Mission
The Mission and Vision: Soldiers to Sidelines is a non profit organization whose mission is two-fold: 1) Develop our military leaders to become excellent coaches. 2) Integrate them into youth sports so they may inspire, motivate and encourage young athletes to succeed in sports and life. We service all branches of the military, active duty, retired, and wounded, ill or injured. Currently, we develop Soldier-Coaches to work in football and lacrosse in the Washington DC area, but plan to expand to all sports in multiple cities throughout the United States.
Ruling year
2016
Executive Director
Harrison Bernstein
Main address
17461 Taramino Pl
Lewes, DE 19958 USA
EIN
46-5638383
NTEE code
Other Recreation, Sports, or Leisure Activities N.E.C. (N99)
Employment Procurement Assistance and Job Training (J20)
Youth Development Programs (O50)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Soldiers to Sidelines aims to solve three problems: 1) Service members, veterans, and military spouses struggle to find purpose, meaning, and fulfillment in the workforce and community. Often this leads to depression, isolation, and suicide in severe cases. 2) Kids quit playing sports and forfeit an opportunity to develop valuable life skills to become outstanding members of society. The quality of sports coaching for youth and high school is lacking in inspiration, motivation, character, and overall coaching mastery. 3) The U.S. Military is struggling to meet its recruiting goals. Soldiers To Sidelines places trained high quality character based sports coaches into their community who could possibly educate athletes on the value of Military service. This will create future service members who are physically fit, high character, and educated.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Soldiers to Sidelines Football Coaching Certification Seminar
The program is a 4 day certification seminar that
culminates with a free youth football skills clinic as a practicum. The objectives covered in the seminar are as follows:
INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE PARTICPANTS TO WANT TO MASTER THE ART OF COACHING
CREATE AND FOSTER STRONG BONDS BETWEEN ALL PARTICIPANTS
LEARN THE STS COACHING ETHOS
REFLECT ON PAST EXPEREIENCES WITH GOOD AND BAD LEADERS
LEARN HOW TO CONTROL OUR REPSONSE TO OTHERS’ BEHAVIOR TO PRODUCE A DESIRE OUTCOME
INTROSPECT ON HOW OTHERS’ BEHAVIOR AFFECT THEM
THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW THEIR ACTIONS AFFECT OTHERS
TEACH LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE POWER OF INFLUENCE
TEACH HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND BEHAVE AS A LEADER TO CREATE INTENTIONAL POSITIVE OUTCOMES
TEACH X’S AND O’S THROUGH A THEORETICAL APPROACH
GENERATE ENTHUSIASM TO STUDY DEEPER INTO X’S AND O’S
PRESENT ALL MATERIAL IN A CLEAR AND EGANGING EXPERIENCE THAT IS SURE TO RESONATE FOR FUTURE DECADES
PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH
Lacrosse Coaching Certification Seminar
This 4 Day Seminar certifies coaches to be proficient in coaching lacrosse which culminates in free youth lacrosse skills clinic. The objectives covered in the seminar are as follows:
INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE PARTICPANTS TO WANT TO MASTER THE ART OF COACHING
CREATE AND FOSTER STRONG BONDS BETWEEN ALL PARTICIPANTS
LEARN THE STS COACHING ETHOS
REFLECT ON PAST EXPEREIENCES WITH GOOD AND BAD LEADERS
LEARN HOW TO CONTROL OUR REPSONSE TO OTHERS’ BEHAVIOR TO PRODUCE A DESIRE OUTCOME
INTROSPECT ON HOW OTHERS’ BEHAVIOR AFFECT THEM
THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW THEIR ACTIONS AFFECT OTHERS
TEACH LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE POWER OF INFLUENCE
TEACH HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND BEHAVE AS A LEADER TO CREATE INTENTIONAL POSITIVE OUTCOMES
TEACH X’S AND O’S THROUGH A THEORETICAL APPROACH
GENERATE ENTHUSIASM TO STUDY DEEPER INTO X’S AND O’S
PRESENT ALL MATERIAL IN A CLEAR AND EGANGING EXPERIENCE THAT IS SURE TO RESONATE FOR FUTURE DECADES
PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of one-on-one coaching sessions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Veterans, Military personnel
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of service members, veterans, and military spouses actively coaching athletes
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Veterans, Military personnel
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of job skills training courses/workshops conducted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Veterans, Military personnel
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Young adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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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?
-10 Virtual Coaching Certification Seminars
(2 Football, 1 Men's Lacrosse, 2 Sports Performance, 1Basketball, 1 Military Women's Coaching Seminar, 1 Rugby, 1 Soccer, and 1 Adaptive Sports)
-Certify 500 New Soldier Coaches per Year to become character-based sports coaches
-Build the best virtual learning platform for coaching and leadership in the country
-24 Webinars- Episodic Social Media Shows to drive engagement and awareness
-Ambassador Program (25+ Ambassadors Nationwide)- Fellowship events, Outreach, Community Sports Clinics
-Membership Development Program Grow to 500+
-24 Live Coaching Events per Year
-Provide Coaching Stipends to Soldier Coaches who participate in our Membership Development Program. The amount of each Stipend will be based on how many continuing education units earned.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Raise funds through diversified channels to include individual giving, corporates sponsorships, special events, and memberships. These funds will support 4 primary services to our constituents:
1) Virtual coaching certification seminars: We employ directors for each sport who provide curriculum content, guest coaches, and awareness for each seminar.
2) Continued education opportunities: We employ a Director of Education who is responsible for creating curriculum content, managing each Soldier Coach's educational progress, and collaborating with each Sports Director.
3) Coaching job placement services: Our sport directors leverage their relationships and contacts within each sport to help our Soldiers Coaches advance in their coaching practice.
4) Live coaching events: We employ a National Ambassador Director who is responsible for leveraging the human capital of our volunteer ambassadors to plan and execute coaching events throughout the country.
We are able to grow in awareness, Soldier Coach stewardship, and revenue generation through strategic partnerships that leverage mutual assets and connections. Such strategic partners include the USO, The Honor Foundation, and Wounded Warrior Project.
We create sponsorship opportunities for companies that align with our mission and promote their initiatives. Sponsorship opportunities include our coaching seminars, webinars, podcast, and live events.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our organization is capable of meeting our goals because we have hired the best in the business with expertise in the following disciplines:
Communications and Marketing
Community Relations
Customer Service
Event Planning
Coaching
Learning Technology
Human Performance
Graphic Design
Teaching
Strategic Organization and Planning
Fundraising
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have grown to host 10 virtual coaching certification seminars
We have certified 948 Soldier Coaches and growing
We have expanded to offer our services to military spouses and Gold Star Families
We have increased the number of our strategic partnerships
We have created a sponsored webinar series to provide free education to Soldier Coaches
70% of our Soldier Coaches are currently coaching and 30% plan to coach in the future
Our Soldier Coaches report that they feel 84% better about themselves after completing our seminars because they coach others.
Our Soldier Coaches operate n 49 different states and 6 countries abroad
Our Soldier Coaches have positively impacted over 47,400 athletes and growing through coaching sports
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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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
We serve Active Duty Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses from every branch of the United States Military.
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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, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
We recently hosted an exclusive women's coaching certification seminar to allow for a more comfortable learning experience for the female military coach. We also added an Adaptive Sports Coaching Certification Seminar
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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 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 act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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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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Soldiers To Sidelines
Board of directorsas of 02/03/2023
Harrison Bernstein
Soldiers To Sidelines
Mike Miller
NFL Players Benefits Association
Rusty Wright
Truist Bank
Scott Urick
Georgetown Preparatory School
John O'Grady
Raytheon
Harrison Bernstein
Soldiers To Sidelines
Marnie Schneider
Game Day in the USA
Timothy McGuire
Gen(Ret.) U.S. Army
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? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- 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.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- 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.
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