Sheltering Arms Foundation

“The stewardship committee has the authority to act on behalf on the governing body. The committee also has the fiduciary responsibility to monitor and work with the organization's investment advisor regarding investment activity.”

“The finance committee annually reviews the audit as presented by the independent auditing firm. Once approved by the finance committee, the report is made to the full board of trustees by the treasurer. The 990 return is sent to all trustees via email for full review prior to filing the return.”

“Each trustee receives a conflict of interest policy and annual disclosure statement at the beginning of the fiscal year. The executive director and associate director regularly monitor the activities of the trustees to make sure any voting or discussion of reported conflicts are in compliance with the policy.”

“The executive committee reviews the performance of the executive director over the previous year. The executive director does a self review and the committee seeks trustee input from the full board via a written questionnaire or by conducting phone interviews. Based on this information, the committee and executive director establish a vision for the coming year. The executive director and associate director perform a similar review process. The executive committee recommends any salary adjustments for both key staff, the executive director and associate director. Comparable data (including salary surveys from the council on foundations, exponent philanthropy and peak grantmaking) is used in determining salary adjustments for both key staff.”

“The financial statements are available for public viewing on the foundation's website under "about us/annual report." the conflict of interest policy and governing documents of the foundation are available upon request.”

“"the sheltering arms foundation invests in the lives of minnesotas children to help them reach their full potential. The foundation funds not-for-profit organizations and supports policies that benefit children and their families who have the least access to resources."”

“Name of organization or government: 826 msp for our after-school writing lab program, in which trained volunteers and 826 msp staff provide academic support and creative writing which leads to publication for youth in grades k-12. Name of organization or government: baby's space: a place to grow healing our children, healing ourselves is our trauma-informed skills- building initiative to increase child, family, and staff resilience to the persistent impact of trauma and ensure that our children develop age- appropriate cognitive, language and literacy, and social-emotional skills and that our families and our staff have the capacity to support children's success. Name of organization or government: banyan community banyan's thrive program for youth in grades k-5 includes 67 youth from the phillips neighborhood of south minneapolis. Programming includes academic support, social and emotional learning, community engagement, and preparation to successfully transition to middle school, which is a critical stage of development when college and career planning begins. Name of organization or government: boys & girls club of rochester triple play is a dynamic wellness program that is designed to help youth create opportunities to take charge of their personal health and wellness. Used in boys & girls clubs across the nation, triple play approaches wellness from a three-pronged perspective: healthy habits (mind), daily challenges (body), and social recreation (soul). Name of organization or government: child care aware of minnesota the focus of transforming minnesota's early childhood workforce project is the creation of a qualified, diverse, supported, and equitably compensated early childhood workforce to support the economy and build future academic and life success for minnesota's youngest children as well as working to transform the financing of early care and education in minnesota. The recommendations we initially developed have been expanded and incorporated into the great start for all minnesota children task force, which we also helped to bring to fruition. These recommendations will continue to be the core focus of our legislative efforts in 2023 and 2024. Name of organization or government: children's defense fund/minnesota with your support, cdf-mn will build upon our ongoing capacity building and engagement work with families from low-income households, and black, indigenous and people of color (bipoc) communities across the state to ensure community voices are actively informing early childhood education and education (ece) networks advancing policy advocacy. Name of organization or government: children's theatre company ctc's creative play program is grounded in trauma-informed practices while it (1) provides the building blocks for early learners' social and emotional development and (2) improves upon the necessary skills for kindergarten readiness. These include self-regulation, executive function development, self-awareness, sense of community, language development, and recognizing and sequencing vocabulary. Name of organization or government: commonbond communities study buddies is an out-of-school mentorship program that pairs commonbond youth in grades one to six with volunteers who meet weekly with youth to develop reading literacy and social-emotional skills. The goals of study buddies are that youth improve their reading skills, are positively engaged in their learning, and build trusting relationships with caring adults. Study buddies pairs meet weekly for 90-minute sessions during the academic school year. Name of organization or government: compas, inc children ages 5-12 of women who are going through treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction, will create with compas artists while their mothers are in group sessions as part of avivo's family intensive outpatient program. The children will build creative and social emotional skills, as well as increase social connections with other children and family memb”

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