Act 4 · What good looks like

How we'll know we did a good job by the next retreat — we set this together!

When we gather again — call it October 2027 — how will we know the org did a good job, and that I did a good job as ED? Here's my proposed scorecard. It's a starting hypothesis; the most useful thing this board can do is sharpen it and add the measures you'd hold us to.

Together A hypothesis, not a verdict

I've drafted what success could look like across six dimensions. Treat it as a draft to argue with — strike what doesn't matter, add what does. We leave the retreat with a shared scorecard we both own.

Proposed scorecard for Oct 2027

Funding

Credibly on the plan's $330k path; the ~$37k of non-recurring 2025 money replaced with durable sources; no single funder >25% of revenue.

Scholarships & impact

More women funded than 2026's 14 (target 20+), the demand-funding gap visibly narrowing, and the impact reports current again.

Team & continuity

Donor-development and fractional ops hires in place; the program runs when the ED is on expedition; key-person risk meaningfully down.

Board

Grown to 6–7 directors, a real meeting cadence kept all year, and the board functioning as a working body — not a once-a-year event.

Brand & systems

Brand identity adopted and live (trademark cleared); real accounting in place; the full 990 (our annual IRS nonprofit return) filed cleanly; the new website public.

The ED (Sunny)

Fairly compensated and no longer subsidizing the org out of pocket; leading strategically rather than firefighting; still energized, not burned out.

If most of these are true next October, we'll have turned a proven-demand, founder-dependent startup into a durable, board-governed organization. That's the bar. Help me set it.