Jill Scherer
@jillscherer
Grants Manager and research analyst driving accurate, impact-focused funding proposals and $200M+ reporting.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Grants Manager at Social Finance, coordinating grant applications with project and finance teams and ensuring “excellence and accuracy” in every submission. I oversee reporting for foundation grant awards totaling $200M+ since 2011, monitoring deadlines and partnering across the organization to deliver high-quality narrative and financial reports to funders.
Before Social Finance, I worked as a Senior Research Analyst at the Milken Institute, where I co-authored community and international development finance reports and supported Financial Innovations Labs through literature reviews, telephone interviews, and ongoing trend tracking. I also collected and analyzed data to inform presentations and the Milken Institute Global Conference, and I contributed to project proposals.
Earlier in my career, I strengthened my economic and data analysis foundation through roles at Charles River Associates and Thomson Financial—supporting finance-related litigation work like damage calculations, valuations, regression analysis, and event studies, and helping with data-cleansing initiatives and database maintenance for Thomson’s research products. My publications reflect this mix of research rigor and practical funding insight.
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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Grants Manager
Social Finance, Inc.
Feb 2011 - Present (15 years 3 months)
Write and edit grant applications in coordination with project and finance teams, ensuring accuracy and funder-ready quality. Oversee foundation grant reporting for $200M+ in awards since 2011, managing deadlines and tracking grant payments in collaboration with finance.
Senior Research Analyst
Milken Institute
Sep 2007 - Jan 2011 (3 years 4 months)
Co-authored reports on community and international development finance and supported research for Milken Institute Financial Innovations Labs roundtables. Conducted literature reviews and telephone interviews, tracked trends, and collected/analyzed data to inform presentations and project proposals.
Associate
Charles River Associates
Mar 2003 - Jun 2005 (2 years 3 months)
Supported finance-related litigation cases by performing economic analysis and damage calculations for clients. Produced valuation and econometric work (including regression analysis and event studies) and contributed to expert reports by creating and reviewing exhibits and editing report text.
Research Analyst
Thomson Financial
Oct 2001 - Mar 2003 (1 year 5 months)
Maintained First Call’s brokerage-firm research database by researching and resolving data discrepancies with contributors. Helped deliver a data-cleansing initiative used by the Wall Street Journal’s annual “Best on the Street” contest.
Education
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University of California, Berkeley
Master of Public Policy, Public Policy
Earned a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007.
Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Activities and societies: Recipient of the White Prize for Excellence in Economics; study abroad at University College London (Spring 2000).
Earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University, majoring in Economics, in 2001.
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