Experience

The Care Workers' Charity

• United Kingdom
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grants Manager

  • May 2019 - Present

  - Grant Programme Redesign: Identify and implement changes to applicant eligibility, standardise the assessment processes, and streamline award delivery to increase staff capacity and programme scale.- Grant Management: Oversee the assessment of grant applications and approve bi-monthly grant awards to vulnerable individuals within the care sector. Complete grant reports to outside funders and monthly reporting for the public.- CRM Design Management: Identify the database spec to meet organisational needs of grant, fundraising, partnership, sponsorship, event and volunteer management. Oversee the selection of consultants, project implementation, and edits as the Salesforce Administrator.



Macmillan Cancer Support

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Grants Support & Grants Advocate

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

  - Grant Fundraising: Managed and wrote grant applications for individual cancer patients to six charities, raising over £76,000 and securing the largest individual grant for the department to date (£7,000).- Grant Administration: Processed grant payments, registered applicants and clarified eligibility.- Database Transition: Provided ad hoc training and identify streamlined processes.



Social Investment Business

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grants Executive

  • Dec 2015 - Oct 2016

  - Grant Management: Assessed, recommended to funding panels, and managed over one hundred grants worth £20,000 - £150,000 each (largely sourced from statutory funds).- Customer Service: Provided feedback to applicants to clarify current applications and strengthen future applications. Provided information and recommendations to potential grant applicants within our own funds and signposting when appropriate.



Sierra Club Foundation

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grants and Compliance Manager

  • Feb 2013 - Feb 2015

  - Grant Management: Executed nearly $52 million in grants per year for local, national, and international programs. Advised proposal and report development, and performed due diligence to ensure compliance with charity tax laws. Presented proposals and reports to the Board for fund approval and organisational oversight.- Fund Management: Oversaw and approved monthly billing, fund transfers, donor-advised funds, contributions, and dormant fund maintenance.- Database Management: Maintained and advised improvements for the organization's proprietary database system and advised the creation of a new Salesforce database system.



San Francisco School Alliance

• Non-profit Organizations

• Fiscal Sponsorship Coordinator

  • Apr 2011 - Feb 2013

  - Grant Management: Approved grant proposals and reports, coordinated grant execution up to $100,000 for twenty-six fiscally sponsored programmes. Provided grant and project summaries to the Executive Director.- Program Management: Determined the fiscal sponsor policy and procedures, assessed program applications and created legal agreements/templates. Provided event management for events ranging from 20 person meetings to 350 person trainings.- Database and Information Management: Provided input for the development of a new CRM. Maintained Salesforce records, server organization, digital and hard copy storage.



Chronicle Books

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Publicity Assistant

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2010

  Public RelationsEvent ManagementDatabase and Information Management