Jacob L. Smith Email & Phone Number

• Lead grantmaking process, awarding $500,000, to align with strategic plan, including annually reviewing requests for proposals, overseeing scoring of grants, organizing site visits and making final award recommendations• Direct research initiatives, including an annual public research report distributed to 500 stakeholders and periodic case studies and short reports• Manage philanthropic initiatives of the organization which provide funding and facilitation for unique models to accelerate economic opportunity for women, including managing contract employees who provide ongoing technical assistance and providing regular reporting to national funders.• Oversee Clearing the Path, the agency’s major programmatic event with 300 attendees, which educates community members about the organization’s research and calls to action• Build collaborative partnerships with public, private, and community organizations as well as voices of impacted populations, to identify community needs and opportunities for women• Direct theory of change work for the organization, including researching and implementing best practices and developing formal evaluation tools to measure the impact of TWF’s philanthropic initiatives • Support CEO in organizational culture development through leading creation of community norms and through leading staff committee to provide Race Equity Training contracted through Race Matters Institute.

• Create plan for nurturing existing and potential donors and assist Board and CEO in its implementation, including house parties, written communications, and site visits• Coordinate strategic corporate asks to support major programs and fundraising events• Work with CEO to develop 20th anniversary campaign, providing specific focus on the Next Generation committee and public relations components• Serve as staff liaison to Board fundraising committee• Increase involvement of Young Professionals in the mission of The Women’s Fund• Manage Women Prosper, a giving circle comprised of women in the financial world, which provides a $25,000 grant• Increase number of individual donors, including donors making recurring gifts• Work alongside Communications and Donor Relations Manager to develop donor-centered communications• Manage direct mail solicitation campaign

• Coordinate strategic corporate asks for multiple special events• Point person for KIDS Korner Luncheon with 450 guests that raised $108,000, managing logistics and serving as primary staff liaison to steering committee• Serve as primary staff liaison to development committee for Purse & Passion Luncheon with 1,400 guests• Train development specialist position and assist with donor relations activities as needed• Prepare materials for event committees, including agendas, talking points, development reports, past donor and non-donor lists and other databases • Manage guest lists for all major events• Generate reports and statistical information for all major fundraising events and projects and weekly development activity• Assist in editing all organizational communications pieces, including newsletters, annual report, event programs and other communications, providing specific attention to donor information• Manage social justice blog distributed twice weekly to 700 people

• Processed monetary and in kind donations in database and sent thank you notes to donors• Developed best practices and cleanup for donor database • Created monthly billing system for invoicing pledges• Managed direct mail solicitation campaign with a 9% response rate• Wrote communications pieces, including direct mail solicitation letter, thank you letters, press releases and blogs• Responsible for United Way Campaign, including giving tours of the YWCA, speeches at local businesses and managed internal kick off• Prepared materials for event committees, including agendas, talking points, development reports, past donor and non-donor lists and other databases• Managed guest lists for all major events• Generated reports and statistical information for all major fundraising events• Assisted in editing all organizational communications pieces• Managed launch of social justice blog, writing posts, editing posts and managing blog writers• Served as communications liaison to public policy committee

• Facilitated two-day diversity and tolerance trainings for middle and high school students• Planned a one-day racism awareness event with thirteen sites• Compiled relevant news articles for biweekly newsletter

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)

B.A., Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Honors CollegeUniversity Honors Scholar Thesis: Non-governmental organizations and religion: A look.