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Louise Jones

Alliston,ON

Summary

Highly motivated and positive individual with great organizational and communication skills. Substantial, multifaceted experience and outstanding connections. Ambitious, accustomed to always seeking and capturing emerging business opportunities, allowing for expansion. Adept at forging lucrative and loyal relationships with key partners.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director of Fund Development

Youth Haven
Barrie, Ontario
03.2020 - Current
  • Manage fundraising programs which include individual and corporate donations, grant writing, cultivation and stewardship of donors, event planning, and identification of new funding resources and legacy gifts.
  • Actively seeks and maintains a diverse donor base of individuals, businesses, and foundations.
  • Experience with Grant Advance, Grant Connect and GrantWatch.
  • Manage fundraising efforts pertaining to donor acknowledgement, recognition, impact reporting, and stewardship.
  • Collaborate with our communications committee on delivering a consistent strong fundraising message that appeals to potential donors, as well as promoting events and thanking contributors.
  • Provide donors with updates on how their contributions are making a difference in the lives of youth experiencing homelessness.
  • Proficient in grant writing and successful grant submissions.
  • Create funding proposals and grant applications to solicit support from foundations, corporate sponsors and our provincial government.
  • Develop success stories and impact reports on Youth Haven programs and outreach services.
  • Monitor and maintain our integrated donor stewardship program using DonorPerfect.
  • Manage our annual Boxes of Hope Campaign, our Monthly Giving Campaign and our annual Backyard Campout for Youth event.
  • Provide support for our annual Coldest Night of the Year event.
  • Create budgets for grant applications and fundraising events.

Fund Development Manager

Child Advocacy Centre Simcoe Muskoka
Barrie, Ontario
03.2017 - 02.2020
  • Accountable for sourcing and developing fundraising opportunities; achieving established funding objectives; and securing sustainable funding avenues, overall supporting current and future program expansion and service growth.
  • Developed a comprehensive fundraising strategy specific to the CACSM.
  • Aided in the establishment of an annual CACSM fundraising plan and associated budget through identifying and securing funding options (e.g. developing donor recognition and donation tracking systems), ensuring program sustainability.
  • Planned, coordinated and implemented fundraising and stewardship events, including special events and other annual giving programs (Police Chief's Gala; Blue Jeans and Ball Gowns' Gala; Hope for the Holidays' Campaign).
  • Operated with high integrity, built trust, and earned sustained credibility with internal and external clientele.
  • Maintained a social media presence for the organization using platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and an independent website.
  • Served as a liaison and representative of the organization in all communities across Simcoe/Muskoka.

Event Manager

Barrie Chamber of Commerce
Barrie, Ontario
08.2016 - 01.2017
  • Planned, organized and directed the Chamber's events and activities for members and the community.
  • Implemented programs, services and activities to ensure program objectives were delivered to the membership, sponsors and community at large.
  • Sourced relevant sponsorships to ensure planned revenue for all events was achieved.
  • Prepared budgets, profit and loss projections, and provided periodic progress reports to CEO as required.
  • Used social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn) to promote the events, the Chamber and our members.
  • Wrote media releases and advisories about the events for the website and the press, ultimately increasing publicity and potentiality of greater attendance.

Fundraising Manager

Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions
Barrie, Ontario
09.2013 - 07.2016
  • Organized events for the Foundation and was responsible for acquiring sponsorships for the events and fundraising for the Foundation.
  • Redesigned the agency's Intranet and created and published web content.

Web Designer and CM Specialist

Enbridge Consumers Gas
Toronto, Ontario
06.1993 - 11.2011
  • Managed the Enbridge Gas Distribution website and created and managed micro sites for the Marketing department.
  • Actively monitored web pages to maintain accuracy, relevancy and coherency of web content.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Criminology And Marketing

University of Guelph
Guelph, ON
09.1987 - 04.1991

Skills

Excellent written, communication and organizational skills

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Affiliations

  • Member of the Rotary Club of Barrie - 2019/2020 Director of International Service; 2016/2017 Director of Club Service; Paul Harris Fellow
  • Barrie Minor Baseball Association, Past Vice President, House League
  • Volunteered at several non-profits within the community (COPE Service Dogs, Women and Children's Shelter of Barrie, Seasons Centre for Grieving Children and Simcoe County Children's Aid)
  • Algonquin Ridge Elementary School, Chair of the 2013/2014 Parent Council
  • Barrie Photo Club, Executive Committee 2013/2014
  • United Way, Chair of the 1999 Enbridge Employee Campaign

Timeline

Director of Fund Development

Youth Haven
03.2020 - Current

Fund Development Manager

Child Advocacy Centre Simcoe Muskoka
03.2017 - 02.2020

Event Manager

Barrie Chamber of Commerce
08.2016 - 01.2017

Fundraising Manager

Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions
09.2013 - 07.2016

Web Designer and CM Specialist

Enbridge Consumers Gas
06.1993 - 11.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Criminology And Marketing

University of Guelph
09.1987 - 04.1991

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