Laura Huth-Rhoades Email & Phone Number

Allegan, MI, US

Allegan, Michigan

• As a passionate organizational growth expert and strategist, I partner with nonprofit organizations to help them build their fundraising and development programs and impact, develop engaging and helpful strategies and.
• Growing revenues for a Habitat for Humanity affiliate from nearly $0 to achieving nearly $500,000 in liquid assets in under three years using diversified, moves-management, relationship-driven strategies.
• Helping a new nonprofit start-up over triple their initial funding goal using a community engagement-focused matching challenge campaign.
• Assisting an organization whose budget was slashed in Illinois' budget crisis expand their database contacts by 240% with an ensuing rise in annual appeals gifts of 500%.
• Providing emceeing, guidance, and coordination for a special event/raise-the-paddle auction that helped an educational organization raise nearly 800% from their original goal.
• Helping a disabilities-focused group catalyze annual giving by 750% over the last decade.My services include project-based consulting, retainer-driven engagements, as well as offering high-energy, deep-impact trainings.

Allegan, Michigan

Because I love to work and don't like sitting still, when I'm not doing nonprofit consulting work, my crazy-smart, super hard-working husband and I run a small side business. We are passionate remodelers, interior designers, landscapers, and gardeners and through our little cottage shop, reCREATE, we help clients re-envision and remodel rooms, homes.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Plan, develop, and implement all development activities (annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, corporate giving, etc.), community education and engagement programs, and public relations activities. Coordinate all storytelling and graphics needs to inspire engagement and elevate awareness. Upgrade all print and online communications and organize.

I joined the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate at a time when organizational finances were tenuous and homebuilding efforts stalled. Within two months, our first homebuild partner and project was secured. I moved the organization from a starvation model to a business-driven model, and in three years, worked with my team to implement low-cost.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Served on the Urbana City Council from 1997-2004, elected twice to represent more than 5,000 residents in east Urbana living in the largest and most diverse of seven city wards. The ward included an array of mixed housing types, income levels, religions, and professions, the city’s downtown, an airport, county seat buildings, and several factories. I.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Founder of this statewide organization formed to train and engage college students across Illinois who were passionate about making their campuses and communities better places. During my 10-year tenure, I grew what began as a 60 students into a network representing 4,000 students on over 125 Illinois campuses. I was charged with developing programs.