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2006 Pew Fund Capacity Building Awards


1. Management Information Systems Design and Development

Organization CB Award Award Description
HIAS and Council Migration Services of Philadelphia $32,000 To assess, acquire, and implement a management information system
Intercommunity Action, Inc. $45,000 To further develop and stabilize client database (by moving from Access to SQL database platform), increase user utility, and create data links for internal technology and reporting capacity.
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia $55,000 To create one consolidated agency-wide client information database that will more effectively track client demographic data, service utilization, and progress towards outcomes
People's Emergency Center $45,000 Refine data collection methodologies and standardize data collection to improve program tracking and development
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA $60,000 To upgrade the call center to enhance organizational capacity and improve services
Women in Transition $58,000 To implement a management information system to collect and analyze client and service provision data


2. Financial Management and Planning

Organization CB Award Award Description
MANNA $20,000 To redesign organization website to better manage its resources and fundraising efforts
Philadelphia Senior Center $50,000 To create a development strategy and to select, purchase, and train staff in new fundraising software
Project H.O.M.E. $45,000 To develop a flexible financial management system through the installation and implementation of Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge fundraising database
Women's Opportunities Resource Center $54,000 To upgrade financial management and fundraising system


3. Supervisory and Management Skills Development

Organization CB Award Award Description
Horizon House $55,000 Support for supervisory and management training to enhance service delivery and support employees
Daycare Association of Montgomery County $60,000 To engage consultants to work collaboratively with a staff workgroup to strengthen the basic management, leadership, and supervisory skills of its program directors, center directors, and program supervisors to identify, pursue, and monitor measurable program quality improvements
Mid County Senior Center $40,000 To provide the directors of two key programs with the training and coaching they need to effectively manage the growth and change required to strengthen and expand their programs


4. Program Performance Measurement

Organization CB Award Award Description
Episcopal Community Services $40,000 To engage a consultant to provide technical assistance and build capacity for outcome measurement on an ongoing basis
Impact Services Corporation $45,000 To develop performance-based measurement tools that can gather data from across programs and agencies in order to gauge and measure program indicators against program goals
Lutheran Children and Family Services of Eastern PA $20,000 To purchase a statistical computer program (SPSS) and train Lutheran Children and Family Services staff in data collection and management, statistical analysis, and outcomes measurement