C'Ardiss Gardner Gleser Email & Phone Number

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Black Ivy Collective, which provides consulting services and coaching in the philanthropic sector and provides healing spaces for Black scholars, artists, and social justice advocates in community.

The National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) developed the Fellows Program to accelerate the learning and development of family philanthropy leaders, and to add voices to the NCFP community who can both define and elevate effective practices in the sector. The goals of the Fellows Program: - Advance the Field: Empower diverse sector leaders to.

About the Fellowship:This partnership is born out of the Compton Foundation’s former fellowship programs, which from 1970 through the early 2000s supported graduate students and recent college grads working in the Foundation’s areas of interest: peace, the environment, reproductive rights and justice. The Compton Foundation is committed to supporting.

A nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP), a project of Tides, is a national network of changemakers who strive for excellence and equity in the practice of philanthropy.

New York, New York

Andrus Family Fund partners with organizations who help make the connections that our most vulnerable youth desperately need to lead long and successful lives. We believe every young person has the right to more than one opportunity for a good life. The Andrus Family Fund seeks to foster just and sustainable change in the United States. We do this by.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• A managing trustee for the Charlotte Martin Foundation. Trustees function as program officers, researching and developing projects, reviewing proposals and making granting decisions. Review and rank up to 600 grants.
• Lead the effort in writing a position paper that shifts our focus to supporting organizations that are led by people of color (persons reflecting the communities that the organizations are serving).
• Lead the effort and writing of a position paper, which added a focus to fund organization that play a key role in adding a focus area for increasing racial equity and diversity to help close the opportunity gap.
• Lead effort in outreach and proactive solicitation of grantees

Seattle, Washington, United States

Philanthropy Northwest is the network for philanthropists of all types working in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. We are passionate about coming together to learn, spur action, and support one another in our personal, professional and organizational growth. We are home to The Giving Practice, a national consultancy committed to.

Greater Seattle Area

- Cultivate relationships and create community with non-profit partners that we fund and those we may not fund- Co-Create Strategy and Implementation of grants programming- Supporting the board as we dive deeper into doing this work through a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lens.- Manage a grant portfolio of 60+ organizations and doing this work in a.

Association of Black Foundation Executives’ Connecting Leaders Fellowship is a year-long program designed to sharpen the skills and strengthen the leadership capacity of foundation staff, donors, and trustees who are committed to assisting Black communities through philanthropy.

Greater Seattle Area

• As the first Alumni Affairs Program Manager, I designed, developed, and implemented the alumni program at Rainier Scholars.
• Lead efforts at alumni fundraising, friend-raising and fun-raising for all Rainier Scholars college graduates. Design services, activities, and opportunities which support all three of the core pillars of alumni.
• Lead and coordinate Alumni Giving Campaign (with Development team), including direct solicitation of gifts, volunteer leadership, and peer-to-peer solicitation efforts.
• Design, plan, and implement social, professional, and cultural events for Rainier Scholars alumni, including ongoing education on philanthropy for college graduates. Key accomplishments:
• Developed and fostered relationships with new corporate and community partners, such as Amazon, BlackRock, and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Implemented programming for professional networking and career opportunities for Alumni

Greater Seattle Area

• As the Director of Programs, and key member of the executive team, I set the strategic direction of TechStart and STEM Up, the K-8th Grade programs at TAF, working with partner schools to implement the program.
• Recruited and on-boarded new talent for the TAF Teaching Team.
• Developed and fostered relationships with new corporate and community partners.
• Played a supportive role on grant-writing.
• Donor cultivation and outreach

Greater Seattle Area

• Created the first Diversity and Outreach Coordinator position. This position was to ensure that all students were fully supported once they were offered admission at University Prep. Key accomplishments include:
• Developed a program and budget to provide interpretation and translation services for non-native English speaking families for school sponsored functions, family/teacher conferences, and delivery of grades
• Facilitated affinity groups for diverse students and supported students with student led initiatives.
• Member of the 7th, 8th Grade Admissions Team; created support programs around recruitment, support, and retention

Greater Seattle Area

Program and Project Management; Planned and managed large-scale projects, leading teams of 10-15 testers in multi-month testing efforts for our flagship Enterprise Electronic Medical Record product. (formerly IDX Systems, Corporation)

Renton, WA

Worked in the Materials department and earned my certification in Forklift Operation. Moved to the Paint Department and worked in Quality Assurance and repairing fiberglass and metal prior to the trucks being painted.

Bachelor’S Degree, African American Studies

Activities and Societies: Communications Officer - Eli Whitney Students 2005-2008

M.Ed., Education Administration

Associate Of Arts

High School Diploma

Mppa, Master Of Public Policy And Administration