FUNDRAISING ALONG THE EQUITY JOURNEY
Date: March 20, 2024
Time: Announcements at 8:30 am - Program 8:45 am - 11:30 am
Location: NWACC Springdale Campus, 6101 Watkins Ave, Springdale, AR
Presented by: Partner, Hackler Buettner LLC
Presenting Speaker: Matt Hackler
For this session, we are honored to have Matt Hackler join us. Matt is Partner at Hackler Buettner, LLC, a capacity building consulting firm for non-profit organizations. In this role, Matt partners with organizations from across the sector to seize strategic opportunities, chart new courses, respond to emerging need and build plans for sustainable futures. Prior to launching Hackler Buettner, Matt designed and led the capacity building team at Feeding America and served as development director in the arts, education and human services. Matt has a B.A. in English from the University of Minnesota, an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Louisiana in Lafayette. A native of south Louisiana, Matt currently lives in Minneapolis. He dreams of being a gentleman farmer and owning a Flemish Giant Rabbit.
Each organization’s equity journey is a reflection of its history, its mission, the communities it serves, and the beliefs and experiences of those who serve it. Each is distinct and moves at its own pace – and rarely in a straight line. The need to maintain and grow funding can place pressure on fundraisers to initiate or lead conversations about equity in some organizations, or to track down and make sense of metrics demonstrating progress in others.
In the first part of this session, we’ll explore the role of the fundraiser in the negotiation of an organization’s growth toward more equitable decision making and community outcomes. We’ll look at the fundamental goals of engaging in equity work, the positions that fundraisers find themselves in as their organizations pursue it, and the practical opportunities in rethinking and reframing the equity journey to reflect their organization’s real experience. Following the break, we’ll discuss how organizations from different parts of the non-profit sector are connecting their equity work to their fundraising work. We’ll look at some ways data can be used to bring growth and learning in this area to life for donors, and we’ll have a candid conversation about selecting KPIs that put the mission first.