Emily Kolakowski Email & Phone Number

Thorn builds technology to defend children from abuse. Learn more about our work at https://www.thorn.org/

• Managed a portfolio of 150+ Mid-level and Major Donors; developing custom engagement strategies to secure new and renewal gifts
• Established the organization’s inaugural Foundation Giving Program; orchestrated complex, multi-year grants (5-7 figure gifts), working in close collaboration with international senior leadership.
• Retained and grew loyal foundation funding by 150% over two years.
• Developed grant proposals, cases for support, letters of inquiry, reports, budgets, and gift acknowledgments.
• Project-managed monthly, quarterly, and annual impact reports, providing progress updates to the organization’s most important donors.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Gaithersburg, MD

• Provided support to 20+ staff, managing project and event logistics, monitoring budgets, and processing invoices.
• Worked on the successful “Yes on Prop. 12: Prevent Cruelty California” coalition-wide ballot initiative. Managed social media accounts, hosted phone banking events, and engaged in-state volunteers.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

• Assisted with outreach: contacting schools and other institutional food service providers for Meatless Monday and Forward Food events, created and maintained relational database.
• Supported Public Policy team: drafting Letters to the Editor, calling legislators, and engaging volunteers.

Boone, NC

• Oversaw daily operations including sales performance, staff management, inventory, and storepresentation; Coordinated logistics for monthly in-house community events.

Boone, NC

J.M. Coetzee's "The Lives of Animals" with Professor Michael Dale