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Martin Malmberg

Non Profit Director with expertise in Fundraising, Grant Writing, Management, and Marketing

Martin Malmberg is an others-first, faith-filled, highly productive leader with a passion for inspiring and mobilizing people to create meaningful change in their lives, communities, and the world. As a fundraising professional, Martin has consistently surpassed annual fundraising goals by up to 65%. With expertise in high capacity donor engagement, events, marketing, and building highly productive teams, Martin aims to apply his expertise as Director of Development to a non-profit with a compelling mission.

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SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Fundraising & Donor Relations

Major Gifts | Corporate Sponsorships | Grant Writing | Legacy Giving | Event Fundraising
Donor Acquisition & Retention Strategies | Board & Volunteer Mobilization
Data-Driven Fundraising | AI-Powered Donor Insights

Marketing & Communication

Public Relations | Media Relations | Storytelling & Brand Development | Public Speaking
Digital Fundraising & Social Media Strategy | Google/Facebook Advertising
Website Development | CRM & Donor Analytics
Email Marketing | Funnels | Content Creation
Adobe Creative Suite | WordPress | Office 365 | Google Analytics

Leadership & Strategic Development

Visionary Leadership | Nonprofit Growth Strategy | Team Management
Organizational Rebranding | Large-Scale Campaigns | Budget Oversight
Program & Project Development
Conflict Resolution | Cross-Cultural Team Development
Strengths-Based Coaching (Certified StrengthsFinder Coach)
Trainer in SMART Goals, Measurable Results and Project Management

Technical & Analytical Skills

CRM & Data Systems
AI-Powered Analytics & Insights for Donor Engagement
Optimizing Websites, SEO, Email Marketing, and Social Media Growth Strategies
Cost Benefit Analysis
Market Research | Effective Evaluations | Visual Presentations

Speaking & Global Impact

Delivered live presentations in over 30 nations and more than 100 churches and other organizations in Las Vegas
Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Facilitated the pioneering of new ministries in North India and South Africa

Current Roles

Serves on the Board of Directors for YWAM Las Vegas and YWAM Lucknow (India)
Leads chapel services at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission
Actively involved in a local church, a minister’s network, and a unity prayer initiative
Consultant and Web Designer

Lutheran Social Services of Nevada

Director of Grants and Charitable Funding

As Director of Grants and Charitable Funding at Lutheran Social Services, Martin oversaw the Development, Grant, and Communication Departments, driving substantial growth across multiple revenue streams. Key achievements during these 3.5 years include:

Exceeded Fundraising Goals: Met FY 2022 goals, exceeded the FY 2023 goal by 17.38%, and surpassed the FY 2024 goal by 65.18%, achieving the highest fundraising total in the organization’s history.
Major Gifts & Donor Engagement: Managed a diverse portfolio of donors, securing five- and six-figure gifts from individuals, corporations, churches, and foundations.
Donor Acquisition & Retention: Designed and executed targeted donor strategies, expanding the donor base by 250% in three years while significantly improving KPIs such as annual donor retention rate, online giving, corporate sponsorships, and total number of donors.
Strategic Communications & Digital Marketing: Led rebranding efforts, tripled newsletter recipients, increased open rates from 10% to 35%, grew social media engagement by 250%, redesigned and launched the website, increased Facebook followers by 250%, and had hundreds of thousands of impressions and critical media mentions. (See Publicity Highlights.)
Technology & Data-Driven Fundraising: Proficient in Raiser’s Edge, Bloomerang, and other CRM systems, leveraging data analytics, segmentation, and automation to enhance donor engagement and operational efficiency.
Secured Major Grants: Successfully directed record-breaking campaigns, property acquisitions, and large-scale community initiatives, such as securing a $50 million HUD grant for the renovation of Marble Manor on the Historic Westside of Las Vegas.
Volunteer Engagement: Increased volunteer hours from 50–60 hours from 25 volunteers in 2021 to over 600 hours/month with over 60 active volunteers in 2023–2024. Personally collaborated with seven high-capacity volunteers in media production, data entry, event planning, and donor outreach.

The above chart shows all non grant income for Fiscal Years 2021 - 2024. Martin took over the Development Department three months into FY 2022 and met the $400,000 goal. In Fiscal Year 2023 exceeded the goal by 17.38%. In Fiscal Year 2024 Martin exceeded his goal by 65.18%, breaking the previous annual fundraising record by more than 50%. Grant income was stable at about 4.5 million dollars per Fiscal Year during this period.

Olive Crest

Community Engagement Director

As the Community Engagement Director at Olive Crest for 3.5 years, Martin managed a team of five staff overseeing Safe Families, Operation Independence, and community outreach initiatives including communications, donor relations, and church engagement.

Community Partnerships: Averaged 30 face-to-face engagements per month with organizations such as The Center, Project 150, Care Coalition, Dept. of Welfare, WIC, and Catholic Charities. Maintained over 90 partner agencies referring families for services.
Church Engagement: Conducted hundreds of live presentations at local churches, sharing Olive Crest’s vision with tens of thousands of people and recruiting hundreds of volunteers. Established child welfare teams at 30 churches, including Spanish-speaking, African American, and Korean congregations, as well as mega churches and multiple denominations (e.g., Presbyterian, Assemblies of God, Baptist). Enhanced church partnerships with newsletters distributed to 600 church partners, growing engagement and volunteer recruitment.
Community Leadership: Organized the Community Forum at Las Vegas City Hall (February 12, 2020), hosting 92 attendees and 51 organizations. Launched a volunteer mentor program for transitional youth (ages 18–22) exiting the foster care system, with 15 mentors completing applications and 8 successful matches.
Marketing and Communications: Increased Facebook likes by over 400% and launched an ad campaign to recruit families to Foster children. Grew newsletter distribution. Managed communications with 80 corporate donor contacts from companies such as Lennar, US Bank, and Capstone Insurance.
Media Exposure: Represented Olive Crest on SOS Radio, Fox 5 News, Channel 8 News, Christian radio and many other mediums amplifying awareness of the organization’s mission.

YWAM Las Vegas

Executive Director

Martin directed and expanded YWAM Las Vegas into a dual-purpose mission combining a training campus and outreach center. Oversaw ministries focused on evangelism, training, combating human trafficking, orphan care, and community development on the historic West Side of Las Vegas.

Increased staff from 7 to 24 full-time members, built a strong leadership team and facilitated succession planning, resulting in three new directors.
Raised $280,000 and eliminated $42,000 in debt, leaving YWAM Las Vegas in a healthy financial position for successors.
The City of Las Vegas and the Mayor were so happy with the scope of what YWAM Las Vegas did in the community and the reporting that the City Council in 2017 voted to “give back” or release ownership of the portion of the building that they gave as a grant in 2007. This secured the ownership of the ministry center property with no lien.
Provided grocery assistance, community banquets, support groups, after-school tutoring, and ESL classes to serve 33,000 individuals and supported 80 adoptive families through the Foster Connect ministry.
Mobilized 901 students through Mission Adventures, a week long training and outreach program in Las Vegas.
Graduated 156 students from Discipleship Training School, a 5-month missionary program with international outreach to nations such as India and Nepal.
See highlights below:

YWAM International

Training Director

From 2004–2012 Martin served through an organization called Youth With A Mission in 31 nations including several years in both Brazil and North India. The main mission was equipping individuals to launch transformational and multiplying ministries. His work included pioneering training schools, leading outreach teams, and developing sustainable community initiatives. In North India, Martin led and established a three-month training school designed to equip national leaders with best practices in starting new ministries. These teams successfully trained and mobilized leaders who launched 23 new YWAM operating locations across North and West India with ministry focuses such as orphan care, church planting, addiction recovery, and widow care. The training model expanded to Mexico and South Africa, where Martin led this pioneering training in 2012.