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- EIN 76-0703107
- (781) 935-2244
- 165M New Boston St Suite 233 Woburn MA 01801 USA
- www.socialcapitalinc.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Philanthropy, Voluntarism Promotion, Youth Community Service Clubs
Mission: SCI's mission is to strengthen communities by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives. We envision a nation where individuals are strongly connected to their neighbors and play an active role in shaping the destiny of their communities. This increase in ?social capital? will result in communities that are safer, healthier and more vital.
Programs: Sci continued to implement comprehensive programs to build social capital in massachusetts communities. 20 full-time americorps members coordinated youth leadership programs, planned community events, and managed online community outreach tools. Accomplishments include recruiting and coordinating over 5,00o volunteers and serving over 50,000 individuals. Those volunteers along with 20 full-time americorps members provided 53,143 hours of service during the year. A number of new partnerships were developed during the year, including working with healthy chelsea to provide leadership training and develop a new web portal. Sci helps communities develop the skills and tools needed to engage citizens to make a difference, with a priority on promoting youth success and healthy communities. A lean professional staff combined with 25 full- time americorps members and strong partners enables sci to serve 17 eastern massachusetts communities and recruit over 3,700 volunteers per year. Sci is actively cultivating new community partnerships, with a goal of serving 30 new england communities over the next three years. Major program areas include: youth leadership: guided by the sci youth leadership curriculum, sci empowers teens in 9 youth council programs to develop initiatives to address pressing community needs. Hundreds of teens develop leadership skills through the program each year, and have implemented projects to reduce substance abuse, prevent bullying and clean up local communities. Volunteer outreach & community events: sci helps organizations increase their capacity to recruit and manage volunteers, and successfully implement community events that unite diverse community members. Online engagement: sci implements community web portals, social media and community outreach strategies that connect thousands of residents to opportunities to participate in civic life. Training social capitalists: sci also trains emerging adult community leaders to collaborate effectively, make connections, bridge differences, and nurture social networks to make a difference.