Beryl Briane Ford

Advancement in Development: Owning & Cultivating the Role of Development Director
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Category: Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrpreneur Fund
Grant Year: 2022
Location: Bedford-Stuyvesant
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Beryl Briane will use funding from the Charlene Victor and Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund to support a 12-month executive coaching relationship with CauseEffective, a consulting organization committed to nonprofit sustainability and cultivating the next generation of nonprofit leadership. Through CauseEffective's Coach on Call program for development nonprofit professionals, she will receive one-on-one coaching based on a customized professional development plan that addresses the following areas of growth: (1) Strategies to develop and execute a fundraising plan under COVID; (2) Guidance to strengthen her case for support to maximize fundraising campaigns; (3) Approaches to identify new donors and cultivate relationships; (4) Guidance on how to establish her organization's Development Department priorities and maximize her team‘s impact.