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Small Hope Bay Foundation Inc

Fort Lauderdale, FL   |  www.smallhopebayfoundation.org
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Small Hope Bay Foundation Inc

EIN: 85-2721060

Mission

The mission of the Small Hope Bay Foundation is to create a thriving sustainable environmental and economically sustainable future for the island of Andros for the benefit of current and future generations. The Foundation plans to achieve this mission by protecting the island’s marine ecosystems and educating local residents, particularly children. The Foundation takes its name from a beautiful cove on the east side of Andros Island home to the Andros Barrier Reef, the world’s third largest barrier reef.

Ruling year info

2021

President, Board of Directors

Jeff Birch

Co Principal Officer

Ship Bright

Main address

1126 S Federal Hwy Suite 280

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 USA

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EIN

85-2721060

Subject area info

Water resources

Environmental education

Community and economic development

Population served info

Economically disadvantaged people

NTEE code info

Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management (C32)

IRS subsection

501(c)(3) Public Charity

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Coral Nurseries

Another environmental initiatives the maintenance and expansion of coral nurseries established at SCUBA diving sites throughout the island. A coral nursery provides an environment for injured coral, often broken by boats, to recuperate and eventually be transplanted back to the seafloor. Small Hope Bay Foundation has created and maintained a number of these nurseries, which are PVC pipe “trees” on the seafloor, on which fragments of broken coral are hung. Through careful monitoring and care, these coral fragments can begin to grow on the nursery. Following successful growth, nursery-reared coral can be transplanted back to a reef.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of job skills training courses/workshops conducted

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Total students taught swimming and becoming PADI certified. Economic development skills program for jobs.

Number of trees planted

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Coral Nurseries

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

These are underwater coral nursery trees that fragments of coral are attached by fishing line to and grow in size until they are ready to be out planted. In 2022 we outplanted over 440 corals

Number of lessons taught

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

These are the swims lesson for local island population as a prerequisite to working on their PADI scuba certification.

Number of conservation actions at site(s)

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

This section describes our coral reef programs with Coral nurseries, urchin relocation and reef anchor protection.

Number of multi-year grants received

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Venture Philanthropy 4 year multi-year grant with additional "challenge" grants included.

Number of new grants received

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

In 2022 we focused on individual donors to demonstrate broad based support. A number of Family Foundations supported us through their Foundations

Number of donations made by board members

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

100% Board participation

Average number of dollars received per donor

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Based on donations from 136 individuals

Hours of legal assistance offered

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

nonprofit registration in The Bahamas by Bahamian Board member

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • Who are the people you serve with your mission?

    Local Androsians who take part in our skills development and scuba program. This is our economic and community development focus,

  • 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, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    It is surprising to many people that many Bahamians, upwards of 65%, do not know how to swim. This is a generational issue with the older generations having a palpable fear of the ocean despite The Bahamas being an archipelago nation. The younger generation is eager to learn and development their career skills in order to be able to have high pay dive instructor jobs, relative to the local hospitality standards. Many of our Board are Bahamian and along with our dive staff that we contract with make presentations at local schools and events to recruit people for our programs.

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    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 people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

Financials

Small Hope Bay Foundation Inc
Financial documents
2022 Small Hope Basy Foundation INC

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

Documents
Letter of Determination is not available for this organization
Form 1023/1024 is not available for this organization

President, Board of Directors

Jeff Birch

Jeff Birch grew up on Andros from the age of four, after his father moved his family to the island from Canada to develop a small family nature resort. He is now a Bahamian citizen. After completing primary school within the community on the island, Jeff completed his secondary education in Nassau at the esteemed Government High School and furthered his education abroad before returning to Andros in 1980 to continue his father’s legacy of operating a small business within the context of both the natural environment and close-knit community of the island. He has since served as the owner of the local batik factory, Androsia Ltd., and currently serves as the CEO of Small Hope Bay Lodge. Jeff is a multi-engine commercial instrument pilot, PADI-certified SCUBA instructor, and cave diver who considers himself one of the most active non-institutional facilitators for non-institutional youth programs in diving and swimming on Andros.

Co Principal Officer

Ship Bright

Edward Shippen “Ship” Bright is the Principal of BrightNGOsolutions, LLC (www.BrightNGOsolutions.com), a nonprofit consulting firm based in New Hampshire, that provides services throughout the U.S. as well as internationally. He is a two-time Fulbright Scholar who has taught Social Entrepreneurship at Charles University and University of Economics, Prague in the Czech Republic as well as the University of the Bahamas. He has also been an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern New Hampshire University’s Graduate School of Business where he has taught Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. A graduate of Bates College (BA 1978), Southern New Hampshire University (MBA 1986), and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (MC/MPA 1992), Ship lives with his partner, Holly, in Exeter, New Hampshire.

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Small Hope Bay Foundation Inc

Board of directors
as of 03/26/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board of directors data
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Board chair

Jeff Birch

Small Hope Bay Lodge

Brian Birch

Emily Melvin

Isaac Collie

Tarran Simms

Holly Ulrich

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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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? No
  • 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? 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? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 3/26/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

We do not display disability information for organizations with fewer than 15 staff.

Equity strategies

Last updated: 03/26/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • 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.
Policies and processes
  • 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 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.