Working with Corporate and Foundation Relations Presented by: The Office of Institutional Advancement Molly Gerber, VP of Principal Gifts & Chief Strategy Officer, Corporate and Foundation Relations Adrea Cope, Administrative Assistant, Corporate and Foundation Relations Laura Mateer, Development Associate, Corporate and Foundation Relations
The Office of Institutional Advancement Corporate and Foundation Relations • The Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team offers services for Jefferson clinicians, researchers, and administrators who seek external funding from non-federal sources including: corporations with philanthropic intent, charitable foundations and associations • Our team maintains relationships with local and national corporations and foundations to keep them informed of the work being done by Jefferson researchers and scientists
What We Do: Identify & Disseminate Research and Program Funding Opportunities CFR researches and informs faculty of current RFP & LOI opportunities through various platforms: • Directly through our gift officer network • Through department chairs • Publishing online to the TJU Research web page • Direct email to faculty CFR serves as a resource to faculty on non-federal grant applications • Liaison for PI/RACE/ORA/Foundation • Proposal development & support • Administrative support and editing of application components
The Philanthropic Grant Funding Cycle Pre-Award Research and disseminate funding • opportunities (basic research and OIA programmatic) • Manage institutional relationships • Assist with proposal development and content Post-Award • Gift receipts • Stewardship (letters, site visits, etc.) RACE ORA Team Pre-Award • Negotiates contract/award Pre-Award • Proposal submission Create budgets • • Route Cayuse SP internal record to ORA Post-Award Communicate with Sponsored Program • Post-Award Accounting • Award management & closeout • Contact sponsor as needed Compliance •
Submission and Follow-Up • CFR works with faculty throughout the entire application process to ensure Foundation and ORA deadlines are met. • CFR will handle application submission for faculty as well and communicate the submission with RACE/ORA/etc. • CFR will communicate with the Foundation for notification of award dates, feedback on applications, and to track future funding opportunities.
Institutionally Competitive Grants • Some foundations limit the number of applicants per institution. An internal competition will be managed through a subcommittee to select the Jefferson applicant for each. • Please DO NOT apply directly — unsolicited applications may disqualify Jefferson from future competitions. • Limitations vary from foundation to foundation. • These notices are distributed by OIAFundingOpportunities@Jefferson.edu through the FT-Faculty, Chairman, and Dept-Admin list-servs. If you are not on one of these three distribution lists, please contact adrea.cope@Jefferson.edu • These opportunities can be accessed on the Jefferson InfoReady Portal
Funding for Programs/ Programmatic Proposals • CFR also manages programmatic grant opportunities, led by Emma DelVecchio, Assistant Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations • Programmatic proposal- A defined project with measurable outcomes and generally 1-3 year timeline • Address community-based needs such as food access, health literacy, community outreach etc. • Enterprise-wide quality-improvement initiatives General operating is rare- looking for novelty and impact • • Interdisciplinary teams, patient education or outcomes focused • Clinical research can be programmatic • Collaborative process that is often organic, involves multiple decision makers and levels of review • Examples: • Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation – Interdisciplinary lung cancer screening Genentech – Lung cancer care coordination • Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation – food buying club • TD Bank Foundation – CoLab with JeffDESIGN •
OIA & JCoR- working together • Strategic Funding • Update CFR on JCoR funding priorities so we can target grants and prestigious foundations within that realm • Research Initiatives • Inform CFR of exciting research projects and promising faculty members across campus • Communication • Share new publications, research findings, breakthroughs, etc. that would be useful for our knowledge in disseminating opportunities to faculty
Please contact us! Molly Gerber Adrea Cope Vice President of Principal Gifts & Administrative Assistant, CFR Chief Strategy Officer, CFR 215-955-8286 215-955-1061 adrea.cope@jefferson.edu molly.gerber@jefferson.edu Sheridan Building 125 S. 9 th Street (b/t Walnut and Sansom) Suite 600 Laura Mateer Development Associate, CFR 215-955-7548 laura.mateer@Jefferson.edu
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