MATTER

Within the next three years, MATTER will expand access to health next door and around the world by:

1. Providing restorative medical aid to 1,500,000 people
2. Providing healthy food to 10,000,000 people
3. Engaging 100 companies as “Companies that MATTER"
4. Fundraising $5,000,000

Strategic Imperatives:

1. HEALTH:

• Work with both large hospitals and small clinics to improve healthcare results in the following key areas:
o Reduce maternal mortality ratios in each of the hospitals with which MATTER partners.*
o Reduce newborn mortality ratios in each of the hospitals MATTER engages.**
o Reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. ***
• Develop 5 medical centers of excellence on 3 continents that serve 1.3 million patients over three years.

* Reducing the ratio of maternal mortality to less than 70 per 100,000 live births is a 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
**Reducing newborn mortality 70% to prevent 2 million newborn deaths annually is a 2030 SDG.
*** Reducing non-communicable diseases by 1/3 can save 5 million lives annually and is a 2030 SDG. 82% of non-communicable diseases occur in low income communities, and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes account for 2 of the top 4 killers.

2. FOOD:

• Lower child malnutrition in developing countries on 3 continents. *
• Boost agriculture yields by investing in rural agriculture infrastructure in developing countries. **
• Expand access to healthy food in non-traditional ways. ***

* One of the 2030 SDGs is to lower chronic child malnutrition by 40%. This goal will prevent malnutrition in 68 million children annually.
** Boosting agriculture yields 40% by investing in rural agriculture infrastructure is a 2030 SDG, thus increasing the amount of healthy food in communities facing scarcity.
*** There are now more obese people in the world than undernourished and starving combined

3. COMMUNITY IMPACT:

• Recruit top corporations/organizations to engage in volunteer events that provide employees with meaningful, team-building opportunities to give back to the local community
• Work with top corporations/organizations to host MATTERbox packaging events

4. FUNDRAISING:

• Raise $5 million in cash gifts over the next three years to increase access to food and health

5. FINANCES:

• Ensure that more than 90% of donations continue to go to programs each year
• Ensure that all programs are 65% self-sustaining by the end of 2017 – based on a cumulative average
• Maintain the highest rating from third party rating organizations such as Charity Navigator and GuideStar

6. BOARD:

• Create an engaged Board of Directors where each board member contributes and understands his/her role

1. HEALTH

MATTER will develop 5 medical centers of excellence on 3 continents in the following areas: Dandora, Kenya; Kabul, Afghanistan; David, Panama; Lusaka, Zambia; Yet to be determined location
MATTER designates a hospital as a medical center of excellence when MATTER has worked with the hospital to address solutions to four key areas:

a) Infectious disease control systems: hydrogen peroxide fogging, sanitizing wipes, sanitizing foaming gels
b) Refurbished surfaces; exposed foam and cloth surfaces have been replaced with sealed, cleanable hospital approved surfaces.
c) New Imaging; improve diagnostic capabilities through installation of imaging technologies; C-arm, X-ray, MRI, Ultrasound
d) Innovative Technologies: introduce mobile based medical technologies specifically engineered for resource scarce environments; fetal dopplers, EKG diagnostics, pediatric pulse oximetry

MATTER will:
reduce maternal mortality from infectious diseases by increasing the supply of cleanable surfaces like hospital beds, exam tables, gurneys, operating theater equipment
reduce preventable deaths of newborns and children under five by increasing access to birthing beds, incubators, cribs, pulse oximetry
address non-communicable diseases with improving access to healthy food and education in low-income populations.

2. FOOD

MATTER will:
address child malnutrition by securing pre-packed nutritionally fortified meals and supplying them to 5 Matter-screened hospital malnutrition wards on 3 continents: North America (Central America), Asia and Africa. (# of meals estimated: 5.1 million over 3 yrs)
address agricultural yields in developing countries through our Farm-in-a-box program that provides access to mechanized farming implements and modern irrigation. MATTER will work with 10 rural farming cooperatives in the following countries; Uganda, Burkina Faso, Panama, To be determined
address domestic hunger, as well as the corresponding health issues of obesity and diabetes, by employing the following strategy:

o MATTER will distribute 1.3 million meals on an annual basis by rescuing bulk healthy food and distributing it through a network of Co-op partners serving the Twin Cities metro area. (# of meals estimated: 3.9 million over 3 years.)
o MATTER is a conduit for getting healthy food and education to those living in scarcity through our innovative MATTERbox program, and will distribute a total 3 year goal of 75,000 boxes through the programs, distributed mainly through non-food shelf locations. (# of meals estimated: 1 million over 3 years. Each box has an average meal equivalent of 13.34 meals.)

3. COMMUNITY IMPACT

MATTER will leverage the MATTER Board to gain introductions into companies
MATTER will seek to leverage companies' interest to connect with their communities and connect with

Through a variety of local projects, including targeted nutrition and food distribution, MATTER strives to offer not just meals, but specifically healthy food to people facing food insecurity. The organization primarily distributes shelf-stable goods, personal care and basic needs items to other non-profit entities who serve people living in scarcity.

Internationally, MATTER provides restorative aid - particularly in the fields of health, education, and farming - by supplying developing medical facilities, schools, orphanages, and agricultural operations with the equipment and supplies they need to thrive sustainably.

MATTER also works to empower community members and businesses to see the value of what is in their own two hands and create a world where we all matter more via engagement in team-building and service learning experiences - such as medical supply sorting, food packing, and the participation in MATTER's interactive educational exhibit.

MATTERboxes are shelf-stable, ready-to-eat, healthy food packages, provided through partners to those with acute hunger needs.

• MATTER's work with Hennepin County Medical Center and Lifetime dietitians and disease experts has enabled us to develop a shelf-stable ready-to-eat healthy food: the MATTERbox.
• MATTER negotiates and purchases food from suppliers, who provide MATTER with wholesale pricing; offering the food suppliers the opportunity to co-brand the boxes can further lower the cost of the purchased food.
• Corporations, churches, and other organizations who care about health and hunger and are looking for a

At MATTER, we believe that simple acts of being resourceful can change the world. Fifteen years ago Dennis and Megan Doyle began simply using what they had in their own two hands to serve our community. Today, we don't just maintain the vision they had, we grow it.

Our team is focused on expanding access to health all over the world. In Minneapolis we come alongside those who are challenged by underemployment and homelessness to provide the healthy food they need to thrive. When places such as Liberia are stricken with crisis, we send relief meals to help those who are suffering through Ebola and lack the nutrition they need to survive.

In Kenya, Africa, 50,000 people live off of the city dump with almost no access to health care in a place called, Dandora. Women have been giving birth in a pile of garbage. In partnership with the University of Notre Dame, we equipped a hospital so mothers can be provided the comfort and dignity to have their babies on a bed, in a room. The chance of survival for the babies born is greatly increased.

Never before have we seen the food and health sectors work so closely together to solve some of the greatest challenges in our world. The Doyle's vision has become increasingly relevant over the last 15 years. The call to matter more is being accomplished and impacting multiple thousands of people across the globe.

None of this work is possible without your generous support. Thousands of volunteers, donors, board members and staff collaborate to grow the vision of MATTER. The work is not in vain. MATTER was named the fastest growing non profit in Minnesota in 2014. Thank you for running alongside us in this journey.