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== Meeting - 03/15/12 == | == Meeting - 03/15/12 == | ||
'''Attendees''': 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. | |||
*[http://www.npenterprise.net/ npEnterprise] - resource for starting a non-profit/for-profit hybrid. | |||
'''Resource Development''' - 8 forms: | |||
#Grants | #Grants | ||
#Corporate Donations | #Corporate Donations | ||
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#Volunteers | #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 the social need is. | ||
#Describe what is required to meet the social need. | #Describe what is required to meet the social need. | ||
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#Describe what our successes have been. | #Describe what our successes have been. | ||
#Directly ask the foundation for an investment - The Ask. | #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 02:18, 16 March 2012
Meeting - 03/15/12
Attendees: 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.