WOLA: Advocacy for Human Rights in the Americas
Assistant Director for Partnerships

Maddie Cunningham

Maddie Cunningham provides research and grant writing support to WOLA’s Philanthropy and Partnerships team. She identifies new foundation prospects and helps to manage relationships with existing institutional donors by drafting and submitting grant proposals, reports, and other written materials.

Prior to joining WOLA, Maddie was a Grant Writer at Elevate, a D.C.-based grant writing firm that works with non-profit organizations across the country. Maddie graduated from Centre College in 2015 with a degree in Anthropology and Sociology. During her undergraduate career, Maddie studied abroad in Mérida, Mexico and traveled to Cuba. She served as WOLA’s Cuba Policy intern in the summer of 2014.