Gregory Johnson Email & Phone Number

Manhasset, NY, US

Ensure FMS is present and active in spheres of influence relevant to its mission and its geography, always attentive to ways in which the Foundation can contribute to collective progress regarding issues and communities of primary strategic interests. And, expand FMS's network of relationships to ensure the sustainable funding its mission deserves.

Sets policy parameters for the organization. In addition, assists in meeting and working with funders and other visitors when they come to Mississippi to observe, meet and discuss their concerns with community people and the organization's work.

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

Direct, manage, and maintain a portfolio of grants and grantee relationships within a multi-million dollar congregation-based social justice funding program.- Grant Making Docket Management- Board Support, Congregational Engagement and Communication- Professional Leadership in Philanthropy

Battle Creek, MI, US

• Managed a portfolio of approximately 140 grants totaling approximately $90 million.
• Co-drafted the foundation’s community engagement and racial equity strategy.
• Organized the foundation’s first racial equity and community engagement joint team learning excursion to Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and New Orleans, LA.
• Reviewed proposals, managed due diligence, and made grant or corporate gift recommendations accordingly.
• Conducted site visits to explore grant cultivation opportunities or monitor and evaluate grant implementation.
• Monitored, received, and responded to programming proposals, requests, and contracts.

Jackson, MS, US

Sets policy parameters for the organization. In addition, assists in meeting and working with funders and other visitors when they come to Mississippi to observe, meet and discuss their concerns with community people and the organization's work.

Jackson, MS, US

- Wrote and submitted successful proposals, concept papers, and letters of intent to foundations and donors.- Identified funding needs, conducted research to pinpoint preferred funding targets, and executed approaches to secure those funds.- Cultivated and maintained relationships with donors, program officers, and foundation staff.-Coordinated the.

Leadership and Management:- Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals- Actively engage and motivate staff, board members, consultants, members, volunteers, event committees.

- Reports and writes accurately with a keen understanding of journalistic ethics and procedures.- Functions quickly and accurately under weekly deadline pressure.- Aggressively and objectively covers state and local government affairs and community issues, including education, health, poverty, and race, and well as social culture in Mississippi and the.

Strategy development and coordination of grassroots groups on federal policy initiatives aimed at ending the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth under 18 in the adult criminal justice system.Co-chair of the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 4 Juvenile Justice Coalition composed of juvenile justice, child welfare.

Organizing, drafting, and editing the Model Code; Coordinating and organizing submission of text from contributors, keeping tract of outstanding assignments, and following up to ensure that all contributors have the support they need to complete assignments; sharing drafts and collecting input from the Model Code Working Group, DSC members and contributors.

New York, New York, US

• Drafted memoranda to assist with litigation in “The Chicago Firefighters Case”, a Title VII class action on behalf of approximately 6,000 African Americans in Chicago; drafted briefs and memoranda to assist with.
• Tracked legislation by monitoring congressional hearings and votes, specifically matters handled by the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, including immigration issues and judicial nominations.

Washington, DC, US

Engaged in research and writing about educational justice, including merit pay to teachers, schools in innovation zones, and the schoolhouse to jailhouse track; conducted research and writing on voter purging and renters’ rights in cities throughout the U.S.; and analyzed phone calls to voter hotlines, researched and analyzed state voting and registration.

DC, Washington, US

Edited and published national publication of the United Negro College Fund’s National Pre-Alumni Council’s newsletter “The Torch”, which was published quarterly; worked with a committee of ten to coordinate a National UNCF, HBCU alumni and pre-alumni conference; and identified speakers and panelist and contacted them and verified their participation for.

Juris Doctor, Law

B.A., English