Bonus Assignment You are the new Director of Development, hired to assist the Offord Centre for Child Studies to meet its Resource Development goals. The Board has asked you to develop a report that outlines a 5-year strategy that will work towards meeting the goals mentioned above. What recommendations will you make to the Board? The following questions will serve as a guide to developing your strategy What research will you undertake prior to developing the strategy and the implementation plan" Who will you involve and/or consult in the process? What types of fund raising and revenue development techniques would work best for this organization? What sources of funding seem to be the most appropriate for the Offord Centre? How much do you think can realistically be raised over the next 5 years? What do you need from the Board of Directors? From the staff? From the University? From the Hospital? How will you implement the strategy? What steps need to be taken? What will you include in your action plan? What resources - financial and human-will you need to execute the strategy? What will it cost (budget) to implement your recommendations? Report format: Typewritten Report (this is not an academic paper per se but a Report to the Board) No longer than 10 pages, not less than 6 Use charts, bullet points and graphs to help illustrate your recommendations Background Page 1 The Offord Centre for Child Studies is a research centre affiliated with McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University. The centre's research focuses on identifying the factors of healthy child development Vision The Offord Centre for Child Studies will generate new knowledge to improve the mental health of children and youth Mission The Offord Centre for Child Studies is a research Centre affilisted with McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University. The centres research focuses on identifying the factors of healthy child development Vision The Offord Centre for Child Studies will generate new knowledge to improve the mental health of children and youth Mission The Otford Centre for Child Studies leads the search for solutions that enhance the mental heden of children by Leading scientific research that influences program policies and solutions that improve children's te cpportunities Forging partnerships with key stakeholders and policy makers to apply research findings through families and communities to have maximum positive impact on children's development Training the next generation of scientists and policy makers to carry on this mission The areas of research are 1. Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders 2. Community intervention Program 3. Early Years Development 4. Family Violence 5. School Intervention 6. Social Determinants of Child Health Founded in 1992 by renowned child psychiatrist, Dr.Dan Oord, the Offord Centre has earned strong national and international reputation for the quality of its research into children at risk and children's mental health. Today, the Centre has over staff working on some 20 research projects The Centre is guided by a volunteer board of 16 Directors made up of representatives from the hospital and the university as well as business people induding Toronto and Ottawa and the local Community The Offord Centre has three major goal 1. Leading academic and scientific research on healthy chill development 2. Sharing research findings to ensure that realiserted into act 3. Training the next generation of scientists that fosters professional collaboration, mentoring and public education The Offord Centre has been very successful in moving ahead with goals and although there is a feeling that more can be done to train emerging scientists. Goal 2 has been more difficult to chieve as it is dependent on fundraising for resources and to date, funds have been focused almost exclusively on core operations and administration Major Sources of Funding 4 of 5 en og Allocation of Revenue Page 3 100% 90 Fundraising 70 Research Grants MIUI SON Hamilton Health Sciences 2014 McMaster University Orice Space Resource Development Since it began in 1992, the Offord Centre has been very successful in obtaining research grants: has experienced considerably less success in fundrasing The fint Director of Development was hired in the Centres Tye alopetation A comprehensive development process was initiated and results were starting to be experienced. Included in the efforts were: Bordcompanie mal campaign alle and foundation grant writing. After five in the Director of Development le spuition elsewhere Alter two years with re Development at the Offord Centre contracted and causing tant who undertook a comprehensive feasibility study and planning the. Under the cons direction, a milion funding effort was started the effort focused met die development proces wanted and results were starting to be experienced used in the efforts were a Board campaign, an annual direct mail campaign, several special events and foundation grant with After five was the Drector of Development lett take papa wer After two years with no Development staff, the Ofited Centre contracted afunda contare direction a $2 milion fund ranting effort was started. The effort focused almost endly on foundation grants intended to provide capacity building funds for the Centres that new Director of Development could be bined. While a few grants were realized this effort isted at after nearly the year showing marginal rette in the intervenire year, the Board of Directors raised funds through on major event that raised about $150.000 net per year and through ad hoc corporate and foundation approaches by board contact some years, members of the Board of Directions made for personals to the Centet the annual budget was met Fund Raising History Page 2008 B 2009 2 32.450 8.25 350 220 2000 m. 5. Sam 270 36318297 DISSE 4000 0.227 GL. 220 ER Ouby Groups Spendente Got A Thon 12.3 120.00 45.859 231, 2842 2016 14 225.6735 Grant 227 2200 226 91 20 TOTAL $580 412.48 $104,152.69 $559,684.84 $310,453.23 5438.675.81 Resource Development Goals The Board feels that a major effort must be undertaken to stabile funding for the Centre. The dream is to build up a $10 milion endowment fund to provide a stable source of anal funds for the Centre to draw upon. In addition there is a key requirement to fund a new research cher which will take an additional $2 million. There is also a need to raise about $400.000 per year to cover the annual operations not funded through the University Hospitaler Research Grant Page 5 Bonus Assignment You are the new Director of Development, hired to assist the Offord Centre for Child Studies to meet its Resource Development goals. The Board has asked you to develop a report that outlines a 5-year strategy that will work towards meeting the goals mentioned above. What recommendations will you make to the Board? The following questions will serve as a guide to developing your strategy What research will you undertake prior to developing the strategy and the implementation plan" Who will you involve and/or consult in the process? What types of fund raising and revenue development techniques would work best for this organization? What sources of funding seem to be the most appropriate for the Offord Centre? How much do you think can realistically be raised over the next 5 years? What do you need from the Board of Directors? From the staff? From the University? From the Hospital? How will you implement the strategy? What steps need to be taken? What will you include in your action plan? What resources - financial and human-will you need to execute the strategy? What will it cost (budget) to implement your recommendations? Report format: Typewritten Report (this is not an academic paper per se but a Report to the Board) No longer than 10 pages, not less than 6 Use charts, bullet points and graphs to help illustrate your recommendations Background Page 1 The Offord Centre for Child Studies is a research centre affiliated with McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University. The centre's research focuses on identifying the factors of healthy child development Vision The Offord Centre for Child Studies will generate new knowledge to improve the mental health of children and youth Mission The Offord Centre for Child Studies is a research Centre affilisted with McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University. The centres research focuses on identifying the factors of healthy child development Vision The Offord Centre for Child Studies will generate new knowledge to improve the mental health of children and youth Mission The Otford Centre for Child Studies leads the search for solutions that enhance the mental heden of children by Leading scientific research that influences program policies and solutions that improve children's te cpportunities Forging partnerships with key stakeholders and policy makers to apply research findings through families and communities to have maximum positive impact on children's development Training the next generation of scientists and policy makers to carry on this mission The areas of research are 1. Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders 2. Community intervention Program 3. Early Years Development 4. Family Violence 5. School Intervention 6. Social Determinants of Child Health Founded in 1992 by renowned child psychiatrist, Dr.Dan Oord, the Offord Centre has earned strong national and international reputation for the quality of its research into children at risk and children's mental health. Today, the Centre has over staff working on some 20 research projects The Centre is guided by a volunteer board of 16 Directors made up of representatives from the hospital and the university as well as business people induding Toronto and Ottawa and the local Community The Offord Centre has three major goal 1. Leading academic and scientific research on healthy chill development 2. Sharing research findings to ensure that realiserted into act 3. Training the next generation of scientists that fosters professional collaboration, mentoring and public education The Offord Centre has been very successful in moving ahead with goals and although there is a feeling that more can be done to train emerging scientists. Goal 2 has been more difficult to chieve as it is dependent on fundraising for resources and to date, funds have been focused almost exclusively on core operations and administration Major Sources of Funding 4 of 5 en og Allocation of Revenue Page 3 100% 90 Fundraising 70 Research Grants MIUI SON Hamilton Health Sciences 2014 McMaster University Orice Space Resource Development Since it began in 1992, the Offord Centre has been very successful in obtaining research grants: has experienced considerably less success in fundrasing The fint Director of Development was hired in the Centres Tye alopetation A comprehensive development process was initiated and results were starting to be experienced. Included in the efforts were: Bordcompanie mal campaign alle and foundation grant writing. After five in the Director of Development le spuition elsewhere Alter two years with re Development at the Offord Centre contracted and causing tant who undertook a comprehensive feasibility study and planning the. Under the cons direction, a milion funding effort was started the effort focused met die development proces wanted and results were starting to be experienced used in the efforts were a Board campaign, an annual direct mail campaign, several special events and foundation grant with After five was the Drector of Development lett take papa wer After two years with no Development staff, the Ofited Centre contracted afunda contare direction a $2 milion fund ranting effort was started. The effort focused almost endly on foundation grants intended to provide capacity building funds for the Centres that new Director of Development could be bined. While a few grants were realized this effort isted at after nearly the year showing marginal rette in the intervenire year, the Board of Directors raised funds through on major event that raised about $150.000 net per year and through ad hoc corporate and foundation approaches by board contact some years, members of the Board of Directions made for personals to the Centet the annual budget was met Fund Raising History Page 2008 B 2009 2 32.450 8.25 350 220 2000 m. 5. Sam 270 36318297 DISSE 4000 0.227 GL. 220 ER Ouby Groups Spendente Got A Thon 12.3 120.00 45.859 231, 2842 2016 14 225.6735 Grant 227 2200 226 91 20 TOTAL $580 412.48 $104,152.69 $559,684.84 $310,453.23 5438.675.81 Resource Development Goals The Board feels that a major effort must be undertaken to stabile funding for the Centre. The dream is to build up a $10 milion endowment fund to provide a stable source of anal funds for the Centre to draw upon. In addition there is a key requirement to fund a new research cher which will take an additional $2 million. There is also a need to raise about $400.000 per year to cover the annual operations not funded through the University Hospitaler Research Grant Page 5