Fundraising Plan

Our organization is currently supporting a not for profit client based in Zimbabwe who are seeking to overcome their funding challenges. We would like to collaborate with students to develop a fundraising plan to meet our goals. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with organization's mission, values and goals. Familiarizing themselves with our past fundraising activities and donors. Conducting background research on fundraising strategies. Developing a donor list, areas of support and timeline for call for proposal for each donor (as relevant) Recommending suitable fundraising strategies and creating a timeline / calendar of these activities. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Creating a draft funding request proposal/template

Margins to Mainstream - Developing Concept for Profitable Women Enterprises

Margins to Mainstream is a radical wealth creation concept adapted by Firestarter IDEAS from the traditional community savings programs of immigrant women. The concept was born out of a realization that women are not fully participating in the economy and are disproportionately represented in informal economic activities. It is a platform where women pool their resources and establish profitable entities in Canada and abroad. Firestarter is seeking to apply a more scientific method of operating the Margins to Mainstream business model so that it can be replicated in Canada, within NGO sector and globally. Areas of focus will include documenting the history of Su Su or ROSCA, identifying possible new structure compatible with Canadian banking systems, researching group training content, develop group performance measurement etc. We would like our assigned intern(s) to preform a comprehensive analysis of our business model and contribute to reviewing the business plan.

Develop and Execute Communications Strategy

We would like students to help us establish a public presence aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. Thrive 263 was created as a vehicle to support women of Zimbabwean heritage living in Canada to increase their participation in the Canadian economy. Thrive 263 catalyzes the financial inclusion of women through collective investment initiatives. Thrive is seeking to create digital presence by sharing their journey through an informational website, social media and other internal communications tools. We are looking to create a strategic communications plan that will raise profile, provide timely information and position for establishment of strategic relationships. You will be working on content creation for our organization, including updating website, content creation, social media, and other collateral that we can use as go-to communications tools. If you like the sound of our culture, and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you.

Defining Strategy

The primary focus for the student will be: (Remove any that don't apply) Strategy - Develop organizational strategy and supporting implementation plan for clarifying product and market; Operations - Recommend improvements or redesign processes/channels for delivering services (consulting services/course curriculum/combination of both?); Marketing - Complete a full customer, competitor, market, and environmental analysis; complete a marketing strategy review; design a new marketing strategy (product, place, price, and promotion); Sales - Design a new/improved prospecting process for our sales team; design a new/improved pricing or service structure.

Set up Company Accounting Office

The purpose of the project is to help the company establish and strengthen accounting system. The company has Quickbooks and the interns will be working to align banking systems with Quickbooks. Transition financial data from Excel to Quickbooks, prepare the company for internal audit. as well as prepare financial projections and forecasts.

Business Proposal writing

We are looking for assistance in finding and completing loan and grant applications that support our mission and vision statement. We believe this project will include: Identifying loan and grant opportunities for black-owned businesses Create a cheat sheet of the high-level requirements for each funding opportunity, including critical information such as due dates Assist with creating key messages for the common sub-headings e.g. background, market analysis, product offered, risk, revenue Improve the clarity and persuasiveness of our company's grant proposal writing.

Developing 3-Year Business Strategy

A start-up real estate investment company owned by Zimbabwean women in Canada is ready to transition from start-up to growth phase. This company is currently run by volunteers and seeks to transition to attract technocrats, external financing while keeping shareholders engaged. You will actively contribute to researching, identifying and documenting identify the growth drivers. In this role you will research various growth enablers in sectors of finance, legal, governance, real estate market and branding. The key project deliverable is a business strategy, including business tactics and supporting budget. The interns will support the work to; - streamline organizational priorities by directing them towards the best use of resources, while achieving the company mission, goals and objectives through stakeholder participation - design strategy, implementation plans , and develop performance management indicators - Review and updating supporting policies and procedures -

Developing 3-Year Business Strategy

A start-up real estate investment company owned by Zimbabwean women in Canada is ready to transition from start-up to growth phase. This company is currently run by volunteers and seeks to transition to attract technocrats, external financing while keeping shareholders engaged. You will actively contribute to researching, identifying and documenting identify the growth drivers. In this role you will research various growth enablers in sectors of finance, legal, governance, real estate market and branding. The key project deliverable is a business strategy, including business tactics and supporting budget. The interns will support the work to; - Streamline organizational priorities by directing them towards the best use of resources, while achieving the company mission, goals and objectives through stakeholder participation - Design strategy, implementation plans , and develop performance management indicators - Review and updating supporting policies and procedures

Margins to Mainstream - Convening Women for Wealth Creation

We would like students to help us with creating content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. FireStarter IDEAS LTD is a social enterprise that helps immigrant women-owned businesses to start up and grow their businesses. We harness female intellectual, social  and financial capital for the specific purpose of building economic powerhouses. We help to overcome barriers and fully participate in the global economy, create meaningful employment and build legacy businesses. Our team brings their expertise to provide one-and-done innovative solutions to start-up and scale up challenges. Ultimately, you will be working on content creation for our organization, including video, social media, and other collateral that we can use as go-to marketing tools. If you like the sound of our culture, and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you.