Submission #11

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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by eric.peterson

Fri, 04/21/2017 - 09:40

108.71.1.8

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Name of Staff Applicant Jamal Morris

Name of RD/VP John Criswell

Region Southeast

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

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level CSM 3 Level 7

Actual Salary Level CSM 3 Level 7

Budgeted Salary in Dollars $4250 per month, $51000 annually

Actual Salary in Dollars $4000 per month, $48000 annually

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

Jamal has cultivated donors in the Business community of Chattanooga and worked very hard to develop rapport, credibility and Partnership with the donors. He raised $68000+ in FY 15-16 and looks to repeat that in FY 16-17.

Grant Criteria

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

Financial Difficulty (check all that apply)

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

Jamal is funded well by large donors in the Business community. He does not have much church support. He has $22000 in escrow and an operating surplus of $9000 as of March 31,2017

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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

Jamal is a thought leader and practitioner in reaching Black students. At UT Chattanooga, Jamal originated a model of reaching Unchurched and Unchurchable black men and women by partnering with Black Campus Organizations and deconstructing their ideas of what Christianity is about. His Urban Initiative is helping to reach those students on campus who have been burned by Church hypocrisy and has direct influence in mentoring middle school students at two of the bottom 5 performing Middle schools in Tennessee. This innovation is making Chattanooga and Jamal a mentor to Staff in the region and other regions. Jamal is sought out by Black staff for advice, help, and mentoring.

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

Building: 25 overall in 2013 to 60 overall in 2016.
Planting: Some initiative is taken at Chattanooga State CC, Cleveland State CC and Lee University.

What plan or strategy is being implemented regionally to assist this applicant in addressing their fundraising difficulties? Support, Supervision and trust.

Additional comments or questions

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

Email Address eric.peterson@intervarsity.org