• As of 11/11/24, researching private grant prospects and submitting 12 applications and 3 LOI in FY25, bringing in $190,000 in private grant funding so far.• In FY24, researching private grant prospects and submitting 41 applications and 7 LOI, bringing in $747,500 in private grant funding, $115,000 of which was new, lapsed, or increased funding. Still awaiting responses for a potential additional $55,000.• Leading site visits for foundations.• Using Salesforce to run reports, track deliverables, and process donations.• Facilitating the foundations acknowledgement process.• Assisting with events.

• In FY23, researching private grant prospects and submitting 25 applications and 7 LOI, bringing in $362,550 in private grant funding, $55,150 of which was new, lapsed, or increased funding, or funding for a different program.• In FY22, researching private grant prospects and submitting 20 applications and 7 LOI, bringing in $306,400 in private grant funding, $31,000 of which was new or increased funding.• Leading site visits for foundations.• Using Salesforce to run reports, track deliverables, and process donations.• Facilitating the foundations acknowledgement process.• Assisting with events.

• Researching prospects and submitting 9 applications and 4 LOI toward FY21, bringing in $134,000 in private grant funding, $32,500 of which was new or increased funding.• Using Raiser's Edge to build lists, run reports and process donations.• Facilitating the entire acknowledgement process.• Taking the official minutes at Development Committee meetings.• Assisting with events.• Writing the handbook for the Development Associate position.

826 Chicago - Oct. 2009 - Jan. 2015As a Creative Writing Workshop Teacher, building curriculum for and teaching creative writing workshop for elementary school students. A curriculum I wrote was published in the book Don't Forget to Write: 50 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons (Ages 5 to 12).As a Volunteer Tutor, tutoring in any subject, primarily for elementary and middle school students.Striding Lion - Jan. 2014Using music to aid storytelling by young people. This was a one-off teaching opportunity.Crystal Lake Camps (Hughesville, PA) - June 2012 - August 2012As a Camp Counselor and Instructor, teaching theatre, writing, music, and songwriting.The Goodman Theatre - Jan. 2010 - Apr. 2010As Education & Community Engagement Intern, assisting the organization and implementation of teacher workshops, the creation of student study guides using Adobe InDesign and school field trips to the theatre.Barrel of Monkeys - Nov. 2009 - Jan. 2010As a Volunteer In-School Workshop Teacher, teaching a 6 week in-school creative writing workshop, culminating in a performance of the students' work.Before Chicago:826 Seattle - Sept. 2008 - Dec. 2008As a Volunteer Tutor, helping any student, ages 6 to 18, in any school subject needed. Primarily worked with elementary and middle schoolers with math and English.

Counting and handling all money related to front-of-house as well as preparing deposits.Training and supervising volunteers in ticket sales, merchandise and concessions.

Contract position performing grant research and beginning the application process for funding opportunities.

Worked with Operation Helping Hands in the post-Katrina rebuild effort.

Serving on a two-person individual giving team that successfully raised $1 million in 2008.Using Outlook, Word, Excel and Tessitura theatre management software to import/analyze data.Processing all VIP donations and preparing deposits for the finance department.Rebranding the donor stewardship program and implementing VIP donor stewardship.Planning and implementing new events for donor cultivation and interacting with donors.Facilitating the entire process for VIP donor mailings.Representing ACT in interactions with teleservices and printing companies.Writing the handbook for the Individual Support Manager position.Attending the 2008 Tessitura Conference in Nashville.

Worked with disabled adults to exercise their abilities in the snowy mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

Pro bono. Consulting and assisting in marketing and development, resulting in more than a 60% increase in funds through combined ticket sales and fundraising effort.

Drafting proposals sent to small corporations for partnerships.Facilitating the entire process for solicitation and acknowledgement letters.Assisting at events: interacting with donors, helping with set-up, and entering RSVPs in Tessitura.Providing VIP ticketing service using Tessitura.Supporting the trustees: organizing meeting materials, taking notes, and assisting in fundraising.Filing and various administrative tasks.Writing the handbook for the Development Associate

Using The Foundation Center software and Guidestar.com for grant research.Creating Excel database on all Foundations researched.