Kari Collins Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Independent grant writer working with small non-profits to build a robust grants-based fundraising strategy.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pa

Philadelphia, Pa

Philadelphia, Pa

Philadelphia, Pa

Collaborated on social media campaign to promote Kickstarter campaign, raising nearly 150% of goal in two months.Research and compile Occupy Wall Street-related news stories.Schedule tweets for 9am-1am, 7 days a week, combining news stories and promotional information about the film.Monitor and reply to incoming messages.Promote account and increase number of followers.

Philadelphia, Pa

Organized fundraising documents and data in preparation for Salesforce integration.Created and managed master development calendar.Prepared and sent annual appeal and annual event invitations.Provided support to Executive Director in building key funder relationships.Collaborated with Drexel Service Learning class to develop fundraising-related curriculum.Initiated and led organizational Twitter account.Assisted LIFT clients with job search, benefit applications, housing, and other services.

Philadelphia, Pa

Coordinate fund-raising efforts to support SBN's educational activities. Develop annual appeal process to individual donors, outreach and grant-writing, lay groundwork for major donor campaign, work with Educational Programming Department to expand scholarship program, work to increase dollars raised from existing fund-raising events.This is an AmeriCorps VISTA position.

Work-study student, harvested vegetables for CSA share

Seven-week program to develop leadership and communication skills within a Quaker context. Attended classes in Quaker history, Progressive Christian activism, non-violent communication, and similar skills. Worked two days a week with New Jerusalem, a faith-based addiction recovery program in North Philadelphia, where I designed and led a workshop on forgiveness. Also worked around the Pendle Hill grounds- cleaning buildings, maintaining gardens, assisting in kitchen, etc.

· Developed tour focusing on Yiddish culture and history to give weekly to visitors· Worked as clerk in bookstore· Opened and organized incoming Yiddish book donations· Entered Member information into computer (Raiser's Edge) and processed monetary donations· Assisted other departments as needed · Counted and organized Yiddish books in warehouse· Collaborated with 11 other students to study the culture more in-depth

M.Div.

Journey distance-learning student

Bachelor Of Arts, Religion And Literature

Activities and Societies: Harold F Johnson scholar, member Slow Foods· Focused on the expression of religious culture outside of religious.

Advanced Diploma, Mass Communications

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, German National Honor Society, Junior MarshalMass Communications Specialty Center ·.