Andrew Barnes

Principal, Grants Management @Communities In Schools National Office

Managed the administration of grants given by the National Office to Communities in Schools affiliates located all over the United States and interacted with the affiliates on a daily basis to communicate, collect and review grant requirements.Co-designed and managed the transition to a Salesforce based grants management database system.Prepared budgets for grant proposals based on Program team requirements.Fully managed the allocation of restricted funds from foundations and corporate donors by tracking budget to actuals on a monthly basis.Designed a system to synchronize data from timesheets with grant budget to actual sheets, in order to accurately manage the spenddown of funds restricted to staff salaries.Created, hired and supervised the Grants Administrator position.