Summary

Campaign Development Support
Malaika Early Learning Center, Inc. is looking for assistance from an experienced development person or organization with our new Thrive on King - Malaika Early Learning Center. This $105MM facility is being built in conjunction with the ThriveOn Collaboration, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Medical College of Wisconsin and Royal Capital (visit www.thriveoncollaboration.org ). Malaika's contribution will be the operation of a 5 Star rated Early Learning Facility for 80 children and their families along with a teaching/education focus to work with local childcare providers. Our goal is to be both a resource and a center of excellence for all Childcare providers in the Harambee, Halyard Park and Brewers Hill neighborhoods. The facility has been designed to be both a world class early learning facility as well as being a teaching facility. Each classroom will have observation rooms and an adult learning facility has been incorporated in the upper level.
Scope of Project
This Campaign is specifically targeting the Thrive on King project and our need to raise $1,500,000. The funding for this project is anticipated to be primarily through major gifts from private foundations, corporations, and Family foundations. This Development Campaign should be viewed as a project engagement.
About Malaika Early Learning Center
Malaika Early Learning Center is a stimulating, state-of-the-art learning facility dedicated to the young children of Milwaukee and their families. Our early childhood learning program emulates the model programs proven to be the most effective. Open since 2003 we serve 150 children per year from 4 months through third grade. We are a 501(c)3 organization with an engaged Board of Directors and a highly respected Executive Director. For more information visit: www.Malaikaelc.org

Duties

This person(s) engaged will be responsible for working with the TOK-Malaika Development team to bring structure to the approach and provide most of the day-to-day activity surrounding this raise. The TOK committee will be actively engaged in face-to-face meetings, identification of potential donors and prospective donors and overall strategy of the development project. The Development person will need to work with the committee to bring the campaign to fruition and supply/develop all grant requests, cultivation and engagement of donors, solicitations, scheduling of meetings, research of potential donors, etc.

Specifically (and in a bit of chronological order):

• Work with TOK Committee and Executive Director to come up with the "Sell"/case for support i.e. what makes this project unique and worth giving to. This will be important since this campaign will be targeting larger organizations who may have not dealt with Malaika and who might not be interested in giving to the operations of an Early Learning Center. There is a need to communicate the uniqueness of this endeavor and its potential impact on thousands of children over a couple year period. There are no other facilities in Wisconsin set up this way and very few around the country.
• Develop the range of giving levels and benefits of each level (Naming, etc.)
• Develop a prospect list of individuals, companies, foundations, and grant making organizations.
• Develop collateral to be provided with each solicitation.
• Implement Donor Engagement Process:
• Initial Outreach/Follow up Outreach
• Development of Proposals
• Arrangement of Tours/Meetings
• Coordination of TOK Development Committee Meetings
• Coordination of collaborative activities with GMF
• Develop and share stewardship communications with donors to share progress and impact of gifts/grants.
• Submit responses to LOIs for institutional donors and follow-up grant reports.
• Provide regular updates on progress towards goal for TOK Committee.

Timing
Development person would be brought on as soon as the right candidate is identified. The campaign will run through end of 2023 and into the middle of 2024. Construction on the Thrive On King facility started this June and we anticipate initial occupancy by the end of 2023. The development activity will need to take place in advance of operations. The current Malaika site is available for tours, meetings and presentations and is located 1 mile away off of MLK Drive.

Requirements

Qualifications
We need an individual who has experience running a major gifts campaign. Knowledge of the Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin philanthropy landscape is a must. Working knowledge and experience with many of the major grant makers will help us ascertain those organizations that would like to be part of this initiative. In addition, the individual must be able to:

• Either create or oversee the creation of necessary marketing and collateral materials for the raise.
• Write the actual grant proposals.
• Manage all the meetings with potential funders and bring along the appropriate members of the TOK Committee as needed.
• Handle follow up communications with grant making organizations.

Support
The individual or organization fulfilling the role will be supported by and work closely with the Thrive On King - Malaika Early Learning Center Committee. This group will be an integral part of the planning and execution of the raise. However, there will not be clerical support provided to this position. Funds are available to support the clerical needs, but the management of any retained resources would be the responsibility of the Campaign Development Contractor.
In addition, this person will be able to call upon Greater Milwaukee Foundation for support and collaboration as the success of TOK - Malaika is part of their overall initiative for the success of Thrive on King.