Meeting papers

                  2024



Noosa Council     $125,000                Alliance Partnership Agreement          In progress               30 June, 2025
                  for 2024-               Administration/Secretariat of
                  2025                    ZEN Inc. and Program/Project
                                          Manager roles to help run ZEN
                                          inc. as an efficient & effective
                                          Not for Profit, and for
                                          Communications – Marketing &
                                          PR assistance
    NB: For 2024 total grants = $179,669 using only 50% of grant figures that go across 2023-2024 & 2024 -2025


      8. Leveraging achieved from Council funding calculated as a total of funded
           projects compared with Council approved project funding.

                                                       ROI = 21.3

                                                                                                             $1,102,643+
                   $922,360                                                                                  (direct &
                                                                 $633,060                                    indirect)

            7,695 In Kind                                 Additional
            volunteer hours                               Contributions

             The value of ZEN                              Grants,                                        Goods and services
             Inc. volunteer board                          sponsorships                                   sales resulting from
             and working groups                            &/or in-kind                                   ZEN Inc’s projects
             hours on projects                             contributions                                  EV EXPO
             and related                                   received from                                  ($1,102643) + $ YEF,
             facilitation                                  other                                          Saul Griffith’s
                                                           organizations,                                 Rewiring Aust., E
                                                           state or federal                               Racing teams &
                                                           government                                     others)
                                          (excl.
                                          industry
                                          expertise
                                           Projects & Activities = 1,463,097 people
    Number of People reached with ZEN Inc.uncosted
                                          e.g. YEF)
                  ZEN Inc.’s ROI & Contributions to Council’s bottom line
                     1. “Value adds” $2,659,103 + for the rate payer dollar

         2. Is $2,659,10+ per annum saving to Council i.e. If ZEN Inc. didn’t exist, the work
                                 ZEN Inc. does would cost Council *
    * Based on an av, value of ZEN Inc volunteers at $120 per hour, way below market rate for much of its project work.
    Not only is this a massive contribution to the Noosa community, but it enables Council to leverage
    massively from the volunteer work done by ZEN Inc., in addition to contributing to emissions
    reduction and climate change impact in the Noosa Shire community.




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