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Sally Root

Sally Root

Arts Administration & Strategic Planning Intern

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  • About me

    Development Manager at the Indy Art Center

  • Education

    • Princeton University

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      Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature, General

      Activities and Societies: Certificates in Theater and Music Theater, President of Shere Khan A Cappella, Captain of Women's Club Volleyball, Producer, Stage Manager and Student Actor for On-Campus Productions, Annual Giving Committee

    • Park Tudor School

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      High School Diploma

  • Experience

    • Indianapolis Shakespeare Company

      Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
      Arts Administration & Strategic Planning Intern

    • The Center for the Performing Arts

      Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
      Development Intern

    • The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton University

      May 2020 - Aug 2020
      Shakespeare and Company Project Intern

      Research and data collection through an online database tracking expatriate writers in Paris in the early and mid 1900’s

    • Barrington Stage Company

      Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
      Special Events and Donor Relations Intern

    • Association to Benefit Children (ABC)

      Jul 2022 - Jul 2023
      Development Associate

      Gift entry and database management in Raiser’s Edge, creation and management of the social media communications and website for ABC, creation of email campaigns, writing individual giving solicitation and acknowledgment letters, organizing events, and writing grant proposals and reports, securing grants as large as $100,000.

    • Civic Science Media Lab

      Sept 2022 - Mar 2023
      Development Officer

      Prospect research and cultivation for individual and corporate support, institutional and foundation research and grant writing, and overall fundraising strategy for Stem Advocacy Institute (now Civic Science Media Lab) - a nonprofit organization connecting emerging STEM innovators with resources to launch initiatives in science communications.

    • Indy Art Center

      Aug 2023 - now
      Development Manager

      With a focus on sponsorships and annual fund management, I oversee a portfolio of approximately 100 individuals and corporate partners as a frontline fundraiser, I manage mailed and digital campaigns throughout the year, assist in planning annual fundraising events, write grant proposals and reports, and support the VP of Development in other special projects for the department.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • The Cycle: Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations

      DeVos Institute of Arts Management
      Aug 2023
      View certificate certificate

    • Fundraising Essentials Certificate

      NonprofitReady
      Mar 2024
      View certificate certificate

    • Raiser’s Edge Fundamentals Certification

      Blackbaud
      Jul 2022

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sally Root
      Chamberlain Scholarship Association of Fundraising Professionals - Indiana Chapter Jan 2025 Each chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals awards one Chamberlain Scholarship every year to provide funding for a member to attend the AFP International Conference (AFP ICON) for the first time.
    • Awarded to Sally Root
      Impact 100 Leaders of the Future Scholarship 2024 Impact 100 of Greater Indianapolis Jan 2024 The Leaders of the Future Scholarship covers the cost of membership for women working in public service. Impact 100 is a charitable women’s giving circle dedicated to awarding high impact grants to nonprofits in the Greater Indianapolis Community.