Nate Geller Email & Phone Number

- Leading grants team that increased philanthropic grant revenue by 103% over four years- Overseeing the increase of anchor foundations providing at least $200K by 300% over four years

• Identifying and researching new foundation and prospective individual funding sources
• Writing grant proposals and reports to current funders and letters of inquiry to potential funders
• Stewarding relations with current funders and contacts with prospective institutional funders
• Organizing state registrations for fundraising
• Providing support to Board committees and task forces
• Helped to plan and execute the 100th Anniversary of JTA

• Drafted comprehensive development plan to begin global fund raising
• Implemented first direct mail campaign
• Developed strategy for identification and recruitment of new leadership
• Initiated e-solicitation and program updates for donors
• Prioritized identification and upgrade solicitation of five and six figure annual donors
• Systematized tracking and approach to foundations and institutional partners

• Identified and researched new foundation, corporate and prospective individual funding sources
• Wrote grant proposals and reports to funders
• Maintained contact with institutional funders
• Reached out to media and generated press coverage
• Coordinated webcasts
• Organized special events – Coexistence Week in NY

Represented buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants in the purchase or rental of homes, condominiums, coop's, and apartments. Prepared marketing plans and portfolio presentations to secure listings for sales or rentals of properties. Listed, marketed and sold or rented homes, condominiums, coop's, and apartments. Researched local real estate market.

Wrote proposals to secure Corporate and Foundation Sponsorships in support of Annual General Assembly of Jewish Federations in Toronto and Los Angeles, as well as Tel Aviv I and II Young Leaders Conferences. Consulted on membership drive and wrote membership recruitment brochure for CAJE. Prepared new proposal to engage CEO’s in World ORT.

Directed North American fund raising campaign for graduate and rabbinical school in Jerusalem affiliated with the Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as TALI school system in Israel and Midreshet Yerushalayim educational outreach in Hungary and Ukraine. Planned and implemented the annual campaign, including board development, major gifts solicitations.

Created and implemented programs and advocacy to transition from the efforts to bring about free emigration to facilitate American Jewish support for emerging Jewish communities in the Former Soviet Union that required frequent travel to the FSU to match and build relationships between individuals and communities based in the U.S. and the former Soviet.

Established new fund raising campaigns - Vanguard Division for $5,000 - $9,999 donors, Maimonides Society for healthcare professionals and Passage to Freedom Campaign in support of national effort to fund emigration of over one million Jews and their family members from the then Soviet Union. Facilitated Community Relations Committee and helped establish a.

Directed Zionist summer camp sponsored by Hadassah that served approximately 300-400 High school students per session and supervised about 200 staff. Hired staff,recruited campers, promoted the camp, managed the budget and facility, supervised senior staff and provided programmatic oversight.

As Assistant Director of Young Leadership - Worked with Young Adult Division on campaign, leadership development, programming, and staffed National UJA Singles Mission to Israel. As Planning and Budgeting Associate - Staffed Group Work Agencies Committee including JCC, Hillel, and BBYO, staffed Greater Miami Jewish Youth Directors Council and Youth.

Ma, Jewish Communal Service

Activities and Societies: Community Organization Concentration - Federation Executive Recruitment and Education Program Graduate School.

Ma Jcs, Community Organization, Ma

Activities and Societies: Grad education Hillel Internship at Tufts and CJP

Ba, Near Eastern And Judaic Studies - Education Concentration

Study at Jacob Hiatt Institute in Israel 1978

Education record

Proud to see that JTA covered our student lobbying efforts for Soviet Jewry from the beginning, as I was one of the founders of the SCSJ.