Center For NonProfit Success

Fundraising in the one-person development shop: making the most of a shoestring budget

At the best of times, fundraising can be challenging. However, fundraising in the one person development shop can be daunting, especially when one is working with a shoestring budget. The key in situations like these is to know what areas to prioritize, and how to get the biggest bang for your buck because you can't do it all. This seminar will focus on the issues unique to one person fundraising departments, and will drill down in the following areas:

Keeping your organization on track financially: create and maintain a year-round fundraising plan
Research: research your prospects on a shoestring budget
Direct mail: work with an established third party service provider to maximize your returns
Major gifts program: develop and maintain a manageable high dollar giving club
Planned giving: start simple with a wills and bequests program
Donor solicitation: make it easy for your donors to give and for you to receive donations
Special events: conduct a unique annual event that makes efficient use of volunteers
Leadership involvement: find creative ways to get your executive director and/or board involved in the fundraising process

Attendees will walk away with fresh ideas to take their one person development shop to the next level.

Speakers for this session:

Sherry Burbach

Executive Director

Community Energy Project, Inc. (CEP)

A native of Portland, Oregon, Sherry has worked in the non-profit sector for more than thirty years. Starting out as a Program Manager and Volunteer Coordinator she later worked as an Accounting Manager and Fiscal Director, eventually becoming a non-profit turnaround specialist. For the last five years she has served as Executive Director, Fiscal Director and Development Director at CEP, a grassroots non-profit in Portland. Although she spent years as a member of nonprofit Development teams, she assumed full staff responsibility for development at CEP. Sherry has nearly tripled her organization`s basic funding and is in the process of launching two entrepreneurial initiatives. She owns a repertoire of budget-wise strategies to share. A graduate of Portland State University Sherry regularly relies on the services of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon, Technical Assistance for Community Service, and Willamette Valley Development Organization.

Jeanette Davis-Loeb

Founder & CEO

Rising Oak Foundation

In her current position, Jeanette works as a one-woman-development shop where she does it all: branding, marketing, product development, grant-writing, donor cultivation and volunteer coordination. In addition, Jeanette consults to underdeveloped non-profits helping them achieve measurable levels of self-sustainability, by creating compelling and innovative income streams. At present she is Treasurer and Resource Development Chair of Women In Fatherhood, Inc., and Outgoing Chair of the Pacific Northwest Advisory Board of the United Negro College Fund. Jeanette earned her B.A. degree from The Evergreen State College, and has completed course work towards her M.A. in Not-for-Profit Leadership from Seattle University.

Caitlin Frances

Managing Director

SecondStory Repertory Theatre

Caitlin Frances started at SecondStory Repertory Theatre in Redmond Washington as the Founding Managing Director in 1999. She leads a small staff of 4 in fundraising, development, production management, marketing and basic theatre management. During a sabbatical from SecondStory Repertory Theatre Caitlin worked for Northwest Harvest managing major media events for the 2005 holiday season. She also worked for The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras as the Manager of Marketing, Graphic Design Artist, Accidental Techie & Special Events Coordinator. Caitlin has also served as the Managing Director for Wooden O theatre during which time they merged with Seattle Shakespeare Company. Now back at SecondStory Repertory Theatre Caitlin is serving as the Managing Director, individual donor specialist, events coordinator and co-grant writer.

Seattle Fundraising Summit

A relationship approach to fundraising
Nonprofit fundraising has become highly specialized, and each segment of your donor market requires a different set of relationship management skills. Whether you are reaching out to private foundations, wealthy individuals or your own members, you need to understand who they give to, and why. The Seattle Summit focuses on the relationship aspects of fundraising, and offers you several ways to enhance your relationship management skills:

Day One:
In the morning, listen to a panel of private, corporate and community grantmakers who will openly discuss their philosophy on grantmaking, how they operate, and most important, how you can build a more successful relationship with the grantmaking community. In the afternoon, participate in seminars led by experienced grant seekers who have successfully secured many foundation grants, and have built successful relationships with the grantmaking community.

Day Two:
Attend a series of fundraising seminars covering the hottest areas of fundraising (capital campaigns, major gifts, annual giving campaigns, and many more). Panels of experts will discuss the latest developments in these fields, and then enter into a dialogue with the participants that addresses their most pressing questions.

WHY ATTEND THE FUNDRAISING SUMMIT?
Fundraising is primarily a relationship business, and with increasing pressures facing all nonprofit professionals to build key relationships, it is becoming more important, though much more difficult to meet people face-to-face. Our innovative Summit format provides the most efficient and cost effective use of time away from the office by enabling attendees to interact with experts in the field, as well as other nonprofit leaders.

CAN ONE ATTEND SPECIFIC SESSIONS ONLY?
We understand the demands that are placed on you and on your time. That’s why you can attend only the seminars that are of interest to you. Come for the day or stop by for a couple of hours. You pay for only the seminars you wish to attend and only for the information relevant to you. It’s a novel approach to learning that allows you to get exactly what you’re looking for in a short amount of time. In 2009, we are also introducing a two-day pass so that attendees can attend all sessions at a reduced price.

WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF THE SEMINARS?
Each seminar features a panel of 3-4 experts who will give a short overview of the key developments in that field. After that , we will move into a moderated discussion to explore what these developments mean for nonprofit organizations. During the seminar, panelists will engage with the audience in an interactive manner to ensure the real-world implications of these developments emerge, and the session will end with a summary of practical next steps.

ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING SESSIONS
In 2009, we are adding an exciting new component to our Summits: one on mentoring sessions. In these 30 minute sessions, you can sit down with an experienced nonprofit fundraiser to discuss specific questions not addressed by the seminars. Mentoring sessions will cover the same topics as the seminar topics.

HOW IS THE SUMMIT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER EDUCATIONAL EVENTS?
The Summit offers a unique format to help you accomplish the following:

Build relationships: to ensure maximum exposure to the experts and other nonprofit leaders, each seminar offers structured networking before the session starts
Hear different perspectives: the experts are drawn from different sectors of the nonprofit community to ensure cross-pollination of ideas and practices
Provide a global view: speakers give an overview of key issues so that you can eliminate any gaps in your understanding of the subject
Drill down to the specifics: speakers will also focus on providing specific answers to real-world questions that are common to most attendees
Obtain information you can use: the emphasis in all sessions is on avoiding theoretical discussions in favor of practical tools and techniques that nonprofit leaders can actually use

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUMMIT?
The Summit is organized by the Center for Nonprofit Success, a nonprofit organization that specializes in bringing highly relevant information that nonprofit leaders need to run their organizations successfully. We developed the Fundraising Summit series as a follow-on to the Nonprofit Success Forum, a highly successful educational series on grantmaking that has been taking place around the country for the past two years. The Fundraising Summit drills down into specific areas of fundraising to give nonproft leaders cutting edge tools and techniques.

HOW DO I REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT?
Simply click on the seminars listed below to learn more about the topics that will be covered in each seminar. Then select only those seminars that you wish to attend.

Location/Directions

Location

The Summit will take place on the University of Washington Campus, in the Husky Union Building (HUB). The full address is:

University of Washington
Husky Union Building (HUB), 2nd floor

113 Husky Union Building

Seattle, WA 98195

Driving Directions

Traveling from South of the UW (including Sea-Tac Airport)

From I-5 north
Drive northbound on I-5 (do not use the express lanes)
Take the NE 45th Street exit (#169).
Turn right onto NE 45th Street.
Continue east about one quarter mile to 15th Avenue NE and turn right.
Head south on 15th Avenue three blocks to NE 41st Street.
Turn left at Gate #1 into the Central Plaza Garage.
Stop at the gatehouse inside the garage. The Traffic Guide will assign the parking area within the Central Plaza Garage depending on the space availability. Purchase a parking permit. Cost is $15.00

Traveling from North of the UW
From I-5 southbound
Drive southbound on I-5.
Take the NE 45th Street exit (#169).
Turn left onto NE 45th Street.
Continue east about one quarter mile to 15th Avenue NE and turn right.
Head south on 15th Avenue three blocks to NE 41st Street. Turn left at Gate #1 into the Central Plaza Garage.
Stop at the gatehouse inside the garage. The Traffic Guide will assign the parking area within the Central Plaza Garage depending on the space availability. Purchase a parking permit. Cost is $15.00

Traveling from East of the UW
From SR-520 westbound
Take the Montlake Blvd NE exit and turn right.
Continue north on Montlake Blvd. and cross the drawbridge.
At the first traffic light after the bridge, turn left onto NE Pacific Street.
Pass under 2 bridges.
Turn right on 15th Ave NE.
At NE 41st Street, turn right at Gate #1 into the Central Plaza Garage.
Stop at the gatehouse inside the garage. The Traffic Guide will assign the parking area within the Central Plaza Garage depending on the space availability. Purchase a parking permit. Cost is $15.00

Parking near the Husky Union Building (10 minute walk)
Visitor parking is available at the Central Plaza Garage located off 15th Ave NE and NE 41st Street. It is behind the Allen Center for the Visual Arts and the Odegaard Library. The Traffic Guide will assign the parking area within the Central Plaza Garage depending on the space availability. Take the Elevator by Kane Hall (NE corner of garage) down to ground level. Once you exit the garage, follow the pathways past the Suzzalo Library and Allen Library Building across the HUB yard to the Student Union Building (HUB) which will be straight ahead past the Libraries. Give yourselves an extra 30 minutes to find parking and walk to the HUB.

All visitors must stop at Gate #1 to purchase a parking permit. They have a pay as you enter system. The cost is $15 and there is a sliding refund scale.
Stop at the gate on your way out, and they will refund you back part of the $15 depending on the length of time that you parked.
They accept cash, Visa, and Mastercard.
The Central Plaza Garage has 1000 parking spaces.

Disability Parking near the Husky Union Building
Disability parking is available in the N22 parking lot next to the HUB/Student Activities Building on Stevens Way. You need a parking pass designated N22 to park in this lot.

Directions to the N22 Disability parking lot:

From I-5 North or South
From I-5, take the NE 45th Street exit and head east on NE 45th Street.
Continue east about one quarter mile to 15th Avenue NE and turn right.
Head south on 15th Avenue five blocks to NE 40st Street. Turn left at Gate #5.
Stop at the gatehouse and please say the following to the Traffic Guide at the Gate, “I need a Disability/mobility accommodation in the N22 lot.”
Purchase a parking permit. Cost is $15.00
You need a parking pass designated N22 to park in this lot.
Continue on Stevens Way which curves around. You will see the Husky Stadium off to the right.
The Student Union Building (HUB) will be on your left.
N22 lot is just past the HUB on your left.

From SR-520
From SR-520, Take the Montlake Blvd NE exit and turn right.
Continue north on Montlake Blvd. and cross the drawbridge.
Pass under 3 bridges.
Turn right on 15th Ave NE.
Turn left at NE 44th Place. It becomes Pend Oreille Road.
Stop at the Gatehouse #3 and please say the following to the Traffic Guide at the Gate, “I need a Disability/mobility accommodation in the N22 lot.”
Purchase a parking permit. Cost is $15.00
You need a parking pass designated N22 to park in this lot.
Turn left at Stevens Way.
N22 lot will be on your right before the Student Union Building (HUB)

Public Transportation

The following bus routes have stops at the HUB:

Metro All Day Routes: 31, 65, 67, 68, 75, 372
Metro Peak Hour Routes: 205, 272, 277, 373
Community Transit Routes: 810, 812, 821, 851, 855, 860, 870, 871, 880, 885

Additional Bus Route Resources

Metro Bus Services - 206-553-3000
Metro Trip Planner to the HUB
Metro Bus Tracker (specific to the HUB)
Metro Transit website

Community Transit - 425-353-7433
Community Transit Trip Planner to the UW
Community Transit Bus Tracker (specific to the UW)
Community Transit website

Hotels
Most hotels near the Summit venue are within the $144 - $209 per night range. The following hotels are within a three-mile radius of the venue:

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