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The Fund Raising School Why do nonprofit leaders send fundraising staff to The Fund Raising School?

I wanted to develop a good foundation of best practices for fundraising, and to learn alongside and network with other professionals in the field. I learned a great deal from the professionals in the class, and I find myself often going back to the materials provided by The Fund Raising School.”

— Katie Cobb Development Officer Second Helpings

of alumni reported having increased confidence in their work after taking The Fund Raising School courses.

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The Fund Raising Schoolreported has forever of alumni changed my life—and the lives of all that The Fund the Raising adults in School our community who learned to courses provide readtools and write, and to read, write, and speak that they use in funding English as a second language.

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The Fund Raising School courses — Brenda Rigdon increased their awareness of how Executive Director Kosciusko County Foundation all of the partsCommunity fit together.

of alumni reported holding steady or increasing funds raised while www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/the-fund-raising-school emerging from the recession.

The Fund Raising School Fundraisers are pragmatic idealists. Fundraisers have big ideas and a strong impulse to create positive and lasting change.

The Fund Raising School courses provide practical tools needed to dig in and create action plans for building sustainable fundraising operations.

Many of today’s students and nonprofit professionals want careers that let them make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy helps them become the next generation of philanthropy and nonprofit professionals and scholars. u

Nowhere else in the world can professionals learn from a faculty with 500 collective years of fundraising experience.

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In every class, participants have maximum support and interaction with the instructor and other fundraising professionals.

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Participants leave our courses with a custom plan that can be implemented immediately.

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We’re so proud of our program that if participants are not 100% satisfied, we’ll refund the tuition.

I am an effective fundraiser because I learned to use the techniques. I know how to engage people, and I know how to build relationships.”

— José Lusende Director of Major Gifts St. Mary’s Child Center

Fundraising success is based on preparation of a fundraising plan built on the organization’s case for support, its relationships with constituents, and interaction with the external environment.

The Fund Raising School’s principles and techniques have of alumni reported been taught in more than 40 countries.

The customized having increased training service allows the fundraising team, including confidence their work after taking staff, board, and volunteers toin learn and work together in a focused setting. The Fund Raising School courses.

of alumni reported that The Fund Raising School courses provide tools that they use in funding appeals and major gift solicitations.

of alumni reported that attending The Fund Raising School courses increased their awareness of how all of the parts fit together.

of alumni reported holding steady or increasing funds raised while emerging from the recession.

“Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving” – Hank Rosso