Kate Klemp

About Kate Klemp

Development and Communication Strategy Generator - history of a variety of corporate, non-profit and community development organizations. Direct experience with City/State Government, Higher Education, Christian Non-profits, Broadcast Media and Super-regional Retail. Interested in fundraising, communication planning, vision casting, message management, community development. Adaptive learner and quick thinker, plugged in and tuned up.Develop enriching programming for donor partnerships within the programs of non-profits. Relationships with and exploring new partnerships with regional and national foundations and tax-supported granting agencies to fund forward thinking, relevant, and engaging programs of non-profits.What I Love:* Identifying new partnerships and elevating current* Discovering fresh opportunities for funding through foundations seeking to do the greatest good* Enriching relationships for non-profts through connecting partners on multiple levelsWhat I do:* Sustain passionate relationships between funding Corporate, Individual and Foundation Donors.* Daydream with businesses and organizations on how to make big ideas happen* Ask the right partners to make it happenSpecialties: Strategic Communications Planning, Business Development, Marketing/Design/Public Relations, Crafting Message

Experience

1. Director of Development

   Blandford Nature Center

   Mar 2024 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US

   Restoring annual fund operations, refreshing membership features, securing major donor relationships and establishing a corporate sponsorship program.

Education

• Western Michigan University

  Bachelor of Arts, Public Relations, Journalism

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Advertising
• Strategic Planning
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Event Planning
• Marketing
• Non-Profits
• Program Management
• Event Management
• Training
• Public Relations
• Nonprofits
• Management
• Fundraising