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'''Notes''' | '''Notes''' | ||
*Letter of Confirmation: IRS mails this to us to confirm that they have received our f1023 application. | *'''Letter of Confirmation''': IRS mails this to us to confirm that they have received our f1023 application. | ||
:*Before submitting anymore grants, make sure we have this. | :*Before submitting anymore grants, make sure we have this. | ||
*LC3 - non-profit/for-profit organization | *'''LC3''' - non-profit/for-profit organization | ||
:*It's better to form the non-profit organization before spinning off a for-profit entity. Do not do it the other way around. | :*It's better to form the non-profit organization before spinning off a for-profit entity. Do not do it the other way around. | ||
:*[http://www.npenterprise.net/ npEnterprise] - resource for starting a non-profit/for-profit hybrid. | :*[http://www.npenterprise.net/ npEnterprise] - resource for starting a non-profit/for-profit hybrid. | ||
*Resource Development - 8 forms: | *'''Resource Development''' - 8 forms: | ||
#Grants | #Grants | ||
#Corporate Donations | #Corporate Donations | ||
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#Collaboration | #Collaboration | ||
#Volunteers | #Volunteers | ||
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*Things that foundations want to know: | |||
:*Who are our competitors? | |||
:*Is there a bona fide social need that we are going to address? | |||
::*This needs to be proven by a Community Needs Assessment. Don't reinvent the wheel - a CNA is difficult to do, and many organizations exist that do this kind of research. Sources for CNAs: librarians, census data, Urban Leage, NAACP, etc. | |||
::*Change the name of our evaluations survey, because it makes us sound inauthentic - change it to a volunteers recruiting tool. | |||
:*Can Open Source Ecology meet that need? | |||
::*Outcomes can prove this. | |||
:*Can we sustainably meet that need over time? | |||
::*Are we viable financially?\ | |||
::*Do we have suitable management? | |||
::*Are we collaborating? | |||
*Funding resource development/development officers: | |||
:*''Overhead'' - state that a certain percentage of the grant covers overhead/administration of the grant. | |||
*'''The Ask''' - when speaking to foundations, teach board members to: | |||
#Describe what the social need is. | |||
#Describe what is required to meet the social need. | |||
#Describe what Open Source Ecology is doing to meet that need. | |||
#Describe what our successes have been. | |||
#Directly ask the foundation for an investment - The Ask. | |||
*'''Strategic Planning''': | |||
:*Make a plan for one year of solid strategy. | |||
:*Find someone to volunteer to do this - Human Resources Department heads from corporations are a good resource. | |||
::*What are we working on, what are we going to do. | |||
:*After that, ''develop a strategic'' vision and a ''grand vision''. | |||
Revision as of 02:15, 16 March 2012
Meeting - 03/15/12
- Marcin Jakubowski, Carter MacNamara, Aaron Makaruk
- Topic: Resource Development and Strategic Planning
Notes
- Letter of Confirmation: IRS mails this to us to confirm that they have received our f1023 application.
- Before submitting anymore grants, make sure we have this.
- LC3 - non-profit/for-profit organization
- It's better to form the non-profit organization before spinning off a for-profit entity. Do not do it the other way around.
- npEnterprise - resource for starting a non-profit/for-profit hybrid.
- Resource Development - 8 forms:
- Grants
- Corporate Donations
- Government Grants
- Individual Contributions
- In-Kind Donations
- Collaboration
- Volunteers
- Things that foundations want to know:
- Who are our competitors?
- Is there a bona fide social need that we are going to address?
- This needs to be proven by a Community Needs Assessment. Don't reinvent the wheel - a CNA is difficult to do, and many organizations exist that do this kind of research. Sources for CNAs: librarians, census data, Urban Leage, NAACP, etc.
- Change the name of our evaluations survey, because it makes us sound inauthentic - change it to a volunteers recruiting tool.
- Can Open Source Ecology meet that need?
- Outcomes can prove this.
- Can we sustainably meet that need over time?
- Are we viable financially?\
- Do we have suitable management?
- Are we collaborating?
- Funding resource development/development officers:
- Overhead - state that a certain percentage of the grant covers overhead/administration of the grant.
- The Ask - when speaking to foundations, teach board members to:
- Describe what the social need is.
- Describe what is required to meet the social need.
- Describe what Open Source Ecology is doing to meet that need.
- Describe what our successes have been.
- Directly ask the foundation for an investment - The Ask.
- Strategic Planning:
- Make a plan for one year of solid strategy.
- Find someone to volunteer to do this - Human Resources Department heads from corporations are a good resource.
- What are we working on, what are we going to do.
- After that, develop a strategic vision and a grand vision.