Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Networking Roundtable
Network and Connect About All Things Fundraising!
Join us Thursday, January 8, for a networking roundtable with your fundraising peers. This is a time for connection and learning from each other.
Have a project that you want to start? Have a question that has been on your mind? Bring them to the table! We'll have discussion questions and topics prepared, but this is also your time to bring your unique situations and questions to the group.
Attention Members: New Year, New Guests! Every member is eligible to bring a guest free of charge to one meeting per year. This is the perfect time to introduce a friend or colleague to AFP Yosemite!
This meeting is being hosted at Gallo Center for the Arts
About the Gallo Center for the Arts:
The state-of-the-art Gallo Center for the Arts is the result of a unique public/private partnership. Construction was funded jointly by Stanislaus County, which owns the facility, and contributions from more than 4,000 individuals and businesses given to a non-profit organization that today operates the Center.
The mission of the Gallo Center for the Arts is to enrich the quality of life in the San Joaquin Valley by providing an inspirational civic gathering place where regional, national and international cultural activities illuminate, educate and entertain.
The Gallo Center for the Arts celebrates the diversity of our community by offering an array of affordable cultural opportunities designed to appeal, and be accessible, to all.
When: Thursday, January 8, 2026 12:00 - 1:30pm
You don't need to be a member to attend. Everyone is welcome.
Lunch will be provided.
Register on our website using PayPal or send an email to afpyosemite@gmail.com and let us know you'll be there to pay at the door.
Please register by January 6 at 4:00PM.
AFP Members: $25.00
All others: $35.00
|
|
Members Only
AFP Members - There is a wealth of information on the AFP Global website. Take some time to check it out! You will find many resources to help build your career and provide professional development, information on certifications, answers to ethical questions, and so much more!
**********************************************
Complimentary Members Only Webinars
This ongoing feature brings fundraising experts and thought leaders sraiting to yoyur desktop or mobile device at no extra cost to AFP Members. Browse the list of topics here and begin learning at your own pace!
**************************************************
Fundraising Tools: Customize your Stellar Fundraising Stories for Successful Grants
You likely have a favorite story to use in your fundraising efforts, whether in annual appeal letters or social media. These same stories can help strengthen your grant appllications. Storytelling in grant applications is often overlooked due to structural limitations on an application or because the inclusion of client stories is narrowly defined within the application. But the reality is... there's more to this story!
**************************************************
Four No-Sell Fundraising Ideas to Draw Donors To Your Nonprofit
From Shoe Drives, Wish List Drives, Fun Runs to Peer to Peer Fundraising, your most successful fundraiser this year could flle like a genuine invitation. Find out how your organization can achieve this here.
**************************************************
Maximize your AFP Membership as a New Member
Want to get the most out of your AFP membership? At AFP, we believe in the power of collective knowledge, experience, and collaboration. As a member, you are part of a network that spans the globe, offering unparalleled opportunities for professional growth, networking, and learning. Join the AFP New Member Community (you'll need to be logged in to AFP Connect to access) and start engaging virtually when you have some time.
**************************************************
AFP Yosemite Chapter can help you overcome your fundraising challenge through our mentoring program. Local experts are available to help support your efforts. Check us out soon!
**************************************************
AFP Members save 20% on CFRE Certification!
Become a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) to demonstrate your mastery of ethical, best-practice fundraising to your employer, board, donors, and beyond.
**********************************************
BE the CAUSE is the Foundation’s annual, unrestricted fund that supports all four pillars of our case for support. BE the CAUSE helps to fund local, national, and international programs such as scholarships, leadership development, education and much more. A portion of every donation that a member makes goes back to their local chapter to support local programs.
“I pay dues for my AFP Membership for my own professional development, but I make a gift to the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy as a way of giving back to the fundraising profession and the future leaders in our field.” Susan Earl Hosbach, CFRE.
Donate to Be the CAUSE. Remember to designate AFP Yosemite Chapter!
|
|
Getting to Know your Yosemite Chapter
AFP Yosemite Chapter welcomes new members:
Bryan Marks - BJM Consulting
Isaiah Siordio - VIPS Modesto
Chelsie Webster - Modesto Children's Museum
Kai Barton - Howard Prep
We welcome back these renewing members:
Melissa Van Diepen - Stansislaus Community Foundation
Diana Gonzales - Community Hospice & Health Services
Foundation
Bonnie Childers - Sierra Vista Child & Family Services
Susan Beasley - Parent Resource Center
Jesica Sanchez - Gallo Center for the Arts
Karin Reenstierna - Central West Ballet
Gina Machado - Center for Human Services
Kristen Kenyon - Gallo Center for the Arts
Alfredo Guerra - Stanislaus County PAL
|
|
Save the Date
Throughout the year, AFP Yosemite Chapter offers a variety of education sessions to help its members grow as fundraising professionals. Check out these upcoming events and mark your calendars.
We're diligently working on our 2026 Calendar. Details coming soon!
AFP Yosemite Chapter Members may invite a guest
~free of charge~
to one meeting each year. (CVFC Excluded)
|
|
Job Postings
AFP Yosemite Chapter is often informed of job openings that we have agreed to post on our website. Our Chapter includes members from Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and San Joaquin Counties.
University of the Pacific is seeking qualified candidates for a full time Assistant Directof of Donor Relattsion
Modesto Sympony Orchestra is seeking qualified candidates for a full time Development Director position.
Second Harvest of the Greater Valley in Manteca has a full time Grant Writer opportunity available.
Community Hospice and Health Services in Modesto has a full time Major Gifts Officer opportunity available.
These openings can be found on the AFP Yosemite Chapter website.
Do you have an opening? Post it on our website or email it to afpyosemite@gmail.com
|
|
Apply for an IDEA Scholarship!
You can receive a one-year membership to AFP Yosemite Chapter too! IDEA Scholarship applications are currently being accepted.
Apply today!
Inclusion
Diversity
Equity
Access
Diversity can mean just about anything, and EVERYONE offers diversity to our community. AFP Yosemite Chapter offers four Diversity Scholarships each year - one per quarter. You are eligible to apply if you've never been an AFP member before. If you're selected from the applicants, you will receive a one year membership to AFP. Applications are being accepted now.
IDEA Scholarship Applications Available
Apply today!
AFP Yosemite Chapter has earned the
2025 IDEA Champion Designation
The IDEA Champion Designation recognizes those chapters who have accomplished many of the key objectives in AFP's goal of advancing diversity: commitment to increasing inclusion, diversity, equity, and access in the fundraising profession.
**************************************************
A Fundraising Community for All: AFP is committed to the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity and access (IDEA) in the fundraising profession, the philanthropic sector, and throughout all of society. This guide features IDEA resources to promote inclusivity in your fundraising efforts and your interactions with the fundraising community. Learn more about AFP's IDEA work on the AFP IDEA Website.
|
|
Check out our Education Library
Holding virtual meetings during the depth of the pandemic allowed us to record and store content from our recent meetings. We are making that information available to you at the same cost as attending a meeting. There are many topics to choose from, including all the sessions of our most recent CVFC - Central Valley Fundraisers Conference, held over 2 days in October 2021.
Visit our Education Library today!
|
|
Community Events
Our Community Calendar is available for planning purposes. If you have provided dates for yoyur events, thank you for your submissions! If you have an event to include, please let us know!
We are keeping track of your annual and biennial events so everyone can plan ahead. Let's keep our community up to date with what's happening. Remember to check the calendar out before scheduling YOUR event, so we can all avoid same date conflicts.
|
|
|
|
Association of Fundraising Professionals,
Yosemite Chapter
January 8, 2026
12:00 - 1:30PM
FPeer-to-Peer Fundraising Networking Roundtable
Gallo Center
for the Arts
1000 I Street Modesto, CA
|
|
|
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents more than 30,000 members in nearly 200 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession. For more information,
www.afpnet.org
JOIN NOW!
AFP Yosemite Chapter Contact Information:
By mail:
P.O. Box 1168
Modesto, CA 95354
By Email:
afpyosemite@gmail.com
Visit our website: afpyosemite.afpnet.org
Lunch Meeting Reservation /
Refund Policy
- If you register for the meeting and pay in advance via Paypal and are unable to attend, you will NOT receive a refund for your payment.
- If you register in advance without paying and are unable to attend, you will be billed for lunch via PayPal invoice, due and payable on receipt.
- If you register and pay in advance but inform us of your inability to attend before the RSVP deadline we will refund your payment. Under the same circumstances if you don’t pay but let us know before the deadline, you will not receive an invoice.
- We will not carry over your payment to the following month’s meeting.
- You may designate another to attend in your place in order to retain the value of your registration. In the case where a non-member substitute is designated, that person must pay the balance of $5.00 to attend.
- Walk-ins, please note: Preregistered attendees will be given priority for lunch. If you don't register in advance, we are unable guarantee adequate food for everyone. You will be charged to attend.
|
|
|
|