Launching a Major and Planned Giving Program for Organizations of Any Size

Join us IN PERSON

8:30am -10:00am for Networking and light refreshments followed by our Educational Session.

Whether you have been tasked with starting a major and planned giving program or your organization already has a program in place, this presentation will help you understand the keys to a robust and successful program. Maybe you have a major gift program but have been putting off starting a planned giving program – you will learn how the two go together and lead to meaningful relationships with your donors and larger annual gifts for your organization.

In this session, you will:

• Learn how to identify prospects 
• Set goals 
• Involve the staff 
• Educate your donors 
• Establish a legacy society 
• Steward your donors and so much more 

You’ll walk away with ideas that you can implement immediately and identify areas in your current program that you can tweak and improve!

Meet our Speaker:

Gina Gramarosso

Senior Director of Philanthropy
Northern Illinois Food Bank

Gina has launched many new programs during her 33-year career including annual giving programs, phone-a-thons, advisory councils and regional fundraising offices. She was hired 10 years ago to build out and grow the major and planned giving programs at Northern Illinois Food Bank. During this time cash contributions have grown from $10M to $25M, portfolio management has grown from 50 donors to over 750 donors, and the legacy society has grown from 7 to 134 members.

Her career started her senior year of college with an internship at the Southern Illinois University Foundation, where she would work for a total of 10 years. She was Director of Alumni Relations and Associate Director of Development at North Central College and Director of Alumni and Development – Chicago Region for Drake University. During a hiatus to be a stay-at-home mom, she worked part-time at the DuPage Children’s Museum and at the College of DuPage Foundation.

She lives in Naperville where she serves on the Grace Church Foundation Board. Prior to the establishment of WSPN, she was active in the Women in Development West group and the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (AFP’s former name).

Full participation in Launching a Major and Planned Giving Program for Organizations of Any Size is applicable for 1.25 points in Category 1.B -Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.