Andrew Kaiser

Experience

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  UCLA Hammer Museum

  Nov 2002 - Jun 2005

  Development Assistant

  • Composed gift acknowledgements and general correspondence. • Prepared grant reports.• Composed letters of interest and grant proposals.• Researched potential funders.• Designed, implemented and interpreted demographic study of museum visitors.• Prepared financial and budgetary reports and materials for Board meetings. • Participated in the planning and implementation of inaugural annual gala and other special events.

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  Art Center College of Design

  Jun 2005 - Jul 2012

  Directed stewardship programs for private and institutional donors. • Designed and oversaw comprehensive management system for 175 donor-supported scholarship funds. • Worked closely with administrative, program and academic leadership to ensure appropriate expenditure and renewal of donor-supported funds.• Implemented streamlined and automated process for generating robust scholarship reports.• Devised annual reports. • Designed and implemented multi-tiered gift acknowledgement structure. • Managed all public recognition for donors and gift influencers. • Authored departmental policies and procedures, including best practices for Raiser’s Edge data entry, and enforced staff compliance.• Negotiated with outside agencies and vendors in creation of collateral items. • Produced complex statistical reports for use in cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors.• Participated in planning and execution of donor events and 75th Anniversary Gala.• Trained and supervised work-study personnel. Show less Managed relationships with foundations and government agencies.• Served as organization’s point of contact with institutional funders, including Surdna Foundation, Green Foundation, Pasadena Art Alliance, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, Fletcher Jones Foundation, Ann Peppers Foundation, and James Irvine Foundation. • Prepared letters of inquiry and full solicitations for funding requests.• Provided ongoing management, including narrative and financial reporting, for all active grants and endowed funds. • Prepared briefing documents for and led site visits by foundation representatives in cultivation of major grants.• Researched potential funders and trends in education and philanthropy.• Represented Foundation Giving unit in Development leadership meetings.• Managed all administrative tasks for department; including maintenance of data in Raiser’s Edge database, devising annual funding projections, development and maintenance of proposal and reports calendars and execution of mailings. Show less

  • Associate Director, Donor Relations and Stewardship

    Mar 2009 - Jul 2012

  • Assistant Director, Foundation Giving

    Aug 2006 - Mar 2009

  • Donor Relations Officer

    Jun 2005 - Aug 2006
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  Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  Volunteer, Foundation Relations

  Developed solicitation recommendations for institutional funders of a screening series and the MOCAtv initiative.

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  International Documentary Association

  May 2013 - Jan 2017

  Development Manager

  Oversaw Institutional Giving program.• Served as organization’s point of contact with foundations and government agencies; including Los Angeles County Arts Commission, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Annenberg Foundation. • Researched, identified and developed solicitation strategies for potential institutional funders.• Collaborated with organizational leadership and programmatic, financial and development staff to develop programs, funding requests and grant reports.• Ensured grant expenditures complied with funder stipulations.• Developed online program evaluation system.• Managed organization’s participation in DataArts Cultural Data Project.Key Accomplishments• Completed grant proposal to John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation that resulted in a multiyear grant of $5,000,000, the largest in the organization’s history, to establish the Enterprise Documentary Fund.• Secured multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, including $90,000 to present educational programs complementing the Enterprise Documentary Fund.• Other key grantwriting successes include $100,000 from the MacArthur Foundation to plan the Enterprise Documentary Fund project and multiple discretionary grants of $25,000 from the Ford Foundation JustFilms program.• Drafted language that resulted in IDA’s partnership with the NEA to promote career sustainability for documentary filmmakers.Managed Membership and Individual Giving programs.• Implemented organization’s multiplatform mid- and end-of-year donation initiatives.• Composed all major gift solicitation letters.• Planned member acquisition, renewal and recovery initiatives.• Developed and relaunched organization’s donor newsletter.Key Accomplishments• Arranged organization’s first Board challenge grant.• Increased annual giving by more than 96%.• Achieved steady growth in annual membership revenue. Show less

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  Idyllwild Arts Foundation

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

  Foundation Relations Manager

  Oversaw Institutional Giving Program.• Served as organization’s point of contact for foundations and government agencies; including Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Ahmanson Foundation, Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, Green Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, and numerous tribal funders.• Researched, identified and developed solicitation strategies for potential institutional funders.• Collaborated with academic leadership, faculty, programmatic staff, and financial staff to develop programming, funding requests, and grant reports.• Identified and vetted project consultants.• Coordinated and led foundation staff site visits.• Nurtured and leveraged collaborative synergies between Office of Development and organization’s Board of Trustees to increase effectiveness of fundraising activities. • Created Foundation Relations content for quarterly Board reports and annual departmental operating plans.• Provided constructive oversight and mentorship for contract grantwriter.• Fostered culture of philanthropy at organization by providing ongoing guidance to programmatic and administrative staff in our common role as fundraisers.Key Accomplishments• Established online project management toolkits and protocol, including project one-sheets; budget forms; Gantt charts that define project activities, roles, responsibilities; and quarterly check-ins with Project Manager.• Designed and implemented online program evaluation system. • Led 20 solicitations of 14 institutional funders, resulting in grants totaling over $1,250,000 in support of FY18 programs and operations.• Led 21 solicitations of 14 institutional funders, resulting in grants totaling over $1,545,000 for FY19 programs and operations; including one funder's largest annual contribution to the organization to date.• Spearheaded cultivation and solicitation of Ahmanson Foundation for an FY20 capital grant of $446,000 in support of campus safety and security. Show less

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  Armory Center for the Arts

  Apr 2019 - May 2020

  Institutional Giving Manager
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  ArtCenter College of Design

  May 2020 - now

  • Executive Director, Foundation and Government Relations

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Director of Foundation and Government Relations

    May 2020 - Oct 2023