Jeremy Cramer has spent his career supporting leading nonprofit organizations focused on systemic change in both health care and education. He started his career in philanthropy by working in the Development office at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, then led the major gifts fundraising program at the world’s first nonprofit biotechnology company working to find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Jeremy led the Office of Alumni Affairs and the capital fundraising team at Fay School in Boston and the major gifts program at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. Additionally, he served as the Deputy Director of External Affairs at City Year Miami before serving as Vice President of Major Gifts for City Year nationally. In this capacity, he led the organization’s successful $150M 25th Anniversary Campaign to scale City Year’s impact and challenge the graduation status quo in America. Additionally, he developed a model major gifts program called The Red Jacket Society that doubled the number of $10,000+ gifts for the organization and raised an additional $10M annually.
Before founding Exponential Philanthropy, Jeremy was the Chief Development Officer at a global anti-bigotry organization called Facing History and Ourselves. While at Facing History, Jeremy helped to increase annual revenue by more than 40% and he developed and executed a diversified fundraising strategy that included grassroots giving, major gifts, corporate partnerships, enhanced foundation support, and increased earned income. Jeremy now serves as Philanthropic Advisor to The Crimson Lion / Lavine Family Foundation, coaches and mentors executives on organizational and fundraising strategy, and provides counsel to organizations to help them realize their philanthropic potential.
Jeremy has been honored with the Young Alumni Achievement Award from Tufts University for his leadership of the Bubs Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Boston dedicated to providing formal music education to all public school students. Additionally, he was awarded with the “Rising Star” Award from CASE, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, for his innovative program development and his vision for connecting families of wealth to philanthropic causes.
Jeremy currently serves on the Boards of Tufts University Hillel, The Beauty Bus Foundation, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham, and Temple Beth Shalom.