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- Title
Fundraising and Alumni Engagement for a Liberian Non-Profit Entity in Partnership with the Government: A Research Note.
- Authors
Mitchell, Patricia Brown
- Abstract
The President's Young Professionals Program (PYPP), like many small non-profits provide key services to the communities they serve, which are not replicated by larger non-profits, yet they face some unique challenges relative to long-term success and eventual thriving. Without substantial fundraising staff, widespread name recognition and a prominent and influential board of directors, they struggle with fundraising resource development. Improving fundraising success will require a skilled combination of increased methodology with an expanded source of funding. The participants for this report are the executive director of the organization, a technical consultant to the executive director and one of the Fellows participating in the program. The executive director, the primary participant, is a young professional male, who having completed the program himself, and now leads the program. He has an office staff of four; all young persons as well. The technical consultant is a manager at an American organization that supports start-ups that are focused on social impact. The report was conducted through interviews with the participants, and government officials, along with a review of the organizations history, accomplishments, programming and current funding data. Former funding for the program was secured by the programs' founder. The founder, who has a network of supporters with the capacity to give and with whom she has built relationships, left the organization to establish another non-profit. The founder worked closely with the Former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in the establishment of the program and enjoyed her visible support of the program. While there is a small staff that supports the organization, none of them have professional fundraising experience and the executive director has focused a great deal of his time on program operations. The organization has entered into a partnership with the Civil Service Agency (CSA) of Liberia, to place the fellows in public administration positions for two years and once they have completed the program, CSA provide a permanent position for them. The Civil Service Agency, however, is not currently providing financial support. The fundraising efforts initiated by the founder will not sustain the continuing operations of PYPP therefore, the organization must secure annual funding to cover its operating budget to continue the program. With a comprehensive three to five-year strategic plan, they will have a roadmap that is scalable, dependent upon available resources, to becoming self-sustaining until such time that the government of Liberia can provide a cost-recovery option to fund the program.
- Subjects
FUNDRAISING; NONPROFIT organizations; ALUMNI contributions; COMMUNITY services; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations -- Government policy; COOPERATION
- Publication
Liberian Studies Journal, 2014, Vol 39, Issue 2, p81
- ISSN
0024-1989
- Publication type
Article