VICE PRESIDENT FOR FUNDRAISING

The Vice President for Fundraising has responsibility for corporate grant applications, supervisory responsibility for program ads, patron appeals, and all fund‑raising projects except sales of concert tickets. The Vice President for Fundraising reports to the President.

Reporting to the Vice President for Fundraising are the following:

Patrons Chair:   Takes care of appeal for contributions from individuals and businesses.

Program Ad Chair:        Takes care of development of program ads.

Benefit Chair:    Takes care of one major benefit event.

Store Benefit Days          Arranges for Dominick’s and Jewel benefit days.

DEADLINES    DUTIES

Following Election

Finalize roster of committee chairs and officers who report to you. Advise President. Notify General Manager for Board roster.                

June     Participate in a transitional board meeting to discuss position with predecessor, review job description and annual report.

August  Plan and schedule patrons campaign for the year with the patrons committee chairperson.

Meet with Program Ad Committee Chairperson to plan solicitation for program ads.

On‑going          Coordinate with President and General Manager all grant applications. Research, prepare, submit and follow up on all corporate grants. (General Manager does the same for all government and foundation grants).

Work with committees in planning and scheduling all fundraising efforts, discuss these with the Board, and confirm arrangements with committee chairs one month before each event.

Keep a record of all fundraising income from the various sources, and transmit cash and checks to Treasurer, clearly marked as to source. Report fundraising income to the Board. Discuss all new suggestions for fundraising and make recommendations to the Board. No fundraising projects should be undertaken without Board approval.

Report at Board meetings about what your chairpeople are doing to accomplish their jobs, if they cannot be there themselves. Provide or secure help if any chairperson cannot get a task done on time.

Report any in‑kind gifts to the General Manager.

Insure that all documents of your work and of those reporting to you are retained. If these are not needed for current job responsibility, forward to Archivist.

Attend Board meetings.

May      Prepare annual report, revise job description if necessary, and discuss position with successor at transitional board meeting.