Matthew J. Kalamar Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Camden County, New Jersey, United States

Camden, Nj, Usa

As a member of senior leadership, created and led a team of three to:- Bridge program design and grant-writing functions to support our direct services, convening, and advocacy work and accelerate the expansion of our National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs;- Further organizational business and program development across business units;- Raise $5M+ per year in new and continuing grants and sponsorships.Accomplishments:- Built highly-effective collaborative… Show more As a member of senior leadership, created and led a team of three to:- Bridge program design and grant-writing functions to support our direct services, convening, and advocacy work and accelerate the expansion of our National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs;- Further organizational business and program development across business units;- Raise $5M+ per year in new and continuing grants and sponsorships.Accomplishments:- Built highly-effective collaborative relationships between program and grant-writing functions, with significant increases in support for programs such as Housing First, Putting Care at the Center annual conference, and our clinical redesign initiatives portfolio in South Jersey.- Raised more than $9M from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and $700K from the Peterson Center on Healthcare to support national-level field building, convening, and care model dissemination projects.- Designed a sponsorship strategy and secured more than $650k in corporate, foundation, and professional association sponsorships for the Putting Care at the Center conferences.- Restructured the development working drive and archive to adopt a partnership-centric approach. Show less

Paris, France

Designed and implemented a comprehensive, culturally adapted technical assistance program to strengthen organizational operations, programs, and resource mobilization capacities of African nonprofits:- Provided technical assistance to 7 nonprofits in West and Central Africa on long-term strategy, partnership-building, governance, HR management and team-building, fundraising, and communications.- Conducted program evaluation, strategy development, and skills-building workshops… Show more Designed and implemented a comprehensive, culturally adapted technical assistance program to strengthen organizational operations, programs, and resource mobilization capacities of African nonprofits:- Provided technical assistance to 7 nonprofits in West and Central Africa on long-term strategy, partnership-building, governance, HR management and team-building, fundraising, and communications.- Conducted program evaluation, strategy development, and skills-building workshops (2-3/year).- Oversaw in-house interns and arranged internships and coaching visits between nonprofits.Accomplishments:- Developed and codified an innovative methodology to evaluate and address “empowerment deficits.”- Grew the program from a 2-partner pilot to a 9-partner, multi-year initiative (still running as of Feb 2020).Identified and funded strategic investments in financial management, leadership, IT, and human resources.- Raised $1M from the City of Paris, including securing funding for the 3 years after my departure.- Presented at international conferences in Cape Town (SA), Montpellier (FR), and Brussels (BE). Show less

Paris, France

Directed all programmatic, financial, and administrative aspects of the annual grants mechanism to support HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment projects run by local nonprofits around the world:- Evaluated grant proposals, organized funding committees, contracted grants, maintained grant database, and monitored a portfolio of funded projects (4-5 field visits/year).- Overhauled the grants mechanism: researched best practices, redefined and expanded funding priorities (new countries,… Show more Directed all programmatic, financial, and administrative aspects of the annual grants mechanism to support HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment projects run by local nonprofits around the world:- Evaluated grant proposals, organized funding committees, contracted grants, maintained grant database, and monitored a portfolio of funded projects (4-5 field visits/year).- Overhauled the grants mechanism: researched best practices, redefined and expanded funding priorities (new countries, populations, topics…); designed new application and evaluation procedures and documents; revamped the 12-person funding committee.Accomplishments:- Distributed 600K€/year in financial support for projects reaching thousands of people in 15 countries.- Enhanced efficiency and scope: more than 50% reduction in number of projects received, but increase in eligibility from under 20% to over 65% and net increase in total number of projects funded.- Managed the transition from Oct-to-Sept to calendar-year grants without interruption of projects. Show less

Paris, France And Douala, Cameroon

I undertook a five-week field visit to Cameroon to work with a local HIV/AIDS organization, during which I participated in HIV prevention and care interventions for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and conducted interviews with key stakeholders about factors affecting the design and implementation of these interventions. I then wrote a report about priorities for organizational capacity-building and development of this Cameroonian NGO, in order to strengthen its partnership with Sidaction within… Show more I undertook a five-week field visit to Cameroon to work with a local HIV/AIDS organization, during which I participated in HIV prevention and care interventions for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and conducted interviews with key stakeholders about factors affecting the design and implementation of these interventions. I then wrote a report about priorities for organizational capacity-building and development of this Cameroonian NGO, in order to strengthen its partnership with Sidaction within the framework of the "Homosexuality and HIV in Africa" program. Show less

Paris-La Défense, France

I coordinated English training courses for employees of major French corporations (TOTAL S.A., AGF-Allianz...) and coached French professionals in intercultural communication in English.

Philadelphia, Pa, Usa

I helped run fundraising campaigns and assisted in organizing donor events around the grand opening of the NCC.

New York City, Ny, Usa

I helped prepare funding requests to governments and international institutions (European Union, Norway, Switzerland...) and assisted in organizing launch events following the entry into force of the Rome Statute on 1 July 2002.

M.A., Development Studies, Focus On Health Policy And Hiv/Aids Issues, Summa Cum Laude

Masters thesis (First-Class Pass): "Exploring the factors affecting design and implementation of HIV prevention interventions for Men who.

B.A., International Relations And German Studies, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phi Alpha (Germanics Honor Society), Penn Glee Club: Vice President (2003-2004).