Meghan Driscoll Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Ma

• Design, implement, and manage a proactive development plan focused on expanding and enhancing corporate and foundation relationships by directing activities for the advancement of Emerson College.• Effectively manage a portfolio of high-level corporate and foundation prospects.• Partner with faculty, staff, and leadership from across the College to identify priorities and develop strategies to advance Emerson’s mission and meet funding goals.• Manage faculty, staff, and leadership throughout the cultivation process: identification, research, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of corporate and foundation donors.

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Boston, Ma

• Managed a diverse portfolio of foundation and government prospects through the identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship process.• Maintained a strong knowledge of Aquarium programs and priorities, as well as the funding trends for local and national foundations and federal agencies. • Worked closely with senior leadership and other members of staff to help develop strategies for long-term sustainable relationships with funders. • Wrote and presented numerous compelling, formal requests for funding concurrently, including letters of inquiry and proposals, under strict deadlines.• Served as the Aquarium’s liaison, developing and implementing stewardship mechanisms for funders such as prompt acknowledgements, telephone or email communications, site visits, and post-award deliverables, including reports. • Aided in the preparation and review of program budgets, while working closely with the Finance Department to ensure adherence to funding guidelines. • Oversaw the administration of research and conservation grants from the start to the close of the performance period.• Closely tracked relationships with funders in Raiser’s Edge.• Maintained and distributed a calendar of deadlines for all funding opportunities and reports.

New York, New York

• Worked closely with the Vice President of Development to cultivate development strategies and research new funding opportunities for community programming for New Yorkers. • Responsible for writing and editing grant applications for both foundations and government agencies with numerous successes, including more than $1 million in awards from federal funding mechanisms. • Reviewed requests for proposals for application requirements and ensured that all proposals were complete, accurate, and compelling. • Worked closely with program staff to stay abreast of program goals and needs while preparing all grant proposals. • Maintained relationships with existing funders by writing acknowledgement letters and reports that demonstrated the impact of our programs, as well as hosting site visits.• Developed program budgets.

Boston, Massachusetts