Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation

“The finance committee reviewed the federal form 990 prior to filing.”

“At the first board meeting each year, each board member is asked to read the organization's conflict of interest policy and then sign a statement describing conflicts they may have, if any.”

“The executive director's salary is recommended by the executive committee and approved by the entire board of directors. The executive committee uses various sources such as other organizations' federal 990, industry standard and the limited finances of the organization.”

“Consistent with the requirements of section 6104(d) of the irc and the regulations thereunder, copies of the organization's form 990 and governing documents shall be made available upon request, in a timely manner, and subject to the charges permitted by law to any individuals who request it.”

“Volunteers help old brooklyn community development corporation in numerous ways. Beyond the work of the board of directors, volunteers directly assist obcdc with numerous committees. These committees meet on a monthly basis to plan programs, direct policy, and bring resources to the community. The committees include but are not limited to impact on housing and economic development, marketing and special events, community health and education, greenspace, and fundraising. In addition, obcdc volunteers lead community groups that have tremendous impact on the neighborhood. These include neighborhood block clubs, interest based groups, community gardens, and school or youth based programs. These volunteers put in countless hours to maintain community assets, build programming, and support other neighbors. Lastly, hundreds of volunteers assist in one-time or one-program needs. These include but are not limited to summer events such as a farmers market, movie night, and a street festival but also home repairs and yardwork for low incomes seniors in old brooklyn.”

“Residential services obcdc provides services to neighborhood residents. This is both an emphasis on quality of life enhancements as well as a focus on residential rehabilitation and renovations in old brooklyn. With an emphasis on community health, obcdc assesses and intervenes on the health of the neighborhood in relation to greenspace, food access, transportation, economic opportunity, chronic disease, resource availability, and substance use. Obcdc connects residents to resources and programs for home repair, hosts educational classes on home purchases and home repairs, completes safe and secure repairs for low-income senior citizens, distributes energy efficient light bulbs for outdoor usage that promotes safety, encourages property owners to voluntarily comply with the cleveland building code, monitors properties through the cleveland housing court, provides rain barrels and street trees to homeowners, and organizes homeowners around safety. Obcdc purchases and rehabilitates vacant and substandard housing for sale to owner occupants. Obcdc hosts hundreds of community meetings with residents, teachers, students, and parents to build a stronger community. Obcdc operates the largest community garden in the state of ohio and assists on vacant land clean-ups and reutilization.”

“Marketing and events obcdc publishes a variety of communications to inform and connect old brooklyn residents. Obcdc publishes a quarterly version of the old brooklyn news, a community magazine with a distribution to over 17,000 houses. Additionally, obcdc manages www.oldbrooklyn.com and delivers an every-other week e-newsletter with community events and programs. Obcdc manages multiple social media channels that when combined with the e-news reach over 20,000 individuals. Obcdc hosts a variety of events throughout the year. Smorgasbord street festival attracted over 20,000 visitors for a single day event, while the cleveland summer cinema, including the family programs and the farmers market, attracted over 20,000 visitors over the course of the summer.”