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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by eric.peterson

Fri, 04/21/2017 - 08:56

108.71.1.8

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Name of Staff Applicant Matthew Best

Name of RD/VP John Criswell

Region Southeast

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

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level FY 17-18 CSM 3 Level 7

Actual Salary Level CSM 2 Level 6

Budgeted Salary in Dollars $42,000 which is $3500 per month for a 40 hour FT budget

Actual Salary in Dollars $32400 which is $2700 per month for a 29 hour PT budget. Desire is full time

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

Cornerstone Foundation $5000 of Knoxville, Matthew cultivated this donor and Eric and Matthew met with connection November 2016.
Chilanta Foundation $3000
ME 1% Matching Grant $3200 for FY 17-18
UTK School account $10,000
Area/Region $5000

Grant Criteria

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

Financial Difficulty (check all that apply)

Limited networks or average gift < $600 annually
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

As of March 31, 2017, Matthew best has a operating deficit of $2398 and an escrow surplus of $2111 or FY 16-17.

Matthew and I have managed his budget effectively, keeping the accounts in the black, while we raised new money. Over the past couple of years we have increased Matthew's salary and PT hours as new support has come. FY 15-16 and FY 14-15 were break even situations after Area and Regional assistance.

Matthew would like to be full time with InterVarsity and has recently committed to Knoxville as his longer term home. He is 29 hours in order to avoid the Health Insurance charges. Our next goal is a move to 30 hours per week and register Matthew for IV health coverage. This would require $7500 in new annual support. Getting Matthew up to Full Time status will help retain him for another 5 years.

Matthew has worked hard in MPD, progress has been made and his salary has increased. Long term we need to raise another $20,000. Our Knoxville team is implementing new Alumni MPD plans this spring. We are working on raising new funds. Matthew also recently lost his part time job with the local newspaper. This puts urgency on getting to full time with InterVarsity.

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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

Matthew is one of our Senior BCM staff in the Southeast region. His role on the TN/KY area team is significant in developing the Knoxville team, producing BCM leaders and staff candidates, and pressing forward BCM planting in the state. His ethnic-specific BCM chapter at UT-Knoxville is working together with an AAM ethinic-specific chapter, and an Ethnic General chapter to strive to reach every corner of UTK. Matthew is committed to the Knoxville staff team and is working to build bridges and work together with AAIV and our M/E chapter. Also, Matthew has started a new outreach among the UT Football team and is beginning to reach Black Athletes, a previously under-reached population at UTK and in the Southeast Region. Learning from Jamal Morris's Urban Initiative in Chattanooga, Matthew is developing a mutually beneficial Urban Initiative in Knoxville, taking students from the chapter to mentor Middle School students in the community. This builds the BCM chapter helping to reach students burned by past church involvement and blesses the community directly. It also helps to broaden his support base and was key in adding the Cornerstone Foundation to his team. This holistic approach model should help to grow our BCM work in Tennessee and in the Region.

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

See above. Planting among Black Athletes at UTK, there is a new Small Group Bible study on the UTK football team, led by the starting Safety who Matthew cultivated as a leader. Matthew has consulted with other staff who are planting BCM (Belmont, ETSU) and done Spy Out the Land trips to key schools like MTSU. In addition there has been vision for Nashville and Memphis BCM planting and Matthew is offering his connections.
Building: The BCM chapter has grown under Matthew's leadership. (overall AFR number doubling in 3 years... 29 overall in 2013, 66 overall in 2016 with 11 conversions.)

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

We are implementing an Alumni Development program in Knoxville. Significant effort is underway to increase alumni support. We are devoting significant effort at Foundation support, Church Support, and personal support. Coaching, Supervision and partnership with Matthew in his MPD has helped to increase support.

Additional comments or questions

Matthew also staffed a new Spring Break Global Program our region is developing in Trinidad. He recruited 8 students from his chapter and is slated to Direct this GP spring break 2018.

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Electronic Signature of Staff Completing This Application (name and zip code) Eric Peterson 40217

Email Address eric.peterson@intervarsity.org