As I reflect on my fundraising experience for marginalized communities–the communities that made me– I often wonder why it has always been so difficult. Fundraising for underrepresented communities poses unique challenges that require careful consideration….

PEOPLE GIVE TO PEOPLE–The importance of building authentic relationships with donors.

When it comes to fundraising, many people ask about my personal fundraising mantra: “People give to people…not to organizations.” This philosophy has sustained me over the course of two decades and has always proven to be true.

After two decades in fundraising, reaching an academic peak by way of an Ed.D., and becoming a homeowner, a dedicated wife, and a mother of two, I left it all in pursuit of autonomy and self-preservation…