Libertas Academy Charter School
Minutes
Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday January 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Location
262 Liberty St, Springfield, MA
Trustees Present
K. Diamond Kayiatos (remote), P. Mancinone (remote)
Trustees Absent
N. Coakley
Ex Officio Members Present
D. Guertin (remote), M. Montero (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
D. Guertin (remote), M. Montero (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
K. Diamond Kayiatos called a meeting of the board of trustees of Libertas Academy Charter School to order on Tuesday Jan 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes
P. Mancinone made a motion to approve the minutes from Development Committee Meeting on 11-04-25.
K. Diamond Kayiatos seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Fundraising & Events
A.
Plans for upcoming year
III. Friendraising
A.
Recruiting new members to DC
Reminder to keep thinking about people to join us.
Hopefully someone from the February tour and/or 10th anniversary event committee.
IV. 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 11:56 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Diamond Kayiatos
Thus far we have raised $148,459 so far this year.
$100k from Davis Foundation in honor of Modesto's Leadership
$150k from Northstar Foundation expected in support of our CT Charter work
Upcoming Grant Opportunities (Music, Library, Alumni, unrestricted)
Working on a letter for Florence Bank for $100k in support of general operations (more specific pieces are mentioned) with support of Paul M's connections with Bank and after a tour of school with the head of the bank.
Klarman Foundation - would be for music supplies ($35K), submitted
Music Drives Us - for music, pending
Amelia Peabody - deadline 2/1 working on
Dreyfus Foundation - submitted
Laura Bush - submitted
MassMutual Foundation - looking to rekindle this connection
Working on new relationships too
City Forfeiture Funds in March - connection with Paul ($10k)
Bank relationships - will focus on banks in the area the next few months and see if we have any personal connections there that can connect with the foundation side of things.
December - Annual Donor Report, Year End Letter,
January - Campaign Fundraising Announcement and planning for Feb 2nd
- Highlight recent grants received (Mifflin Foundation for Vans, Davis for leadership)
- Announce progress
- Announcing tours Feb 2
- Basketball tournament
- Send in 2 weeks
February - Tour Feb 2nd
- Paul has a list of people he plans to invite - Emma, Paul and Modesto to review and make a plan for each of them.
- Emma send an email to rest of board to remind about bringing someone to the tour.
Review of Name Recognition
- Feedback given on the document.