Should a Degree Be Required to Hold a Fundraising Job? Should a Degree Be Required to Hold a Fundraising Job?
Before I start, I want to make clear that I am certainly not anti-education. In fact, I highly value my liberal arts education (Juniata College). I went on to get a master’s degree in philanthropy and development (St. Mary’s University of Minnesota), and using that, have taught thousands of students across the world the nuances and details of charitable gift fundraising (Eastern University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Edison State University).
That said, I firmly believe that anyone well-trained in the work can make a meaningful difference in a fundraising job degree or not.
Feb 20, 2021
AMSTERDAMÂ Liberty ARC, the Montgomery County Chapter of The Arc New York, is recently announce the appointment of Karl Cote as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In this position, Cote will be a part of Liberty ARC’s senior leadership team where he will assist in the development of the organization’s long-term goals, strategies, plans and policies. He will be responsible for providing leadership, development and administration of the financial operation that supports Liberty ARC and its subsidiaries.
Cote comes to Liberty ARC with more than two decades of experience in executive management, strategic planning, finance and fundraising. He joins the organization from St. Peter’s Health Partners, where he served as the Executive Director and the Chief Development Officer for more than 17 years. During his time at St. Peter’s, Cote led fund raising of more than $66 million in charitable contributions, he spearheaded the development of strategic planning
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UNION, N.J., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Mr. Miller serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Kean University Foundation. Founded in 1984 as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, the Kean University Foundation is currently the university s primary fundraising and gift-receiving organization. Given the rising cost of academic excellence and the decline in state support of college and university budgets, the notable foundation advances the mission of Kean University by pursuing and securing private support to benefit Kean s students, faculty, programs, and/or facilities.
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Having led the Kean University Foundation to its best year of fundraising, Mr. Miller is a highly accomplished fund development executive with 20 years of professional experience working with non-profit organizations. Passionate about working with nonprofit organizations, he has assisted regional, national, and international organization