Board Impact and Information

December 19, 2017
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IN TODAY'S ISSUE:

MISSION

 

To mobilize our community to create measurable results that improve people's lives.

 

ActionItemsAction Items

Without a quorum no actions were taken. The below action items will be moved to the January agenda. 


CampaignUpdateCampaign Update

To date the campaign has raised $2,150,000 against the total raised last year of $3,690,000. Of the total raised to date this year, $2,046,000 is from completed campaigns. These completed campaigns collectively represent a small loss of 1.5% against the same campaigns from last year. Staff and volunteers are still reaching out to companies to follow up on donors from the prior year who have yet to pledge and we are aware of several company campaigns that are shifting the timing of their campaigns to early in 2018. Staff is currently developing projections on the outcome and are anticipating that the total raised in this campaign will be less than the previous year. There are several sizable campaigns yet to report, and this could change the outcome, but we are not anticipating that we will be above the prior year total raised.

Please share our job posting for the VP of Resource Development.


ELSEmerging Leaders Society

Two Emerging Leaders Society (ELS) Board Members, Sarah Clements-Sampson and Bryan White, discussed the strategic planning process that the ELS will focus on in January and February of 2018. To assist in their efforts to provide greater support for Spokane County United Way a survey and further discussion will take place at the January board meeting.

CommunicationsmarketingCommunications and Marketing
  

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CommunityImpactCommunity Impact

Freeman Fund Update
The current fund amount is approximately $74,000. The Freeman Recovery Fund Committee awarded the four families, whose students were directly impacted, a portion of these dollars. The remainder of the dollars will  be used for additional efforts for the staff, students, and the community.
EWU Pilot
The Program Planning & Evaluation Pilot Project came to a close with an energetic final event when the Master of Social Work students from Eastern Washington University presented their work to the agencies. During the pilot students worked with agencies on program planning and evaluation, logic models and program measures. We are now working with Dr. Frank Velazquez and the Community Impact Committee to evaluate this pilot and make recommendations to the Board.



Schools Out Washington Employees
Spokane County United Way is happy to provide office space for the first Spokane based employees for Schools Out Washington (SOWA). Read the full press release here.

CI Committee Discussion on Gates Investment
The committee met with The City of Spokane's Homeless Program Specialist to develop a deeper understanding of these issues. They decided to focus these dollars to impact homeless youth, ages 16-24, in our community. They'll make a more specific recommendation to the Board in the future.

Excelerate Success is working to update and improve our Mission and Vision statement. 

 

We received a total of $30,000 from the Williams Northwest Pipeline bowling fundraiser ($15,000 raised and a $1:$1 company match).


Ongoing projects we are working on are: 
  • The NextGen Zone / Workforce Development mini story
  • Developing an Opportunity Gap scan for Spokane County
  • Finishing up the Summer Learning evaluation
Savethedate
Mark Your Calendars and Join Us

OVATION - March 1, 2018 at The Fox Theater (4:30 - 7:00)
Equity Summit - April 11-13, 2018, in Chicago. This is organized by PolicyLink - click here to learn more about PolicyLink. Click here to learn more about the Equity Summit. Please email Tim for additional questions or to express your interest in attending as part of a Spokane delegation.
officeclosureOffice Closure

Spokane County United Way will be closed starting Monday, December 25th and will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.

Next Board Meeting

 

TUESDAY, 

January 23, 2018

 

7:30 am at Spokane County United Way

 

Click Here for a list of all Board Meeting dates.

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