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Anne Smith offers clients nearly two decades of not-for-profit fundraising, providing counsel to address a broad range of fundraising and development needs, including capital campaigns and feasibility studies, development audits, major gifts, board development, executive search and solicitation training. She is dedicated to advancing the mission of her clients and in effectively preparing them with the tools to be successful. She has worked with a broad spectrum of client organizations within the non-profit sector – arts & cultural institutions, educational institutions, professional associations, public foundations, and healthcare organizations.
Anne Smith began her development career at the American Medical Association Foundation, where she spent over 10 years in positions of increasing responsibility to her role as Development and Planned Giving Director. She was launched into development as manager of AMA Foundation’s $10 million major gift campaign from its silent phase to its conclusion. She solicited major gifts and recruited and trained physician-members on major gift solicitation, giving them the tools to engage in peer-to-peer fundraising. Her work at the AMA Foundation also included establishing an annual giving program, expanding the major gift program and integrating planned giving. She later applied her experience to establish a major gift program at the Greater Chicago Food Depository and served as Director of Development at Reading In Motion, an early childhood education organization, where she expanded the board significantly while activating them as fundraisers.
Throughout her career, Anne has been actively engaged in the professional Chicago theatre community as an actor and singer. She earned a BA in Theatre from Western Illinois University and has studied nonprofit management at North Park University and Northwestern University. She currently serves as faculty at Northwestern University School of Professional Studies, teaching the course she once enjoyed as a student — Major Gift Fundraising.
Featured Clients
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Milwaukee Film
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Chicago Literacy Alliance
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College of Lake County
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Driehaus Foundation
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Glessner House Museum
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Morgan Park Academy
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National Museum of Mexican Art
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One World Surgery
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Porchlight Music Theatre
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TimeLine Theater Company
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Michiana Humane Society
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Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
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Oakton College Educational Foundation
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The Wetlands Initiative
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Waukegan to College
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Northfield Township Food Pantry
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First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor
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IES Abroad
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Friends of Historic Second Church
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Amy and Anne were enthusiastic and able to work with people of all skill levels when it came to fundraising. They were great at communicating and finding a way that everyone can be contributing and finding a role for everyone to help the plan be successful.
Karen Cardarelli – Emerald City TheatreFounder & Executive Director -
While they aren’t based in Milwaukee, TW&B really understood Milwaukee and the state of philanthropy here.
Jessica Bursi – Milwaukee FilmDevelopment Director