Graciela Kincaid

Katie Goddard
 Project Update
• We are open for donations!
– Track the progress of James, Juan, Makayla, and
Maritza at http://alpha.u-fund.org/students
– Reached $1,291 in donations, with an average
donation size of $28
• Check out The CO-Fund Blog
http://cofund.wordpress.com/
• We will launch publicly on May 14th!
2010 CO-Fund Fellows
Logic Model
 Inputs

People & their time: CO-Fund staff, CO-Fund Fellows, CO-Fund Mentors
Money: website design, legal services, donations to Fellowships
Meeting space, computer supplies, other equipment

Activity Activity Activity

Select CO-Fund Fellows and
design their online profiles.
Help Fellows fundraise for
their scholarships.
Promote CO-Fund locally
and through online
mediums.
Enter funding competitions,
apply for grants, and
fundraise for internal costs.
Build website and seek
legal advice.

Output Output Output

4 CO-Fund Fellows
selected. Micro-
scholarships raised ($2,500
per student per year).
Students matriculate to
competitive institutions.
Amount of press coverage
(mentions through blog,
Facebook, Twitter, and
Linked-in; newspaper and
magazine articles).
Competition placements.
Amount of money raised,
number of fundraising
events held. Number of
business partners.
Improved website.

Outcomes (Intended)

Improved college access for low-income students.

Fellows attend the best school they are accepted to.
Fellows’ more able to contribute to society through increased job opportunities, higher
income, greater civic engagement (voting, volunteering, donating to charity).
Lowered barriers of participation for individuals nationwide to contribute to students’
college funds.
Inclusion of CO-Fund in the discussion on college access.
Metrics and Measurement Plan: Outputs
• Full scholarships for CO-Fund Fellows   
– Metric: amount of money           
– Target: $2500 per student           
– Timeline: by first tuition date (August)

• Amount of money raised for CO-Fund internal costs           

– Metric: amount of money           
– Target: $35,000           
– Timeline: by September

• Press Coverage           
– Metric: # blog and Facebook post comments; # followers on Twitter,
Facebook, & Linked-In; # Twitter & Facebook tags, # mentions in articles
or blog posts
– Target:
• 12 blog comments, 24 Facebook comments
• 300 Twitter followers, 300 Facebook followers, 100 Linked-In followers
• 20 article mentions or blog posts
– Timeline: make contact by end of May, receive press by September
Metrics and Measurement Plan: Outcomes
• Inclusion of CO-Fund in the college access discussion (Intermediate)
– Indicators: press coverage (blog and Facebook post comments; followers on Twitter, Facebook,
and Linked-In; Twitter and Facebook tags; mentions in articles/blog posts)
– Target: CO-Fund will be a relevant name mentioned in the college access arena    
– Timeline: by next January 

• Lowered barriers of participation for individuals nationwide to contribute to

students’ college funds (Intermediate and long-term)           
– Indicators: # of donors on website who check that they personally know and support a Fellow;
# donors registered on website; survey of all the donors who have profiles on website;
roundtable event with CO-Fund Fellows and their immediate networks for feedback   
– Target: 75% of all donations made correspond to a registered donor; 75% of all donations are
made by individual donors; 30% donors located in same state as the recipient
– Timeline: ongoing process, first results by September 

• Improved college access for low-income students (Long-term)           

– Indicators: # of students who decline college, attend community college, matriculate to less-
competitive institutions (not their first-choice schools), and/or work through college;
graduation rates           
– Target: we want these numbers to be close to zero; graduation rates close to 100%         
– Timeline:ongoing trend, first results by summer of 2014 (first class of Fellows graduates)