William Buford Email & Phone Number

Manager, Operations & Development (5/12 – 7/16), Director, Operations & Development (7/17 – 12/19), Intern (9/11 - 7/12)The mission of the Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing is to build resources and support for the field of youth organizing and promote the leadership of low-income youth of color in advancing social justice.● Member of the leadership team with Executive Director and Deputy Director, developing and implementing strategy for grantmaking and technical assistance programs, field-wide learning initiatives and convenings, internal organizational development, and fundraising, funder organizing and communications initiatives● Manages development operations for the organization, writing, compiling and submitting all proposals and reports, maintaining reporting calendar and managing expense tracking and budgeting● Supports funder organizing and communications programming, operationalizing strategic communications and fundraising plans into key messages, strategic communications products and planning and implementing stakeholder development events● Lead researcher on the national youth organizing field; primary researcher and author of 2013 National Youth Organizing Field Scan and project leader of Youth Organizing Landscape Map● Supervises event logistics for small grantee convenings, funder organizing events and national, field-wide youth organizing convenings.● Supervises financial administration and operations activities, including personnel, systems, budgeting and grants management and administration

The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) is the nation's leading nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to the promotion, advancement, development, and cultivation of the Latino arts field. ● Part of a team of consultants providing strategic development support, including individual donor cultivation, foundation funding, and government grants● Managed a successful pilot individual donor fundraising event series, raising more than $40k over two events in San Jose, CA and Houston, TX● Managed, and wrote two successful proposals for funding from the National Endowment for the Arts federal funding program.

Supported clients, predominantly marginalized, low-income persons who use drugs or engage in sex work. Led and supported individual and group mental health counseling sessions, supported peer-to-peer outreach and syringe exchange, holistic health education.

New York, Ny, Us

Founded in 1991 on the basis of an agreement between the Republic of Italy and Columbia University, the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America is a center for advanced research focused on areas relating to Italian history, science and society.● Managed all financial operations of the Italian Academy relating to general administration, post-doctoral fellowship program, academic and cultural events program, and earned income business● Administered the Italian Academy’s annual fellowship program, which makes individual research grants totaling over $500,000 per year● Managed the Academy's annual budget report, endowments and grants, and preparation of documents relevant to fundraising initiatives● Ensured compliance with Columbia University financial policies and procedures relating to federal tax status, grants administration, gifts management, employment law and endowment management

Hamilton, Bm

The Atlantic Philanthropies is an international philanthropic foundation dedicated to bringing about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people across program areas including Ageing, Disadvantaged Children and Youth, Reconciliation and Human Rights and Population Health. ● Provided targeted, international media research in support of Atlantic’s key program areas● Conducted media monitoring for important mentions of the organization, its officers and grantees in the press● Compiled, edited and synthesized coverage for distribution in weekly media reports

Msw, Nonprofit Management And Resource Development, U.S. Social Policy, Community Development

Ba, English Literature And Creative Writing