Katie Harkin, Mpa Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Katie is responsible for grantmaking in the Early Learning subprogram, focusing on the Informal Care strategy which supports organizations that serve family, friend and neighbor caregivers by connecting them to resources and to each other to enhance their ability to provide stimulating and rich learning experiences for the children in their care. Katie also works on Starting Smart and Strong, a 10-year place based initiative in three California communities: Fresno, Oakland, and San Jose to explore concrete ways communities can ensure that every young child, birth through age five, grows up healthy and ready for kindergarten. Her work entails fostering and maintaining relationships with grantee partners as well as across organizations and funders in the early childhood field.

Los Altos, Ca

Program evaluation: - Collaborate with evaluation consultants to oversee evaluations of Foundation strategies, advise on evaluation design, review findings and provide feedback on draft reports, and ensure deliverables align with project goals and meet the needs of all stakeholders. - Manage collection of data from multiple stakeholder groups, administer surveys and analyze results, stay abreast of emerging research, and synthesize information to develop annual strategy dashboard and written reports for senior leadership and trustees. Project management and strategy development: - Coordinate the Early Learning grants portfolio, overseeing all operational aspects of 48 grants totaling $8.6M, to ensure compliance with IRS and state regulations, timely disbursement of funds, and positive relationships with grantees and partners. - Project manage the Informal Child Care portfolio, leading the development of requests for proposals, advising on strategic direction, co-managing evaluations of the grantmaking strategy, and synthesizing key learnings through blog posts, written reports, and presentations to internal and external audiences. - Project manage the Foundation’s place-based grantmaking initiative in three communities in California, monitoring ongoing activities in planning, program delivery, and assessment, designing and facilitating meetings, tracking grantee needs, and synthesizing information in written form as well as presenting to senior leadership. Communications:- Share strategic insights with the field by authoring blog posts, memos, and briefs and presenting to internal and external audiences. Awarded Packard Foundation Golden Apricot Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in alignment with the Foundation’s values, October 2019.

San Mateo, Ca

- Increasing financial support for the organization by developing dynamic grant proposals for foundation, corporate and government funding sources and providing strong stewardship.- Securing $229,000 from foundation and corporate sources in year 1 and $322,450 in year 2, as well as a 3-year $300K government contract. - Expanding program evaluation to demonstrate measurable impact by creating evaluation plans, managing annual evaluation projects, and implementing new program management database.

San Mateo, Ca

- Secured over $94,000 in grants including $20,000 from new sources, more than doubling $40,00 goal, by crafting compelling proposals and maintaining strong relationships with grantors.- Implemented an evaluation plan and revised logic models and theories of change for two programs by liaising with program staff and external evaluation firm to collect data and measure program outcomes.- Collaborated with Fund Development Team to plan successful fundraising and volunteer events and cultivate prospective donors, developed external communications and represent the organization.

Redwood Shores, Ca

Coordinating with the marketing and development departments at a non-profit to facilitate outreach between organizations and with the community, for fundraising events, programs and research presentations.

Burlingame, Ca

Collaborated in the preparation for a Financial and IT audit, which required coordination and review of sensitive material, as well as accurate preparation of documents, to assure compliance with audit requirements and attain a successful result in the upcoming audit.

Murcia, Spain

I am an assistant teacher at a bilingual elementary school in Murcia, Spain. I work with children in grades 1-3 and prepare activities to supplement the curriculum in their English and science classes. I also serve as a cultural and linguistic ambassador, teaching the children about American holidays and broadening their knowledge of the English language.

San Mateo, Ca

As a receptionist at Golden Gate Regional Center, a non-profit organization which provides social services for the developmentally disabled, I performed a variety of tasks. I answered telephones, coordinated schedules, and interacted with a diverse population of clients and social workers. I also utilized my bilingual English-Spanish skills to serve Hispanic clients over the phone, in person, and by translating newsletters.

- AmeriCorps service member with the San Mateo County Office of Education, visiting state subsidized preschools and conducting small-group, school readiness activities with preschool students. - Weekly visits to state subsidized preschool classrooms, establishing relationships with directors, staff, and children. Assessing children’s skill levels and organizing lessons designed to improve math, science, and literacy scores by two levels in a period of 10 months. - Established a curriculum for 12-week preschool playgroups for children currently waitlisted to received subsidized preschool. Recruited children and families to attend and implemented the curriculum in three playgroups in two cities.

Unpaid summer internship. Tutoring children, copyediting, office work, errands.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.)

Activities and Societies: Pi Alpha Alpha Honor SocietyCourses include: Design and Consumption of Research; Applied Data Analysis; Policy.

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: The New University student newspaper, University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP)

Uc Education Abroad Program, English Literature

Activities and Societies: Edinburgh University Trading and Investment ClubStudied abroad through the University of California Education.