Pearlstone Consulting

Concierge consulting for nonprofit leaders who are ready to scale their fundraising.
Client base expanded in 2023. Over $30 million actively pending for national nonprofit clients.

Over $2 million raised in 2022 for nonprofit clients.

Founder

Scribe LLC.

Associate Director of Grants and Business Development

Grant Writer

REBOOT Recovery

Development Director

Vanderbilt University

• Led campus-wide corporate and foundation fundraising <$100,000
• Wrote and submitted letters of inquiry, grant proposals, and customized stewardship resulting in:
       o	     $1.46 million in awarded grants over three-year associate/assistant director tenure, 
                     which is 199% of reach goal
       o	     $394,000 in awarded grants in first two months of FY21 
       o	     $685,000 of $333,000 reach goal for FY20, which is 205% of reach goal
• Secured $100,000 endowed scholarship from the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation to support military candidates in the Owen Graduate School of Management’s MBA program
• Developed giving relationships with new funders for Vanderbilt including the Human Animal Bond Research Institute, the Brain Research Institute, and the Robinson Foundation

Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

• Raised $390,000 of $280,000 reach goal for FY19, which is 139% of target
• Created and expanded giving relationships
• Managed portfolio of 45 prospects
• Supported associate deans and university leadership

Assistant Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

• Researched funding opportunities
• Identified new foundation prospects
• Managed request for proposal dissemination process
• Assisted colleagues throughout solicitation process, including the development of letters of inquiry, grant proposals, and customized stewardship

Development Coordinator, Corporate and Foundation Relations

Creative Writing Program, University of South Florida

Program Assistant

Composition ENC 1101, Fall 2014
Composition ENC 1102, Spring 2015
Narration and Description CRW 2100, Spring 2016
Technical Writing for Health Science Majors ENC 2210, Fall 2016
Professional Writing ENC 3250, Spring 2017

Graduate Instructor

Managing Editor, Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art

Research Assistant, The Practice of Creative Writing 3rd Ed

Instructor Mentor

Curriculum Coordinator

City Year

AmeriCorps Literacy Coordinator, Matthew W Gilbert Middle School

Miller Writing Center, Auburn University

Lead Consultant

Ready to wave goodbye to snooze-worthy grants & cold calls? 👋🏼 I help nonprofit leaders win grants & major gifts, generating massive ROI for their time 🙋🏼‍♀️ Over $2 million raised for nonprofit clients in 2022 🎉

I help nonprofit leaders create and implement proven fundraising strategies so that they can win major gifts and do more good in the world.

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