NAMI SWI Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA

The NAMI SWI Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA position at AmeriCorps in Neola, IA involves strengthening donor development systems to ensure long-term sustainability for NAMI Southwest Iowa. The role focuses on donor stewardship, communication, and impact storytelling, while developing tools and workflows to engage community support. This capacity-building role is ideal for individuals skilled in organization, communication, and nonprofit sustainability.
NAMI Southwest Iowa provides free mental health education, peer-led support, family support, re-entry programming, and recovery-related resources across a nine-county region in southwest Iowa. As community need grows, the organization must strengthen donor development systems that support long-term sustainability beyond short-term grants and event-based fundraising. The Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA will help build the infrastructure needed to grow and retain community support. This position will focus on donor stewardship, annual giving systems, donor data quality, community partner engagement, impact storytelling, and sustainability planning. The VISTA will develop tools, templates, workflows, and written procedures that help staff communicate impact, engage donors year-round, and maintain consistent follow-up with individuals, businesses, and community supporters. This is a capacity-building role for someone who enjoys organizing systems, improving communication, telling meaningful stories, and helping a mission-driven nonprofit become more sustainable. The member’s work will help NAMI Southwest Iowa continue providing no-cost programs for individuals and families impacted by mental health conditions, substance use, incarceration, rural isolation, and financial hardship.

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Member Duties : The VISTA member will strengthen NAMI Southwest Iowa’s donor development systems by improving donor tracking, segmentation, stewardship, and follow-up processes. They will create donor communication templates, impact updates, annual giving tools, campaign timelines, and community partner engagement materials. The member will help organize donor data in Little Green Light, document procedures, and build a donor stewardship calendar that staff can use year-round. They will also develop systems for collecting impact stories and program data for donor communications while protecting confidentiality. By the end of service, the VISTA will create a donor development manual, 12-month engagement plan, and transition materials to help NAMI Southwest Iowa sustain these systems after the service term ends.

Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Training , Health Coverage* , Childcare assistance if eligible , Living Allowance .



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Terms

Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .

Service Areas

Education , Community Outreach , Ex-Offender Reentry , Health , Children/Youth .

Skills

Community Organization , Computers/Technology , General Skills , Writing/Editing , Team Work , Communications .

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Summary

Program Type:

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

NAMI SWI Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA

Program Start/End Date

09/08/2026 - 09/07/2027

Work Schedule Full Time

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations IOWA

Accepting Applications

From 06/26/2026 To 09/01/2026

Contact Anna Killpack

202 S 2nd St

Neola IA 51559

712-542-7904

anna@namisouthwestiowa.org

www.namisouthwestiowa.org

Listing ID 130018