Rebecca Kaplan Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Manage a portfolio of grant opportunities across the grant-making cycle according to donor intent and Feeding America’s strategic priorities.
• Maximize strategic alignment, impact, and learning potential of Member Grants.
• Supervise Member Grants Coordinator.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Aligned and integrated the collection of Member Grants data (via applications, grantee reporting, etc.) with Feeding America’s overall priorities and strategies.
• Evolved and supported the use of information to make more data-driven grant award decisions and help assess the impact of member grant investments.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Implemented and supported fundraising and governance projects to help nonprofit clients achieve their missions.
• Managed business operations functions, including communications, marketing, and meeting coordination.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Responded efficiently to research and information needs of Executive Team to support timely decision-making.
• Researched, synthesized, and presented evidence-based practices to enhance internal processes.
• Managed workplace fundraising campaign for corporation with 325 employees, raising $54,000.
• Served on Early Childhood Allocations Panel to allocate $1.9 million in investments to 10 member agencies.
• Implemented racial equity assessment to understand and improve organizational practices.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Research and analyze human services sector to support book project of the Dean.
• Compiled data to inform op-ed published in St. Louis Post-Dispatch on gun policy and campus safety.
• Wrote and edited academic, professional, and school documents as member of Dean’s professional team.
• Supported search for social entrepreneurship professor, recommending the candidate hired for the position.
• Coordinated faculty contributions for book on Social Work Grand Challenges.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Designed new grant application to improve efficiency of grant management process.
• Analyzed and organized 200+ non-profit grant applications for presentation to grant-making committees.
• Supported agency executives and philanthropy committee members at meetings throughout grant-making process.

• Developed methods for effective and strategic impact reporting.
• Created and piloted outcome indicators and measurement tools to standardize evaluation of grantees.
• Updated Board committee documents to improve understanding of volunteer involvement.

Evanston, IL, US

• Coordinated Executive Director’s office by managing schedule, stakeholder meetings, and trainings, and writing grant proposals, letters, emails, reports, and donation requests.
• Led community organizing efforts to recruit, educate, and work alongside six family groups to create alternative community-based housing for adults with disabilities.
• Served as: Staff Liaison to the Board of Directors; Nominating & Recruitment Committee Chair for the Auxiliary Board; and Supervisor of the Advisory Council.
• Presented to diverse audiences at professional conferences, including Arc of Illinois, Speak Up & Speak Out, and Chicagoland Autism Connection.
• Tutored participant in life skills, including budgeting, hygiene, and healthy eating.
• Interviewed featured donors, participants, and staff to write 2012 Annual Report for distribution to 2000+ supporters.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Analyzed program data and evaluated grant proposals to strengthen future funding applications for healthy aging initiatives.
• Conducted community health phone surveys and organized data to assess local health and wellness needs of aging population.

• Supported children with special needs in a summer camp by modifying activities, encouraging interaction with peers, and facilitating participation in the program.

• Tutored international student weekly in public health curriculum by clarifying and simplifying concepts, explaining culturally-specific examples, and providing suggestions on assignments.
• Created study guides and materials for exam preparation.

• Administered surveys to research participants and coordinated subject pool.
• Organized and prepared interview data of mental health workers in post-earthquake Haiti.
• Created quantitative representations for qualitative data in Microsoft Excel to facilitate analysis.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Social & Economic Development Concentration, Management & Policy Specializations

Bachelor Of Science With High Distinction, Psychology

School Of Global Studies