Ben Bissell
Strategy | Fundraising | Business Plans | Program Development
- Role
- Development Director at Mission Ignite
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ben Bissell
Purpose: Grow the impact of organizations that benefit society through leadership and…
Experience
Development Director
May 2019 — Present · Buffalo/Niagara, NY, US
Technology-focused nonprofit with a $1.7M budget, 12 employees, and over 100 AmeriCorps membersFinancial success metrics since joining Mission: Ignite:Average Annual Growth Rate: 50%Average Annual Increase in Net Assets: 31%How?• Secured over $3M in grants and contracts as development director• Progressively established efficient systems, including standard operating procedures, and became responsible for fundraising, technology, education, and special projects• Coached, trained, and developed staff members to oversee aforenoted departments• Innovated to address community needs during COVID-19, including establishing an IT consulting arm for nine counties in Western New York and piloting free broadband to an underserved Buffalo neighborhood
Education
Buffalo State University
Bachelor's, Urban and Regional Planning and Analysis, summa cum laude
2007 — 2011
Skills
- Erdas Imagine
- Globalization
- Zoning
- Entrepreneurship
- Historic Preservation
- Economics
- Sustainable Development
- Social Media
- International Development
- Nonprofits
- Creativity
- Privatization
- Public Participation
- Economic Development
- Banking
- Savings
- Sustainability
- Credit
- Statistics
- Urban Planning
- Customer Service
- Research
- Grants
- Calculus
- Participatory Planning
- Environmental Planning
- Public Policy
- Small Business Development
- Community Service
- C++
- Regional Planning
- Event Planning
- Church Planting
- Urban Economics
- Arcgis
- Community Organizing
- Project Planning
- Leadership Development
- Russian
- New Business Development
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