Strategic Plan
This Strategic Plan for FY19-FY23 will guide Powell House’s staff, governing body, and other volunteers as we pursue new and refined initiatives to optimize what the conference and retreat center of New York Yearly Meeting can contribute to NYYM, the Religious Society of Friends, and the society at large.
Our Program Priorities
Strengthen our programming that grounds individuals in our Quaker faith
Increase our focus on supporting individuals (seekers) in being deeply grounded in the practice of our Quaker faith
Prepare and support those who apply Friends’ testimonies in the world
Increase opportunities for individuals and groups to gain specific skills and otherwise prepare and be supported to apply our faith, values, ministry and witness in our daily lives
Deepen local connections
Develop and implement a strategy to deepen our local connections and ground us in place
Our Operational Priorities
Preserve and develop our facilities
Preserve our facilities and enhance them to support program goals, meet our guests’ needs and expectations, and reduce long-term stress on staff and financial resources, and in accordance with our values
Communicate effectively in support of our goals
Implement an effective communications plan in support of our program and fundraising strategies and achievement of our mission
Institutionalize planning, monitoring, and evaluation
Institutionalize program and financial planning, monitoring, and evaluation systems to strengthen program, fiscal, and operations management
Mobilize significant funds in support of these strategic priorities
Conduct a capital campaign that prioritizes funding for preserving and enhancing key aspects of Powell House’s physical plant and bolstering investment income to meet programmatic and operational needs
