by Ashleigh Graves-Roesler In 2016, my husband Bryan and I answered a call to public service and applied to serve in the United States Peace Corps. We accepted placements as Community Development Volunteers in Ukraine and began our 27-month service in March 2017. Following three months of intensive language and technical training in Chernihiv (two… Read more »
This is the final blog in a four-week series about Lake Institute on Faith & Giving’s Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF). Each week has provided a different perspective on this course and the way it has impacted individuals and religious organizations. By Melissa Spas Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of working… Read more »
This is the third blog in a four-week series about Lake Institute on Faith & Giving’s Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF). Each week will provide a different perspective on this course and the way it has impacted individuals and religious organizations. By Cynthia Newman Cynthia Newman is Minister of Clergy Economic Empowerment for the… Read more »
This is the first in a four-week series about Lake Institute on Faith & Giving’s course offering, Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF). Each week will be a different perspective on this course and the way it has impacted individuals and religious organizations. By Rafia Khader As a new program manager at Lake Institute on… Read more »
In the mid-1990s, although the fundraising occupation had been in existence for decades, it still was not well understood, and many people did not consider it a profession. Beyond anecdotal stories and short reports published by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ predecessor, few studies had been conducted to… Read more »