Just like any hero preparing for an epic journey, you should be prepared. First, become familiar with your values compass. You also need a map to know how to travel safely through your fundraising career.
You should beware of the Terrain of Tainted Treasures, Great Perilous Privacy Pitfalls, Stormy Seas of Stewardship, and other regions of ethical conflict.
Once you know the layout of the land and seas, you can navigate easily, circumvent problems, take the correct fork in the road, find your greatest allies, avoid heartbreak, and mobilize great wealth.
The presentation will provide valuable information about appropriate governance and gift development for fundraisers, charitable gift planners, and those who govern charitable organizations (board members and senior executive staff) that will best assure all gifts are structured to balance the interests of the donor and the purposes of the organization.
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American Cancer Society
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay
Fisher & Sauls, P.A.
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Foundation
Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP
Saint Leo University
USF Foundation, Office of Gift Planning
Suzanne Ruley, CFRE, CFRM, is an accomplished fundraising professional with extensive experience and connections in the greater Pinellas Community. Before joining the Pinellas Community Foundation, Ruley worked as director of development at RCS, after serving as manager of grants and planned giving at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Prior to that, Ruley was the national arts marketing project coordinator at Americans for the Arts and served as the City of Clearwater’s cultural affairs specialist. In addition to overseeing administrative operations, Ruley will prepare the Pinellas Community Foundation to launch an expanded donor development program. She holds a Master’s from Goucher College and a Bachelor’s from Carnegie-Mellon. Ruley has also earned professional certificates in fundraising from Indiana University and Rollins College.
PO Box 2092St. Petersburg, FL 33731
charitablegiftplannerstampabay@gmail.com
