC
Chris Davin
Equality Nevada
Chris Davin
Equality Project
Chris Davin
Henderson Equality Center
Trevor Harder
Equality Nevada
Trevor Harder
Henderson Equality Center
Kat Diane Sandigo
Henderson Equality Center
Steven Budford
Henderson Equality Center
John Scharfenberg
Henderson Equality Center
Bob Radtke
Henderson Equality Center
Alika Pacheco
Henderson Equality Center
Trevor Isakson
Henderson Equality Center
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
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Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
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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 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 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.