Basic Organization Information
New Door Ventures
- Also Known As:
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New Door Ventures
- Physical Address:
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San Francisco, CA
94110
- EIN:
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94-2780274
- Web URL:
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www.newdoor.org
- Blog URL:
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www.facebook.com/newdoor
- NTEE Category:
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J Employment, Job Related
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J20 Employment Procurement Assistance and Job Training
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O Youth Development
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O50 Youth Development Programs
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P Human Services
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P20 Human Service Organizations
- Year Founded:
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1981
- Ruling Year:
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1983
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Mission Statement
New
Door Ventures helps at-risk youth get ready for work and life. We provide
skill-building, individual support and jobs which enable our youth to discover
and achieve their potential. Our work is integral to their successful
transition to healthy, sustainable adulthood. We aim to transform individuals
who will in turn transform their communities.
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Impact Statement from Nonprofit
The most
compelling aspect of New Door Ventures' programming is that it works. In
2010, of the youth who completed the agency's employment programs, 86% were
employed or in school upon exit.
In 2010, at New Door Ventures:
-208
youth served
-92
earned wages as interns in our job training programs
-7400
hours of case management were provided for youth interns
-103
skill-building workshops were held at New Door
-25
local businesses and nonprofits employed youth as Ally partner job sites
-362
volunteers engaged in supporting programs
-40,093
bicycles or accessories sold or repaired at Pedal Revolution
-360,658
shirts, bags and other items printed or embroidered through Ashbury Images
Revenue and Expenses
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Financial Statements
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Chief Executive
Ms. Tess Reynolds
Term:
Since
Jan
2003
Chief Executive Profile:
Tess Reynolds has been New Door Ventures’ CEO since 2003. Reynolds is a seasoned, proven business leader from the consumer goods and high tech industries. In her technology career, she is best known for having co-created Harvard Graphics, the product that defined the presentation graphics category and dominated it until the emergence of Microsoft PowerPoint in the mid-90’s. She has worked as a general manager of a $150 million business, as a vice president of marketing and as principal of her own management consulting firm which served premiere technology companies across the country. Tess also has extensive experience volunteering and serving on the boards of nonprofit organizations and her church, where she served on development and executive committees. Tess is a member of the Social Enterprise CEO Forum, has spoken at numerous conferences and acted as a press spokesperson for the organizations she serves. Tess has a B.A. in Economics-Honors from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
CEO/Executive Director Statement:
“Young people at New Door
Ventures are fighting histories of homelessness, addiction and crime. Most have
never had a positive role model. Without intervention, without New Door, they
would have no chance at a real future. We’re so grateful to be a part of this
community that gives young people a chance at winning, and the more they do,
the better our city becomes, for generations to come.”
As a nonprofit that has been operating its own businesses that
employ at-risk clients for over 20 years, New Door is uniquely qualified to
create more jobs through its Switch social enterprise job training program and
its Ally partner job internship program. New Door’s CEO, COO and Marketing
Director have their MBAs and over 50 years of combined leadership experience in
the private sector. These strengths have enabled New Door to grow its social
enterprises (now 62% of the agency’s revenue) and recruit and maintain over 30
Ally jobsite partners.
New Door also has a strong program team. Program
Director Ciara Wade has over 12 years of experience in youth development. Ciara
co-chairs the San Francisco Youth Employment Coalition and serves by
appointment on the Mayor’s Youth Council (New Door holds 1 of 3 seats for
youth-serving organizations). Our participation has helped set Common Standards
for all youth employment programs in the City. Ms. Wade also serves on the
Workforce Investment Community Advisory Committee.
New Door’s successful outcomes are made possible by
the case management support the agency provides every youth. In the words of a
recent program graduate: “If it wasn’t for New Door, I wouldn’t have a job. I had my rocky
points, but my case manager, Carin, helped me along the way. New Door
saved me.”
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Program:
Youth Development Programs
- Budget:
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$911,000
- Category:
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Employment
- Population Served:
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Youth/Adolescents only (14 - 19 years)
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Young Adults (20-25 years) -- currently not in use
Program Description:
With 30 years of experience as a business owner, employer, and trainer, New Door is well qualified to help youth with the greatest barriers to employment get jobs and succeed. In 2011, New Door created 130 first paid jobs for at-risk youth in our 2 social enterprises (Switch program) and in community businesses (Ally program). Our key outcome is that over 90% of youth are employed and/or in school when they complete our programs.
Through Switch, youth clients work in 6-month paid internships, where they gain the skills they need to jump start their careers and become independent. Ally was developed using best practices from our 20+ years of Switch experience, and in response to the growing numbers of at-risk youth in dire need of our services. Youth in Ally receive 3 weeks of job readiness training followed by placement in a 12-week paid job internship with partnering businesses.
Switch and Ally clients attend weekly and monthly skill-building workshops on topics including job search and personal budgeting. Clients also receive 35-70 hours of in-depth support from their New Door case manager, who helps youth overcome virtually any challenge from learning to budget their paycheck to providing that 6am wake-up call and ride on the day of the GED test. The case manager is often the first responsible and reliable adult our youth encounter – a moral necessity for youth creating a future of self-reliance. Youth clients also benefit from 2 hours of tutoring per week.
Program Long-Term Success:
We have employed, trained and supported over 1800 at-risk youth in San Francisco in the past decade. These youth have gained a new sense of dignity and worth as a result of participation in our job training classes, individualized case management services, life skills development, educational services, and supportive community.
Program Short-Term Success:
140 clients were served and 86% of program graduates went on to jobs in the community and/or further education.
Program Success Monitored by:
Board of Directors
Program Success Examples:
-356 individuals were served in 2008, 43% more than last year
- 71 earned wages as interns in our on-the-job training programs
- 92% went on to new jobs and/or higher education after internships
- 35 skill-building workshops were provided at New Door
- 190 high school students enrolled in our job-readiness classes at John O’Connell High School or consulted our staff at the Wellness Center
-4000+ hours of case management were provided for job interns
- 2 youth clients were victims of City street shootings. Both survived.
- 2 new websites were created at zero cost, for Pedal Revolution and Ashbury Images. All work was done pro bono!
-30,052 bicycles or accessories were sold/repaired at Pedal Revolution
- 352,396 shirts, bags and other items were printed/embroidered
through Ashbury Images
Funding Needs
- $50 pays for teaching supplies for weekly
skill-building workshops
- $100 pays for 1 youth to take the GED high
school equivalency exam
- $500 gets 7 youth to work on time by
providing them with MUNI passes for 1 month
- $750 pays for a month’s wages going directly
to 1 youth in our Ally program
- $2000 pays for a full scholarship for one month:
wages, training, case management, educational support, a bus pass, and
food.
Volunteer Needs
Give Your Time
- Host a youth intern at your workplace (Ally Program)
- Tutor
- Speak about your job on a career panel
- Interview youth in short “mock interviews”
- Marketing/Pro Bono Services
- Host an event to benefit New Door
Request for In-Kind Contributions
Give In-Kind Gifts
- Food donations for job training workshops & program completions
- 2 video cameras for job-training and youth projects
- Movie tickets for youth program completion gifts
- Restaurant gift certificates to take youth out to eat
- $25 gift cards to Safeway for youth achieving job milestones
- Paint and painting supplies for the New Door Youth Warehouse
- Art supplies for leading job-training workshops (flip chart paper, sticky notes, markers)
- Donated road bikes for Pedal Revolution (our bicycle store)