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    Center for Global Initiatives Inc.
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    Center for Global Initiatives Inc.
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    501(c)(3) organization
    Donations are tax-deductible
    www.centerforglobalinitiatives.org
    120 LASALLE STREET 38TH FLOOR CHICAGO IL 60602-2417

    CHICAGO IL | IRS ruling year: 2008 | EIN: 20-8879339  
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
     
     

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    Rating Report

    Leadership & Adaptability
    Score

    90

    This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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    Strategy

    30 out of 40 points

    Full Credit
    Partial Credit
    No Credit
    Mission Statement
    0 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission.
    Vision Statement
    10 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's vision.
    We believe that health is perhaps the 'Most Common Denominator' in a region's potential for success
    Strategic Goals
    20 out of 20 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
    Goal One: Serving as an incubator for new initiatives that creatively solve health care inequities throughout the world.
    Goal Two: Acting as a collaborator with individuals and organizations in developing and launching projects that address the needs of medically impoverished populations.
    Goal Three: Working as an educator to provide new information and tools to empower others.

    Leadership

    30 out of 30 points

    Full Credit
    Partial Credit
    No Credit
    Investment in Leadership Development
    15 out of 15 points
    The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development.
    The Center for Global Initiatives started by working with partners across the globe. We soon found out that with an all volunteer organization that 1:1 work was not scalable. So, we then "pivoted" and developed an approach we referred to as "Opensource Humanitarian Intervention," in that we freely provided tools and resources to help others with their work in the humanitarian space. We work to reduce the friction and hassles often associated in the process of helping and working with others. Now, we have taken the opensource approach and applied it to providing instruction and learning in that all of the materials that are used in our Certificate Programs are free; all the time, to anyone, everywhere. All tuition goes to fund the work of the Center and its projects. No Core Faculty are paid, including the Program Chair.
    External Focus on Mobilizing Mission
    15 out of 15 points
    The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
    • Strategic Partnerships
    • Thought Leadership
    • Social Promotion

    Adaptability

    30 out of 30 points

    Full Credit
    Partial Credit
    No Credit
    Adaptability Practices
    30 out of 30 points
    The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year
    Well, we knew we were in a global healthcare crisis, so we expanded our reach and added that needed focus, so we created the: Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 Resource Site and Tool Kit https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coronavirus-covid-19-sars-cov-2-resource-site-tool-kit-stout/ We also got a wee bit peeved as to al the pseudo-science and fake news and tackled that as well: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/special-edition-strong-opinions-loosely-held-part-4-science-stout/ To institutionalize and grow this we created "Higher-Ed at Lower Cost: Open-Sourcing Education" https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/higher-ed-lower-cost-open-sourcing-education-dr-chris-stout/