Featuring advice and stories from over 40 experienced fundraisers, foundation staffers and journalists, an updated edition explains how to: work with individual donors, plan special events, solicit grants from foundations and corporations, get media coverage, use the Web to further fundraising goals, start a side business to raise funds and much more. Original.
Ilona Bray has worked and volunteered with various nonprofit agencies in nearly every capacity, including development director, staff attorney, department manager and advisory council member. Bray is the author and co-author of several Nolo books, including Becoming a U.S. Citizen and Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home.
Ilona Bray, J.D. is an award-winning author and legal editor at Nolo, specializing in real estate, immigration law, workplace wellness and nonprofit fundraising. Many of her books are consistent Nolo bestsellers, among themEffective Fundraising for Nonprofits, U.S. Immigration Made Easy and Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home. Her latest book is entitledThe Volunteers' Guide to Fundraising. She particularly enjoys interviewing people and weaving their stories into her books.
Bray's working background includes solo practice, nonprofit, and corporate stints, as well as long periods of volunteering, including an internship at Amnesty International's main legal office in London. She received her law degree and a Master's degree in East Asian (Chinese) Studies from the University of Washington. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, going to open houses and gardening.
Bray also blogs on ideas for raising money for your nonprofit at Nolo's Fundraising Tips for Busy Nonprofits and provides tips for anyone buying or selling a home atNolo's Real Estate Tips for Home Buyers and Sellers -- winner of the 2012 ""Best Blog"" award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE). She is also an author on a popularImmigration Law Site and writes <a href=""http://blog.nolo.com/immigra