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Open position: Director of Development at New Mexico Legal Aid [Apply to Aly Sterling Philanthropy by January 16]

New Mexico Legal Aid Seeks Director of Development – New Mexico Legal Aid (NMLA) is seeking an experienced Director of Development who is eager to make a lasting difference for low-income people throughout New Mexico. The Director of Development is a dynamic position responsible for designing and executing a strategic development plan to improve NMLA’s advocacy, fiscal stability and collaboration with client communities and legal aid partners throughout the state. The position reports directly to the NMLA Executive Director. Apply by January 16, 2015…

Open Position: Nonprofit Advisor at Aly Sterling Philanthropy (Apply by December 19)

The Nonprofit Advisor, in partnership with the ASP leadership team, is responsible for leading multiple client engagements. Advising will consist of designing and collaboratively implementing client strategies and initiatives, including fundraising services, strategic planning and board governance. The Advisor will also be responsible for presenting special topic workshops including our signature The Fundraising Series℠ and The Board Series.℠ Apply by December 19, 2014…

Big news from Aly Sterling Philanthropy

We’re excited to announce the launch of our newest service: Corporate Giving consultation. This new service line provides tools, tips and strategies to help businesses find the reward in giving back. While we’ve always answered questions from the private sector about the best ways to give, our Corporate Giving consultation formalizes our best practices and make them accessible to businesses of all sizes, everywhere…

Unleash the potential of your $25 donors…

Like many people, I receive all kinds of requests for donations in the mail. And there are certain ones, mostly local, that I support every year with a gift of $25 or $50. When tax season rolled around this year, I tallied up my various donations from the previous year and was surprised by how much I’d actually contributed without feeling like I’d done anything important…

Congrats to graduates of The Board Series held in Toledo

Pictured from left to right are Sara Best (of ASP), Brent Shimman, Jared Lafevre, Amy Hansen, Janet Bosserman, Ruth Ann Petroff, Jerry Mills, a guest board member, Judy Anderson, Kevin Mulder and Kate Smith (of ASP). Graduates not pictured are Drew Masse, Patty Wise, Tankeeya Butts, Kathy Godspedarek and Nancy Kimmell.

Congratulations to graduates of The Board Series hosted by The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation

Organizations represented include Cancer Patient Services, Century Health, Children’s Mentoring Connection, Gliding Stars, Hope House for the Homeless, Hancock Historical Museum, the Hancock County Humane Society, NAMI, Special Kids Therapy and Women’s Resource Center.

Aly Sterling Philanthropy featured in The Press

Aly Sterling Philanthropy featured in The Press Oregon school board looks at strategic planning
By Kelly Kaczala | The Press (Oregon, OH)

Oregon City Schools Superintendent Lonny Rivera wants to boost the private fundraising potential in the district to help support educational programs. “We can’t do everything through taxpayer dollars,” said Rivera at a school board meeting on Tuesday. “What I really want to do is try and find a way that we can make the experience second to none for our kids. And one of the ways that we are going to do that is…

Tips for Your Board from TBS Columbus Participants

Last week I was thrilled to find out that participants in The Board Series (TBS) hosted by the Columbus Foundation (Ohio) had already begun to put their new knowledge to use! Their list of observations below – accrued after just one session of the series – provides a great summary of some basic ways to improve the focus and function of any board…

Aly profiled for entrepreneurial spirit in Central Catholic alumni magazine

Think Big and Take Risks | Scarlet & Gray, Central Catholic High School (Toledo) – Winter 2014
After gaining extensive experience at three non-profit organizations, Aly Sterling ’90 took a leap of faith; she started her own non-profit consulting firm, Aly Sterling Philanthropy. Her firm helps non-profits make an impact through fundraising, strategic planning and board governance, and assists for-profits by designing their corporate giving programs…

Congratulations to the most recent graduates of The Board Series!

Pictured from left: Sarah Skow, Mari Davies, Kirsta Null, Bernadette Beach, Gary Willoughby, Cynthia Beekley, and Danielle Marie Jones. Not pictured: Jim McKelvey, Debra DeHoff, Lori Ernsthausen, Teresa Beebe, and Aimee Reid.