April Professional Development | How to Raise Endowment Funding We all know we need to have a robust and growing endowment for our nonprofit.  But, even if we have an endowment fund right now, how can we work in more money for that when we need dollars for more pressing needs?  This session answers the following questions: What exactly is an endowment? How does it function? How much does it need to be? Should it produce income? What should we spend it on? Who is in charge of it? How do we raise it? Where does endowment [...]

June Professional Development | Lemons to Lemonade: Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty The slides for this program are available HERE. The lemons: Cost of living increases, rising interest rates, aging baby boomers. Believe or not, there are giving opportunities that can sweeten the mix. In the spirit of a summer lemonade stand, we’ll stir up a couple of recipes to offer your donors, with variations for bequests, IRA gifts, and charitable gift annuities. Sheryl Aikman is the principal of Alenda Consulting LLC. She serves a wide range of nonprofit, individual and professional advisor clients, with a focus on major, life [...]