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B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S M E E T I N G
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E R A D I C AT I N G P OV E RT Y | E N GAG I N G S T U D E N T S | E M P OW E R I N G C O M M U N I T I E S

OUR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING INCLUDES:

ROTATIONS OF ADDITIONS
SUBTRACTIONS
THE BOARD

FUNDRAISING
NOURISH UPDATE
CHAPTER UPDATE
REPORT

ORGANIZATIONAL CHAPTER
UPDATED GOALS
GOALS
FEEDBACK

FORMALIZING
TOPICS FOR BOARD
2010 BUDGET
DISCUSSION
PROCESSES
CONSIDERATIONS

NOURISH WELCOMES A NEW BOARD MEMBER…

!   MARCIA ANGLE
!   PROFESSOR AT DUKE’S NICHOLAS SCHOOL FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT.

!   BA FROM HARVARD, MD FROM DUKE AND MPH FROM
UNC.
!   ALL PLACES WHERE WE HAVE CHAPTERS.

!   FOUNDER OF INTRAHEALTH.

!   ALL KINDS OF AWESOME.

BOARD

…AND BIDS FAREWELL TO ANOTHER.

!   SOME OF JOSH LEE’S CONTRIBUTIONS:

!   FACEBOOK CHALLENGE
!   Led the organization to raise more than $53,000 through his ingenuity,
passion and hard work.

!   NOURISH SUMMIT, 2007
!   Worked with staff and board members to shape Nourish’s expansion plan.

!   KEY PART OF THE ORIGINAL NOURISH TEAM
!   Carried the banner for raising the initial money needed to take off.

BOARD

NOU
NEW INITIATIVES ARE IMPROVING CHAPTER H RISH
EAD N
CHA LINES F EWS
PERFORMANCE.
PTER RO
NEA M A
R YO
U.

!   CHAPTER SUPPORT
!   Launching the Venture: A Special Venture
Leader Training
!   12 students from 7 Chapters attended a
teleconference hosted by Jenna and Graham
Boone.

!   UPGRADING FINANCIAL TRACKING
!   Revenue and expense reports, amounts larger
thank $1k due on on the 15th of each month.

!   SCRUBS VENTURE
!   Pilot programs for UNC and Duke are
underway.
!   Will begin as soon as we have the seed money
($2.5k of 5k needed has been raised).

UPDATES

NOU
FALL VENTURES HAVE BENEFITTED FROM H RISH
EAD N
CHA LINES F EWS
IMPROVED TRAINING AND SUPPORT.
PTER RO
NEA M A
R YO
U.

!   YALE CHAPTER DOUBLES PROFITS ON PANCAKES FOR POVERTY.
!   Debuts pancake delivery service; sees increased revenue from higher
per-order volumes and from the delivery surcharge.
!   Other Chapters are considering the same concept.

!   FIRST-YEAR CHAPTER MIAMI OHIO SCHEDULES 4 VENTURES
BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
!   Ventures: Night Time Nourish, Pledge-a-meal partnership, Coldstone
percentage night.
!   Projecting $3k in proﬁt.

!   UCLA AND UC DAVIS COLLABORATE ONART SHOW VENTURE.
!   Other collaborating Chapters include Harvard/Yale, UNC/Duke.

UPDATE

NOU
SEVERAL CHAPTERS FAILED TO COMPLETE H RISH
EAD N
CHA LINES F EWS
LEADERSHIP TRANSITION.
PTER
NEA
ROM
R YO A
U.

!   WESLEY
!   The Norris (Chapter Leader)
transferred to Clemson to play
soccer.

!   ELON
!   No Chapter Leader stepped up
at the beginning of this year.

!   AMERICAN
!   No Chapter Leader stepped up
at the beginning of this year.

!   Combined proﬁt: $1900

UPDATE

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES HAVE KEPT THE PRESSURE ON.

REDWOOD
S GRANT:
$7,500 IN
!  Redwoods Grant: $0
2009
!  Frank Phoenix: $5000
FRANK
PHOENIX !  Tom and Melissa Pfeil: $0
LY: TOM AND
$10,000
MELISSA
PFEIL LY:
!  Board Give or Get $2000
$5,000+
each: $11,000
BOARD
GIVE OR
!   Total: $17,000/42,500
GET:
$20,000

!  All numbers as of 9/30/2009.
RELIEF FROM THE
MONTH TO MONTH STRESS

UPDATE

DIVERSIFICATION OF REVENUE STREAMS HAS
HELPED OFFSET DECLINES IN FUNDRAISING.
• Board Giving
• Major Donors
2008 Revenue: $128,041
Donations
• Nourish donor
base
2009 Revenue: $60,573
• In Kind

• Foundations
2008 Revenue: $1,250
Institutions
• Corporate 2009 Revenue: $0
Sponsors
National
Office
Sources of
Revenue 2008 Revenue: $1,050
• Wine Tasting
Events
• Nourish Night
2009 Revenue: $18,852

• Chapter Dues
Earned
• Founders Fees
2008 Revenue: $0
Income
• Institute Fees
2009 Revenue: $18,598

All 2009 numbers are based on
UPDATE Q1-3 + Q4 projections.

Q4 PROJECTIONS ARE ESPECIALLY LEAN, BUT THE FIRST Q1
HOLDS NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

Quarter 4 2009
Quarter 1 2010
DONORS
Board Giving
8.5 k in commitments.
5k committed already.
Donor Base
4.5 k projected.
-
Major Donors
-
5k committed.
INSTITUTIONS
Foundations
-
40k applied for.
Corporations
-
15k applied for.
EVENTS
8.5 k projected.
5k projected.
EARNED INCOME
.5 k yet to collect.
3k projected.
Total:
22 k projected.
73 k possible.

UPDATE

GLOBAL BRIGADES HAS PROPOSED THAT WE MERGE WITH THEM.

Nourish’s Value to GB
GB’s Value to Nourish
Structural Changes

• Promote GB on • Ensure budget for • Nourish becomes a
campuses where they next two years.
program of Global
aren’t already.
• Increase staff beneﬁts Brigades.
• Nourish staff’s ability (health beneﬁts).
• Nourish Board may
to help expand GB’s • Administrative services continue to control its
programming.
(Legal, Travel, budget, but
• Social Venture and 6 Marketing and PR) relinquishes all
week project model
covered.
liability.
• Expand Nourish • Potential for one
programming over Nourish leader to join
GB’s campuses (100+ GB Board (preferably
Worldwide).
James).

UPDATES

ORIGINAL GOALS PRESENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FOCUSED ON SCALE.

!   INVEST IN CHAPTER SUCCESS:
!   50 chapters earning $5k+ per year and leading their own
project by the end of 2013.

!   MEASURING OUR IMPACT:
!   Develop and implement a robust process for measuring impact
on communities and campuses by the end of 2013.

!   INCREASE NOURISH’S SUSTAINABILITY:
!   Raise cash reserves to the 6-9 month level by the end of 2013.

GOALS
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STUDENT FEEDBACK CENTERED ON EXPANDING
EXISTING CHAPTERS.

!   “It looks good.”
!   Growth goals seem too ambitious: let’s focus more on
building quality chapters.
!   Doing more with impact measurement is good, but can
we have do it sooner?
!   What opportunities will students have to inﬂuence the
strategies used to accomplish these goals?
!   Too much of a focus on numbers risk dehumanizing
what we do.
!   Missing any mention of the advocacy and awareness
role of our organization.

GOALS
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UPDATED GOALS ALIGN THESE INTERESTS.

Goal
By 36 months (end of By 60 months (end of
•  Reasons behind the goal
2013)
2015)

Investing in Chapter Success 20 Chapters earning 5k or 25 Chapters at 10k or
more in net-profit annually. more in net-profit annually.
• Vibrant culture of entrepreneurship.
• Advocacy and awareness.
• Scale our impact.

Measuring our Social Return: Develop an initial process Refine the process to better
for measuring impact on reflect our goals and
• Accountability for our actions.
students and communities. values.
• Credibility to new partners.
• Increase our ability to raise funds.

Achieving sustainability Build up to 6 months of Build up to 9 months of
cash reserves. cash reserves.
• Attract and retain a quality staff.
• Allow our organization to be ﬂexible.
• Engage in more long-term planning.

GOALS
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KEY TOPICS TO ADDRESS THIS MEETING:

!   Formalizing Board Processes.

!   Fundraising opportunities.

!   2010 Budget Considerations.

TOPICS

THE BOARD NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO FORMALIZE
IT’S PROCESSES.

!   Formalizing Board Processes

!   Rotations, Recruitment and Orientation
!   Making sure that new Board Members feel properly informed.
!   Making sure that outgoing Board Members are recognized for their service.
!   We need a volunteer!

!   Board Commitments and Fundraising
!   The best method for ensuring that in 2010 that we’re not seeing such peaks and
valleys.

TOPICS

OUR FUNDRAISING SCHEDULE NEEDS TO BE ACCELERATED.

!   New Fundraising Opportunities

!   Making up the 5k we’re missing
!   Accelerating the events schedule.
!   Calling on Past Donors.
!   Capitalizing on new opportunities.
!   Spreading out expenses.

TOPICS

THE 2010 BUDGET PRESENTS MORE OPTIONS THAN EVER
BEFORE.

!   2010 Budget Considerations

!   How many staff members do we want?
!   What level of fundraising commitment is the board prepared to
make?
!   What other support can the board offer?
!   What would we like to do with the Brigades proposal?
!   How does this ﬁt into our long term goals?

TOPICS

THANK YOU AND DRIVE HOME SAFELY.

!   Future Board/Executive Committee Meetings:
!   November 12, 2010: Fundraising Meeting!
!   December 17: Approving the Budget!
!  January 14, 2009: Big Board Meeting
!  April 22, 2010: Big Board Meeting
!  July 15, 2010: Big Board Meeting
!  October 14, 2010: Big Board Meeting

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