DAF Transparency Bill AB 2926 Killed by California Senate Judiciary Committee

On July 23, 2020, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, held in committee a bill, critically important to nonprofits, which had already passed in the Assembly. [...]

Lisa Handley is the Development Director for St. Vincent de Paul of San Francisco, overseeing development, communications and marketing operations.  SVDP runs homeless shelters and domestic [...]

If you’re feeling stressed, stretched, and exhausted right now, you’re not alone. See the full results of the May 2020 Development Executives Roundtable COVID-19 Survey here, or read [...]

Paul Blaney is the Manager of Individual Giving for LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, working with a five-person Development team, who is responsible for acquisition, cultivation [...]

Valerie Schutz is the Sr. Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Cal State East Bay, where she’s worked for three years.  Her job is focused on raising philanthropic support from [...]

For more than two decades, Shaké Sulikyan has worked in nonprofits.  She started in the finance office of an organization that was just beginning its fundraising efforts and because Shaké was [...]

Lisa Hoffman is a solo-practitioner coach, consultant, facilitator, and trainer to nonprofit boards and staff (www.lisahoffman.net).  She is also an ordained Zen priest.  This may be a [...]

Patrick Heryford has worked in development for 22 years.  He took his first position as the Stewardship Director at a church, with little knowledge or experience in development.  To learn about [...]

November 4, 2019 The Honorable Mark Stone,  Chair Assembly, Judiciary Committee 1020 N Street, Room 104 Sacramento, CA, 95814 Re: Assembly Bill 1712 (Wicks) Donor Advised Funds- SUPPORT Dear [...]

Brenda Laribee, Senior Development Officer at the East Bay Community Foundation Brenda caught the “fundraising bug” towards the end of graduate school, after a career in corporate finance. The [...]