Chris Donovan
Trust. Compassion. Stability. Hope.
- Role
- Development Manager at Waterfire Providence
- Location
- Providence County, RI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Development Manager
Apr 2025 — Present · Providence, RI, US
Advancing WaterFire’s fundraising and engagement strategies during a pivotal moment in the organization\'s history. Focused on deepening donor relationships, diversifying grant revenue, and building infrastructure for long-term resilience. Crafting WaterFire’s appeals with a renewed narrative voice, authentic, segmented, and timed based on donor history, while introducing targeted messaging for potential major gifts. Elevating the WaterFire Circle membership experience with a “concierge” approach. Offering exclusive opportunities at events and personalized follow-up. Leading a restructure of WaterFire’s Raiser’s Edge NXT system, establishing campaign, appeal, and source tracking to enable dynamic dashboards, accurate forecasting, and clean data hygiene. Managing a full grants portfolio, tracking deadlines, aligning applications with strategic initiatives, and developing narratives that reflect WaterFire’s evolving impact story. Collaborating with Marketing to establish annual storytelling themes. aligning the year’s programming under “Phoenix Rising” as both a development message and community call to action.
Education
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
2004 — 2009
Skills
- Stage Management
- Microsoft Office
- Organization Skills
- Truck Driving
- Performing Arts
- Event Management
- Theatre
- Cpr Certified
- Event Planning
- Social Media
- Audio Visual Support
- Theatre Manager Ticketing
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