ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

City Year New York is an education-focused nonprofit organization that
partners with public schools to help keep students in school and on
track to succeed. The nonprofit is a steering committee member of the
Coalition for Community School Excellence (CCSE), which supports
New York City’s community schools initiative. City Year New York
engaged the Capstone team to form a comprehensive fundraising and
governance structure modification plan for CCSE to ensure its long-
term sustainability. The team conducted a literature review on existing
coalition models a e team’s report features recommendations for
CCSE’s financial and governance structure. These include diversifying
CCSE’s fundraising channels and optimizing the steering committee
size to enhance its dues structure, as well as increasing active
organizational membership and establishing a stable governance
framework for the coalition.