Cultivating a Culture of Board Engagement for Fundraising

Cultivating a Culture of Board Engagement for FundraisingTUE, JUL 26 AT 4:30 PM, HOLLAND, MI, UNITED STATES

The Johnson Center is happy to host the Cultivating a Culture for Board Engagement for Fundraising Workshop for Lakeshore Area board members on behalf of the Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance and the Community Foundation of Holland/Zeeland Area. This workshop is designed for nonprofits serving Ottawa County and is intended primarily for board members. We are capping registration at two representatives from each organization and ask that at least one be a representative of the board.

Too often organizations pursue fundraising as an unfortunate “must do” in order to fund their programs. However, organizations that succeed in fundraising understand that their primary purpose is to build a movement of supporters who both believe in the mission and are meaningfully engaged in its activities. An active board is at the center of that movement. This workshop is intended for board members and leadership staff who are interested in learning how to reframe the culture in their organizations so that fundraising is no longer understood as a dreaded necessity of organizational existence but rather a powerful opportunity to advance the organization’s mission and impact.

This workshop will:
- Give rationale and tools for reframing an organization’s internal dialogue about fundraising
- Help participants map out their organization’s different constituency groups
- Provide tools for community engagement, branding, strategic financial decision-making, and board involvement in fundraising

A meal will be provided.

Matthew Downey is the Program Director for Nonprofit Services at Grand Valley State University’s Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. His 24 years of experience in the nonprofit sector as a consultant, program manager, and development officer support his role in overseeing the center’s technical assistance and capacity building services. In this capacity he frequently speaks and instructs on a range of nonprofit management issues. Prior to the Johnson Center, Matthew worked with a wide array of nonprofit organizations, including the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival (Kalamazoo, Mich.); St. Mary's Hospital for Children (Bayside, N.Y.); the Queens Borough Public Library (Jamaica, N.Y.); the Child Care Action Campaign (New York, N.Y.); and the United Negro College Fund (Detroit, Mich.). Matthew holds a B.S. in Nonprofit Arts Administration from Butler University (Indianapolis, Ind.) and an M.P.A. from Grand Valley State University (Grand Rapids, Mich.). He was recognized by Grand Rapids Business Journal in 2010 and 2012 as one of West Michigan’s 40 leading executives under the age of forty, and was named Young Nonprofit Professional of the Year in 2011 by the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Greater Grand Rapids.

Venue -:

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)

GVSU Holland Meijer Campus - 515 South Waverly Road, Holland, MI 49423, United States 

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