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“His experience is the expe-
rience I lack. We will work
well together as a team. I have
experience he lacks.”

Stofflet has spent the last
two years as the New
Hampshire Charitable
Foundation, which is organized
into seven regional organiza-
tions. “I’ve seen what works
well and what works less well.
We can create a model that will
help Vermont organizations and
other glbt funders if we get it
right.”

Increased sustained funding,
explained Crane, “depends on
cultivation of long—terrn rela-
tionships and constant develop-
ment work. With an all—volun—
teer board and a half-time
director, we haven’t been able
to do that.” i A

“My job right now is to lis-
ten and learn,” Stofflet
declared. “I’m—pnot advocating
any sweeping changes. I‘do,
however, have a couple of pre-
conceived notions.

“Samara should remain vol-
unteer—based. A working board
means a healthy organization.

The more things become staff- A I

driven, theniore out of touch’ ‘
the_board becomes.  _ '

“We need to be technology-
savvy andemploy the technolo-
gy to our advantage. My vision
is about connecting the dots,"
getting people who want to
work with the community con-
nected to Samara.

“We should be infrastruc— _
ture—light. Every dollar I don’t
spend on infrastructureiis one ..I
can give away.”

While. there will still be a .
small office in Burlington,

Stofflet plans to work primarily»

from home via computer and
cell phone. “We don’t see
clients, so it’s not like we need

a big office,” Stofflet said.

Crane added, “We plan to con— ‘

tinue to be real estate-poor and
program-rich.” “
Stofflet said she heartily

 

‘help’ and support would look
like. He admitted that playing a
larger role in the community
might place the foundation in
danger of being too assertive in
setting the agenda. At the same

, time, he hoped the organization

could help “create a culture
where good ideas can bubble
up and we can give support.”

Further, it is important to
make sure that fundraisingis
targeted in a way that does not
poach .from the donor streams
of grantee organizations.

In that, Stofflet has experi-
ence. She’s been on‘ the board
of directors of the Upper Valley
Planned Giving Council, was
president of the board and an

“$an1ara should remain 1 ,
voIunteer-based. “A working
board. means a healthy

organization. The more

things becoine staff-driven,

the more out of touch the

board becomes!’

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I agreed with the goals the foun-7

dation’s board had generated at

A its annual retreats. for the past

four years. “The board is ‘com-
mitted to ge_tting¥more money’
out the door,a=nd to being '-more
than a gay United Way. They _
want‘ to be instigators, con-"V
venors, take ‘a bigger role‘
‘One of_Samara’s most A

importantrolesi, Crane ampli-
fied, is tohelp organizations
help themselves, to listen and
find out in various areas what

/

interim director of the Upper
Valley Haven (a homeless shel-
ter. for families) while raising
$200,000 in annual support and
initiating and completing a $2.4
million capital campaign, and
just left a position as Senior

Foundation Officer for the New
. Hampshire Charitable

Foundation. a ' A ,
It seems clear the communi-

' ty can reasonably expect great

things from Samara’s new

‘ CEO. Stay tuned. V

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JAY scHusTER continued mm. ...;s l,>>,

The company’s philanthropy
began because “of all the small
businesses around, we had the
nicest photocopier. So when
organizations asked us, we
always said, ‘Sure!’ But now
we ask how big the job is and
beyond a certain point, we’ll
ask for an invoice for the print-
ing.” Otherwise, PCC’s gen-
erosity is aimed primarily at
health-oriented causes, those
serving children, and arts
organizations. “We each have
our pet organizations,” Jay

said, “and there’s a pool of
money forrdistribution by our
donation committee. We also ’
try to leverage our donations.
We sponsor certaingshows at
the Flynn, and then they can go
to bigger businesses like IDX
[another Burlington-based
medical-software company]
and say, ‘PCC is sponsoring,
why aren’t you?”’

On Jay’s ‘public’ webpage
(the one that can be accessed I
through the PCC website,
pcc.com) you’ll find out that he

loves speculative fiction (known
to non—initiates as “science fic-
tion”), especially award-winning
black gay author Samuel
Delaney. His fan website on
Delaney is cited with respect on

many other websites. Astronomy,

weather, 19th century issues. of
Scientific American, maps and
geography, independent book-
stores, movies, and NPR’s Car
Talk, among other items, are also
favored with links. Of course, the
page does note that the last time
it was updated was 1997.V