President's Letter: Happy New Year!
In this month's enewsletter, Dennis McMillian looks back at the Foraker journey over the past nine years.
...at the beginning of this New Year, we want to share our sense of fulfillment for the amazing journey we’ve been on for the past nine years – thanks to you. While we have traveled many miles and been to over 200 communities, it seems like just yesterday – actually it was January 2001 – when Ed Rasmuson held a press conference announcing the formation of The Foraker Group.
We truly had humble expectations of what we could accomplish. Our business plan was based on the assumption we would generate enough earned income to be self-sufficient with earned revenue within five years. At least that’s what we told our funders we would do. That goal was truly audacious. We had no clue if anyone would actually pay for the services we would provide. We had hopes they would, but frankly, before Foraker most nonprofits in Alaska were very skilled at getting free consulting help from volunteers at our larger businesses. These volunteers would train our boards or lead strategic planning sessions. The only exceptions to this practice seemed to be the larger organizations or affiliates of national organizations – and even those worked as hard as they could to pay nothing.
What are some of your reflections of the past year for your organization? What is your vision for the new year?
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