Nicole Smith Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation that supports the worldwide community through its grantmaking, technical assistance and direct charitable activities. The Annenberg Foundation’s total assets are valued at $1.6 billion, with an endowment portfolio of $1.5 billion, which is invested to generate income to support grantmaking and direct charitable activities.Key Accomplishments: ► Successfully managed the processing of $35 million+ in grant disbursements to 500+ nonprofit► Co-Created and launched a new capacity building program under the Alchemy program suite Core Responsibilities-Program Lead for Crypto For Good Working Group -Program Lead for the Alchemy for CNN Heroes, a signature capacity building program for the annual Top 10 CNN Heroes.-Program Lead for the LA2050 grantmaking partnership in conjunction with the Goldhirsh Foundation.-Manage the processing of grant disbursements and payment requests.-Manage administrative needs of the Foundation’s Impact Investing Portfolio

Crypto For Good is an exploratory research group focused on investigating opportunities that intersect philanthropy with web3 and cryptocurrency.

Los Angeles, California

Greater Los Angeles Area

Be MACnificent Academy concentrates on youth academic, intellectual, and physical growth. Our unique strength exists in our unwavering purpose to provide priceless experiences by inspiring, introducing, and aiding youth in Personal Development, Entrepreneurship, Art & Design, S.T.E.M., Physical Health, Economic Empowerment & more."Providing priceless experiences." • Responsible for facilitating collaborations and developing relationships with government, nonprofit, university, corporate, and foundation partners. • Initiate strategies designed to advance the organization mission, while ensuring internal collaboration among program, finance, and evaluation departments to achieve funding goals.

Studio City, California

NPO Solutions is a consulting firm that specializes in expanding the capacity of nonprofit and public sector organizations to achieve their mission. We support and strengthen organizations to build capacity and accelerate their impact.Key Accomplishments: ► Secured 80k+ in foundation funding for select clients within first four months of engagement.► Sourced over $150,000 worth of RFP opportunities for the firm within 8 months.Responsibilities Include:Completing needs assessments and/or research and data collection for projects including document review, online research, interviews, focus groups, etc.• Synthesizing qualitative and quantitative program, financial and organizational data• Preparing visual displays of data that clearly communicate key findings andrecommendations• Drafting portions of reports, presentations, and other client deliverables• Conducting research, literature reviews, etc. on trends and developments that impact our clients and sectors in which we operate• Developing and managing forecasting spreadsheets and other project management tools• Assisting with the preparation and execution of business proposals

Los Angeles, California

USC’s Graduate Student Government has a $2 million endowment that is allocated for student organizations and programming. The finance team provides budget and operational support for managing this endowment.Key Accomplishments: ► Successfully hired and trained 3 team members and onboarded them to all systems within 2 months, increasing payment requisition processing by 30%► Successfully completed year-end reconciling one month before closing deadlineCore Responsibilities:• Manage accounts payable, receivable, and bank statement reconciliation for student organizations.• Assist the payment processing team through budget request management and Internal Requisition disbursements.• Manage reconciling initiatives regarding receipts, invoices, and bank statements during fiscal year closings.

Beverly Hills, Ca

RBC Wealth Management serves the needs of high net worth, affluent, and institutional clients worldwide through a full range of tailored solutions. The PNF Group focuses on financial management for non-profits and foundations in addition to high net-worth individuals. The PNF Group has $260 million assets under management.Core Responsibilities:• Initiate strategies designed to advance the workflow and AUM of the group, while ensuring internal collaboration among financial advisors, client associates, and interns in order to achieve team goals regarding Annuities, 401lk and 529 Accounts.• Assist with client development and prospecting.• Responsible for formulating gift ledgers to track cash flow of donor advised funds for nonprofit clients.• Support client communications by producing newsletters for quarterly market reports.

Los Angeles, California

- Advised students on degree specific programs and procedures- Identified at-risk student scenarios and highlighted opportunities for admission success- Assisted in the development of personal statements for college applications

Greater Los Angeles Area

Community Coalition works to help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy.• Responsibilities included facilitating a classroom of 25 high school students, preparing weekly lesson plans, wellness activities, college bound workshops, and political education workshops.• Taught high school students social justice theories, policies, and practices through political education and grassroots organizing.• Instituted personal development workshops for middle school and high school students.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Public Policy Analysis