Presents overviews of STC community funding methodology.

1. Proposed Community Funding Models
Hillary Hart and Aiessa Moyna
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2. Facts
 A portion of the overall Society budget goes
to support communities
 $314,857 in 2011 (about 10% of total expenses)
 Chapter and SIG membership dues do not
come close to covering cost of supporting
communities:
 Leadership webinars, iMIS and membership
database, community-relations staff,
 But the current funding model does not
seem to be working, or rather it’s not
working fast enough
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3. Communities Are Feeling Pain
2011 2012
Budgets Submitted 65/126 63/107
Communities Funded 45 33
Total Funding $70,000 $42,000
% of Total Dues 4.51% 4.24%
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4. We Want Your Input
 During today’s Leadership Program
 Throughout the Summit
 STC Central on Tuesday at 3:40 p.m.
 Once you’ve returned home
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5. Community Funding Models
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6. Guiding Principles
 Is easy to understand, explain
 Is predictable and reliable
 Can be applied consistently
 Encourages increased membership
 Encourages sound financial management
 Diversifying revenue streams
 Spending community funds on programs/services that benefit
membership broadly
 Rebuilding/maintaining reserves
 Discourages unhealthy financial practices
 Relying on one or two sources of revenue
 Spending community funds on programs/services that benefit a
small number of members
 Spending down reserves
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7. Funding Option 1: Reserves Target
 Chapters and SIGs must submit budgets to be
considered for community funding
 Beginning bank balance, projected income and
projected expenses are used to calculate
reserves at year end
 Communities at/above the reserves target (%
of annual operating expenses) are ineligible for
funding
 Communities below the reserves target are
eligible for funding up to a fixed amount per
member
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8. Funding Option 2: Partial Pass-through
 Chapters and SIGs must submit budgets to
be considered for community funding
 Community receives a fixed funding amount
per member (% of community membership
fee), regardless of projected
income/expenses and reserves
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9. Funding Option 3: Flat Funding
 Chapters and SIGs must submit budgets to be
considered for community funding
 Communities receive a flat funding amount based
on community type (not based on number of
members or community membership fee)
 Beginning bank balance, projected income and
projected expenses are used to calculate reserves
at year end
 Communities below the reserves target (% of
annual operating expenses) are eligible for
additional funding up to a fixed amount per
member
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10. Funding Option 4: Community Managed
 Chapters incorporate independently, then
take full responsibility for setting and
collecting their own dues at the local level;
no funding from the STC office
 SIGs must submit budgets to be considered
for community funding; receive a fixed
funding amount per member
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11. Thank you!