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JPS FoundationMajor Gift Officer
May. 2023Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Fort Worth Texans Can AcademyDirector of Development
Jun. 2018 - May. 2023Fort Worth
Dallas Museum of ArtManager of Corporate Giving
Aug. 2016 - May. 2018Manager of Corporate Giving • Actively research, identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate partners and sponsors up to $150,000.
• Create proposal materials and implement strategies to engage and cultivate current, lapsed, and new corporate supporters. • Oversee stewardship process for corporate partners and sponsors, including timely and thorough reports demonstrating the impact of gifts.
• Manage the acknowledgment process to ensure that all gifts are acknowledged properly and in a timely manner.
• Manage corporate partner and sponsor benefit fulfillment and contractual obligations and requests. • Maintain and update corporate partners and donor records in Raiser’s Edge, Confluence and TAZ including meeting notes and agendas, and corporate contact reports. • Maintain corporate partnership recognition/promotional contents (e.g., website listing, information packets and materials, benefit sheets, etc.)
• Track revenue goals on a monthly basis and prepare revenue reforecasts on a quarterly basis, report to Director of Institutional Giving and Director of Development.
• Customize corporate partner benefits to ensure the offerings provide value.
• Engage and entertain corporate partner’s leadership and VIP clients. • Promote employee participation and involvement in Museum activities of corporate partners and sponsors.
• Research corporations and organizations that fund the Museum’s needs, including education, conservation, exhibitions, special events and solicit for sponsorships and grant money.
• Create new Impact corporate level to engage small businesses and entrepreneurs.
• Increase the DMA’s involvement with organizations that support all business communities.
• Write all corporate foundation grants
• Work with other Museum departments to secure information for grants and steward reports.
• Maintain confidentiality, friendly, cooperative relationship with board, staff, volunteers, partners, and all DMA supporters.
McLaughlin School District 15-2Grant writer
Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2016Mclaughlin South Dakota• Write approximately 30 grant request a year • Research and contact potential donors and grantors
• Actively seek grant opportunities through the federal and state registers, corporate foundation sites, and the Foundation Center database
• Write grant partnerships with Fortune 500 companies
• Travel to meet with potential donors and grantors
• Maintain grant calendar and files
• Create audio and visual media presentations
• Write feature stories for mainstream news media and maintain district news in local newspaper
• Quality Assurance – Document funding expenditures
• Work directly with school board and superintendent
The Goss-Michael FoundationWriter and Educational Programs
May. 2011 - Dec. 2014Dallas/Fort Worth AreaThe Goss-Michael Foundation exists to educate, engage and inspire audiences by presenting exhibitions of British Contemporary art, provide vast resources, educational programs and scholarships to aspiring artists.
AM Journal Express NewspaperReporter/ Photo editor
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2005
Women's Enterprise MagazineEditor
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2010Dallas• Oversee production of bi-monthly nationwide Women’s Enterprise USA magazines.
• Oversee production of bi-monthly statewide Women’s Enterprise Texas magazine.
• Responsible for complete 2005 redesign of Women’s Enterprise USA magazine.
• Manage 24-person staff as well as 18 contributing writers and 10 contributing photographers.
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