CONFR’s Spring Conference: Celebrating 30 Years of Advancing Fundraising to Make Missions Happen

There has been much written recently on the Leadership Deficit that may occur as Baby Boomers retire in the next five years. Nowhere is this concern more justified than in the nonprofit sector in New England, whose leaders were instrumental in the spectacular growth of the sector in the 70’s and 80’s and are now reaching retirement age. What has not been written about is how leadership transitions could impact the financial sustainability of nonprofits in New Hampshire and beyond. Specifically, how will major donors respond when their sole connection to an organization – whether it is the development director, a board member, or executive director – has packed up and moved to Florida? Will they lose their motivation to continue their support? Principle Presenter Frances Kunreuther, Director of the Building Movement Project and writer and presenter on a variety of issues related to nonprofits, leadership and social change, will explore how organizations can transition staff and board members, and their relationships with donors, to a new generation of fundraisers. She will explain how to change the players without losing the dollars your organization needs today and in the future. The afternoon panel will be moderated by Stephen Reno of Leadership New Hampshire to explore how organizations can prepare holistically for transition so it is an ongoing process, not a series of one-time events. New Hampshire’s nonprofit sector is more important today than ever. It is imperative that transitions of fundraising leaders create opportunity, not crisis.