Nonprofit Capacity Building Series: Thought Leadership and Fundraising
Oct 1, 2024 8:30 AM
Session 1: Thought Leadership and Fundraising presented by Seth Klukoff, Principal of Eoan Strategies
Tuesday October 1, 2024
8:30 am - 10:00 am3201 Jermantown Road, Fairfax, VA 22030, in the 9th floor Penthouse Conference Center OR via Zoom.
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and Community Foundation of Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties is excited to provide local nonprofits with a special, FREE learning opportunity.
In this session, nonprofits will:
- Gain a perspective on the national philanthropic landscape and its implications for fundraising to scale and sustain programs.
- Discuss considerations for how your organization can engage with audiences for fundraising, within the context of the national landscape and trends in giving.
- Receive tangible tools that your organization may use to guide how they identify and approach audiences for fundraising.
Coffee and pastries provided.
Speaker
Seth Klukoff, Principal at Eoan StrategiesSeth has a background in strategic communications and public affairs, thought leadership, business development, social marketing, and writing. He has worked extensively with organizations in the nonprofit arena—from foundations and think tanks to advocacy groups and large research organizations—as well as in the for-profit sector.
Seth most recently served as Vice President, Thought Leadership at Equal Measure, where he led thought leadership and communications campaigns for foundation, nonprofit, and government clients such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Science Foundation, Lumina Foundation, StriveTogether, and Citi Foundation; facilitated communications capacity building workshops for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the NSF INCLUDES program, the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, and JEVS Human Services, among other organizations; and led ideation and content development for national and regional thought leadership convenings. He also led Equal Measure’s business development strategy, and worked closely with its senior leadership team to build relationships and partnerships with major foundations and nonprofits across the U.S. Seth recently developed a curriculum module for Daylight Advisors addressing ways donors can more effectively frame their potential investments with philanthropies and nonprofits.
Seth holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan. He serves on the National Steering Committee for the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers (NNCG), and most recently led NNCG’s Communications and Fundraising Task Force.