Member Spotlight: Lisa Hoffman – Coach, Consultant, Zen Priest

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 [...]

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 [...]