Elizabeth Higgins Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Tx, Us

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Provides multifaceted support to regional and statewide nonprofit organizations which includesCapital campaign strategy and development support from pre-planning through post ribbon cutting stewardshipOperational fundraising and grant writingFundraising and subject matter event strategy, planning, and executionBoard development and training to increase brand visibility among key community members and networks, improve Board driven fundraising, as well as strengthen Board involvement and oversightLong term development strategies for organizations designed to help realistically and sustainably increase philanthropic investment

San Antonio, Texas Area

Led corporate and localized community relations efforts for Whataburger, a $2B quick serve restaurant with over 800 locations across 10 states through strategic, charitable giving; Oversaw over $1M budget and the internal CSR software development and rollout; Served as company spokesperson across the 10 states; Leveraged social media, PR and digital newsroom to create awareness and coverage for community efforts; Successfully supervised a team of 1 in the home office and managed 8 agents in the Dallas and Houston; Synthesized community research and analytics to make actionable insights in order to benefit the company and community; Maintained positive relationships with internal and external partners across the state; Planned large and small-scale events for the community, Whataburger corporate office and Whataburger Family Members; Consistently created and negotiated impactful collaborations – including the World’s Largest Homecoming Mum; Leveraged knowledge and connections within the San Antonio community to help amplify local partnerships

Created, delivered, and presented customized funding proposals and grants for donors, corporate partners, community leaders, city and state government, and foundations; Oversaw the planning and execution of multiple fundraising events each year including, but not limited to, an evening cocktail reception, 400 person luncheon, and an outdoor festival with hands-on activities for 2,500 guests; Built and maintained strong relationships with community stakeholders to advance the mission and goals of the organization; Represented the organization in the community at meetings and community events; Managed marketing and communications staff, volunteers, interns, and work study students; Developed annual fundraising budget; Developed and oversaw departmental expense budget; Created and presented reports on fundraising, programs, and attendance to community stakeholders, donors, and board of directors.

Prepared and administered presentations to donors and staff; conducted research and develop major gift prospects for a $100 million, multi-phase capital campaign that encompasses 170,000 square feet of renovated and new exhibition space; steward current donors and maintain positive, substantial communication with donors in all phases of the capital campaign; created and presented focused funding proposals and grants for the capital campaign for individuals, foundations, and corporate partners; managed 50+ active pledge schedules; reported on active and past grants; planned and implemented two opening galas, three naming announcements, one “topping off” ceremony, and several “hard hat” donor appreciation/identification events; represented the development department on a cross departmental core implementation team to transfer the donor database; and train staff and volunteers to use new database.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Communicated with current and past donors and lenders to the collection; provided tours and photographs of exhibitions to donors and lenders; connected appropriate donors and lenders with the development and membership departments; maintained detailed paper and digital records relating to artifacts, donors, and loans; provided access to collections; assisted with preparation for meetings with staff, donors, and board members; worked to process a large back log of cataloging, abandoned property, and unfinished deaccessions; packed, documented and moved 300,000+ artifacts to a new offsite storage facility; and managed rights and reproduction requests for items in the collection.

Tyler, Texas Area

Manage the museum's permanent and special collections, maintain collection records, oversee movement, pack/ship of collection objects, arrange insurance, prep collections-related grant applications, facilitate access to the collection, maintain the collection database, coordinate all incoming and outgoing exhibitions, fabricate mounts, as well as assist in the installations and de-installations of exhibitions.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Sought new acquisitions through donation/purchase, researching and cataloging incoming collections, managing collections blog including writing and promoting blog content, conducting inventories, training volunteers, physical and intellectual care of collections, exhibit work including writing label text, concept, design, (de)instillation, serving the researchers in the library/archive as well as with 3D objects, public programming, assisting with media requests, and providing support for 50+ sites.

Ma, Museum Studies

Activities and Societies: President of the Museum Studies Student Association 2008-2009 Member of the Graduate Student Association 2008-2009

Certificate, Non Profit Administration

Ba, History