Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits (Endeavour)

Dear Project Applicant:

Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits provides management consulting to non-profit organizations that otherwise cannot afford professional consulting. While we do not charge a fee, we ask clients who are satisfied with our services at the end of the consulting engagement to consider making a donation to Endeavour.

If your organization would like our assistance, please:

1. Review our Client and Project Selection Criteria to see if your organization and project meet our requirements.

2. Review our Approach to Consulting to ensure that our approach matches your organization and project needs.

3. If our selection criteria and approach fit with your organization and project, fill out the project application form below.

Please note that we start two project cycles annually, Spring/Summer (mid-March to mid-September) and Fall/Winter (mid-September to mid-March). The deadlines for project applications are February 1st for the Spring/Summer cycle and August 1st for the Fall/Winter cycle. If you apply past the deadline, your project will be considered for the next project cycle.

Sections to Complete

1. Organization Information
2. Project Information
3. Contact Information
4. Additional Comments (optional)

Thank you for considering our service.

We will acknowledge receipt of your application as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Executive Team
Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits (Endeavour)
www.endeavourvolunteer.ca

SECTION 1: ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
We work with registered non-profit and charitable organizations in Canada that are staffed by volunteers or employees, and have demonstrable achievements.

Organization name

Website

Head office address

Year established

Non-profit incorporation year

Charitable registration year (if applicable)

Annual operating budget

Annual revenues

Annual expenses

Number of board members

Number of paid staff

Number of volunteers

Mission

If Other Focus/Sector, please specify:

Programs

Clients

Market

Stakeholders

Key decision-makers in organization

SECTION 2: PROJECT INFORMATION
Service Offerings: We currently provide consulting services in the following four practice areas:
• Corporate strategy
• Operations strategy
• Marketing strategy
• Organizational strategy

Services Excluded: We do not provide the following services:
• Fundraising or funding strategies
• HR compensation strategies
• Implementation of our recommendations
• Workshop facilitation
• Volunteer, staff or board member training
• Report writing/editing for formulated strategies/plans

Select the area(s) where your non-profit most needs help with at the moment:

Corporate Strategy
Corporate strategy focuses on the directions and scope of your organization over a long period of time.

Vision & Mission
Create a vision and mission statement that serves your client needs and meet stakeholder expectations

Example project(s):Eritrean Youth Coalition
Strategic Planning
Develop long-term strategic directions, and set the goals and performance indicators to get you there
Example project(s): Epilepsy Halton Peel
Feasibility Study
Determine the viability of your idea before proceeding with a business plan/strategic decision

Example project(s): The Hearing Foundation of Canada
Business Planning
Develop a business plan to support your non-profit's earned income venture

Example project(s): Windfall Clothing Service
Portfolio Strategy
Know which programs/activities your non-profit should focus on to achieve higher levels of performance
Example project(s): Somali Family and Child Skills Development Services

Operations Strategy
Operations strategy focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the day-to-day processes involved in delivering services/products to your community.

Cost Reduction
Identify ways to reduce your costs across the organization

Example project(s): Association for Bright Children of Ontario
Turnaround
Redefine your strategic objectives and restructure your operations, organization and finances
Business Process Redesign
Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your business processes to enhance services and results

Example project(s): Canadian Hearing Society
Operational Model
Design your organization to enhance operations across business/program units

Example project(s): Seeds of Hope Foundation
Feasibility Study
Determine the viability of your idea before proceeding with changes to your organizational strategy

Example project(s): Working Skills Centre

Marketing Strategy
Marketing strategy focuses on increasing your community reach and impact. The following represent key pieces of a marketing strategy. For each area, analyses such as environmental scans, resource allocations, etc. are conducted. Select the area(s) where your non-profit most needs help at the moment.

Client/Member Segmentation
Identify the client/members and opportunities with which your non-profit can make the greatest impact
Example project(s): Fly By Night Theatre Company, Food For the Poor Canada, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Canada, Somali Family and Child Skills Development Services, TechSoup Canada
Branding
Build or strengthen your brand to increase existing or expand into new services, geographies or channels

Example project(s): Meal Exchange
Pricing
Identify the pricing opportunities that will enhance client/member value and your financial sustainability

Example project(s): Fly By Night Theatre Company, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Canada
Outreach Channels
Identify the channels and methods to effectively and efficiently reach and serve your clients/members

Example project(s): Fly By Night Theatre Company, Somali Family and Child Skills Development Services
Feasibility Study
Determine the viability of your idea before implementing/changing your marketing strategy

Organizational Strategy
Organizational strategy focuses on designing an organization to enable people to high-performance.

Organizational Design
Create the roles, relationships, processes and accountabilities that lead to success and sustainability
Example project(s):Eritrean Youth Coalition, Vaughan Youth Cabinet
Volunteer Management
Develop the criteria and processes to recruit, develop, recognize and retain high-performing volunteers
Example project(s): Fly By Night Theatre Company
Board Effectiveness
Develop the understanding, criteria and processes to evaluate and enhance board effectiveness
Leadership Succession
Identify the needs and requirements for leadership continuity and organizational sustainability

Example project(s): Vaughan Youth Cabinet
Feasibility Study
Determine the viability of your idea before proceeding with changes to your organizational strategy

Other consulting needs (please click here to review services we do not offer):

What problem(s) does/do your management/board need to solve in order to enable your non-profit to perform at a higher level?

What is/are the objective(s) that you aim to achieve through working with Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits

What is the expected impact of completing the project on your stakeholders?

How will your non-profit measure the success of the project?

Who will implement the recommendations developed from the consulting project?

When do you need to start and finish the project?

What constraints do you face?

What resources are available to the consulting team?

If you selected "Other" for resources available, please specify:

Disclosure of information: To promote interest in the mission and work of our clients and Endeavour, we publish project descriptions on our website. Project descriptions are kept brief and general to respect confidentiality (examples available at http://www.endeavourvolunteer.ca/projectslist.shtml). Do you consent to publishing a project description?

Yes
To be determined
No (please explain)

If no, please explain

SECTION 3: KEY PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your organization must provide a key contact person for the project, who is accessible by email and telephone on a regular basis, and can meet with the consulting team in the Greater Toronto Area during the engagement, including outside regular work hours.

Contact name

Position title

Office address

Telephone

Preferred method of communication

In addition to key project contact, consulting team may interact with

Board members
Staff
Volunteers
Other stakeholders (please specify: )

SECTION 4: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Endeavour does not charge a fee for our consulting services. As such, we rely on donations to cover our operating costs. We ask clients who are satisfied with our services at the end of the consulting engagement to consider making a donation to Endeavour.

Project Application Form