Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
Annual Report Fiscal Year 2012–2013
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Nonprofit Excellence
Of course, the students spoke eloquently
and compellingly—Carmen prominent
among them. The next year, YES! was
asked to come back and run a whole youth
program at the event—with compensation
as part of the deal. For Diana, it was one
more indication of the benefits of putting
young people in a position to rise to a
challenge and exceed expectations.
“I was blown away. She conveyed her
thoughts with such clarity and certainty.
It was completely inspiring how far she
had come. But that’s what’s so awesome
about YES! … We don’t feel like youth
are our future. We feel like they are here
now, and they have a say in how things
should operate right now. And not only
a say, but they have things to add. They
have a contribution.”
So far in the effort to increase the
demand for and access to real food and
active lifestyles in North Carolina, YES!
has used its influence and hard work to
change 16 policies and systems at the
school and local level, and staff have
trained more than 1,500 young people.
Since 2011, the Foundation has provided
YES! with capacity-building support to
implement the fee-for-service model that
promises to make the organization more
sustainable in the future.
What Nonprofit Excellence Means
There’s a direct link between the health
and well-being of North Carolinians
and the health and well-being of the
nonprofits serving those North Carolinians.
That’s why we work so diligently to help
nonprofits and their leaders succeed.
Often the strategic planning, leadership
or organizational capacity of these
organizations is overlooked. And so we
make it a priority to support nonprofit
capacity building through grants,
workshops and customized technical
assistance focused in three key areas:
Leadership
supports board members
and nonprofit staff to create and
sustain vision, inspire, model, prioritize
and innovate.
Now I look at these young
people, and I don’t ever
have to feel like, ‘Are you
going to be OK?’
Diana Manee, MSPH, CHES
Youth Empowered Solutions, Real Food, Active Living
To learn more
about YES!, visit
YouthEmpoweredSolutions.org
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WITH ANNUAL
R E V E N U E S
OVER $50,000
IN OUR STATE
501(C)(3) NONPROFITS
1
OUT OF EVERY
9
JOBS
NC HAS
NONPROFITS PROVIDE
10,361
425
k
JOBS
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