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    Just As I Am Youth Empowerment Inc.
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    Just As I Am Youth Empowerment Inc.

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    501(c)(3) organization
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    WWW.JAIAYOUTH.ORG
    PO BOX 20226
    BROOKLYN NY 11202-0226

    BROOKLYN NY | IRS ruling year: 2014 | EIN: 46-5411418  
    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.
     
    Organization Mission
    JAIA'S MISSION IS TO PARTNER AND CO-CREATE WITH YOUTH IN ORDER TO PROMOTE MINDFUL, HEALTHY, AND SAFE COMMUNITIES THROUGH TRANSORMATIVE PERSONAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELO ... (More)
     

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    Rating Report

    Leadership & Adaptability
    Score

    100

    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

    40 out of 40 points

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    Mission Statement
    10 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission.
    JAIA'S MISSION IS TO PARTNER AND CO-CREATE WITH YOUTH IN ORDER TO PROMOTE MINDFUL, HEALTHY, AND SAFE COMMUNITIES THROUGH TRANSORMATIVE PERSONAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
    Vision Statement
    10 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's vision.
    Our Vision is to develop conscious, confident leaders nationally and globally through youth-led and
    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: A Train the trainer program will be designed to scale the reach of JAIA's work. It will enable schools and other youth-serving organizations to have access to our curriculum.
    Goal Two: Peer Educator Program. Youths 16-24 will receive experiential training in mental health literacy and personal development. They will co-facilitate workshops in person, online, and on social media.
    Goal Three: Management goals are 1) to build out and diversify our staff (adding communications and finance coordinators), and 2) to automate our onboarding for program participants as well as staff.

    Leadership

    30 out of 30 points

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    No Credit
    Investment in Leadership Development
    15 out of 15 points
    The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development.
    The organization has paid for the program director to attend a Dare to Lead train the trainer (30 hours) series ( Sept 2022) that will impact not only board and senior leadership habits but also the leadership curriculum for our youth leaders. Also, in October 2022 CEO was chosen and approved to attend a 6-week training for Executives of Color with a focus on Fundraising. Our Youth Educator was sent to a conflict resolution training for leaders where she will turn key information to our Programs team.
    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
    • Collaborative Engagement
    • Thought Leadership
    • Social Promotion

    Adaptability

    30 out of 30 points

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    Adaptability Statement
    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.
    JAIA has adapted all of our 6 programs to online during the pandemic. We are now perfecting hybrid education. JAIA also adapted to receiving larger grants in the last year, which meant onboarding new staff and consultants and expanding from a 2-3 person team to an 8-member team within one year. We adapted because of our volunteer consultants, who supported us in interviewing, role/ responsibility charts, rubrics and evaluation tools, and lots of planning time. Partnerships helped as well to guide us and carry some of the weight.
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