Finances

International’s January financials appear above. As you can see, this is much better than last year and we are cautiously optimistic that we have mitigated the challenges of the Blizzard funding shortfall. Much of the uptick has to do with affiliate dues being invoiced earlier, in-kind increase with Airbnb, and timing/increase in corporate fundraising. We also will look to share some exciting news from the Walt Disney Company on a opportunity that will happen later in this fiscal year that will bring cash for the International office. Our Fidelity Investment Account sits at approximately $566,000.

We currently sit at 7 months of liquidity. Revenue, net income and liquidity all highlighted in yellow last month are now in the green. The entire International team is aggressively focused on revenue generation and managing expenses and we continue to project a break even for FY2018.

Fundraising and Marketing

Fundraising Toolkit Update

As you know, the Board Fundraising Toolkit was developed late last year and was shared at the November Board meeting, as a resource for fundraising. Since then, we’ve updated the resources within it to fit both board and general supporter needs (e.g. committee members). The result of those updates can be found in the newly released Supporter Fundraising Toolkit.

This Toolkit and the resources within it should replace the previously shared Board Fundraising Toolkit moving forward, as information and statistics were updated across resources.

Download the toolkit here.

The quick, one page, ‘must know’ page is here

If you have any questions, please contact Lori or Sylvia.

Board Meeting

The next board meeting is in Hong Kong on 11-12 April. A schedule and the agenda will be sent out by March 30th, 2018. Tyler Adams will connect with you all if you have any questions about your travel, hotel or other issues. Thank you!