CULTUREALL INC
Valuing the Cultures of Our Community
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Like much of America, Iowa is becoming increasingly multi-cultural. At work, at school, in neighborhoods, and at places where people shop, socialize, or worship, Iowans are likely to encounter someone from another culture. Iowans are known for being friendly. But when someone looks different, dresses differently, speaks another language, or behaves in an unfamiliar way, we don’t always know how to interact with them. And chances are, they feel exactly the same way about us. In these situations, misinformation, prejudice, or fear of the unknown can create barriers that make it difficult for people of different cultures to come together and form relationships. Racial and ethnic divisions drain our communities of resources and distract us from resolving the key issues we all have in common. In order to maintain a society that is powerful enough to grow and change for the good of all people, we need to better understand and value every culture.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
School and Youth Programs
From single workshops in a classroom to large scale multi-cultural events that engage an entire school CultureALL’s youth programs provide what text books and research projects cannot: the authentic sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of other cultures. Throughout the year, both in school and out of school, CultureALL provides interactive learning experiences for young people from pre-school through college, professional development opportunities for educators, and special projects like the Zoom in On Culture photo-ethnography program, which help students explore their own perceptions of culture. Through these programs, students have the opportunity to explore their own feelings, attitudes, and fears about other cultures through direct interaction with real people.
Community Programs
CultureALL is happy to partner with organizations in the community to provide cultural programs for their clients or events. From youth services like Big Brother Big Sisters, to senior living communities like Wesley Life, to large community events like the World Food and Music Festival, our cultural presentations can be adapted to serve any age group or audience size. Our Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Series highlights local restaurants and brings the community together to connect through conversation, cuisine, and cultural experiences.
Business Programs
CultureALL offers unique programs for businesses to help employees become more culturally proficient – with clients, with colleagues, and with each other. People in the business community have told us that they dread the idea of attending diversity training, as it seems to imply that they are doing something wrong that needs to be corrected. CultureALL moves beyond this negative stigma of training, providing learning experiences that stimulate dialogue, create understanding, and build trust among multicultural teams.
Senior Living Programs
CultureALL helps Iowa seniors to explore global cultures by bringing the culture to them. CultureALL Ambassadors provide hands-on-activities that explore music, dance, food, customs, and more. Single or multi-session programs can be adapted for seniors of different abilities. CultureALL also provides programs and staff training to help improve communications and interactions among senior residents and staff from other cultures.
Where we work
Awards
Immigrant Champion Award 2019
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit (IES)
External reviews

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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total number of participants of all ages reached by CultureALL programs in a given fiscal year (July 1-June 30).
Number of public events held to further mission
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of unique cultural experiences presented in a given fiscal year.
Number of program sites
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of locations/venues hosting CultureALL programs during the fiscal year.
Total dollars received in contributions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Includes sponsorships, grants from corporations, foundations and government entities, and individual donations for a given fiscal year.
Dollars received in program income
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Dollars received for program services fees from clents including schools, businesses, senior living communities, and community organizations in a given fiscal year
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?
CultureALL’s mission is to lead communities in valuing our culturally rich diversity and promote equity, and inclusion. Our multi-cultural education programs:
• Help Iowans prepare for work in a global economy by gaining knowledge about global cultures.
• Help community members accept and adapt to cultural differences, developing the mindset needed to navigate communicating and collaborating with people from different backgrounds.
• Help teachers develop new strategies for including global perspectives in their curriculum and gain a better understanding of how to handle interactions with immigrant students and families.
• Help immigrants and refugees become successful community members and citizens who share their diverse cultures, perspectives, customs and traditions.
CultureALL creates experiences that bring people together across cultures to talk, listen, learn, and collaborate in building a community where everyone is welcome.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
CultureALL programs are grounded in a developmental model for intercultural sensitivity, adapted from the research of experts in the field of intercultural research and communication. This model assumes that inclusiveness – defined as the ability to communicate, solve problems, and address conflicts in culturally and ethically appropriate ways – is a personal journey for everyone. CultureALL offers itself as a guide, designing programs to meet people wherever they are on this journey and help them move forward. We approach this with the understanding that not everyone is starting their journey from the same place.
CultureALL has recruited and trained more than 180 individuals representing 70+ world cultures to become Ambassador educators who provide authentic, hands-on experiences that challenge people to shift perspectives, explore complex issues, and respect diversity. CultureALL has more than a hundred unique workshops, and presentations, adaptable to different ages and abilities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
CultureALL programs include:
• School Programs help students from diverse cultures explore concepts of culture together. They examine issues from different perspectives – to ask questions and challenge their own preconceived attitudes, beliefs, and fears. What they learn can help them overcome prejudices and become more open, compassionate, and accepting of the differences of others.
• Business Programs move beyond diversity training help companies to create a more inclusive environment by helping employees become more culturally proficient – with clients, with colleagues, and with each other.
• Senior Programs provide opportunities for seniors to explore world cultures by bringing the culture to them and address tensions caused by racial disparities among residents and staff in senior living facilities.
• Community Programs bring people of all ages and backgrounds together to explore, experience and celebrate world cultures.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 2005, CultureALL has touched the lives of more than 350,000 Iowans. In FY2019, 67 CultureALL Ambassadors representing over 30 unique cultures provided 1,108 unique cultural experiences that served 34,692 community members. The majority of these (27,277) were K-12 students in 15 school districts. Evaluations from our school programs show that these experiences help schools create a more inclusive learning environment for students by:
• Boosting student engagement
• Improving relationships among students from diverse cultures by helping them connect with their classmates in new ways
• Helping minority students to feel valued.
Our strategic priorities include:
• Expanding our programs into new markets to serve more people
• Evolving programs to address emerging community needs
• Recruiting and training more Ambassadors to meet the demand for programming
• Forging new alliances with diverse people, groups, and organizations
• Expanding financial resources to fuel future growth
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?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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CULTUREALL INC
Board of directorsas of 12/02/2019
Paul Brown
Principal Financial (retired)
Term: 2018 - 2020
Loraine Hardin
Hardin & Associates
Term: 2018 - 2020
Kavilash Chalwa
Baton Global
Tina Johnson
Principal Financial Group
Majda Hadzic
Wells Fargo
Marcia Wanamaker
Iowa Realty
Whitney Ford
Bankers Trust
Annique Kiel
Drake University
Tijana Kudumovic
John Deere
Chuck Montgomery
Mid-American Energy
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 ? 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? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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