Terms of Reference

Purpose: The Fundraising Committee is responsible for the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of resources required to successfully deliver a Free-net service to the citizens of the Halifax Metropolitan Area.

Internal Linkages:

will depend heavily on the Communications Committee to develop public awareness and sympathy for the financial need;
will require the cooperation and support of the Board of Directors to deliver the organization's message to its various publics and targets;
will expect a long-range plan including realistic financial estimates from which the D.C. will generate the campaign strategies;
will depend on the technical expertise of the volunteers and staff to provide a competent and quality product;
will cooperate with the volunteer development committee to ensure that all community supporters are fully informed as to the need and the strategy.

Major Objectives:

to develop a Capital Campaign for the purposes of establishing a permanent fund of support;
to operate an Annual Fund program to ensure the day-to-day cash flow required and budgeted by the organization.

Terms of Operations:

In order to fulfill these requirements, the Development Committee will:

have a standing member on the Board of Directors;
have an ex-officio member on the Public Relations and on the Finance committees;
have a two-tiered structure to develop and manage: i. a Capital Campaign; ii. an Annual Fund Program
recruit the appropriate people for the lead positions on all the fund raising campaigns and activities;
coordinate the involvement of other groups, individuals and activities in the organization as they may be required for the purposes of development (e.g. the thank you program, solicitation of prospects, recruitment of campaign leaders, etc.
present to the Board of Directors an annual plan and budget for development activities;
report as required to the Board of Directors and present an annual report of activities and results;
will operate within the ethical guidelines as perscribed by the Ethics Code of the Canadian Society of Fund Raising Executives