April 2025

Agenda

  1. Welcome

2. Approve minutes

3. Executive Director report

Read about things funders can do in this climate.  Summary of conversations with grantee partners.

4. Governance

5. Finance

6. Gift acceptance policy draft– for approval. Sample web page https://friendsfiduciary.org/horizons-at-gsfs/

7. Grants:

A. Returning-Quaker

Friends Village, The Hickman, Friends Home Kennett-  Unrestricted GOS funds $15,000 each (recommended and approved February meeting). I asked each to write one page on how they used last year’s funds and what might be supported in the coming year.

The Hickman

Friends Village

Friends Home Kennett

FSA Leadership & Interns

Friends House Retirement

Pendle Hill

I conferred with Pendle Hill and QVS and expressed doubt that FFA would fund a second year of both Pendle Hill and a Fellow there, and that instead Pendle Hill increase it’s request to include part of the cost of a program assistant. I also advised that a letter including what they did last year and plan to do in the coming year would suffice.

Returning- Non-Quaker

Center in the Park, Kindersmile and Witness to Innocence were told that this would be their sabbatical year.

Kindersmile

RISE & RISE report

B. New Quaker

Faith Journeys of Our Elders

New-Non-Quaker

Mercy Care

Lutheran Settlement House

Jewish Relief Organization

Starve Poverty & supplemental

NJAAW

C. Reports only:

Friendsview Retirement- waiting until Fall