Experience

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  HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Team)

  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Director of Funding

    • May 2024 - Present
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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  The Neighborhood Developers

  • Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States

  • Senior Grant Writer

    • Jan 2022 - Apr 2024
    • Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States

    • In collaboration with the grants team, managed a portfolio of approximately 60 grants annually with a goal of securing $1.9M each year from 2022-2024.• Directly secured $2.8M in grants with funders from 2022-2024 with a 61% success rate.• Compiled research for new funding prospects; synthesized information from RFPs to one-pagers. • Led collaborative grant projects, proposals, and reporting with multiple agencies. • Cultivated, planned, and stewarded relationships with funders via virtual meetings and site visits.• Supported the execution of contract documents with the Contract Manager. • Managed grant fundraising data in Salesforce.• Led and submitted grant reports for a variety of funders. • Planned grant projections for the following fiscal year via the MARTUS software.• Synthesized and formatted reports from Salesforce to support narratives in proposals and reporting.• Participated in coalitions; represented TND at funder functions and events.• Collaborate with the fundraising team on planning events, the annual report, and donor outreach.

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  Family & Children's Service

  • Lynn, Massachusetts, United States

  • Development Associate

    • Sep 2020 - Dec 2021
    • Lynn, Massachusetts, United States

    As a Development Associate for F&CS, I led the entire process of submitting grant proposals to public and private foundations for our youth and family programs by working in collaboration with the Director of Development and Program Managers. I also assisted and then became the lead project manager in the submission of state contract applications. Other foci included developing and carrying out an annual grant calendar, updating grant projections, cultivating new funding relationships, inputting data into the organization's CRM, collaborating in agency newsletter development, creating logic models with program managers, and submitting grant reports in a timely fashion.

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  Triangle, Inc.

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Development Manager, Corporate and Foundation Relations

    • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
    • Greater Boston Area

    As a Development Manager for Triangle, Inc., I led the entire process of submitting grant proposals to public and private foundations. Worked directly with the Chief Development Officer and collaborated with other program department heads on submitting larger proposals. Other foci included developing a fiscal year grant calendar, cultivating new funding relationships, tracking grant reporting, updating grant information into the organization's CRM, and helping the organization and grant-funded programs with a strategic plan for FY21 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Cambridge Public Schools

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Piano Teacher

    • Sep 2017 - Jun 2019
    • Greater Boston Area

    Taught piano at the Agassiz Baldwin Community after-school program in Cambridge, MA

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  Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center, Inc.

  • Greater Boston Area

  • BC Graduate Intern

    • Oct 2018 - May 2019
    • Greater Boston Area

    Worked directly with the Director of Development to grow the development operations at Hildebrand. Development-related foci included the creation of an internal grant database, submitting proposals with all required materials, and bridging new funding relationships. Other foci included the creation of an internal housing authority database to help caseworkers match families with subsidized housing, creation of program surveys for the agency's ESL program, and drafting a policy brief of Chapter40B.

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  United Somali Youth, Inc.

  • Greater Boston Area

  • BC Caseworker Intern

    • Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
    • Greater Boston Area

    Worked directly with the Executive Director to support various needs of the organization. Foci included submission of grant proposals, cultivating new university relationships to increase college tutors for the agency's after-school tutoring program, and co-supervision of college tutors in K-8 youth in the after-school program. I also created job descriptions for USY employment positions and volunteers, and monitored USY youth student grades by compiling weekly spreadsheets for the agency.

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  Bridges Community Support Services

  • Greater St. Louis Area

  • Community Support Specialist

    • Oct 2014 - Jul 2017
    • Greater St. Louis Area

    Worked independently to refer adults with intellectual disabilities to healthcare, fitness, and food voucher program. Other foci included financial empowerment and planning for families, and carrying out employment and schooling searches for individuals. All work related duties revolved around the individual's ISP plans.

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  St. Louis Language Immersion Schools (SLLIS)

  • Music Teacher and Sylvan Tutor

    • Sep 2013 - May 2015

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  AbilityFirst

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Special Needs Counselor

    • Jun 2012 - Aug 2014
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Summer Camp Position