Impacting youth empowerment

The Resilience Advocacy Project (RAP) is a nonprofit organization that uses community impact projects and innovative leadership programs to empower New York City youth to become leaders in the fight against poverty. Although performance measurement and management plays an increasingly significant role in the public sector (i.e. philanthropic decisions, organizational accountability), many nonprofits struggle to measure the impact of their programs. RAP asked the Capstone team to identify appropriate outcome measures for its YouthLEAP program. To do this, the team developed an effective data collection and management system to track and communicate the organization’s progress toward its mission. The team also conducted a literature review, an environmental scan, program observations, and stakeholder interviews. Based on the team’s analysis, recommendation tools were developed to assist RAP in assessing the effectiveness of its YouthLEAP program.