Capstone Projects
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Career Gear is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged men obtain and maintain jobs by providing them with business-appropriate clothing, professional development counseling, and follow-up support to achieve self-sufficiency. At a …
Career Gear
Footsteps is an organization dedicated to providing services to those seeking to enter or explore a world beyond the ultra-Orthodox religious environment. Footsteps was seeking a Capstone team to assess the feasibility, provide recommendations, and …
Footsteps
The Jewish Communal Fund (JCF), a publicly supported foundation, promotes charitable giving to sectarian and non-sectarian organizations through donor advised funds. JCF engaged a Capstone team to determine which factors influence a donor to invest …
Jewish Communal Fund
Opening Act is a free, after-school theater program operating in 33 underserved New York City public high schools. Opening Act requested assistance from a Capstone team to refine and implement a newly developed performance measurement system. After …
Opening Act
Sunnyside Community Services (SCS) is a nonprofit organization located in Western Queens that provides a continuum of services to members of all ages in its local community and the broader NYC metro area. SCS requested a Capstone team to evaluate the …
Sunnyside Community Services
Break Away, a nonprofit organization, supports the development of quality alternative break programs by providing training and information to over 170 universities and 500 nonprofit organizations and by promoting the Active Citizens movement. The …
Break Away: The Alternative Break Connection
The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is an organization that works toward racial and economic equity through legal services, policy advocacy, and education. Founded in 2003, MCJ seeks solutions that address social justice in disaster recovery, …
Mississippi Center For Justice
Quincy Senior Residence, founded in 2006 by Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC), provides affordable independent living apartments to low-income seniors in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Quincy offers a range of need-based, elective programs and …
Bridge Street Development Corporation
Concerned that the full impact of the 2008 financial crisis has not yet been felt in the field of social justice philanthropy, Cricket Island Foundation (CIF), a New Yorkbased foundation supporting youthled social change, partnered with the Social …
Cricket Island Foundation & Social Justice Philanthropy Collaborative
"The JPMorgan Chase Foundation utilized a Capstone team in analyzing and implementing its Community Renaissance Strategy, a new grantmaking model addressing issues and developing solutions in Community Development, Education, and Arts and Culture across …
JPMorgan Chase Global Philanthropy Foundation
Effective interdisciplinary communication is associated with reduced length of stay, improved patient safety, and increased employee satisfaction. However, communication breakdowns are common in complex hospital settings and multiple communication …
New YorkPresbyterian Hospital – Interdisciplinary Communication
The New York Community Trust is a public, not-for-profit organization that administers over 1,500 individual, family or business charitable funds totaling almost $2 billion in assets. The Capstone team was tasked with developing specific recommendations …
The New York Community Trust
Increased service demand along with retrenchment by governments and donors make it critical that the City and nonprofits work together. The NYC United Way and the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, seeking to strengthen the nonprofit sector, …
United Way of New York City and The Office of New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
The Citizens Union Foundation (CUF) is a nonprofit research, education and advocacy organization that monitors the deliberations and actions of government, conducts research, and analyzes the impact of proposed public policy and legislation at the city …
Citizens Union Foundation
Health, socioeconomic status, and neighborhood characteristics have well-documented associations. Relatedly, limited healthcare access-typically thought of as a rural issue that can exacerbate health conditions and lead to poorer outcomes-also exists in …
Health and Gentrification
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank evaluates the development effectiveness of the Bank. Climate change and disaster risk pose significant threats to development across the globe. The Capstone team created a learning product on …
World Bank - Independent Evaluation Group
The Fortune Society has been a leader in rehabilitating incarcerated individuals and reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals into society. The Fortune Society facilitates reintegration by providing housing, including emergency housing for homeless …
Fortune Society
The Hunger Project (THP) aims to end hunger and poverty by pioneering and advocating for sustainable, grassroots, and women-centered strategies in developing countries across the globe. There are nearly 400,000 THP volunteers-or “animators”-worldwide, and …
The Hunger Project
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) aims to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. To accomplish this, UNFPA works to ensure that all individuals, especially women …
United Nations Population Fund
Rye Town Park is a 62-acre public park and beach in Rye City, New York, approximately 35 miles northeast of New York City. In recent years, the Rye Town Park Commission has struggled to develop policies to prevent degradation of the park while maximizing …
Town of Rye, New York
DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., provides dialysis services to patients with chronic kidney failure and end-stage renal disease throughout the United States and abroad. DaVita is the largest kidney dialysis provider chain …
Davita Kidney Care
The Alliance for Positive Change (Alliance) helps New Yorkers make promising transitions toward improved health, housing, recovery, and self-sufficiency. Alliance offers a diverse range of individualized professional services. The organization enlisted a …
Alliance for Positive Change
Established in 2009, Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding (OBCP) focuses on using outdoor experiential learning as a powerful approach to challenge and inspire leaders in divided societies to build peace. OBCP engaged a Capstone team in developing …
Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is a significant source of financing for economic, social, and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. As part of its efforts to address the urban infrastructure gap in the area, IDB engaged …
Inter-American Development Bank