Submission #27

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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by kathy.cooper

Fri, 05/12/2017 - 18:00

72.221.65.31

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Name of Staff Applicant Alice Brown-Collins

Name of RD/VP Kathy Cooper RD; Bobby Gross VP

Region GFM Northeast

This staff is at least in his/her 5th year Yes

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level 10

Actual Salary Level 10

Budgeted Salary in Dollars 60,000

Actual Salary in Dollars 60,000

Local Funding Sources and amounts (list Area, Division, or Regional seed money, matching grants, Chapter Planting start-up grants, Jumpstart, in kind gifts, etc.)

ME 1% grant for FY 2017-18: $4000 ($3000 grant, $1000 match)
Staff to staff grant: $7500 allocation for FY 2017-18
GFM Northeast Regional allocation: $12,000
BSAP Area Director allocation: $2000
Interim Area Director, GFM New England allocation: $2500

Grant Criteria

Ethnic Identity (check all that apply) Black/African American

Financial Difficulty (check all that apply)

Limited networks or average gift < $600 annually
Gender issues, e.g. part-time staff due to parenting life stage, woman from a theologically conservative church background, etc.
High cost of living
Challenging ethnic PR issues, e.g. Black church, Native American community, Latino community, unfamiliar with InterVarsity.
Church partnerships have limited capacity (<$3K annually per church)

Please describe their situation including their ending deficit or surplus for the last three years and any present escrow in their account

Alice has ended each year with a substantial deficit averaging $30,000. In June 2015, her deficit of $30k was sequestered into a separate account, that Alice was released from needing to repay. The GFM NE Region worked to cover this deficit. By June 2016, $22k of the $30k was repaid, leaving $8k remaining in this sequestered deficit account. In May 2016, Alice's new deficit was $38,500. Transfers were made of $36k (1/2 from the GFM NE Region and 1/2 from InterVarsity's staff-to-staff grant), so by June 2016 her deficit was reduced to $7208 (with another $8k in sequestered deficit account). Her current deficit as of April 2017 is $16k, and she may end the year in June about even, but this is largely due to the staff-to-staff grant and also a one-time gift of $11k from a local church. Without all this assistance from other sources--much of which will not be repeated-- Alice's annual deficit seems to hover around $30k.

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Strategic Role: The Senior Staff worker plays a critical leadership role regionally and/or nationally to help build healthy, ethnically diverse witnessing chapters or staff teams Yes

Please describe as it relates to their present and future involvement

As Associate Regional Director for GFM Northeast Region, Alice plays a critical role in helping the Region grow and develop in building healthy ethnically diverse teams. She also has had tremendous influence in GFM nationally in helping us make progress in multiethnic ministry and building healthy ethnically diverse staff teams. She consults and coaches GFM staff directors in their recruitment, hiring and supervision/leadership of staff of color and ethnically diverse teams. She mentors and coaches CSM's of color on these teams. She's helped us develop GFM's New Staff Training and led training that's designed to help GFM staff grow in cultural competency. She has mentored and coached me in my leadership and supervision so that I am better equipped as RD to build healthy, ethnically diverse staff teams in GFM Northeast.

What role (if any) does this staff play in chapter building or chapter planting?

In her leadership of Black Scholars & Professionals, Alice is leading and coaching BSAP staff and volunteers in early stages of planting BSAP chapters, mostly in the Greater Boston area. She is planning for new planting work among faculty at UMass (Amherst) in the coming year, and is gathering partners and prayer support for this new endeavor.

What plan or strategy is being implemented regionally to assist this applicant in addressing their fundraising difficulties?

As Alice's supervisor in 2016-17, Bobby Gross has been working with Alice to develop a sustainability plan. This plan includes prayer, planning, a larger time commitment, training, coaching, peer support, and accountability. For next year, this plan also includes Alice and me partnering together to work on MPD for her and the GFM NE Region. Bobby will continue providing oversight, coaching, advocacy, and support for the 2 of us as we invest more time and energy in MPD for Alice, BSAP, and the GFM NE Region.

Additional comments or questions

I can't understate the importance of Alice's ministry and leadership in the GFM Northeast Region. The Region has struggled with many challenges and leadership transition in recent years, and Alice has played a crucial leadership role in keeping the region afloat during these painful challenges. As I am stepping into the RD role (as of 2 weeks ago), I consider Alice to be my strongest partner and leader as we move forward with our mission in GFM Northeast. I'm not sure I would have accepted this new RD leadership role without Alice as ARD and partner in mission. Her success and sustainability is critical to my success as a new RD, and to our success as a Region.

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Electronic Signature of Staff Completing This Application (name and zip code) Kathryn A Cooper 02906

Email Address kathy.cooper@intervarsity.org