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Light As a Feather... The Importance of Collaboration
Presented by: Jason Poisson
The Jack and Buena Foundation
"So many nonprofit organizations in our community run parallel to each other without touching base or working together. While I understand some of the underlying reasons for this, I am here to suggest how that frame of thinking can be limiting. This presentation is for us to examine a few of the ways that collaborating can help us to increase our productivity, grant writing potentials, and staff building / retention. Throughout this presentation, we will share some ways that collaboration might help us personally and professionally. Through this process I hope that we open lines of communication with each other and our organizations in innovative and fun ways how we might be able to collaborate in the future."
~ Jason Poisson
 Jason Poisson is the founder and Executive Director of the Jack and Buena Foundation, a non-profit organization located in Stanislaus County. The primary function of the Jack and Buena Foundation is operating and facilitating the summer resident camp, Camp Jack Hazard. In 2024, the Jack and Buena Foundation will celebrate its 15th year supporting Camp Jack Hazard and Camp Jack Hazard will celebrate its 100th year serving the youth of the Central Valley and beyond. Jason graduated in 2002 from CSU Stanislaus with a B.A. in Anthropology, and received a Single Subject teaching credential in English and Social Sciences in 2004. Jason taught for 9 years in Stanislaus County, prior to becoming the Executive Director of the Jack and Buena Foundation. This is Jason's 10th year in this role.
When: April 11, 2024
**Please note**
Date changed due to AFP ICON
Lunch & Networking 12:00-12:15, followed by Announcements and our presentation.
AFP membership not required.
AFP Members may bring a guest free of charge once each year.
AFP Members: $25.00
All others: $35.00
Lunch is included
Register on our website by April 9, 2024, 10:00am, using PayPal, or email us at afpyosemite@gmail.com to RSVP and pay at the door (PayPal, cash or check preferred)
Full participation in Light As a Feather... The Importance of Collaboration is pending approval for CFRE CEU credits in Category 1.B -Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
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Members Only
AFP Members - There is a wealth of information on the AFP Global website. Take some time to check it out! You will find many resources to help build your career and provide professional development, information on certifications, answers to ethical questions, and so much more!
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Engagement and collaboration are at the heart of everything that fundraisers do. From cultivating donors and volunteers to involving board members and staff in the fundraising profession, engaging different audiences in partnerships and collaborations unlocks the true potential of philanthropy.
Emily Rose Patz offers advice on how to stand out as a leader and collaborator at your organization in this informative video.
Othalene Lawrence: New AFP IDEA head sparks Collaboration and Inclusion
As the new head of IDEA at AFP, Lawrence says that, for her, ethical philanthropy “is more than just how the money is being spent, but how you’re bringing people into the space and having equitable distribution and engagement on all levels. It’s about tying it to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access.”
Advancing Philanthropy - Policy: A Fundraiser's Best Friend
...what is the key to the prevention of an unwanted gift—besides Amazon wish lists? For fundraisers, a gift acceptance policy, or GAP, is a living document that you create to shape what can and cannot be accepted by the organization.
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It's not too late to register!
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Contribute to BE the CAUSE during ICON and increase the impact of your gift!
What is BE the Cause?
BE the CAUSE is the AFP Foundation's annual, unrestricted fund that supports all four pillars of our Case for Support. BE the CAUSE helps to fund local, national and international programs including scholarships, leadership development, education and much more. A protion of every donation that a donor makes goes back to their local chapter.
A great time to make a contribution to Be the CAUSE is during AFP ICON (April 7-9). Blackbaud offers a $10 match for every gift (not pledge) of $20 or more. Put it on your calendar and look for those email reminders from global. Make an appointment on your calendar today to make a gift to BE the CAUSE during ICON.
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So much information is available through in AFP's complimentary Members Only Webinars. Bring AFPs fundraising experts and thought leaders right to your desktop or mobile device at no cost to AFP Members.
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AFP Yosemite Chapter can help you overcome your fundraising challenge through our mentoring program. Local experts are available to help support your efforts. Check us out soon!
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AFP Members save 20% on CFRE Certification!
Become a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) to demonstrate your mastery of ethical, best-practice fundraising to your employer, board, donors, and beyond.
Why the CFRE? CFRE stands for "Certified Fundraising Executive." Administered by CFRE International, the CFRE credential demonstrates your professional achievement and commitment to the fundraising profession. This is achieved through mastery of core knowledge and skills required of fundraising professionals with at least three years of experience.
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Save the Date
Throughout the year, AFP Yosemite Chapter offers a variety of education sessions to help its members grow as fundraising professionals. Check out these upcoming events and mark your calendars.
April 15 - CFRE Application Deadline; 8:59PM PDT
May 2 - ICON - Key Takeaways
June 6 - CPA - Tax Matters
July - Summer Vacation
August - Summer Vacation/Webinar TBD
September 5 - CyberSecurity
October 3 - Wellness
November - TBD - National Philanthropy Day
December 11 - Holiday Gathering & Annual Meeting
AFP Yosemite Chapter Members may invite a guest
~free of charge~
to one meeting each year. (CVFC Excluded)
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Apply now for an IDEA Scholarship!
CONGRATULATIONS and WELCOME to our newest IDEA Scholarship Recipients. Thefollowing people are receiving a one-year membership to AFP Yosemite Chapter, ON US!
Ana Andrade - Able Works
Hannah Brady - Senior Advocacy Network
Christina L. Rhoads - The Artistic Repertoire Theater Collaboration
You can receive a one-year membership to AFP Yosemite Chapter too! IDEA Scholarship applications are currently being accepted.
Apply today!
Inclusion
Diversity
Equity
Access
Diversity can mean just about anything, and EVERYONE offers diversity to our community. AFP Yosemite Chapter offers four Diversity Scholarships each year - one per quarter. You are eligible to apply if you've never been an AFP member before. If you're selected from the applicants, you will receive a one year membership to AFP. Applications are being accepted now.
IDEA Scholarship Applications Available
Apply today!
AFP Yosemite Chapter has earned the
2024 IDEA Champion Designation
The IDEA Champion Designation recognizes those chapters who have accomplished many of the key objectives in AFP's goal of advancing diversity: commitment to increasing inclusion, diversity, equity, and access in the fundraising profession.
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Check out our Education Library
Holding virtual meetings during the depth of the pandemic allowed us to record and store content from our recent meetings. We are making that information available to you at the same cost as attending a meeting. There are many topics to choose from, including all the sessions of our most recent CVFC - Central Valley Fundraisers Conference, held over 2 days in October 2021.
Visit our Education Library today!
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Job Postings
AFP Yosemite Chapter is often informed of job openings that we have agreed to post on our website. Our Chapter includes members from Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and San Joaquin Counties.
The listings below can be viewed on the AFP Yosemite Chapter website.
University of the Pacific seeks qualified candidates to fill several open positions. Check it out on the AFP Yosemite Chapter website!
Do you have an opening? Post it on our website or email it to afpyosemite@gmail.com
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Know Your Network
AFP Yosemite Chapter welcomes new members
- Ana Andrade - Able Works
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Hannah Brady - Senior Advocacy Network
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Lupe Garcia -
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Anna Genasci - Stanislaus County Farm Bureau
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Christina L. Rhoads - The Artistic Repertoire Theater Collaboration
We welcome back our renewing members:
- Nic Padilla -Second Harvest of the Greater Valley
- Samantha Jones - Stanislaus Community Foundation
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Association of Fundraising Professionals,
Yosemite Chapter
March 2024
Next Meeting
April 11, 2024
12:00 - 1:30PM
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The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents more than 30,000 members in nearly 200 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession. For more information,
www.afpnet.org
JOIN NOW!
AFP Yosemite Chapter Contact Information:
By mail:
P.O. Box 1168
Modesto, CA 95354
By Email:
afpyosemite@gmail.com
Visit our website: afpyosemite.afpnet.org
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Lunch Meeting Reservation /
Refund Policy
- If you register for the meeting and pay in advance via Paypal and are unable to attend, you will NOT receive a refund for your payment.
- If you register in advance without paying and are unable to attend, you will be billed for lunch via PayPal invoice, due and payable on receipt.
- If you register and pay in advance but inform us of your inability to attend before the RSVP deadline we will refund your payment. Under the same circumstances if you don’t pay but let us know before the deadline, you will not receive an invoice.
- We will not carry over your payment to the following month’s meeting.
- You may designate another to attend in your place in order to retain the value of your registration. In the case where a non-member substitute is designated, that person must pay the balance of $5.00 to attend.
- Walk-ins, please note: Preregistered attendees will be given priority for lunch. If you don't register in advance, we are unable guarantee adequate food for everyone. You will be charged to attend.
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