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CASE STUDIES |
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| Below are a few examples of how CWV helped organizations innovate, sustain and grow in order to achieve greater social impact. |
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ACCION International
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ACCION International is a 45-year old,
$24MM award-winning microfinance organization whose
mission is to give people the tools they need to
overcome poverty.
Nonprofit Mission Focus: Poverty
elimination, financial empowerment
Type of Engagement: Feasibility Assessment and Business Plan
Social Impact Area: Innovation |
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NetAid/MercyCorps
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NetAid is a New York-based organization that works
to educate, inspire and empower new generations of young
people to fight global poverty throughout their lives.
MercyCorps is an international humanitarian aid and
development organization that focuses on emergency
relief services, economic development and civil society
issues.
Nonprofit Mission Focus: Human
Service
Type of Engagement: Organization
Merger
Social Impact Area: Sustainability |
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National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related
Institutions |
The National Association of Children’s Hospitals
and Related Institutions (NACHRI), founded in 1968, promotes the health and well-being of children and their families through support of exemplary children's hospitals and health systems. As an association of children's hospitals with 218 members worldwide, NACHRI
has developed a vast network of children’s healthcare
services advocates, education, research and health
promotion.
Nonprofit Mission Focus:
Health/Disease Disorder
Type of Engagement: Organization
Partnership
Social Impact Area: Innovation |
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The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
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The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is a citizens' education advocacy organization based in Kentucky. Founded in 1980, the Prichard Committee serves to address education issues in Kentucky through public statements, meetings, publications and recommendations from task forces composed of its volunteer members.
Nonprofit Mission Focus: Community Improvement, Youth Development
Type of Engagement: Feasibility Assessment and Business Plan
Social Impact Area: Growth |
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The Search Institute |
The Search Institute is an independent, $7M nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities.
Nonprofit Mission Focus: Youth Development
Type of Engagement: Organizational Capacity Assessment and Business Plan
Impact Area: Growth |
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The Sitar Arts Center |
The Sitar Arts Center provides youth in Washington, DC the opportunity to discover their gifts in the visual and performing arts through arts education and performances.
Nonprofit Mission Focus: Arts & Culture
Type of Engagement: Feasibility Assessment and Marketing Plan
Impact Area: Growth |
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The Southern Institute on Children and Families |
The Southern Institute is an independent, non-profit organization that aims to improve the well-being of children and families in the seventeen Southern states and DC area through knowledge, leadership and action.
Nonprofit Mission Focus: Health/Disease/Disorder
Type of Engagement: Market and Financial Analysis
Impact Area: Sustainability |
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Vehicles for Change |
Vehicles for Change repairs and distributes donated vehicles to families in need. Cars in good condition are auctioned at a fair price, and the proceeds are used to fund low-cost repairs on other cars to distribute to families who cannot afford to purchase their own vehicle.
Nonprofit Mission Focus: Human Service
Type of Engagement: Collaborative Alumni Services; Feasibility Assessment
Impact Area: Sustainability |
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For more information about these
case studies or to learn about other examples of CWV's
work, please contact
Amy
Celep. |
