Side Project Inc.

“Expenses advertising and promotion 8,681 office 11,060 conferences/meetings 4,520 bank charges 353 charitable contributions 13,657 contract labor 5,265 dues and subscriptions 954 entertainment 918 insurance 4,478 licenses 367 repairs and maintenance 746 supples 1,027 taxes 3,774 travel 12,609 utilities 92 total 68,501”

“CREDIT CARD 165 2,288”

“Side projects purpose is to promote social justice and social change by linking micro-assets to the macro-environment. We combine the philosophy and values of social work with the tools of the law to incubate and develop grassroots projects focused on social change. We provide resources, training and technical assistance to nonprofit leaders and social change agents. Our work follows an asset based community development strategy (see, http://www.abcdinstitute.org/). Using this strategy, we seek to build on and support community assets and work to mobilize individuals, associations and institutions to come together to build on to their existing assets. This approach focuses on the potential of a community. Many communities address social and economic problems with only a small number of the communitys total capacity. This is the challenge and opportunity of community engagement. Our strategy starts with the assumption that everyone in a community has something to offer. Our work supports individuals, organizations, and institutions focused on social change as they try to begin identify, utilize, and add to the existing assets of a their community. Our resources, training and technical assistance focus on: 1. The rules, regulations and laws impacting social change efforts. 2. Community organizing & development strategies. 3. Inclusion of all people in the community. 4. Evaluation & outcome measurement. Side project is led by co-founder and chief executive officer jeff fromknecht. Jeff received his m.s.w. From the university of pittsburgh school of social work and his j.d. From duquesne university school of law in 2012. He is licensed to practice law in florida, pennsylvania, and the united states tax court. Jeff has spent his career in the nonprofit sector and has more than 12 years of experience working at health and human service nonprofits. Jeff coordinates a talented team of part-time staff, volunteers, and interns who bring their skills, passion, and social capital to support and enhance the impact of small nonprofits and grassroots projects. Side project is fueled by the passion and energy of a dedicated corp of young professionals with a passion to give back to the community. Our volunteers have an eclectic blend of professional and educational experiences, which includes social work, law, nonprofit administration, grant administration, business administration, accounting, marketing, fundraising, and education. Many of our volunteers are lawyers who help with legal issues, but we have individuals from other fields as well, including accounting, computer programming, website design, graphic design, editing, community organizing, and social administration.”

“Promote community inclusion and the creation of social capital for people with disabilities. Held 2 workshops, published 1 book, 2 white papers and numerous blogs, tweets, and facebook posts all focused on helping the community understand the importance of the concept of social capital and the value that diversity brings to the community. More than 100 people attended our workshop and our email distribution lists has several hundred participants. We also supported the community by offering one-one technical support and advice with 5 organizations. Several thousand people learned from materials and videos posted on our website.”

“Training and technical assistance to focused on helping the community understand the state and federal rules, laws, regulations and compliance issues impacting charitable, educations, and scientific projects. This included one-on-one consultations to over more than 100 nonprofits and would-be nonprofit organizations (with budgets less than 5,000,000) helping more than 150 people. We published two article in the florida bars public interest law section newsletter on the rules concerning political activities and issue advocacy at nonprofits organizations. This article was distributed to the more than 500 members of the public interest law section. We also publish the pro bono publico blog that is designed to help social workers and nonprofit executive directors to understand the state and federal legal issues impacting their organizations. We held 2 workshops in partnership with the quantum foundation on legal and compliance issues for small nonprofits. More than 50 people attended. Grants totalled 18,500.”

“Promoting civic engagement by organizing a volunteer corp. We have a dedicated corp of young and old professionals with a passion to give back to the community. We coordinate the volunteers efforts and match them with a charitable side project at a small nonprofit. Many of our volunteers are lawyers who help with legal issues, but have individuals from other fields as well, including accounting, computer programming, website design, graphic design, editing, community organizing, and social administration. In 2014, we had 25 volunteers, who volunteered more than 2,000 hours to help small nonprofits”

“Other program services that help incubate and develop grassroots projects focused on social change.”