DevelopmentLink

DevelopmentLink is offered at no charge to nonprofit fundraising professionals. Participants focus on fundraising, gift development, and stewardship topics selected by participants, providing opportunities for idea sharing, peer resourcing, and growth in development planning and execution.

At each session, exclusively for nonprofit development professionals, DevelopmentLink participants focus on a self-selected topic facing their organizations, providing opportunities for idea sharing and collaborative partnerships among peers.

Announcements about DevelopmentLink are sent via an email distribution list. If you are a nonprofit development professional interested in joining us for DevelopmentLink, please email the Community Foundation.

DevelopmentLink is presented in collaboration with AFP-Quad Cities.

2025 DevelopmentLink Dates

• February 7 – Building Sustainable Donor Pipeline: Beyond the One-Time Gift, guided by Hannah Howard, Led(h)er

• March 6  – Grants & National Funders, guided by guided by Ashley Velez, MPA, Chief Executive Officer, and Jennifer Davis, Grant Writer & Coordinator, Humility Homes & Services. This CEOLink session will be held jointly with DevelopmentLink

• April 4 – Donor Psychology: Understanding what drives giving decisions, guided by Rocío Ayard Ochoa, QCCF

• June 6 – Donor Retention, guided by Isaac Carr, Quad City Alliance for Immigrants and Refugees (QCAIR)

• August 1 – Engaging Corporate Partners: Creative sponsorships and cause marketing, guided by Marcie Ordaz, Lift Women's Foundation

• October 3 – Fundraising for Gen Z and Millennials: What motivates the next generation of donors?, guided by Tyler Mitchell, The Project of the Quad Cities 

• December 5 – Planned Gifts, Estates, and Bequests, guided by Amelia (Ami) Allard Wells

DevelopmentLink is held on a bi-monthly basis, on Friday mornings with networking starting at 8:30 a.m. and sessions from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. at the Community Foundation.

RSVP – To be added to the email distribution list, please email the Community Foundation.



Learn More

To learn more about joining DevelopmentLink please contact Daisy Moran.