FY 2020 St Francis Fund Webinar Presentation

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St. Francis Fund
of
Felician Services
Hosted by:
Colleen Fulkerson
VP of Knowledge Management
& Senior Ministry Advisor
Tuesday, September 3 rd at 2pm CDT
Wednesday, September 4 th at 8am CDT

St. Francis’ Letter to the Rulers of the
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People (adapted)
Let us remember that we are always in the presence of God.
To all Leaders and Representatives of the People: We, the followers of Francis of Assisi and your coworkers in
struggling for a better society, send greetings and peace and this message. Keep a clear eye toward life’s end. Do not
forget your purpose and destiny as God’s creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Do not
let worldly cares and anxieties or the pressures of office blot out the divine life within you or the voice of God’s Spirit
guiding you in your great task of leading humanity to wholeness. If you open yourself to God and his plan printed
deeply in your heart, God will open himself to you. Remember that when you leave this earth you can take with you
nothing that you have received—fading symbols of honor, trappings of power—but only what you have given: a full
heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage. Embrace the God of us all and his Word wherever it
surfaces. Imitate his preference for the poor and the powerless. Enter into his plan of liberating all peoples from
everything that oppresses them and obstructs their development as human beings. Do not grow tired of working for
peace among all people. Help remove unjust social structures and patterns of exploitation. Uphold the rights and
dignity of the human person. Foster the creation of a society where human life is cherished and where all peoples of
the planet can enjoy its gifts, which God created for all, in a spirit of love and justice and equality. Now, let us share
the words of St. Francis in his prayer before the crucifix:
Most High, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart. Give me true faith, certain hope, perfect charity, sense,
and knowledge so that I may carry out Your holy and true command.
In Jesus’ name, we pray, AMEN.

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Colleen Fulkerson
VP of Knowledge Management &
Senior Ministry Advisor
• Humanities team member at Good Counsel High
School
• Worked in the non-profit education sector
• Joined Felician Services in 2013 as Senior Ministry
Advisor
• Providing support to St. Francis Fund Committee
of the Felician Services Board since 2014
including criteria and rubric design, compiling
grant applications, and synthesizing review for the
committee

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Purpose of the FUND
• The purpose of the FUND is to provide
financial assistance in developing new
and positive initiatives to help address
unmet or underserved community
needs.

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About the St.
Francis Fund

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$500,000 in the grant FUNDING pool
Fiscal Year
Dollars
awarded
Number of
grants
awarded
FY17 $415,000 17
FY18 $270,000 13
FY19 $423,000 13

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Your questions about the FUND
How do I apply for the St. Francis Fund of Felician
Services?
How do I creatively write the grant and what is
everything I need to include to make it successful?
How programs sustained themselves since receiving
funds?
What are the funding interest areas for this grant?
What are the key performance indicators that would
help us develop a project/collaboration that would be
funded by the SFF while meeting a specific need within
the community?
What are tips and pointers as to what specifically the
fund is looking for in a proposal?
What type of grants are usually awarded?

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Participants will be able to:
• Identify the criteria in the grant
outcomes
• Explain what makes for a successful grant application
• Complete an Executive Summary for a grant proposal
• Share the timetable for the grant process
• Submit a grant electronically to Felician Services
• Gather any questions for follow-up to submit via the
survey after the webinars are completed (check your
inbox tomorrow!)

1. Initiated by Felician Services, Inc., or one of its sponsored ministries,
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or a ministry, or individual considered to be a collaborative member
of Felician Services, Inc.
2. A new and positive initiative that addresses unmet or underserved
community needs or a previously approved St. Francis Fund grant
that is in its 2 nd or 3 rd year of implementation (mid-year report
submitted with 2 nd or 3 rd year re-application). The Grant does not
support already established programs/projects.
3. Financial assistance to initiate programs, including start-up costs.
4. Consistent with the Mission and Vision of the Ministry and the Felician
Core Values for Ministry.
5. Demonstrates a commitment to serve people who are poor and/or
disadvantaged.
Criteria for the FUND

6. Demonstrates a commitment to use all grant money to initiate a
ministry
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that furthers the Mission and Vision of the Ministry and the
Felician Core Values for Ministry.
7. Preference will be given to:
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Applications that indicate outcomes for peoples who are poor and
disadvantaged;
Applications that demonstrate collaborative models;
The ministerial pathways of education, health, shelter, and social
services;
Applications that demonstrate the potential to become substantially selfsupporting;
8. Grants developed within the geographic service areas of the Felician-
Sponsored Ministries, unless otherwise determined by Felician
Services.
Criteria for the FUND
9. Defines clear goals/objectives and expected outcomes which align
with the ministry’s strategic priorities.

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New this year!
After submit, you can print your whole entry (and a copy goes to the CEO)

Same as before, with a little enhancement!
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1. All materials can be found on the Felician Services website
2. You can download the entire St. Francis Fund (SFF) packet in a pdf
form and a version in Word to help you to prepare your grant
3. And, as usual, the process opens the last Friday of August and closes
the last Friday of October
4. Endorsements and collaborations due the first Friday of November
5. If you receive a grant: Get visual! We love to see IMAGES of the St.
Francis Fund at work in you mid-year and year-end reports. It helps us
to display the impact!

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Let’s review
the
application

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And within
our review,
you’ll
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note we
have included
the
established
rubric

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The basics

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The basics

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An exemplary application:
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A. BEGINNING SOMETHING NEW &
POSITIVE TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM
& NEED
Addresses unmet/undermet community
needs, a proposal to support them, and
significant supporting data and document;
articulates how program is a new and
positive initiative for ministry. Clearly
articulates and alignment to the ministry’s
mission & Felician Core Values for Ministry.
B. COMMUNITY SERVED:
QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE
Articulates who the beneficiaries of this
service program will be; provides genders,
ages, income, geography as well as the
number of people served. Communicates
how the people doing service are also
served.

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Felician Village
Dementia Center for
Excellence

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Felician Children’s
Center
Emergency Child Care
Program

An exemplary application:
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C. ALIGN PROJECT GOALS TO
STRATEGIC PLAN TO
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
Aligns goals to elements of the
strategic plan. The program
provides suggested measurable
quantitative data and qualitative
data; adequately addresses how
the ministry will track progress,
results, success, and
effectiveness.

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D. PROGRAM/ PROJECT
DESIGN EXECUTION
Articulates how the ministry has a
clear plan on how it would execute
this vision, including staffing,
marketing, recruitment for the
program/project, etc.

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E. DEFINING
COLLABORATION
Defines clearly the roles of other
Felician-Sponsored Ministries or
other collaborative partners.
What does
collaboration
look like?

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With
another
Felician-
Sponsored
Ministry
With public school districts
and local hospitals/clinics
With local public health agencies

An exemplary application:
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Updated
Check all the areas where SFF monies will be used. Your budget sheet which you will upload should have categories parallel to
these areas. Add other areas as necessary.
F. PROGRAM/PROJECT
BUDGET ALIGNMENT WITH
THE NEEDS OF THE TIMES
Provides a breakdown of items with
costs clearly explained. Budget
matches proposed activities. Other
sources of support and revenue, if
any, are clearly listed. Justifies use
of monies in alignment with
Strategic Imperative 1 and the
Needs of the Times.

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G.
PROGRAM/ PROJECT
SUSTAINABILITY
Provides a forward-looking
approach to program sustainability,
including identifying other methods
and strategies for fund
development.

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Closing out
the
application

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Thank
you,
Print it to PDF for
yourself!

Fictionalized: Caution - ministry might want to think some more
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Senior Living Grant Application
to Provide All Care Providers
with iPhones So They Can Log
Their Work Hours
University Grant Application to
Replace Splinter-Giving
Banisters
Nice to care for those who care
for others, but the committee is
MOST interested in direct service
to communities in need.
School Program to Broaden
Math Scope and Sequence
Build it into your capital
planning as it doesn’t address
an underserved community in
need
It would be nice to support you on a new
math initiative; however, shouldn’t a
school be scoping and sequencing math
anyway?

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Executive Summary
Complete and share with:
Leadership Team
Advancement Committee
Potential collaborating partners
Be certain to give them the
Rubric too so they know the
criteria the committee
established!

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timetable for the FUND
YEARLY TIMETABLE Here is the timetable for grants awarded in FY 2020.
Application opens August 30, 2019 Online Application opens in the About: St. Francis Fund of Felician Services.
Proposals due October 25, 2019 Proposals due through link found online in About: St. Francis Fund of Felician Services.
Invitation to Endorsements
& Collaborators
October 28, 2019
Endorsers including the Ministry CEO and Board Chair, and collaborating partners are
invited via Email from Felician Services to offer feedback on project. It’s in the
ministry’s best interest to alert all people receiving these emails. Do not include or
upload endorsements in the ministry’s grant application.
2nd & 3rd year proposals
only
Endorsements &
Collaborators due
2nd & 3rd year proposals
only
October 28, 2019
November 1, 2019
November 1, 2019
Committee Step 1 November 2019
Committee Step 2 December 2019
Any proposal seeking its 2 nd or 3 rd year of funding (the Committee does not award
beyond three years) will receive an invitation to complete the Mid-Year Report for the
grant received the prior year. This can be completed here: About: St. Francis Fund of
Felician Services.
All endorsements and collaborating partner confirmations due electronically.
All mid-year reports for 2 nd and 3 rd year proposals due.
Evaluated for meeting criteria and, if so, scored and prioritized by the Fund Review
Committee.
Recommendation of proposals and awarding of grants by the Fund Committee to the
Felician Services Board.
Committee Step 3 December 2019 The Felician Services Board will approve the grant recipients.
Notification January 2020 Notification of awards following Felician Services Board Meeting.
Distribution of Funds June 2020 Distribution of funds.

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