One Collective
We bring people together to help the oppressed
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Integrated Community Transformation
One Collective is a global non-profit organization fueling a movement to change the future of communities worldwide through integrated community transformation. We bring people together to help the oppressed to see lives and communities transformed by the power of God. We integrate programs around providing access to food, freedom, and forgiveness in each community where we work.
Where we work
Awards
4 Star Charity 2014
Charity Navigator
4 Star Charity 2015
Charity Navigator
External reviews

Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We want to see lives and communities transformed by the power of God. Working with Jesus we strive to be consistent with his words, his works, and his ways. We believe transformed lives lead to transformed communities and vice versa. While not diminishing the importance of individual lives being transformed, we are driven to see communities reach their God-given potential through integrated community transformation. The transformation we envision is exponential change in a community that goes beyond the typical aims of development. We will know when a community has reached the tipping point and moved from development to transformation because (1) Jesus' ways are at the center, (2) local assets are meeting local needs and there is an abundance, and (3) the community's influence is expanding and replicating itself elsewhere because it is so attractive to others. We want to be in communities where the authentic Gospel (not separating mission and compassion) is available to everyone. We believe that this access to the Gospel is what it will take to move towards the transformation we envision. Our role is to bring people together through partnerships (churches, governments, schools, NGOs) and to send teams on a temporary basis until the assets of the community are sufficient to move towards transformation without our presence. Our successful exit will be the ultimate measure of success.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We recruit specialized leaders who work in communities to bring together and help coordinate the activities of organizations and individuals for the purpose of community transformation. Our leaders around the world are responsible for leadership, management, and growth in their assigned area. They are supported strategically and tactically by expert catalysts who equip and educate staff in the communities. Networking with existing leaders in our target communities is key to success and we have developed various tools and training resources to help our staff do this well. We continually seek to be led to new communities and to work with leaders who have a similar vision, to see their communities restored. We only approve starting to work in a new community if we add value beyond what is already present. We enter into our work in a community with the plan to exit that community once its transformation is far enough along that external resources are no longer required to overcome the challenges they face.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are driven by a common vision and mission across the world, allowing us to leverage resources and institutionalize our learnings. This makes us more nimble with the ability to move people into new roles or new places of need around the world. Everyone works under a common set of management processes and organizational goals so we move forward together. We have a core Philosophy of Ministry that gives us a solid foundation for our work while allowing for the proper contextualization for cross-cultural ministry effectiveness. We are constantly creating tools and processes to deliver on our commitments to integrated community transformation, including a performance evaluation process for our global staff that makes sure we have accountability to the mission to which God has called us, and to our donors. We have thousands of vital relationships with churches, organizations, and individuals both in the US and across the world. Many of these relationships have been created over more than 50 years of experience.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The great clarity that God has given us in our vision and mission has caused us to make many foundational changes to the organization's structure, systems, and management processes. Since 2010, some of these key changes include: (1) implementation of a matrixed organizational design, (2) creation of a new recruiting process, (3) implementation of a new performance evaluation system, (4) creation of new organizational values, (5) roll out of a Philosophy of Ministry to our staff to ensure we are working on the same foundation, (6) revamped training programs, (7) development of a new core system for strategic planning in the field, (8) overhaul of our website, (8) start of new donor development programs, (9) roll out of a new leadership development program, and (10) creation of learning forums and tools for community transformation. We still have work to do to create leadership and field metrics, and a new donor development system to manage our new donor development programs. There is also a significant ongoing change management effort due to the amount of change we are making to align the entire organization. All of these changes are critical to our ability to affect transformation in the communities in which we work, from equipping staff with the knowledge and tools they need to creating a sound financial system to sustainably fund our work. Asset and needs assessments are being created and implemented in existing communities, but not yet to the extent we want because we are still deep into change management and aligning everyone to ICT. We know we cannot effectively move the organization towards ICT by demanding from senior leadership. We have to cast the vision internally and let people move towards it so they are committed instead of just compliant. That takes time. We are constantly adjusting to what works and what doesn't. Since vision informs design which in turn informs implementation, we keep these three in front of us all the time. If something isn't working as well as we expected in implementation (which is largely the phase we are in right now), we first make sure we don't need to modify the vision, and then we check the design. This iterative process keeps us learning all the time and making the right adjustments while always grounding ourselves in our vision and mission.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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One Collective
Board of directorsas of 05/30/2023
Mr. Jeff Stevenson
October Three
Scott R Olson
One Collective
Suzette Webb
The LOM Group, LLC
Mark Erkenswick
KPMG, LLP
Tim Obendorf
Steward Advisors
Melissa Sinclair
American University
Kristin Luu
August Leadership
Alan Gold
Westfall Gold
Jeff Stevenson
October Three
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? No -
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
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
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