Making Change Background Research Task #1
a.) A non-profit organization is an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities.
b.) A mission statement is a formal summary of the aims and values of a company, organization, or individual. The mission statement tells the nonprofit's purpose, what groups it serves, and how it plans to do so. For a new nonprofit, developing the mission statement is the first step in seeing what the organization plans to do and what makes it different from other organizations in the same field. A vision and a mission statement are very similar with each other. A vision statement tells the current status of the organization, and sees where the organization wishes to go. The vision statement helps to provide a focus for the mission of your organization. It sets the goal that your organization wishes to reach. A goal, according to dictionary.com is the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.
c.) i.) Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc, Methodist Hospitals Inc, and Northwest Family Services.
ii.) Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc’s mission is promoting the varied business and commercial interests found in the community and the goal of the Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc is to dramatically reduce the number of amputations per year. Methodist Hospitals’ mission is to provide compassionate, quality health service to all those in need and the goal of the Methodist Hospitals is to of providing the very best care for our patients and their families. Northwest Family Services’ mission according to their website is to facilitate positive family functioning and to advocate overall self-sufficiency and self-responsibility by making programs available to all individuals within the service area of the agency and the goal of Northwest Family Services’ is to encourage healthy behaviors, to provide academic and cultural enrichment and career awareness, and to promote healthy choices.
iii.) http://www.cvpa.org/about/, http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/geoShowOrgs.php?id=c18089&code=c18089&v=n, http://www.careerbuilder.com/Jobs/Company/C8E6YG64V8D2HKP3D5Q/Community-Healthcare-System/, http://www.healthcarevolunteer.com/volunteers/viewpagelogin.php?orgname=Methodist%20Hospitals%20-%20Northlake%20Campus, http://www.methodisthospitals.org/volunteers.aspx, http://www.northwestfamily.net/, https://www.nwfs.org/empowering-youth/youth-programs/completed-programs.html
a.) A non-profit organization is an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities.
b.) A mission statement is a formal summary of the aims and values of a company, organization, or individual. The mission statement tells the nonprofit's purpose, what groups it serves, and how it plans to do so. For a new nonprofit, developing the mission statement is the first step in seeing what the organization plans to do and what makes it different from other organizations in the same field. A vision and a mission statement are very similar with each other. A vision statement tells the current status of the organization, and sees where the organization wishes to go. The vision statement helps to provide a focus for the mission of your organization. It sets the goal that your organization wishes to reach. A goal, according to dictionary.com is the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.
c.) i.) Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc, Methodist Hospitals Inc, and Northwest Family Services.
ii.) Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc’s mission is promoting the varied business and commercial interests found in the community and the goal of the Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc is to dramatically reduce the number of amputations per year. Methodist Hospitals’ mission is to provide compassionate, quality health service to all those in need and the goal of the Methodist Hospitals is to of providing the very best care for our patients and their families. Northwest Family Services’ mission according to their website is to facilitate positive family functioning and to advocate overall self-sufficiency and self-responsibility by making programs available to all individuals within the service area of the agency and the goal of Northwest Family Services’ is to encourage healthy behaviors, to provide academic and cultural enrichment and career awareness, and to promote healthy choices.
iii.) http://www.cvpa.org/about/, http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/geoShowOrgs.php?id=c18089&code=c18089&v=n, http://www.careerbuilder.com/Jobs/Company/C8E6YG64V8D2HKP3D5Q/Community-Healthcare-System/, http://www.healthcarevolunteer.com/volunteers/viewpagelogin.php?orgname=Methodist%20Hospitals%20-%20Northlake%20Campus, http://www.methodisthospitals.org/volunteers.aspx, http://www.northwestfamily.net/, https://www.nwfs.org/empowering-youth/youth-programs/completed-programs.html