NRCA | Training & Events | 2008 Annual Summit


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Kay Sprinkel Grace, CFRE, is a San Francisco-based organizational consultant, providing workshops and consultation to local, regional, national and international organizations in strategic planning, case and board development, staff development, and other

issues organizations in strategic planning, case and board development, staff development, and other issues related to leadership of the fund raising process. From March 2004 to June 2007 she was principal external consultant to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Major Giving Initiative.110 public television licensees participated in the program which included the development and delivery of webinars, on-site consulting, and facilitation of national meetings.
    Other recent clients (2005 – 2007) include: KCET, Los Angeles; KQED, San Francisco; Sesame Workshop; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Santa Barbara Art Museum; Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health; Family Violence Prevention Fund; Sacramento (CA) Zoo; St. Joseph Health System Foundations; Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT); St. Dominic’s Church, San Francisco; Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula; Loma Linda University and Medical Center.
    Her B.A. (Communications-Journalism) and M.A. (Education) are from Stanford University, where she served as the first woman Volunteer Chair of the Stanford Fund. Previously, she served as National Volunteer Chair of the Keystone Program ($10,000 - $100,000 gifts) for Stanford's $1.1 billion Centennial Campaign. The program raised $72 million. She has received Stanford’s highest award for volunteer service, the Gold Spike, as well as their Associates’ Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, Award of Merit and Centennial Medal.
    She speaks nationally at a variety of conferences including AFP, AHP and DMA. In recent years she has been a featured presenter at the Fundraising Institute Australia in Canberra, the Swedish Fundraising Council in Stockholm and the International Fund Raising Conference in The Netherlands, and in 2007 she organized and presented the first seminar in philanthropy for NGOs working to create Civil Society in the Republic of Georgia. In 2007 she is presenting National Philanthropy Day programs in LaCrosse, WI, and Columbus, OH, and delivering programs at CASE/Orlando, AHP/Philadelphia and other professional conferences including Nativity-Miguel Network of Schools, Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools, Tidewater Community College (VA), ArtsReach (San Francisco), UCP (Harrisburg, PA), and BoardSource Leadership Forum (San Francisco). She was honored as "Outstanding Fund Raising Executive" by the Golden Gate Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (now AFP) in 1992.
    She is the author of five books. Beyond Fund Raising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment (John P. Wiley, 1997; second edition, 2005); High Impact Philanthropy: How Donors, Boards, and Nonprofit Organizations Can Transform Communities, co-author, with Alan Wendroff (John P. Wiley, 2001); Over Goal! What You Must Know to Excel at Fundraising Today (Emerson & Church, 2003); The Ultimate Board Member’s Book (Emerson & Church, 2003); Fundraising Mistakes That Bedevil All Boards (Emerson & Church, 2004); and of the booklet, The Board’s Role in Setting and Advancing the Mission (Board Source, 2003). She is a regular columnist for the bi-monthly publication, Contributions and has contributed chapters to several books including both editions of Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising by Henry A. Rosso and Associates (1987 and 2003), Taking Fund Raising Seriously, and Taking Trusteeship Seriously. A sixth book, on AAA Boards, is in process.
    She serves on the board of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University, and previously served on the boards of the Djerassi Resident Artist Program (Woodside, CA), the Women’s Philanthropy Institute, and the Advisory Board for the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management. She lives in San Francisco and is passionate about her children and grandchildren, philanthropy, writing, travel and her photography.