Institute for New Leaders New Communities

In 2006, Symphonic Strategies partnered with the DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation (Trust) to design and implement a new approach to capacity-building for nonprofit organizations. The collaboration focused on training and elevating successful nonprofit leaders, especially leaders of color, as well as on strengthening and replicating successful nonprofits.

Symphonic Strategies designed the learning and instructional model and developed the name for a cutting-edge capacity-building initiative called “The Institute for New Leaders, New Communities.” The model strategically combines organizational capacity-building with individual leadership development to systematically build both the pipelines of leaders and of stronger nonprofit organizations.

Since 2006, 24 nonprofit leaders in the Washington, DC area have participated in the program. They have received online and in-class instruction, executive coaching, peer group learning and offsite retreats. The participants in the Institute graduate from the program feeling empowered and renewed in their charge to further the mission and vision of their organizations.