HOPE AND HEALING IN TOUGH PLACES BuildaBridge Strategic Plan 2012-2015 Educating for Transformation
Mission To engage creative people and the transformative power of art making to bring hope and healing to children, families, and communities in the toughest places of the world
Holistic child development Nurturing the Creative Spirit Learning and Innovation Volunteerism and sacrifice Long‐term sustainable relationships Crossing boundaries to build community Speaking Blessings
Community
Program Vision
Our Community programs will form alliances with like‐ minded organizations to deliver direct service and training programs that multiply our local impact and more effectively meet community needs.
Training for Arts Relief and Restoration
• Curriculum Development and Delivery • Accreditation • Faculty and Trainer Registration Initiative • Mobile Institute
Refining our direct service programs to more effectively and sustainably meet community needs
• Best Practices Initiative • Strengthening Community Outreach Programs: Artology, Community Studio, Diaspora of Hope, Discovery
Multiplying our impact through Alliances for service, training and transformation
• International Creative Networks • Educational Alliance Initiative • Local Service Alliances
Building our Organizational Capacity to fulfill our Mission
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Advisory Council Volunteer Professional Staff BuildaBridge Beta Registered Artists on Call Registered Trainers and Faculty National Board
Increasing the financial and functional sustainability of our organization
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Succession Plan Corporate Sponsors Alumni Association Initiative Engaged Board PABF/3:30 Signature Annual Event
International Our International service programs will serve as catalysts for training opportunities that build the capacity of creative people and organizations to sustainably meet the needs of the people they serve
Engaging Creative People
Institute Our Institute Programs aspire to be the foremost domestic and international training resource in trauma‐informed, hope‐infused, arts based education and intervention for community transformation.
Organization Vision
BuildaBridge values:
Initiatives
Telling the Story
We envision a world where all children are resilient, experience self‐efficacy, and have a vision for their future. BuildaBridge dedicates its resources to building the capacity of creative adults and local communities to fulfill this vision.
Integrating Technology
Vision
Strategic Emphases
Operations
Leadership
Our mission will be fulfilled by a paid professional staff assisted by a network of skilled student and professional volunteers. Our team will build a sustainable program structure supported by diverse and increased funding.
We will be led by a board, advisory council and executive team who all have a keen knowledge of and commitment to BuildaBridge’s mission, principles, and practices. We will have an active board responsible for financial and legal oversight, strategic planning, and engaged fundraising.
Strategic Plan 2012-2015
Over the past 20 years the number of natural disasters per year has quadrupled
600 million children globally live in chronic poverty
40% of
19% of US
children live in poverty
educated Sub-‐ Saharan African young adults are illiterate
There are 4.4 million active artists in the United States alone
That is 6 times more artists than physicians and surgeons
Since 2007 BuildaBridge has: • Served over 1600 children in Philadelphia through is Art Therapy, Artology, and Discovery Programs • Hosted over 3,000 parBcipants in our InternaBonal Programs • Offered 19 Diaspora of Hope camps in 6 countries and 2 US States • Established a 10 year commitment in HaiB • Partnered with Eastern University to offer an Arts in Transforma1on concentraBon under their Master of Arts in Urban Studies program • Trained 219 arBsts and community workers from 14 countries in Arts in TransformaBon • Engaged 477 volunteers who served almost 38,000 hours
BuildaBridge Annual Budget 2003-‐2010
$450,000
$418,384 $388,877
$400,000
$409,028
$338,240
$350,000 $300,000 $246,537
$250,000
Budget
$200,000 $150,000 $100,000
$89,900
$105,900 $113,428
$50,000 $0 2002
2003
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2011
The most effective and sustainable response to natural disaster comes from within the local community
Strategic Plan Methodology External Evaluation
Participant Data
Staff Interviews
Financial Analysis
Constituent Survey
Board Survey
SWOT Analyses
BuildaBridge 2012-2015 Strategic Plan
2007 Strategic Plan Review
St W Op Th e r e n g t h s
a k n e s s e s
p o r t u n i t i e s
r e a t s
A N A L Y S I S
Strong use of evaluaIon and assessment to improve services.
Strengths
EffecIve EducaIonal Alliance with Eastern University Unique trauma informed, hope infused trainings and pracIce Growing internaIonal sphere of influence and contacts Good local reputaIon parIcularly for Artology program EffecIve markeIng of values and focus to consItuents Good volunteer infrastructure for internships and volunteer arIsts Progressive and comprehensive inclusion of technology into program sand administration
Weaknesses Limited Board engagement in leading organizaIon Heavy reliance on Co-‐Founders Overly dependent on grants for funding Cost of running programs exceeds revenue Minimal arIst loyalty to organizaIon Limited funds to hire and retain professionally skilled personnel Reliant on volunteers for core organization functions Limited national and international reputation
Increase in requests and interest in arts based assisted learning for community development relief Increased interest in and need for psychological first aid Increased need and interest for holisIc child development Increased need for behavior management ConInued arIst interest in serving and formal arts training Increased partnerships with internaIonal organizaIons Community arts educaIon programs expanding but most have limited service learning opportuniIes
Opportunities
Increasing number of colleges offering community arts degrees PotenIal that programs or mission will lose their niche Challenging global economic climate
Threats
2012-2015
The Mission of BuildaBridge The mission of BuildaBridge is to use the life-‐changing power of art to bring hope and healing to children, families, and communiIes in the tough places of the world. BuildaBridge moIvates, enlists, trains, and connects those with arIsIc gi]s with those in greatest need.
To engage creative people and the transformative power of art making to bring hope and healing to children, families, and communities in the toughest places of the world
Vision We envision a world where all children are resilient, experience self-efficacy, and have a vision for their future. BuildaBridge dedicates its resources to building the capacity of creative adults and local communities to fulfill this vision.
Values •
Holistic child development
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Nurturing the Creative Spirit
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Learning and Innovation
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Volunteerism and self-sacrifice
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Covenant Relationships
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Crossing boundaries of ethnicity, social class, ability, religion, gender, and sexual orientation
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Speaking Blessings
2012-2015 Program Visions
Program Vision
Community Our Community programs will form alliances with like-‐minded organizaIons to deliver direct service and training programs that mulIply our local impact and more effecIvely meet community needs
Program Vision
International Our InternaIonal Service programs will serve as catalysts for training opportuniIes that build the capacity of local creaIve people and organizaIons in vulnerable communiIes to meet their own needs
Program Vision
Institute Our InsItute Programs will become the foremost domesIc and internaIonal training resource in trauma-‐informed, hope-‐infused, child-‐centered, arts-‐based educaIon and intervenIon for community transformaIon
BuildaBridge Organization Vision = Our mission will be fulfilled by four paid professional staff members assisted by a network of skilled student and professional volunteers. Our team will build a sustainable program structure supported by diverse and increased funding.
We will be led by a board with substanIal social capital and access to monetary capital together with an advisory council and execuIve team who all have a keen knowledge of and commitment to BuildaBridge s mission, principles, and pracIces.
BuildaBridge Organizational Chart
2012-2015 Strategic Emphases
Education for Transformation through our direct service programs and by training creaIve people to be agents of transformaIon in their communiIes Integrating Technology into : 1) Training 2) Telling the Story 3) AdministraIon 4) Development 5) Assessment 6) Service
Framing Principles
Telling the Story Of the work that we do and of the people we serve
Engaging Creative People in service to local and global communiIes
Emphasis I
Training for Arts Relief and RestoraIon
• Curriculum Standards IniIaIve • AccreditaIon Expansion • Volunteer RegistraIon IniIaIve • Mobile InsItute Development
Emphasis II Refining our direct service programs to more effectively and sustainably meet community needs
• Best PracIces IniIaIve • Strengthening Community Outreach Programs: Artology, Community Studio, Diaspora of Hope, Discovery
Emphasis III •
MulIplying our impact through Alliances for service, training and transformaIon
• InternaIonal CreaIve Networks • EducaIonal Alliance IniIaIve
Emphasis IV
Building our OrganizaIonal Capacity to fulfill our Mission
• Advisory Council • Volunteer Professional Staff • BuildaBridge Beta • NaIonal Board
Emphasis V
Increasing the financial and funcIonal sustainability of our organizaIon
• Succession Plan • Corporate Sponsors • Signature Annual Event • Alumni AssociaIon IniIaIve • PABF/3:30 • Engaged Board
Next steps
Next Steps
Board Approval & Yearly AcIon Plans
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