Edit Board Info Nonprofit Details Nonprofit Name EIN Maturity --- not set --- Start-Up (0-2 years) Growing (3-5 years) Mature (6+ years) Size --- not set --- Less than 10 employees 10-25 employees 26-50 employeees 51+ employees Budget --- not set --- Less than $25,000 $25,000-$100,000 $100,000-$500,000 $500,000-$2 million $2 million-$10 million More than $10 million How did you learn about BoardBank? Not Provided Cincinnati Cares United Way Website/Staff Family/Friend/Co-Worker ArtsWave - Partner Interact for Health - Partner Leadership Council for Nonprofits OneSource Executive Service Corps. - Partner GreenLight Fund - Partner Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio - Partner JPS Non Profit Strategies - Partner Other Organization / Program Nonprofit Contact Info First name Last Name Position Phone Email Director First Name Director Last Name Director Phone Director Email Director Email Board Information Formatted Board Description Beech Acres Parenting Center was founded in 1849 in response to the cholera epidemic that took the lives of over 4,000 citizens in Cincinnati. For 125 years, we served as an orphanage providing a haven for children who had been displaced by parental death, poverty, or other family disruptions. Throughout the 20th century, the children cared for at Beech Acres Parenting Center came with ever more serious problems, related both to abuse and mental health challenges. By the 1980s, it was clear that institutions were not the most effective way to raise troubled children. The residential program closed in 1989, replaced by a foster care program and a wide variety of social services that cared for troubled children out in the community. For the remainder of the 20th century, Beech Acres focused on being a high-quality provider of an array of social services designed to prevent the need for children to be placed in institutional care at all. Today, Beech Acres continues to support children who are facing adversity with a wide range of services including foster care, adoption and behavioral health support. We have also transitioned to a contemporary parenting center, providing parent coaching, support to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, and much more. Serving over 14,000 children and adults annually, we are in schools, in pediatric offices, and in the community with innovative services like The Character Effect™, Parent Connext™, and Beyond the Classroom™. All our programs are grounded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. Ultimately, we envision a world where all children are nurtured to discover, cultivate and apply their natural gifts. Board Description Role of the Board: The board is legally and morally responsible for defining and ensuring the effective and sustainable fulfillment of Beech Acres mission and vision. The board commits itself and its members to ethical, businesslike, and lawful conduct. Board Member Responsibilities: 1. Act in the best interests of the agency through good faith and due diligence in all matters. 2. Understand the mission, vision, values, policies, programs, and activities of the agency and the environment in which it operates. 3. Avoid any personal or professional conflict of interest with regard to any and all decisions made by the board. Members annually disclose any potential conflict of interest and refrain from voting on matters which may be so interpreted. 4. Educate themselves about all relevant issues, both external and internal, which affect their ability to actively participate in board decisions. 5. Represent the interests of clients, stakeholders and the broader community within the work of the board. 6. Serve as an ambassador with external stakeholders and advocate for the mission and strategies of Beech Acres in the broader community. 7. Advocate with local, regional and national decision makers on behalf of Beech Acres mission and the people it serves. 8. Register and record dissent when in significant disagreement with board decisions or policies. 9. Maintain confidentiality appropriate to issues of a sensitive nature. 10. Partner with agency staff and board members and refrain from any exercise of individual authority over agency operations except as explicitly set forth by board policy. 11. Make a meaningful personal financial contribution to the annual Board Campaign and participate in fund raising efforts such as identification and cultivation donors (friend raising), annual campaigns, and opening doors to business/community relationships. 12. Participate in the identification, recruitment, and orientation of new board members. 13. Attend board meetings and committee meetings to which assigned. Formatted Board Requirements See Board Description above Board Requirements Formatted Onboarding New Board members participate in a half-day Board Orientation Session. Each Board member is also assigned a "Board buddy" to help the new Board member successfully navigate in their new role. Onboarding Time Commitment (hours/month) 1 to 3 3 to 5 5 to 7 7+ -- Parent -- Add New When Board Meets Where Board Meets Board Size --- not set --- Under 10 members 11-20 members 21+ members Board Donations We expect our board members to make sizable contributions. Please contact for more information. We require a specific amount of “give or get” for all board members. We strive for 100% board giving, but have no strict guidelines around financial contributions. -- Parent -- Add New Additional donation expectation information We ask Board members to make Beech Acres Parenting Center a philanthropic priority by: • Make a personal gift that is meaningful to you. • Open the door and help to secure support from your workplace company, if applicable. • Complete and honor the Development Action Agreement annually, making a commitment to help in specific ways with the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors. Board Info to Listings --- not set ---
