Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation
Leadership.Community.Culture.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The problem that we aim to address is the lack of resources for Caribbean-American and Latin-American students in their career advancement. We also address those in need of relief funds, services, and products during Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. This includes an internship, career placement, mentorship, and disaster preparedness programs. Our Cultural Connect Program offers multicultural students the opportunity to learn about the global community. The Program's Mission is to bridge a gap in cultural understanding and build an efficient diverse community of inclusion. Sadly, most public school budgets have eliminated art and music programs from their curriculums. Your support helps fund our Cultural Connect Youth Art Education Program--our essential program that helps fill the gap by giving underserved multicultural students access to learn and grow their artistic skills and appreciation. Our program allows them to develop language and reading skills.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Educational Mentorship
We target University students and high schools, offering mentorship, internship, and career placement opportunities.
Disaster Relief Programs
We offer support for Hurricane and other natural disasters within the USA and Caribbean/Latin america region. This includes shipments, emergency relief,
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of multi-year grants received
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Age groups
Related Program
Educational Mentorship
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The grants are based upon donations given to the CACAF for capacity building and program-specific logistics.
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Multiracial people, People with diseases and illnesses
Related Program
Disaster Relief Programs
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
City of Atlanta Mayor Office of Cultural Affairs Fulton County Community Services
Number of children who have the ability to understand and comprehend communication
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups
Related Program
Educational Mentorship
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of free participants on field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups
Related Program
Educational Mentorship
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
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?
Our goal is to assist the younger generation to reach their goals while offering constructive mentorship opportunities for their careers. Our cause is to continue to assist with disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters that impact communities that we serve daily.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are working with various community organizations, leaders, corporate sponsors, youth groups, and community organizations within the Caribbean and Latin America diaspora. Our sustainable development plan includes strategic partnerships with community organizations that she the same values and goals. We plan to create a plan to share with additional states and countries. We will focus on curriculum development, technology implementation, and sustainable resources for families that we serve in the community.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our capabilities are based on our executive board, and advisory, which is comprised of community leaders. We have established relationships with various agencies and companies that assist with our mission. Our focus is to utilize our influence to impact the organization's programs.
Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation Inc. focuses on Youth Arts Programs, Senior and Veterans Services, and Disaster Relief efforts.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have raised significant funds for our relief and educational mentorship programs. We have selected a long-term relief project to impact those devasted by Hurricane Irma and Maria in the USVI and Puerto Rico. We have partnered with local municipalities, corporations, and small businesses, to help our mission of connecting with the multicultural community. We have pivoted during the pandemic to offer art therapy services for students, and meal programs to first responders.
In addition, we served over 120 Senior and Veterans in Metro Atlanta, over 75 youths, and over 5 countries with Disaster Relief efforts.
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 conduct electronic surveys from our community virtually and in person to ensure quality engagement.We focus on age, location, and demographics.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Paper surveys,
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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 have included data in our programs to ensure quality and success.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our community partners,
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How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship?
We are tailoring our programs to be successful and progressive due to feedback.
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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 look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people,
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation
Board of directorsas of 03/22/2023
Michael Thomas
Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation
Term: 2022 - 2024
Chris Scott
Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation
Term: 2020 - 2022
Chris Scott
Dr. Aliston Thomas
Alrene Barr
Yvette Thomas-Henry
Ivan Shammas
Sherry Bellille
Dr. Allisa Horsford
Marva Jacobs
Jackie Robinson
Melissa Noel
Ria Edoo
Lorettta Green-Williams
Astra Astra Armbrister-Rolle
Saurel Quettan
Dr. David Panton
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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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- 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 a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- 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 measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- 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.