1435: OSF / Mormon Stories Podcast 2021 State of the Union

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Every year I try to provide donors and listeners with a "State of the Union" address for the Open Stories Foundation (the 501c3 non-profit that I lead which houses Mormon Stories Podcast), along with the overall success of Mormon Stories Podcast and the other OSF podcasts (Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis Podcast, A Thoughtful Faith Podcast, and Mormon Mental Health Podcast).

The topics for today will be:

OSF / Mormon Stories Podcast Mission & What we are about
Fiduciary stuff, governance
Board status
Effectiveness/reach of Mormon Stories Podcast
OSF Finances
OSF Strategy for 2021 and beyond
OSF staff changes, including the addition of Carah Burrell to the staff for a trial period
Plan for events and community
OSF challenges/needs

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast.
0:04.9	It is May 31, 2021.
0:07.8	Happy Memorial Day.
0:09.0	Today we have a bit of a special Mormon Stories Podcast episode.
0:13.0	It's really for donors and listeners who aren't just looking for content, but they really
0:19.0	care about the status of Mormon Stories Podcast, the future of Mormon Stories Podcast.
0:23.1	They care about me, they care about my family, they care about the cause overall.
0:27.6	That's why I say it's mostly kind of a donor update, but I also, I really obviously do
0:34.0	this for listeners.
0:35.4	So every year since Mormon Stories Podcasts lives under the umbrella right now of the
0:41.0	Open Stories Foundation, which is a 501c3 nonprofit that's dedicated to providing healing
0:46.3	and support for people in a Mormon faith transition.
0:49.6	I like to give a donor update.
0:52.0	We live and exist by the donations of you, our listeners and our donors, and I always
0:58.0	want to feel accountable to you guys.
0:59.6	I want to let you know what's going on, get your feedback, get your support, etc.
1:04.0	And so I like to do these updates.
1:06.0	And so I call this the State of the Union.
1:07.7	Today is going to be kind of the OSF slash Mormon Stories Podcast 2021 State of the Union.
1:13.8	We are going to be talking about our mission.
1:15.5	We're going to be talking about our financial fiduciary stuff, governance, the finances,
1:20.8	our board of directors.
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