AmeriCorps*VISTA Assignment Description (VAD) VISTA Project: Faith that Works Hispanic Outreach Project VISTA Member Name: Site Name: Faith that Works Assignment Area: Development Coordinator VISTA Date: August 14th 2015- August 12, 2016 VISTA Member Activities and Steps Checklist Goal of the Project (from VISTA Project Plan): Faith that Works’ Hispanic Outreach Project goal is to alleviate poverty through empowering low-income individuals living in the Chesterfield Mobile Home Park to support productive members of society, active in their educational and social choices, enabling parents to advocate their children’s future while strengthening the bonds of families and the community as a whole. The project is designed to increase literacy among adults and children. By increased literacy this will lead to opportunities for better employment, improve educational and social literacy, and empower the children to succeed in school gauged by academic success. To achieve this goal, the responsibilities of the Development Coordinator VISTA position will include creating and maintaining an infrastructure to support fund development efforts, thereby helping to ensure the financial sustainability of the organization. Targeted Beneficiary Population: The Chesterfield Mobile Home Park has a population of over 300 people that are 80% Hispanic. The Hispanic Outreach Project will target both children kindergarten to 5th grade in the Rockwood School District attending Wild Horse Elementary School and their families living in the Chesterfield Mobile Home Park. During the 2015-16 school year, our program implementation will include students in the Rockwood School District which serves 21,351 students overall with 570 students attending Wild Horse Elementary School. VAD Goal: The Development Coordinator VISTA will alleviate poverty by building the capacity of Faith that Works in the area of fund development as a means to acquire and retain new donors for the organization through special events, grants and corporate and churches sources. By connecting community members and organizations to the mission of Faith that Works, the community will increase its giving to the organization, increasing the impact of quality programs. Note: Activities may require use of personal vehicle to external meetings, events, and activities due to lack of reliable public transportation in the St. Louis metro area. Activity 1: Plan, coordinate, and execute fundraising efforts to raise $20,000 through events, and research potential special event opportunities to reach new markets. Planned Period of Work • Step 1: Develop Events calendar including dates for all special events in 2015-2016 year • Step 2: Create event timeline with steps to ensure proper planning • Step 3: Recruit participants, event volunteers, secure sponsorships, and all aspects related to event. • Step 4: Research potential future special event opportunities to engage individual donors, corporate and church partners, and volunteers. Activity 1: Comments/Summary of Accomplishments Activity 2: Conduct the full range of activities required to research, submit, and manage grant proposals, corporate matching funds opportunities, charity ranking sites, and other foundation and corporate sources with the goal of raising awareness and organization credibility and $10,000 in funds. • Step 1: Perform research on foundations and corporations to evaluate prospects for corporate and foundation grants and corporate funds • Step 2: Understanding of FTW history and programs • Step 3: Work with FTW staff to compile information necessary to report to corporate/foundation funders on current FTW programs • Step 4: Apply and submit grants, corporate matching funds, and applications to charity ranking sites • Step 5: Maintain current records in database and in paper files, including tracking statistics in Grants Toolkit Activity 2: Comments/Summary of Accomplishments Activity 3: Develop a donor strategic plan to increase annual donor giving by the following: monthly donors by $2,070, partners by $7,500 Q1- Q4 Activity 1: Completed (date) Q1- Q4 Activity 2: Completed (date) and church partners by $3,780. • Step 1: Research fundraising best practices and trends in the community, region, and nationally to create fundraising strategies • Step 2: Collaborate with the Board of Directors and Founder to create a fund development plan which increases revenues to support the strategic direction of the organization Q1- Q4 Step 3: Develop and track campaign proposals and reports for all church and foundation fundraising efforts Step 4: Develop and manage timelines for various campaigns to ensure strategic plans and critical fund raising processes are carried out in a timely manner • Step 5: Secure financial support from individuals, foundations, corporations, and churches. • Step 6: Ensure proper follow up including thanking donors and sending updates on the impact of their giving Activity 3: Comments/Summary of Accomplishments Activity 3: Completed (date)