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Nonprofit Leadership | Money Management
Event Planning for
Non-Event Planners
A nonprofit fundraising event can truly
be fun to plan and organize, particularly
when it pays off in real dividends to your
charity, PTA, church, or other nonprofit.
This workshop will give you an overview of
do’s and don’ts for creating and running
your successful event. Discuss the types
of events and how to determine what type
will work best for your market. Learn all
about sponsorship and how to create long-
term relationships. Explore novel ways of
fundraising and the power of the 501(c)
(3). Class is a combination of presentation
and workshop; class will include a group
activity in which students work together to
plan their own event and receive help and
discussion from the instructor and class.
Lynette Adams
, owner of Perfect Presence
Event Planning and Consulting, is the
Community Outreach Coordinator for the
Women’s Crisis & Family Outreach Center
where she cultivates donors and sponsors
and handles third party event planning.
Recently, she raised over $100K at a gala
with her team at the Women’s Crisis center.
$61 Non-Member
$49 Member
$5 materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
3281AO: One Sat., 1-5PM 4/30
3281AP: One Sat., 1-5PM 5/21
3281AQ: One Sat., 1-5PM 6/18
All About Fundraising
Overview of the Nonprofit Money
Engine
Whether you are new to the nonprofit
development world or needing to review
current development strategies, this course
will give a broad overview of the various
areas of fundraising for nonprofits. From
the often neglected individual donors to
the various sources of grants, foundations,
and sponsorships, asset gifts, and much
more, this class hits upon every funding
source and suggests their importance in the
broad scheme of nonprofit funding. Class is
perfect for newer development staff or those
seeking to enter the nonprofit fundraising
world.
Vikki Walton
is a nonprofit consultant
and Certified Grants Specialist to national
and state agencies. She has helped small
nonprofits achieve their first grant and
written grants that have provided six figure
multi-year grants for larger organizations.
The funding she has helped organizations
receive reaches into the millions of dollars.
$61 Non-Member
$49 Member
$10 optional materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
3282Q: One Fri., 9AM-12PM 4/8
3282R: One Fri., 9AM-12PM 5/20
Finances and Nonprofits
A Layman’s Guide to Financial
Statements
Whether you work for a nonprofit, are
on a board, or are thinking of creating
your nonprofit, you need to know how to
understand a financial statement and use
it to guide the organization’s decision-
making. It’s also important to know what
kinds of records need to be kept, what
an audit is and whether you need one,
and when and what you must file with
the IRS and state department of revenue.
Nikki Riedt
works with the Public Interest
Network and travels the country consulting
with member organizations about their
financial statements and how to use them
appropriately.
$56 Non-Member
$44 Member
$2 materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
1955AE: One Wed., 6:30-9PM 3/30
1955AF: One Wed., 6:30-9PM 5/11
1955AG: One Wed., 6:30-9PM 6/23
Introduction to Crowdfunding
Raise Money for Your Nonprofit or
Business
As a fledgling
business or
organization, it is
a challenge to get
startup money if
you are lacking
cash flow, credit, or
collateral. Raising
funds through social
media is being utilized by everyone from
suffering families to celebrities, artists,
and politicians. This course provides
overview of this hot new capital raising and
marketing phenomenon. Find out about
the various options for crowdfunding and
take a look at a variety of videos that have
been used to raise funds.
Lynn Wilson
is
founder of SparqU.com and a professor
of business and entrepreneurship at the
Community College of Denver. He has
helped individuals, nonprofits, and small
business owners get their stories into digital
form and has offered boot camps to help
them enhance their website presence, social
media network, and creatively raise funds.
Leave with the knowledge to determine if
this is a viable strategy for your project.
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
1966AE: One Sat., 9-11AM 3/12
1966AF: One Sat., 9-11AM 4/16
1966AG: One Wed., 6-8PM 5/18
Assess Your Investing Risk
Tolerance to Personalize
Your Portfolio
The whole notion of securities investing can
make your stomach churn. Eighty-seven
percent of securities investors are either
over or under invested when it comes to
their risk tolerance and their actual financial
needs. This class takes you through the ins
and outs of goal setting and risk tolerance.
Determine your specific risk tolerance
using a risk tolerance assessment so
that you can guide the balancing of your
portfolio to fit your needs and goals. Get
important information that will help you
direct your investments, whether you’re
self-managing or using an advisor.
Jeremy
Lambert
is a registered Investment Advisor
Representative. His family’s business,
Cherry Street Partners, has been assisting
investors in the Denver metro area and
around the country for 40+ years, currently
managing over 300 million in assets. Forbes
Magazine, Financial Times and NABCAP
have recognized them as one of the top
investment and financial planning firms.
Legal compliance disclosures available at
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$41 Non-Member
$29 Member
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
3119B: One Thu., 6:30-8:30PM 3/24
3119C: One Sat., 1-3PM 4/23
3119D: One Thu., 6:30-8:30PM 5/26
Personal Finance Survival
Training
Most of our spending, saving, and
investment habits are shaped by how we
internalize the wider cultural messages we
all learn about money. Join this interesting
and fundamental class hto reframe your
attitude toward spending and planning so
you can be assured of a financial future
that is dependable and predictable. Discuss
these concepts in relation to all major
financial concerns: credit reports and
scores, home ownership, building a circle
of trusted financial advisors, how to deal
with your money after life-changing events
(bankruptcy, divorced, job loss, illness, etc.),
getting kids through college, and retirement.
Leave with the knowledge of how to take
control of your finances for a lifetime and
ensure your financial future, and that of your
family, is safe and protected.
Ted Wedewer
is a 20 year veteran of the mortgage
banking industry and has spent his career
studying economics and how it affects the
individuals and families he works with.
$31 Non-Member
$19 Member
S.E. DENVER
: I-25 & I-225
3537AA: One Sat., 9-11AM 3/19
3537AB: One Sat., 9-11AM 4/30
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