AAFS and SVP are just entering their 2nd year of Partnership and already we cannot imagine life before SVP. The first year of our partnership, they gave is $30,000 and this year another $40,000! Of course the money is great but with SVP, the money has become secondary to everything else they have done for us.

Over the past year, SVP has supported AAFS in the following areas of Capacity Building.

Board Development - Our Lead partner has supported our board in developing more defined roles and responsibilities which has lead to the development of our Board Manual. The work we have done this past year will be a huge help in the agency moving forward with succession planning so that AAFS can thrive for many years to come.

Financial Planning - SVP has fostered a relationship between AAFS and KPMG (accounting firm) which has seen a volunteer from KPMG visit our office to assist in a fine tuning of our financial processes. KPMG also provided 2 summer student volunteers for 2 full weeks at the start of summer 2011.

We also now have a KPMG employee on our Board of Directors, Tanis Mathieson is now the head of our finance committee.

KPMG also has become the first Corporate Sponsor for the 1st Annual Calgary Autism Community Awards.

Strategic Planning - One of the first acts from SVP was our LEAD Partner leading a group of Staff, Board Members and Members through a SWOT Analysis. This SWOT Analysis became the document that our 2011 Strategic Plan was based on.

The work SVP has done with us has been immeasurable. Most times when funders call or e-mail, they are checking up on things and ask questions like; "Have you spent the money? Did you complete the report? Is the project going as planned?"

When SVP calls or e-mails, they are asking questions like; "Do you need some volunteers? Is there anything we can do to help? and sometimes they call just to see how we are doing.

 

To learn more about SVP, visit their website HERE!




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