ANNUAL REPORT

2017BENEFITTING UNDER-SERVED YOUTH IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE • DEVELOPING OUR MEMBERS INTO COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS

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The original Phoenix Club was founded in Memphis in 1955. The Phoenix Club of Nashville (PCON) launched in 2001 and has since gained recognition and support from the Nashville-area business and non-profit community. PCON has provided over $1.6mm to long-time community partners including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee, Junior Achievement, and W.O. Smith Music School, and has recently expanded to support organizations including Boy Scouts of America, RePublic Schools, and Teach for America, among others. In 2017, PCON raised and distributed over $300k to middle-TN non-profits.

HISTORY

TIMELINE

Phoenix Club parent organization founded

in Memphis.

PCON founded in Nashville.

PCON surpassed $1 million in giving

since inception.

104 Current Members

28 New Members

1955 2001 2013 2016

CORPORATE SPONSORS

2017

99 Current Members

28 New Members

$300k raised

President & CEO: Dan JerniganDonor Contact: Jennifer WheelerBoard Chair: Farzin FerdowsiGivingMatters.com Keyword: “Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee”

/GreatFuturesStartHere @bgcmt

CONTACT

President, CEO & Donor Contact: Trent KlingensmithBoard Chair: Brit Boatright, First BankGivingMatters.com Keyword: “Junior Achievement”/JAofMidTN @JAofMidTN

CONTACT

/WOSmithSchool @wo_smith

CONTACT

Donor Contact: Erin MorrisonSenior Director of Community Developmenterin.morrison@vanderbilt.edu

/childrenshospital @VUMCchildren

CONTACT

Executive Director & Donor Contact: Tommy RhodesBoard Chair: Ryan McWattersGivingMatters.com Keyword: “Barefoot Republic”@barefootcamp

CONTACT

CEO & Donor Contact: Jon RybkaBoard Chair: Stewart HoodGivingMatters.com Keyword: “RePublic Schools Nashville”/RePublic Schools @RePublicCharter

CONTACT

JANash.org

WOSmith.org

BarefootRepublic.org

RePublicCharterSchools.org

BHCMT.org

Executive Director & Donor Contact: Jonah RabinowitzBoard Chair: Dennis WellsGivingMatters.com Keyword: “W.O.Smith”

SELECTED 2017 NON-PROFIT PARTNERS

MTCBSA.org

boyscout@mtcbsa.org

CONTACT

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The Phoenix Club’s annual Leadership in Philanthropy Dinner seeks to catalyze the conversation around venture philanthropy among business and community leaders in the Nashville area.

The 4th Annual Leadership Dinner was held in April 2017 at Hillwood Country Club. This private, invitation-only Phoenix Club of Nashville event, featured a “fireside chat” discussion with Milton Johnson, Chairman and CEO of HCA, and Marty Dickens, retired President of Tennessee of AT&T, hosted by Phoenix Club President Chip Howorth. The discussion included the speakers’ personal experiences with community service and philanthropy, how to inspire a culture of servant leadership in

business, and advice for the next generation of Nashville leaders.

Prior speakers at the Leadership Dinner include LifePoint CEO Bill Carpenter, Ingram Industries Chairman John Ingram, Clayton Associates Chairman Stuart McWhorter, and Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.

The annual event serves as an invaluable opportunity for the Club’s members and community leaders to engage with each other, and to share the Phoenix Club’s efforts towards its mission of raising significant funds for the benefit of underserved youth while developing the next generation of our community’s leaders.

2017 LEADERSHIP DINNER

THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSOR:

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Taste of Nashville is an annual celebration of restaurants, bars, brewers, distillers, dessert-makers, and other fine food and beverage creators that make Nashville a premier culinary destination.

The Event is hosted by The Phoenix Club of Nashville and is the longest running food festival in Nashville.

The 2017 edition was a huge success with the best restaurant and cocktail lineup we have ever had. There were over 400+ people in attendance and the event raised over $30,000 for local nonprofits supporting underserved youth in Middle TN.

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The Phoenix Club of Nashville strives to make a positive, outsized, and permanent impact upon the lives of Middle Tennessee’s at-risk youth. We align our membership, fundraising platforms, and strategic partnerships with this goal because we believe that, with smart alignment of resources and focused support, every child can chart a path to success and secure a brighter future for themselves.

With a growing number of youth-focused nonprofits worthy of support, and seeking to amplify the impact of our investments, we created a merit-based ‘Venture Philanthropy’ process to allocate donations to the most deserving projects. Venture Philanthropy allows us to apply venture capital and business management concepts to our philanthropic pursuits, using total community impact to measure return on investment.

In 2016, our Board formally approved and adopted our Venture Philanthropy model. This model now governs the evaluation, approval, stewardship and reporting of all club grants. Features of the model include:

STRATEGIC GIVINGMembers generate investment ideas in-house, identify strong nonprofit partners, and work alongside these partners to craft qualifying grants.

PROCESS-DRIVEN GRANTSFor all grants, we evaluate potential grantees and projects, and require the formal approval of both an internal Selection Committee as well as our full Board.

INVESTMENT STEWARDSHIPDuring a grant, members maintain a relationship with the grantee, monitor progress against milestones, look for other ways to help (e.g. volunteering, referrals, board service), and measure performance against goals.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTWe produce case studies of all grants, in order to learn from our experiences and to provide clear, consistent reporting to our donor base.

As we move into 2018, we are building a strong pipeline of opportunities and accepting the support of private philanthropists and foundations in the Middle TN community. Our goals for the upcoming year include:• Extending our Venture Philanthropy message into

the nonprofit community through our 100+ active professional members.

• Identifying and engaging with high-performing nonprofits that can alleviate — and preferably solve — the most pressing problems affecting our community’s at-risk youth.

• Deepening our relationships with existing nonprofit partners, finding synergies between our partners, and employing a ‘continuous improvement’ mindset towards future projects.

• Building on our track record of success to maximize our fundraising potential and ability to impact our community.

Our members are actively involved with impressive nonprofits including: Backfield in Motion, Barefoot Republic, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee, Boy Scouts of America, Coaching For Literacy, Communities in Schools, Family & Children’s Service, The Family Center of Tennessee, Habitat for Humanity, Jobs for TN Graduates, Jonah’s Journey, Junior Achievement, Justice Industries, Nashville Classical Charter School, Nashville Dolphins, Nashville Public Library Foundation, Preston Taylor Ministries, RePublic Schools, Rocketship Education, Second Harvest Food Bank, Valor Collegiate Academies, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, and W.O. Smith School of Music.

VENTURE PHILANTHROPY

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The Phoenix Club of Nashville has been hard at work to leverage our relationships in the community while making the most impact possible. Through our co-investment “skin in the game” approach Phoenix Club members commit to paying membership dues to cover 100% of the organization’s overhead cost throughout the year. This approach puts us in a unique financial position to fully fund the quality projects that emerge from the Venture Philanthropy process. To maximize our impact, we provide co-investment opportunities to local businesses that share our vision. Because we are investing our own resources into the Venture Philanthropy process, we can make commitments to local not-for-profits while engaging Community Partners to co-invest alongside the Phoenix Club. Community partners can co-invest in the opportunities that are most important to them or can contribute directly to the Phoenix Club, who will allocate funds to specific projects. By participating as a Community Partner, you can help us to achieve a greater positive impact on the under-served youth of Middle Tennessee.

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

P H O E N I X C L U B O F N A S H V I L L E . O R G© 2 0 1 8 T H E P H O E N I X C L U B O F N A S H V I L L E

Max Adler

Ajay Agnihotri

Ian Andes

Patrick Baird

Payton Baran

Matthew Bodnar

Matt Boeshore

John Boots

Hampton Beaumont Bourne

Hunter Branstetter

Matthew Edmondson Brown

Joshua Brummett

Matthew Burch

Erik Byrum

Nick Cesnik

Seth Cline

Grover Christopher Collins

Robert Cousins

David Crenshaw

Blake Daniels

John Charles Long Darby

Chase A. Davidson

Eric S. Deems

Nick Deidiker

Nicholas John Dennery

Walton Denton

Drew H. Digby

Scott Douglass

Travis Dunn

Jon Eisen

Ian Ellis

Jonathan Emkes

Austin Fabel

Matthew Felgendreher

Allen Grant

Dave Hanson

Nick Harb

Theodore Hendricks

Eric Hensley

Roscoe High

Blake H. Hogan

Michael Holley

Chip Howorth

Orrin Henry Ingram

Richard Jacques

Cochrane Jamison

Stephen Joest

KC Kelleher

Tyler Kemp

Alex Kimerling

Daniel (D.J.) R. King

Hunter Kitchens

Blaine Larsen

Benjamin Peter Madonia

John Campbell Maher

Scott Matthews

Andrew Maxwell

Michael Isaac Miller

Shaka Mitchell

Bryan Garrett Moody

Collin Mooney

Chris Morris

Tyler Muesch

Wade Nelson

John Nevel

Brian Nock

Michael Oleis

Stephen Patton

David Pemberton

Will Pendleton

Matthew Alan Pierce

Jay Politzer

Alan Powers

Parker P. Prevost

Hunter Reed

Stephen Richards

Raoul Richardson

Jason Roberson

Danny Ruberg

Daniel Scott Ryan

Nathan Sanders

Justin Peter Schad

Reeves Smith

Taylor Smith

Barron Solomon

Scott Stephens

Lowery Thomas

Michael Thompson

John Veith

Tom Whitworth

Kyle Williams

Blake Wilson

Adam Yock

Jeff Young

Dave Hanson, President

Chris Morris, President-Elect

Chip Howorth, Past President

Andrew Maxwell, Secretary

Drew H. Digby, Treasurer

Nick Deidiker, Cards Chair

Roscoe High, Corporate Development Chair

Stephen Patton, Media Chair

Patrick Baird, New Member Chair

David Pemberton, Programs Chair

Scott Matthews, Venture Philanthropy Chair

Justin Schad, Fall Event Chair

Allen Grant, At-Large Board Member

Erik Byrum, At-Large Board Member

Jason Roberson, At-Large Board Member

John Veith, At-Large Board Member

Reeves Smith, At-Large Board Member

Shaka Mitchell, At-Large Board Member

Travis Dunn, At-Large Board Member

PCON BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PCON MEMBERS