Whitney Thomas Email & Phone Number

Honolulu, HI

National Headquarters- Remote

• Hired to reimagine the Cohort Program, a Communities of Practice training program for fundraisers across country, including facilitating best practice sharing, problem solving, internal communications and more
• Identify and communicate local fundraising best practices across segments (corporate, individual, foundation) for possible replication across country
• Manage all aspects of the Cohort Program, including administration, strategy, facilitation and evaluation, using Monday.com project management software
• Develop and implement skills-based in-person and virtual webinar training for fundraisers; current projects include leveraging LinkedIn for strategic donor contact, storytelling across giving segments, and intentional.

NHQ- Remote

• Responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the national American Red Cross foundation and United Way growth strategy to raise a combined $65M per year (increases with episodic disasters).
• Develop and implement skills-based webinar training for fundraisers and grant writers working with foundations across the country, including using data to tell a story, building a case for support, program goals and.
• Coach and mentor grant writers and foundation fundraisers, providing guidance on application processes, meeting strategies, and proposal writing
• Develop national strategy to identify prospective foundation donors and recapture lapsed foundation donors through Foundation Directory Online

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Developed donor management plans for portfolio of 120+ foundation and corporate donors resulting in strategic, knowledgeable, and complex asks.
• Lead development team efforts to raise funds for fleet and capital equipment campaigns, resulting in over $700,000 in commitments.
• Served as team liaison between development team and other service lines to gather information for personalized donor solicitations and stewardship.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Manage relationships with portfolio of 32 United Ways throughout state, providing proposals, panel presentations and reports
• Write and submit program and operations funding proposals and supporting documentation for funding for approximately 125 community, family and corporate foundations
• Create strategy to identify, cultivate and solicit United Ways not currently providing funds for Red Cross programs
• Develop and implement strategies for sustainable partnerships with United Ways and United Way funded agencies
• Provide exceptional service and communication to all United Way and foundation partners
• Predict fiscal year budgets for United Way allocations for an over $2 million revenue budget, evaluating and updating budget projections in real time

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Manage relationships with portfolio of 50 foundation and corporate donors;
• Manage the organization’s grants processes, including coordinating the preparation and submission of grant proposals
• Develop project timelines for program completion and outcome reporting
• Establish yearly work plan and maintain calendar for timely submission of all grant proposals, reports, and stewardship
• Oversee communications and collaboration with program and volunteer department staff to ensure accuracy and appropriateness of grant applications and reports
• Support other departments in identifying needs and planning services that necessitate grant funding

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Create digital content for Women’s Philanthropy Institute special giving campaigns
• Generate newsletter content for alumni engagement
• Assist with planning and coordination of donor appeals
• Develop social media tools for alumni engagement
• Gather, generate and edit information for donor solicitation

Pike And Avondale Meadows

Master Of Arts - Ma, Philanthropic Studies

Coursework included: fund development for nonprofits, philanthropy in literature, civil society and philanthropy, law of nonprofit.

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Nonprofit Management

Coursework included: nonprofit marketing, law and public affairs, financial management in nonprofits, human resource management.

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government, Women'S Studies