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Client: Bowery Residents’ Committee
Team: Adenike Olanrewaju, Allisson Knoll, Amanda Matthews, Elise Bergerson, Kristy Buller
Founded in 1971, the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) is one of New York’s leading housing and homeless services providers. With its $68 million budget, BRC operates 27 programs designed to help clients achieve self-sufficiency. Last July, BRC contracted …
Client: Break A Difference
Team: Bonnie L. Oliva, Camille Wynter, Justin Thompson, Geshawn L. Williams
Break a Difference (B.A.D.) is a fiscally-sponsored nonprofit organization whose mission is to make positive impact in communities by engaging individuals through service. Working with the United Way, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and other local …
Client: Child Center of New York
Team: Stanley Celius, Courtney Heywood, William Karnadi, Christopher Lee
The Child Center of New York’s (CCNY) mission is to support children and families by providing opportunities, training, and the emotional support needed for them to lead happy, healthy, and successful lives. In addition to offering behavioral health and …
Client: Community Resource Exchange
Team: Jennifer April, Sarah Kukin, Marvin Lalin, Richard Laraway, Chelsea Sexton
For over 30 years, Community Resource Exchange (CRE) has provided management consulting services to New York City’s community-based nonprofit organizations with a vision to create a more equitable and livable city for all New Yorkers by reducing poverty …
Client: World Bank - Urban Division - Bangladesh
Team: Najwa Doughman, Hannah Kates, Amalia Toro Restrepo, Jwanah Qudsi
An international financing institution, the World Bank provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. In Bangladesh, the World Bank is in the beginning stages of developing Capital Investment Plan (CIP) templates for all participating …
Client: United Nations Population Fund
Team: Grace Ren, Jasmine Christine Nears, Jessi Luckett, Shaoyun Huang
Under the leadership of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN agencies and governments have advanced global efforts to combat climate change. The operations of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) achieved climate neutrality in 2015, five …
Client: Asian Women Giving Circle
Team: Janice Lam, Nicole Moriarty, David Joshua Portalatin, Carlos Rodriguez, Paulina Toro
The Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) is committed to effecting social change and transformation by funding traditionally underfunded art projects led by Asian American women throughout New York City. The Capstone team was engaged to leverage AWGC’s …
Client: United Nations Capital Development Fund
Team: Vanessa Pascual Barrios, Namon Freeman, Yu Ma, Eo Chin Rym
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is mandated with making strategic investments in the world’s least developed countries and emerging economies. The UNCDF office in Tanzania is working to develop strategies to improve the economic impact …
Client: United Nations Population Fund
Team: Maureen Ahmed, Brianna Bates, Pam Campos-Palma, Mariquit Lu, Christalyn Steers McCrum, Chris Thursby
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) aims to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted and every childbirth is safe in order to expand the possibilities for women and girls to lead healthy and productive lives. The UNFPA launched Family …
Client: University of Dar es Salaam Gender Centre
Team: Katie Beverlin, Sallie James, Micah Nelson, Shelby Quackenbush
The mandate of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Gender Centre and its affiliated student organization, the Gender Club, is to mainstream gender policies and programs across the University. The Centre’s work includes student and faculty engagement …
Client: World Bank Group - MetroLab
Team: Renato Berer, Jorge E. Hernandez, Alvaro Soldevila, Jamie Walker
In April 2013, the World Bank and the Regional Plan Association (RPA) of New York launched the Global Lab on Metropolitan Strategic Planning (MetroLab) in New York City. The MetroLab community of practice is part of a program of activities and services …
Client: UNICEF
Team: Ayesha Krige, Bakar Ali, Raniah El-Gendi
The Public Finance and Local Governance unit at UNICEF’s New York Headquarters provides UNICEF country offices with insight into serving children in the context of decentralization. It supports governments in identifying funding sources, creating …
Client: The Hunger Project
Team: Gabriela Plump, Mari Smith, Erin Weber, Nan Zhang
The Hunger Project (THP) is a New York-based nonprofit organization that has operated in Africa for more than 20 years. Its mission is to end hunger and poverty by pioneering and advocating sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies. Using …
Client: United Nations Capital Development Fund
Team: Christina Aguila, Erika Harris, So Hyun Park, Iliana Paul
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) provides investment and technical support to the public and private sectors, operating primarily in Least Developed Countries, or countries that exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic …
Client: Transparency International
Team: Beneque Cousin, Gorn Huvanandana, Hannah Reuter, Lindsay Voirin, Tara Wadhwa
An international nongovernmental organization, Transparency International fights corruption and abuses of power. In Africa, corruption is one of the largest risks to citizens’ land and property rights. Having identified these issues as a priority, …
Client: STG International
Team: Hannah Atchison, Nelvia Rawheath, Carlos Quirola, Tatiana Zorgno
Energy access is a keystone of development, and affordable techniques for rural electricity delivery are in high demand to serve the African continent. STG International (STG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing sustainable energy technologies …
Client: NYC Global Partners
Team: Laurel Ackerson, Vano Benidze, Arielle Medina, Claudia Solis-Roman
NYC Global Partners, a nonprofit organization working in partnership with the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, engages with cities around the world to drive innovation around modern urban challenges. With a focus on municipal …
Client: Overseas Development Institute
Team: Katherine Brandli, Manohar Patole
Part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the September 2015 adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is evidence of global commitment to sustainable development and provides a platform for action. As much of the attention on the …
Client: LitWorld
Team: Caelyn Cobb, Jodi Narde, Anxhelina Prenika, Beverly Schreiber
LitWorld is a nonprofit organization that works to promote literacy and self-expression worldwide. To this end, LitWorld partners with community-based organizations in 22 countries around the world to deliver its transformational literacy programs. A …
Client: LitWorld
Team: Kim Behrman, Stephanie Henning, Lauren O’Neill, Joshua Rapp, Drew Yukelson
LitWorld is a New York-based nonprofit that utilizes literacy skills to promote social-emotional development in children and young adolescents in 27 developing countries. The organization’s flagship program, LitClub, provides in-depth, out-of-school …
Client: International Labour Organization
Team: Waylon Munson, Christina Christensen Parisi, Frank Reedy, Santiago Silva Restrepo, Caiying Xu
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Impact Insurance Facility works with the private sector, governments, and other partners to facilitate microinsurance market development in order to minimize the vulnerability of low-income people, promote a …
Client: Global Network of People Living with HIV
Team: Gladys Marcell Arias, Richard Chen, Gelila Getaneh, Sarah Janowsky, Sara Bedford, Franklin Owusu
Established in 1986, the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) supports equitable health and social services for people living with HIV. GNP+ recognizes that HIV communities, traditional/religious leaders, and community health workers play an …
Client: European Commission - Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid Civil Society and Local Authorities Unit
Team: Avi Smolen, Jenna Pierce, Nathan Leitner
Begun in 2013, the European Union (EU) Thematic Program on Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities (CSO & LA) fosters current and future EU development cooperation. Recognizing the need for, and the value of, multiple stakeholders’ …
Client: Action Against Hunger USA
Team: Alison Greer, Shawn Sippin, Jordan Sisson, Elodie Turchi
Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. Through a system known as integrated community case management (iCCM) and nutrition, the organization seeks to expand the treatment of severe acute …
Client: Financial Inclusion
Team: Anita Gardeva, Charles Reinhardt, Jong Myeong Lim, Pattrapa Vejpattarasiri
A means to help low-income individuals gain access to credit, microfinance has been met with mixed results, sometimes increasing clients’ over-indebtedness and threatening their financial welfare. A growing industry solution is the implementation of a set …
Client: U.S. Nonprofit International Development Industry Response to United Nations Millennium Development Goal Adoption
Team: Anupama Sharma, Erilia Wu, Luke Douglas
A set of eight global priorities to eradicate extreme poverty, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were met with great optimism in 2000. While many studies have examined developmental progress in the intervening 15 years, how much of …
Client: Healthcare in Accountable Care Organizations
Team: Cary Blum, Joy Kim, Diana Rosenthal, Sarah Trench
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) were established by the Affordable Care Act as a way to improve the value of healthcare—defined as the ratio of healthcare quality to cost—in the Medicare population. ACOs are incentivized to achieve high-value care …
Client: Empatico
Team: Benjamin Gonzalez, Julia Kilgore, Ines Finchelstein, Son Chau, Shirley Duong
Empatico creates virtually connected classrooms to unite students across cultures and geographies, enabling individuals to exercise empathy, navigate adversity, and reconcile differences. Empatico has created a three-month curriculum that leverages the …
Client: Fort Green Park Conservancy
Team: Jordana Birnbaum, Kelley Baldwin, Lilia Hoberman, Pessy Katz, Peter Constant, Sara Aeder
The Fort Greene Park Conservancy (Conservancy) partners with the City of New York and the NYC Parks Department to steward, fundraise, and advocate for Fort Greene Park. The flourishing Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Greene and nearby developments have …
Client: Changing the Present
Team: Laura Ellen Seide, Alice Gleason, Lan Vay, Roma Pielarska
Changing the Present is a nonprofit organization that connects those interested in buying meaningful gifts with more than 1,500 charitable nonprofits that help make the world a better place. All donations made through Changing the Present's website go …
Client: Asian Women Giving Circle
Team: Lauren Bernstein, Malika Henriques, Paige Landon Host, Ziyi Liu
Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) is a unique community-based grassroots collective of philanthropists who raise and distribute individual grants to New York City-based Asian American women artists who use their creativity to advance social justice. The …
Client: The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Team: Simon C Lim, Michael McKinnon, Madeline Stoddart, Amy Tsai
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (BCC) fosters economic development in Brooklyn by supporting local businesses and entrepreneurs. BCC enlisted a Capstone team to develop statements to quantify the economic impacts of its loan assistance, job placement, …
Client: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Ugochi Chukwuocha, Katherine O'Hara, Peter Stoffan, Diane Willemin
The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System (NYP) strives to identify, define, and improve upon the current practices and measures of success while focusing on evidence-based strategies to improve new graduate nurse retention. The NYP New Nurse Residency …
Client: Services for the Underserved
Team: Karla Marie Alegria Aguiar, Debbie Erisnor, Lelise Emana Getu, Jared Lambert Riviere, Katie Ann Tobin
Services for the Underserved (SUS) is a nonprofit organization that provides $185 million in services to over 25,000 people annually. SUS has tripled in size in the past seven years and is currently consolidating its programs, clients, and staff to …
Client: New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Team: Nina Lauro, Zeyi Yin, Omar Smiley, Teymur Mammadzada, Xi Wei
The New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) provides information technology (IT) support, plans and executes IT infrastructure projects, and delivers telecommunications services. Within the DoITT, the Financial …
Client: Grant Thornton
Team: Michael Montrose, Melanie H Spivack , Chinar Verma, Kelly Wood
Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, a global organization of member firms that provides audit, tax, and advisory services. Since its establishment in 2010, Grant Thornton's Health Care Advisory Practice has …
Client: Community Healthcare Network
Team: Amanda A Cruz, Brooke Feingold, Katherine E Girardi, Margot Lachaud-Richard, Jennifer A Tevere, Haseeb Younas
Community Healthcare Network (CHN) is a nonprofit organization that provides care to more than 85,000 predominantly low-income or uninsured New Yorkers of all ages throughout New York City. CHN engaged a Capstone team in identifying the causes of …
Client: EmblemHealth
Team: Christian Blake Adams, Elnaz Michelle Fakhimi, Lorraine Hutzler, Paige Jaclyn Mintz, Suparna Roy, Anjandeep Sandhu
EmblemHealth, one of the largest nonprofit health plans in the United States, formed through the merger of Group Health Incorporated and the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York in 2006. Headquartered in Manhattan, EmblemHealth's goal is to provide …
Client: Bronx Defenders
Team: Daniella A Asantewaa , Juana Cala, Mandela Jones, Michelle Kroll, Jennie A Trayes
The Bronx Defenders (BxD) practices a holistic client-centered model of public defense and considers client satisfaction to be a core value. Aiming to improve the quality of all indigent defense services, BxD engaged a Capstone team in developing a way to …
Client: UJA-Federation of New York
Team: Chai Jindasurat, Qian Wan, Qi Lian, Haoyue Cui, Runmeng Wang
UJA-Federation of New York (UJA) identifies and meets the needs of New Yorkers and Jews everywhere through the power of collective action. UJA engaged a Capstone team in improving the fiscal functioning of NYC's nonprofit human services sector by …
Client: Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust
Team: Brock Johnson, Samantha Dawson, Mike Yuin
The Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET)-a nonprofit environmental education organization located in Namibia-aims to protect Namibia's natural environment by educating its citizens to practice a sustainable lifestyle. After successfully …
Client: Mercy Corps
Team: Adnan Saleh Karim, Erin McCreary, Erica S Silverman, Anna C Wright
Mercy Corps is a leading humanitarian and development organization with offices in more than 40 countries. Operating in some of the world's most complex and fragile environments, Mercy Corps works globally to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression …
Client: Rapid Results Institute
Team: Adam Amit, Rachelle Conley, Jason Hansman, Teri Rosenberg, Zina Thompkins
The Rapid Results Institute (RRI) strives to bridge the gap between aspirations and impact by choreographing 100-day challenges that nudge communities, organizations, and government agencies-often working together-to achieve improbable results. RRI …
Client: Center for Community Alternatives
Team: Christian Hansen, Daniel Saffon Laverde, Isaura Garcia Valdes, Ashliegh Zosel-Harper, Francis Ogutu
The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a nonprofit agency that provides research, training, and direct services in the fields of criminal and juvenile justice and related human services. Since 1981, CCA has worked with attorneys and courts to …
Client: Open Communities Alliance
Team: Alisha Beth Beatty, Amy Katherine DeHuff, Aden Munassar, Ashley Lynn Smith
The Open Communities Alliance (OCA) is a civil rights nonprofit organization in Connecticut that promotes access to opportunity for all people through education, advocacy, research, and partnerships. OCA's opportunity mapping work has shown that …
Client: ClassWish
Team: Silyi Yang, Xiaozhu Zhang, Balu Pan, Yenik Tleshva, Yichen Yuan
ClassWish is a nonprofit organization that provides a way for the public to donate money to fund resources for American K-12 schools and teachers. By virtue of its buying power, ClassWish is able to obtain discounts of 15 to 50 percent on goods for …
Client: Rocky Mountain Institute
Team: Devesh Sugrim, Junyan Wang, Elizabeth Carollo , Yuli Xu, Chencong Zhao,
Carbon War Room, a business unit of the nonprofit research and educational foundation Rocky Mountain Institute, works to intervene in markets to accelerate the adoption of business solutions that reduce carbon emissions at gigaton scale and advance the …
Client: Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia
Team: Yao Guo, Eliza D Karp, Eugenia Lee, BethSheba Rivera
The Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia (BB2C) is a social enterprise startup based in the United States and Cambodia that develops innovative equipment for smallholder Cambodian farmers through human-centered design and local insights. Seeking to develop an …
Client: Aide et Action
Team: Kate E Monaghan, Michelle Shin, Sohana Islam
Aide et Action (AEA) is a nonprofit that focuses on supporting local actors throughout the world so that they may devise, develop, and implement educational projects. It aims to build the capacities and promote the autonomy of population groups so that …
Client: Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion
Team: Hongli Wen, Jee in Chung, Sanya Agrawal, Owen C Godshall, Lisa Marie Raffetto
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) is a nonprofit institution of Jewish higher education. HUC-JIR ordains rabbis and cantors in the Reform tradition, confers master's degrees in Jewish education and Jewish nonprofit management, …