Executive Director, Foundation Executive Brief

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Opportunity ...... 3

Boys & Girls Club of Canada ...... 3

BGCC Foundation ...... 5

Key Qualifications ...... 6

Biographies: Owen Charters & Mathieu Chantelois ...... 7

For more information, please contact: Tara George Senior Vice President & Partner KCI (Ketchum Canada) Inc. [email protected]

Please note deadline for candidate submissions is September 4, 2018. Resume and covering letter should be sent to the above email address, please.

Executive Director, Foundation Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation (BGCCF) is seeking an Executive Director oversee a variety of fundraising initiatives, with a focus on growing relationships and revenue with individual donors through major gifts, annual giving, and capital/special campaigns. In this newly created position, the Executive Director will focus on broadening and deepening relationships with individual prospects, donors, and trustees to build new revenue streams to help BGCCF achieve and exceed its goals.

The Executive Director will also partner closely with the CEO and the VP, Marketing & Development to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors.

An initial focus of the role will be the identification and recruitment of new members for the Foundation Board of Trustees. Another important aspect of the work will be stewarding relationships with Board member, donors and other stakeholders, through ongoing communications, reporting and personal visits. The Executive Director will also oversee communications, public relations, and marketing to support the BGCC Foundation board and its vision.

The Executive Director will work with the CEO to set annual fundraising objectives and metrics, and will manage, analyze, and report on progress to the Board of Trustees on a regular basis.

This role is based in the national BGCC office in , at Sheppard Avenue East and Highway 404.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CANADA

For more than a century, Boys and Girls Clubs in communities across Canada have been helping young people to discover, develop, and achieve their best potential as they grow to become future adults, citizens, and leaders. As the largest agency in our country serving children and youth exclusively, Boys and Girls Clubs provide quality after school and out-of-school programs to children and youth that support the healthy physical, educational, and social development of more than 200,000 young people and their families in Canada each year. Our mission is to provide a safe, supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships, and develop confidence and skills for life.

-3- Our 16,300 community volunteers and almost 6,000 trained and dedicated full- and part-time staff are motivated by the BGCC vision that all children and youth discover and achieve their dreams and grow up to be healthy, successful, and active participants in society. Club fees are affordable and are subsidized or waived for families in need.

We take pride in developing partnerships with coalitions, other organizations, and governments to develop positions and public policy proposals that enhance child and youth well-being in Canada. Our experience indicates that approaching child and youth development from a positive and preventative developmental perspective effectively contributes to crime prevention, health promotion, and positive opportunities for young people.

Our Public Policy efforts focus on:

 After School  Mental Health  Crime Prevention  Youth Engagement  Youth Employment

The BGCC National Youth Council (NYC) ensures that youth have input into national initiatives and activities. The NYC has been in existence for over 10 years and has enabled BGCC youth to plan and lead a national youth forum every two years. Council members serve as ambassadors and role models for other children and youth throughout the organization and positively influence decision-making on issues related to young people.

Our new strategic plan, Stronger Together, is guided by our core values: Belonging, Respect, Encouragement & Support, Working Together, and Speaking Out. The plan emphasizes:  Strong Clubs. Our Clubs have the resources they need to work effectively. They deliver strong programs and are respected institutions in their communities. All Clubs meet our Operating Standards; many are at the Excelling level.  Strong Voice. Our Clubs are respected voices for children and youth in the communities they serve. Boys and Girls Clubs are known for their great work and are sought-after experts on issues facing Canada’s children and youth.  Strong Communities. Children and youth across the country – especially those that need us most – have access to Club services. Outcomes of Club programs and services demonstrate that our Clubs are vital to the communities they serve.  Strong Together. Clubs work effectively as a federation, with consistent application of common standards, and collaboration on national initiatives.

The national Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada leads the Boys & Girls Clubs movement across Canada, encompassing 96 Clubs in 700 community service locations. The national team of 30+ staff works out of the Toronto office, as well as satellite locations across the country.

For more detailed information on Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada, please visit www.bgccan.com.

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Support from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation ensures the ability of Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada to play a vital role in building brighter futures for Canadian children and youth – now and for generations to come.

The Foundation was established in 1995 to help support BGCC, its member Clubs, and the children and youth that Clubs serve across Canada. The Foundation evolved from the Endowment Fund Board of Trustees, which was established originally in 1968 to oversee an endowment fund created through the fundraising efforts of Alan D. McCall and other directors of the BGCC national board. The Endowment Fund was supplemented by a generous donation from R. Howard Webster. In 1981, Mr. Webster made a five-year gift of $1.25 million for the purpose of distributing grants to Clubs and the national organization, thereby establishing the R. Howard Webster Special Project Fund, which was supported annually by the R. Howard Webster Foundation until 2009. In 1985, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation donated $1.5 million to establish the J.W. McConnell Trust Fund as a fund within the Endowment Fund.

A new endowment campaign was launched in 2005, stimulated by a matching gift challenge of $500,000 from the R.H. Howard Webster Foundation. The match was met and exceeded, with total new contributions and pledges to the Endowment of $3.8 million by the conclusion of the campaign in 2008. To date, the Fund has distributed over $2.8 million to Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada, supporting their capital and equipment needs and development priorities.

BGCC Foundation – Board of Trustees The members of the Board are committed to making certain that the organization has the resources, tools, and support needed to give every child the opportunity to benefit from the experience of a Boys and Girls Club. One of the priorities of the new Executive Director will be to work with the CEO, the Vice President of Marketing & Development, and with existing Trustees to identify, recruit, and support new Trustees who will be actively engaged in fundraising for the Foundation.

Current Trustees:  David Mather, Chair  David Ingram, Vice Chair  Felix Wu, Treasurer & Secretary

-5- KEY QUALIFICATIONS

This senior position will be of interest to an individual with some or all of the following professional and personal attributes:

Philanthropy  Solid understanding and working knowledge of effective fund development strategies, processes, donor motivation and engagement, philanthropic trends, and best practices.  Demonstrated track record in setting and consistently achieving fund development targets.  A strong donor-centric philosophy and approach to fundraising.  Proven experience in identifying, building, and sustaining an ongoing pipeline of individual mid-level and major gift prospects.  Previous experience with undertaking prospect research and relationship mapping.  Familiarity with donor management: identification, qualification, acquisition, stewardship, retention, cultivation, recognition, increasing levels of donor engagement and giving.  Previous success in solicitation of donors at the 5- and 6-figure level, both in partnership with organizational leadership, and on your own when appropriate  Demonstrated success in working effectively with fundraising volunteers and committees.  Creating and managing effective programs for mid-level donor that result in solid donor acquisition, retention, and increased giving.  Experience executing successful high-end fundraising events, such as our annual gala.  Involvement in successful grant-seeking for a variety of foundations and government programs.  Knowledge of gift planning tools and principals, and an understanding of how and when to deploy these in an effective manner.  Ability and willingness to support colleagues in fostering and sustaining corporate partnerships, including sponsorships and cause-marketing.

Communications/Marketing  Strong writing skills, particularly creating engaging, effective, and persuasive donor communications materials and resources (proposals, impact reports, etc.)  Demonstrated ability to work effectively and communicate with a variety of audiences, including donors, volunteers, committees, senior management, and corporate partners.  Highly-effective public speaking and presentation skills.

Other Skills, Knowledge, and Experience  Effective project management abilities.  Excellent organizational, systems management and administrative skills.  Strong research skills and analytical skills.  Highly comfortable with computers and technology.

Key Attributes  Passionate about improving the lives of children and youth in Canada.  Enthusiasm and a positive, engaging, friendly, and respectful approach.  Strong sense of drive, ambition, and ability to take initiative and see ideas/projects/initiatives through to completion.  A strategic thinker who is able to prioritize well and maximize impact.  Highly professional, mature, diplomatic.  Highly organized with attention to detail and accuracy, and thorough record-keeping.  Ability to inspire – donors, volunteers, staff team, media, partners.  A good listener, able to put people at ease, builds trust, and forges strong relationships.  Resourceful and creative.  The ability to speak, read, and write French is an asset, but is not a mandatory requirement.  An undergraduate degree is required for this position, as is the ability to travel periodically for work.

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Owen Charters President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada

Owen is inspired by the amazing staff and members of each Boys and Girls Club, who often face their own challenges but create a world of possibilities for the next generation. He believes the work of our Clubs are vital and our story needs to be told, to give each and every child and youth that passes through our doors the opportunity to grow and build on their ambitions. While he doesn’t get to work directly with kids on a day-to-day basis anymore, he cherishes visits to Clubs and being in the middle of the activities, where you can sometimes hear his ‘camp counsellor voice’ in action.

Born in Toronto, raised in St. John’s, Owen has worked with many non- profit organizations through his career, including youth-serving organizations like the YM-YWCA and Easter Seals. In executive leadership roles, he has focused on marketing and fundraising to raise the profile and grow the impact of various health charities and hospital foundations, and at CanadaHelps, to encourage technologically-enabled philanthropy.

A proponent of a strong, collective voice for the non-profit sector, Owen is a member of the Advisory Committee for the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities at Western University and former chair of Imagine Canada. He holds a BA from the University of Western , and an MBA and a Graduate Diploma in Nonprofit Management, both from the Schulich School of Business, York University. He is also an adjunct member of York’s faculty, lecturing at the MBA-level on nonprofit management.

Mathieu Chantelois Vice President, Marketing & Development, BGCC

Mathieu is dedicated to shouting Boys and Girls Club praises from the rooftops, whether through marketing, media, or megaphone. He believes every young person should be able to dream big and have the same opportunities to realize those dreams.

For more than 20 years, Mathieu has cultivated connections with the executives and sponsors of major corporate and non-profit organizations. His networking skills have contributed to very successful strategic campaigns for Cineplex Media and , as well as volunteer organizations like Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR), Community Centre, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Toronto (MOCA), and Ciné-Franco.

Fluently bilingual, Mathieu frequently appears on CBC’s Francophone radio broadcaster, Radio- Canada, covering a wide range of social, cultural, and political affairs, and he has published over a thousand stories in French and English magazines. With a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Carleton University, he has also completed two years of his PhD in Sociology of Communications from l’UQÀM in .

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