Event Details
Thursday, September 25, 2025
10:00AM – 1:00PM PT
Events on Emerson, Hoquiam, WA
This workshop will cover a comprehensive overview of fundraising in small, rural, or volunteer-run organizations. Specifically, we will explore how to build a culture of giving and prioritize fundraising readiness on the path to sustainable fundraising. Participants will walk away with practical knowledge about how to nurture a culture of giving among individual supporters, in your organizational culture, and across your community. You will also have clarity about the specific actions to take towards fundraising readiness whether your organization is just starting or looking to grow.
Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided.
Learning Outcomes
- You will know the key elements of sustainable fundraising that grows giving for your organization
- You will have practical tools to help assess your organization’s readiness for fundraising
- You will have a deeper understanding about what it looks like to build ownership of a giving culture among supporters and staff and volunteers as well as through collaborations with community partners
- You will understand how rural and small community fundraising is unique.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is best for anyone participating in fundraising as staff, volunteers, or board members in small nonprofit organizations.
Cost
This workshop if free to attend, thanks to a partnership with Grays Harbor Community Foundation.
Accessibility
Captioning: We will have automated captioning enabled.
Interpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter.
Visual Descriptions: Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves and the slides to give a person who is low-vision or blind a sense of space and place.
If you have additional accessibility requests, please let us know when you register.
About the Speaker
Julie Bianchi, CFRE, Campaign Practice Director, Cloudbreak Collective, she/her
Julie Bianchi believes the sweet spot between big-picture thinking and the details is where successful fundraising strategy is born. Her experience in fundraising, programs, finance, and board leadership over the past decade is the underpinning for her practical consulting style. She is a writer by trade and specializes in helping organizations build their case for support. Julie leans on generative questions with her clients and students to help reveal new paths forward to long-term fundraising success. Julie has worked with more than 40 organizations across the country and has significant campaign experience, with goals ranging from $1 million to $300 million.
She is a founding-Board member for the Advancement Northwest Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Julie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor in Business Administration from Santa Clara University and a Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership from Seattle University. She is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), earned a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the University of Washington, and currently teaches as adjunct faculty in the nonprofit programs at Seattle University and University of Washington.
Julie is a fifth-generation Whidbey Islander currently raising the sixth-generation on a family farm.
Important Information about Safety and Health
To ensure the health and safety of attendees at our in-person events, NAWA will follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities regarding infectious diseases such as COVID-19. These regulations may change rapidly, so please check current government guidelines for the event location before attending. Please do not attend an in-person event if you feel sick or are showing symptoms known to be associated with COVID-19 or another infectious disease. NAWA will provide masks at all in-person events and anyone attending should feel comfortable requesting or wearing one.
Thanks to Our Partner
Presented by Nonprofit Association of Washington in partnership with Grays Harbor Community Foundation.
Questions? Check out the event FAQ page or contact Nonprofit Association of Washington
Phone: (855) 299-2922 x108
Email: [email protected]