Member Spotlight: Brenda Laribee

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 [...]

Louise Yokoi, Principal, Anchor & Seed Philanthropic Consulting Like most of us in development, Louise came to the nonprofit world through an interesting and circuitous path.  She started [...]

Gayle Roberts, Chief Development Officer, Larkin Street Youth Services As head of development for the Bay Area’s largest nonprofit dedicated to ending youth homelessness, Gayle Roberts and her [...]

Thanks for taking time to complete the DER member community survey!  You can learn how others responded here. If you have questions or comments, please let us know by sending a note to the DER [...]

The Northern California Planned Giving Council is holding their 26th Annual Conference on Planned Giving on May 4, 2018 in San Francisco.  DER members can receive the NCPGC member rate, a $50 [...]

The Fund Raising School has launched the First Day Podcast! Highlighting current news and research, this weekly 10 minute podcast provides fundraisers with the latest information in fundraising [...]

BY Susan Todaro It was a packed house on November 17 at the Foundation Center for the Annual Bay Area Corporate Philanthropy Panel. More than 100 nonprofit professionals gathered to learn about [...]

Good data is essential to fundraising.  Join us Friday, September 8 as Rob Weiner leads us through an overview of donor and member databases in The Care and Feeding of Your Donor Database at [...]

Friday, August 11 Luncheon Program – New Research into What’s Holding Back Planning Giving Thursday, September 7 Fundraisers’ Anxiety Buster (FAB) – How as the [...]

Did you miss out on the the combined MGM/Luncheon program on July 12?  It’s all about engaging your board joyfully in fundraising.  Visit the events page now!