Marcella Cage (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

• Built strong relationships with grantee partners to understand how to best support them;
• Supported grantmaking in India, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and in the United States;
• Managed a grantmaking budget of $1.8 million annually;
• Reviewed grant proposals and ensured documents were compliant with legal and regulatory requirements;
• Made Organizational Effectiveness and Civil Society and Leadership grants to Reproductive Health, Democracy Rights and Governance, Racial Justice, Environment and Science grantees;
• Prepared grant files in Fluxx;

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Helped multiple nonprofits go from an idea to a functioning organization;
• Identified and pursued funding opportunities, including grants, sponsorships, and individual donations;
• Developed fundraising strategies and campaigns tailored to the organization's needs and goals;
• Provided guidance on donor cultivation, stewardship, and retention;
• Conducted organizational assessments to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement for the organizations;
• Recommended and implemented capacity-building initiatives to enhance organizational capacity;

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Starting as the Advocacy Fellow in March 2018, I was promoted to Senior Fellow in August 2018.I was drawn to Population Connection Action Fund because of the work they do around global reproductive health. My.
• Mobilized communities in support of the Global HER Act as a member of the Field team.
• Expanded coalition partners and served as a relationship manager for those partners
• Managed relationships between constituents and their members of Congress.
• Planned the annual conference two years in a row and organized local rallies.
• Composed blogs about reproductive rights in a clear, engaging and conversational style.

Winchester, UK

• Performed a research study on student experience, interviewing international students satisfaction within the University of Winchester.
• Created a management plan for managing student experience based on the study.

Winchester

• Working as the primary representative, key university staff and Union Councillors.
• Attend departmental and university meetings.
• Consult with students on a regular basis. Face to face and online.
• Feeding back issues and responses to and from students, other Student Reps, relevant University staff, and the Student’s Union Education Officer.

San Jose, California

• Serving the less fortunate of Santa Clara county with long time advocate Pastor Scott Wagers. My role has been primarily the following:
• Advocacy for the homeless through public policy,
• Serving food, donating clothes, and lending a helping hand to the unsheltered communities in SJ
• Working with affordable housing networks to make life more livable for the long time SJ citizens
• Meeting with individuals to develop life skills including: housing information, connection to case managers and lawyers, etc.
• Transporting individuals to different shelters and camps when their communities are swept by SJPD

Organizational Leadership Certificate

Women’S Leadership Program, 99.6%

Social Impact Measurement Certificate, Philanthropy And Nonprofit Innovation, A

Master'S Degree, Applied Global Practice (Management), Human Rights & International Development, Policy

Graduated with Distinction. Top 10% of graduating class.

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Relations And Global Studies

Activities and Societies: Study Abroad ProgramGraduated with Honors

Arabic Language