Fundraising Team Volunteers

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ABOUT US

Shine Foundation, Inc. (Shine) is a nonprofit startup, based in NYC, on a mission to empower survivors of domestic violence in shelter with the financial tools and knowledge to live financially healthy lives. To-date, we have assisted more than 600 survivors and their families build the skills to boost their credit scores, create savings and seek employment, and are keen to assist even more this coming year. For more info, please visit shine-foundation.org.


Fundraising Team Volunteers

This is an exciting time to build up Shine’s fundraising capability and ensure its sustainability in 2020 and beyond! Last year, we kicked off fundraising efforts in Q4 2019 and engaged 200 donors in raising $12K in two months. This year, we are ready to build on that momentum with the creation of a dedicated fundraising team of volunteers. Volunteers will be assigned to a sub-committee(s) that interests them:

1. Events

• Throw successful, above-breakeven events to hit events fundraising target for the year
• Engage, foster, & grow Shine community, including clients, volunteers, and sponsors
• Work with corporate sponsorship teams to get corporate sponsors / potential sponsors involved at events
• Work with external Social Media & Communications teams to improve event attendance
• Solicit feedback from attendees to ensure event success

Key Qualifications: Experience and enthusiasm for event planning; organizational and teamwork skills; ability to prioritize event attendance

• GrantsIdentify, map out and prioritize grant funding opportunities, requirements, eligibility guidelines and timelines
• Assist in reaching out to and developing relationships with grantmakers, as needed
• Maintain master template for grant applications
• Collaborate with Founder in submitting grant applications (1-2 a month, if applicable)

Key Qualifications: Grant-writing and/or sales experience; persuasive, outcome-oriented storyteller; strong research and analytical skills

1. Corporate Sponsorship

• Engagement of existing corporate sponsors
• Expansion of corporate partnership base, taking a targeted approach to organizations that are close to/align with our mission
• Set up a "menu" of different types of engagement from passive (donations, buying a table at an event, etc.) to active (setting up volunteer days, or credit programs)
• Collaborate with Founder and relevant internal volunteer teams to pitch partnerships

Key Qualifications: Strong presentation, communication and networking skills;

Timeframe: 1 year

Weekly commitment: Varies but should be no more than 5

Recruitment process:

We invite all prospective volunteers to join us for a 45-minute virtual info session. Following the info session and depending on mutual interest, we then proceed with an online application and 1-on-1 interview.

Please click here to sign up for an info session - https://calendly.com/ shinefoundation/infosession