Finance & Fundraising

Committee Overview:

The Finance and Fundraising Committee works to increase the chapter’s revenue and foster relationships with the local donor community to expand the chapter’s capacity to implement its larger mission and strategic plan.

Committee Aim:

To help manage the Chapter budget and seek fundraising partners and opportunities to help raise money to sustain the chapters vision, mission, and goals.

2009 Committee Goals

a.      Goal: Develop the chapters Fundraising Platform and Recognition policies.  Specifically by the end of  2009 we need to raise $7500.

i.     Result: Board approved the fundraising platform and we have successfully started receive sponsorships from local like minded companies and individuals.

b.     Goal:.Develop a Fundraising tracking system to collect and maintain fundraising efforts chapter wide to help coordinate Annual / monthly Chapter Sponsored events….ie…Green LEEDers monthly events, monthly Programs.  Work with Program and Events Committee.

i.     Result: Antonio to work on developing this.

c.     Goal: Hold an Annual Fundraising event.

i.     Result: Raising the Green at the Linen Building occurred in July in conjunction with the WRC visit and the Green expo in 2009.

1.     Task – Need to evaluate and see what we want to plan for 2010.

a.     One idea that came up was to work with Dave Krick and the green brew festival coupled with the green music festival.

d.     Goal: Get Finance and Fundraising Committee activated.

i.     Result: We currently have 5 Finance and Fundraising committee members with the following dedicated tasks.

1.     Lindsay Erb (CTA): Committee Chair and Treasurer

2.     Selena O’Neal (Ada County): Assist Treasurer with Chapter Finances and Budget

3.     Cynthia McCaene (Cabal Architects):  Fundraising Communications

4.     Connie St. George (Habitec): USGBCI Partner Coordinator

5.     Antonio Plascencia : Website upkeep / EGB liasson / Fundraising Data base manager

6.     Open position: Grant Writer

7.     & we always need more volunteers.

e.     Goal: Grant Writing – seeking money from Private Foundations as well as assist the chapter with the Chapter Grant Challenge in 2010.

i.     Result:

f.      Goal: Help establish Chapter budget for 2010 before the strategic planning session (tbd).

i.     Result:

g.     Goal: Stewardship Opportunities – create points in time to have interaction with our donors to thank them for sponsoring….ie…thank you cards, birthday cards….ect?

i. Result:

Regular meeting time:

 First Tuesday of the month – 11:30am – 12:30 at Thomas Hammer, 298 N 8th St, Downtown Boise. Next meeting will be Nov. 3rd.  If you are interested please RSVP to Lindsay at lindsaye@ctagroup.com.  We welcome drop-ins if you just want to check out what we are up to or would like to get involved!