Building a donor community is harder than it sounds. In fact, most nonprofits with highly successful and engaged donor communities cannot tell you how they got there. The magic formula seems illusive. What works for one may not work for the other.

In this one hour workshop, Sondra breaks down which five elements are essential- the magic keys- to building a strong and committed donor community.

Sondra Lintelmann-Dellaripa, President of Harvest Development Group, LLC, has held leadership roles in the non-profit industry for more than 25 years, most recently as Vice President for a large regional health network in Hartford, Connecticut. Her experience includes work with academic institutions, museums, national charitable health organizations, federal grant-making programs, business associations, and religious organizations.

She specializes in capital campaigns, transitional projects, strategic planning, major gifts, benchmarking, board training, and corporate partnerships. Sondra has been a frequently invited conference speaker over the last 19 years, presenting at Blackbaud’s International Conference on Philanthropy, NACHRI, the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals conferences. She is an invited lecturer at Quinnipiac University and provides curriculum development for CANP. Sondra has held volunteer positions as a director for DAP, community advisor for the UN’s World Food Programme, and as a member of the grant approval committee for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

She is currently a governor for the board of NANOE. She was awarded Innovator of the Year in 2018 by the International Association of Women and received the prestigious Private Impact Award from the National Association of Grants Managers in Washington, DC in 2019. She holds a B.A. in Marketing and is an elected member of the National Honor Society for Business, Delta Mu Delta.