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River Valley Charter School

Minutes

RVCS Foundation - FY26 #2

Date and Time

Thursday January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Location

All meeting materials for the RVCS Foundation, are available on the DropBox repository. Board on Track will hold information from FY23-24 going forward

Committee Members Present

M. Everest (remote), M. Lugo (remote), R. Treasurer (remote), S. Suelen (remote)

Committee Members Absent

J. Philbin, M. Bishop

Guests Present

K. Kuse (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

M. Lugo called a meeting of the The Foundation Committee of River Valley Charter School to order on Thursday Jan 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

S. Suelen made a motion to approve the minutes from RVCS Foundation FY25- Meeting #1 on 10-17-24.
M. Everest seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Development Committee Update

A.

Review contents of Development Report

Annual fund effort:

  • Campaign is much more personal
  • Raised over $6,200
  • Will continue through end of year (June 30th)
  • Larger gifts coming in
  • Sonia mentioned cycles of giving
    • Year End -pre tax
    • Waiting for Spring bonuses
    • Should we time release materials to those potential spikes in giving---Karen (yes!)
  • Megan--What about employer matching?  Didn't see it in the materials
  • DonorPerfect is working well

 

Read-a-thon:

  • Teaching Maryanne how website works
  • Goal to ensure tasks and knowledge are shared so more than one person can cover all the bases
  • Meeting with grade level coordinators to more directly engage with teachers in the Read-a-thon effort
  • Looking forward to greater middle school engagement

 

Time to check on development plan

 

Time to write up an end of year review

 

Looking forward to more reception opportunities.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:17 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
M. Lugo

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.