ReSOURCE
Contributing to Oklahoma City’s most impactful and innovative non-profits and charities through The ReSOURCE Impact Pool.
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ReSOURCE serves as a mechanism to exercise agency, develop community, and build empathy by 1) lowering the barriers of entry to philanthropy through The ReSOURCE Impact Pool and 2) expanding awareness of local non-profits and charities in the Oklahoma City area.
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The ReSOURCE spoke offers willing participants of Hub & Spoke the opportunity to gather for a meal (community) and to pool their individual resources (agency) together in order to directly benefit local non-profits and charities (empathy). At every meeting, a representative from each charitable organization will deliver a brief presentation with the aim of receiving various percentages of The ReSOURCE Impact Pool, which is the pooled $100 contributions from voting ReSOURCE participants.
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ReSOURCE is a quarterly dinner gathering for Hub & Spoke participants who want to directly contribute to local charities and non-profits in the Oklahoma City area.
FAQs
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Every quarter, Hub & Spoke leadership will create and present a curated list of non-profits and charities that are making a positive impact on the Oklahoma City community.
*Participants are encouraged to make recommendations for leadership to consider.
**Due to their potential for divisiveness and their considerable pre-existing mechanisms for funding, it has been decided that no religious or political organizations can qualify to become part of the ReSOURCE program.
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Anyone may attend ReSOURCE gatherings to socialize with friends and acquaintances and to learn more about the good work being done by some of the most impactful and innovative organizations throughout the Oklahoma City area. However, only those who commit to contributing $100 to The ReSOURCE Impact Pool are eligible to be part of the voting process that will determine how the funds will be distributed amongst the organizations.
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Yes. Voting ReSOURCE participants may of course contribute more than the minimum $100 to vote, but that does not increase the weight of their individual vote.
*Additionally, both voting and non-voting ReSOURCE participants may make contributions of any amount to any of the participating non-profits in addition to The ReSOURCE Impact Pool.
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Hub & Spoke the organization is committed to finding win-win-win solutions whenever possible. As it pertains to The ReSOURCE Impact Pool, participants who contribute $100 to the pool will each cast a vote for the organization they feel can best deploy the resources. The organization that receives the most votes by simple majority will receive 50% of The Resource Impact Pool, but because all participating organizations are already considered worthy by having been selected, the other two organizations who do not win the simple majority will each be awarded 25% of the remaining funds within the pool, thus creating a win-win-win scenario.
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Yes. Non-profits and charities may participate in the ReSOURCE program more than once. Any organization the wins a majority vote and thus receives the majority of The ReSOURCE Impact Pool must wait a full year before re-applying to the program. Organizations that participate but that do not win the simple majority may re-apply the following quarter.