River Valley Charter School
Minutes
Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday June 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Committee Members Present
C. Getz, E. Bradley, E. Rankin, K. Kuse, T. Murdy
Committee Members Absent
M. Connerton
Guests Present
M. Curcio
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Development - looking ahead
A.
Committee Roles and Responsibilities
B.
Planning for 2025-2026
Looking ahead--- but first let's celebrate our accomplishments from this past year.
$164,000 was the amount we raised this year.
Donor Perfect will make things more efficient and increase our capacity AND we are still proud of what we did this year!
Kudos to Marianne for being a positive member of the "public" non-board member who keeps showing up with fresh ideas.
Development retreat at Karen's house to watch-- Creating Sustainable Funding for Your Nonprofit 55-Minute Recorded Seminar-- June 10th at 5 pm at C.G.
Helps highlight-- Development v. Fundraising
Benevon fundraising model is a systematic approach for nonprofits to build sustainable funding by engaging and developing relationships with individual donors who are deeply passionate about the organization's mission. It focuses on attracting and retaining major donors through a series of events and personalized interactions, aiming to create a culture of philanthropy within the organization.
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Events to hold space for--
1. Back to school bash
2. Annual Fund
2. Read-a-thon
3. Spring Gala
Events we need to bring back:
Welcome packet for KH
Custom House Maritime Museum Mixer for new parents and graduating families
Grand-friend day
III. Community Connections
A.
Birdhouse
Birdhouse is offering the space for free. 100+ capacity
Talking about hosting an event there--- TM, ER and KK meet with the owner in Amesbury.
Back-to-school event bash for parents with tickets to purchase
The roadmap for our development plan next year will be focused around these tenets-
1) Tasks and events should be repeatable and scalable based on committee capacity
2) Roles for committee members to increase the sense of value in the group and accountability
3) ID sphere of influence