Profile of the Annual Fund
Exhibits
FOREWORD
This book is a critical resource in a time when many institutions are struggling to demonstrate their relevance to rapidly changing social and economic conditions. This fifth edition of Achieving Excellence in Fundraising meets the challenge of responding to such concerns by combining rigorous research with the insights of exceptional practitioners. As lead editor of the prior three editions and intellectual successor to Hank Rosso, Dr. Gene Tempel is also welcoming a generational change with three new editors who bring fresh topics and perspectives to the endeavor. Tempel provides a valuable bridge from the founding vision of the publication to current and future practice. He has ensured that the book's enduring values continue to guide an engaging journey of discovery into what it means to excel in fundraising.
Professor Genevieve Shaker, the lead co‐editor, represents the next generation of leadership on the faculty of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. Her research focuses on fundraising and fundraisers, philanthropy in higher education, philanthropy education, and the ways people give in the workplace, drawing also on two decades of experience as a practitioner in the field. Dr. Sarah Nathan leads a community foundation while continuing her passions for teaching and scholarship, following her curiosity about those who choose fundraising as their calling. She also draws on her experiences
