Join us for the unveiling of the 2020 Giving USA Annual Report on Philanthropy, an exclusive report, which features the leading issues and trends in philanthropy.
Speaker:
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Richard Tollefson
Founder & President
Phoenix Philanthropy Group
Richard Tollefson established The Phoenix Philanthropy Group with nearly 20 years of fundraising and advancement management experience, and now has more than three decades of successfully helping strengthen nonprofit and other organizations.
Prior to starting The Phoenix Philanthropy Group in late 2004, he served as the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at his alma mater, Thunderbird School of Global Management, the world’s leading provider of international management education.
At Thunderbird, he managed two comprehensive fundraising campaigns and raised $120 million in 26 countries, including a $60 million commitment which became the largest naming gift to a college or school of business in the world. Richard transformed Thunderbird’s alumni association into a global professional association; created a corporate relationship management structure to generate revenue and manage relationships across all parts of the institution; and managed conferences, seminars, and events around the world.
Richard has worked with other acclaimed institutions, such as the Master Chorale of Orange County, The Joffrey Ballet, the University of Arizona, and Arizona State University, serving as a part of the leadership team of a $600 million campaign, and building comprehensive and sophisticated fundraising operations and innovative constituent relationship programs from the ground up.
Richard was the 2015 recipient of Social Venture Partners’ highest honor, the Paul Shoemaker Leadership Award; and is the 2001 Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year by the Greater Arizona Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Richard is involved with a number of civic and nonprofit organizations. His current and previous affiliations include serving on the Boards of Directors of Social Venture Partners International, Social Venture Partners Arizona, the Giving Institute, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VII, and Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Greater Arizona Chapter; the Advisory Council for Arizona Community Foundation’s (ACF) Center for LGBTQ Philanthropy; and is active in CASE, AFP, and ACF.
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