Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony Statue Fund Inc
Monumental Women - help break the bronze ceiling!
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Statue Fund, more commonly known as Monumental Women, is dedicated to: Pay tribute to women's rights pioneers. We started with a statue to honor Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth & Susan B Anthony gifted to the City of New York in 2020, and plan to honor the many others who helped advance the many causes of woman's rights. On August 26, 2020 we dedicated the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument honoring some of the women whose Votes for Women Campaign (1848 - 1920) led the suffrage movement, on the mall in New York City’s Central Park - 42 million people visit each year. (Phase I - complete) We are developing an ongoing educational campaign about this movement, among others, led by important women in our nation's history. These programs include the "Put Her on a Pedestal" art and history project and the Women's Rights History Trail; the virtual version of this trail centered on those NYC-based pioneers is already online via our website. (Phase II - infancy)
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Women's Rights History Trail programs
To learn about and honor the diverse contributions of New York City women toward the advancement of women’s rights. We have developed a five-borough map of the important sites of the women and events related to these pioneers.
One can find and visit — either virtually or in-person — locations where women’s history was made! This initial map will be expanded to include more women in all the boroughs. Historians, librarians, educators and the public will help develop and enlarge the future scope of the Trail.
We plan to use this as a blueprint for similar history trails in other areas of the nation to expand our knowledge of the contributions of women to our collective history.
Statue Educational Fund
Educational Program to benefit secondary schools and college programs on the historical contributions of women to society.
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Our results
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Statue, our first project (Phase I - completed) - the installation of the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument was dedicated and gifted to the people of New York, on site in Central Park where we celebrated the public unveiling August 26, 2020 [100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment].
With that 'first' success behind us, we are creating an ongoing educational campaign about this and other movements led by important women in our nation's history. (Phase II - infancy). Writing all women back into the historical record through an inclusive education campaign in partnerships with museums and libraries.
One of the first programs we started was an art & history project titled "Put Her On a Pedestal" for young students through the New York City Schools.
One small part of our education program included short-format documentaries to be accessible when viewing the statue via the Talking Statues App for iPhone & Android devices. This allows those looking at the statue to scan QR code to listen to transcriptions and translations of the sculptor’s video, and brief histories of the featured suffragists and our organization as narrated by Jane Alexander, Viola Davis, America Ferrara, Rita Moreno, Zoe Saldana and Meryl Streep. We will continue to promote this technology with other statues, monuments and historical sites.
Using the lessons learned in our first seven years as we worked on the Central Park Statue, we have developed a program challenging U.S. municipalities to recognize and honor the contributions of all women and people of color with tributes in their public spaces. Toward that end, we have already written and released Monumental Women's "Toolkit for Change" dedicated to communities seeking to re-imagine their public spaces
by creating tributes to the diverse women who made this nation great. (Phase III - introduction)
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Continue to reach out to various individual and foundation funders as well as continue to develop commercial joint ventures with various American companies whose product(s) and/or corporate histories are positively linked to women's causes and foster the advancement of women in culture, education and commerce.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a very active Board of Directors whose dedication and resources have drawn on their collective experience in government, finance and insurance, media and entertainment as well as industry to bring in substantial matching gifts from New York Life, The Ford Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, American Express Foundation, Morgan Stanley, The Gap and Johnnie Walker & Sons. But it is the countless smaller gifts from individuals, private foundations and philanthropists alike that have helped us.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have:
Raised $1.6 million towards to create, erect and endow the maintenance of the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument through our own 501(c) 3 organization, completing Phase I of our project in a dedication ceremony on August 26, 2020 in NYC's Central Park. [see the dedication ceremony @ https://youtu.be/bwUNycS5oHs
We are now raising funds for Phase II - our educational program and Phase III - our municipal challenge. Our preliminary 3-year budget for both phases is currently $500K. We do not yet have a corporate sponsor lined up.
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?
The general public, educators, community partners and other organizations who support similar women's causes.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Community meetings/Town halls, Suggestion box/email,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Input and feedback from several community boards and the Public Design Commission on inclusion and design features with the Statue project.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We act on the feedback we receive,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection,
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony Statue Fund Inc
Board of directorsas of 10/25/2021
Pam Elam
Myriam Miedzian
Coline Jenkins
Gary Ferdman
Namita Luthra
Heather Nesle
Brenda Berkman
David Spaulding
Ariel Deutsch
Serina Liu
Eileen MacDonald
Meredith Maskara
Paula Stoeke
Regina Wilson
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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Equity strategies
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- 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 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.