Ellen Steele Email & Phone Number

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Create valuable cultivation opportunities, including film screenings, arts events, meet-and-greets with NPR and PBS hosts, and receptions in private homes, in order to develop relationships with donors
• Manage invitations, track sponsorship and ticket sales, coordinate catering, and oversee eventlogistics for annual President’s Dinner that raises over $200,000
• Increased coordination with membership events team to manage over 60 events annually throughout tri-state area that synchronize membership and major donor priorities
• Streamlined events RSVP system and instituted process of tracking event invites and attendance
• Introduced new Mail Chimp email communications through creating quarterly donor email newsletter, initiating email invitations for events, and increasing email mailing list
• Coordinate communications with donors by writing solicitations, acknowledgments, and specialletters, creating email and print invites, and producing newsletter and program updates

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Held primary role in two-person development team with responsibilities that included:
• Overseeing general development administration, including recording gifts, writing acknowledgments, tracking and invoicing pledges, coordinating benefits, maintaining Patron Manager database, and serving as contact for.
• Managing individual annual giving programs through planning and executing annual solicitation campaigns, facilitating benefits, and communicating with program committees and donors
• Organizing fundraising events through creating event plans and timelines, preparing invitations and mailing lists, managing ticket sales and guest lists, coordinating catering and set up, and communicating with.
• Initiating new grant proposal process, including researching corporate and foundation grant opportunities, preparing annual timeline, coordinating with programming staff, and writing and preparing all proposal documents
• Assisting the Executive Director with major donor campaign by researching major donor prospects and writing cultivation and solicitation materials

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Assisted in every aspect of the annual individual campaign, including: Processing annual fund donations and pledges and monitoring campaign analysis reports Writing solicitation and acknowledgment letters and creating.
• Oversaw benefit fulfillment, including coordinating ticket exchanges and purchases, organizing benefit packets, and assisting with multiple donor events
• Organized and wrote grant materials for an educational grant proposal and proofread grant documents
• Assisted with fundraising and donor events, including Annual Auction, Gala Concert, and Opening Night parties, through creating events materials and invitations, managing guest lists, and organizing day-of-event tasks

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Created monthly e-newsletters to highlight upcoming events and student activities and to encourage online donations
• Aided with multiple special events, including designing invitations, preparing guest lists, and coordinating catering
• Processed solicitation and acknowledgment letters for annual fund and scholarship campaigns

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Assisted with preparations for and implementation of two stewardship events
• Prepared solicitation and acknowledgment letters for annual fund campaign
• Wrote and prepared sponsorship proposals for restaurants, catering companies, and wineries

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Arts Management And History; Minors In Dance And French

Activities and Societies: Honors College, Robert Ivey Ballet, CofC Dance Alliance, Phi Kappa PhiGraduated magna cum laude

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