Christopher Stenstrom Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

As grant writer for the contemporary music ensemble Intersection I was responsible for grant research, applications, and award management. Through successful local, state, federal, and foundation grants, we have increased grant funding by over 200%. As a consultant, I continue to manage Intersection's donor database and support appeals and the annual.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Manage grants and event sponsorships, including research, proposal writing, working with program staff to track compliance, identify needs and opportunities, and reporting to funders. Responsible for promoting and coordinating the annual Rudolph's Red Nose Run 5K. Develop annual campaign appeals and prepare materials for mailings. Maintain donor database.

In response to the overwhelming need created by the COVID-19 pandemic, I entered client data and requests for emergency financial assistance into the Charity Tracker database. Provided development support through creation of appeals, donor acknowledgement, editing donor communications, reporting, and managing NeedLink's donor database (Little Green Light).

Greater Nashville Area, TN

As a volunteer working with the development team at the Nashville Symphony I have helped create opportunities for patron engagement with musicians, attended donor calls, used the Tessitura database for research and solicitation management, and served as a musician representative to the board of directors and the governing members.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

As a board member I worked with musicians and board members to develop and coordinate concert seasons, promote concerts through social media, email marketing, and web design, and on financial and strategic planning.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

As a board member, including 3 years as president, I helped establish and grow the annual campaign, implemented a donor and volunteer management system, wrote successful grant applications, led strategic planning sessions, laid the groundwork for hiring an operations assistant, and was continually inspired by the enthusiasm and dedication of this.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

With a group of my colleagues I helped create ALIAS, establish it as a 501(c)(3), and served as its first executive director. Working with musicians and the board, I was responsible for planning and organizing concerts, creating development plans and materials, grant writing, web design and email marketing, and generally figuring out how things were.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Music Performance

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Music Performance