Taylor Made Foundation is seeking strategic, capacity-building support to develop a sustainable funding strategy for our youth programs serving students in grades 6–12.
We are looking for a volunteer strategist who can help us assess our current funding approach, design a diversified funding model, and create a practical 12–24 month sustainability roadmap. Our goal is to strengthen the financial foundation behind programs focused on mentoring, leadership development, college and career readiness, financial literacy, STEM exposure, life skills, and summer enrichment.
This project is focused on strategic advisory support, not hands-on grant writing or day-to-day fundraising execution.
The volunteer will help us identify strengths and gaps in our funding model, recommend an appropriate mix of grants, corporate partnerships, sponsorships, individual giving, major gifts, government opportunities, and other revenue sources, and create a framework for prioritizing funding opportunities and partnerships.
The volunteer will also help strengthen our readiness for larger grants, multi-year funding, and long-term institutional and corporate relationships.
A stronger sustainability strategy will allow Taylor Made Foundation to move beyond short-term funding decisions and build a more intentional, diversified approach to supporting our programs.
We have established youth programs, community partnerships, budgets, program plans, and organizational goals, and can provide relevant materials needed for the engagement. Leadership is prepared to participate in strategy sessions, provide timely information, and implement recommendations. The final strategy will guide fundraising priorities, partnership development, grant opportunities, donor cultivation, and future organizational planning. Our goal is to leave this engagement with a practical framework we can use to strengthen financial stability, measure progress, and responsibly expand opportunities for the youth we serve.
The primary deliverable will be a practical 12–24 month Funding and Sustainability Roadmap that Taylor Made Foundation leadership can use to guide fundraising, partnership development, and organizational growth.
The roadmap should include:
• An assessment of our current funding model, including key strengths, gaps, risks, and areas for improvement.
• A recommended diversified funding mix that may include foundation grants, corporate partnerships and sponsorships, individual donors, major gifts, government funding, fundraising campaigns, and other appropriate revenue sources.
• Clear funding priorities tied to our youth programs and organizational goals.
• A 12–24 month action plan with recommended goals, milestones, timelines, and next steps.
• A decision-making framework to help leadership evaluate and prioritize funding opportunities based on mission alignment, effort, revenue potential, sustainability, and organizational capacity.
• Recommendations for strengthening our readiness for larger grants, multi-year funding, and corporate or institutional partnerships.
• Suggested fundraising metrics and key performance indicators that leadership can use to monitor progress.
• Recommendations for systems, processes, or tools that can improve how we track prospects, donors, partnerships, opportunities, and follow-up.
The final deliverable should be concise, actionable, and designed for ongoing use by leadership. We are not seeking a general fundraising report. We want a working strategy that helps Taylor Made Foundation make better funding decisions, diversify revenue, reduce dependence on short-term opportunities, and build a stronger financial foundation for our programs serving students in grades 6–12.
