Member Spotlight: Shaké Sulikyan, Executive Director, ValleyCare Charitable Foundation

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]