Building Black Youth Foundation's Fundraising/Grant Writing Project
Project scope
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Communications Fundraising Grant writing Marketing strategySkills
presentations slack (software) communication scheduling campaign management project management marketing grant writing lead generation marketing strategiesBuilding Black Youth Foundation(B.B.Y.F.) Fundraising Project
Team size: 5-10 students, or flexible
Project time length: (Tentatively)Feb 14- March 31, 2022 will accept applications after the 14th of Feb.
Project Type: Honorarium $1400
Project weekly schedule: TBD- Students are required to attend One 40 min mandatory weekly meeting. Meeting hours are between 3:30pm-6:30pm EST/1:30pm-4:30pm MT/12:30pm-3:30pm PDT. Dates TBD
Project daily schedule: Our hours of operation are Monday to Friday 1:00pm-8:00pm EST/12:00pm-6:00pm MT/10:00am-5:00pm PDT. Students must be ready, willing and able to participate in project work, communications and meetings during those hours. Our scheduling is flexible and allows for students to complete their work on weekends as well if need be.
Project Roles: Students must be able to fill 1 or more roles
- Fundraising/Donation Procurement Coordinator
- Fundraising Campaign Management/Development
- Grant Writer/Proposal Writer
Scope: We are looking for a group of students to help implement fundraising tasks, donation procurement, Grant Writing and fundraising campaign development & management, within the following initiatives:
- Fundraising implementation tasks to raise money.
- Securing donations from individuals, organizations/businesses, sponsors, investors, etc.
- Grant writing & procurement. Completing applications for funding opportunities.
- Fundraising campaign management and development to increase outreach
- Fundraising marketing strategies and implementation including drafting elevator pitches, creating pitch presentations & presenting them.
- Fundraising/donation communication tasks including outreach to individuals, organizations/businesses to secure donations.
- Researching sponsor, funding and partnership opportunities.
- Drafting guidelines for resolving inquiries developing strategies to improve outreach capabilities.
- Lead generation
SKILLS: communication, problem-solving, teamwork, fundraising, grant writing, marketing, lead generation, research
Project Goals/Deliverables:
- Securing donations from individuals, organizations/businesses, sponsors & or investors
- Writing Grants & completing funding applications
- Fundraising campaign development & management
- Any other deliverables will be decided and agreed upon with students.
Team Organization
Team of up to 5, or as many students as possible, with each person assigned to agreed upon deliverables based on skills and experience. The team will have a Project Manager who will interact with the BBYF’s Project Manager.
Timeframe
Target start date: TBD- This is an ongoing project
End Date: TBD- This is an ongoing project
Communication
We will plan to communicate with our virtual interns using these communication tools: Riipen messaging, ZOOM, Email, Slack, phone/text, etc..
Student's primary contact: Tasha Flemmings
Job title: Senior Project Manager/CEO
Secondary contact: TBD shortly,
Job Title: Project Manager
Mentorship and Supervision
Students will be supervised during their internship through Zoom and other online work sharing platforms, specifically during working hours. Students will be guided and mentored by our senior project manager along with our student Project Manager as well. They will have access to our Senior project manager Tasha, any time needed during business hours by phone/email and after business hours through email. Students will also have the option of connecting with their student project manager for support during the duration of the internship.
About the company
The Building Black Youth Foundation (B.B.Y.F.), is a not for profit children's organization and social enterprise, geared to providing children cultural based learning opportunities and educational support for Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth and families across Canada. B.B.Y.F. is starting with virtual Early Childhood Development programs, supports for families and learning opportunities specifically geared towards teaching an afrocentric uplifting curriculum, building self worth through learning ancestral and historical knowledge. Our mission at Building Black Youth Foundation(B.B.Y.F.), is to empower our Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth, help them build their self worth and self belief, through learning uplifting historical, cultural knowledge. We know that positive cultural reinforcement from a young age, greatly increases the process of building self worth within children, as well as supports leading them in the right direction towards a great future.