
Speaking at the NE UNL ASD Network Annual Conference
April 2018
I am passionate about helping organizations tell their stories and raise money.
Over the course of my career, I have:
- Participated in successful capital campaigns ranging in scope from $5M to $15M to $400M
- Increased a client’s annual fundraising event (a 5K walk) by 50% from the previous year
- Helped expand an annual fundraising goal by 90% in three years
- Helped expand corporate sponsorship program for an annual summer camp program by 900% in three years
- Worked with major donors to create a renewing Financial Aid Fund, distributing $65k+ annually
- Assisted in preparation of a minimum of 15 government and foundation grant applications every year since 2012
Additionally, I have experience with:
- Board giving programs
- Case statement writing
- Creating and documenting the currency of giving (pledge forms, stock transfer forms, pledge tracking documents and databases)
- Digital giving infrastructure building across multiple third-party platforms (PayPal, Facebook, Eventbrite, online giving day systems, etc.)
- Direct mail fundraising (including annual appeal campaigns)
- Donor recognition systems
- Employer match giving
- Event planning and execution
- Fundraising for new/startup nonprofits
- Grant writing
- Grant research
- In memoriam giving
- Increasing revenue from fledgling programs
- Increasing revenue through earned-income programs
- Major gifts
- Membership/annual giving programs
- Newsletters
- Peer-to-peer fundraising support
- Phonebanking/phonathon fundraising
- Planned giving
- Principal gifts
- Proposal creation
- Streamlining scholarship processes (fundraising, awarding, reporting)
Your organization needs fundraising help. It is always a team effort. I am here for you as a happy taskmaster who can keep track of all moving parts in the fundraising process.