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Transform Finance (TF) is a research, education, and implementation partner that supports its stakeholders to challenge legacy investment approaches, seed transformative investment models, and build movement power. Traditional business operations enrich …
TRANSFORM FINANCE
With the assistance of a Capstone team, the Parks department has begun development of a 10-year capital plan. This plan is a reflection of the department's commitment to honor the needs of its constituents and ensure that it has the appropriate financial …
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
The New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is NYC’s chief financial agency, and its Citywide Savings Unit is the unit responsible for city agency programming aimed at reducing city spending. It is estimated that nearly 10 percent of …
New York City Office of Management and Budget
The New York City Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) is responsible for addressing numerous challenges faced by New Yorkers, including working to build a progressive agenda centered on pressing issues—particularly the feminization of poverty, creating …
NYC Office of the Public Advocate
This Capstone project is structured around New York City Campaign Finance Board’s (NYCCFB) official proposal for an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the program’s enforcement mechanisms. NYCCFB requested an analysis of the violations …
New York City Campaign Finance Board
With the assistance of a Capstone team, the Parks department has begun development of a 10-year capital plan. This plan is a reflection of the department's commitment to honor the needs of its constituents and ensure that it has the appropriate financial …
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
New York City’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) annually purchases over $500 million in electricity, steam, and natural gas on behalf of city agencies and public institutions. In an effort to reduce energy consumption and lower the …
New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
In 2014, New York City (NYC) adopted its first Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) program, which promises to offer publicly funded pre-kindergarten to all New Yorkers. The Capstone team investigated the impact of NYC’s UPK on housing stability. Studies have …
UNIVERSAL PRE-K PROGRAM IN NYC
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted unprecedented measures to curb community spread of the virus and socioeconomic instability, including eviction moratoriums at both the state and federal levels. The Capstone team explored the connection between housing …
EVICTION MORATORIUMS AND LABOR MARKETOUTCOMES
In 2017, the City of New York began a five-year, staggered rollout of its landmark Right to Counsel (RTC) legislation, providing free legal representation to tenants facing eviction. While previous studies suggest that RTC lowers eviction rates, …
RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND ILLEGAL EVICTION
The National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF) is an advocacy group supporting individuals with hereditary blood and bleeding disorders. NBDF has worked on a rebranding initiative to extend its reach within the blood and bleeding disorder community. …
NATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION
NYU Langone's Department of Orthopedic Surgery has three hospital sites: NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, NYU Brooklyn, and NYU Long Island. The Department seeks to maximize operating room utilization for total joint and spine cases as more procedures are …
NYU LANGONE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
Institut Pasteur is a nonprofit foundation and international leader in biomedical research, focusing on the research advancement of human health and medical progress. Institut Pasteur has an existing network of 33 centers across the globe and is opening …
INSTITUT PASTEUR
Inclusive+ aims to improve health equity outcomes for LGBTQIA+ patients through clinical and cultural competency physician education and comprehensive provider directories. Lacking evidence to demonstrate that there is an opportunity to improve patient …
INCLUSIVE+
The New York City Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Council (MaiiC) is a program within the Mayor’s Office of Talent & Workforce Development that partners with the City’s trade sectors. As the City’s real estate landscape shifts away from industrial …
NEW YORK CITY MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION COUNCIL
Townspeople is a San Diego-based supportive housing developer and service provider that works with community members experiencing homelessness and living with HIV/AIDS. The organization has been able to provide housing and programming to its clients …
TOWNSPEOPLE
NYU Langone’s Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine has operated as an independent academic department at NYU for over 30 years, treating over 500,000 patients annually. The Department’s Prevention Education Partnership (PEP) is a program …
NYU LANGONE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Social Venture Partners (SVP) Tucson is a nonprofit fostering community well-being since 2006. SVP Tucson engaged the Capstone team to evaluate and enhance its corporate partnership model, uncovering its value proposition and impact on social …
SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS TUCSON
Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is an organization that brings knowledge and information to people in under-resourced communities by providing them with access to books and digital materials, expanding the reach of libraries, training facilitators in …
LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS
The Surdna Foundation is a 100 year-old charitable organization with an endowment of over $1 billion, roughly $170 million of which is allocated to impact investing in racial equity, climate justice, and narrative change. In order to measure the …
SURDNA FOUNDATION
Olivia Technologies is an ed-tech company working to eliminate the need for internet connectivity and ensure that no child bears the burden of lacking internet access for their learning. The client engaged a Capstone team to understand the landscape of …
OLIVIA TECHNOLOGIES
FJC is a foundation of donor-advised funds for philanthropists operating an innovative nonprofit called the Agency Loan Fund (ALF). The ALF allows donor-advised funds to maximize their charitable capital by investing their accounts in loans to nonprofits. …
FJC
Children's Institute is a policy, advocacy, and research organization committed to strengthening early childhood education systems and improving outcomes for children in Oregon. In 2022, the organization launched a three-year strategic plan that included …
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE
Cause Strategy Partners (CSP) is a certified B-Corporation that connects diverse networks of talented professionals to nonprofit board service opportunities. One of CSP’s key initiatives is BoardLead, an online platform that introduces employees from …
CAUSE STRATEGY PARTNERS
United We Dream is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of immigrants and underrepresented citizens. The organization has been a champion for non-citizens, whose lack of voting rights excludes them from the democratic processes that …
UNITED WE DREAM
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition works to end mass incarceration in California and ensure that communities are safe, healthy, and whole. The Coalition engaged the Capstone team to determine the impact of legislation it helped pass: California Senate Bills …
ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION
Women's March is a national, intergenerational organization that builds its base through annual marches, election activism, and combating misinformation. The organization is committed to building a base of feminists to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and …
WOMEN'S MARCH
As the federally-designated sexual violence coalition for the state of Ohio, the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (OAESV) advocates for comprehensive responses and rape crisis services for survivors and empowers communities to prevent sexual violence. …
OHIO ALLIANCE TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE
The Capstone team investigated how non-federal American hospitals have adapted to the increasing prevalence of Medicare Advantage (MA) in healthcare delivery. The team also reviewed the distinct responses to MA from community and tertiary hospitals and …
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AND HOSPITALS
The Center for Survivor Agency and Justice (CSAJ) is a nationwide organization dedicated to addressing the intersection of poverty and gender-based violence. In 2012, CSAJ launched a National Needs Assessment to understand the landscape of consumer rights …
CENTER FOR SURVIVOR AGENCY AND JUSTICE
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated needs related to housing supply and demand. This has resulted in greater service needs and an opportunity to reassess current approaches to addressing precarious housing situations and the experience of …
CITY OF MISSOULA, MONTANA
The Institute of Sustainable Communities (ISC) has collaborated with organizations nationwide to implement sustainable decarbonization pilots in Oakland, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, in order to address the exclusion of low-income communities of color …
INSTITUTE OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
The World Bank’s Governance Global Practice (GGP) works with countries facing governance issues to build capable, transparent, and inclusive institutions. Governments use Gender-Responsive Public Financial Management (GRPFM), also known as Gender- …
WORLD BANK
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN’s capital investment agency for the least developed countries, offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources to reduce poverty and support local economic development. …
UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ) is catalyzing a youth-led movement to end food insecurity in one generation through high-capacity, school- based hydroponic farming. TFFJ enlisted the Capstone team to help with its expansion strategy by exploring the …
TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE
Ek Kadam Aur (EKA) is a nonprofit organization transforming the lives of underprivileged children with visual impairments through inclusive education and digital technology. EKA’s Arunodaya (“Sunshine for the Blind”) program equips blind children in rural …
EK KADAM AUR
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), is a UN agency that provides innovative financial approaches to the world’s least developed nations. UNCDF leverages both public and private funds to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth at the …
UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) is an anti-poverty policy and advocacy organization with a century-long presence in New York City. As part of its mission of dismantling impediments to economic security and wellbeing, FPWA engaged the …
FEDERATION OF PROTESTANT WELFARE AGENCIES
The Living City Project (LCP) is an educational nonprofit organization that uses New York City as a classroom to engage young adults on urban issues. One of LCP’s core program offerings, CityGAP, is a semester-long gap program that immerses participants …
LIVING CITY PROJECT
CARE is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to ending global poverty. In 2022, CARE launched an innovative pilot that focused on capacity-sharing, learning, and grant-making for women-led organizations (WLOs) in four conflict-affected …
CARE
Under the direction of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC), Town+Gown: NYC is a city-wide partnership program that provides resources to support research on infrastructure and the built environment. In order to advance NYC's sustainability …
TOWN+GOWN: NYC
The New York City Department of Correction (NYCDOC) oversees persons in custody (PICs) awaiting trial or serving sentences of one year or less. NYCDOC engaged the Capstone team to recommend optimal systems for the assessment and classification of PICs. …
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) is an arts, culture, education, and media organization that advances cultural equity and racial and social justice for African-descendant communities. CCCADI engaged a Capstone team to …
The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is an international financial institution serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Dominican Republic government approached the IDB to explore improvement …
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
NYC311 is the non-emergency call center for quick, easy access to all New York City government services and information. NYC311 engaged the Capstone team to gather insights regarding the City's future in order to help the call center adapt to the changing …
NYC311
Founded in 1966 on the campus of Duke University, the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a world leader in the study, care, and protection of lemurs—among earth’s most threatened group of mammals. Educational resources for the middle-school age group about …
DUKE LEMUR CENTER
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a national organization dedicated to championing the rights and long-term stability of children in the foster care system. The organization relies heavily on volunteers to fulfill this mission. CASA Kane County, …
CASA Kane County
The Waterfront Alliance is a nonprofit organization championing waterfront sustainability and climate resilience in New York and New Jersey. The nonprofit engaged the Capstone team to quantify the financial benefits of two key pieces of climate resilience …
WATERFRONT ALLIANCE
The World Bank’s Kenya Urban Support Program forms and reinforces urban organizations to enhance infrastructure and services in Kenya’s participating counties. The World Bank enlisted the Capstone team to address the urgent challenge of coastal and …
WORLD BANK
The Uganda Village Project (UVP) is an organization dedicated to improving public health by implementing fistula repair, sexual reproductive health education, and water sanitation programs. UVP engaged a Capstone team to optimize its obstetric fistula …
UGANDA VILLAGE PROJECT