VISTA Project - Faith that Works

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)