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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by bill.depury

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 11:15

172.1.87.183

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Name of Staff Applicant Jason Abrams

Name of RD/VP John Criswell

Region Southeast

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

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level Level 8

Actual Salary Level Level 4 Quartile B

Budgeted Salary in Dollars $3,500 per month gross (at 30 hours)

Actual Salary in Dollars $2,000 per month gross (at 30 hours)

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% guaranteed grant $2,500 (17-18)

ME 1% matching grant $1,000 (17-18)

E-champ grant $5000 (16-17) NOTE: not all going to own budget

Southeast matching grant $6000 (until June 30th)

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)
Chapter Planting or serving at a commuter school with few to no alumni contacts

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

Fiscal Year 15-16 average annual gift was $1480 (INCLUDES CHURCHES, FOUNDATION AND A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE)

Fiscal Year 15-16 average annual gift was $546 (EXCLUDING CHURCHES, FOUNDATION AND A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE)

2014 ending deficit ~$5,300 (May financial statement)

2015 ending deficit ~$3,300 (May financial statement)

2016 ending deficit ~$5,200 (May financial statement)

2017 so far carrying $11,000 deficit

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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

Currently Associate Area Director in the Gulf and River (effective July 1)
Potential Area Director in the Gulf and River
Current E-champ for BCM

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

He has planted all of the BCM work in the Jackson Mississippi Metro area. He continues to do this working with strong student leaders, volunteers and recruiting staff.

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

As mentioned earlier, the initial plan is a $6,000 southeast region matching grant offer to help him as he steps into the new Associate Area Director position July 1.

Additional comments or questions

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Electronic Signature of Staff Completing This Application (name and zip code) William DePury 32514

Email Address bill.depury@intervarsity.org