Strategy for Access Foundation NFP
All that's fun for the ability challenged!
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Strategy for Access Foundation is a non-profit organization that prioritizes advocacy for people with visible and invisible disabilities. The organization envisions to create an understanding that people with disabilities contribute to the global community in numerous ways and that they are assets to the society.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Fun4theDisabled
Fun4thedisabled is a disability vlog about people, products, organizations, events, and accessible activities for people with ability challenges and their friends and families of all ages to enjoy themselves.
Where we work
External reviews
Photos
Videos
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?
The organization is aiming to raise awareness not just to the challenges of the disability community, but also to all the ways they help contribute to society. Strategy for Access tries to adopt the idea that people with disabilities are not liabilities to their communities, but rather assets.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Fun4thedisabled being its main platform, the organization creates inspiring and educative content. The content is created through interviews with people from around the world, as well as some personal stories from the members of the organization. Strategy for Access also partners with universities and other helpful parties to extend its reach.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Strategy for Access has a strong and dedicated team with related capabilities, creating content serving the organization’s goals. It uses a number of internet-based audiovisual tools to raise awareness to its cause, such as videos, blog posts, and podcasts. In this process, its primary resources are DSLR cameras with various capabilities, professional photography, video, and audio editing software. The videos are closed-captioned for the hearing impaired and the transcripts are also provided for the visually impaired. The organization also produces a newsletter, sent out by email, that has an increasing number of subscribers.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since its establishment a year ago, Strategy for Access managed to reach a growing number of 5000 subscribers to its newsletter. Some of its video content has been viewed by more than 400 viewers. In addition, a Board of Directors has been successfully formed to better achieve the organization’s goals. The next milestone for Strategy for Access will be to get funding. Furthermore, in spring 2020, the organization is partnering with a university professor, who will implement Google Analytics to Strategy for Access’ web platform as a class project, to measure its effectiveness in terms of the number of organic users and digital marketing in general. In terms of the creative content creation, the organization is planning to launch multiple web series about mental illness and the wheelchair and insurance industry.
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 strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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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 take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Strategy for Access Foundation NFP
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2023
Vanessa Harris
Tony Smith
Victoria Harris
Richard Harris
Patricia Harris
Autumn Wilke
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? 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? 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:
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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 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 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.