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GOVERNANCE & MINISTRY
by Dan Hotchkiss
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“Fundraising is the board’s main job.” I was stunned by this blunt advice from the executive director of a respected arts nonprofit. “I tell every new board member,” she continued, “‘Give, get—or get out.’ We expect each member to produce at least $5,000, either out of their own pockets or by asking others.” It was certainly a different notion of Board membership than I had learned from my experience in churches! The church boards I’d worked with delegated fundraising responsibility to the stewardship committee, and had as little to do with it as possible. Something in this arts administrator’s frank talk had appeal. In the years since then, I’ve worked with many congregations’ boards. While I rarely enter as a fundraising consultant, worry about money is never far from board members’ minds. How can boards—and board members—help the congregation to raise the funds necessary to support its work? Most boards try to
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