LINKEDIN Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiacaughey

Website: www.clcaugheynonprofitservices.com

Email: cynthiacaughey@yahoo.com

Cynthia L. Caughey

Employment History

Caughey Consulting, Principal, USA, Italy and France, 5-99 to present

Development Consultant; Proposal/Grant Writer for government and private RFPs;

Expert Coach; Public Speaking; Staff Training; Strategic Planning; Newsletter and

Website Production; Social Media; Webmaster; Public Relations Materials Copyeditor;

Budget Development; Special Event Coordination; Program Evaluation; Program

Development; Interim Management; Fundraising Adviser and Plan Design; Capacity-

Building Consultant; Donor Relations; Media and Community Relations; Chair of many

committees

Consultant Assignments were with the following Non-Profit Organizations (not a

comprehensive list):

♦ Expert Nonprofit Coach, Network for Good/DonorPath, National Clients, 11-

14 to present, coach nonprofit agency leadership on fundraising, capacity

building, governance, grant writing, donor relations

♦ Grant Writer & Consultant, Current & Recent Clients:

Wings for Warriors (veterans services), Phoenix, AZ; 10-15 – present

Shy Wolf Sanctuary (wildlife sanctuary), Naples, Florida 10-15 - present

Haven Academy (theater & arts for low-income children), Los Angeles, CA 3-

16 – present

Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers, Florida, October 2014 – May

2015

Housing Authority of Lee County, Florida, October 2014 – May 2015

♦ Grant Writer & Foundation Researcher, Nonprofit Solutions Consulting, Fort

Myers, Florida; consulting firm for nonprofits; perform foundation research

and grant writing for wildlife and environmental nonprofits, including The

Conservancy; 9-14 to present ♦ Development Consultant and Proposal Writer, part-time, West Hollywood

Community Housing Corporation (affordable housing developer; raised over

$600,000), Los Angeles and France, 7-07 to 9-13

♦ Development Consultant and Proposal Writer, part-time, A Community of

Friends (affordable housing developer; raised over $4 Million, including

government grants), Los Angeles and France, 10-03 to 6-09

♦ Proposal Writer, part-time, Southern California Association of Nonprofit

Housing (housing advocacy and education; raised $1.2 Million), Los Angeles

and France 9-06 to 3-10

♦ Development Consultant and Proposal Writer, part-time, The Jubilee

Consortium (health education and urban ministry consortium of Episcopal

Churches; raised over $600,000), Los Angeles and France 9-04 to 7-09

Ccaughey Resume, pg. 2

♦ Development Consultant, Special Event Coordination, and Proposal Writer, ¾

time (raised over $4 Million, including government grants), Hollywood

Community Housing Corporation, Hollywood, CA, 12-01 to 8-06

♦ Proposal Writer (raised over $1 Million); Program Evaluation; Program

Development; Interim Management; Fundraising Advisor; Capacity-

Building Consultant for Glendale YWCA, Glendale, CA 4-00 to 12-01

♦ Editor, United Nations (IFAD), full-time/contract; Rome, Italy, 5-99 to 9-99

Entrepreneur: French Alps & Provence Tour Company Co-Owner; Tour Designer;

Certified Tour Director; Professional Videographer; Blogger; Photographer;

ECookbook Author; Travel Writer; Ebook Author; Webmaster 2008 to present

Websites: www.clcaugheynonprofitservices.com (nonprofit services website)

www.frenchalpsandprovencetours.com (France Tour company)

www.france-and-beyond-photoblog.com (blog of photos and videos)

www.pond5.com/artist/cinziaclc (video footage for sale portfolio)

Portfolio: http://ccaugheyannet.wix.com/cynthiaportfolio (examples of grants)

Executive Director, Women’s Care Cottages, Los Angeles, CA, 7-91 to 4-98

Total responsibility for administration and fiscal viability of four facility, five program

human service agency including:

▪ Supervised 24 staff and 40 volunteers; agency served over 3,000 formerly homeless

women and children annually

▪ Successfully wrote over $5 Million in government and foundation grants

▪ Designed and supervised all clientele programs which included a Shelter, Resource

Center, Child Care Center, Transitional Housing Apartments, Career Counseling

Center; grew agency from one program to five

▪ Conducted Capital Campaign and directly supervised acquisition, renovation, and

project management of two facilities

▪ Re-organized administrative, personnel, fiscal, fundraising systems

▪ Developed and oversaw agency budget of $1.3 Million

▪ Designed successful public relations program and wrote annual direct mail campaign

letters and newsletters; media and political relations; extensive public speaking

Education

Masters of Arts, Fuller Graduate School/Seminary, California

Bachelor of Arts/Liberal Arts degree, Roberts University, Oklahoma

Associate Arts degree, Florida State University, Florence, Italy campus

Public Relations and Fundraising Classes (12), UCLA and Grantsmanship Center, Los

Angeles, California

Technology knowledge and/or classes attended: Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Word,

Cyberlink PowerDirector video editing, Wordpress webmaster, Social Media venues,

SKYPE, video conferencing, proficient at internet searches, attended dozens of grant

writing classes/seminars