Eleanor Jacobs

Eleanor has a strong writing background and before obtaining her MBA, she was the Director of Grants and Research at the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) in Memphis, TN. Her combined professional experience in foundation grants and corporate gifts awarded exceeds $10 million and includes an impressive list of clients including:  Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Methodist Healthcare, Memphis Botanic Garden, MERI, MIFA, BRIDGES, Methodist Alliance Hospice, Memphis Redbirds Baseball and more. In addition to her grants and research expertise, Eleanor's journalism background and business acumen support much of the market research and strategy development.  She has fundraising experience in a variety of nonprofit settings and her work includes managing major gifts, annual giving campaigns, board development, and donor cultivation, solicitation, and recognition.