Nonprofit Final 1

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OL 665 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

Typically, a not-for-profit organization exists to provide a public benefit. Not-for-profit organizations exist across industries and are present in education, healthcare, development, and environmental work. To understand an organization, study its mission, history, and current position. This will help you understand its leadership practices, communication strategies, financial position, and ethical practices. This milestone provides you with the basic understanding you will need to move forward with your strategic analysis.

Prompt

Develop a profile of the not-for-profit organization on which you will perform your strategic analysis.

Specifically, address the following critical elements:

1. Introduction: Give the name of the not-for-profit organization you have chosen for your strategic analysis. Explain why you are interested in this particular not-for-profit organization and why you chose it for your final project.
2. Mission: Why does this not-for-profit organization exist? Whom does it serve? What is its formal mission statement?
3. History: Provide a history of the not-for-profit organization. Who founded the organization? How long has it existed? What are some milestones related to its growth?
4. Current Position: How many offices and locations does the not-for-profit organization have? Who are the people it serves? What cause does the organization support?

What to Submit

Submit a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document (not including the title page or references) with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA formatting.

Milestone One Rubric

Criteria	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (90%)	Needs Improvement (70%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Introduction	Meets “Proficient” criteria, and introduction demonstrates an awareness of why this organization is a good subject for a strategic analysis	Introduces chosen organization, providing a strong rationale for selecting it as the subject of a strategic analysis	Introduces chosen organization, providing a strong rationale for selecting it as the subject of a strategic analysis, but introduction is cursory	Does not introduce chosen organization	20
Mission	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates insight into the organization’s mission and its value to the population it is designed to serve or the cause it was created to support	Summarizes the organization’s mission and demonstrates a strong understanding of the organization’s goals	Summarizes the organization’s mission but demonstrates an inadequate understanding of the organization’s goals	Does not describe the organization’s mission	25
History	Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides a unique historical perspective on the organization	Summarizes the organization’s history, including relevant details about its founding, growth, and significant milestones	Summarizes the organization’s history but description is cursory and lacks relevant detail	Does not provide the organization’s history	25
Current Position	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the organization’s current position as a provider of services to a target population or as the supporter of a unique cause	Summarizes the organization’s current position, including relevant details about its scope of influence and the population it is designed to serve or the cause it was created to support	Summarizes the organization’s current position but description is cursory and lacks relevant detail	Does not describe the organization’s current position	25
Articulation of Response	Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy to read format	Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization	Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas	Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas	5
Total:	100%