Adam Overlander-Kaye

Overseen fundraised income in excess of £100m

Implemented and developed a fundraising strategy to upgrade an already highly successful fundraising function that led to an increase in unrestricted revenue income

Grown Major Gifts income from £8.1m in 2019 to £10.2m in 2023

Led the fundraising team through a restructure that enabled the senior managers to flourish and thrive and showcase leadership skills including increased ability to make the ask and work with senior volunteers

Oversaw a return to post-Covid in-person events with record numbers of attendees and increased the range of events

Managed a volunteer leadership programme for young adults to create a pipeline of future trustees and committee memebers

Created an excellent working relationship with the Life-President, President, Chairman, Trustees and many other senior volunteers that allowed for a very productive professional-lay relationship and increased engagement with the many needs of the fundraising team

Developed a clear strategy, utilising major donor prospects list, establised funding relationships with key charitable trusts, organising new fundraising events and increased the number of face-to-face donor meetings leading to income growth of 27% in 2017.

Oversaw a governance review which led to the streamlining of the Board of Trustees and updating of all HR policies

Created a number of fundraising films and major donor funding proposals that became examples of best practise and subsequently used by colleagues in USA, Canada, Switzerland and Holland.

Fundraising events saw the largest attendances ORT UK has seen in many years - and new brand promotion events such as the Professional Women’s Network, and bar/bat mitzvah twinning programmes have brought in new donors to support our work. This was alongside the expansion of the ORT-JUMP 6th form mentoring programme from 7 to 12 schools which also led to an increase in trust fundraising.

• Working with fundraising board to plan and deliver fundraising strategy and enabling staff and the team to achieve fundraising targets
• Developing Fundraising Income - across all areas including Major donors, individual giving, legacies, regular giving/direct donor marketing, corporate, trusts
• Senior Management - part of SMT responsible for delivery of organisational objectives and management of £3.1m annual budget
• Marketing and Communications - responsible for all print material including all fundraising materials; donor newsletters; e-newsletter content
• Educational Development - deliver a range of online educational content alongside more traditional text based programmes and materials for use at home
• Event Management - responsible for all fundraising and stewardship events including corporate sponsorships; appeal speech writing; design of materials and other collateral
• Achievements
• Exceeded fundraising targets for 4 consecutive years raising more than £4m
• This included a 25% increase in number of Major Donors (MD) through creation of a MD campaign and stewardship process including bespoke newsletters and events alongside prospect research lists
• Developed successful fundraising strategy alongside organisational 3-year plan
• Created a Legacy campaign resulting in 9 confirmed Legacies in first two year's (2013-14)
• Foundation of MRJ's first lay Fundraising Advisory Board in over a decade to assist in mapping donor connections and creating major donor prospects
• Lead professional on Reform Judaism Shabbat and Israel education programmes whilst managing part-time education team to deliver teacher training and online content programmes
• Re-design of all fundraising marketing materials and new publicity collateral

• Responsible for more than £3m of annual donations with gifts up to £20,000
• Management of a full-time team of 6 with high staff retention
• Corporate sponsorship from JP Morgan Cazenove and BDO Stoy Hayward
• Established formal Donor Cultivation Cycle including research, evaluation, cultivation, involvement, asking for the donation, acknowledgement, and recognition
• Managed fundraising events including Sports Dinner at Wembley Stadium for 400 guests; Legal Dinner for 300 guests at Middle Temple Hall; Women's Lunch for 200 guests at Westfield
• Developing Young UJIA - encouraging ‘next generation' of supporters with 60+ Young Patrons

• Of Campus Development & Education, Responsible for managing 7 staff members and mentoring 20 volunteers
• Creation of three- year education strategy and educational curriculum for 72 Jewish societies
• Coordinated Inter-Faith & anti-racism projects including work with the Aegis Trust and the Holocaust Education Trust
• Writing and delivery of educational programmes
• Leading educational travel programmes to Poland and Germany

Responsible for a youth leadership volunteering development programme

Coordinated educational activities & leadership training events for 12 youth movements, training and teaching in excess of 3,000 young people

Development and delivery of education and leadership training programmes

Created mentoring programme for 25 full time educators and youth workers

Facilitator of Holocaust Education Trust ‘Teachers and Students’ trips to Auschwitz