The Black Fundraisers' Podcast

By Kia Croom

Research indicates Black fundraisers bring incredible intrinsic motivation, passion and lived experience to their work, yet they are not experiencing inclusion within their organizations. Instead, the... more

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The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

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October 27, 2022 The Nonprofit End-of-Year Survival Toolkit Part 2: A step-by-step guide to help you to crush #Giving Tuesday
Fundraising Tech resources and tactical strategies for agencies interested in launching an omnichannel fundraising strategy for #Giving Tuesday.

ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 21-year Nonprofit Fundraiser, and Marketer. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her, visit www.kiacroom.com.
Email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
David Schwab, a natural storyteller, mission-driven mentor, and avid learner, lives out his passion professionally as Funraise's Director of Growth Marketing.
Skilled in Nonprofit Fundraising, Direct Response Marketing, Entertainment, Digital, Social Media, and Influencer Marketing, David has learned that there's always a story to be told—and a unique way to tell it.
Connect David
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 714-717-2474
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlschwab/

Resources and Freebies
Download the #Giving Tuesday Toolkit here: https://bit.ly/3rsWq4w
Access a *Free* version of Funraise here: https://bit.ly/3ro3mjs

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October 10, 2022 The Nonprofit End-of-Year Survival Kit Part 1: The Do's and Don'ts for Direct Response Appeals
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST

The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 21-year Nonprofit Fundraiser, and Marketer. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her, visit www.kiacroom.com.
Email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
With an agency background spanning three decades, Tedd Aurelius adds to SG360’s expertise in developing and executing innovative direct marketing strategies that improve the marketing performance of its clients. As the VP of Strategic Services, Tedd leads the account and creative teams where he applies his insights to create new and enhanced client relationships while helping clients achieve measurable results. Tedd’s goal is to help brands create an emotional connection with their prospects and customers by developing One-to-One communications that truly engage, change behavior, and make the cash register ring.
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October 05, 2022 A Personal Racial Reckoning: A white male fundraiser shares his commitment to equity, inclusion, and supporting Black Fundraisers
Jeff Schreifels, Principal of the Veritus Group, shares how George Floyd's murder prompted him to do the inward work necessary to champion equity and inclusion and build an anti-racist organization.
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 21-year Nonprofit Fundraiser, and Marketer. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her, visit www.kiacroom.com.
Email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
For more than 25 years, Jeff Schreifels has been developing, planning, and executing strategic fundraising and marketing programs. He’s served as Development Director at several nonprofits and was Senior Strategy Director at The Domain Group, where he helped to develop record-setting fundraising programs for the agency’s largest clients.

REGISTER FOR “HOW TO START A MAJOR GIFT PROGRAM”
The six-week virtual fundraising course launches Wednesday, October 11th. Black female fundraisers Kia Croom and Renita Tyson will co-facilitate the course via several live sessions. The cost is $99.00
Register here: https://lnkd.in/etzEpnR5
LISTEN
Listen to Kia and Jeff’s previous discussion on the Veritus Group’s “Nothing But Major Gifts” Podcast here: https://anchor.fm/veritusgroup/episodes/Supporting-Black--Brown-Fundraisers-in-the-Non-Profit-Sector-e1i9iu7/a-a7t4hnk

To learn more about the Veritus Group’s Consulting services and training, visit: https://veritusgroup.com/

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September 29, 2022 Development Strat-talk: Having Courageous Conversations about Race & Racism: A How-to w/ the Authors of Courageous Discomfort
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 21-year Nonprofit Fundraiser and Marketer. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her, visit www.kiacroom.com.
Email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast
ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
Shanterra McBride and Rosalind Wiseman are co-authors of “Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave, Life-Changing Conversations about Race and Racism - 20 Questions and Answers for Becoming a Better Advocate.”
Learn more about the book and the authors at https://www.courageousdiscomfort.com/
Shanterra McBride is an author, preacher, speaker, teacher, and founder of MARVELOUS UNIVERSITY, a social enterprise that offers life coaching and success planning for young people, specializing in leadership development for girls and young women. Her expertise encompasses everything from youth development, and youth needs to diversity and inclusion, and allyship.
She is the author of Love Your Jiggle: The Girls’ Guide to Being Marvelous, an inspirational book for girls ages 11- 17.
Shanterra earned her master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University. She obtained her bachelor’s degrees from SMU in public affairs & corporate communications and sociology and was awarded the Profiles in Leadership Award.
Rosalind Wiseman is the co-founder of Cultures of Dignity, an organization that shifts how communities think about our physical and emotional well-being by working in close partnership with the experts of those communities–young people, educators, policymakers, and business and political leaders.
She is the author of multiple New York Times Bestselling books, including Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World—the groundbreaking, best-selling book that was the basis for the movie and Broadway Musical Mean Girls, and Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World, which was awarded Best Parenting Book by Books for a Better Life.
National media regularly depends on Wiseman’s expertise in ethical leadership, conflict, media literacy, youth culture, parenting, and bullying prevention. Wiseman has served on many federal and local advisory boards and speaks throughout the US and abroad.
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August 15, 2022 Philanthropy Table Talks: Fighting STEM Inequity & Effecting Social Justice through Corporate Philanthropy
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia’s work, or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com.
We encourage you to email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected]. Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
Robert Simmons III, EdD is the Head of Social Impact & STEM for Micron Technology and the Micron Foundation. Robert leads a social impact portfolio that centers STEM equity, racial equity, economic empowerment, and food insecurity. During his career, Robert has served in senior leadership roles in the nonprofit sector and as the Chief of Innovation and Research in the DC Public Schools.
A former middle school science teacher in the Detroit Public Schools, Robert was nominated twice as the Walt Disney National Teacher of the Year and once for the Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Foundation Outstanding Educator Award. As a fellow with the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation and the Fulbright Memorial Fund, Robert traveled to Costa Rica and Japan to study educational systems and conduct environmental research in the rainforest. Selected for the Outstanding Alumni Award from the College of Education and Human Development at Western Michigan University and the BE Modern Man Award from Black Enterprise, Robert remains committed to social justice and racial
Contact Robert Simmons at: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-simmons-iii-edd-2179957/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/robert_simmons3
Learn more about the Micron Foundation’s Charitable Giving here: https://www.micron.com/gives
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July 28, 2022 Development Strat Talk: Leveraging Volunteer Engagement for Impactful Fund Development & Fundraising
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia’s work, or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com.
We encourage you to email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
Natalye Paquin is the President & CEO of Points of Light. She is a lifelong believer in civic engagement and community support, Natalye spent more than 15 years in the education sector, first as a civil rights attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and then as an executive for Chicago Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia. More recently, she served as chief transformation officer at Girl Scouts of the USA, responsible for strategy integration.
Learn more about Points of Light here: https://www.pointsoflight.org/
Download key Points of Light reports here: https://www.pointsoflight.org/resources/
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July 11, 2022 Collaborative Fundraising: How it started, How it's going with the Baltimore Legacy Builders Collective
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com.
We encourage you to email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
The Baltimore Legacy Builders Collective (The Collective) is a group of Black-led organizations collaborating to provide 100 plus hours of training, transferable skills & empowerment to 1,300 youth and young adults in the greater Baltimore area.
In late 2019, The Collective secured funding from the T. Rowe Price Foundation to hire a Chief Development Officer (CDO) which is a shared fundraising resource across the three organizations and for The Collective in order to help build capacity and ensure sustainability. Through this partnership, The Collective will empower other community-based organizations to build capacity and replicate this “shared CDO” model with both technical support to cohorts and direct funding to a select group.

The Collective is comprised of the following Black-led organizations:
The Be. Org, Founded by Tonee Lawson
I am MENtality, Founded by Darren Rodgers
B-360, Founded by Brittany Young
Visit www.baltimorelegacybuilders.org to learn more.

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March 02, 2022 Philanthropy Table Talks: Funding Black Power-building & Social Justice Movements in California
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com.
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
Nicole Taylor is President & CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF). She brings together a rich background in Bay Area philanthropy, nonprofit administration and fundraising with extensive experience in both the private and public sectors.
Since taking the helm at SVCF, Nicole has led the organization to renew its focus on the many challenges facing residents of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. She has championed efforts to increase local giving from SVCF donors and offer donors new avenues for working with the community foundation so they can be effective philanthropists.
When Nicole joined SVCF in December 2018, she returned to the Bay Area from Arizona, where she had served as vice president of the ASU Foundation. She also previously served as deputy vice president and dean of students at Arizona State University. Prior to her time at ASU, Nicole was the associate vice provost of student affairs and dean of community engagement and diversity at Stanford University, after serving as president and CEO of Thrive Foundation for Youth in Silicon Valley.
Nicole also spent more than 15 years with the East Bay Community Foundation, eventually serving as its president and CEO for six years. Nicole received both her M.A. in Education and A.B. in Human Biology from Stanford University, and she began her career as an educator in Oakland public schools. She served on the board of the Federal Reserve of San Francisco for six years and is currently a board member for Common Sense
To learn more about the California Black Freedom Fund visit: https://cablackfreedomfund.org/

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February 22, 2022 Creating a Safe Space for Women of Color in Fundraising
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com.
We encourage you to email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

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Today I’m joined by Christal Cherry, founder of Fabulous Female Fundraisers and a few members: Joie Johnson-Walker, Wanda Scott and Ronesha Jackson as they discuss their lived experiences Black female fundraisers and how F3 is supporting them along their journey.
F3 is on a mission to connect, support, engage, and empower women of color in fundraising to foster personal and professional growth. It’s a membership-based community run by female fundraisers of color for female fundraisers of color along their journey.
To learn more visit https://www.fabfemalefundraisers.com/

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February 17, 2022 Development Strat-talks: Driving University DEI Imperatives through Institutional Advancement, a How-to
Mark Gaines, CFRE shares how he worked to create the role of his dreams as CDO of DEI at Purdue University, and offers replicable strategies for institutional advancement professionals looking to follow suit.
ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST
The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia’s work or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com.
We encourage you to email the Black Fundraisers’ Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising and sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].
Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available
Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
Mark Gaines is the Chief Development Officer of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Purdue University. Since joining Purdue, Mark has served as a Director of Development for the Krannert School of Management. He has been instrumental in closing important investments for the School of Management, which includes The Business Opportunity Program that assists underrepresented minorities with their pursuit of a business school education. Mark has connected well with Krannert alumni, faculty, and students, and has assisted his team in raising a record number of dollars for FY2019.
Prior to his tenure at Krannert, Mark served as a Major Gift Officer and Associate Director for the Center for Integrated Learning at Earlham College and Associate Director of Development at Miami University’s Farmer School of Business. During his time with Farmer, Mark solicited endowed scholarships, chairs, and faculty support. He also developed the university’s signature scholarship aimed at first generation and minority students. The latter scholarship became one of Farmers major components for their new college wide campaign.
Mark holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business, an undergraduate degree from Earlham College, and the distinction of Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE).
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FAQs about The Black Fundraisers' Podcast:

How many episodes does The Black Fundraisers' Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.