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Team
Sustainability
Presented By:
FIRST® in Texas
Jessica Galfas Foundation Director
512.814.3279
FIRST® in Texas Building Texas Partnerships to Support Teams & Events
Gina Watts Outreach Assistant
512.814.3280
Agenda
1. What is Skillpoint Alliance & FIRST® in Texas?
2. Considerations
3. Fundraising Resources
4. Camps
5. Other Ideas?
An industry-driven workforce development agency focused on:
• Strengthening today’s workforce with Adult Workforce Training
• Engaging tomorrow’s workforce with Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
We focus on college and career success, delivering programs in:
Construction * Electrical * Plumbing * HVAC
Computer Training * Health Care * Machinist * STEM
What’s Skillpoint?
Adult Programs
Computer Proficiency
Training
Rapid Entry-Level
Job Training
Intermediate
Job Training
Youth Programs
Robotics Civil Engineering Solar Design & Races
Rapid Prototyping Engineers in the Class
STEM Camps
Game Design STEM Internships
Grade Level
FIRST ® Robotics Competition
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
FIRST ® LEGO® League FIRST ® Tech Challenge Junior FIRST ® LEGO® League
What’s FIRST®?
What’s FIRST® in Texas?
• Founded in 2010
• Skillpoint Alliance
selected to manage the
Foundation in 2013
• Received $4M
• Granted 800 HS teams
• Increase access to
FIRST® programs in
Texas
Our Partners
CONSIDERATIONS
Considerations
• Administrative Support
• Storage Solutions
• Succession Planning
• Season Scheduling
Season Scheduling
1. Summer
– Update your season budget
– Create sponsor packet
– Form a fundraising team
– Brainstorm!
2. Fall
– Research and apply for team grants
– Host fundraising events
3. Winter – Determine budget shortfalls
or surpluses
– Capture images of your team with sponsors’ logos at events
4. Spring – Write “Thank You” notes to
sponsors with photos
– Invite sponsors to your events
FUNDRAISING
RESOURCES
Stages of Fundraising
Making Moves
• Bring more stakeholders into the process
• Tailor to the individual
• Increase your understanding of the donor
What do you ask for?
1. Time
2. Then network
3. THEN money and in-kind donations
– Organizations are more likely to sponsor when
they are already working with you!
FIRST® in Texas
& Texas Workforce Commission
• Over $500,000 for high school FIRST® programs!
• Advancing tournament fees included!
Other Team Grants
• FIRST in Texas Grants – firstintexas.org/grants
• Rural Grants through the Monsanto Fund
• FRC
– NASA
– US FIRST® Rookie Grant from Argosy Fdn
• FTC
– FLL FTC Graduation Grants
– Email [email protected] with “grant opportunity” in the subject line
Fundraising Toolkit
• “FIRST® Fundraising Toolkit”
– Sample budgets
– Mentor role examples
– Example sponsor benefits and levels
– Community analysis to identify potential partners
– Partnership database template
– Organizing a sponsor presentation
– Maintaining sponsor relations
Other
• Moves Management - Made Easy Slides
• FRC Marketing Tools
• FTC Marketing Tools
– @FIRSTinTexas -@firstlegoleague
– @FTCteams -@FRCteams
• YouTube
– Recorded Fundraising Hangout & Webinars
CAMPS
YOU CAN DO IT| Innovation Camps
• Maybe you are already
• Hosting a half or full-day camp
• At YOUR school or an education or industry partner’s campus
But have you thought about…
SELLING CONTENT TO AN EXISTING CAMP | Innovation Spaces
• A complete STEM experience for THEIR summer program
• Half-day, full-day, or one-hour programs
• Includes trained instructor, content, and/or materials
• Hosted on THEIR campus
Camps
• Instructor
– $100 / student / week
• Instructor + Materials
– $125 / student / week
• Instructor + Software + Materials
– $150 / student / week
How much do we charge?
EXAMPLE:
If you place TWO (2) Instructors w/materials in
two different TWO (2) week camps with at
least 15 campers each
2x2x15x150= $9,000
If you pay your Instructors $700 per week ($2,800)
YOUR ORGANIZATION PROFIT= $6,200
It’s Profitable!
OTHER IDEAS?
Other Ideas
• Crowd Funding
– PiggyBackr or Indiegogo
• Build FLL tables for teams
or event hosts
• Host an FLL tournament
• Viral video campaigns
• Incentivize team members
with % credit to trip costs
Making the Ask
• Scenario: Your team needs travel assistance
because the Texas Workforce Commission
won’t cover it. Let’s say you are asking for a discount from a charter bus company
manager to travel to World’s. What do you say?
