Jim Mcweeny Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Directed fundraising campaigns that obtained $1.9 million dollars annually for the organization. Wrote a wide range of grants that obtained support from government, corporate and foundation sources. Helped establish Reggie’s Sleepout, an annual fundraising event that raised over $190,000 in its sixth year. Obtained funding in 2012 from the US Department of.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Directed fundraising and public relations efforts for this non-denominational homeless service provider. Helped develop new programs such as a community meal project that provided new revenue and increased public awareness of the organization.

West Des Moines, IA

Coordinated all aspects of fundraising done on behalf of this professional ballet company, specifically focusing on individual and corporate giving, major donors and grant writing. Instrumental in providing the funding for the April 1996 world premiere ballet adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s novel Doctor Zhivago.

Des Moines, IA

I helped establish and form this organization that participates in work place giving campaigns that provide funding for non-profit social action agencies.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa City And Des Moines, Iowa As Well As Tacoma WA.

Ten years of experience in cold call door to door fundraising. Responsibilities included staff recruitment and development, development of informational materials, as well as data entry and reporting.Played a key role in campaigns to raise the Washington State minimum wage, to stop winter utility shut-offs and create energy efficiency legislation in Iowa.