DNAWORKS to Focus on Year-End Digital Campaign

We were first introduced to the good work of DNAWORKS through our client, the Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice (TCCPJ).  DNAWORKS, based in Fort Worth, Texas is dedicated to dialogue and healing through the arts - focusing on identity, heritage, culture, and liberation - and creates impact across the globe.

DNAWORKS reached out to us regarding some possible long-term development consulting, but upon learning of the opportunity to focus first on a year-end digital fundraising campaign, we all agreed to start there.  The online campaign goals are to retain past donors and attract new ones, while providing recommendations on segmenting the current donor base for ongoing touchpoints during the year, as the basic principal that fundraising is relational still applies.  

What will be your year-end fundraising focus?  

Operation Progress Fort Worth to Set Strategic Direction

Operation Progress Fort Worth (OPFW) empowers underserved youth to become educated, ethical, and productive adults who reach their full potential and positively contribute to society.   Their model, replicated from Operation Progress LA, partners with the Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) and supports their Scholars from 3rd grade to college and/or career.  

A recipient of a Funding to Advance Racial Equity (FARE) grant from the North Texas Community Foundation (NTCF), OPFW Executive Director, Dr. Myeshia Smith, and her dedicated board will build on their success to date as we help them establish their first official strategic plan, with a special emphasis on the focus area of fundraising.    

Project Partners was founded in 1995 on Project C3: Classrooms-Corporations-Community and collaborative community programs serving children, youth, and families remain among our favorite causes to advance. It’s an honor to support Operation Progress Fort Worth.

FWSCI Mayor’s International Dinner and Global Awards Set for November 3rd

In a fourteenth year to provide support for this iconic annual event hosted by Fort Worth Sister Cities International (FWSCI), Project Partners will help produce the program and show for the Mayor’s International Dinner and Global Awards, set for November 3rd at the Fort Worth Convention Center.  Working with the FWSCI staff and volunteers, we will help prepare and coordinate the detailed program agenda and show-flow for the event, assure all assets for the audiovisual team are in place, and direct the audiovisual team during the event. 

As our eighteenth assignment with FWSCI in total over the last fourteen years, we are thrilled to once again advance the mission of FWSCI, which is to promote Fort Worth globally and enrich our community through international education, exchange, and commerce – creating a more peaceful and prosperous world.  FWSCI’s important work is fueled by President & CEO Mae Ferguson’s incredible work ethic and expertise, an amazing network of corporate and community leaders, and a base of committed donors. 

Tickets to the Mayor’s International Dinner are a benefit to Members Circle of Giving donors at the Ambassador level and above.  If you are already a Members Circle donor, please RSVP here.  Not yet involved?  We recommend you contact FWSCI today!      

Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice to Advance the Mr. Fred Rouse Memorial

Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice (TCCPJ) partnered with the Rainwater Charitable Foundation to purchase the site of the racial terror lynching of Mr. Fred Rouse.  TCCPJ’s goal with the project is to reclaim this historical site of trauma and use the site as a foundation for community healing and memorialization.   During the initial planning stages of creating The Mr. Fred Rouse Memorial, members of TCCPJ reached out to Project Partners for development consulting and project management. 

Our fundraising readiness work with the board members will result in a detailed fund development plan for the capital campaign needs to include a case for support, a  constituent database, possible naming opportunities and other elements to attract and recognize funder support, identification of the campaign task force members, and the giving table.  We will coach and support the volunteers on the fundraising process of identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, and submit tailored proposals as might be feasible during this phase of the work.

TCCPJ is committed to racial healing in our community.   We know you are, too.  Please join in. 

The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation is Taking Hope on the Road

To raise awareness of suicide prevention, The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation’s 2022 Light the Trail cycling event will include an 1800 mile journey down the Mississippi valley - from Lake Itasca, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana.  Cyclists plan to blaze a new trail of hope and bring about conversations along the route that will educate, inspire, and encourage discussion.  To help further that effort, the leadership of The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation (JEHF) reached out to Project Partners for help with the coordination of these “Let’s Talk” meet and greet outreach events. 

Using the outreach data collected to date, we will work to make connections in each desired location to identify a champion host and conversation-starter, plus set the logistics for the sites, allowing The JEHF staff and volunteer team to focus on the media relations, fundraising, and ride details.  This will be our third assignment with The JEHF, following the facilitation of a strategic planning board retreat and a staff work session which focused on team strengths and virtual office efficiencies.  

Too many of us have lost loved ones to suicide. The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation provides suicide prevention training and education for children and adults, as well as depression research funding.   Please consider supporting their mission today!