Piper Rasmussen Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Fundraising operations leadership: Manage 2-3 Development Operations specialist staff; track progress against revenue goals across departments; develop budget forecast with revenue projections for current and future.
• Relationship support: Oversee prospect research; coordinate gifts and provide tax acknowledgment letters to donors and their financial representatives; assign prospects and donors to fundraising staff and oversee.
• IT coordination: Represent donor-centric fundraising priorities in IT project planning; test new functions in CRM/AMS (NetForum) and FMS (NetSuite); identify design issues and errors based on big data review; set up.
• Finance coordination: Oversee gift entry; provide guidance during monthly cash resolution, assuring appropriate treatment for restricted & unrestricted gifts; establish and document business rules for new systems.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Administered, developed, and promoted a $1.2M/year R&D grant program for community-owned and -operated electric utilities.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Frontline support for applicants through the full lifecycle of grants and scholarships
• Prepared marketing and educational products for association membership, Board, and public audiences
• Collaborated with external partners at National Labs and DOE to produce high-quality research deliverables (ex. National Community Solar Partnership Working Group)
• Internally audited and migrated grant and scholarship data between grant management software and new association CRM; verified requirements were met during migration. (Aptify; Foundant; and Salesforce-based Fonteva CRM)

Telenesti Region, Moldova

Returned Volunteer; evacuated and service ended due to COVID-19. Local partners included a leading regional library and a day center for at-risk youth in Teleneşti, Moldova.

Greater New York City Area

Systematized and coordinated a process involving a team of 15+ admin-level staff, scheduling 70+ distinct fundraising trips in 4 countries over 8 months. Created reports, presentations and visual learning tools for internal, executive, and Board member audiences. Developed role-specific onboarding plans for new Development staff.

Greater New York City Area

Offered administrative and research support to the Associate Vice President of Information & Strategy and the growing Information & Strategy team.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted two front-line fundraisers, cultivating portfolios of individual donors giving $5000 - $125,000 annually. (Calendar management, travel planning, expense reporting, moves management, talking points/report development, task management)

New York, New York, United States

Volunteer critic for New York theatre criticism site, Theasy.comWrote stage play The Woman Illusion and won Off-Off Broadway production in competitive Dream Up Festival. Performed all duties as director and co-producer of Festival production: managed fundraising and production budget; hired 13 cast members, creatives, and ushers; arranged rehearsal spaces.

New York, NY

Offered front-line customer service to 2000+ unique teacher users by email and phone, helping them thank their donors. Proactively devised ways to improve teachers' and donors' experiences.

• Constructed sets; painted; worked in woodshop
• Assisted lighting designers with instrument load-in/load-out and focus
• Organized/repaired department storage areas and classrooms
• Purchased and delivered design supplies to classrooms
• Installed and operated light and sound equipment

Greater New York City Area

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Bachelor'S Degree

High School Diploma