Joseph Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

- Launched Church Partnership team and in under a year established long term financial and programmatic partnerships with some of the largest churches in America.- Created and launched the Start Course, a free 2.5 hour video course to equip church members on how to reach, empower, and serve a woman in an unplanned pregnancy. First aid course for pro-life ministry. - Launched & marketed Unplanned Grace book - #1 Best Seller on Amazon. - Created & published Reimagining Pro-Life: 30 Days with Save the Storks in digital & print, and on the Bible App. One of the highest rated & most downloaded long-form devo’s on the Bible App. Thousands of physical copies sold yearly.

- Created and led a new flagship PRC program, the National Partner Program.- Led Partner Development, Mobile Operations, and Program teams to connect with Pregnancy Resource Clinics (PRCs) around the country, evaluate clinics based on their financials, fundraising, branding, marketing, operations, and client services, and create an Action Plan for growth.- Connected with major donors and foundations to help support programs and centers. Wrote accepted Grant Proposals totaling over $800k.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Directed both the Affiliate Development and Mobile Operations teams, leading Save the Storks flagship program, the Stork Bus program. Worked with high capacity donors and foundations across the country to help fund internal programs, soliciting, stewarding, and directing over $2 million in funding. Lead the Affiliate Development team to connect with pregnancy centers and other organizations across the country to establish partnership and affiliation with Save the Storks. Managed contracts, gift agreements, and grant offers with both program organizations as well as funding sources. Oversaw the Mobile Operations team to maintain program and product excellence and continuous supply chain. Key Contributions:- Designed, implemented, and managed Grant Committee to manage grant review and allocation- Developed major donor follow-up program for restricted program giving, increasing donor engagement, funds given, and repeated giving among major donors.- Shaped organizational strategy by leading the executive team in creating organizational mission statement, values, strategic goal, and action plans- Created and performs fundraising training program for boards and development teams across the country- Redesigned affiliation process and program to increase signed contracts by 60% over previous year- Doubled program funding and distribution from major donors and foundations, including writing an accepted grant proposal for $550,000.- Created and leads Restricted Funds team made up of program and finance team members to properly steward all designated and restricted funds, ensuring higher levels of accountability and follow through across the organization- Created and leads leadership development program for entire staff- Developing online mobile ministry training program- Wrote Storks Messaging Guidelines, bringing organizational clarity around our messaging and statistics for both internal and external marketing.

Colorado Springs, Co

- Oversees the Mobile Affiliate Program, Save the Storks flagship program, and leads the Affiliate Engagement Department.- Works directly with Executive Directors and Boards to design, market, fundraise for, and produce Mobile Medical Units for Pregnancy Resources Centers across the country.- Acts as production liaison, working with up-fitters to build Mobile Medical Units and set production schedules - Approves marketing designs for fundraising materials and Mobile Medical Unit exterior wraps.- Supervises Logistics Team, working cross departmentally with Marketing and Advancement Departments to establish key tour strategies.- Generates leads for Sales team through affiliate references, mobile appearances, and industry events.- Developed and launched customer service platform for existing Affiliates.- Writes messaging guidelines for use in public and internal marketing.

Antioch Church

Since joining the company, my primary goal is to secure the organization’s financial health by directing all business and HR functions and aligning accounting practices with GAAP guidelines and nonprofit auditing processes.I direct the accounting team and overall staff’s processes and procedures including A/P, A/R, GL, payroll, fixed assets, and reconciliations and oversee financial operations of entire personnel to ensure operations stay on budget and on target to meet objectives. I also create and manage budgets for all nonprofits operating as DBAs under the company umbrella and produce budget to actual reports that include variance analyses. I develop strategies and plans that project future capital and operating expenses while defining long-term financial goals. I also present comprehensive financial reports and analyses to Board of Directors to guide financial planning. My HR responsibilities include recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orienting, evaluating, and coaching personnel; investigating, analyzing, purchasing, and administering health insurance; and verifying OSHA compliance. Some of my contributions include:● Reducing the operating and business costs 46% by leveraging process analysis, creative problem solving, and contract negotiation to maximize profit margins.● Increasing revenue 28% by initiating several fundraising initiatives including the launch of an online platform for donor contributions and creating and successfully implementing a plan that eliminated all organizational debt within one year.● Championing and implementing a fund and class accounting system to facilitate personnel’s ability to track restricted funds, optimize budget practices, and increase organizational transparency. ● Initiating several procurement initiatives that included analyzing and recommending better products to use for the organization’s accounting and organizational database and training staff on their use.

Various Locations

As the consultant director, I have trained, mentored, and coached 100+ facilitators to deliver a cross-cultural training program to thousands of student missionaries. I collaborate with program executives and directors to develop and lead an experiential cross-cultural communication training program, and I also teach and mentor hundreds of students. I have planned and coordinated the training and handled complex scheduling to facilitate training of hundreds of students daily.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

I developed and led the worship music ministry and ensured its alignment with the church’s mission, values, and theology. I also designed mechanical, technical, and performance training and managed multifaceted training to develop students’ skills in ear training, music theory, and various instruments. I collaborated with pastor team members to set and execute department goals and participate in creative planning of Sunday and special services.● I leveraged strong leadership and interpersonal skills to grow the musical arts department’s volunteer staff from five to 30 volunteers within less than three years, cultivating and nurturing the music program from the ground up, designing the curriculum and expanding it to a full-fledged program that includes internships and multiple teams operating in various locations.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

In recognition of exceptional leadership skills, strong strategic talents, and my ability to learn new procedures quickly, I was promoted to Business Operations and Finance Manager shortly after joining the company. In this capacity, I provided daily, full-cycle accounting tasks, managing monthly reconciliations, A/P, A/R, bank and investment accounts, and expense accounts. I also collaborated with donors, vendors, agency staff, management, and board members to develop and implement financial policies and controls. My duties included recruiting, training, and managing volunteers. A key contribution I made in this position included:● Streamlining accounting processes, instituting financial controls, and advising the Business Operations and Finance Manager on strategic decisions.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

I led creative meetings to set event agendas and goals, marketing strategy, and design. I also delegated responsibilities among staff members and managed projects to ensure progression and on-time completion. My key contributions included:● Managing a creative team of 11 employees tasked with planning, coordinating, and executing 50+ promotional, informational, developmental, and training events annually.● Directing and managing a staff of 50+ employees on the day of each event and overseeing event coordination from set-up to take down.

Graduate Certificate, Executive Project Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration