Act 1 · What happened in 2025
The result: 2025 in the bank
On a cash basis, the GEA Alliance raised $184k in 2025 — more than double 2024 — and closed the year with roughly $81k of surplus. The funding-first strategy is working.
2025 raised
$184k
vs 2024
+130%
2025 surplus
~$81k
Plan target 2029
$330k–850k
Where 2025 sits in the arc
Actual (cash)
Plan target — 2029
We don't hold a real 2026 budget, so it isn't shown. The 2029 bars are the strategic plan's targets — three years out.
Phase 1 of the plan (2025–27: grow funding) is already validated — 2025 cleared $184k. The conservative 2029 target is ~+80% over three years; the $850k high-growth target would mean multiplying every engine and isn't supported by today's pipeline.
Proposal Move to calendar-year, cash-basis financials
A proposal for the board. Until now we've built forward-looking budgets tied to the next scholarship cycle, then measured ourselves against the actual cash in the bank; the trouble is those cycles run from roughly December through, honestly, I'm not even sure exactly when, and that fuzziness makes the budget hard to trust. So here's what I'd like us to adopt: look only at calendar-year financials, on a cash basis - what actually landed in the account in a given year. Let me build a clean 2027 budget on that footing and bring it back to you after the meeting.