Raising money for City Club of Tacoma
I find myself in the unusual place of having to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak.
When I wrote The Little Book of Gold, I was calling back to my experience managing the Grand Cinema, as well as many other non-profits. It was an attempt to understand just what I had learned and frame it in a systematic sort of way. In that respect, the book was just as much for myself as for anyone.
But now, I’m beginning the “fundraising season” at City Club of Tacoma and I find myself in a very similar place as when I started at the Grand: I’m the director of a organization with a long history of quality programming but virtually zero fundraising. The difference is I’ve written a book about fundraising between those two experiences.
So this time I won’t be casting about as I did before. I have the chance to document my experience as I go. This will probably be most helpful to those who have read the book, since I’ll be referring to the book fairly often. So please do consider purchasing it!
But regardless of that, this will be an honest look at our fundraising efforts — setbacks, successes, and everything in between.
First up: board giving.
Permalink: Posted at 1:54 pm, September 4, 2009