Youth Programming Research and Development - Phase 1

The main goal of this project will be tackling the challenge of developing exciting, impactful, and healthy activities and programs for youth aged 12-17. The outcome of this project will be the creating of a program library that can be used by the organization to plan and facilitate program activities for youth.

Building Black Youth Foundation Grant writing project

Scope: We are looking for individuals who are grant writers and or have grant writing fundraising experience to help implement fundraising tasks, donation procurement, Grant Writing and funding proposal writing, 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 outreachFundraising 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

Fundraising Strategy Plan

We want students to help us build a fundraising strategy plan to grow and engage our target market: large corporations willing to sponsors or help funding the organizations programs. We’d like to know how we can maximize use of different channels and get recommendations to improve our messaging.The main questions we’d like students to help us answer are the following:How do students currently perceive our brand and marketing, based on publicly available information about our company?What channels should we utilize for promotion, including ones we are not currently using?What budget is appropriate for advertising, given our goals?How could our messaging be updated to better explain our value proposition?

Environmental Program Coordinator

Chapter development (holding meetings, networking with other activists, creating chapter promotional materials and website with assistance provided by the main organization)The development of local initiatives and programs (with assistance provided by the main organization), and overseeing them to ensure their long-term continuation and success.Promotion and engagement within the local communityCommunicating with the main organization for assistance and completing a short weekly update on the local chapter activities and progressWorking with the main organization when assistance is required, including identifying potential sources of funding