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YSU Center for Nonprofit
Leadership Update
YSU’s Center for Nonprofit Leadership
Has New Director, Expanded Opportunities
Laura McCaskey,
Director of YSU’s
Center for Nonprofit Leadership
is completing her
first year on the job.
It has been a year of
change for Youngstown State University’s Center for
Nonprofit Leadership (CNPL). AFP member Laura J.
McCaskey was named the new director of CNPL, a program
established in 2002 to provide relevant coursework and
professional development experience for students
interested in careers in the nonprofit community.
McCaskey, who received her BSBA in Management from John
Carroll University and her MBA from Cleveland State
University, spent seven years working for nonprofit
organizations before coming to YSU. Her work for
PlayhouseSquare and The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Foundation, as well as a small social service agency,
served to strengthen her roles as instructor and advisor
to CNPL students.
The CNPL offers a
Nonprofit Leadership minor to build the knowledge and
skills needed to lead a nonprofit organization.
Subjects include fundraising principles and practices,
marketing and public relations, diversity awareness,
program, committee and board development, and management
of finances and volunteers. Students may also take
additional courses to receive an American Humanics
National Certificate (the only national certification of
its kind), which affirms that a student has demonstrated
essential nonprofit competencies. Eight YSU students
received this certification in the 2009-2010 academic
year.
McCaskey has built on the
success of retired director Jane Reid. In less than one
year, McCaskey has fine-tuned the curriculum, expanded
internship opportunities, and guided the members of the
Student Nonprofit Leadership Organization (SNLO) to
develop two new fundraising events to raise money for
student travel to conferences and seminars. She was
also successful in obtaining a $15,500 grant from Ohio
Campus Compact to participate in the Pay it Forward:
Strengthening Communities through Student-Led
Philanthropy Initiative. Through this initiative,
students in three courses each had $4,500 to award to
regional nonprofit organizations, enabling them to
experience the funders’ side of the grant-making
process.
The classes chose to fund
four organizations out of 57 applications: Inspiring
Minds of Warren, OH
for the Learning with a Purpose After-School Program;
Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County
for the launch of a
media campaign;
Etruscan Press of Youngstown, OH
to market and promote
the Mahoning Valley Youth Diversity Outreach Program to
community sites and schools;
McDonald Local Schools – Roosevelt Elementary for the
Being Excited About Reading (BEAR) Bags Literacy
Program. McCaskey has received a second grant to be
awarded in Spring 2011. Announcement of the application
timeline will be made in February 2011. McCaskey said
her students learned a lot from the Pay it Forward
project:
This was an
eye-opening experience for our students. Making the
final funding decisions was a real challenge for them,
since so many of the organizations were worthy, had a
valid need, and did a great job of communicating that
need in the grant application. It really drove home the
important role of philanthropy in the health of our
community.
Under McCaskey’s
leadership, the CNPL placed 26 interns in the 2009-2010
academic year. Area organizations utilizing interns
included Children’s Center of Mercer County, Easter
Seals, Humility of Mary Health Partners, Junior
Achievement, Meridian Services, Millcreek Children’s
Center, Neighborhood Ministries, The Salvation Army,
Students Motivated by the Arts (SMARTS), the Raymond
John Wean Foundation, Youngtown Area Jewish Federation
and 15 others. Internships provide course credits and
are offered for a full 15-week semester, with the
student providing up to 300 hours of service (average 20
hours per week) to the assigned organization. McCaskey
urged members of AFP to take advantage of CNPL’s
Internship program, adding, “Organizations able to offer
a small stipend are likely to attract a more committed
student. Fall internships are still available and
interested organizations should contact me no later than
August 13, 2010 at 330-941-1870 or
LJMcCaskey@ysu.edu.”
AFP member and American
Humanics YSU alumna, Lori Shandor, Prospect/Events
Administrator at Humility of Mary Health Partners
Development Foundation, had praise for her intern for
the Spring 2010 semester. Shandor commented:
As an
American Humanics alumna, it was natural for me to
contact Laura when I was looking for an intern at
the Foundation. What I
got in my intern,
Erica White, was more than I could have expected.
She was efficient, driven and prepared to work and
learn. I believe we both equally benefited
from her time with us. I am now working with
my second CNPL Intern and plan to continue using
this program for many semesters to come.
McCaskey’s plans for the
coming fall semester also include one-day job shadowing
opportunities, enabling students to increase their
awareness of the wide variety of nonprofit organizations
and service sectors available for employment. AFP
members are invited to participate. One final item
remaining on McCaskey’s agenda for fall: moving day.
CNPL, housed in the Williamson College of Business
Administration, will move from Phelps Hall to a brand
new office on the first floor of the new business
building, set to open this August. Excited about the
Center’s coming relocation, McCaskey said, “The best is
yet to come!”
JoAnn Stock, CFRE
President
AFP
International Celebrates 50 Years of Promoting
Giving,
Volunteering, and Ethical Fundraising
AFP
Mahoning/Shenango Chapter is proud to join 30,000
fundraisers and 207 chapters around the world in
celebrating our international association’s 50th
anniversary in 2010. Created in 1960, the
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
is the professional association of individuals and
organizations that generate philanthropic support for a
wide variety of charitable institutions.
AFP works
to educate fundraisers in all areas of philanthropy
fundraising and requires
members to annually sign its Code of Ethical
Principles and Standards, which is used by charities
around the world. AFP also increases awareness about the
importance of giving and volunteering through its public
education programs, National Philanthropy Day®
celebrations and its Awards for Philanthropy which
recognize extraordinary donors and volunteers.
AFP is
committed to helping you and your organization
succeed!
With the current state of
the economy, giving and volunteering are more important
than ever before. We hope the anniversary will draw
attention to the great work our local charities do and
their increased need for public support during these
difficult times.
AFP
Mahoning/Shenango Chapter is proud to be a part of this
outstanding Association! Our chapter has been a leader
in promoting philanthropy and ethical fundraising in the
Mahoning and Shenango valleys. We’re excited about
celebrating this landmark anniversary and look forward
to many more years of service to the
community.
Please be sure to mark your
calendar for dates of our upcoming programs and plan to
join us. We hope that you will also consider nominating
an outstanding individual or organization for our
upcoming National Philanthropy Day celebration. AFP’s
National
Philanthropy Day® provides us an opportunity to put
these models of heartfelt philanthropy in the spotlight
and to showcase the strong spirit of giving and sharing
that is alive in the communities of the Mahoning and
Shenango Valleys.
8:30AM – 4:30PM
Sponsored by the
Raymond John Wean Foundation
“Knowing the Need: Needing to Know”
Gain Community Needs Knowledge and Sharpen Your
Skills to Best Meet Those Needs.
Youngstown
State University – Kilcawley Center
Our own Pat Palombo and
Paul McFadden will be presenting the first
keynote,
“Rock & Role Relationships –"Making the Ask”,
from 8:45AM to 9:45AM.
Five tracks are scheduled, and tentatively titled
Leadership, Marketing and
Public
Relations, Fund Development / Finance,
Organization Basics, Knowing the Need, and Community
Organizing.
Watch for more details and registration materials in
early August at
www.rjweanfdn.org
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Friday, October 15 – AFP
Annual Meeting/Board Meeting/Program
Special Guest: Val Lay,
Chapter Services Director, Central US, AFP
Location: Holiday Inn Boardman
MEMBERS ONLY Board and Annual Meeting
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
OPEN TO ALL
11:30 a.m. to Noon -
Lunch
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Program
Overview of AFP - Presenter: Val Lay
“Faces,
Spaces & Tweets –How to Use Social Media
to Raise
More Money”
Presenter:
Tyler Clark
AFP Members $15 per person
Not-Yet-Members $30 per person
Full Time Student $10 per person
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"Meet the Funders"
Location: The Youngstown Country Club - 1402 Country Club Drive,
Youngstown, Ohio
10:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. – Registration and Networking
11:30 a.m. to Noon – Lunch
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – Program
AFP Members - $20 per person
Not-Yet-Members - $35 per person
For more information about any
of these upcoming programs, contact Linda Kostka, CFRE, at
330-702-3000 or
Linda@MillCreekMetroParks.org
and/or click on PROGRAM button on
our website
www.afpmash.org.
Thank you.
2010 AFP/PGC PROGRAM WRAP-UP
proudly presented on May
14, 2010
“Navigating Difficult
Economic Times…
Charting a Course for
Success”
 Presented
by William T.
Sturtevant
What a resounding success the
program was! Participants couldn't get enough of
author and major gift guru, William T. Sturtevant.
Participants asked if we could bring Bill back. So we can
announce that our Full Day Program in 2011 will again
feature William T. Sturtevant doing his popular
presentation, "Making the Ask." Mark your calendars now
for Friday, May 13th, 2011...it will be your lucky day!
Photo 1: Left
to right is Matt Stinson-Mount
Union University, Gloria C. Cagigas CFRE-Westminster
College, David Wolpert-Mount Union university, and
speaker William T. Sturtevant
Photo 2:
Jim Echement-Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley, JoAnn
Stock-President AFP Mahoning/Shenango Chapter, others.
Photo 3:
Michele Grant-Rich Center for Autism at YSU.
Photo 4:
Attendees viewing slideshow.
Photo 5:
Left to right is President of PGC Elinor Zedaker CFRE, the
event chair Pat Palombo CFRE, the speaker William T.
Sturtevant, and JoAnn Stock-President of AFP
Mahoning/Shenango Chapter.
Photos courtesy of
President of PGC, Elinor Zedaker, CFRE
The Mahoning/Shenango
Planned Giving Council (PGC) is an affiliated chapter of the
Partnership for Philanthropic Planning. The PGC has several
educational programs on tap for the rest of 2010. (See
below). For further information or to be placed on the PGC
email list, please contact Patricia Brozik at
pbrozik@cfmv.org
2010
PGC Programming
Date: Wednesday,
September 15 at 11:30 am
Topic: Roles of
Probate Court The Honorable Mark Belinky,
Mahoning County Probate Court
Location: Springfield
Grille, 7413 Tiffany S, Youngstown, OH 44514
Date: Friday,
October22 at 11:30am
Topic: Bequest Boot Camp / virtual seminar
Partnership for Philanthropic
Planning
Location: Westminster
College, 319 S. Market St, New Wilmington, PA
16172
Date: Friday, December 3 Annual
Meeting
Topic: Annual
Meeting
Location: Youngstown Country Club, prior to
Meet the Funders
1402 Country Club Dr, Youngstown, OH 44505
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
A hearty AFP welcome to the
following individuals who joined our Chapter between
January 1, 2010 and June 30, 2010:
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Alan R. Bayowski, Director
of Development, Shepherd's Foundation, Austintown, OH
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Patty DiGiacobbe, Director,
Family Promise, Girard, OH
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Maureen Drummond,
Executive Director, Hands on Volunteer Network, Youngstown,
OH
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LuAnn Haddad,
V.P. Institutional Advancement, Salem Community Hospital,
Salem, OH
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Margaret Lazzerini,
Director of Development & Communication, Community Legal
Aid Services, Akron, OH
Why join AFP?
To Proclaim your
professionalism. To Advertise your integrity. To Advance
your career. To Network with others. To have Access to
tremendous on-line resources. The local MASH Chapter of
AFP presents educational programs in our community
throughout the year, and National AFP brings in world-
renown speakers during their annual convention. Our
seasoned AFP members will mentor other members in grant
writing, planned giving, annual fund drives, volunteer
management, CFRE certification, capital campaigns,
special events, and major gifts. We are a family! Join
us - you'll see that you're not alone in your efforts!
Active membership dues are $275.
We offer dues assistance of close to 50%, however, since
we want to enable persons who are volunteers, in
part-time positions, or employed as fundraisers by
smaller agencies, to participate in the benefits of AFP
membership. For an application, questions, and/or
information please call Sally Freaney at 330-744-8636(sfreaney@libraryvisit.org)
or Holly Small at 330-729-1182 (holly_small@hmis.org).
Total U.S. Giving
Decreased in 2009
(June 9, 2010) The amount of money donated to charity by
individuals, foundations and corporations decreased
again in 2009, dropping 3.2 percent, according to the
Giving USA Foundation. However, U.S. giving still
totaled more than $300 billion.
Total U.S. giving in 2009 was $303.75 billion, down from
a revised total of 315.08 billion in 2008. The overall
economy saw slight price deflation in 2009, which makes
the adjusted change in giving year-over-year a decline
of 3.2 percent. This is not as steep of a drop as was
recorded in 1974, when inflation-adjusted giving during
that recessionary period fell 5.5 percent, according to
Giving USA.
When adjusting for inflation, Individual giving remained
flat in 2009 (0.0 percent change), totaling $227.41
billion. (Individual giving decreased 0.4 percent if you
do not adjust for inflation.)
Foundation grantmaking by private, community and
operating foundations fell by 8.6 percent to $38.44
billion, and corporate giving increased 5.9 percent to
$14.1 billion. There was an increased number of in-kind
donations by corporations in 2009, according to research
cited by Giving USA.
Not All Subsectors Saw Declines
Human services, health, international aid, and
environment/animals subsectors actually saw in increase
in contributions in 2009. Religion, education and arts
organizations, as well as foundations, saw a decrease in
contributions.
NOTE: All percentages have been adjusted for
inflation.
•Human Services - 2.7 percent increase ($27.08 billion
total in 2009)
•Health - 4.2 percent increase ($22.46 billion total in
2009)
•International Aid - 6.6 percent increase ($8.89 billion
total in 2009)
•Environment/Animals - 2.7 percent increase ($6.15
billion total in 2009)
•Religion - 0.3 percent decrease ($100.95 billion total
in 2009)
•Education - 3.2 percent decrease ($40.01 billion total
in 2009)
•Arts - 2.0 percent decrease ($12.34 billion total in
2009)
•Public-Society Benefit - 4.2 percent decrease ($22.77
billion total in 2009)
•Foundations - 7.6 percent decrease ($31 billion total
in 2009)
"I'm proud of the work of charitable fundraisers and the
enormous generosity of donors that made it possible to
again exceed $300 billion in contributions in 2009,"
said Paulette V. Maehara, CFRE, CAE, president and CEO
of AFP. "And I am very optimistic about fundraising in
2010. According to the results of AFP's State of
Fundraising Survey, more than 60 percent of fundraisers
believe they will raise more money in 2010 than in 2009,
a significant increase from last year, when just 28
percent estimated they would raise more money in 2009
than in 2008."
Giving USA is a publication of the Giving USA
Foundation, researched and written by the Center on
Philanthropy at Indiana University.
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