Jane Crompton Email & Phone Number

Nailsworth, England, United Kingdom

Trusts- Currently lead high-value (five and six-figure) fundraising from trusts and foundations through exceptional research, relationship building, bid-writing, reporting and stewardship.- Recent wins include a £50,000 capital grant from The Edward Gostling Foundation and a £50,000 revenue grant from a family trust (has asked to remain anon).- Achieved a personal application success rate of 74% in 2022/23.- Championed and oversaw transition of trust fundraising data from spreadsheets to Salesforce, including devising new prospect research fields and scoring based on capacity, affinity and propensity; this has reduced duplication, data loss and error, and improved planning, insight and reporting.Legacies - Proactively sourced and followed Institute of Legacy Management guidance to administer Read for Good’s first significant legacy gift and establish future best practice (in the absence of existing in-house legacy expertise).- Sensitively built excellent relationships with the donor’s lay executor and family, to fully acknowledge this important gift and demonstrate its impact; this brought new opportunities to develop legacy giving, promote our cause, and gain funding from a previously unknown foundation.Individual Giving - Guest speaker at the BBC Charity Appeals briefing in January 2023 (shared top tips for a successful Radio 4 Appeal).- Supported, with very limited resources, development of one-off/regular giving and community fundraising, e.g. through improved planning and processes, new supporter newsletters, and joined-up email, website and social media comms.Management - Line managed an experienced freelance trust fundraiser.- Trained, mentored and indirectly line managed a Fundraising & Communications Officer new to trusts. - Currently supporting another Fundraising Officer new to trust fundraising.- Active contributor to management forum and wider charity development, including recruitment, strategy, policies and communications.

Nailsworth, England, United Kingdom

Trusts- Managed and developed extensive, maturing trust portfolio.- Prioritised building excellent relationships with regular, warm funders, whilst also researching and developing the best new prospects to secure a strong pipeline.- Developed clear and compelling four and five-figure funding applications, planned, tailored and submitted to meet funders’ criteria and deadlines.- Achieved a consistently high personal hit rate: in 2021/22, for example, of 75 funding applications submitted, 41% were successful.- Submitted tailored, timely reports, as well as additional updates (where appropriate) to exceed funders’ expectations.- Trained and mentored two Fundraising & Project Officers new to trust fundraising.Other- Co-developed script, wrote promotional and impact copy, and supported donations processes for Read for Good’s first BBC Radio 4 Appeal in February 2022; this raised £68,222 - one of the most successful Appeals that year - and increased awareness of our work significantly.- Oversaw thanking and stewardship of mid-level individual donors, building relationships and securing gift uplifts.- Introduced and championed registration with the Fundraising Regulator and adherence to the Fundraising Code of Practice.- Introduced charity-wide project planning triangles, which have been a stepping stone towards a more detailed theory of change.

Read for Good, Nailsworth (Jan-Sept 2018)Trust FundraiserAudited and refocused trust fundraising for the charity's hospital programme; identified key retention and reactivation targets within existing portfolio; researched new prospects and completed high quality, tailored bids. Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Gloucester (2016)Completed a raffle review, including analysis of current activity, a critical evaluation of key elements, and recommendations to grow future income.Play Gloucestershire, Gloucester (2015-17)Completed a fundraising audit and strategy for this local charity, which transforms the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people through active outdoor play. Subsequently advised on project planning, budgets, funders and bids.

Provided tailored trust fundraising support, specifically:- Assistance with project planning and budgeting- Writing the case for support- Funder research- Bid writingSuccessful projects completed for a range of small to medium sized charities including:St George's House Charity, Wolverhampton, which runs a drop-in centre supporting homeless, vulnerable and socially excluded men. Led a six-figure capital appeal (raising c. 25% more than the target) which enabled St George's House to buy its own premises and pay for essential maintenance work. Spitfire Advice & Support Services, Castle Vale, which helps disadvantaged families across north-east Birmingham. Secured five-figure funding from local charitable trusts, diversifying the funding mix for a new community hub.Balsam Family Project, Didcot, which supports struggling young families in South Oxfordshire. Researched new trust prospects with the greatest potential to provide £80,000 of future revenue funding.Age Concern Southend on Sea, which provides help, information and support for older people in south-east Essex. Researched over £800,000 of potential trust support as part of a feasibility study for a £1.5m capital appeal.

Provided publishing services and consultancy to a range of clients including The British Library and Countryside Books.

Kew

Managed the commercial book and magazine programme of the UK government's official archive and publisher. Led a team of nine, overseeing commissioning, editorial and production, marketing, rights and multi-channel sales. Steered 'Ancestors' magazine from a new subscription-only bi-monthly into a profitable news-trade monthly (c. 150,000 sales p.a.), helping to establish The National Archives as the UK's leading family history reference publisher.

Stroud

Managed Sutton's History publishing programme (annual turnover c. £1.5m). Co-ordinated c. 80 new books annually, plus an extensive backlist. Commissioned and developed individual titles and series, including the best-selling family history bible 'Ancestral Trails' by Mark Herber (c. 150,0000 copies sold and winner of the Library Association McColvin Medal for an Outstanding Work of Reference).

Stroud

Commissioned and project managed a large range of illustrated popular and local history books.

Stroud

Edited, proofed and project managed illustrated history books.

Bachelor’S Degree, History, 2.1

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