Seven Areas of Responsibility
- Involving and motivating other board members and volunteers in the cultivation and solicitation of gifts.
- Ensuring that the case for support is strong, current, and based on the ministry’s mission and goals.
- Helping to develop strategies for involvement and cultivation of major gift prospects.
- Providing information on environmental factors affecting fundraising among the organization’s constituencies.
- Helping to evaluate potential prospects for increased contributions.
- Helping to develop expectations for financial contributions from the board, and providing leadership by making their own gifts.
- Participating actively in special events and providing leadership for capital campaigns.
Operational Focus
- Replaces the need for an external fundraising resource other than periodic consultants
- Ensures effective fundraising
- Ensures conveyance of fundraising responsibilities to board members
- Evaluation of the board member’s role in fundraising
- Helps the board communicate the vision of Go To Nations
- Assists the president in fund raising activities through the vice-president of mobilization
- Assist in the orientation, roles, and responsibilities of new board members as it relates to the advancement committee.
- Serves as a sounding board for the president’s ideas concerning
- Organizes advancement board training