Minutes
Call to order 6.30 pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: CA, CK, SB, BK, RD, TW Round the table and catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Review of Mission and Purpose of The Crossway Foundation – Cecilia Armour Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. ● Recap on last months vote ○ Minutes were adopted via a motion from CK and seconded by BK ● Update on donations ○ SB and BK provided overview of last donation made and SB is sending thank you notes. Bank Account - (Bob and Tawana) ● Account balance ○ $19,468.60 ○ To avoid charges, a minimum of $5,000.00 must be kept in the account, leaving $14,468.60 as an available balance. Division of funds to each purpose/pillar ● Update on the scholarship process GuideStar/Candid ● Board Manual ○ CA working on the manual and will have it to the board to read by Monday April 22nd. ● Requirements to be awarded specific levels of transparency update TCF outreach ● Kids Rein ● AAA Therapeutic Farm ● A Walk for Joy ○ https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Charlotte/AWalkForJoy AOB Agenda items for the next meeting and close of business The Crossway Foundation
Board Meeting Monday, April 8th 6.30 - 7.30 pm Agenda Call to order 6.30 pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: Round the table and catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Review of Mission and Purpose of The Crossway Foundation – Cecilia Armour Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. ● Recap on last months vote ● Update on donations Bank Account - (Bob and Tawana) ● Account balance Division of funds to each purpose/pillar GuideStar/Candid ● Board Manual ● Requirements to be awarded specific levels of transparency update TCF outreach ● Kids Rein ● AAA Therapeutic Farm ● A Walk for Joy ○ https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Charlotte/AWalkForJoy AOB Agenda items for the next meeting and close of business Minutes
Call to order 6.30 pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: Charity Kowowski, Tawana Wiggins, Susan Borkowski, Shelley Dean, Lori Keller, Cecilia Armour, Bob Kunik Round the table and catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Review of Mission and Purpose of The Crossway Foundation – Cecilia Armour Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. Charity placed a motion to adopt the meeting minutes Tawana seconded the motion Minutes from previous meeting adopted Update on filing process - C Armour Solicitation license Received with Exemption based on not paying employees and having not raised more than $25,000. CA has applied for a license based on our projected revenue. Soliciation # L20233550048 501 c 3 status Click here to access letter stating status. Bank Account - Bob and Tawana BOA Bob and Tawana updated everyone of bank account information. Maintain a monthly balance of $5,000 Debit card usage of $250 per month Board members Named on the account: Bob, Tawana, Charity, ( to be added) Electronic deposits Tawana discussed using Square as a cash management system. Tawana also mentioned that Go Daddy may have one. CA to link Tawana with Rebecca to explore further Grant Writing Susan has a friend who can potentially advise us on Grant writing Bob mentioned that if we find a ‘ game changer’ grant we may want to pay Susan’s contact to write the grant. The 3-2-1 Dash, DSA of GC CA met with Director of Development for DSA 3-2-1 dash event TCF as a sponsor at the event on 3/23. Kiosk Event CA to look at other sponsors that will attend the event to network with TCF to pay the $250 for the event Networking opportunities for C Armour Share Charlotte CA to go to March Share Charlotte with DSA-GA as their guest Restaurants for fundraising purposes Krispy Kreme Hawthorne’s CA to set up Krispy Kreme fundraiser and set a date for Hawthorne’s Spirit event AOB Fieldeity - list for donors to give to certain populations CA to look into it Website Add solicitation license and 501 c 3 status Levine Foundation CA to look into this with Rebecca Tour and Pour event at the Academy Sponsors for the event, food and drink donations Invite potential donors and other Foundations Agenda items for next meeting: 3/4/2024 Close of business The Crossway Foundation
Board Meeting Tuesday 28th November, 2023 6.30-7.30 pm Minutes Call to order 6.30pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: Tawana Wiggins, Charity Karwowski, Susan Borkowski, Shelley Dean, Becca Dillard, Lori Keller, Cecilia Armour Apologies: Bob Kunik Round the table and catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Review of Mission and Purpose of The Crossway Foundation – Cecilia Armour Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. Proposal to adopt the previous months minutes made by CK and seconded by TW Update on filing process - C Armour Awaiting probono lawyers to either File the paperwork for our solicitation license or provide CA with the log in details so that she can do it Submit all paper work to The Department of the Treasurey ( this paper work is all set to go minus the solicitation license) Networking opportunities for C Armour Sweet Jax Joy Novant/Atrium Giving to Charlotte The Rainbow Express In2publishing Restaurants for fundraising purposes - School fundraisers Midwood Smokehouse Chipolte Hawthornes Chick Fil A Papa Johns The proposed expansion of Crossway Academy and The Crossway Foundation reach Meck Pre-K - addition of one more class and a TK class Beyond school-age support - Legacy planning to prepare our students and families for what comes after Crossway AOB Agenda items for next meeting: Next Board Meeting date: Tuesday 30th January, 2024 Close of business The Crossway Foundation
Board Meeting Tuesday 24th October, 2023 Minutes Call to order 6.30 pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: Present: Charity K, Tawana W, Bob K, Susan B, Becca D, Cecilia A Absent: Shelley D, Lori K Round the table and catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Introductions to Susan Borskowski, CPA with Borskowski CPA. Susan has agreed to be the Treasurer. Review of Mission and Purpose of The Crossway Foundation – Cecilia Armour Cecilia Armour restated the 3 purposes of: Equality of access through scholarships Bridging the gap between tuition and the actual cost of educating children at Crossway Retain and recruit high-quality teachers and provide professional development and increased benefits. Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. TW proposed a motion to adopt last months minutes BK seconded the motion The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted. Update on the filing process CA reported that the IRS EIN has been issued and the next step is to file through NC State then the solicitation license before we ask for the status of 501 c 3 given. CA stated that the NC State filing is trickier than the IRS filing. SB and CA will get on a call on 10.25.2023 to discuss how SB can help. Update on finances - Bob Kunik BK would like to connect with our families who work at BOA or Wachovia. BK will then connect them with the respective bank's NP department. BK to donate $3,500 to the Foundation for start-up costs and has a friend who will donate $1,500 to that cause also. SB informed us it is better to wait until approved before giving money. Events - round-the-table discussion on solicitation opportunities CA updated Board Members on how we can fundraise and how FLS does it with their wine event. CA then ran through the list below. Significant event that already exists that would want to donate or take us on annually Venmo Instagram page with Venmo link Fall Fest sponsored by The Crossway Foundation Grants Marketing update - C Armour and B Dillard BD stated that social media (FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, Foundation website) CA discussed swag to be worn at family events Expansion of our school Where does that leave us, and how do we get there? CA discussed all the ways Crossway Academy can grow ( numbers, through HS, purpose-built building, kiosks in other schools) Promoting The Crossway Foundation CA to allocate specific time each week to drive fundraising Open bank account AOB Events from takeovers: can they include external families? It was discussed, and for the short term, keep those events to CA families, expand to families and friends, and the general public. CK stated that we could invite music therapists, art therapists, etc for activities during the events. All agreed. Agenda items for the next meeting: CA proposed inviting the PSO or the President to the next Board meeting. All agreed Next Board Meeting date 11.28.2023 6.30 pm - 7.30 pm Google Meet Close of business CA closed the meeting at 7.28 pm The Crossway Foundation
Board Meeting Tuesday 24th October, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Agenda Call to order 6:30 pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: Round the table and catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Review of Mission and Purpose of The Crossway Foundation – Cecilia Armour Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. Update on filing process - C Armour Update on finances - Bob Kunik Events - round-the-table discussion on solicitation opportunities Significant event that already exists that would want to donate or take us on annually Venmo Instagram page with Venmo link Fall Fest sponsored by The Crossway Foundation Grants Take overs at restaurants Marketing update - C Armour and B Dillard Expansion of our school Promoting The Crossway Foundation CA to allocate specific time each week to drive fundraising AOB Agenda items for next meeting: Next Board Meeting date Close of business Minutes
Call to order 7 pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: Charity Karwowski Bob Kunik Becca Dillard Lori Keller Cecilia Armour Absent: Shelley Dean Tawana Wiggins Round the table catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Review of Mission and purpose of The Dean Foundation – Cecilia Armour 1. Top provide scholarship support for families who cannot afford our tuition , ( $20,200 or $22,200) 2. To fill the financial gap between the tuition and the actual cost of educating a child with special needs. 3. To retain and recruit high-quality teachers by providing continual professional development for teachers, ( cutting-edge therapy-based research), and increasing benefits and salary. Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. ● Bob made a motion to approve the previous meeting minutes. ● Charity seconded the motion ● The motion was approved Should the name Crossway be in the Foundation’s name? ● Much discussion was had regarding the name and how connections are easily made to Crossway. ● The domain of The Crossway Foundation was available and purchased ● CA to speak to legal team ● Charity made a motion to change the name from The Dean Foundation to The Crossway Foundation. ● Bob seconded the motion ● The motion was approved Board Advisees present possible campaigns for discussion. ● CA read aloud RD email with suggestions. ● CK suggested that we also become more family engaging in our fundraising approach ● BK suggested purpose 3 for our first focus, CK agreed ● The 3rd purpose, (To retain and recruit high-quality teachers by providing continual professional development for teachers, ( cutting-edge therapy-based research), and increasing benefits and salary.), was proposed to be the focus of the first campaign whist we await the paperwork process. We discussed the need to have family engagement as part of the fundraising process. ● The Shamrock Shuffle will be revitalized and planning will begin at our next board meeting ● Between now and the Spring we will also plan some ‘Take over events’ of places such as the movie theater, Big Air, Panthers game, etc. We will formalize these at our next meeting ● A motion was proposed for purpose 3 to be our first focus by CK ● The motion was seconded by BK AOB ● CA discussed the need for additional board members ● CK proposed a motion to add two more ● BK seconded the motion ● CA and LK discussed the Fall Festival Agenda items for next meeting: Capital Campaign, Shamrock Shuffle ( with a name change to The Crossway Bridge Walk, The Crossway Walk, ‘Run, walk, shuffle for Crossway’. Name to be decided Next Board Meeting date October 24th, 2023. 6.30 - 7.30 pm. Close of business The Dean Foundation
Board Meeting Tuesday 26th of September 2023 7 pm – 8 pm Meeting link Agenda Call to order 7 pm – Cecilia Armour Attendance: Round the table catch up with each other– Cecilia Armour Review of Mission and purpose of The Dean Foundation – Cecilia Armour Business of the Board: Adopt the Minutes from the previous meeting. Board Advisees present possible campaigns for discussion. Board Directors vote for The Dean Foundation's first campaign purpose. AOB Agenda items for next meeting: Next Board Meeting date Close of business The Dean Foundation
Board Meeting Tuesday 29th of August 2023 7 pm – 8 pm Meeting link Agenda Call to order 7pm – Cecilia Armour Introductions of Attendees – Cecilia Armour Overview of our school and clinic – Dr Shelley Dean Mission and purpose of The Dean Foundation – Cecilia Armour Business of the Board: Adopt the Foundation organization name, Bylaws, and Articles of Corporation Agreement to File documentation Structure of future Board Meetings, including Director positions Next Board Meeting date Close of business |
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April 2024
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