Community Resource Exchange (CRE) is a nonprofit consulting firm that makes New York City’s nonprofit organizations stronger and more effective in fighting poverty and advancing social justice. CRE’s goal is to build a more just, equitable and livable city for all New Yorkers.
Using a network of third party payers, much of our management assistance and capacity building services are provided free of charge to nonprofits working in NYC’s communities on behalf of the poorest and most vulnerable New Yorkers. Our clients work in multiple arenas including, among others, educational reform, child care and youth development services, HIV prevention, community based health initiatives, legal services, advocacy and community arts. And they are located in all five boroughs, in communities where resources and opportunities are limited; their staffs and boards reflect the diversity of their neighborhoods.
Informed by over 30 years of experience, our purpose is to provide nonprofit leaders with the management skills they need to both optimize their own talent, increase their nonprofit’s overall effectiveness and better demonstrate the results they are achieving so that they can make the case for greater investment in their organization, community or cause. We believe that community-based organizations (CBOs) are the engines of social change, and often the most proximate means for disenfranchised people to access needed services. CRE serves as a catalyst for that change by helping these nonprofits to achieve what we know to be the foundation for organizational health:
- Financial strength,
- High performing staff,
- Effective leadership, and
- Effective programs.
We build the capacity of nonprofits through one on one consulting, executive coaching and structured professional and leadership development programming. We publish management books and materials, operate a community conference center and convene nonprofit, government and foundation representatives on issues of importance to our communities and the nonprofit sector.
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