2022 Ruritan Annual Report

National Treasurer’s Report It has been an honor serving as your National Treasurer this year. The National Board and Executive Director have tried to be diligent and cautious with the past years National budget. We started the fiscal year with the Board approving a negative budget of just over $12,000, and ended the year with a loss of less than $1,200. Sarah Kelly worked very hard in her first year as our Executive Director and has been very efficient and frugal with your money, helping us to end the year under budget. She has managed to do this while dealing with other issues that arose throughout 2022.

The NBOD met virtually in March which helped to keep costs down. In 2022, we also saw less travel and visits by your NBOD due to lingering concerns of COVID. As the year went on, we were able to get back out to visit the assigned districts and attend Zone meetings and other events, which was much needed for the districts and the organization as a whole. Dues collections still remains my biggest concern going forward. My attempts to address them was stif led during COVID but I hope to start that campaign back up in 2023. We saw nearly $90,000 in uncollected dues in 2022. Clubs are being better about paying dues but we still have a lot of work to do. We were blessed in the past year to have gained 183 Ruritan Forevers along with six (6) new clubs. I commend National President Glen Broadwater for the new clubs, and First Lady Linda for the Ruritan Forever initiative. With that said, we have got to continue this trend of growing clubs and getting new members in the existing clubs. The dues increase from last year definitely helped, but, as I said when I addressed you in Myrtle Beach, if we continue losing more members than we gain, an additional increase will have to happen in the near future. Our National budget is bare bones with little to no areas to cut and we cannot continue to start each year with a negative budget. Even with the cost of a Ruritan Forever increasing to $800, it is still a great investment in the long run and it helps with National’s coffers. You should also consider purchasing a brick paver to be placed at the National office. Recognizing a Ruritan with a brick paver will not only honor or memorialize that person, but the contribution will go towards offsetting capital improvements needed at the National office. We have seen many challenges in the past year and are headed into 2023 still dealing with a few, but I want to thank the Executive Committee, the Budget and Finance Committee and the entire National Board for all of their hard work in 2022. And I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge our Executive Director and National Staff for their continued dedication and countless hours of hard work to keep the wheels under the bus. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your National Treasurer. Together we can work to continue to grow the greatest organization in the Country. God Bless each of you and thank you for what you do in the name of Ruritan.

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Ruritan National 2022 Annual Report