VISTA Opportunity: Fund-Raising for Boston Mentoring Program
The Organization
AFC Mentoring empowers foster/adopted youth to flourish through committed mentoring relationships. AFC Mentors one-to-one mentoring program matches adult volunteer mentors with youth in care who are between ages 7 and 14; our Team AFC group mentoring program works with the same population, although some of these youth are 15-17. The organization focuses especially on serving youth with few or no consistent positive relationships and introduces them to others who were in care who are now successful, so youth can see that they too can thrive. The youth served are among the highest risk identifiable group for future poverty, but also have great potential. \
VISTA Responsibilites
The Development VISTA will focus on increasing and diversifying the organization's fundraising capacity, so it will have a long-range, diversified strategy for growth and more funds in the present. The VISTA will work closely with foundations, businesses, individuals, government entities and others to increase sustainability. He/she will work with the Executive Director, VISTA Manager, and fund-raising committee to do long-range planning.
Specific Responsibilities:
Write, manage, and research grants
Expand our fundraising capacity, especially for individual donors
Manage special events
Manage fundraising and grant writing volunteers
Identify new fund-raising partners across diverse sectors
Program Benefits:
Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
Living Allowance
Rental stipend
Contact:
Ann Green, 727 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02111
ann@afcmentoring.org www.afcmentoring.org