Project Concern International (PCI), A Global Communities Partner
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
PCI is working to end extreme poverty.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Food security
PCI takes a comprehensive approach to improving health outcomes by integrating its food security programs with nutrition, health, agricultural development, food aid, and disaster risk management interventions. PCI has implemented 19 USAID Title II food assistance projects since 1997, including eight Development Food Assistance Programs (DFAP)/Multi-Year Assistance Programs (MYAP), two Single-year Assistance Programs, and 11 International Food Relief Partnership programs. PCI is currently implementing DFAPs in Malawi, Liberia, Bangladesh, and Guatemala. As a key implementing partner for USAID/FFP’s LAUNCH program in Liberia, PCI leads all of the maternal child health and nutrition activities, which includes the preventing malnutrition in children under two approach, and improves education opportunities for children and youth. PCI also plays a key role in assuring gender equity in project implementation and manages all activities related to DRR and EWS. As a part of USAID/FFP’s PROSHAR program in Bangladesh, PCI leads the implementation of all maternal and child health and nutrition activities, which includes the preventing malnutrition in children under two approach. In addition it is the lead of all DRR activities which focus on building the capacities of communities and government institutions to engage in effective DRM and address long-term trends, such as those associated with climate change. As an implementing partner in USAID/FFP’s PAISANO program in Guatemala, PCI is leading all project interventions in five of the project’s 13 target municipalities, managing distribution of over one-third of the project’s commodities, and spearheading the project’s cross-cutting goal to improve the status of women. Through funding from USDA, PCI has designed and implemented an additional 25 food aid projects (nine Food for Progress (FFPr) programs; 13 Food for Education (FFE) programs; and four 416(b) programs) in Tanzania, Indonesia, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the Central America Region. PCI is currently implementing 3 FFE programs in Tanzania, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. Through USDA-funded school-based food security programs in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Tanzania, 184,000 students received a hot, nutritious meal daily in 2014.
Disease prevention
As a recognized leader in the adept use of local programmatic platforms (such as uniformed services, schools, self-help groups, Care Groups, etc.) in order to reach the most vulnerable populations, PCI has used innovative advocacy, communication, social mobilization and behavior change strategies to prevent and mitigate the spread of infectious diseases (such as polio, TB, Ebola, and HIV/AIDS) and chronic diseases (such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer). Since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak, PCI has reached more than 140,000 people in Liberia through community mobilization and awareness-raising efforts. This includes providing key messages though an established network of community volunteers, including lead mothers of Care Groups, community WASH committees, parent/teacher associations, community health committees, and DRR committees. Through an emphasis on effectively engaging and building the capacity of local stakeholders, including the Liberian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare at the central, county and district levels, PCI has galvanized strategic alliances and established a number of networks, tools and evidence-based approaches that are being utilized to respond to the Ebola outbreak. PCI had been awarded 17 major HIV/AIDS-related programs funded by PEPFAR. As part of this portfolio, with funding from DHAPP, PCI provides technical assistance to the defense forces of Zambia, Malawi, and Botswana to implement, manage, and evaluate comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care and support programs. Through PCI’s collaboration with DHAPP in these three countries, PCI has reached nearly 100,000 service members and their families since 2003. In India, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control, PCI provides intensive technical assistance (TA) to the Indian National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) with a focus on expanding TA and collaboration at national, state and district levels to effectively design, implement and monitor HIV and AIDS programs through strengthening of laboratory systems in India. By the end of the project in March 2015, 60 laboratories will have obtained accreditation, from a baseline of zero in 2009, and this achievement exceeds the PEPFAR target of 50. Working in partnership with the CORE Secretariat in India, the Government of India (GOI), the World Health Organization (WHO), numerous other international and national NGOs, and local district authorities and communities, PCI implements the Core Group Polio Project in 3 high risk districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh. PCI’s social mobilization efforts in Uttar Pradesh, India, increased the number of children fully immunized against polio in PCI’s intervention areas from only 45.3% in 2010-11 to 73% in 2013, according to Annual Health Survey data.
Maternal and Child Health
With decades of experience worldwide, PCI has consistently demonstrated its ability to affect positive life cycle changes through the provision of services, shaping MCH behaviors, and in reducing the incidence of life-threatening diseases in mothers, infants and children and their families. With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, PCI reached 323,650 women in Indian through the promotion of participatory learning and collective action in women’s groups, which provide a sense that change is possible, to ultimately liberate these marginalized women and communities to be effective agents of change, resulting in improved MCH behaviors now and in the future. Under the USAID-funded Every Preemie – SCALE (Scaling, Catalyzing, Advocating, Learning, Evidence-Driven) program, PCI is providing practical, catalytic, and scalable approaches for expanding uptake of preterm birth (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW) interventions in 24 USAID priority countries in Africa and Asia. This $9M program began in FY14 and will scale up evidence-based and underutilized PTB and LBW interventions by translating evidence into action at and below the national level, increasing capacity and performance for improved service delivery at facility and community levels, and increasing prioritization of PTB and LBW interventions within national and global policies, protocols, and initiatives. PCI’s legacy program in Guatemala, Casa Materna, provides a maternal waiting home for high-risk pregnant women who can access skilled care delivery, post-partum newborn care, nutrition and family planning counseling, and emergency care if needed. To date Casa Materna has reached approximately 250,000 women and trained 768 caregivers, including parents, grandparents and traditional birth attendants on the Kangaroo mother Care method for newborns.
Humanitarian Assistance
PCI currently operates disaster risk reduction and humanitarian assistance programs in nine countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas. PCI provides humanitarian assistance to people affected by disasters and complex emergencies; helps governments, local organizations, and communities better manage risk and respond to emergencies when they arise; and integrates efforts to help reduce vulnerability to disasters into all of its ongoing programs. In Indonesia, where coastal communities are extremely vulnerable to natural disasters and weather events, 84 teachers from 43 schools participated in PCI-facilitated school-based disaster simulations in 2014, aiming to improve the disaster preparedness practices of local communities through knowledge and education. In Ethiopia, pastoralist families utilized geo-climatic satellite data for decision-making on where to migrate and locate good grazing land to reduce livestock deaths. PCI’s interventions led to a 47% drop in herd mortality in vulnerable communities representing $8.4 million dollars in livestock surviving compared to average annual losses experienced in the previous three years. PCI estimates that $5.4 million (64% of the value in reduced losses) can be attributed to PCI’s interventions. Under the USAID-funded Barrio Mío Project in Guatemala, PCI is transforming an urban neighborhood by reducing its risk of disasters, strengthening the capacity of its municipal government to manage growth, improving water and sanitation infrastructure, and developing the economic assets of its most vulnerable households. Under Barrio Mio, PCI has assisted 11,500 people through new livelihoods development activities, developed 17 disaster response plans with communities and local government, trained over 14,000 people in water management and proper waste disposal, and improved 2,976 shelters in 17 different communities by incorporating multiple DRR measures. In 2014 in Malawi, PCI reinforced the resiliency of rural communities by increasing household agricultural productivity and access to food for nearly 8,600 people – or 132% of the target – through conservation agriculture and home gardens; reinforced the resiliency of nearly 3,000 people – or 150% of the target – through the expansion and support of the VSL program; and strengthened early detection and community-based management of acute malnutrition, which benefited approximately 3,500 people.
Water and sanitation and other
A hallmark of PCI’s work is the organization’s commitment to implement community-based, holistic, integrated programs that are person-centered and recognize the interrelated nature of the issues people and communities face. For example, Women Empowered (WE) is a PCI global initiative dedicated to promoting the economic and social empowerment of women through the formation of self-managed and self-sustaining savings groups. Global membership now totals over 413,391 members in over 30,000 groups and PCI currently has 15 local partners implementing WE in 6 countries, with direct PCI implementation in 6 others. In recognition of the critical role that women can play as agents of change in the health of their families, PCI’s programs related to maternal and child health integrate education on water and sanitation and disease prevention. This is reflected in PCI’s Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored work in Bihar, India, where 323,650 marginalized women are transforming their families’ health by adopting key sanitation behaviors such as hand washing, early and exclusive breastfeeding of infants, and the intake of iron and folic acid for pregnant mothers, as learned through self-help groups. PCI recognizes the impact and importance of mental health on families and communities, and in the U.S., PCI developed tailored curricula that improved by 40-55% the mental health of vulnerable pregnant women, new mothers, and women of reproductive age participating in support groups. Also in the U.S., PCI became a Certified Enrollment Entity via Covered California (State Health Insurance Exchange) and its 5 Certified Counselors directly provided outreach and education to over 1,500 uninsured families through PCI’s programs and provided 406 enrollment referrals. A testimony to PCI’s long term commitment to the communities it serves, PCI’s four Legacy Programs in India, Guatemala, Mexico and the U.S./Mexico Border have been operating for a combined 63 years, during which time they have served nearly 1.5 million people with lifesaving access to care and services, including safe pregnancy care for Mayan women in Guatemala, access to health assessments and referrals for Mexican immigrants in the U.S.; well-baby clinics in remote slums around Tijuana, Mexico; and support services for street children in New Delhi, India. Finally, PCI has many decades of experience in not only effectively engaging with local entities as partners in transformational development, but also in improving local capacity for sustainable, community-driven change at scale. Throughout 2014, PCI developed and disseminated via a series of regional workshops several new tools and approaches related to these three cross-cutting and fundamental themes, including: Gold Standards of Performance for all three thematic areas, a new set of tools designed to effectively measure changes in local capacity, and the new published Resource Guide for Enhancing Potential for Sustainable Impact.
Women Empowered
Economic empowerment is central to women’s ability to overcome poverty, cope with shocks and improve their well-being. When women realize their economic goals, whether it’s growing a business, improving their home or investing in training or education, they’re more resilient and able to provide for themselves and their families. Yet, globally, women continue to trail men in formal labor force participation, land and property ownership, and access to financial services, like credit and savings.
Approaches tailored to reach women must address and overcome the multiple obstacles that can leave women trapped in poverty. PCI’s Women Empowered (WE) program focuses on increasing women’s skills, decision-making power and access to economic resources. Interventions including the formation of savings and lending groups and income-generating activities help women realize their financial goals and overcome persistent, gender-based barriers. As resourceful economic agents, women can take control of their future and support their families and communities.
Where we work
Accreditations
BBB Accredited Charity 2022
Awards
Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Award 2011
San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition
Most Innovative Nonprofit 2016
Classy Awards
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Community members who participated in peer/self-help groups to improve health and nutrition behaviors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Women and adolescent girls reached with cervical cancer prevention, screening and/or treatment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Disease prevention
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
7,967 women and adolescent girls reached with cervical cancer prevention, screening and/or treatment; 4,178 of the total reached were adolescent girls.
Number of people tested for HIV
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Disease prevention
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of individuals tested for HIV and linked to treatment
Number of HIV-positive people begin HIV treatment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with HIV/AIDS, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Disease prevention
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
HIV positive individuals supported with HIV treatment
Orphans and vulnerable children provided with support to improve their health and well-being
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Orphans and vulnerable children provided with support to improve their health and well-being
Number of laboratories supported with capacity-building activities to improve accuracy and efficiency of testing and diagnosis
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Disease prevention
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people reached with neglected tropical disease prevention, referral and/or treatment services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Disease prevention
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children reached with a meal each school day
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Food security
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
28,000,000 school meals served to 302,242 primary school children
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people, Students
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
3,527 Schoolteachers provided with improved literacy training and education materials, which benefited 224,002 schoolchildren in 1,531 primary schools
Number of farmers provided with improved agricultural production practices and technologies
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Farmers
Related Program
Food security
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
17,802 farmers, 64% of whom are women, provided with improved agricultural production practices and technologies
Number of people directly assisted through food security programming
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Children and youth, Families
Related Program
Food security
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of people directly assisted through PCI's food security programming
Number of dollars of private sector investments in agriculture attributable to the organization's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Water and sanitation and other
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of municipalities that implemented PCI’s methodologies for urban resilience
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Families
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of municipalities that implemented PCI’s methodologies for urban resilience
Number of people who benefited from PCI’s emergency responses
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Families, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people who benefited from PCI’s urban upgrading methodologies
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of trees planted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
870,352 trees were planted to increase the resilience to climate change and improve livelihoods and the environment.
Number of women supported in economic empowerment groups
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Nearly 4 million women supported in 304,482 female economic empowerment self-help groups, across 4 countries.
Number of people reached with messages to prevent human trafficking in San Diego
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of women provided with basic business skills training
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Adults, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Women provided with basic business skills training in Africa and the Americas through PCI's Women Empowered and Gap P.A.C.E training.
Total saved by female economic empowerment groups
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Humanitarian Assistance
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total money saved, to date, by members of PCI-supported female economic empowerment self-help groups to improve their lives, households and communities
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?
PCI's mission is to prevent disease, improve community health and promote sustainable development worldwide. Motivated by our concern for the world's most vulnerable children, families and communities, PCI envisions a world where abundant resources are shared, communities are able to provide for the health and well-being of their members, and children and families can achieve lives of hope, good health and self-sufficiency. PCI works in vulnerable communities to improve health and create long-term change by helping people help themselves. PCI focuses our efforts in to following intervention areas; Women's Empowerment & Poverty, Child and Maternal Health, Food Security & Water Programs, Disease Prevention, Disaster Relief and Recovery as well as Disaster Risk Reduction.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Between 2013 and 2016, PCI will help transform the lives of 10 million people. PCI will unleash the power of families and communities to transform their own lives using the following strategic directions as we strive to achieve these goals and accomplish our mission. Direction 1: Sustainable Impact Strategy: PCI will apply the post-project sustainability measurement strategy to at least one program in each region and in each intervention area per year. PCI will also produce, test, finalize and disseminate a Sustainability Toolkit. Direction 2: Local Capacity Strengthening. Strategy: PCI will disseminate a package of tools and training materials for taking its local capacity building and measurement methodologies to scale. There will be implementation of PCI's plan to measure local capacity improvements utilizing PCI's Global Impact Measurement System to capture programmatic results (quality and scale) of improved local capacity. Direction 3: Gender Strategy: PCI will strengthen the positioning of PCI as a leader in gender-sensitive programming, including increased participation in gender-related task forces, interest groups and communities. PCI will focus on increasing institutionalization of the work of the Gender Equity Commission to include development and dissemination of updated gender-related policies, guidelines and tools throughout PCI. PCI will place greater emphasis on women's economic, social and political empowerment as a core element of PCI's theory of change, via the Women Empowered Initiative. Direction 4: Innovation Strategy: PCI will support, inspire and expect innovation amongst all staff by providing them with the time, tools and resources for innovation and rewarding measured risk-taking rather than treating it as a liability. We will create specific innovation pathways to better solicit, process, track and disseminate our best innovations in the shortest period possible. Direction 5: Leveraging Knowledge Strategy: We will improve documentation, positioning and marketing of PCI's programming and results, including increased visibility in industry journals and other publications/communications platforms and conferences. PCI will effectively utilize IT platform to access and share strategic information. Direction 6: Game Changing Resources Strategy: PCI will work to create new corporate partnerships and strengthen private foundation cultivation efforts. We will secure catalytic multi-year six- and seven-figure gifts, with a focus on social entrepreneurs as part of the Investing in Solutions campaign and expand national reach through Board relationships and new staff re-assignments. Direction 7: Organizational Excellence Strategy: We will ensure that we have the capacity needed to support this strategic direction, and align staff performance objectives with our overall strategic objectives. PCI will also create learning and development opportunities linked to career paths and staff competencies.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Since 1961 when PCI was founded by Dr. James Turpin, the focus of the organization has remained true to its founder: PCI works in vulnerable communities to improve health and create long-term change by helping people help themselves. After 50 years of experience working in communities living in poverty around the world, key learnings form the foundation for everything we do and for our distinct approach to international health and development programming. We know that the ability to measure the real results and impact of our work, not just the activities, is critical to justify investment in our programs and in our organization. \r\n\r\nWhat distinguishes PCI's work is our ability to attack the root causes of poor health and poverty, whether cultural, environmental or socio-political. We listen closely to, and work with, those who are most affected, respecting and leveraging their own assets, ambitions, capabilities, successes and leadership to co-create sustainable community solutions. Additionally, we implement, whenever possible, holistic, integrated programs that are person-centered and recognize the interrelated nature of the issues people and communities face. PCI cultivates relationships and networks that provide a strong connective role among stakeholders at the community level, a bridging role between global, regional and national interests, and a leveraging role that multiplies the impact of every dollar spent. We develop unique tools to measure the significant and long-term impact of our work on people's lives.\r\n\r\nPCI is convinced that these mutually reinforcing attributes are essential for solutions that are empowering and sustainable, and that result in better health, self-sufficiency, and true development for the millions of people we serve. They are what make PCI unique and uniquely effective.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
As reported in the 2014 Annual Report, released April 2014, the number of people benefiting from PCI's program services stands at 8,124,099; there are 413,391 global members in 30,833 Women Empowered savings group. 17,408 organizations are currently benefiting from PCI's capacity strengthening efforts, 3,525 metric tons of food has been delivered in daily rations to 184,000 school children in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Tanzania, national policy has been influenced in 92% of the countries PCI works in, and PCI distributed supplies to almost 2,000 households in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. These are just a few of the programmatic statistics from work done in 2013 and 2014. \r\n\r\nOf the 26 investments mentioned above representing objectives within our seven strategic directions (Sustainable Impact, Local Capacity Strengthening, Gender, Innovation, Leveraging Knowledge, Game Changing Resources, Organizational Excellence), 14 of these projects have been implemented wide scale throughout the organization. PCI's strategic successes include implementation of the Women's Empowered Initiative in 12 of the 16 countries planned, PCI released our Sustainability Toolkit and Safety and Security Manual to 14 countries, innovation trainings were completed in six countries, PCI was nominated in the category of Human Rights at the 5th annual StayClassy Awards and won in the Women's Rights category, PCI became a Clinton Global Initiative member, and PCI had the opportunity to host a congressional briefing in Washington DC to discuss the importance and challenges of measuring economic and social impact of women.\r\nPCI has made great strides towards achieving the objectives set forth by the 2013-2016 Strategic Plan and will continue to move towards organizational excellence through additional rollouts, trainings, and program implementations in our 15 different countries. Additional work will be needed specifically in the areas of Game Changing Resources as we move towards our financial goals of achieving more private support and an ever decreasing our management to program expense ratio and Leveraging knowledge as we move in increase global awareness of our organizations capabilities and brand. \r\n\r\n*Preliminary results, all data self- reported.
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 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?
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, 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 difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
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Project Concern International (PCI), A Global Communities Partner
Board of directorsas of 02/10/2023
Mr. Richard Celeste
Former Ohio State Governor
Mr. John Potter
Strategy & PwC Strategy Consulting
Nancy Plaxico
Healthways, Inc., Retired
Joesph Abbate
ResMed
John Potter
Strategy& UK
Hillary Thomas-Lake
HillTop Development Strategies
John Duong
Kind Capital
William C. Lane
Caterpillar (formerly)
Erin Barringer
Dalberg Advisors
Rudy Cline-Thomas
Mastry, Inc.
Claudine Emeott
Salesforce
John Holdsclaw IV
National Cooperative Bank (NCB)
Karen Paterson
Stone Steps Foundation
William Stacy Rhodes
Former Chief of Staff to the Peace Corps
Lawrence Weitzen
Alliant Insurance (formerly)
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? Not applicable
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
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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.