Experience

HomeFirst

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Grants Manager

  • Jul 2023 - Present



Catholic Charities East Bay

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Grants Manager

  • Oct 2021 - Jun 2023

  - Oversees the planning, development, submission, and post-award grants management for a grant portfolio totaling over $13 million annually, including managing a team of three staff. - Provides strategic guidance to executive staff on the grants pipeline, projected/actual award rates, grant agreement review and execution, expenditure monitoring and spend down rate, and donor reporting and compliance. - Planned and executed an overhaul of CCEB’s Salesforce system to better capture and analyze grant portfolio data, from beginning to end of the grant life cycle. Show less



International Rescue Committee

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

• Grants Manager, Northern California

  • Jul 2019 - Oct 2021

  - Was responsible for all IRC’s public and private grant proposals across IRC’s Northern California region. Oversaw the planning, writing, submission, and post-award management of grants totaling over $11 million annually. - Provided strategic guidance to the local executive management team on the grant pipeline and projected/actual award rates. Managed a team of two additional Grants Department staff. - In response to the growing grants pipeline and portfolio, innovated a new grants management system for IRC Northern California using Asana, a web-based project management tool, to increase efficiencies of proposal development and grants management, and expand access to grants-related data and deadlines across all departments.- Led the local implementation of IRC’s new global sub-awardee/partnership management system, which provided robust structure to ensure that the finances and governance of all partners are properly vetted and monitored for compliance to minimize and mitigate risk to IRC. - Designed and facilitated ongoing professional development opportunities for all IRC staff across Northern California, including providing regular internal trainings on topics such as grant budgets, grant budget narratives, grants management, prospecting, logic models, and proposal writing. Show less

• Development Coordinator, Northern California

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2019



Jono Marcus Consulting

• Grant Writing Consultant

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2021

  Provided technical grant writing and proposal development support for a variety of non-profit social service agencies in the Bay Area. Contracted under the umbrella of Jono Marcus Consulting. https://jonomarcus.com/ Provided technical grant writing and proposal development support for a variety of non-profit social service agencies in the Bay Area. Contracted under the umbrella of Jono Marcus Consulting. https://jonomarcus.com/



Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Program Assistant

  • Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

  - Supported Bay Area LISC's local community development work, which focuses on affordable housing, local economic development, and family economic self-sufficiency. - Managed a portfolio of 10-15 annual sub-grantees and consultants (federal, local, and private funding), and led annual federal government compliance site visits with HUD-funded grantees.- Monitored compliance and billing for LISC’s open contracts with the City and County of San Francisco.- Coordinated bi-monthly capacity-building peer network learning exchanges for staff at Bay Area nonprofit affordable housing developers, which was regularly attended by 10-15 different organizations. Show less

• Administrative Assistant

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2016

  Daily operations support, event logistics support, grant writing data entry, office administration management.



University of San Francisco

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MAIS Writing Tutor

  • Oct 2016 - May 2017

  Provided general editing for grammar, flow, and structure to Masters of International Studies graduate students. Provided general editing for grammar, flow, and structure to Masters of International Studies graduate students.



Patriot Contract Services

• Concord, CA

• Administrative Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

  Daily operations support, government contracts billing administrative support, temporary full time Accounts Payable staff, purchase order process management. Daily operations support, government contracts billing administrative support, temporary full time Accounts Payable staff, purchase order process management.