Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
-Led annual campaign for $1.3M organization. Cultivated, solicited, and stewarded donations across a broad base of community supporters through 5 direct mail + digital appeals and 2 major donor events. -Managed fundraising portfolios for 16 board members. Researched prospective donors and prepared major stakeholder briefings. Upgraded organization to Platinum status on Candid's GuideStar platform. -Developed compelling impact stories by collaborating with key stakeholders and customers.
-Prepared CEO and Chief Advancement Officer in 45 donor briefings for solicitation across mid and major giving levels -Authored three year-end stewardship reports for top organizational donors, highlighting impact metrics and stories of success -Managed donor cultivation database inputs and extraction
-Acted as the first point of contact for teens and their parents regarding engagement opportunities in the Chicago Jewish community -Assisted in building the comprehensive database of Jewish teens in greater metropolitan Chicago, and in maintaining the database for communications and tracking over time
Jerusalem Global Response & Innovative Development Fellow May 2019 - August 2019 -Drafted written reports for internal and external affairs highlighting JDC’s non-sectarian branch, researching the role of Israeli agricultural technology in supporting smallholder farmers in Ethiopia from a Jewish lens -Archived photographs from various JDC global communal projects over the past ten years -Coordinated social media posts across Instagram, Facebook, and blogging platforms Latvia Global Jewish Service Corps Jewish Education Fellow September 2018 - April 2019 -Designed and facilitated Jewish Studies curriculum for three Russian-speaking kindergarten classes on a weekly basis, integrating English and Modern Hebrew language basics into every lesson plan -Introduced written and spoken Hebrew language to Russian speaking children between the ages of 11-15 on a weekly basis, raising awareness for relevant holiday celebrations as per the Jewish calendar -Supported local Riga teen movement, implementing partnerships across BBYO, JDC, and Riga JCC, and bringing 13 teenagers from across the Baltic Region to the BBYO International Convention in Colorado