Fundraising & Capacity Building
Essentials of Development Seminar

The Essentials of Development Seminar helps organizations create a diversified funding development structure. Designed for smaller or start-up organizations, the program’s goal is to help these groups sustain the long-term accomplishment of their mission.

Among the topics covered in the seminar are:

• Principles of Fundraising
• Development of a case for support
• Donor list segmentation and management
• Donor contact and care
• Multiple approaches to fundraising

Each year, a group of about ten organizations is invited to participate in this program. Each organization brings its executive director, development personnel, and at least two board members, to a pair of two-day workshops in Vancouver, Washington. During the period between the two two-day workshops, attendees return home to implement the devised strategic action steps.

To lead the program, the Trust uses a faculty of non-profit leaders and practitioners actively engaged in development work in the Pacific Northwest.

For more information, contact Murdock Trust by email or call 360-694-8415.