AIDA-Americas
Worked with co-executive directors to steward the cultivation of donor gifts, from public support campaigns to relationship-building, with mid- and major-level donors and prospects, as well as philanthropic advisors and foundation trustees; ensured donors receive interest-specific and appropriate organizational and program updates, responses to queries, and gift acknowledgements. [Six months]
CEDESOL
Supported executive director in strategic planning and organizational development as Bolivian organization prepared to expand its program reach with carbon credit financing. [One month]
Counterpart International
Research leading science, NGOs and donors to inform development of Livelihood and Economic Development program focused on marine/coral/mangrove conservation and climate change adaptation through sustainable coastal community development. [Two months]
Craighead Environmental Research Institute
Guided Board of Directors and executive director through identifying new mission statement; conceptualized, wrote the content, and hired the graphic designer to produce a new introductory brochure and a first-ever annual report. [Three months]
E+Co
Provided guidance on planning and design of a new online platform called Energy Entrepreneur Learning; co-designed case study template and wrote case study on Nicaraguan solar energy enterprise. [Two months]
Educate Ya
Provided staff guidance on enhancing mission statement and program objectives as part of strategic planning process. [One month]
Edwin’s Turtle Lake Marine Reserve
Editor to US$17,500 Indiegogo crowdsourcing fundraising campaign; led pre-launch strategy on messaging and donor incentives, wrote text, identified and secured graphics to be used. [Three months]
EntreMundos
Trained and mentored the executive director and development director to improve NGOs' brand, messaging and grant writing. [Two months]
FabNewport
Provided guidance and mentoring on organizational operations, fundraising and grant writing, external communications, and staff management. [Three months]
Manaia Youth Programs
Advised Board of Directors and executive directors on Board member recruitment and effective governance; re-designed and wrote content for their annual report, putting a greater focus on program outcomes and client stories. [Three months]
Mercy Corps
Made recommendations to the fundraising staff on their concept paper for new program in Guatemala to empower indigenous communities in participatory land management. [One month]
Mindo Cloudforest Foundation
Provided strategic direction for, and critiques of, new fundraising plan and new website for NGO working to protect critically endangered habitat in the Ecuadorian cloudforest. [Two months]
Nature and Culture International
Supported field office in Cuenca, Ecuador with [1] gathering information on regional watershed conservation programs for use in proposals; and [2] provided content and editing guidance on funding reports and external communications. [Two months]
One Farm At A Time
Developed outreach and fundraising plan for building organizational capacity and public profile needed to promote new program/funding model across California and beyond. [Five months]
Roots and Branches Conservancy
Major donor, foundation and business prospect research for a San Francisco Bay Area-based non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources, both physical and cultural. [Four months]
Saving Promise
Mentoring the founder/executive director on branding, program development, marketing and BOD governance. [Three months]
Solar Energy International
Wrote generic grant proposals for SEI's International Development program and Teacher’s Training program; tailored the International Development proposal into a successful grant; wrote the revised brochure for the International Development program. [Three months]
Traction Design
Hired as grant writer, which first required leading team through the development of annual work plans and budgets for programs in Peru, Nepal and the United States. [Three months]