Jeff Grandy Email & Phone Number

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Catapult Fundraising is a full service firm helping non-profit organizations enhance the capacity of their development departments through: Capital Campaigns, Personalized Donor Engagement Programs and Fundraising Services. With offices across the country the teams of experts enhance philanthropy through: Annual Funds and Planned Giving, Major Gift Initiatives, Digital Fundraising, Prospect Research Services, Capital Campaign & Endowment Services which includes the feasibility study and the implementation of the Major Gifts and Campaign Wrap Up phases, and Calling Programs for Annual Fund, Grateful Patients, Major Gift Pipeline Development and Legacy Planning.Responsibilities:Lead Strategic Growth & Fundraiser Empowerment:• Spearheaded 45% annual revenue growth by securing partnerships with influential non-profits, crafting winning proposals, and delivering impactful presentations.• Orchestrated the seamless delivery of diverse services, driving client satisfaction and exceeding fundraising targets across capital campaigns, major gift initiatives, and annual donor engagement programs.Architected Fundraising Success:• Led comprehensive feasibility studies and capacity building analyses, optimizing organizational structure and maximizing fundraising potential for diverse nonprofits.• Cultivated high-value donors through meticulous research, strategic engagement, and tailored donor management, significantly boosting major gift contributions.• Empowered fundraising professionals across the country through expert leadership, comprehensive training, and personalized mentorship, maximizing individual and overall performance.• Championed data-driven fundraising strategies, implementing targeted prospect research, optimizing mailing lists, and leveraging digital tools to amplify impact.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Instructor with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Non-Profit Management and Fundraising Certificate programs. Currently teaching:- Introduction to Gift Planning- Donor Relations- Creating a Development Plan

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Cultivate relationships of a 700+ member portfolio to increase annual financial support of $1,200+ gifts towards $4.6 million department goal for an $11 million organization. Develop leadership donors through targeted prospects with an affinity for public service media. Steward relationships to retain annual donors. Strengthen relationships through campus tours, targeted print and email communication campaigns and individual luncheons.Organize donor growth and retention events to deepen organizational commitment such as: program screenings, access to television personalities, and exclusive high-end dinners. Events ensure donor retention and increase giving.Identification and cultivation of annual and multi-year major gifts of $25,000+. Write gift proposals and outcome reports to ensure gift fulfillment for unrestricted and specialty project gifts. Connect clients to targeted television audiences for sponsorship messaging through individual and team solicitations. Create sponsorship messaging in coordination with production teams and the intent of the client. Schedule messaging for broadcasting. Ensure accurate billing for services rendered. Manage Planned Giving Council of 12 estate planning professionals. Engage council members during cultivation stages of donors’ intentions, through planning documentation and upon their death to coordinate efforts to fulfill the desired legacy. Facilitate collaboration among council members for agreement on gift policies, management of endowment portfolio, marketing outreach and gift commitment goals. Coordinate monthly estate planning seminars to educate individuals how to name Vegas PBS as a beneficiary, while protecting their legacy. Doubled seminar attendees during 2017. Develop a written plan with actionable steps of monthly outreach activities to develop the pipeline of prospective gifts.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Adjunct Faculty instructing:ALDR 505 - Strategies for Personal Success: Developing PersonnelTLDR 599 - Applied Research MethodsTLDR 615 - School Administration, Leadership and AccountabilityTLDR 630 - School Administration, Leadership and EthicsTLDR 650 - School Administration, Leadership and Community

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

DEVELOPMENT OFFICERIncreased annual unrestricted, private funding on behalf of the institution through enrollment in sustained payroll gifts.Identified prospects, cultivated relationships and solicited gifts at the $1,000+ level contributing toward a $1.3 million development team goal. Demonstrate extensive personal networking, solicitation, and donor stewardships with a constituency group over 150. ACADEMIC SUPPORTProvided academic counseling for student-athletes to ensure that they achieve academic progress towards graduation while meeting all university, Mountain West conference and NCAA eligibility requirements. Duties included: on-campus recruitment and admissions for freshman, transfer and international student-athletes, exceeding minimum standards for progress towards degree, domestic and international credential evaluation to determine NCAA initial and continuing eligibility requirements, referrals to campus resources, objective based learning, facilitating student-athlete orientation and life skills programs, course/semester planning, monitor class attendance, identify tutoring needs, preparing institutional and conference reports, and facilitate community outreach. Built effective relationships with colleagues within the department and other on-campus entities. COMPLIANCE SUPPORTDeveloped the structure to successfully implement a sport agent program that abides by institutional and NCAA eligibility and amateurism requirements. Ability to engage Sport Agents in a proactive process. Facilitated rules education workshops for student-athletes, parents, coaches and athletic department staff. Familiar with NCAA website software: LSDBI, RSRO (Waiver Submission), Eligibility Center.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

FUNDRAISINGSolidify partnerships with private, public and non-profit organizations. Grew donor database from 192 to over 3,000 individuals in 5 years. Created CRM segmentation system to analysis giving patterns: in-kind, annual, major, bequests and planned gifts. Fundraised over $200,00 annually. Proficient in Donor Perfect software. Compiled, submitted and renewed grant applications. Upon funding, upheld outcome-reporting requirements. Planned, executed and evaluated event based fundraising. Successfully encouraged volunteers and community members to grow their gifts and become financial donors.FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENTResponsible for all budgetary income and approved all expenditures for our office location. Produced event budgets. Exceeded revenue goals and reduced expenses. Produced monthly and annual P&Ls. Managed cash flow. Created documentation and verification systems among staff team to ensure balanced accounts. Maximized efficient of staff resources, while minimizing staffing costs to the agency.EVENT PLANNING:Managed the design, implementation and evaluation of agency programming in the area of Sibling Preservation. Facilitated program management activities by convening planning groups, leading programming design, supervising implementation activities, maintaining communication among internal and external team members, managing expenses within program budgets, documenting client outcomes, and building successful relationships with referral agencies, child welfare agencies and donors.

Southern California

Overnight camping experience with youth who have lost a parent to assist with the grieving process.

Program Development:Created and implemented a therapeutic sports program for youth living in foster care diagnosed with a variety of DSM IV mental health disorders.Individualized program goals included positive communication, anger management & coping, team building, and self-esteem & self-care. Coordinated weekly schedules of 25+ youth with respective care providers.Measured progress of youth and modified treatment goals as attendance in the program evolved to uphold clinician and Nevada Medicaid best practices.

Ensured the execution of all varsity athletics game day operations. o Coordinated: Pre-Game Set-up, Minor Officials, Event Scripting, Security, Mascot, Ticket Sales (Individual & Group), Entertainment & Prizing, Concessions, Budgeting, Cash Handling Procedures & Post-Game Clean-up.o Management of all emergency situations.Community Relationso Fostered relationships through in-school athlete driven eventso Lab Instructor for 2nd Year Physical Education Students• Responsible for Campus Recreation Programming.o Developed Sport Leagues, Drop-in Sports Activities, and Fantasy Pools.o Promoted active living through aerobic fitness & recreational tournaments.Management and procurement of all sport camps logistics.o Implemented & Developed: lesson plans for tennis, softball, cross-country, strength training, triathlon, wheelchair sport, and multi-sport camps.o Marketing: Determined target market, created marketing publications, media schedule, and website communications. o Budget management and allocation in excess of $65,000.Human resources responsibilities for 25 staff members: interviewing, hiring, payroll, information management, staff training and first aid training

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Coordinated lodging, transportation to and from venue locations and appropriate sport specific staffing levels of officials.

London, Canada Area

• Researched, designed and implemented the Recreational and Instructional sport camps, positioning Sport Western as the preeminent skills camp for athletic development among youth in S. Ontario. • Coordinated hiring, training and scheduling for 85 sport instructors• Organized and produced Sport Western marketing communication opportunities• Budget management and allocation in excess of $425,000.• Completed NCCP Level A & B training.

Master’S Degree, M.Ed - Higher Education Administration, 3.98

Activities and Societies: Pending Publication: Improving Student-Athlete Academic Success: The Implications of the National Collegiate.

Certificate In Sport Sales, Ticketing

Top grossing sales team for the University of Texas Longhorns Women’s Basketball test market.

Ontario College Graduate Certificate, Spot & Event Marketing

Graduate Certificate - Sport & Event Management Internships: Promotional Team Member for Molson Indy Car Race with Molson Sports &.

Bphil, Leadership

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies May 2004 · Major: Leadership & Minor: Marketing Diploma of International Internship July.