LOIS BUNTZ: aWARD-WINNING Author, CONSULTANT, and Speaker on Nonprofit Fundraising

My greatest passion is sharing my knowledge and experience to help other nonprofits grow their funraising capabilities and meet their financial goals. I am a Certified Fund Raising Executive and nonprofit consultant. As a former CEO of a United Way, I’ve successfully coordinated multiple annual, endowment, and capital campaigns, raising more than $125 million. With decades of hands-on experience in the nonprofit sector, I can help empower and grow your organization through:

I was honored to recently receive the national 2024 Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, which is given to current or former teachers who have inspired their students to make a significant contribution to society. My former Clark University student and nominator, Monica Kurtz, left, created a successful social skills program for autistic children. I am so proud of her.

It was a delight to present to a full audience of fundraising professionals at United Way Worldwide’s 2024 “Uniting for Good” conference in Baltimore.

GET YOUR AWARD-WInNING GUIDE TO WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY

Winner of the 2024 Association of Professional Fundraisers and Skystone Parters Research Prize, “Gender and Generosity” offers insights into the latest wave of women’s philanthropy and provides a summary of research and inspiring stories collected from interviews with more than 70 philanthropist and leaders.

Generosity and Gender includes ideas, practical information, and guidance about how to work with women donors. It will help in developing women’s philanthropy initiatives, and provide strategies for integrating this subset of donors into your current fund development departments.

Weaving diversity and inclusion throughout the text, Lois truly centers the unique experiences of women philanthropists as she shows the way to engage them fruitfully.
— Julie Castro Abrams, Founder and CEO, How Women Lead
Readers of Lois’s book will become deeply familiar with the names and faces that power women’s giving, as well as techniques for successfully working with women donors and their allies carrying out bold strategies for a better world.
— Kiersten Marek, Founder, Philanthropy Women