Truckee Meadows Tomorrow (TMT)

Contact Information

Karen Hruby

Executive Director

775 323-1518

karenhruby@sbcglobal.net

PO Box 33504

Reno, NV 0

Social Media: Website, Facebook, Twitter

Comment: TMT Web site: http://www.truckeemeadowstomorrow.org/ , TMT Facebook & Twitter pages are relatively new & volunteer driven.

Organization Information

Mission: TMT is a quality of life improvement nonprofit that engages our community to identify issues, preferred outcomes & measurable indicators. TMT then distributes a community wellbeing report card, transforming indicator data into real stories--where we have been, where we are now, where we want to go & how we can collaboratively get there.

Sector(s):

Service Area: Reno/Sparks/Washoe County & surrounding region

501c(3) Organization? Yes

Founded: Nonprofit incorporation 1993 (started late 1980's)

Volunteering

Seeking Board Members? Yes

Volunteer Needs: Diverse board leadership; Fundraising/grant-writing expertise (familiarity with TMT); Adopt an Indicator voluntary pledges to improve any of the community's 33 quality of life indicators: https://www.truckeemeadowstomorrow.org/indicators/42.

Committee work:

-- Youth Risk Behaviors Task Force subcommittees to improve associated quality of life indicators (community collaborative effort to identify engagement policies/educational programs/alternative community activities for implementation & outcomes measurement)

-- Researching & updating any of the data measures used to track the community's 33 quality of life indicators: http://www.truckeemeadowstomorrow.org/indicators

-- GIS-data mapping & indicator data visualization upgrades to TMT's Web site

-- ExpressionEngine Web site development

-- Brief quality of life indicator articles for periodic eNews

-- TMT social media site content mana

Group Volunteering Available? Yes

Comment: Initiate a collaborative Quality of Life Compact with other organizations by contracting to measurably improve a targeted community indicator through identified actions & resources over a set time period, including compact reporting & stewardship following the compact period: http://www.truckeemeadowstomorrow.org/collaborate

Adopt an Indicator voluntary pledge actions (see above): https://www.truckeemeadowstomorrow.org/indicators/42

Accepted Age Groups: Children (grades 1-8), Youth (grades 9-12), Young Professionals (22-39), Seniors (age 65+)

Comment: Children & youth volunteer activities must be in conjunction with schools, teachers, or parents

Skills-Based Opportunities? Yes

Comment: Technology-based volunteers to support TMT's Web site & GIS-related data needs.

PR volunteers to continue TMT's eNews & media releases. Expert grant-writing volunteers are needed to assist TMT in researching probably grant opportunities and drafting grant proposals (as well as assisting TMT with local foundation relationships). Volunteers with PR/creative design/media relations expertise.

Giving

Giving Needs: Operations, Programs, Endowment formation; matching opportunities

Development Plan? Yes

Comment: Fund development needs are identified through TMT's budgetary resource requirements annually.

Wish List? Yes

Comment: TMT strategic planning is a 5+ year timeframe. Longer-term gifting has not been a strategy; however, TMT members donating $250,000 (over a 5-year period) become lifetime members with annual recognition & benefits. TMT also has a long-range strategy to establish an endowment, pending initiation funding. However, TMT does not currently have a gift legacy plan in place.

Major Giving? Yes

Comment: $10,000 annual Visionary membership with additional benefits:

-- Logo/link on TMT's home page & Community Wellbeing Report

-- Access to the international Community Indicators Consortium

-- Consult to link community indicators to strategic planning or performance measurement

-- TMT data hosting & interactive management, mapping & visualization (pending future grant funding)

$10,000 Visionary Accentuate the Positive event sponsors (special recognition & table)

Special Events aimed to: Raise Funds, Create Awareness, Educate/Train, Recognize Supporters

Comment: Recruit new volunteers & TMT members; showcase others improving quality of life

Volunteers Needed? Yes

Sponsorships Available? Yes