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Upcoming Education Presentations
& Downloadable Video Classes For Your Personal Library
Upcoming Education
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Queer For Hire Founder & CEO Matthew Easterwood (he/they), CAP®, CFRE, will join an incredible lineup of nonprofit leaders and fundraising experts for From Governance to Giving: A Board Leadership and Fundraising Intensive, a two-day virtual program co-presented by AFP Global and the University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute.
Across two days, the intensive will take nonprofit board and staff leaders from the foundations of effective governance and board-staff partnership into practical strategies for board fundraising, Culture of Philanthropy, revenue diversification, and action planning.
On Day Two, Matt will present Fundraising In Action™: Activating Board Strengths for Fundraising Success, an interactive session introducing Queer For Hire’s Five-Role Model of Effective Fundraising Boards™ and four practical tools organizations can use to turn vague fundraising expectations into meaningful action: the Board Fundraising Profile™ Assessment, Board Fundraising Matrix™, Fundraising In Action™ Dashboard, and Fundraising In Action™ Simulation Guide.
From Governance to Giving: A Board Leadership and Fundraising Intensive
September 28–29, 2026
12:00–4:30 p.m. ET | VirtualQueer For Hire’s Session: September 29 | 2:05–2:55 p.m. ET
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Queer For Hire Founder & CEO Matthew Easterwood (he/they) will co-present alongside Vanessa Serratos (she/her), Development Manager at Pacific Center for Human Growth, to explore how LGBTQ+ organizations can move beyond crisis-driven fundraising and build sustainable development infrastructure. Drawing from their consultant-and-staff partnership, this session will share real-world strategies for strengthening fundraising resilience through culture of philanthropy, diversified revenue streams, donor pipeline development, leadership growth, and realistic staffing structures. Participants will gain practical tools to help LGBTQ+ centers build long-term fundraising sustainability without sacrificing community-centered values or staff wellbeing.
CenterLink Leadership Summit
October 14-16, 2026
SacramentoMore details coming soon!
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Queer For Hire is taking Fundraising In Action™ to the Lehigh Valley! 🌈
Queer For Hire Advisor on Culture of Philanthropy Maggie Schutzler will join Krista Brown-Ly, Executive Director; Marvin Webb, Board Chair; and Patti Bruno, Fundraising Committee Chair of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center for Fundraising In Action: Activating Board Strengths for Fundraising Success.
Presented from the perspectives of executive leadership, development, and board members, this interactive panel will share the real-world work Queer For Hire and Bradbury-Sullivan are doing together to strengthen board fundraising engagement and build a thriving Culture of Philanthropy. Attendees will explore how clearer expectations, stronger board-staff alignment, relationship-centered fundraising, and practical tools can move boards beyond simply being asked to “help with fundraising” and toward meaningful action.
Through moderated discussion, a real-world case study, audience engagement, and practical implementation strategies, the session will give nonprofit leaders ideas they can immediately adapt to strengthen board participation and build more sustainable fundraising systems.
Lehigh Valley Nonprofit Impact Conference
November 18
Lehigh Valley, PennsylvaniaQueer For Hire Session: Fundraising In Action: Activating Board Strengths for Fundraising Success
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Beyond Burnout: Building Sustainable Fundraising Careers Through Inclusion, Equity & Collective Care
AFP ICON 2027 | Baltimore, MarylandQueer For Hire is heading to Baltimore for AFP ICON 2027!
In Beyond Burnout, Matthew Easterwood joins fellow fundraising leaders for a cross-generational conversation about building sustainable careers in a profession that too often normalizes overwork, scarcity, and self-sacrifice.
Grounded in the lived experiences of BIMPOC and LGBTQIA+ fundraising professionals, this interactive session will explore how workplace culture, inclusion, equity, and systems of power shape our ability to build careers that last. Together, panelists and participants will dig into boundary-setting, self-advocacy, mentorship, authenticity, supportive professional networks, and collective care.
Through honest conversation, live polling, reflection, and real-world scenarios, attendees will identify practical ways to advocate for themselves, support their peers, and redefine professional success beyond constant productivity and exhaustion.
AFP ICON 2027
Baltimore, Maryland
Session date and time coming soon.
Video Classes
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Fundraising In Action™: Activating Board Leadership Through Strategic Staff Partnership
Turn board fundraising from a source of frustration into a culture of participation.
Too often, nonprofit boards are expected to fundraise without clear expectations, meaningful training, or opportunities to build confidence. The result? Staff feel like they're carrying fundraising alone, and board members want to help—but don't know how.
In this free, on-demand class, fundraising strategist Matthew Easterwood, CFRE, CAP®, introduces Fundraising In Action™, a practical framework that helps organizations activate every board member through their unique strengths rather than asking everyone to fundraise the same way.
Using the Five-Role Model of Effective Fundraising Boards™, you'll learn how to build a board where every member has a meaningful role in inspiring generosity—whether through stewardship, relationship-building, advocacy, sponsorships, storytelling, or solicitation.
In this class, you'll learn how to:
Shift from board fundraising frustration to board fundraising engagement
Understand the Five-Role Model of Effective Fundraising Boards™
Activate board members based on their strengths instead of their fears
Build a stronger Culture of Philanthropy across your organization
Increase participation through practical tools and accountability
Create sustainable fundraising engagement that extends beyond a single campaign or event
Free Companion Resources
Every class includes access to four free implementation tools:
Board Fundraising Profile™ Assessment – Help board members discover their natural fundraising strengths.
Board Fundraising Matrix™ – Map your board's collective fundraising capacity and identify opportunities for engagement.
Fundraising In Action™ Dashboard – Track participation, celebrate progress, and build accountability.
Fundraising In Action™ Simulation Guide – Build confidence through practice with ready-to-use fundraising exercises.
Whether you're an Executive Director, Development professional, Board Chair, or board member, Fundraising In Action™ will give you a practical roadmap for creating a board that doesn't just govern—it actively advances your mission through philanthropy.
Watch the class, download the tools, and start putting fundraising into action.
Turn board fundraising from a source of frustration into a culture of participation.
Too often, nonprofit boards are expected to fundraise without clear expectations, meaningful training, or opportunities to build confidence. The result? Staff feel like they're carrying fundraising alone, and board members want to help—but don't know how.
In this free, on-demand class, fundraising strategist Matthew Easterwood, CFRE, CAP®, introduces Fundraising In Action™, a practical framework that helps organizations activate every board member through their unique strengths rather than asking everyone to fundraise the same way.
Using the Five-Role Model of Effective Fundraising Boards™, you'll learn how to build a board where every member has a meaningful role in inspiring generosity—whether through stewardship, relationship-building, advocacy, sponsorships, storytelling, or solicitation.
In this class, you'll learn how to:
Shift from board fundraising frustration to board fundraising engagement
Understand the Five-Role Model of Effective Fundraising Boards™
Activate board members based on their strengths instead of their fears
Build a stronger Culture of Philanthropy across your organization
Increase participation through practical tools and accountability
Create sustainable fundraising engagement that extends beyond a single campaign or event
Free Companion Resources
Every class includes access to four free implementation tools:
Board Fundraising Profile™ Assessment – Help board members discover their natural fundraising strengths.
Board Fundraising Matrix™ – Map your board's collective fundraising capacity and identify opportunities for engagement.
Fundraising In Action™ Dashboard – Track participation, celebrate progress, and build accountability.
Fundraising In Action™ Simulation Guide – Build confidence through practice with ready-to-use fundraising exercises.
Whether you're an Executive Director, Development professional, Board Chair, or board member, Fundraising In Action™ will give you a practical roadmap for creating a board that doesn't just govern—it actively advances your mission through philanthropy.
Watch the class, download the tools, and start putting fundraising into action.
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By traveling the five phases of the life of a donor in this 40-minute video class, "Get Q'd In: Advance Your Mission By Engaging LGBTQIA+ Donors" will:
🏳️🌈 Provide innovate methods to find existing and new queer donors
🏳️🌈 Guide you through engagement tactics
🏳️🌈 Help you expand your fundraising program
🏳️🌈 Teach you how to practice basic LGBTQIA+ cultural competencies
🏳️🌈Enhance your Culture of Philanthropy and orgnizational policies to be LGBTQIA+ inclusive
By traveling the five phases of a life of a donor in this 40-minute video class, “Get Q’d In: Advance Your Mission By Engaging LGBTQIA+ Donors” will:
🏳️🌈Provide innovative methods to find and engage existing and new queer donors
🏳️🌈Help you expand your fundraising program
🏳️🌈Teach you how to practice LGBTQIA+ cultural competencies
🏳️🌈Enhance your culture of philanthropy and organizational policies to be LGBTQIA+ inclusive.
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This free training dives into the LGBTQIA+ donor lifecycle — from first discovery to long-term retention — and shows how to build pipelines that are inclusive, sustainable, and rooted in belonging.
You’ll learn how to:
Attract Queer donors through authentic storytelling and visibility
Convert one-time gifts into monthly giving with identity-affirming strategies
Cultivate major and legacy gifts through community and values
Retain LGBTQIA+ supporters by fostering true belonging and leadership pathways
Watch now and get practical tools to expand your donor base and strengthen your fundraising program with Queer-inclusive strategies.
This free training dives into the LGBTQIA+ donor lifecycle — from first discovery to long-term retention — and shows how to build pipelines that are inclusive, sustainable, and rooted in belonging.
You’ll learn how to:
Attract Queer donors through authentic storytelling and visibility
Convert one-time gifts into monthly giving with identity-affirming strategies
Cultivate major and legacy gifts through community and values
Retain LGBTQIA+ supporters by fostering true belonging and leadership pathways
Watch now and get practical tools to expand your donor base and strengthen your fundraising program with Queer-inclusive strategies.
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Are you looking for ways to increase your donor retention and improve your cultivation? We have one method for you that will accomplish both! This Mission Briefing/Mission Update demonstration includes:
A step-by-step structure for how to set up your very own Mission Briefings process
Identification of audiences who will benefit from a Mission Briefing and support your organization
Suggested content and materials for your presentations
Advice on what topics to discuss
A literal timed agenda you can copy and paste as your own
Follow-up instructions
BONUS: FREE plug-and-play downloadable sample .pptx that you can use for your own Mission Briefing presentation (half the work is already done!) when you download the Mission Briefing Outline document <here>.
Note: this is only a demonstration and instructional video of how and why to create a Mission Briefing process. The templates to get you started are in the link <here>.
Queer For Hire provides fundraising support and trainings to nonprofits and fundraising teams of all sizes. Learn about our Fundraising Services <here> and our Fundraising Trainings <here>.
Are you looking for ways to increase your donor retention and improve your cultivation? We have one method for you that will accomplish both! This Mission Briefing/Mission Update demonstration includes:
A step-by-step structure for how to set up your very own Mission Briefings process
Identification of audiences who will benefit from a Mission Briefing and support your organization
Suggested content and materials for your presentations
Advice on what topics to discuss
A literal timed agenda you can copy and paste as your own
Follow-up instructions
BONUS: FREE plug-and-play downloadable sample .pptx that you can use for your own Mission Briefing presentation (half the work is already done!) when you download the Mission Briefing Outline document <here>.
Note: this is only a demonstration and instructional video of how and why to create a Mission Briefing process. The templates to get you started are in the link <here>.
Queer For Hire provides fundraising support and trainings to nonprofits and fundraising teams of all sizes. Learn about our Fundraising Services <here> and our Fundraising Trainings <here>.
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This 50-minute video class, “Level Up Your Year-End Campaign By Harnessing the Power of Your Community” is your all encompassing strategy for raising the most money ever! Included in this two-part class:
🤑 Part One: Training on peer-to-peer fundraising -- good for new fundraisers or your volunteer fundraising team
🤑 Part Two: The anatomy of the perfect year-end peer-to-peer campaign
🤑 Overview of the .pptx presentation template for your own fundraising training and campaign onboarding
🤑 Strategies that will have you raising more money than ever before
🤑 Tips on how to acquire more new donors than ever before
You can download the above mentioned .pptx presentation, as well as all of our Year-End Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign Packages from our Documents Library <here>.
Queer For Hire provides fundraising support and training for nonprofits and fundraising teams of all sizes and levels. Contact us at Matt@QueerForHire.com to stay in touch. Learn more about our Fundraising Services <here> and Fundraising Trainings <here>.
This 50-minute video class, “Level Up Your Year-End Campaign By Harnessing the Power of Your Community” is your all encompassing strategy for raising the most money ever! Included in this two-part class:
🤑 Part One: Training on peer-to-peer fundraising -- good for new fundraisers or your volunteer fundraising team
🤑 Part Two: The anatomy of the perfect year-end peer-to-peer campaign
🤑 Overview of the .pptx presentation template for your own fundraising training and campaign onboarding
🤑 Strategies that will have you raising more money than ever before
🤑 Tips on how to acquire more new donors than ever before
You can download the above mentioned .pptx presentation, as well as all of our Year-End Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign Packages from our Documents Library <here>.
Queer For Hire provides fundraising support and training for nonprofits and fundraising teams of all sizes and levels. Contact us at Matt@QueerForHire.com to stay in touch. Learn more about our Fundraising Services <here> and Fundraising Trainings <here>.
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This 25-minute video class, “Fundraising is Everybody's Business: Working With Your Teams to Raise More Money” discusses the difference between the JOB of your professional development staff and the ROLES of the rest of your staff have in the greater efforts of fundraising. Start raising more money by:
🤑 Engaging your Board members in roles that are personalized and palatable (& fun for them!)
🤑 Tapping into the connections of your Admin staff
🤑 Improve your reporting results through coaching your Finance staff
🤑 Tell more impactful stories through Program staff
🤑 Invest in your part-time staff and volunteers
Download the 30-day and one-year Action Planning templates for FREE in our Documents Library.
This 25-minute video class, “Fundraising is Everybody's Business: Working With Your Teams to Raise More Money” discusses the difference between the JOB of your professional development staff and the ROLES of the rest of your staff have in the greater efforts of fundraising. Start raising more money by:
🤑 Engaging your Board members in roles that are personalized and palatable (& fun for them!)
🤑 Tapping into the connections of your Admin staff
🤑 Improve your reporting results through coaching your Finance staff
🤑 Tell more impactful stories through Program staff
🤑 Invest in your part-time staff and volunteers
Download the 30-day and one-year Action Planning templates for FREE in our Documents Library.
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By exploring five key engagement types in this 45-minute video class, “Queer For Hire: Engage the LGBTQIA+ Community to Grow Your Organization & Advance Your mission” will:
🏳️🌈 Provide extensive methods to hire and retain queer employees
🏳️🌈 Help you understand how to recruit queer board members
🏳️🌈 Teach you how to engage LGBTQIA+ volunteers (without asking them for money)
🏳️🌈 Enhance your confidence in asking LGBTQIA+ donors for money
🏳️🌈 Offer insights on how to work with community partners
This video class mentions two handouts, which you can download for free in the Document Library.
By exploring five key engagement types in this 45-minute video class, “Queer For Hire: Engage the LGBTQIA+ Community to Grow Your Organization & Advance Your mission” will:
🏳️🌈 Provide extensive methods to hire and retain queer employees
🏳️🌈 Help you understand how to recruit queer board members
🏳️🌈 Teach you how to engage LGBTQIA+ volunteers (without asking them for money)
🏳️🌈 Enhance your confidence in asking LGBTQIA+ donors for money
🏳️🌈 Offer insights on how to work with community partners
This video class metnions two handouts, which you can download for free in the Document Library.
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By exploring 8 ways you can engage Queer people that have nothing to do with asking them for money in this 15-minute video class, “Gay Best Friends: Engage the LGBTQIA+ Community Without Asking Them For Money” will help you:
🏳️🌈 Practice 8 strategies you can use to engage the LGBTQIA+ community
🏳️🌈 Start creating the pipeline of LGBTQIA+ donors
🏳️🌈 Learn how to engage LGBTQIA+ volunteers
🏳️🌈 Enhance your confidence in working with the LGBTQIA+ community
🏳️🌈 Determine which strategies are best for you to get started
By exploring 8 ways you can engage Queer people that have nothing to do with asking them for money in this 15-minute video class, “Gay Best Friends: Engage the LGBTQIA+ Community Without Asking Them For Money” will help you:
🏳️🌈 Practice 8 strategies you can use to engage the LGBTQIA+ community
🏳️🌈 Start creating the pipeline of LGBTQIA+ donors
🏳️🌈 Learn how to engage LGBTQIA+ volunteers
🏳️🌈 Enhance your confidence in working with the LGBTQIA+ community
🏳️🌈 Determine which strategies are best for you to get started