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May Membership Meeting
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Membership Meeting
Bright Star Grant Consultants will present on some hot topics that will impact your organization’s fundraising. Janet Bourque will offer a thirty minute consult to each attending organization. Don’t miss out!
May 28, 2008
Presented by: Janet Bourque of Bright Star Grant Consultants, Inc.
11:00am - 1:30pm
Gonzaga University - Washington/California room in the COG
702 E Desmet Ave
Spokane, WA 99258
RSVP: kelleha@inhs.org
Why Your Grant Proposal May Not Have Been Funded
Goal: To learn the inside secrets as to why funders reject grant proposals and how they can prevent those errors in their own proposals.
Outcomes: Attendees will have the concepts, key awarenesses, and resource tools to develop proposals that have an increased opportunity to be funded.
Description:
• Analyze actual an actual proposal that was rejected for funding in order to identify the important points that led to low scores and rejection.
• Identify major pitfalls and how to avoid them
• Participate in group discussions that result in new insights and understandings of what funders look for in fundable proposals.
Networking Lunch: 12pm-12:30pm
Surfing the River: Diversifying and Combining Your Funding Streams to Create Powerful Cash Flow
Goal: To gain new knowledge about the potential for diverse sources of funding that can fill the funding gaps to address student needs
Outcomes: Attendees will have specific information and resource tools
Description:
• Gain knowledge in the challenges and benefits of each source of funding.
• Identify sources of funding and how to access them
• Federal Government Grants
• Federal Government Appropriations, such as set asides
• Federal contracting
• State and state flow-through grants
• City
• Private Foundations
• Corporations
• Community Foundations
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Now’s your chance to join the INDC Executive Commi
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The INDC Executive Committee is currently seeking members who are interested in leadership roles for the 08-09 year. We have three open positions:
VP of Communications: The VP of Communications is responsible for managing the INDC website, the INDC newsletter and Blast! Communications.
VP of Programs: The VP of Programs is responsible for coordinating speakers for each general membership meeting and listening/implementing member feedback and evaluations of past meetings.
Secretary: The Secretary is responsible for taking minutes at the executive meeting, arranging for lunch at Executive Committee meetings, and helping check in members at membership meetings.
All positions require only a minimal commitment and are a great way to take leadership, have fun and network even better with your peers. If you are interested please e-mail Keith O’Brien at kobrien1@gonzaga.edu by Friday May 16.
Ballots will be e-mailed to all members Monday May 19.
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Invite a Friend to Join INDC
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Don’t forget to invite your development friends to attend the May 28 meeting on grant writing. This is a great session for anyone who writes grants for their organization.
The guest fee is only $25, which includes the seminars and lunch. But please encourage your friends to join INDC. Our membership year starts June 1, but we’re offering a special deal to people who join INDC at the May meeting. New members who join for the 2008/2009 year can attend the May meeting at no extra charge.
INDC has 5 membership meetings a year (which include food). Members have access to job postings and the membership directory on the INDC website. All this for only $75!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Vicki Sola Egesdal
509-462-1239
vegesdal@inlandnwlandtrust.org
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Engaging Your Board in Sustainable Funding
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Engaging Your Board in Sustainable Funding
Presenter: Sarah McCrum
Date: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
South Hill Branch Spokane Public Library 3324 S Perry St., Spokane, WA 99203
No Fee to Attend
To register: Go to http://sforce.benevon.com/intros/western.htm and fill out the registration form. RSVP Required! Space is Limited.
Learn a tested system to identify and cultivate donors who love your mission—donors who will give for operations, capital, and endowment. Find out how to grow your organization’s visibility in the community and engage your board in the fundraising process without requiring that they ask for money. This entry level workshop is designed for board members, executive directors, CEOs, and fund development professionals. By the end of this seminar you will have the fundamentals to embark on the path to sustainability and grow your major gifts programs year after year.
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Don’t forget to renew your INDC membership now!
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Our membership year starts June 1. Please renew your membership by the end of this month.
Remember, INDC is the local resource for your fundraising and non-profit activities. We offer a regular meeting schedule (no meetings in June, July or August); networking; plus access to our on-line resources – including the membership roster, job postings, volunteer opportunities, message board communications, and so much more. All this for only $75. Click Here for the renewal form.
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President's Message
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 With the May flowers, comes our last meeting of this year. Our new executive committee, lead by Keith O’Brien, will take over the reins at this meeting. We still have a few openings on the Executive committee. If you are thinking about this, give one of the committee members a call or email. I truly do not believe you will regret being a part of this great group. The time commitment is very manageable and the friends and networking will be worth it.
I have enjoyed my year as President. I have served on this committee for many years (and it’s definitely time to hand it over to someone else) first as VP of Communications and VP of Membership, before being President Elect. I have always found the members of the executive committee easy to work with, eager to work toward a common goal and a lot of fun. I joined the INDC in 1995 (Wow!) when I was the Coordinator at the Friend of Manito. Wherever my job took me, INDC was a part of that. I have learned so much about development at these meetings and in the conversations with other development officers. Many of those same people are ones I turn to now when I need information, help and support.
My goal this year was to build our membership back up to 100. We have come very close with 90+ members as of April. So bring a development friend to our May meeting. Show them what a great networking and educational group we are.
Remember to make use of the web site, www.indc.net, over the summer. Read what‘s new and upcoming in the development world, check out or list the employment opportunities, locate contacts for other organizations in town.
As we look towards our next year, please let us know what you want. This is your organization. We need your input on topics, speakers, locations, food, etc. All input is brought to our executive meetings and discussed.
Thank you for being a part of this great group.
Kerry Wiltzius
INDC President
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