Fundraising for Small Organizations

• Some basic fundraising fundamentals
• What makes up a winning pitch or compelling case
• Prioritizing and strategizing to fit you, your organization, and resources available
• Overcoming fears and hang-ups in fundraising
• Creating good fundraising culture with shared responsibilities

About the presenter:

Maeve McBride, PhD, is an associate with CPG Enterprises, a Vermont-based consulting firm that provides fundraising planning, coaching, advice, support, and training for nonprofits. She has a breadth of leadership and development skills, with 20 years of experience in non-profits, academia, and the private sector. Her strengths include fundraising, mentorship, facilitation, research, strategic thinking, innovation, and attention-to-detail. She delights in making things – teams, spreadsheets, campaigns, organizations – work better. She is dedicated to a relational and networked approach to social change and reparations. In addition to her consulting work with CPG Enterprises, Maeve stewards a community farm with her family and friends in Jericho, Vermont.