[OMS_MANAGERS] Sustainable funding resources

Fri Mar 15 13:31:10 PDT 2024

That is an excellent question! It was procured by our Main Street arts
committee within the last month and I haven’t seen any docs/receipts
associated with it. I will find out.

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!

Megan Dompe
Director of Coburg Main Street
PO Box 2875
Coburg, Oregon 97408
(541)913-6570

"Start where you are,
Use what you have,
Do what you can."
- Arthur Ashe
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On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 1:29 PM STUART Sheri * OPRD <
Sheri.STUART at oprd.oregon.gov> wrote:

> Yes – you absolutely want to track things like in-kind or other types of
> donations. In the case of Home Depot – did they value this as an in-kind or
> a materials sponsorship? That would be how you would track.
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> *From:* OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> *On Behalf Of
> *Megan Dompe
> *Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2024 1:05 PM
> *To:* Oregon Main Street Network Members <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Subject:* Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Sustainable funding resources
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> Hello Shari (and all),
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> Is there a way to calculate or add in kind donations to our funding plan?
> I’m only asking because we have had a lot this year which has off set the
> need to fundraise for certain projects. We had funds set aside for our
> mural project and Home Depot came through and paid for all materials. We
> have also seen interest in funding restoration projects through donation of
> labor and materials.
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> Would we add that in the plan as an amount in the form of the value of the
> donations we are seeking? Or would that be separate?
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> Megan Dompe
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> Director of Coburg Main Street
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> PO Box 2875
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> Coburg, Oregon 97408
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> (541)913-6570
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> "Start where you are,
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> Use what you have,
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> Do what you can."
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> - Arthur Ashe
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> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 8:27 AM STUART Sheri * OPRD <
> Sheri.STUART at oprd.oregon.gov> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I have been conducting program evaluations and facilitating board retreats
> for the a good part of January and February. One of the topics that has
> universally come to the top is developing sustainable funding plans. Main
> Street organizations should have plans that include a mix of funding
> sources including:
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>    - Local government (usually through some type of service agreement)
>    - Annual campaign (large and small donors)
>    - Sponsorship
>    - Fundraisers
>    - Grants (typically project specific with some caveats in Oregon)
>    - Other (project campaign, merchandise, etc.)
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> Good sources of information frequently come across Main Street America’s
> The Point (see attached for examples I found this morning for Friends
> campaigns and a business sponsorship program). In posting the Waterville
> example, Kathy La Plante mentioned they have their donor campaign but then
> have at least 2 other asks per year around Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day
> reminding people of the importance of downtown and tapping in to people’s
> care and love for the community.
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> We also have a lot of resources posted on the Oregon Main Street website,
> www.oregonmainstreet.org and then through the orange Network portal
> button. Some of the info you will find are:
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> Recorded webinars
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>    - Overview of funding sources w/Kathy La Plante.
>    - Sustainable Funding series w/supporting documents.
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> Documents
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>    - 2021 OMS Donor Guide – this includes step-by-step info on putting
>    together a campaign in addition to a lot of examples.
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> We also have a lot of examples in our files.
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> Best, Sheri
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> *Sheri Stuart **(she, her, hers)
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/725+Summer+St+NE,%0D%0A+Ste+C+%0D%0A+Salem,+Oregon+97301?entry=gmail&source=g>*|
> Oregon Main Street Coordinator
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>
> *___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________*
>
> Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
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> Desk:  (503)986-0679 cell: (503)551-3705
>
> 725 Summer St NE, Ste C
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/725+Summer+St+NE,+Ste+C+%0D%0A+Salem,+Oregon+97301?entry=gmail&source=g>
>
> Salem, Oregon 97301
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/725+Summer+St+NE,+Ste+C+%0D%0A+Salem,+Oregon+97301?entry=gmail&source=g>
>
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> Visit our website <http://www.oregonheritage.org/>, Like us on Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/OregonHeritage>, Visit our Blog
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