Common Good Ventures Springboard Program 09-21-12

1. Common Good Ventures Springboard Program 09-21-12

2. QUESTION FOR SPRINGBOARD How do we begin to make the shift to offering some fee-based programming?

3. MISSION & VISION • MISSION: • To strengthen and empower girls and their families • and foster community through the arts. • VISION: • To build a more stable infrastructure so that the organization becomes financially sustainable, has the ability for growth, • and is able to adjust for changing situations.

4. CORE (no-fee) PROGRAM • A typical day in ACOG’s core after-school program: • Pick up from school • Arrival and snack time • Circle check-in time • Daily art or theater based project • Closing circle check-out time • Transportation home, if needed and available

5. HISTORY • As we strive to serve our mission we have addressed many organizational challenges: Organizational Structure Location • Loss of original programs location. • Moved to Adams School on Munjoy Hill. • Adams School sold. • Worked out of Nathan Clifford Elementary School. • Currently renting a dedicated space in the Irish Heritage Center. • Original collaboration between Girls Scouts, A Place for Girls and East End Children’s Workshop using a grant from the Office of Substance Abuse. • Re-funded by OSA. Separated from the Girl Scouts and becomes a stand-alone program of EECW. • EECW merged with, and ACOG became a part of, PROP (now Opportunity Alliance). • Separated from PROP in 2006 and is currently a standalone 501C3. Financial • Established 501C3 with a gift of $80K from a Foundation that was disolving. • Funding based on three sources: United Way, DHHS and OSA • Loss of DHHS and OSA funding as of July 1, 2012 – totalling$45K – close to 1/3 of the 2011-12 budget. Leadership • Founding Executive Director remained for 15 years. • Departure of Founding Director • Establishment of new Executive model of Artistic Director and a Managing Director.

6. FINANCIAL PICTURE The ACOG Board of Directors has approved a budget of $125K. (This is $35K less than last year’s budget due to a loss of approximately $45K from DHHS and OSA funding that was cut as of July 1, 2012.) SAMPLE ANNUAL BUDGET INCOME GOALS/PROJECTIONS $70,000 <$13K from 11-12 $30,000<$15K from 11-12 $10,000– (same due to fixed costs of insurance, audit, etc) $15,000 - <$4K due to loss of office space

7. POTENTIAL FEE-BASED PROGRAMMING • Goals for fee-based programming: • generate additional revenue • increase awareness of our organization • generate potential donors to our core program • help us meet our objective of becoming more sustainable • Possible revenue streams: • sessions for home-schoolers during the school day • vacation week fee-based programming • summer fee-based programming and camps • pre-school age programming

8. CHALLENGES • Recent cut of funding totaling 1/3 of our previous budget • Growing the program while dealing will loss of funding • Need to protect our original no-fee program and not lose what is the core of our organization • Limitation in current space for additional programming WHY? • Limited time and resources available to market the programming and get it up and running: how do we make the needed investment without taking away from our core programming it needs to support? HOW?

9. STRENGTHS • Core program is recognized for its strength in programming and importance to the community • New leadership model of an Executive/Artistic and Managing Director • Reenergized Board of Directorsworking to develop a strategic plan for our future • Development of partnerships and collaborations with other organizations in the community, as well as with the school system

10. QUESTION FOR SPRINGBOARD: How do we begin to make the shift to offering some fee-based programming?