Social Justice Expertise
- Children, Families & Communities
- Social Inequities
- Aging
- Economic and Community Development
- Education Equity
- Health Disparities
- Juvenile Justice
- Poverty
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For Legal and Financial Advisors
The desire to enrich the lives of others and make a meaningful contribution to society is often part of estate and retirement planning. MSBphilanthropy Advisors confidentially work with legal and financial advisors, matching social issues to the personal missions of their clients and ensuring that these causes are strategically supported, have measureable impact and meet the goals of the donors.
Services:
- Craft Donor Advised Funds
- Define a Vision and Mission Statement
- Develop Philanthropy Plan & Grantmaking Criteria
- Measure Outcomes
- Proposal Review
- Enlighten Donors on Social Issues
- Intergenerational Philanthropy
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For Funders
MSBphilanthropy Advisors work with corporations, foundations and governmental agencies in designing, implementing and evaluating programs and projects, and strengthening institutional capacity of grantees. Through training and technical assistance MSBphilanthropy Advisors increase the ability of nonprofit organizations to have greater impact.
Services:
- Logic Model Development
- Program Related Investments
- Program Design & Evaluation
- SWOT Analysis & Recommendations
- Strategic Planning
- Volunteer Management
- Board Development
- Budget and Finance
- Public Relations, Marketing & Social Media
- Fundraising
- Leverage Funding
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For NonProfit and Voluntary Organizations
MSBphilanthropy Advisors understand the challenges often faced by many nonprofit and voluntary organizations and are committed to helping you build and sustain successful programs and services for the people you serve. Through training and consultation we work with boards, presidents and vice presidents to improve organizational effectiveness, thus empowering your organization to fulfill its mission.
Services:
- Board Development
- Budget and Finance
- Facilities Planning
- Volunteer Management
- Fundraising
- On-line and Off-line Public Relations & Marketing
- Program Design & Evaluation
- Strategic Planning
- SWOT Analysis & Recommendations
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For Individuals
MSBphilanthropy Advisors thoughtful planning enables individuals to identify how best their time, talents and treasures can enrich the lives of others. We empower you to meet your philanthropic goals and work to ensure this is a rewarding journey!
Services:
- Design & Manage Giving Circles
- Develop a Philanthropy Plan
- Develop a Fundraising Plan
- Define Vision & Mission Statements
- Furnish Data on Social Justice Issues
- Decision Making Strategy
- Craft Grant Award Letters & Letters of Agreement
- Create Grantmaking Criteria & Requests for Proposals
- Measure Outcomes
- Prepare Site Visit Check List & Provide Coaching
- Proposal Review
- Technical Assistance & Training to Grantees
- Empowering Change through Volunteerism & Youth Philanthropy
- Intergenerational Philanthropy
- Coordinate Legal and Investment Services
- Leverage Funding
- Fund Development
- Designated Fund
- Donor Advised Fund
- Field of Interest Fund
- Memorial Fund
- Scholarship Fund
- Research Fellowship Fund
- Tribute Fund
- Undesignated Fund
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Partners’ Bios
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M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D.
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Cheryl Pemberton, MPA
Ms. Cheryl A. Pemberton’s philanthropy responds to inequities in Africa, North America and the Caribbean. Ms. Pemberton is the founder of The Five Pearls Foundation, serves on the board of the Priscilla E. Pemberton Society of the Bank Street College of Education and the Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek. Ms. Pemberton has over twenty years of diverse experiences that include the political arena, providing consulting services to community development corporations throughout the United States and managing operational audits of multi-million dollar public/private/nonprofit organizations in New York City. She is currently the Director of Volunteer Recruitment and Administration at Lighthouse International.
Ms. Pemberton received her Masters in Public Administration from Bernard Baruch College and her B.S. in Business Administration from SUNY, Albany. Ms. Pemberton is a National Urban Fellow.
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Denise A. Davis, DrPH, MPA
Dr. Denise A. Davis’ 23 year career in health within education, philanthropy, government, and health care organizations is anchored in strategic planning, program design, mission driven research and analysis, and improving access to health care for underserved populations.
As a seasoned health professional with expertise in disparities research, Dr. Davis’ primary focus of her innovative research includes state and local health care policy, community-based approaches for improvement of health delivery systems, identification and reduction of racial and ethnic disparities in vulnerable groups, and generating knowledge about fundamentally what is required to build a stronger health care safety net within communities.
Dr. Davis currently serves in a senior role as program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, working in the Health Care Group on quality, disparities, nursing and human capital programming. She leads foundation teams in several areas, including structuring innovative models and grant programs in nursing, disparities and quality; promotes new learning through evaluating broad philanthropic experiences and creatively directs national program offices.
Dr. Davis earned her Dr. P.H. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in health policy and administration, an M.P.A. in public policy and administration with a concentration in health from New York University, and a B.A. from Ithaca College in Allied Health. Denise is a member of the American Public Health Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Public Health Association, National Association of Health Data Organizations, Association for Health Services Research, and Minority Health Council of the University of Medicine and Dentistry.
Reports
- New Brunswick Community Health Assessment Background Report. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Trenton, N.J.
- State Subsidies for Federally Qualified Health Centers in New Jersey: Options for Reform. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Trenton, N.J.
- Health and Health Care for the Residents of New Brunswick: Stakeholder Views. New Brunswick Tomorrow. New Brunswick, N.J.
- The Local Public Health System Governance Performance Assessment Instrument. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Trenton, N.J.
Presentations
- Performance Measures and Data Use for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants. Center for Disease Control Community Health Improvement Initiative. Phoenix, AZ.
- The Role of States in Developing Information for Health Policy. National Library of Medicine, Information Systems and Health Application. Bethesda, Maryland.
- Community Empowerment: Communicating Information to Communities. American Public Health Association. New York, New York.
- The Robert Wood Johnson Regional Quality Strategy: a Targeted Approach to Improving Health Care Quality. American Academy of Nursing’s Board of Directors and Chairs of Expert Panels. Washington, D.C.
Publications
- Health Policy Grants: Lessons in Capacity Building at the State and Local Level. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2000.
- Strategically Addressing the Nursing Shortage: A Closer Look at the Nurse Funders Collaborative. Health Affairs 27, no. 3 (2008): 876-881.
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George Banks, CPA, CMA, MBA
Mr. George Banks is a distinguished Chief Financial Officer with more than 25 years of leadership at fortune 100 companies and nationally recognized nonprofit organizations. Mr. Banks also has successfully managed the finance, investment and audit committees of numerous boards.
George Banks had an exceptional career at Johnson & Johnson Medical, where he directed the merger of two companies and reduced manpower by automating and streamlining operations. He created and managed a manufacturing and activity based management model that substantially reduced cost and cycle time.
At the YMCA of Greater New York he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, where he improved oversight for $180 million in capital spending for the YMCA. During his tenure as Vice President of Finance and Administration at Cheyney University, Mr. Banks provided cost cutting and cost saving ideas and managed the renovations of six buildings. His business and finance smarts led to his appointment as co-chair of the Middle States Reaffirmation Committee, resulting in the continuation of the university’s accreditation.
While serving as Chief Financial Officer for Mental Health and Mental Retardation of Tarrant County, Texas, Mr. Banks led the county-wide implementation of managed care plans for mental health, cognitive and developmental disabilities, early childhood interventions and addiction programs.
Mr. Banks has an M.B. A. in Finance & Marketing from Rutgers University and B.S. in Accounting from Hampton University. Mr. Banks is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He has numerous professional affiliations, including membership in the Texas Society of CPAs and the Institute of Management Accountants, and serves on numerous boards, including the United Way of Princeton, New Jersey and Althea Gibson Tennis Center of Newark, New Jersey.
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Pamela R. Babb, M.P.A.
Ms. Pamela R. Babb is an expert in major gifts, corporate sponsorships, special event planning, organizational development, volunteer management and capacity building for nonprofit organizations. Her success is built from a foundation that dates back to the early 1990’s, when she served as Program Manager of the Arts & Business Council of New York and increased funding by 33%. At the Harlem School of the Arts, Ms. Babb was Director of Marketing/Public and Government Relations and created high profit marketable holiday family performances programs for the Harlem community. In addition, Ms. Babb has a distinguished career at regional and national level organizations. At YMCA of Greater New York she raised $14 million dollars and the Girls Scouts of the USA she designed and delivered capacity building workshops around the United States. Ms. Babb is most noted for her work as Vice President for Development and Communications at Mount Hope Housing Company, where she raised $2 million dollars to secure $13 million in New Market Tax Credits thus giving the Bronx a new community center for youth job trainin,g and academic enrichment. As Executive Director of The Children’s Arts Carnival, Ms. Babb used grassroots model theory to renew the community’s interest in the arts, attracted new funders, reengineered the financial budgeting and forecast processes, and stabilized the organization.
Ms. Pamela R. Babb has a Master’s in Public Administration from Columbia University and a B. A. in Music from Hampton University. Ms. Babb is a recent fellow of the Executive Leadership Bronx Fellowship sponsored by the Jewish Community Council.
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