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Collaborative Fundraising

DNSI 2015Executive Track

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Agenda• Updates on DN strategies and connections

to funding needs and opportunities

• What we’ve learned so far Lessons about working together to resource DN

• Panel Discussion

• Small group discussion/reflection

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City Year Long Term Impact

Strategy (WSWC and LTI

Blueprints)

TDS Strategic Plan(Build up, Dig in,

Push out)

CIS Strategic Plan (TQS and Growth

and Impact communities)

DN aligns with the individual org strategies

of the partners

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Key Post-I3 Strategies• Transition study (and other mature sites)

to long term partnerships• Support mature sites who want to use DN

to continue driving school improvement (the “Next Generation” concept)

• Complete feeder patterns wherever feasible to increase strategic impact

• Consider collective effort with district in highest needs circumstance

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DN partners work together on a spectrum

of intensity

“DN Practices”

DN EWI-Only

DN Whole School Reform

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Continued, intensive school reform with mature sites

New DN schools that have critical needs

Diplomas Now

The DN portfolio 2015-2018

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Sample city-level DN portfolio circa 2018

• 2 study schools in long-term partnerships (CY team, CIS site coordinator, school runs STF functions, part of TDS network)

• 1 study school still actively working with DN on school reform (Full DN team, active TDS TA, piloting new TDS labs)

• 1 new DN high school (Feeder for 2 of our study middle schools

• 1 new DN high school (SIG opportunity offered to DN by district)

• 1 new DN middle school (feeds study high school, TDS doing EWI only work, CY team and CIS site coordinator)

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Voices from the field: Execs and

funders talk about opportunities for

collaboration

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Ideas around fundraising

moving forward

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Lessons learned• Rather than going all or nothing on collaborative

fundraising, we need to use it strategically, and consider it one of many tools in the resource development toolkit.

• Projects that began as individually-funded projects are likely to continue that way absent a catalyst.

• New projects are more likely to be funded by collaborative fundraising.

• Partner support during individual resource development opportunities can be as or even more helpful than joint funding asks.

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Partners can support through the fundraising

cycle

• Partners share databases and notes around prospective funders• The “Me/You/We” Discussion

Identification

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Different funding strategies for different

projectsType of Project Associated Funding Strategies

Long-term, sustained partnership with mature site

• General budget (Case made based on evidence)• Title I• State/local funding for at-risk students• Supplemented with private funding

Continuing, “next generation” school reform work with a mature site

All sources above plus…• Innovation funding• Competitive grants (focused on new elements)

New Sites • Competitive Grants (particularly SIG)• Innovation Funding• ESEA Waiver Funding• School Improvement/Reform Funding• Private Funding focused on innovation/expansion

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Working with schools/districts to blend

funding streamsInstances where the district and/or school has sat down with each partner to make best us of available funding streams based on each partner’s role and purpose:• All Partners

o Title I fundso Innovation Funds (I3, RTTT, state innovation funds)o School Improvement Funds (SIG, State School Improvement Funds)

• Talent Developmento Title IIAo Other Professional Development Funds

• Communities in Schoolso Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Acto Community Services Block Grant (Dept. Of Health and Human

Services)o DOJ grants

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In your humble opinion…

What are the three biggest barriers to collaborative fundraising within DN?

Take a minute to think about this and jot down some notes, and then share your ideas with someone nearby.