Aligning strategy,
identity, capacity, and facilities
with mission, vision, and values.

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Crossroads Rhode Island

Strategy   Capacity   Facilities

In her first week on the job, the new president of Travelers Aid of Rhode Island (which subsequently changed its name to Crossroads) came to Synthesis Partnership to discuss initiating a strategic planning process. Along with a change in leadership, the organization was presented with the opportunity and resources to move to new, larger and better quarters. We facilitated discussion of strategic, program and funding issues, and guided the organization through facility assessment, programming and budgeting, and selection of an architect.

Beneficent Congregational Church

Facilities

Beneficent Church, located in dowtown Providence, was faced with a shrinking congrgation and an aging building. In conjunction with a number of progressive initiatives designed to reinvigorate the church, leaders asked Synthesis Partnership for assistance in identifying, assessing and prioritizing facility improvement needs, and in leading discussions among congregants about their preferences and concerns.

The Salvation Army

Capacity   Facilities

The Salvation Army

Under pressure to expand its programs, the Rhode Island Salvation Army Corps planned to launch a capital campaign. Synthesis Partnership was brought in by the fundraising consultant to develop the case for funding, focusing on child care programs in three locations, Newport, Providence, and Pawtucket. We conducted an assessment of pre-school day care and after school programs throughout Rhode Island to establish the need for expansion, and evaluated the existing facilities for capacity, condition, and code compliance.

Congregation Beth Emeth

Strategy

Leaders of Congregation Beth Emeth (CBE) felt the need for a long range plan to identify priorities and develop congregational consensus. They asked Synthesis Partnership to structure and guide the process. We advised the planning committee chair, facilitated an opening retreat with the governing board, met individually with selected congregational leaders, trained facilitators to run small discussion groups for all congregants, developed and conducted an online survey, and guided (largely by phone conference) planning committee meetings.

Save The Bay

Strategy   Identity   Capacity   Facilities

Save The Bay

Save The Bay was established as an advocacy group dedicated to protection and respect for Narragansett Bay and its watershed. Having made significant progress in combating major point-source pollution, the organization became interested in addressing its mission at an even more fundamental level, through providing extensive direct public experience of the bay. Synthesis Partnership was hired initially to perform a feasibility study to assess the market opportunity for such a venture, its financial feasibility, and the capability of the organization to take on such an expansion and reshaping. We suggested a process and a schedule for coordinating program expansion, organizational growth, a capital campaign and physical development. We also combined these elements with capital cost estimates and projected operating expenses and revenues into an economic model to guide implementation. Following a favorable capital campaign feasibility assessment, and preliminary organization for campaign operations, Save The Bay came back to Synthesis Partnership for further development of site and facility planning, including quantitative and message-based programming, strategies, and budgeting.

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