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- 1. What we have.
- · Basic business organization
- · 501(c)(3) fully tax exempt Public Charity – Status under section 509 (a)(2) EIN: 26-1457057
- · Mission: To assist, support, and befriend people with mobility impairments so we can empower one another and be vital participants in community activities.
- · Functional governance structure with active membership.
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- · Tangible organizational assets
- · Traditional banking capacity, 2 checking accounts, limited credit and debit card transactions ability through website only.
- · Basic marketing/fundraising tools: corporate logo and graphics art, 6 ft. banner, donors list (14 individuals, US Bank, Bridge Community Bank).
- · Year-end Cash on hand sufficient to support 10 months of 1st year's startup budget ($11,800) administrative costs including insurance, professional part-time management, workable website and data management system.
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- · Intangible assets
- · Survey knowledge of the Foundation and Charity market across the Front Range.
- · Active volunteers list
- · Website content and management experience
- · Mission success stories
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- 2. What we need
- · Functioning website with in-house data-base management capacity including newsletter, member communications, calendar, events management, member accounts, and volunteer coordination platform.
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- · Reviewing Wild Apricot platform. Recommended by Dan Taylor of Collaboration Labs for an organization our size. Graduated ongoing monthly fee starting at $25/mo. for up to 250 database members. Platform can handle up to 1,000 members before "outgrowing" its economic capacity.
- · Dan Taylor's estimate for getting the platform up and running plus on-site training is $735 plus the option of one-hour's ongoing monthly management assistance for $70/mo as needed.
- · Start-up Business Plan
- · Start-up Capital Campaign
- · 3 year budget
- · Mission activity plan
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- · Full event site debit/card card processing capacity
- · Regularly operating action/activity groups
- · Barrier Busters
- · Amputee Activity Group
- · Care/Outreach Group
- · Regularly scheduled activities/events
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- 3. Organizational Structure and Management:
- · Mission/Message: We've always known our mission is to actively befriend everyone with special attention paid to reaching individuals with mobility impairments; simply because it increases everyone's vitality. Our Corporate purpose has been to bring some organization and structure to a beneficial process that occurs commonly but randomly – individuals with significant mobility impairments live vitally, with a little help from their friends. We haven't been able to message the what, how, where, and why particularly effectively. The budgeting process has clarified several issues and four Key Words have emerged that resolve our mission/message issues and creates a pretty marvelous three dimensional organizational structure from a business management viewpoint.
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- · Group
- · Action
- · Event
- · Activity
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- · Operational structure
- · Action Group: formal standing committee with executive authority/responsibility.
- · Foundation's Board
- · Barrier Busters
- · VIA Front Range (Paul, Karen, Devin, Len, Rusty, JoAnna)
- · Amputee Action Group
- · Veterans Action Group
- · Activity Group: recognized group that organizes a specific set of regular activities.
- · Amputee Activity
- · Aquacise
- · Metro Trails
- · Gluten Intolerant Gourmets
- · Museums of the Front Range
- · Young Folks Active
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