Charles W. Calhoun
Dynamic Fundraiser & Grant Manager
- Role
- Donor Engagement Manager at Appalachian Community Fund
- Location
- Columbia, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Charles W. Calhoun
I\'m an experienced multi-million dollar fundraiser, grants manager, and program coordinator striving toward equity and inclusion in my work and in my life. Originally from northeast Kentucky, I hold degrees from the University of Kentucky and Ohio State and have worked domestically and internationally in music performance and production, informal education, historic preservation, grant administration, and community development. I’m always interested in learning more about ways to make communities and systems work equitable. I will never pass on an opportunity to unlearn what I have learned, especially about US History and religion. I\'m an avid reader of theology publications, science fiction novels, and social justice critiques, and the podcasts that grow from them or help me understand them more clearly. Outside of work, you\'ll find me fishing, training for Tang Soo Do martial arts, sitting on action committees, playing with my rescue pups, binge watching the newest Star Wars show or rewatching LOTR, practicing frugality by doing my own car and house repairs, tending my flower gardens, or listening to the latest Taylor Swift, John Williams, or Tyler Childers records.
Experience
Donor Engagement Manager
Oct 2025 — Present · Bristol, TN, US
As Donor Engagement Manager, I’m responsible for connecting donors to organizations, communities and leaders working for and in grassroots movements for social change in Central Appalachia. I manage donor communications, facilitate engagement opportunities, amplify local voices and lived experiences and coordinate with local, regional and national networks of change makers.
Education
University of Kentucky
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2009 — 2014
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2014 — 2014
The Ohio State University
Master of Arts (M.A.)
2014 — 2017
Skills
- Event Management
- Event Planning
- Hospitality Management
- Acting
- Arts Administration
- Social Media
- Customer Service
- Performing Arts
- Management
- Hospitality
- Marketing
- Photography
- Festivals
- Public Speaking
- Grant Writing
- Teamwork
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