Training Program Fund (General Fund: Designation 1)

Above, JFA Trainer Rebecca Haschke mentors students through interactive exercises during a JFA seminar. Your gift to the Training Program Fund allows Rebecca to focus on face-to-face mentoring and outreach conversations.

Above, JFA Trainer Rebecca Haschke mentors students through interactive exercises during a JFA seminar. Your gift to the Training Program Fund allows Rebecca to focus on face-to-face mentoring and outreach conversations.

The Training Program Fund is used to pay the expenses associated with our training, speaking, mentoring, and outreach dialogue work.

Vision

If you look at JFA’s mission statement (train thousands to make abortion unthinkable for millions, one person at a time) and the twin passions that explain it (create lots of conversations with pro-choice advocates and train/equip lots of pro-life advocates to create those conversations), it is easy to see why the JFA trainer and the work of the JFA trainer is really at the heart of everything JFA does.  That’s why the Training Program Fund is so important.  It is used to pay for many of the non-salary expenses incurred by our trainers in the course of JFA’s training, mentoring, speaking, and outreach work.  Since the members of our training team raise support for the majority of what’s needed for their work (their salary), the fact that this fund is used for travel, telecommunications, internet, computer, and other expenses, greatly reduces the support-raising load on each JFA trainer.  This enables them to keep focused on changing hearts and minds of pro-choice advocates, as well as preparing pro-life advocates to do the same.

Notes

This fund is JFA’s annual fund or general fund.  It pays for the expenses our trainers incur in the course of doing their training, speaking, mentoring, and outreach dialogue work:

  • office

  • internet access, cell phone

  • computer for presentations and communications

  • travel costs (gas, flights, food)

  • costs associated with transporting our outreach tools (exhibits, vehicle maintenance)

  • training materials printing costs

  • fundraising costs (newsletters, events, meetings)

  • website server and maintenance costs

  • the salary of our office manager who processes donations, answers phones, assists with event registration, and supports the work of our trainers in many other ways

Gifts to help JFA with its area of “greatest need” generally are placed in this fund.

 

Nov. 2023-June 2024 GOALS

Note: This section is updated periodically. The last update was made on Nov. 22, 2022. Please fill out our Contact Form to request to be notified of our progress in fundraising.

  • $6250 in new monthly support commitments (or annual equivalents) to the Training Program Fund ($75,000 annual)

    • 75 individuals giving $50/month ($3750 in new monthly support commitments)

    • 25 individuals giving $100/month ($2500 in new monthly support commitments)

  • $10,000 for IT infrastructure updates (database)

  • Other goals to be determined as the year progresses. Fill out this form to be updated.