Junior League of Phoenix Inc
Women Building Better Communities
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Maricopa County is the 6th largest county in the U.S. with 4.3 million citizens. In our midst we have hundreds of thousands of people who would be considered vulnerable and underserved due to many significant life challenges caused by illness, disability, addiction, severe poverty, lack of education and full employment. Since 1935, Junior League Phoenix (JLP) has been working to make life better for many of our community neighbors. JLP has a strong commitment to training its members with invaluable learning opportunities ranging from leadership and organizational development training to community program instruction and nonprofit fundraising skills. Through this unique curriculum, members learn how to not only manage and train volunteers, but also how to collaborate with community agencies to maximize a volunteer’s impact and thus aid a greater number of disadvantaged and underserved in our community.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Reducing Hunger & Improving Access to Basic Needs
Junior League of Phoenix is working towards reducing hunger in the greater Phoenix area. We do this through addressing critically important issues of hunger and food insecurity in multiple community programs across Maricopa County.
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.
Hours of volunteer service
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
Reducing Hunger & Improving Access to Basic Needs
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Even in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, JLP was able to put in nearly 1,000 volunteer hours within the community. This metric does not include the many hours league members volunteer for the org.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
In addition to our quality volunteer training, we are focused on helping reduce food insecurity.
The alleviation of local hunger continues to be one of the greater Phoenix community's most significant social challenges. This heartbreaking trend of adults and children suffering from hunger and food insecurity on a regular basis has continued and worsened since the great recession. With the unknown but substantial effects of the 2020 Coronavirus and the already stepped up requests from food banks, Arizona is on the verge of an even more pervasive problem with hunger and food insecurities.
We recently determined that the JLP will work hard to help alleviate the most pressing basic needs through community programs at Harvest Compassion Center and with St. Vincent de Paul. Both community partners engage with thousands of those in need each week so we know that our work will have a far-reaching impact.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Not only will our ongoing training help produce highly qualified and knowledgeable JLP volunteers who help nonprofit organizations within our community programs, but they also assist by serving as key volunteers with many different social service and human service-oriented organizations. In these volunteer roles we do everything from govern the nonprofit as board members, to participate in much needed service delivery positions such as providing food boxes to children and helping families learn to plant their own food and embrace healthy diets.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Junior League of Phoenix is comprised of more than 1,000 women who contribute more than 100,000 hours annually of volunteer service to the Greater Phoenix community. As previously mentioned, our volunteers have an advantage of having access to highly credentialed individuals who train members on the best practices of volunteerism, communication, fundraising, service delivery, etc.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We are responsible for creating or have been a founding partner for the following organizations and events: Crisis Nursery; Ronald McDonald House, Ryan House; Komen Race for the Cure; The Arizona Science Museum; Rosson House; Phoenix Museum of History; Orpheum Theater; Children’s Museum of Phoenix and many others.
We aim to continue developing the potential of women, promote voluntarism and strengthen the community by assessing local needs and developing programs around those critical needs that will be supported by our trained volunteers.
Every year JLP provides both funding as well as expert volunteers to assist with several nonprofit programs. The programs below illustrate what the organization plans to do next in 2020/2021:
1) Harvest Compassion Center (HCC): More than a local food bank, it is a one-stop shopping experience where anyone living in Arizona can choose their most needed food, hygiene, baby and clothing items free of charge. Currently located in Phoenix, Maryvale and Chandler, the HCC is schedule to open its fourth center to help increase accessibility to healthy food options, clean clothing, and additional life essentials.
2) St. Vincent de Paul: The program that JLP will help fund and staff with volunteers is The Ivy Center for Family Wellness will provide wellness educational opportunities for the whole family, including:
a. taking families into the urban farm to teach them how to plant their own healthy food—including the children in the planting and harvesting process
b. inviting families to the Ivy Center test kitchen where culturally competent registered dietitians will show families how to prepare and buy high quality, low cost healthy foods
c. Preparing and handing out fresh food boxes to families that attend the SVdP evening meal
3) We will continue working on signature programs from the past few years: Kids in the Kitchen, ROCKETS, and Phoenix Food Day & Healthfest. For more information on these programs: www.jlp.org
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 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?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Junior League of Phoenix Inc
Board of directorsas of 08/29/2022
Kelly Kaysonepheth
AZTEC Engineering Group, Inc.
Term: 2024 - 2022
Christina Henderson
Stephanie Blankenship
Ashley Bunch
APS
Ashley Montanaro
Stephanie Viboch
Laura Sharp
Jessica Hosain
The HEFAR Group
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 ? Not applicable -
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
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