SEED Continuation Agreement 2007 - Venture Philanthropy Partners

ATTACHMENT A: MILESTONES
VPP and SEED have mutually agreed to expand the Milestones for the ensuing year to emphasize a focus
on student outcomes and improvements to academic and student life programs. As a result, the
Milestones defined for the second year of the investment have been distinguished between the SEED
Foundation and the SEED Public Charter School to appropriately capture the performance expected of
each entity – driving toward the overall organizational advancement and results.
OVERVIEW
SEED will use its best efforts to achieve the Milestones outlined below, which were mutually developed
and agreed upon through an extensive annual review process. VPP’s continued capital funding and
strategic assistance are contingent on SEED’s achievement of these Milestones within specific periods
over the term of this Agreement. The expectation is that the Milestone targets are to be met or exceeded,
but such determination will also consider substantial progress when results are close to, but not at, the
exact stated Milestone target.
SEED confirms that it will use these Milestones to direct and manage its efforts, monitor its progress, and
hold itself accountable to its board of directors and to VPP.
Milestones are comprised and organized within three groups:
• OUTCOMES: Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the SEED School’s sought-after
improvement in the lives of the children and their families served.
• OUTPUTS: Measures of activity in terms of number of children and adults served, number of sites
operating, etc.
• ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Specific accomplishments achieved to improve, strengthen,
and grow the organization that will enable SEED to achieve its stated Outcomes, Outputs, and
Aspiration as defined in SEED’s Revised Aspiration and Goals.
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