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Mercy Street Fundraising & Development Coordinator VISTA
 
 
 
Mercy Street exists to cultivate mutually transforming relationships with inner-city youth through our Sports, Mentoring, and Leadership Institute Programs. Mercy Street serves over 3,100 children annually in West and South Dallas who are primarily Dallas Housing Authority residents and Dallas ISD students. Since 2003, Mercy Street has been working to address the historical low educational attainment and generational poverty experienced by families in West Dallas, one of the most concentrated areas of poverty in our city. In 2019, Mercy Street expanded into South Dallas where there are similar needs. Mercy Street is focused on serving students and families in Dallas Housing Authority communities (public housing) within the city. Mercy Street is focused on addressing historical low educational attainment and generational poverty experienced by our students and families. Mercy Street builds community and individual support through our program offerings which include Mercy Street Sports foster character development, Mercy Street Mentoring, and the Mercy Street Leadership program provides paid internship opportunities focused on preparing them for life after graduation
 
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Member Duties : Mercy Street serves children in West and South Dallas who are primarily Dallas Housing Authority residents and Dallas ISD students. Mercy Street works to address the historical low educational attainment and generational poverty experienced by families in West Dallas, one of the most concentrated areas of poverty in Dallas. VISTA will research multi-source fundraising strategies for similar sized and scoped organizations. VISTA will create and procedural development documents to establish a strong foundations and corporate partners database. VISTA will participate in development and implementation of end of year giving campaign. VISTA will develop a fundraising plan for active volunteers. The Fundraising & Development VISTA will create systems to increase fundraising and development outcomes to expand the reach of Mercy Street’s antipoverty programming. This position will report in-person/on-site 5 days a week.
 
Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance ,  Living Allowance ,  Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Health Coverage* ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Car recommended . 
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Education ,  Children/Youth ,  Community and Economic Development . 
 
Skills :
Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Education ,  Recruitment ,  Leadership ,  Computers/Technology ,  Team Work ,  Public Speaking ,  Communications ,  Social Services ,  Community Organization ,  Youth Development ,  General Skills ,  Writing/Editing . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Mercy Street Fundraising & Development Coordinator VISTA
Program Start/End Date
11/02/2025  -   11/01/2026
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations TEXAS   Dallas/Ft. Worth  
Accepting Applications
From  09/03/2025  To  10/27/2025 
Contact Jessica Jones
3801 Holystone St
Dallas   TX   75212
512-287-2028
Listing ID 127462

       

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