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Rippleffect


Question:

Help us brainstorm how Rippleffect can diversify its customer base and extend to adults and businesses without diluting its branding focus on youth?

RIPPLEFFECT

Mission: To Promote Youth Development Through Learning Adventures in Living Classrooms. 

Programs:

Youth Open Enrollment: serving 221 Youth    

Youth Leadership Programs: serving 50 Youth

School Partnerships: serving 400 Youth     

Organizational Partnerships: serving 140 Adults

Adult Leadership Programs: serving 103 Adults 

Adult Social Events: serving 200 Adults

Customized Events: serving 180 Adults and Youth

Assets:

• Cow Island in Casco Bay, capacity to camp up to 200 kids

• 60 Kayaks, ropes course, zip line, climbing wall

History:

1998: Incorporated by co-founders Ted Regan and Aaron Frederick 

2004: Purchase of Cow Island

2006: Addition of adult programs

2009: Departure of  last founder, new Executive Director hired

Organizational Structure:

Rippleffect is governed by a board of directors.  The year round staff includes an Executive Director, an Island and Adult Program Manager, a Youth Program Director and an Administrative Assistant.  There are two staff serving for eight months responsible for island maintenance and serve as lead guides, a cook and an assistant, a corps of eight students who maintain facilities on Cow Island and work in the community, and a pool of fifteen Maine guides who staff core youth programming.

Financial: FY010 Projected

Revenues:                                        Expenses

Contributions/Grants: $298,885       Salaries/Benefits: $350,689

Program Tuition: $103,504               Management/General: $59,776

Youth Program Partnerships: $37,172 Program Expenses: 103,446

Adult Programs: $79,370                   Development/Marketing: $13,550

Events: $19,192 Unclassified: $2546

Other: $15,000 

Total Income: 562,160                    Total Expenses: $530,008

Net Operating Cash Flow: $32,151

Demographics: Rippleffect serves youth (ages 10-18) from Southern Maine through open enrollment and school programs, adults from all income and gender backgrounds through social service partnerships, corporate leadership training and adult recreation from Southern Maine with the core in the greater Portland area.

Growth Goal: Diversify and strengthen our funding base in order to expand services to meet the evolving needs of Maine youth.

Question:  How does Rippleffect broaden adult and business services without diluting its focus on youth?