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Collaborative Fundraising

Get updates and insights on DNSI strategies and funding opportunities in this executive track agenda. Learn lessons about working together to resource DNSI and join panel discussions and small group reflection sessions. Discover how DNSI aligns with partner strategies and explore post-I3 strategies and long-term partnerships. Support mature sites, complete feeder patterns, and consider collective efforts with high-needs districts. Explore the DNSI portfolio and hear from execs and funders on collaboration opportunities. Gain fundraising ideas and lessons learned.

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Collaborative Fundraising

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  1. Collaborative Fundraising DNSI 2015 Executive Track

  2. 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

  3. DN aligns with the individual org strategies of the partners

  4. 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

  5. DN partners work together on a spectrum of intensity

  6. The DN portfolio 2015-2018

  7. 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)

  8. Voices from the field: Execs and funders talk about opportunities for collaboration

  9. Ideas around fundraising moving forward

  10. 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.

  11. Partners can support through the fundraising cycle

  12. Different funding strategies for different projects

  13. Working with schools/districts to blend funding streams Instances 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 • Title I funds • Innovation Funds (I3, RTTT, state innovation funds) • School Improvement Funds (SIG, State School Improvement Funds) • Talent Development • Title IIA • Other Professional Development Funds • Communities in Schools • Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act • Community Services Block Grant (Dept. Of Health and Human Services) • DOJ grants

  14. 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.

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