When the Museum of Photographic Arts wanted to develop a capital and endowment campaign plan, they sought help from graduate students in USD’s Nonprofit Leadership & Management Program. Had the Balboa Park museum obtained the same kind of help on the open market, it would have had to pay upwards of $15,000. Instead, it was asked to contribute $5,000 to the program’s scholarship fund.
“The students did an outstanding job assessing our donor base, staff and trustees,” says Christopher Kozo, museum treasurer. “They gathered key information through face-to-face interviews and detailed surveys that will be invaluable for our upcoming endowment campaign.”
Last year, the Foundation for Women sought help from the program to develop a strategic plan, and was loaned two graduate students. “Such a wonderful experience,” says Deborah Lindholm, the foundation’s executive director. “Their most thorough and professional review of our strategic position internally and within the larger nonprofit community was of invaluable assistance for our future planning and work.”
Laura Stein, assistant director of nonprofit initiatives at USD, says the Nonprofit Leadership & Management Program has assisted more than 100 nonprofit organizations since its first class in 2002 and generated $40,000 for the scholarship fund from eight organizations that were assisted.
Nonprofit organizations seeking the program’s help can call Stein at (619) 260-7442.
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