{"id":13311,"key":"Leapingstone","title":"Leapingstone","latest":{"id":1207568,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T22:28:39Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Organization data\n| type = Nonprofit organization\n| founded = 2008\n| area = Togo, Africa\n| member-of = Open Sustainability Network\n| location = Togo, Africa\n}}\n\nLeapingStone is nascent non-profit working to enable universal primary education in West Africa. Leapingstone received its 501c3 in April, 2008. The organizations web site and logo are still under-construction.\n\n== Board members ==\n\n* Natalie Huberman, President\n* Melayha Fluke, Vice President\n* Jann Carr, Secretary\n* [[User:Curtbeckmann|Curt Beckmann]], Treasurer\n* Emmanualle Almeras\n* Jaime Grant\n\nLEAPINGSTONE MOKR 2008-2009\n\n== Mission through 2010 ==\n\nAchieve sustainable \"Tipping Point\" quality education levels in in Dedeke, a village in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo Togo] roughly 30 miles from the capital city, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lom%C3%A9 Lomé].\n\n== Objectives ==\n\nCreate infrastructure to facilitate and support\ndevelopment and allocation of capital.\nDraft and execute a fund-raising strategy sufficient\nto generate $xxx,000 through 2009.\nDevelop and execute an allocation strategy.\nImplement a branding and marketing strategy.\n\n== Key Results ==\n\n* Create infrastructure to facilitate and support development and allocation of capital.\n* Obtain NFP status. Q1 (Done)\n* Open bank accounts. Q2 (done)\n* Obtain contact data (phone, fax, URL) Q1\n* Draft a strategy to ensure adequate oversight of fund distribution. Q1\n* Develop an investment strategy that creates a sustainable and growing endowment. Q2\n* Draft a budget that includes all operations and charitable donations. Q1\n* Develop an expenditure policy/strategy. Q1\n* Draft and execute a fund-raising strategy sufficient to generate $xxx,000 through 2009.\n* Create a broad and manageable fund-raising strategy. Q1\n* Draft a donor presentation. Q1\n* Develop and maintain a donor prospect database. Q1\n* Determine whether we are eligible for grants and apply for them if so. Q2\n* Raise $25,000. Q3\n* Raise $xxx,000. Q109\n* Develop and execute an allocation strategy.\n* Draft plan for how LS distributes funds in Africa (see oversight goal above). Q1\n* Send xxx children to school. Q209\n\n=== Implement a branding and marketing strategy. ===\n\n* Develop corporate identity (logo, etc.) Q1\n* Launch a purpose-built web site that both evangelizes the LS message and generates donations. Q2\n* Develop network of like-minded NGO. Q3\n* Draft a white-paper on the impact of primary education on health, [[poverty]], and domestic violence. Q3\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}"}