CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc
Practical learning for International Action
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc
EIN: 56-2339052
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
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CDA uses ethical methods, rigorous analysis and locally-led processes to learn from those most affected by conflict produce useful tools for policymakers and practitioners to inform policy.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Stopping as Success
In partnership with PeaceDirect, Search for Common Ground and funded through USAID, Stopping as Success (SaS) uses case study methodology to evaluate international aid exits.
Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium
While the peacebuilding field has made meaningful strides developing innovative strategies to measure and learn from its current practices and programs, many of the fundamental challenges of peacebuilding evaluation are based on funding structures and systems which are beyond the capacity of any one actor to change. As a result, advancing the field of peacebuilding evaluation requires a whole-of-community effort. In response to this reality, the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), Besa: Catalyzing Change, CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, Mercy Corps, and Search for Common Ground (SFCG), and formerly the Center for Peacebuilding and Development and the US Institute of Peace, partner together on the Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium—a field-wide effort to address the unique challenges to measuring and learning from peacebuilding programs.
Framework for Collective Impact in Peacebuilding
Funded by Humanity United, this project uses case study methodology to examine the role and effectiveness of peacebuilding networks and coalitions towards achieving greater impact on conflict systems.
Responsible Business
CDA helps companies to improve their social impacts, support development in communities they affect, and operate in ways that strengthen their relationships with those communities. CDA works on a bi-lateral partnership basis with individual companies, and also works in multi-stakeholder initiatives to advance public understanding of corporate social impacts and their mitigation.
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Affiliations & memberships
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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?
A future where communities and nations demonstrate resilience, drive their own development, and resolve conflicts without resorting to armed violence.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Supporting the application of lessons from collaborative learning processes to improve effective and accountable engagements that result in significant, positive, lasting change for people and societies.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
CDA is widely recognized for its established expertise in the professional fields of Accountability and Feedback Loops, Conflict Sensitivity/Do No Harm, Peacebuilding Effectiveness, and Responsible Business.
Our expertise is rooted in evidence-based collaborative learning projects, and in the extensive advisory work, that we have completed and continue to perform. Throughout the years we have worked in more than seventy conflict-affected and fragile contexts!
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
For almost twenty years, CDA has provided services in relation to accountability and feedback loops, conflict sensitivity/Do No Harm, peacebuilding effectiveness, and responsible business. We have worked in more than 70 conflict-affected and fragile contexts, and support development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding agencies, as well as private sector companies, to improve the impacts of their operations. Our services, guidance, and tools are grounded in field experience, enable organizations to learn with and from each other, are oriented towards practical application, are broadly relevant across many contexts
CDA’s expertise on effective engagement in complex situations is more relevant today than ever. Addressing the cascade of crisis, from Syria and South Sudan, to Yemen and Myanmar, along with increased global fragility and rapidly evolving forms of political violence, requires the context-specific and practical tools CDA has honed over two decades.
Financials
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Liquidity in 2023 info
0.32
Months of cash in 2023 info
1
Fringe rate in 2023 info
19%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jun 01 - May 31
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jun 01 - May 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jun 01 - May 31
This snapshot of CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
Profitability info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | -$132,828 | -$14,319 | -$97,214 | -$156,773 | -$124,765 |
As % of expenses | -9.6% | -1.7% | -11.7% | -14.9% | -11.9% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | -$139,160 | -$14,319 | -$97,214 | -$156,773 | -$124,765 |
As % of expenses | -10.0% | -1.7% | -11.7% | -14.9% | -11.9% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $689,245 | $745,001 | $642,803 | $1,268,911 | $711,932 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | -54.4% | 8.1% | -13.7% | 97.4% | -43.9% |
Program services revenue | 65.1% | 57.7% | 36.2% | 22.4% | 27.0% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other grants and contributions | 34.5% | 42.2% | 44.8% | 77.5% | 71.1% |
Other revenue | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.0% | 0.1% | 1.9% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $1,379,470 | $835,895 | $830,920 | $1,052,979 | $1,051,264 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | -42.6% | -39.4% | -0.6% | 26.7% | -0.2% |
Personnel | 62.5% | 58.2% | 74.4% | 44.3% | 50.0% |
Professional fees | 4.1% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
Occupancy | 2.7% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 21.5% | 23.5% |
All other expenses | 30.7% | 36.1% | 19.5% | 31.2% | 23.9% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $1,385,802 | $835,895 | $830,920 | $1,052,979 | $1,051,264 |
One month of savings | $114,956 | $69,658 | $69,243 | $87,748 | $87,605 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $1,500,758 | $905,553 | $900,163 | $1,140,727 | $1,138,869 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Months of cash | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
Months of cash and investments | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 0.5 | 0.6 | -0.8 | -2.4 | -3.9 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Cash | $42,812 | $180,142 | $23,373 | $134,253 | $90,653 |
Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Receivables | $371,191 | $191,890 | $120,625 | $225,752 | $4,429 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $16,753 | $16,753 | $16,753 | $0 | $0 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 21.3% | 65.9% | 136.4% | 56.8% | 274.1% |
Unrestricted net assets | $55,130 | $40,811 | -$56,403 | -$213,176 | -$337,941 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $280,230 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $280,230 | $90,903 | $0 | $372,705 | $158,138 |
Total net assets | $335,360 | $131,714 | -$56,403 | $159,529 | -$179,803 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
President
Ruth Allen
Ruth joined CDA staff in 2019 to lead the organization in its next chapter as a collaborative platform. Having partnered with CDA throughout her career and previously serving on the board, Ruth understands the power of CDA’s collaborative learning approach, the resulting principles and practices for positive social change, and the global network grown over nearly 30 years. Her shared leadership approach facilitates co-creation of CDA’s vision, culture, technical focus, learning partnerships, and network engagement. Ruth also works directly on several CDA project teams, lending her expertise in participatory research, cross-sector partnerships, civil society leadership, and good governance related to peacebuilding and humanitarian action.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc
Highest paid employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
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CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Inc
Board of directorsas of 07/18/2023
Board of directors data
Neil Levine
Levine Strategies
Term: 2022 - 2026
Neil A. Levine
Sharon Flynn
OceanaGold
Rebecca Miller
Jeannette Carneiro
Attorney
Pushpa Ayer
Center for Conflict Studies
Alain Ondias-Souna
Jessica Wattman
Fredrick Tutu Kama Kama
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? No
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