Full Frame Initiative Inc.

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1 Full Frame Initiative Inc. General Information 38 Main Street, Suite 2A Greenfield, MA 131 (413) Website Organization Contact Katya Smyth Year of Incorporation 29 1

2 Statements & Search Criteria Mission Statement The mission of the Full frame Initiative (FFI) is to change systems so that people and communities experiencing poverty, violence and trauma have the tools, supports and resources they need to thrive. Background Statement The Full Frame Initiative (FFI) believes that individuals, families and communities with multiple challenges are being failed and hurt by the very social service systems that are intended to help them. Despite public and private investment in treatment and interventions for so many problems, the most vulnerable individuals and families those facing mental and physical health challenges and intergenerational poverty and trauma are riding a revolving door of costly and ineffective services. FFI s core belief, backed by research from a range of fields, is that there are Five Domains of Wellbeing: social connectedness, stability, safety, mastery, and meaningful access to relevant mainstream resources. They are universal, interdependent and non-hierarchical. FFI s unique analysis is that social service systems too often interfere with people s ability to simultaneously meet their needs in all Five Domains, or force them to trade progress in one domain for progress in another (for example, increasing a violence survivor s safety but decreasing her social connections, her stability, and her mastery). The progress isn't sustainable, and systems end up feeding the cycles of poverty, violence and trauma. FFI s mission is to increase the likelihood that people who are failed by mainstream services have access to interventions that work. FFI does this by equipping organizations and government systems to adopt practices and policies that help people simultaneously meet their needs in the Five Domains. FFI grows from our founder Katya Fels Smyth's experience launching and leading On The Rise, Inc., (OTR) in Cambridge. Despite OTR s success in supporting women who are homeless or in crisis achieve important new levels of control, choice and connections (i.e., addressing their needs in the Five Domains), she felt that the work and impact of OTR was often misunderstood, but could not find an existing framework that described the approach OTR takes. Katya founded FFI in 27 under the fiscal sponsorship of the Cambridge Community Foundation. FFI incorporated in 29 and received tax-exempt status from the IRS in 21. 2

3 Impact Statement Accomplishments 1. FFI and Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) are in their 2nd year of partnership integrating FFI's Five Domains of Wellbeing into comprehensive treatment and transition planning for DYS youth resulting in reduced victimization, lower recidivism, better outcomes,and tools for other jurisdictions and systems engaging in their own reform efforts. 2. Preventing and Ending Homelessness among Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence in Massachusetts: FFI is assisting in state reform efforts, which are using FFI's Five Domains as a core element, to improve services to survivors through policy change & better integration of existing systems. 3. FFI and Founder/CEO Smyth were selected for one of four Emerging Leaders Fellowships by the Claneil Foundation. 4. Blue Shield Foundation of California: FFI was invited and awarded a major grant to engage in research discovery process with key domestic violence stakeholders in CA to identify challenges and surface opportunities for innovation and progress in the field. Recently, FFI was invited to apply for additional funds to expand the project. 5. In response to demand from the field, FFI has convened a group of exceptional cross-disciplinary organizations in the Greater Boston area who are committed to working with people and communities in the Full Frame of their lives, to finding innovative ways to address poverty and violence, and to changing systems to support working in this way. Goals 1. Through quarterly in-person meetings, judicious use of technology, and work in-between to build connections and capital among these groups and between the Network and policy makers and funders, the Greater Boston Network will begin to create positive change at three levels: organizational, systems, and program participant and community. 2. An initial cohort of public and/or private funders will be explicitly requesting Full Frame characteristics and attention to the Five Domains as core program elements, and resultant change as outcome measures. 3. FFI will complete development and begin dissemination of a Five Domains of Wellbeing Toolkit, including fact sheets, primer video, stylized templates that show applicability to practice, and case studies of Full Frame programs. 4. A diverse core of 2 Full Frame programs and 8 strategic allies across the country will be actively engaged with FFI in developing a National Network. 5. FFI will maintain and proactively improve systems that support a strong sustainable organization able to carry out its mission and ensure that we have the personnel and financial resources and stability to actualize its plan. Needs Statement Our most pressing need is resources to increase FFI s capacity to respond to the growing demand for our expertise. FFI is proving that better outcomes and lasting change are possible for people involved in multiple systems. Better outcomes mean better lives, more efficient use of public and private resources, and fewer people caught in a revolving-door of human services. Getting better outcomes doesn t have to cost a fortune. For every $1, invested in FFI s work, we can enable positive, lasting change in $1+ millions of public systems. There many service systems waiting to partner with us. The demand is there. The will is there. What s needed is funding to support the capacity building and technical assistance FFI provides. Service Categories 3

4 Alliances & Advocacy Alliances & Advocacy Community Coalitions Geographic Areas Served Based in Massachusetts (Greenfield and Boston), FFI currently has statewide projects in Massachusetts, Missouri and California. As we build a network of Full Frame programs across the country, a focus of our network building is on working with a committed group of Boston-area Full Frame organizations to develop and strengthen a Boston Network. Please review online profile for full list of selected areas served. 4

5 Programs Practice: Building the Network Description FFI has discovered common DNA among organizations with the best record of success working with marginalized people/communities. Recognizing that those facing complex problems need support as multi-faceted as their lives, these highly effective organizations operate with principles and practices that support people in the full frame of their lives. Many more organizations would operate with a Full Frame Approach, but are stymied by rules, regulations and other barriers throughout the social service system. Budget -- We are leading a movement to support and sustain these full frame programs through development of a National Network, as well as a Greater Boston Network that will serve as a model for regional networks going forward. These Networks provide opportunity for critical peer support and learning to identify barriers to sustaining full frame work, engage in strategic advocacy to reduce these barriers, and create a shared agenda and ownership for improving social services across the country and across disciplines. Category Population Served Program Short Term Success ne of the above US, Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent, The Greater Boston Network was created collectively by FFI and a group of highly-effective organizations representing diverse target populations and serving multiply-challenged people/communities. They want to work with FFI because the Five Domains of Wellbeing framework resonates with their practice more than many of the issue-focused frameworks under which they are forced to operate and they are eager for peer learning. As this is happening, we are continuing our work with programs nationally to further develop a National Network. The ultimate goal is to ensure that multiply-challenged people and communities have access to programs that support sustainable positive change; that help them move from surviving to thriving. By end 213, the Boston Network will boost efforts to lay the solid foundation for this work, for a successful launch in early 214 and the National Network will continue to strengthen, including developing shared understanding of the Five Domains approach, concerted relationship building, and developing a shared vision and action plan. 5

6 Program Long term Success The Greater Boston Network, as a model for other regional networks, along with the National Network will grow stronger in content and numbers. Through this expansion and refining of tools for organizational assessment and Five Domains management, a sufficient number of organizations, agencies, funders and policy makers will adapt the Full frame Approach to have significant impact on the way services and policies are determined/implemented so that cycles of poverty, violence and trauma can be broken permanently and increasing numbers of the most marginalized in our society will be able to live productive, fulfilling lives. Program Success Monitored By -- Examples of Program Success -- 6

7 Policy: Reduce Barriers Description FFI identifies systemic barriers to wider adoption and practice of the Full Frame Approach and provides training and technical assistance to government agencies and private and public funders to remove these barriers. Working with policymakers and funders, we assist public agencies in removing barriers to Full Frame practice through change strategies (e.g., regulations, procurement, contracting), and in applying Full Frame principles as a basis for strengthening or integrating systems. We are working with private funders to explicitly request Full Frame characteristics and attention to the Five Domains of Wellbeing as core program elements, and resultant change as outcome measures. We work nationally, present at conferences and meetings, document our findings and create program tools, and engage in policy advocacy. Budget -- Category ne of the above Population Served US,, Program Short Term Success Program Long term Success A growing number of 1. public and private funders are requesting Full frame characteristics and are using the Five Domains of wellbeing as core program elements and resultant change as outcome measures, and 2.state-level policymakers in growing number of states and agencies will embrace the Full frame Initiative and Five Domains of Wellbeing as a basis for their policy work. State-level policymakers and major funders in growing number of states and agencies (and, ultimately, nationally) will embrace the Full frame Initiative and Five Domains of Wellbeing as a basis for their policy work, supporting and enabling growing numbers of service providers to base their work on the Full Frame Approach, resulting in lasting change for people otherwise caught in expensive and deadly cycles of poverty, violence and trauma. Program Success Monitored By -- Examples of Program Success -- 7

8 Proof and Knowledge Generation Description FFi demonstrates, documents and disseminates the Full Frame Approach to achieving progress in the Five Domains of Wellbeing, and refines the concept and tools as necessary to be more accessible to those practitioners who seek alternative to current systems by 1. Identifying, researching, publishing and presenting on what works, 2. Developing tools to help providers and public and private funders align systems around the Five Domains of Wellbeing. Budget -- Category ne of the above Population Served US,, Program Short Term Success Completion and dissemination of the Five Domains of Wellbeing Toolkit including fact sheets, primer video, stylized templates that show applicability to practice, and case studies of Full Frame programs. Staff writings and speaking at conferences about the work of FFI. Continuation of the California project to refine success surfacing process and provide knowledge to inform state and national conversation about domestic violence. Pilot a pre- and post-test of Five Domains-centered treatment in Missouri. Program Long term Success Through the research, publishing and presenting by staff, FFI will continue to educate programs, agencies, funders and policy makers about the value of the Full frame Approach and of programs and policies based on the Five Domains of Wellbeing, both for the individuals assisted and for the effectiveness, benefits and monetary savings for society so that increasing numbers of programs, agencies, funders and policy makers will support the Approach. Program Success Monitored By -- Examples of Program Success -- 8

9 Management CEO/Executive Director Executive Director Term Start Aug 29 Ms. Katya Fels Smyth Experience Katya Fels Smyth brings over two decades of experience in program development, evaluation, system change, community networking, and creating social will to address seemingly intractable social problems to FFI. Katya is advancing the Initiative s priorities as its CEO and as a Research Affiliate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology s Community Innovators Lab (Co-Lab). Prior to launching FFI in 27, Katya founded and led On The Rise, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusettsbased organization providing innovative and effective support and community to the area s most disenfranchised women. In her 11 years at On The Rise, the organization helped over 1, women achieve new levels of safety and personal agency. Significantly, she also helped change community dialogue about who can be helped and systemic responses to women with trauma histories not seeking traditional trauma services. A recipient of several social entrepreneurship awards and fellowships, Katya speaks, publishes and provides consultation nationally on the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs that work at the intersection of entrenched poverty, violence and trauma. She has also participated in international training efforts for domestic violence advocates and was a Research Fellow at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard s Kennedy School of Government. She is a member of the Massachusetts Governor s Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence, and co-chairs its Systems Change and Integration Committee. Katya holds an AB with honors in Biology from Harvard and received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the Episcopal Divinity School. Senior Staff Katya Fels Smyth Title Founder & CEO Experience/Biography Laura Stravino Title Chief Capacity Officer Experience/Biography Staff Information Full Time Staff Part Time Staff Volunteers Contractors 6 2 9

10 Staff Demographics - Ethnicity African American/Black 1 Asian American/Pacific Islander Caucasian 4 Hispanic/Latino 1 Native American/American Indian Other Staff Demographics - Gender Male Female Unspecified 6 Formal Evaluations CEO Formal Evaluation CEO/Executive Formal Evaluation Frequency Senior Management Formal Evaluation Senior Management Formal Evaluation Frequency nmanagement Formal Evaluation n Management Formal Evaluation Frequency Annually Annually Annually Plans & Policies Organization has a Fundraising Plan? Organization has a Strategic Plan? Years Strategic Plan Considers Date Strategic Plan Adopted Jan 213 Does your organization have a Business Continuity of Operations Plan? Management Succession Plan? Organization Policy and Procedures ndiscrimination Policy Whistleblower Policy Document Destruction Policy Directors and Officers Insurance Policy Is your organization licensed by the Government? Permit? 1 1

11 Collaborations All our work is done in partnership with human service organizations, policy makers, and philanthropy. Human service systems and organizations nationally are working with us and each other, using FFI s Five Domains of Wellbeing to better support people with multiple challenges. We build capacity of nonprofits to work with people in the full frame of their lives through technical assistance, training and convenings. Change-makers in government, philanthropy, and communitybased organizations work with us to increase their impact. We work with public and private funders to explicitly align their systems with our Five Domains of Wellbeing what we know works. Through research, writing and presentations, we disseminate knowledge about the effectiveness of a Full Frame Approach. Awards Awards Award/Recognition Organization Year Emerging Leaders Fellowship Claneil Foundation

12 Board & Governance Board Chair Board Chair Ms. Carlene Pavlos M.Div. Company Affiliation Massachusetts Department of Public Health Term June 21 to Board Members Name Affiliation Status Mari Brennan Barrera Eos Foundation Voting Erin Miller Newton/Wellesley Hospital Voting Kaile Shilling Katya Fels Smyth Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles Founder & CEO, The Full Frame Initiative Voting Voting Board Demographics - Ethnicity African American/Black 1 Asian American/Pacific Islander 1 Caucasian 5 Hispanic/Latino Native American/American Indian Other Board Demographics - Gender Male Female Unspecified 3 4 Board Information Board Term Lengths Number of Full Board Meetings Annually Written Board Selection Criteria? Written Conflict of Interest Policy? Percentage Making Monetary Contributions Constituency Includes Client Representation

13 Standing Committees Executive Finance Development / Fund Development / Fund Raising / Grant Writing / Major Gifts Additional Board Members and Affiliations Name Miki Akimoto Dorothy Allison Juan Carlos Arean Prudence Brown Ph.D. Lonna Davis Cheryl Dorsey MD Michele Fine Ph.D. Cynthia Gibson Ph.D. Leland Goldberg MBA Lisa Goodman Ph.D. Naomi Leavitt Ph.D. Anne Peretz Lizbeth Schorr Nan Stone Ph.D. Dale Walker MD Jane Wei-Skillern MBA Julie Boatright Wilson Ph.D. Affiliation U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management Author Casa de Esperanza Independent Consultant Futures Without Violence Echoing Green Foundation City University of New York Cynthesis Consulting Getzler Henrich & Associates Boston College Lynch School of Education Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Forensic Services The Family Center Center for the Study of Social Policy Bridgespan Oregon Health and Science University Stanford School of Business Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Comments CEO Comments 13

14 Financials Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Start Jan 1, 213 Fiscal Year End Dec 31, 213 Projected Revenue $821,. Projected Expenses $82,899. Endowment? Credit Line? Reserve Fund? Months Reserve Fund Covers 3 Detailed Financials Revenue and Expenses Fiscal Year Total Revenue $742,38 $672,229 $47,142 Total Expenses $698,528 $478,5 $539,459 Revenue Sources Fiscal Year Foundation and Corporation -- $578,656 $145,314 Contributions Government Contributions $ $ $ Federal State Local Unspecified Individual Contributions $593,866 $51,432 $33,215 Indirect Public Support Earned Revenue $19,21 $15,449 $155,773 Investment Income, Net of Losses $47 $1,4 $1,517 Membership Dues Special Events Revenue In-Kind $39,257 $25,652 $134,323 Other

15 Expense Allocation Fiscal Year Program Expense $591,324 $338,199 $397,445 Administration Expense $83,515 $11,726 $92,869 Fundraising Expense $23,689 $38,125 $49,145 Payments to Affiliates Total Revenue/Total Expenses Program Expense/Total Expenses 85% 71% 74% Fundraising Expense/Contributed Revenue 4% 6% 28% Assets and Liabilities Fiscal Year Total Assets $46,82 $42,492 $26,862 Current Assets $421,586 $316,244 $26,862 Long-Term Liabilities $ $ $ Current Liabilities $38,57 $23,599 $22,148 Total Net Assets $422,745 $378,893 $184,714 Short Term Solvency Fiscal Year Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities Long Term Solvency Fiscal Year Long-Term Liabilities/Total Assets % % % Top Funding Sources Fiscal Year Top Funding Source & Dollar Amount Second Highest Funding Source & Dollar Amount Third Highest Funding Source & Dollar Amount Capital Campaign Currently in a Capital Campaign? Comments Foundation Staff Comments Financial summary data in the charts and graphs above is per the organization's reviewed and audited financials, with further revenue breakout detail provided by the nonprofit for FY12 and FY11. Contributions from foundations and corporations are listed under individuals when the breakout was not available. Full Frame Initiative was granted tax exempt status from the IRS in April 21, as indicated by the IRS Letter of Determination posted above. Prior to April 21, FFI's activities were maintained under a fiscal agent agreement with Cambridge Community Foundation. Please note, the fiscal year 21 Review document covers a 9 month period (April 21 - December 21). Created Copyright 218 The Boston Foundation 15