Programs and results
What we aim to solve
1. Through Olivia's Basket we know poverty is both debilitating and demoralizing. Providing a home for a family in desperate need provides, sometimes for the first time, hope for the future.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Olivia's Basket
Building beautiful homes for families in desperate need. As of 2018 with the help of hundreds of volunteers we have built 19 homes in three locations: Ensenada and Tijuana, Mexico,
and Tegulcigapa, Honduras.
Abide Collective Student Adventures
Lead student adventures and formation trips that build self-awareness, teamwork skills, wilderness abilities and stewardship responsibility
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Direction is a long established practice
that complements professional counseling. The Abide Collective Spiritual Directors hold space for these individuals to find deeper levels of self reflection and spiritual wholeness through one on one and small group interactions.
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 people no longer living in unsafe or substandard housing as a result of the nonprofit's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
Olivia's Basket
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We have built 23 homes for families in desperate need from 2010 - 2019, helping to meet their physical needs as well with medicine, food and clothing affecting the lives approx 100 individuals.
Number of housing units financed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
Olivia's Basket
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Each home is freely provided through generous donations and volunteer participants.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
Olivia's Basket
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We have had 492 participants from 5 countries volunteer to build homes for families in need.
Number of trips provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
Olivia's Basket
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We have provided 23 homes for families in desperate need, each home also represents a group of volunteers who participated in building.
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?
1. Through Olivia's Basket by providing a home for a family in critical need, we help alleviate poverty in a family, provide better overall health, children attend and are more successful in school, and offer hope to dream for the future.
2. Through Student Adventures we lead formation trips that build self-awareness, teamwork skills,
wilderness abilities and stewardship responsibility.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Continue to build homes for families in desperate need, enlisting willing volunteers to help and sharing the importance of what we do encouraging others to give to help make this happen.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have an active Board of Directors who guide us, we continue to raise funds for projects, and the volunteers who help keep us moving forward.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have built 23 homes for families in need with over 200 volunteers from around the world, led two Student Adventure trips as well as other transformation bike trips. Our future is to keep building homes and offering hope to those in need.
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 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 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?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Abide Collective
Board of directorsas of 11/28/2022
Monique Herman
Abide Collective
Term: 2020 - 2024
Lance Foster
Micheal Hansen
Jane Ray
Monique Herman
Emily Jacobs
Ruben Nuno
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? Not applicable -
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? No -
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
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
No data
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
No data
Disability
Equity strategies
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- 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.