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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Design and direct the organization’s fundraising strategy, expanding the number of new foundation funders from 30 to 55, and creating a new individual giving program that experienced a 50% increase in donors in one year and a board giving program that resulted in 100% board giving. Manage a team of three employees and support regional fundraising strategies.Sustain and grow grants to support organizational mission; currently managing 75+ grants and supporting program teams on all reporting and compliance; raised $60 million+ in multi-year grants since Jan. 2019.Cultivate a culture of philanthropy throughout the organization, including staff and board.Established and currently leading the rollout of the organization’s first fundraising database, Salesforce.

Rockville, Maryland, Us

Provided capacity building and training opportunities to resource development teams for 161 Goodwill members across North America to support local community workforce development efforts through in-person, virtual, and face-to-face consultations, presentations, and workshops. As National Director, supervised Sr. Research Analyst and Technical Writer and Resource Development Specialist.Raised more than $121 million in grant funds over three years, winning extremely competitive federal opportunities from the U.S. Dept. of Labor and corporate grants from companies like Google, Walmart, Bank of America, and Accenture. Built and maintained funder relationships (foundation, corporate, and federal) using moves management.Regularly advised senior leaders and executives on funding priority changes, political influences to funding relationships, and strategic relationship development. Improved and managed sub-grant application process for Goodwill members using a new platform, streamlining request for proposal announcements, technical support, scoring, and award notifications.

Freelance associate providing grant writing and technical assistance to higher education clients.Provided federal and foundation grant writing, research, and evaluation support to clients such as Georgia Military College, Lorain County Community College (OH), Oklahoma City University, and The Ohio State University.

Bryan, Tx, Us

Exceeded $3 million annual fundraising goal through a multi-faceted development plan that funded the construction of 35 affordable houses over two years and infrastructure for a new subdivision. Oversaw annual 500-person event using the Benevon model and raised $240,000 over two years. Led Development Department, supervising Development Assistant and Grants and Contracts Manager. Introduced and designed an executive-level fundraising training program for board members.

Austin, Tx, Us

Supervised Development Associate and Annual Fund Coordinator on fundraising database management, gift acknowledgment, volunteer coordination, and fundraising events. Achieved fundraising goal by raising $220,000 in major gifts/pledges. Crafted fundraising strategies for three annual direct mail and corporate giving programs, raising nearly $500,000 for the annual fund. Wrote grants and letters of interest for health and education programming resulting in $195,000.

Chicago, Il, Us

Wrote government, foundation, and corporate grant proposals yielding $1.7 million and managed funder reporting for 30 grants to maintain Federally Qualified Health Center status. Managed external communications in Spanish and English for the local Spanish-speaking population to improve access to healthcare and promote Erie to donors and local officials.

Chicago, Il, Us

Oversaw curriculum development for five university-level academic programs, designed a cross-cultural training program for international staff and conducted program evaluations annually for academic programs in Spain and Ireland.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Spanish

Master Of Urban Planning And Policy, Community Development

Bachelor Of Arts, Hispanic Studies And French