Richard Algra Email & Phone Number

Washington DC

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led the Corporate Development team to create and implement numerous partnership proposal to fund the educational programming of the organization that includes two annual meetings (Legislative Summit and National.
• Secured over $2.5M during the third and fourth quarters of 2018
• Secured roughly $2M in corporate support in the first quarter of 2019Worked closely with the marketing and events team to insure well-rounded educational events that are in line with the organizations policy platform.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed and cultivated a donor portfolio of approximately 750 corporate, foundation and individual donors throughout the DC/MD/VA area
• Executed a strategy to not only steward regular major donors but also elevate lower donors to a higher giving level
• Worked as a team to successfully reach our FY18 regional fundraising goal of $25.4M which included hurricane and wildfire disaster fundraising
• Developed and executed a strategy to exceed my fundraising goal of $1.5M and other measures of success for the 2018 fiscal year

Bethesda, MD

• Oversaw and coordinated the Sustaining Partner (SP) Roundtable for the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). This corporate partnership program increased its membership by 20% during my tenure including such partners.
• Wrote numerous grant proposals/applications for corporate partnerships and foundation grants
• The SP program generated dialogue and interest in ASN’s nutrition research and educational programs that resulted in numerous educational grants and support that grew 100% in 2 years
• The corporate-sponsored satellite programs at Experimental Biology 2015 generated $500,000

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Increased funds raised by $250,000 over previous fiscal year within the first 6 months as Director
• Developed and executed a fundraising plan for the 2010 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project that raised over $1M in funds and in-kind product donations
• Met or exceeded established fundraising goals for each fiscal year as Director
• Propelled DC Habitat into the upper ranks of the Combined Federal Campaign and the United Way of the National Capital Area’s yearly individual donation campaigns
• Generated over $200,000 in individual donations with a holiday/end-of-year campaign in 2011
• Assisted in the drafting and execution of a $750,000 grant proposal to Freddie Mac corporation

• Assisted with the cultivation of several planned gifts valued at over one million dollars
• Secured over $500,000 in charitable gift annuities from two rate-adjustment mailings
• Collaborated on the capture of more than $13M in new planned gifts during the 2008 fiscal year
• Helped develop a cultivation strategy that led to a $100,000,000 planned gift
• Assisted the Director of Planned Giving in collecting nearly $10M in maturing planned gifts

• Developed and implemented an individual giving plan for more than 1,000 current and prospective donors and raised more than $250,000
• Expanded the fundraising section of NatureServe’s website to include diverse pieces on planned giving, foundation, and corporation partnership opportunities
• Assisted division management in developing proposals for foundations and corporation funding and maintained the fiscal year 2007 and 2008 development department budget
• Acted as point of contact for all development/fundraising related logistics for the 2007 Conservation Conference, specifically all donor sponsorship deliverables

• Assured financial accountability of all development-related activities, managed research activities, reporting and analysis, and managed administrative operations for the Development Department
• Assisted in securing nearly $1M for the 2007 National Conference on Volunteering & Service through corporate
• Spearheaded the Foundation’s first individual giving initiative and oversaw stewardship of all corporate and foundation accounts
• Assisted the VP & CDO in developing the budget & strategic development plan for FY 2007

Bachelor’S Of Science

Bachlors Of Science, Biology/Pre-Med

Activities and Societies: Project SERVE