the fundraising academy for
grassroots organizationsTM
The Fundraising Academy was designed with local groups in
mind. Underfunded and under-developed compared to their
counterparts in metropolitan areas, many Inland Empire social
service organizations lack the funding they need to meet the
continually growing demand for their services; services families
need to be healthy, safe and successful.
Local families continue to face dire circumstances as the
poor economy strains their already limited resources. High
unemployment and government cuts in services continue to send
more and more families to community organizations for help to
make ends meet. Now, more than ever, nonprofit organizations
need to develop resources in order to meet this crisis!
Participants in The Academy receive 16 half-day workshops on
a wide variety of income development nonprofit management
strategies, a notebook full of resources, peer coaching, a certificate
of completion, and Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE)
continuing education units.
Our heartfelt thanks go to the generous sponsors who have made
this critical training possible over the years:
• Bank of America
• County of San Bernardino
• Our Leadership Circle Donors
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• Southern California Edison
• The Community Foundation & Willmas Charitable Trust Fund
• U.S. Bank
• Union Bank
• Union Pacific Foundation
• Weingart Foundation
• Wells Fargo
For information about the next Fundraising Academy visit:
www.TheFundraisingAcademy.com.
Begun in 2009, The Fundraising Academy for Grassroots
Organizations™ has graduated 90 nonprofit leaders from five
classes and helped those participants raise at least $3.5 million; a
7:1 multiplier of the funds invested in implementing those courses.
The end-of-course feedback from the Class of 2014 demonstrated
a significant level of new learning with 100% reporting that they
had learned new skills and/or knowledge that will improve their
personal and their organization’s fund development effectiveness.
Additionally, at the end of the course all participants reported that:
• Participation in The Fundraising Academy has helped our
organization identify potential funding/resources sources.
• Participation in The Fundraising Academy has already helped
our organization increase funding/resources.
• Our organization has already implemented strategies I learned
in The Fundraising Academy.
• The strategies we have implemented have already begun to
improve our organization’s fundraising efforts.
Academy for Grassroots Organizations Board of Directors (l-r)
Shirli Driz, Lisa Lawrence,
Vici Nagel,Christopher Lindsay,
Valerie Smith, Matt Coughlin,
Andrea Mitchel and Mark Hutchason.
Not pictured: Ryan McEachron