CARAVAN STUDIOSPrepared for TSG Opportunity Mtg

December 18, 2013

1. Methodology

2. Products

3. Knowledge Areas

4. Fundraising

METHODOLOGY

Generators

• 9 completed• 58 opportunities for

technology adoption presented

Opportunities:• Provide training to

run and facilitate Generators

• Survey the field based on Generators

Design• Create prototypes

for quick feedback

Opportunities:• Structured event

with youth-serving organizations and skilled mentors

Select

• Choose the tools with the largest potential impact.

• Build in partnership with community organizations

Opportunities:• Connect to larger

Net2 and TechSoup community, as well as corporate social responsibility efforts

Build• Support selected

projects with funding, pro bono corporate efforts, and volunteerism

Opportunity: • Develop a portfolio

of supported products

• Determine standard sustainability mechanism for individual products

Use

• Make products available on TechSoup.org

Opportunity:• Extend the

TechSoup platform to other solutions providers

• Contribute data to the field

PRODUCTS

KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Resilient Cities

Emergency Shelter and

Services

Civic Engagement

Resilient Cities• 4 Bells• Canoe

Emergency Shelter and Services• SafeNight• Range

Civic Engagement• Range• Canoe

Resilient Cities• 4 Bells• Canoe

Emergency Shelter and Services• SafeNight• Range

Civic Engagement• Range• Canoe

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FUNDRAISING

So far, we’ve gotten a lot of

“No.”

We’ve gotten told No by:• Verizon Foundation (but please come back next year)• The Case Foundation (but please come back next year)• The Knight Foundation• Ycombinator• California Endowment• Bank of America

We’ve learned from the No.• People care about methodology or product, probably not

both.• We can do Generators in a more strategic fashion,

aligning ourselves with organizations who can introduce us to new funders.

• Generators aren’t necessarily fundable by themselves, but they are an efficient way of us getting smart, getting to know a lot of people and getting introductions.

• We need to develop more relationships with people who are closely connected to funding.

• We need to better match the opportunity to who we are (as Caravan Studios and as TechSoup Global).

We think there are two kinds of asks

we can make:

1. Methodology2. Product

Using that, we haveover $1M

under consideration.

Name Duration Type Decision

IMLS 2 years Methodology March, 2014

Reimagine: Opportunity

2 years Product/SafeNight

March, 2014

Solutions for Good, Microsoft

1 year Product/4Bells January, 2014

Blue Shield of CA Foundation

1 year Product/SafeNight

May, 2014

IN CLOSING

Caravan Studios is a division of TechSoup Global, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

We hope you will connect with us at:

@caravanstudios http://www.caravanstudios.org

and

@techsouphttp://www.techsoupglobal.org