Serve in Boston
2018 Non-Profit Board Recruitment Fair Presented By the Harvard Club of Boston, the Harvard Alumni Association, and the Center for Public Interest Careers
Harvard Club of Boston 374 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02115 The Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC), the Harvard Club of Boston, and the Harvard Alumni Association extend our warmest welcome to the attendees of the annual Harvard Non-Profit Board Recruitment Fair!
Below, you’ll find brief descriptions and contact information for each organization. We hope you enjoy familiarizing yourself with the work of these organizations. Please note that while CPIC reached out to a wide- range of organizations to participate, not all of the registered organizations have worked with CPIC in the past. CPIC cannot guarantee or endorse the work of specific organizations, so attendees should note that they are responsible for exercising their own due diligence if making a commitment to a particular organization.
Participating Organizations
"e" inc. "e” inc. brings hands-on planet science, and the skills to make a difference to under-resourced urban children & youth. Through in-residence work at schools, after schools, community teen teams, & now a museum space in Boston, “e” inc. has engaged thousands of students in new science ideas & behavioral change, tackling today’s science achievement gap by supporting science-literacy & action abilities. Contact: Dr. Ricky S. Stern EdM '95, EdD '01 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.einc-action.org
Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis ACP is a non-profit organization accelerating research efforts to improve diagnosis, optimize treatment and cure multiple sclerosis. ACP promotes scientific collaboration and accelerates research by rapidly and cost-effectively providing researchers with data and biospecimens needed to explore novel research ideas that can lead improved outcomes for people affected by MS. Contact: Sara Loud - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, PR/Marketing Website: www.acceleratedcure.org
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra ASO serves the Greater Boston-south region. We bring local access to a professional orchestra of superior musicians, with a commitment to integrating high-quality performing arts into the life of the community, educating audiences, and creating a strong connection to the music and the people who make it. Contact: Karen Flynn Thompson EdM '90 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, legal, finance Website: www.atlanticsymphony.org
Association to Preserve Cape Cod The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) is the Cape’s most prominent and influential environmental advocacy group. APCC is committed to the stewardship of the Cape's land and water through education, research, building effective partnerships, and providing real solutions for Cape Cod’s environmental challenges. Contact: Blue Magruder AB '69 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.APCC.org
Birches School Birches School is an independent, co-educational Kindergarten through 8th Grade school offering rigorous, interdisciplinary academics within a mindful, nurturing environment. Our mission emphasizes nature-based, project-driven thematic units designed to cultivate academic and social development and to encourage students' curiosity, creativity, self-reliance, and empathy. Contact: Cecily Wardell AB '03 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.birchesschool.org Boston Area Rape Crisis Center As the second oldest rape crisis center in the United States, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) has been highly visible locally and nationally with a mission to end sexual violence through healing and social change. First initiated as a grassroots, activist endeavor, the organization is currently supported by over 40 staff and 250 volunteers annually. BARCC provides free, confidential, and multilingual hotline, medical advocacy, counseling, legal advocacy and case management services, in addition to community trainings and systems advocacy to the greater Boston area. Contact: Megan Mulcahy - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.barcc.org
Boston Ballet Boston Ballet honors the rich heritage of ballet while continuing to push the boundaries of dance. Internationally acclaimed performances, renowned education programs, and pioneering community initiatives made Boston Ballet a leader in the field, with a 55-year history of celebrating the power of dance. Contact: Ryan Fotter - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.bostonballet.org
Boston Dance Alliance Boston Dance Alliance builds capacity for dance by identifying and creating shared resources, information, and productive partnerships to help dance flourish across the Boston metropolitan area and New England region. We are an independent service organization representing dancers, choreographers, teachers, presenters, allied arts and cultural professionals, arts journalists and scholars, wellness and health providers, and dance enthusiasts brought together across dance genres and geographies. BDA strives to increase cultural equity and access to dance for diverse communities, build dance audiences, and promote quality and sustainability. Contact: Debra Cash MDS '95 - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Data mining and digital implementation for both organizational sustainability and specific projects Website: www.bostondancealliance.org
Brattle Film Foundation The Brattle Film Foundation operates the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, the premier Boston-area destination for repertory film. We bring an international view of cinema, recognizing film as both popular and fine art, showing films from Casablanca and Buster Keaton to Chinese film noir and David Lynch. Contact: Daniel M. Thompson - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.brattlefilm.org
Breakthrough Greater Boston Founded in 1992, Breakthrough Greater Boston (BTGB) is a successful college access and teacher training program. With an annual budget of approximately $2.1M, BTGB provides middle and high school students with six years of academic and college readiness services while training talented high school and college students for careers in urban education. Contact: Elissa Spelman EdM '03 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising Website: www.breakthroughgreaterboston.org
Calling All Crows Calling All Crows partners with musicians and fans to create change through hands-on service and activism. We work for a future where the success of live music is measured not only by ticket sales, but by the impact of fans and musicians mobilizing for social change to improve the lives of women around the world. Contact: Kim Warnick AB '13 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising Website: www.callingallcrows.org
Cambridge Forum Cambridge Forum is a 50 year-old non-profit organization dedicated to free public discussion via regular forums. We try to choose topics which reflect current trends, ideas or global developments and examine prescient issues that demand our attention. We believe in the power of constructive, respectful dialogue and all Cambridge Forums are recorded with interactive audiences for NPR and also for WGBH 's Forum Network. Contact: Mary Stack - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.cambridgeforum.org
ChopChop Kids ChopChop's mission is to inspire and teach children and families to cook and eat real food together. We believe that cooking and eating together is critical to every family's health and happiness, as well as a vital component in resolving the widespread problems of obesity, hunger and poor nutrition. Contact: Sally Sampson - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Management/strategic planning Website: www.chopchopmag.org
Citizen Schools Citizen Schools partners with schools, teachers and communities to provide opportunities for young people to build the skills, access and beliefs they need to thrive as students and succeed as adults in the modern economy. We expand the school day with project-based learning; 21st century, social-emotional, and STEM skill-building; and high school, college and career preparation. Contact: Megan Bird - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.citizenschools.org
City Year Boston City Year is an education-focused nonprofit organization that partners with public schools to provide targeted interventions for students at risk of dropping out. This year, City Year Boston is partnering with Boston Public Schools to serve in 23 of its lowest-performing schools, where 289 AmeriCorps members are supporting 12,000 students each day. Contact: Nora Lehan (attending the fair will be Courtney Davis and Rashaad Ingram) - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: https://www.cityyear.org/
Climate Creatives Climate Creatives engages and educates people about climate issues (resiliency, preparedness and mitigation) in all setting s- within organizations, schools and in public venues. We use our unique creative communications and hands-on art and design exercises to connect people emotionally to data and empower and train them to act. Contact: Susan Israel AB '81, MAR '86 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.ClimateCreatives.com
Clover Foundation The Clover Foundation enables young children living in extreme poverty in the Busega community of Kampala, Uganda to have the health, confidence, and ability to grow and become the change in their community. We accomplish this via free education at our preschool and then through private primary school. Contact: Diane Mercer (Clover co-chair) - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Volunteering/direct service, Educator, Lawyer, knowledge of Uganda Website: www.clover-foundation.org
COGdesign (Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design) COGdesign provides pro bono landscape design services to under-resourced community groups in greater Boston. COGdesigners work closely with clients to create beautiful, sustainable, green spaces which meet neighborhood needs. We believe that access to nature is healing and beneficial to the body and spirit as well as to the surrounding community. We believe in equitable access to healthy, beautiful and sustainable natural areas, including parks, gardens, playgrounds, and beds to plant. Contact: Jennifer Kimball - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.cogdesign.org
Common Cause Massachusetts Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to restoring core values of American Democracy, reinventing an open, honest, and accountable government that works for the public interest, and empowering ordinary people to make their voices heard. Founded 45 years ago, Common Cause has 1,000,000 members and supporters. Contact: Devon Nir - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: http://www.commoncause.org/states/massachusetts/
Commonwealth Land Trust Linking housing and care, Commonwealth Land Trust prevents homelessness, preserves diversity of neighborhoods, and rebuilds lives and communities by integrating the delivery of affordable housing and supportive social services to Massachusetts’ most vulnerable residents. Contact: Bruce Henderson MBA '77 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.commonwealthlandtrust.org
Community Cooks Community Cooks mobilizes individuals, businesses, and faith-based groups to offer home-cooked food for vulnerable neighbors seeking assistance from human service agencies. We help partner agencies stretch limited resources; send a message of caring to people in need; and offer volunteers a concrete, flexible, sustainable path of service. Contact: Ian Harper, Board Vice President - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Legal expertise and accounting/finance expertise Website: www.communitycooks.org deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum DeCordova's mission is to inspire, educate, and delight with contemporary art from New England and beyond through sculptures in the landscape and museum exhibitions. Contact: Bruce Smith - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.decordova.org
Excel Academy Charter Schools The mission of Excel Academy is to prepare students to succeed in high school and college, apply their learning to solve relevant problems, and engage productively in their communities. Contact: Jake Foy - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.excelacademy.org
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts, Inc . Family Nurturing Center’s mission is to work with others to build nurturing communities where children are cherished, families are supported, and healthy human development is promoted by all. FNC provides programs—home visiting, parent-child playgroups, and parenting education—that strengthen families and prevent child abuse. FNC also provides training statewide. Contact: Valerie Bean EdM '96 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.familynurturing.org
Freedom's Way Heritage Association We connect the people, places and communities of the Heritage Area through preservation, conservation and educational initiatives that protect and promote the natural, historic and cultural resources of the region. The Freedom's Way Heritage Association works in partnership with the National Park Service to support the heritage area and encourage residents and visitors to explore its landscape, history and culture. Contact: Patrice Todisco MLA '85 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.freedomsway.org
Friends of the Children-Boston Friends of the Children-Boston’s mission is to create generational change by engaging children from high-risk communities in twelve and a half years of transformative mentoring relationships. We identify children facing the hardest challenges, and relentlessly dedicate our resources to them for their entire childhood—from kindergarten through high school graduation. Contact: Anant Udpa - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: http://friendsboston.org/
Generation Citizen Massachusetts Generation Citizen (GC) works to ensure that every student in the United States receives an effective Action Civics education, providing them with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in our democracy as active citizens. Contact: Courtney Caruso JD '13 and Arielle Jennings EdM '09 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.generationcitizen.org
Girls Health Champions Girls Health Champions is a 501c3 non-profit organization that leverages an innovative, peer-to-peer model to train adolescent girls globally as peer health educators, or Champions. Our Champions lead the educational process in their schools and in their communities to educate youth about how to cope with the critical health challenges faced by adolescents and young adults globally. Contact: Ricky Sharma - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: http://girlshealthchampions.org/
Girls Inc. of Lynn Girls Incorporated of Lynn inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold through life-changing programs and experiences that help girls navigate gender, economic and social barriers. Research-based curricula, delivered by trained, mentoring professionals in a positive all-girl environment equip girls to achieve academically, lead healthy and physically active lives, manage money, navigate media messages, and discover an interest in science, technology, engineering and math. Contact: Julia Greene MPA '95 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: http://girlsinclynn.org/
Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers Helping Hands trains and places monkey helpers to provide daily, in-home assistance to people living with spinal cord injuries or other mobility impairments free of charge. We carefully match monkeys and recipients, and actively support their partnership through mentoring and ongoing supervision of the monkey’s behavioral, nutritional, and veterinary needs. Contact: Angela Lett - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Finance, Legal, Real estate/development Website: http://monkeyhelpers.org/
Immigrant Family Services Institute (IFSI-USA) Immigrant Familiy Services Institute (IFSI) strives to address the academic and personal challenges confronting immigrant children by providing targeted support and enrichment services as a way to maximize their potential in school and beyond. IFSI advocates for reducing barriers to accessing services for immigrants and works with immigrants most affected by TPS and DACA legislation. Contact: Geralde Gabeau - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Finance/Accounting Website: https://www.ifsi-usa.org/
Longwood Symphony Orchestra The mission of Longwood Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of Boston's medical community, is to perform concerts of musical diversity and excellence while supporting health-related nonprofit organizations through public performances. Contact: Nick Adams - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.longwoodsymphony.org
Metro North Regional Employment Board The Metro North Regional Employment Board is a public-private partnership whose mission is to enable residents in 20 cities and towns north of Boston to gain skills to maximize their economic self-sufficiency and to provide employers with the workforce needed to effectively compete in the changing world economy. Contact: Melora Rush - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Interest in Workforce Development, Career Pathways Website: www.mnreb.org
MissionSAFE: A New Beginning, Inc. MissionSAFE works with at-risk, high-risk and proven-risk young people in Boston to help them gain the confidence, networks and skills they need to thrive not merely survive. Many of our young people have suffered complex chronic trauma and need a place of safety, growth-fostering relationships, skill-building and challenge in order to grow and thrive. We work with young people ages 11-25 in four different programs. We work on personal growth, violence prevention, horizon-broadening including college and career exploration, leadership, academic support, financial literacy and job readiness skills. We are based on Fort Hill in Roxbury. Contact: Nikki Flionis MPA '95, Executive Director Karla Acevedo, YLSC/EA Program Manager Jumaane Kendrick, Futures Program Manager - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Legal, Investment, Real Estate Website: www.missionsafe.org
Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast provides pasteurized donor human milk to premature and critically ill babies. We serve over 80 hospitals as well as outpatients throughout the northeastern U.S. Contact: Ann Marie Lindquist AB '84, Naomi Bar-Yam - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Finance, sales, marketing Website: https://milkbankne.org/
National Black MBA Association - Boston Chapter NBMBAA Boston Chapter's mission is to provide professional, leadership and educational development opportunities through high impact monthly events, interactive learning sessions, corporate and social networking opportunities, MBA preparation and scholarships; as well as professional skills and training. Contact: Sharhea Wade - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Volunteering/direct service, Operations, Treasurer/Finance Committee roles Website: www.nbmbaa.org
New England Philharmonic The Mission of the New England Philharmonic, a volunteer orchestra, is to foster the composition and the appreciation of contemporary classical music by performing commissions and recent works alongside traditional repertoire in concerts that engage and electrify audiences. Core Commitments include an annual Call-for-Scores, young artist competition, and family concert. Contact: John Kessen - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, Grant writing Website: www.nephilharmonic.org
Peer Health Exchange The mission of Peer Health Exchange is to empower young people with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to make healthy decisions. We do this by training college volunteers to deliver a skills-based health education curriculum to ninth grade students in the greater Boston region. Contact: Uchenna Ndulue - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.peerhealthexchange.org
Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) PBHA strives for social justice. As a student-run organization, we draw upon the creative initiative of students and community members to foster collaboration that empowers individuals and communities. Through social service and social action, PBHA endeavors to meet community needs while advocating structural change. PBHA seeks to promote social awareness and community involvement at Harvard and beyond. Contact: Kate Johnsen AB '02, EdM '14 - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.pbha.org
Phoenix House New England Phoenix House New England, founded in 1967, is one of the region’s premier nonprofit substance abuse treatment agencies, annually serving nearly 7,000 individuals at more than 30 programs and facilities throughout New England. The majority of our programs are accredited by CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, a nationally recognized standard of excellence. Since 1969, Phoenix House has provided substance use treatment to adults in Western Massachusetts, including residential and outpatient options, and transitional support services for men in early recovery. In 2009, we began expanding into the Greater Boston area. Phoenix House Residential Services in Dorchester treats women with young children, while Phoenix Families, with locations in both Dorchester and Mattapan, provides emergency shelter and rehousing services for mothers and children. Contact: Michael Klinger MDV '11, JD '14 - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.phoenixhouse.org/locations/massachusetts/
Playworks New England Playworks helps kids to stay active and build valuable social and emotional skills through play. We do this by partnering with elementary schools and leading safe, inclusive recess. Playworks students develop important leadership skills to help them communicate and collaborate, acquire conflict resolution tools to resolve their disagreements, and have more opportunities for physical activity and play. Contact: Karleen Herbst - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: http://www.playworks.org/newengland Project Citizenship Project Citizenship ensures that all immigrants understand and have access to the path to citizenship. Citizenship is the only protection against deportation and the best way to obtain important rights and benefits. With the support of pro bono volunteers, we serve more than 1,500 immigrants each year. Contact: Charles Sanders AB '97, JD '00 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: http://projectcitizenship.org/
Project HEAL Project HEAL is the leading non-profit in the US delivering prevention, treatment financing, and recovery support for people suffering from eating disorders. Contact: Laurie-Marie Pisciotta - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Management/strategic planning, Legal advocacy and health insurance utilization Website: www.theprojectheal.org
Raw Art Works Raw Art Works (RAW) is a youth arts organization, rooted in art therapy. Our nationally-recognized model uses art to ask kids about what is “really going on in their lives.” During our programming, young people process a diversity of life experiences through the creation of honest and often deeply personal art. Contact: Pamela Bynum - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.rawartworks.org
Rebuilding Together Boston Rebuilding Together Boston (RTB) helps transform the lives of low-income Boston homeowners by improving the safety and health of their homes and revitalizing our communities. RTB brings together volunteer teams, partners and community agencies to provide critical repairs and accessibility modifications for low-income homeowners in our community. We focus our efforts on seniors, individuals living with a disability, veterans and families in need who are unable to financially afford to repair their home on their own. We also provide much- needed repairs and improvements to nonprofit facilities serving those in need. We provide our services at no cost to recipients. We collaborate with other affordable housing agencies to further our impact in communities. Contact: Karen Clay - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Treasurer Website: http://www.rebuildingtogetherboston.org
RESPOND, Inc. RESPOND partners with individuals, families and communities to end the serious public health issue of domestic violence. RESPOND strives to achieve its mission through prevention, intervention and education services that promote safe, healthy relationships. Contact: Ruth Carey MCRP '83 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.respondinc.org
Roca Roca at a Glance Too many young people in America end up in jail. It’s expensive, ineffective and destroys lives. Roca offers a different path. Roca targets the highest risk young men (17-24 year old), who are: • Involved in the criminal and juvenile justice system, engaged in gangs, and in the streets. • Not working, rarely or never worked, and have very few educational gains. • Not ready, willing or able to change, and will not participate in other programs. Our goal is to get them into work and keep them out of jail. Contact: Jake Jacobs - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising Website: www.rocainc.org
Room to Grow Room to Grow enriches the lives of babies born into poverty throughout their critical first three years of development. Families visit Room to Grow's inviting space for one-on-one appointments and receive parenting information, customized support, and the essential baby items needed to ensure a healthy, secure start in life. Contact: Sarah Greenhill MBA '08 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, Financial management Website: www.roomtogrow.org
Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence Safe Havens (SH) is a multi-religious organization that works to build a world where victims of domestic and sexual violence (D/SV) and elder abuse (EA) find hope and justice and no longer have to choose between faith and safety. Working as a bridge, SH strengthens the capacity of diverse faith communities and service providers to collaborate to support abuse survivors. SH develops and provides education, resources, and technical assistance for faith community members and leaders and for D/SV advocates. Research shows that victims of abuse often turn first for help to trusted family, friends, and faith community members who are closest to them. SH works to engage and empower faith community members in this "inner circle" to provide safe and effective support for victims and referrals to services. SH also empowers faith communities to leverage their resources and prophetic voices to play a unique and critical role in prevention and long-term social change to end D/SV and EA. Contact: Alyson Morse Katzman - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.interfaithpartners.org
Shakespeare & Company Shakespeare & Company delivers a sustainable and vital program of performance, training, and education, integrated for the deepened experience of the artists, the audience, the Company, and the community. Contact: Michael A. Miller AB '56 and Natalie Johnsonius Neubert - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.shakespeare.org
Sherrill House Sherrill House is an independent, not-for-profit, 196-licensed bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located on the Jamaica Plain/Brookline border that cares for people who are rehabilitating from complex injuries or surgery, experiencing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, or are unable to live independently and need skilled nursing care. Contact: Richard Benka '69, J.D. '73, M.P.P. '73 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Interest and expertise in relevant medical, funding and community health issues. Website: www.sherrillhouse.org
Speak for the Trees Speak for the Trees is working to improve the size, diversity, and health of the tree canopy in the Boston metro area. We are guided by three core values: 1) to make Boston more climate resilient, 2) to improve the health and well-being of all residents, 3) to build social resilience by connecting residents to their neighborhood spaces. Contact: Amanda Rich ALM '16 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Management/strategic planning, Network Development, Data Analysis, Project Management Website: https://www.sfttbos.org/
Sustainable Healthcare for Haiti, Inc. Sustainable Healthcare for Haiti (SHH) is a 501c3, non-profit organization committed to delivering high-quality healthcare to the people of Haiti by designing, constructing and operating healthcare facilities using sustainable technologies and delivery methods. The organization has launched the initiative, Thumbprint to Healthprint, which enables children to see education and healthcare as their right, regardless of finances and family status, by altering the physical and operational environment of facilities, fostering ownership of well-being, and creating a welcoming place of comfort, safety and opportunity where children go to find a healthy future. Contact: Miriam Tuchman MAR '95 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.sustainablehealthcareforhaiti.org
Technical Education Research Centers, Inc. (TERC) TERC engages learners of all ages in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). TERC takes a learner- centered, active approach to education encompassing research, content and curriculum development, technology innovation, professional development, and program evaluation, with a commitment to social justice and underserved communities in both formal and informal settings. Contact: Carol I Lumm SM '79 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Underserved communities; educational policy, technology. Website: www.terc.edu
The Elizabeth Peabody House The mission of EPH is to support families in our community in reaching their full potential through early childhood education, youth development and enrichment, and family services. Contact: Kretcha Roldan (Executive Director) - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Legal and HR expertise Website: http://teph.org/
The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association To preserve our National Historic Landmark District and leverage its power as an icon of American culture to engage diverse audiences and provide educational opportunities for our local immigrant community. Contact: David Silva AB '86, Trustee; Kara McLaughlin, E.D. - [email protected]; [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, Marketing & wider community engagement; financial management. Website: https://7gables.org/
The Robbins House, Inc. The Robbins House, Inc. promotes dialogue and awareness of the nation's long civil rights movement and contemporary social justice themes. We convey these messages through interpreting the lives of inhabitants of the historic house, including the only woman to attempt to legally challenge the nation's first civil rights act of 1866. Contact: Maria Madison SD '97 - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.robbinshouse.org
Two Rabbits Two Rabbits serves the world's most vulnerable children through the provision of culturally-adapted early childhood education. We target communities facing discrimination and exclusion, namely indigenous peoples, working together with local stakeholders to design and deliver preschool, preparing students for academic success and empowering communities to participate in the solution-making process. Contact: Matthew Owens EdM '17 - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: https://www.chasingtworabbits.org/
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Our mission is to provide quality pro bono representation to low income clients by recruiting, training and mentoring volunteer attorneys who represent our clients without cost to the client. Contact: Joanna George Allison - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.vlpnet.org
YWCA Cambridge The YWCA Cambridge is an institution in Cambridge and Marshfield, a cornerstone for providing safe, affordable accommodations for women and families and an advocate for human rights. With 103 units of single room occupancy (SRO) housing for single women and a 10-bed shelter for homeless families, the YWCA is the city’s largest residential housing provider for women. Our Marshfield Branch, offers a reasonably priced summer day camp program to families in Marshfield and the surrounding communities. The YWCA Cambridge is dedicated to eliminating racism empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Contact: Eva Martin-Blythe - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: http://ywcacam.org/
Additional Organizations
Actors' Shakespeare Project ASP believes Shakespeare's words are urgently relative today. Our ensemble of resident company members bring these words into the voices, bodies & imaginations of our audiences & neighborhoods. Our creative projects & outreach programs inspire civic dialogue, build relationships, strengthen communities, and reveal something about what it means to be human here and now. Contact: Sarah Leaf-Herrmann - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Diversifying the board to reflect the communities we serve a Website: www.actorsshakespeareproject.org
All Newton Music School All Newton Music School serves Newton and the Greater Boston area as a valuable cultural resource for all persons interested in lessons, classes and concerts. ANMS provides quality instruction on all musical instruments and classes in appreciation, education, musical theater, and more for young children through adults. Contact: Robert A. Keller AB '59, Past President - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.allnewtonmusicschool.com
Athenaeum Learning Center The Athenaeum Learning Center provides a 21st century education to children on the South Shore, with the area's only Forest School, and a Makerspace-based elementary and middle school. Our goals are to encourage creativity; promote collaboration, critical thinking, and communication skills; grow students of strong character, and to build citizens of the world. Contact: Megan Buhr - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Legal and financial savvy Website: http://www.athenaeumlearning.org
Boston Area Gleaners We are a community-supported nonprofit whose volunteers harvest high-quality produce that would otherwise go to waste on local farms. We distribute the fresh fruits and vegetables to food banks and pantries that serve people struggling to access nutritious food. Contact: Charlotte Milan - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.bostonareagleaners.org
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis At BGSP, we use our understanding of unconscious dynamics to help solve problems of emotional suffering and destructive action. In this way, we help individuals, groups, and communities free their creative energy to live satisfying lives in cooperation with others. As a graduate school, we teach students to actualize this personally and professionally through our educational programs. Contact: Robert Stolzberg JD '70 - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.bgsp.edu
Due to logistical constraints, we could not accommodate every organization that wished to participate. We encourage participants to reach out to the following organizations that registered to be on the waitlist. Bridge Over Troubled Waters Bridge provides effective and innovative services to runaway, homeless and high-risk youth, helps youth avoid a lifetime of dependency on social services, guides youth towards self-sufficiency, and enables youth to transform their lives and build fulfilling, meaningful futures. Services include street outreach, healthcare, counseling, education, job development and housing. Contact: Barbara Baxter - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.bridgeotw.org
Charitable Confections Charitable Confections is a volunteer-run, 501(c)(3) public charity that assists educational nonprofits in Haiti and Armenia. We believe that children who were born into third-world nations shouldn't be precluded from receiving a first- rate education, and employ creative pedagogy -- such as Skype tutoring -- in addition to fundraising for tuition by utilizing our confectionary capabilities. Contact: Linda Khachadurian ALM '12 - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Volunteering/direct service, videography, interviewing professors & professionals for our curriculum podcasts, participating in Skype tutoring programs in Haiti and Armenia, crafting confections for fundraisers, orally translating curriculum podcasts from English to Kreyol and Armenian. We also need accounting advice from one who specializes in nonprofit taxes Website: www.CharitableConfections.org
Chase That Dream, Inc. (Dream Chasers) Dream Chasers is a five year old 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to closing the opportunity gaps in underprivileged communities through student-led social and educational initiatives. In our five years, we have impacted the lives of over 5,400 students and assisted them in earning over $1.4 million in scholarships for higher education. Contact: Archie "AJ" Lotanna Wilson Jr - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: https://www.chasethatdream.org
CHES, Inc CHES, Inc is a Massachusetts and Haiti based 501(c)3 organization that trains, mentors, and funds entrepreneurs in rural Haiti. CHES has nine years of experience in supporting entrepreneurs. It has trained over 200 people, over 60% of whom have been women. The organization also mentored and financed the startup of a women-owned natural Haitian produce community store in Northern Haiti. Currently, one of CHES' projects is supporting a Hurricane Matthew devastated community in Southern Haiti through the launch of a 1,500 hen farm. Contact: Rebecca Obounou - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.chesinternational.org
Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County The Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County (CAC) and our partners are Suffolk County's front-line responders to reports of child sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, and commercial sexual exploitation of children under age 18. Since 1995, we have provided trauma-informed, child-centered services to thousands of families, averaging more than 1,400 referrals per year. Contact: Susan Goldfarb, MSW - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.suffolkcac.org
CommonWheels Bicycle Collective We use the bicycle as a tool to empower all people to become more self-reliant, healthy, and connected to their community. Contact: Laura Gray - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, More diversity (age, gender, race, non-biking people, etc.) Website: www.commonwheels.org Due to logistical constraints, we could not accommodate every organization that wished to participate. We encourage participants to reach out to the following organizations that registered to be on the waitlist. Communities United Inc. To provide high quality comprehensive education and family services to a diverse population of children, ages 0-5 and their families. Our goal is to ensure the success of the child, empower the family and strengthen the community. Contact: Sylvia Dandrata - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.communitiesunitedinc.org
DeltaQuest Foundation, Inc. DeltaQuest Foundation is an outcome research organization based in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1999, its mission is to implement and facilitate innovative quality-of-life research on medically ill patient populations employing self-report tools, clinician reports, and objective indices. We work actively with clinicians and healthcare organizations to facilitate evidence-based medicine. Contact: Carolyn Schwartz SD '90 - [email protected] Needs: Management/strategic planning Website: www.deltaquest.org
EVkids, Inc. EVkids empowers youth from Boston’s inner city with the skills and confidence needed to realize their potential. We create a community of support with a school-year tutoring/mentoring program and a life-changing summer camp experience in the Green Mountains of Vermont. EVcorps volunteer one-on-one tutors are students recruited from Harvard and other top universities. 100% of EVkid seniors have graduated and gone on to college over the last ten years as first-generation college attendees. Contact: Eric Thompson, Esq. AB '87 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Finance; Program Evaluation Website: www.evkids.org
Families First Parenting Programs Families First has been a leader in parenting education in the Boston area. The organization was founded in 1988 with the goal of helping parents in under-resourced areas navigate the diverse challenges of raising children by providing research-based parenting education services. Contact: Sue Covitz - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.families-first.org
Farrington Nature Linc Farrington’s mission is to enhance the well-being of children from low-income communities through a connection with the natural world. Farrington envisions a world in which every child has access to nature; every child learns that nature is a powerful source of health and happiness; and every child believes that stewardship of nature strengthens communities. Contact: Wendy Matusovich - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Volunteering/direct service Website: http://www.FarringtonNatureLinc.org
Friends of Herter Park To enhance community spaces within Herter Park and promote them as cultural and recreational resources for the well-being of all. To provide free and low cost access to performing arts within a historic public setting. Contact: Claire Kinder - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Advisory support (legal, accounting) Website: www.friendsofherterpark.org
Due to logistical constraints, we could not accommodate every organization that wished to participate. We encourage participants to reach out to the following organizations that registered to be on the waitlist. Gique Gique is a Boston-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization which exists to inspire and educate youth in STEAM. Through our after-school programs and educational workshops, we are building a community full of the next great thinkers, leaders, & makers. We believe all students deserve access to enriching opportunities and experiences needed to be successful in life, especially in underserved urban areas. We are committed to building the type of local and global learning communities that cultivate STEAM-powered innovators. By providing free, hands-on educational programs and mentorship to youth from diverse circumstances, talented young people in Boston learn the skills necessary to become culture creators, rather than just consumers. Contact: Danielle Olson - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: http://gique.org
International Catacomb Society The International Catacomb Society was founded in 1980 by a Radcliffe alumna, Estelle Shohet Brettman ('45) and has always included Harvard graduates and professors on its board. It is a Boston-based public charity that strives to increase knowledge about the interconnections between Judaism, Christianity, and the surrounding ancient world from the Hellenistic era to the early Middle Ages. We sponsor lectures, provide research fellowships, and other outreach to an international audience, as well as open source archives on archaeological sites. Contact: Jessica Dello Russo COL '94 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, Academic interest, education opportunities Website: www.catacombsociety.org
Jeff’s Place Jeff’s Place Vision: No child grieves alone. Our mission at Jeff’s Place is to lead the way in ensuring that all children, teens and families experience a healthy grieving process in a supportive environment. We provide hope for grieving families. We focus on direct service, community partnerships and research and policy. Contact: Wendy Price - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.Jeffsplacemetrowest.org
Kenneth Mason Waugh Nonprofit Inc This not-for-profit Corporation mission is to create a positive environment for military veterans by connecting them with established farming and agricultural programs, and by providing materials and education to veterans and their families promoting sustainable farming. Such initiatives include designing programs to teach veterans agriculture competence and implementing services to facilitate access to farming communities. Contact: Paul Edward Gingras - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, Capacity Building Website: www.kennethmason.org
Massachusetts Children's Alliance The Massachusetts Children's Alliance (MACA) strives to end sexual and physical violence towards children and, when abuse does occur, ensure child victims have access to the trauma informed response of a Children's Advocacy Center (CAC). MACA is the membership coalition of the twelve CACs which served 6,500 children last year. Contact: Tom King, Executive Director - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.machildrensalliance.org
Due to logistical constraints, we could not accommodate every organization that wished to participate. We encourage participants to reach out to the following organizations that registered to be on the waitlist. Minds Matter Boston Minds Matter Boston enables highly-motivated, low-income students to achieve academic excellence and overcome barriers inhibiting opportunities for post-secondary education. A three-year program beginning with students in the tenth grade of high school, Minds Matter Boston provides wrap-around services including 2:1 mentoring, professional ACT & Writing instruction, access to college-immersion summer programs and personalized college advising, to ensure these promising students gain college admission and experience colleges. Contact: Rachel Kanter - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.mindsmatterboston.org
New England Center for Arts & Technology (NECAT) NECAT provides chronically unemployed and under-employed adults with a pathway to stable, long-term employment in the food services industry through comprehensive culinary, job readiness skills training and employment services. Contact: Joephine Cuzzi - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.ne-cat.org
One Family, Inc. One Family aims to prevent homelessness and break the cycle of family poverty in Massachusetts by promoting pathways to economic independence through advocacy, education, and innovation. One Family envisions a Commonwealth where all families have secure housing, access to education leading to employment, and the ability to build assets to create a brighter future. We believe that if policies are focused on prevention and programs are designed to promote opportunities, then we can end family homelessness in Massachusetts. Contact: Val Paric - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Finance, Legal, Higher Education, Real Estate Development Website: www.onefamilyinc.org
One in a Billion Productions Inc (501 c3) We believe in the positive impact of Chinese millennials in American workplace and society. Our Mission is to empower voices through personal storytelling on our podcast. We want to build a civic community of young people from China and America through storytelling online and offline. Contact: Mable Chan AM '93, GSASP '92 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Management/strategic planning Website: https://www.oneinabillionvoices.org
Partakers Education, and especially college education, dramatically reduces recidivism for prison inmates. Partakers, in coordination with Boston University, Tufts University and Emerson College, provides over 300 volunteers who work with inmate students mentoring them in both education and societal interaction over the full period of their college career. Contact: Ray LaFrance - [email protected] Needs: Management/strategic planning, Program expansion Website: www.partakers.org
People Making a Difference (PMD) PMD promotes informed and responsible volunteerism by engaging individuals in meaningful, hands-on tasks via small, organized groups that help 25+ local charity partners (of which 83% have no dedicated staff for ongoing volunteer recruitment, screening, or management) and by helping charities and businesses develop their own, successful community involvement programs. Contact: Lori Tsuruda - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Volunteering/direct service, Board Clerk Website: http://www.PMD.org Due to logistical constraints, we could not accommodate every organization that wished to participate. We encourage participants to reach out to the following organizations that registered to be on the waitlist. Positive Coaching Alliance Positive Coaching Alliance is a national nonprofit committed to the development of Better Athletes, Better People through sports done right. We are committed to the development of character, grit, discipline, resilience, teamwork and more in young athletes. To accomplish our mission, we develop resources for everyone involved in youth sports. PCA's resources are based on a combination of the best practices of top coaches and the research of leading psychologists. Contact: Beth O'Neill Maloney - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: https://www.positivecoach.org/chapters/new-england/
Puppet Showplace Theater Puppet Showplace is dedicated to presenting outstanding professional puppetry to diverse audiences through performances, workshops, and community outreach activities. Contact: Roxanna Myhrum AB '05 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, Community Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion, Government Relations Website: www.puppetshowplace.org
Silver Lining Mentoring Silver Lining Mentoring empowers youth in foster care to flourish through committed mentoring relationships and the development of essential life skills. Contact: Lara Kingstone - [email protected] Needs: Communications Website: https://www.silverliningmentoring.org/
Strategies for Youth, Inc. SFY is a national nonprofit policy and training organization dedicated to improving police/youth interactions and reducing disproportionate minority contact. We are the national voice for ensuring law enforcement uses developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, equitable practices when interacting with youth. Contact: Lisa H. Thurau - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Board Membership Website: www.strategiesforyouth.org
Sudbury Historical Society The Sudbury Historical Society collects, studies, preserves, and maintains historical records, artifacts, and objects relating to the history and archaeology of the community of Sudbury, Massachusetts; and promotes interest in, and the study of, its history through educational programming and community engagement. Contact: Katina Fontes - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.sudbury01776.org
Summer Ink Summer Ink is an adventure based writing camp that uses The Writers’ Express Method to transform the literacy skills of all students who attend our program. Through our highly structured teaching method and engaging curriculum, Summer Ink is a place where children and youth can experience and engage with new and enriching skills, friendships and adventures. Contact: Rosamund Conroy - [email protected] Needs: Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service Website: www.summerink.org
Due to logistical constraints, we could not accommodate every organization that wished to participate. We encourage participants to reach out to the following organizations that registered to be on the waitlist. The Dance Complex The Dance Complex enables the creation, study, and performance of dance. We sustain artists, audiences, and the community through programs that connect movement and ideas. For 26 years, TDC has served as a central hub of dance for Greater Boston and New England. Our building, an 1884-circa Odd Fellow’s Hall in the heart of Central Square, Cambridge, is home to an incredibly diverse collection of artists. Contact: Mary McCarthy & Chris McHallam - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Expanding our network outside to the dance world, reaching theatre enthusiasts, advocates for education, and persons who are passionate about historic organizations and/or architecture. Website: http://www.dancecomplex.org/
The Marble Collection, Inc. The Marble Collection's mission is to cultivate creativity and excellence in the arts by engaging teen artists and writers in a publication process that affirms their voices and deepens their learning. Contact: Deanna Elliot - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.themarblecollection.org
Transition House, Inc. Our mission is to prevent and end domestic violence in our community. We collaborate with survivors to address the systemic and widespread impact of domestic violence; educate youth and adults to break the cycle of violence in the next generation; and build deep partnerships to create a safer, healthier community. Contact: Risa Mednick - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising Website: www.transitionhouse.org
Tunefoolery Music, Inc Tunefoolery's mission is to: 1. Provide musicians in mental health recovery with opportunities for hope, healing, empowerment, employment, and socializing. 2. Perform quality music for underserved populations. 3. Eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness through dialogue, education and modeling the talents of musicians in mental health recovery. Contact: Jens Rybo - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning Website: www.tunefoolery.org
Wilson-Kindelan School Our school culture celebrates diversity recognizing that this leads to greater tolerance and a more engaged citizens. We are dedicated to providing generous scholarships to expand educational opportunities to all students living in the greater Boston area regardless of financial circumstances. Contact: Veronica Guerrero-Macia EdM '92, GSE '97 - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Volunteering/direct service, Post-graduate teaching fellows Website: www.wilson-kindelan-school.org
Young Audiences of Massachusetts Young Audiences of MA is an arts for learning nonprofit organization with a state wide mission to educate, inspire and empower the youth of MA through the arts. A diverse roster of dance, music, theater, storytelling and visual artists bring performances and workshops to schools, libraries, hospitals and homeless shelters. Our expanded access year-long residencies teach literacy through music to preschoolers at shelters, and Latin drumming and dance to BPS Students in 5 different schools. We seek board members with fundraising, financial management and strategic planning to analyze our business model and help scale. Education expertise also desired as we meet changing needs of our 350+ partners. Contact: Julie McConchie - [email protected] Needs: Communications, Fundraising, Management/strategic planning, Arts education Website: www.yamass.org Due to logistical constraints, we could not accommodate every organization that wished to participate. We encourage participants to reach out to the following organizations that registered to be on the waitlist. Photo credit: Robbie Shade, courtesy of Creative Commons Produced by Alysha Johnson, Community Relations Fellow at the Center for Public Interest Careers If you have any questions, please contact Travis Lovett, CPIC Director, [email protected]