Guardian Organization
We Help Put The Pieces Of Your Life Back Together After A Life-Changing Event
Mission
The Guardian Organization is a tax-exempt charity. Like a Guardian Angel, we help people who are having difficulty transitioning to a 'new norm' for their lives. Here are some of the ways we provide assistance: - Provide financial assistance for individuals and families while they are going through a season of adjustment - Offer healing and improvement to the family’s/individual’s situation - which happens over time - Provide referrals to companies and agencies you can trust at such a vulnerable time. Their goods and services are provided at a discount. Our care may be short or long termed, based on the ability to embrace and sustain a 'new-normal' life.
Ruling year
2018
CEO
Ms Sophea L Chisom
Main address
PO Box 512
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 USA
EIN
82-3760422
NTEE code
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (P01)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Things change all of a sudden when there is a loss; whether the loss is income, a relative, a relationship, job, position or prestige. Even if we see it coming, when the change happens there is a difference in how life is lived after that day. Life altering events can occur for any number of reasons: death, abandonment, terminal illness, returning to society after incarceration or having to leave a domestically violent environment. In many cases support is needed beyond the onset of when the event occurs. Other factors can set in such as depression or emotional distress, even physical health challenges may arise that can further prevent the desire or ability to move forward. The Guardian Organization provides monetary and counseling assistance, referrals and services for people who are experiencing life-changing events. We offer help during a transitional season to prevent having to go through it alone, you don' know what to do nor where to turn for assistance.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Domestic Violence
Safety, counseling and assistance for victims (and their families) of domestic violence
Financial Assistance
Monetary support for bills and expenses when qualifications are met in conjunction with budget and financial counseling
Mentoring/Life coaching
We come along side as one navigates through tough decisions during difficult times
Referral agency
Resource connectors to family services, child-care, auto service, food banks, home repair and maintenance, etc. We do the legwork by finding the necessary contacts to meet the need then supply the patron with the contact and resource.
Health Resource
Provide referrals to licensed and quality restorative counselling services (i.e., mental health, suicide prevention, grief counseling)
Supplemental Medical Payments
Payment of medical, physical and mental health service provider visits and/or co-pays
Employment Services
Provide career counseling, clothing, job seeking assistance and guidance for those entering the workforce for the first time, those seeking to supplement income, post incarceration.
This also includes referrals to Training and Literacy programs .for patrons who need to supplement their income and/or provide replacement income for the family
Suicide Prevention
immediate counselling and referrals to emergency, family crisis and suicide prevention agencies
Mental Health
Mental health counselling and suicide prevention(by licensed providers only)
Housing and Shelter
Referrals to local shelters and housing rental agencies for individuals or families
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Average grant amount
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Health
Related Program
Financial Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of households served with eviction notice or forced displacement
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups
Related Program
Housing and Shelter
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups
Related Program
Financial Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Hours of mentoring
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups
Related Program
Mental Health
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Pounds of clothing donated
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Economically disadvantaged people, Nomadic people
Related Program
Domestic Violence
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children who receive new clothing
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Families, Parents, Victims and oppressed people
Related Program
Housing and Shelter
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of homeless participants engaged in housing services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Families, Parents, Nomadic people
Related Program
Housing and Shelter
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of hygiene kits distributed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Nomadic people
Related Program
Housing and Shelter
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Estimated dollar value of food donations distributed to community feedings programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Nomadic people
Related Program
Housing and Shelter
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of low-income households who have received utilities assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups
Related Program
Financial Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of partner churches
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Nomadic people, Women and girls, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ people
Related Program
Housing and Shelter
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of care packages delivered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Nomadic people
Related Program
Mental Health
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average number of non-monetary support contacts per grantee
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Families, Widows and widowers, Unemployed people, Nomadic people
Related Program
Housing and Shelter
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Median grant amount
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Caregivers, Families, Widows and widowers, Adults
Related Program
Financial Assistance
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Economically disadvantaged people, Incarcerated people, Victims and oppressed people, Adults
Related Program
Financial Assistance
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of families served in cancer treatment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Adults
Related Program
Supplemental Medical Payments
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of new champions or stakeholders recruited
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with diseases and illnesses, Unemployed people
Related Program
Health Resource
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of meetings held with decision makers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with diseases and illnesses, Economically disadvantaged people, Unemployed people
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of print, radio, or online ads developed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of new website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Families
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Guardian Organization is a tax-exempt charity established as an adult transitional-based support system for those adjusting to their ‘new normal life’. This support can be short or long termed, dependent on monthly assessments of the person’s reasonable ability to carry on their new-normal life.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are in existence to
- Provide help for individuals and families while they're going through a season of adjustment
- Offer healing and improvement to the family’s/individual’s situation - which happens over time
Charitable donations are pooled into a common fund and serves as the organization’s operating budget for all programs.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Having formed a consortium of services, we have partnered with professional behavioral health providers, automobile mechanics, licensed and certified roof and home repair contractors and other agencies that provide discounted services and support. All partner agencies with The Guardian Organization are carefully screened and scrutinized since our Patrons are in a sensitive stage in their life journey.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have successfully provided grief counseling to a Patron having difficulty adjusting to the death of their grandmother, mini-grants, food and household amenities for a patron who was unemployed after experiencing a disabling health challenge but who is now employed, provided monetary assistance, transportation and counseling to get a disabled Patron's electricity turned back on.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Guardian Organization
Board of directorsas of 03/11/2024
Ms Sophea Chisom
Guardian Organization
Term: 2022 - 2021
Ronald Williford
Guardian Organization
Delcina Turner
Guardian Organization
Lamonte Turner
Guardian Organization
Debra Gillman
Guardian Organization
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
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
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Transgender Identity
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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.
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