A Vision for the Future

1. A Vision for the Future Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Inc. A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR: Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith (Board Member) Month Day, Year

2. The Mission of Our Movement Our mission is to enable African-Americans and other disadvantaged persons to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.

3. The Urban League Movement • Established in 1910, National Urban League (NUL) is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African-Americans and other underserved populations to enter the economic and social mainstream by imparting a five-point strategy. • Education and Youth Empowerment • Economic Empowerment • Health and Quality of Life Empowerment • Civic Engagement and Leadership Empowerment • Civil Rights and Racial Justice Empowerment • Headquartered in New York City, NUL spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its 100 local affiliates in 36 states and the District of Columbia. • Our local affiliates work to serve millions of individuals and families in their communities through programs, advocacy and research tailored to their communities’ specific needs.

4. Our Local Affiliate: Urban League of Greater Chattanooga • Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Inc. (ULGC) has been part of the national network of Urban Leagues since 1982. • ULGC’s strategy is three-pronged and geared specifically towards serving the greater Chattanooga community: • Ensuring that children are well-educated and equipped for economic self-reliance. • Helping adults to attain economic self-sufficiency through good jobs, home ownership and wealth accumulation. • Securing civil rights by eradicating all barriers to equal participation in the economic and social mainstream of America. • Historically, ULGC has relied on generous donations from government entities, foundations and the United Way, but has not maximized giving from other sources. • Established in 1982 • 7 full-time, 1 part-time and 35 contracted employees • 24 Board members • Total operating budget of $1,195,033 • Diverse income sources: • State and local: $809,937 • Foundations: $75,000 • United Way: $74,098 • Special events: $55,743 • Corporations: $16,000 • Individual membership: $10,555 • NUL: $5,000

5. Our Empowering Approach to Impacting Change • Empowered through Financial Stability: to assist in the eradication of poverty and help families overcome financial hurdles and obtain financial stability, ULGC offers services various services, such as Volunteer Tax Assistance program and Debt Elimination and Credit Repair workshops. • Empowered through Education: with the support of partners and using educational programs, ULGC prepares students for academic success with learning initiatives, including the 21st Century Learning Center and Urban League/Infinite Scholars Scholarship Fair.

6. Our Empowering Approach to Impacting Change • Empowered through Health and Wellness: recognizing the impact a healthier lifestyle has on a client’s overall well-being, ULGC’s health initiative encompasses numerous services, including workout sessions with professional fitness advisors and health screenings. • Empowered through Workforce Development: in an effort to assist clients as they gain employment and build sustainable careers, ULGC provides workforce development services to further impact the individual’s success. Offerings include job placement program, career training, resume writing workshops, job interview preparation workshops and computer and Internet training.

7. Impactful Programs…Proven Results… • ULGC partnered with the Infinite Scholars Program, dedicated to recruiting minority students to be recipients of college scholarships, to host its first annual Infinite Scholars Scholarship Fair. Of the nearly 300 students who attended, 129 were awarded more than $2.4 million in scholarships, an average of $18,600 per student. • Of the more than 1,200 individuals who have visited ULGC’s Employment Center, 57% have been placed in full-time, gainful employment. Our job placement program contributed to $6.5 million in wages reinvested in the local economy. • More than 3,500 individuals sought tax preparation assistance. The tax returns completed at one of our 20 sites yielded approximately $2.5 million in refunds that were reinvested in the local economy. • Our Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better program, is designed to encourage African-American women ages 18 to 35 to live a healthier lifestyle by becoming more physically active, maintaining a healthy weight and eating healthier foods. On average, each program participant lost 13 pounds, and more than 50% continue with the program. Note: All results are reflective of ULGC’s programs in 2007, as reported in its Annual Report.

8. Your Allegiance to the Movement • The disparities between African-Americans and other ethnicities in the greater Chattanooga community continue to grow further and further apart, particularly in areas related to education, employment and health. • As a Board member, your participation in this movement is critical to our success. • ULGC’s grassroots approach means depending on our leaders to disseminate our mission, tell our story and elicit interest in our joining our movement.

9. Role of ULGC Board Member • Make a representative, pace-setting gift in support of ULGC’s efforts to help secure its Vision for the Future. • Help to increase ULGC giving from corporate and individual sources. • Provide leadership and direction related to ULGC’s impact on and presence in the greater Chattanooga area. • Endorse ULGC’s mission and plan in an effort to move forward the Urban League movement. • Encourage ongoing support to make ULGC and its programs more sustainable. • Assist in the identification, cultivation and solicitation of major and leadership gifts prospects. • Attend regularly scheduled (e.g., bi-monthly) meetings with other ULGC Board members and ULGC executives.

10. A Special Request for John R. Smith • ULGC is most grateful for your involvement as a Board member [over the years]. • With deep gratitude for your commitment to ULGC, we ask that you partner with us as we create our Vision for the Future by considering a contribution of $_____ a year for three years, resulting in a total gift of $_____, to provide ongoing support of our programs. • Through your participation, leadership and generosity, we can serve the needs of the greater Chattanooga population by empowering our community and changing lives.

11. What Your Generosity Means to ULGC The impact of your gift to ULGC will be significant, because it will: • Stimulate participation of ULGC’s leadership. • Encourage others to regard ULGC and the future of the movement in new philanthropic terms. • Create exceptional awareness for ULGC and its programs, as well as the needs of the greater Chattanooga community. • Increase the ability to attract new individual donors and supporters. • Help to establish and challenge a community-based culture of giving to meet ULGC’s long-term goals. • Assure the longevity of ULGC’s movement in an ever-changing society.

12. Ways to Give There are many ways that you may help to support our Vision for the Future. Because ULGC is relying on your generous support and leadership to move forward our movement, we urge you to consider the following methods of giving: • Gifts of cash: an outright gift of cash for which the donor receives an income tax deduction as prescribed by current law. Pledging your gift over a multi-year period may allow you to make a more substantial gift, while affording you the opportunity to adjust the timing and amount of each payment to achieve the most beneficial tax treatment. • Gift of appreciated publicly traded securities: a gift of stocks or bonds that are (or will be) readily marketable. The deduction for outright gifts of appreciated long-term securities (held more than twelve months) is equal to the fair market value of the securities on the date the donor relinquishes control of the assets to ULGC. None of the appreciate is taxable for capital gains purposes. The stock should not be sold, rather, it should be transferred to ULGC to achieve the most advantageous tax treatment. • Corporate matching gifts: these gifts will be encouraged and credited to the donor as described by the matching gift arrangement. Donors should supply the necessary forms to ULGC with the appropriate pledge documentation and contributions.

13. Our Appreciation Thank you for your consideration of this gift request. Your generosity will have a long-lasting impact on our Vision for the Future.

14. Our Leadership Warren E. Logan, Jr. President & CEO Executive Committee Charlesetta Woodard-Thompson Board Chair Erlanger Medical Center Ronald Loving Vice Chair Community Volunteer Leonard Fant Past Board Chairman Blood Assurance Larry Buie Past Board Chairman Chattanooga Gas Company Wendall Morgan Treasurer McDonald’s Dr. Daniel Challener Secretary Public Education Foundation Board Members Lydia Sindos Adams Community Volunteer Daniel Batts Enterprise Dr. Roger Brown, Ph.D. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Sandy Buquo The Johnson Group Frank Burke Chattanooga Lookouts The Honorable Judge Curtis Collier US District Court Dorothy Grisham AllState Insurance Dr. Fannie Hewlett, Ed.D. Chattanooga State Technical Community College Kathy Owen UNUM Cynthia Scales Community Volunteer Robert Siskin Robert Siskin & Associates Albert Waterhouse Waterhouse Public Relations Jimmy Winton United Parcel Services Rick Youngblood Blood Assurance

15. For additional information, please contact: Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Inc. 730 Martin Luther King Boulevard Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 756-1762 www.ulchatt.net