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From
Debt to Endowment
With the successful completion of a challenging capital campaign to raise $650,000 to retire long-term debt for Family Service & Mental Health Center of Oak Park & River Forest, Fund Inc® has continued to work with our client to establish and grow their annual fund program and establish an endowment fund. We are proud to say we have helped Family Service move from “debt to endowment” in less than three years and continue to work with them to increase their endowment fund.
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Annual
Funds and Beyond
After the successful establishment of annual fund programs for several of our clients, we are continuing to provide strategic counsel to help them establish major giving programs for their annual fund. The Barrington Area Council on Aging (BACOA) has established a unique annual multi-year pledge program that gives them the ability to have predictable cash flow as they plan for increased programs and services.
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“Senior
Market”
For several years, Fund Inc® has been developing its expertise in the “senior market” through its work with several organizations that provide a variety of programs and services to seniors and their families throughout the Chicago area. Our consulting relationship is distinctly unique with each of these organizations and includes strategic planning, board development, annual fund development and enhancement, and capital campaign counsel. Our relationship with the Retirement Research Foundation is providing us with new and exciting coaching relationships in the field of aging.
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Strategic
Planning
We have facilitated several strategic plans with both the Barrington Area Council on Aging (BACOA) and PHD (Society for the Preservation of Human Dignity). Their plans have laid the path to solid growth for board governance, administrative planning, and program planning. As with all the work we do for clients, board education is an important part of the strategic planning process.
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Capital
Campaigns
Fund Inc® clients tend to have unusual campaigns. Many of our clients have a small donor base. It becomes our challenge as a team to identify relationships that will lead to successful gifts. We have accomplished this type of campaign with Family Service & Mental Health Center of Oak Park & River Forest, Community Health, and now are facilitating the process with Onward Neighborhood House.
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Fund
Inc® Office News
Education and mentoring of colleagues, as well as individuals considering the development profession, remains a high priority of Fund Inc®. Offering workshops to development professionals provides the opportunity to reach many people coming from a variety of settings, while one-on-one conversations afford a more private opportunity to exchange ideas.
Fund Inc® is actively involved in the programs and projects of Giving Institute, Leading Consultants to Non-Profits. Giving Institute member firms have a commitment to insure the highest level of service to their clients in the areas of leadership, expertise and ethics. Rita Galowich is past secretary of the board, and currently serves as co-chair of the marketing and branding committee and on the membership committee.
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