Christine Thompson is an enthusiastic major gifts specialist with 15 years of experience in fundraising for social services and health care organizations. She has a proven track record of growing major gift portfolios and revenues by over 20% annually. Some of her career highlights include developing and managing a $15 million capital campaign that exceeded its goal, soliciting gifts of $1 million or more, and coordinating donor recognition events of 15-250 attendees. She is currently the Manager of Major Gifts at Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth, where she has grown major gift revenues from $70,000 to over $182,000 since 2010.

1. CHRISTINE THOMPSON, CFRE
69 Regent St, Toronto, ON M6N 3N8
647-501-3422 cthompson585@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christine-thompson-cfre
Enthusiastic MAJOR GIFTS SPECIALIST with 15 years of experience in social services and health care.
Values: Donor-Centred Fundraising; Collaboration; Honesty & Integrity
Key Strengths
 Strong leadership, relationship and team building skills, including ability to motivate staff, Board
Directors and fundraising volunteers
 Creative and strategic thinker who can see and reaches for hidden opportunities
 Possesses strong social agility – able to demonstrate considerable poise in a variety of settings
 Dedicated to professional growth
Career Highlights:
 Proven success in identifying and participating in the solicitation of $1 million+ donors
 Proven success in growing major gift donors and revenues by more than 20% year over year
 Proven success in developing, implementing and managing a $15 million capital campaign,
including campaign cabinet recruitment, training and management; case materials
development; proposal development; recognition development & stewardship
 Experience in strategic planning and formulation for not-for-profit organizations
 Proficient in prospect research, using publicly accessible websites
 Proven success coordinating and executing smaller scale donor recognition events (15- 250
attendees)
CAREER HISTORY
EVA'S INITIATIVES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH 2010-Present
Manager of Major Gifts
 Managed and grew Major Gift portfolio ($5,000+), from 60 donors in 2010 to over 140 in 2014
 Successfully grew major gift revenues (from $70,000 in 2010 to over $182,000 in 2014, with 88%
retention rate in 2014, a renewal projection of $315,000 and $175,000 projections in new
donors for 2015)
 Lead the development and tracking of annual Major Gifts fundraising budget, including
identifying prospects, tracking renewals and forecasting financial position for current year
 Connected with lapsed major gift donors, re-introducing them to the organization, resulting in
renewal and re-involvement with Eva’s
 Implemented monthly “President's Tours” to introduce new and potential Major Gift donors to
the work of Eva's; hosted by Board president and members of the Board/Resource Development
Committee, resulting in more than 20 new donors in 2014
 Successfully solicited organizations first bequest, and implemented strategies to continue
building that program as part of the 2015 Major Gifts work plan.

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Annual giving, planned giving, donor relations
 Worked collaboratively with Corporations/Foundations Specialist to ensure all Corporate and
Foundation donors and prospects were moved forward in the solicitation cycle in absence of
Director of Development Jan-Apr 2013 and Jan-Apr 2014.
 Prepared customized written materials, including case statements, proposals, stewardship
reports and correspondence for major gift and stewardship initiatives, that resulted in
solicitation of new gifts and renewal of existing donors
 Lead the development and recruitment of key major gift volunteers, including cultivation,
solicitation and stewardship
 Re-implemented “Youth Speakers' Bureau” in 2013, which had been dormant for the 2 years
prior, including recruitment of volunteer public speaking workshop presenter.
 Proactively worked with the Shelter management to create 'wish lists' to have on hand when
speaking with potential donors – resulting in new computers for one program and new van for
one shelter in 2014, as well as several new employment program partnerships
 Participated on the Performance Measurement Working Group as part of the 2013-2015
Strategic Plan to develop and implement of a Theory of Change model to determine best
information to collect and share with all stakeholders, with my specific focus on types of
information individual donors like to see and how it differs from provincial and municipal
funders and foundation donors.
 Stepped in to create and deliver direct mail appeals in spring of 2013 and spring of 2014 in
absence of other staff for this role
 Stepped in to recruit and coordinate special event volunteers for two annual signature events in
2013 and 2014, in absence of other staff for this role
 Worked with communications to create opportunities for donor stewardship, including online
donor profiles, newsletter recognition and annual reports
YWCA TORONTO 2007-2010
Special Giving Manager
This was a new position created in 2007 specifically for the capital campaign. I was the only staff position
dedicated 100% to the campaign, working directly with the Director of Philanthropy, the Chief Executive
Officer and the Campaign Cabinet volunteers.
 Developed, implemented and managed a $15 million capital campaign, including helping to set
the campaign goal, developing and maintaining budget, developing all planning, training and
case materials, volunteer recruitment, training and management, prospect identification,
research and strategy development, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship, from the post-
feasibility study stage forward, and managing one direct report (prospect researcher).
 Contributed to raising more than $12.5 million in private support toward a $15 million
fundraising goal
 Developed strategies and solicitations of more than 200 new donors, including more than 30
new donors at $25,000+, ten new donors at $100,000+, one donor at $1 million, and one donor
at $5 million.
 Instrumental in identifying, researching and strategizing with the Director of Philanthropy and
the CEO to successfully secure a $5 million donation – believed to be the largest on record to a
social services organization in Canada's history at that time.

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Annual giving, planned giving, donor relations
 Identified potential donors totalling more than $3 million as the primary focus to achieve the
campaign goal by mid-2011. Learned at the 2011 Grand Opening that many were successfully
solicited.
 Increased staff support of the campaign from a satisfactory 80% secured between 2007 and
2009 to an unprecedented 95% by May 2010 through staff education, presentations and direct
solicitations.
 Project lead on all campaign media and materials development, including a 3-minute virtual tour
that was included in all campaign packages and shown at all YWCA events to garner interest and
support for the campaign
 Project lead for hiring donor recognition vendor including proactively researching and
interviewing potential vendors to identify the most appropriate vendor who could work with the
YWCA at the building stage to help design and build a suitable donor recognition system for the
campaign
 Proactively researched and secured gifts from major appliance companies that had specific
interests in line with the YWCA's development
TORONTO REHAB FOUNDATION 2005-2007
Campaign Associate
This position was created In January 2005 to support the Campaign Director in completing the
$23 million balance of a $60 million capital redevelopment campaign.
 Worked with Campaign Director and Foundation President on all aspects of the capital campaign
administration
 Participated in developing a successful $5 million solicitation strategy and proposal
 Developed over 70 proposals, resulting in close to $8 million in donations.
 Participated in development of individual campaign initiatives, resulting in $750,000 in donations.
 Successfully assumed leadership of the annual donor recognition event in the absence of the Events
Coordinator, resulting in the highest attendance to that date and the cultivation of several six- to
seven-figure donor prospects.
 Successfully coordinated and executed the first campaign fundraising event, working directly with a
campaign volunteer, resulting in over $200,000 in new donations and more than 20 new, qualified
prospects.
 Developed case materials, tracking reports, cultivation strategies, and written proposals, donor
stewardship and soliciting foundation grant-makers over $25,000
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 CFRE designation – successful 2nd
recertification in April 2014
 Fundraising Resource & Development certificate program, Georgian College
 Courses Completed (5 of 10): Introduction to Philanthropy; Grant & Proposal Writing;
Planning for Fundraising; Computer Applications in Fundraising; Annual Giving Principles
 Professional Association – AFP Toronto (Association of Fundraising Professionals)
 Actively pursues online webinars, blogs and newsletters where pertinent to current role and
future aspirations

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
 Committee Member, AFP Bursary Committee (2007-Present)
 Director, 4 Villages Community Health Centre (2006-2012); Chair 2011/2012 session
 Chair, Community Relations & Advocacy Committee,
4 Villages Community Health Centre (2005-2010)
 Chair, Junction Daycare Centre (2009-2011)
 Past Director, Ontario SPCA (2001-2004)