The Commons: Why It Matters, An Interactive Workshop

Kim Klein is a member of the Building Movement Project and a Fellow with On the Commons. Kim has worked in nonprofit sector her entire career and believes that nonprofits have a critical role to play in the creation and maintenance of a democratic society. Her current work is focused on how nonprofits can protect “the commons”— what we all own (parks, libraries, the internet) or what cannot be owned (clean air, wilderness, fresh water). The commons must be preserved and passed down to future generations undamaged, restored or enhanced, and healthy nonprofits are fundamental to this work. Kim is well known as a fundraising trainer and consultant. She is a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and the editor of the Kim Klein Fundraising Series at Jossey-Bass Publishers. She is the author of five books, including Fundraising For Social Change (now in its 6th edition) and Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times, which won the McAdam Book Award in 2010. She has a blog called Kim Klein and the Commons, and is a staff member for a project called Nonprofits Talking Taxes.