Entries by Dale Abrams

Member Spotlight: Erin Blue

Erin Blue Development Director, Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center Tell us a little about your organization. Mission? Population you serve? What do you like most about working there?   The McConnell Arts Center is a multi-disciplinary arts center which celebrates local art at every level.  We offer 60 classes every eight weeks for those interested […]

Member Spotlight: Carly Johnson

Carly Johnson Assistant Director of Development, Cristo Rey Columbus High School Tell us a little about your organization. Mission? Population you serve? What do you like most about working there?   Cristo Rey is a Catholic, college-prep high school with a unique professional work-study program in which students gain real-world job experience and build lasting […]

Member Spotlight: Lori Hunter Overmyer, MBA, CFRE

Lori Hunter Overmyer, MBA, CFRE Executive Vice President, Goettler Associates, Inc. Tell us a little about your organization. Mission? Population you serve? What do you like most about working there?   Goettler Associates, Inc. is a trusted fundraising consulting company, serving the nation’s nonprofit organizations since 1965. Goettler Associate’s mission is to lead nonprofit organizations […]

AFP International Launches New Campaign to Address Gender Inequity in Fundraising

March 8, 2018 On International Women’s Day, AFP has launched the Women’s Impact Initiative (WII) to address issues of gender inequity in the fundraising profession and charitable sector, including sexual harassment, salary inequality, and the lack of women in senior leadership roles. The Initiative is a two-year campaign to assess, address and highlight the specific […]

Eight Nonprofit Professionals Offer Their Best Fundraising Advice

Eight Nonprofit Professionals Offer Their Best Fundraising Advice Reprinted from Forbes Magazine March 2018 Fundraising is an essential activity for any nonprofit organization. Because this involves asking people for donations, rather than exchanging money for a direct product or service, nonprofit leaders need to get donors engaged and emotionally invested in the organization’s cause and work. Building and maintaining […]

2019 National Philanthropy Day Celebration

                  National Philanthropy Day Honorees Back row: Karen Buchwald Wright, Joe Chlapaty, Andrew Levitt, Abraham Alexander, Chris Hawker, Sommer Renaldo, Donna Zuiderweg, Phil Derrow, Barb Derrow Front row: Kiernan Welch, Ford Cowan, Claire Sapp, Miles Goldman, Randi Lewis, Teresa McWain (Columbus, Ohio) – More than 600 of Columbus’ most philanthropic-minded individuals came together on […]