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I Am My Sisters Keeper

Behind every successful woman is a Tribe of other successful women, who have her back.

aka MSK   |   WILMINGTON, DE   |  www.iammsk.org

Mission

I Am My Sister’s Keeper provides leadership development, rites of passage and entrepreneurial skills training for girls ages 12-18. These tools will assist young ladies with understanding the importance of their strengths and how to positively impact their fellow sister and community, as they transition from young lady into womanhood.

Ruling year info

2017

Founder/National Executive Director

Mrs. Charlotte Miller-Lacy

Co-Founder/Board Chairwoman

Mrs. Melody Phillips

Main address

1500 LANCASTER AVE UNIT 2647

WILMINGTON, DE 19805 USA

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Formerly known as

MSK

IAMMSK

EIN

30-0961718

NTEE code info

Girls Clubs (O22)

Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy N.E.C. (R99)

Nonprofit Management (S50)

IRS filing requirement

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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?

Rites of Passage

I Am My Sister’s Keeper is a community organization focused on the empowerment of women and girls.

Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Adolescents

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of participants engaged in programs

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, Multiracial people, People of African descent, People of Latin American descent, Economically disadvantaged people

Related Program

Rites of Passage

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of program participants who receive a secondary school diploma or GED

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, People of African descent, At-risk youth, Economically disadvantaged people

Related Program

Rites of Passage

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Our participants range in age from 6-18.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

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

Enhance the lives of young girls through mentorship.

To provide opportunities and exposure to empower young girls to fully explore their potential.

To provide STEAM Education opportunities to underserved girls.

Enhancing social-emotional development of youth through training staff in social-emotional intelligence and mentoring

Leadership development by providing opportunities that encourage confidence, employability, self determination.

We provide exposure to post-secondary opportunities, community and service learning projects, organizational and team working projects, and civic engagement activities.

Provide Entrepreneurial Skill training

Self Esteem classes using evidence based curriculums such as the Art of Being Me.

Provide Evidence based STEAM lessons

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 demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, 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 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 engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people

Financials

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I Am My Sisters Keeper

Board of directors
as of 02/28/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mrs. Melody Phillips

I Am My Sister's Keeper, Inc.

Term: 2015 -

Melissa Richmond

Charlotte D Miller-Lacy

Jaqueline Benson

TD Bank

Paulette Wilkerson

State of DE

Dorothy Dillard

Del State Univ

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 ? No
  • 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 2/28/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Black/African American
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Black/African American
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

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