Fundraisers of Color
Group Description |
This group is for Black, Latin-X, Indigenous, and other persons of color who serve in a resource development capacity at their organization. Emerging as well as established fundraisers serving at direct-service, capacity-building, as well as philanthropic entities are welcome. Fundraisers of Color provides a peer-to-peer space for individuals belonging to a marginalized racial community to share experiences, stories, and advice as they have navigated fundraising and philanthropy as a profession. Tough professional experiences will/do happen, and participants are welcome to share within a supportive, encouraging, and confidential setting. This group is also meant to increase professional development capacities that will translate into growth opportunities within the field. As a result, guest speakers can and will be invited throughout the year to share expert knowledge in various areas of resource development, philanthropy, mission advancement, and/or fundraising. Agility is key to the group format; however, topic introduction along with supporting materials are shared with participants each month prior to the meeting.
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Meeting Time |
Date: TBD
Time: 10:00-11:30 pm First Meeting: TBD |
Courtland Powers, MBA, MA
Director of Development
Oklahoma Conference of Churches, Inc.
Courtland J. Powers-Gunnells serves as the Director of Development for the Oklahoma Conference of Churches. She is a native of Oklahoma City, OK graduating from the only Historically Black College University (HBCU) in the state, Langston University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management. She went on to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Nonprofit Leadership from Oklahoma City University as well as a Master of Business Administration degree in Organizational Development from Oklahoma Christian University.
After spending a few years in Corporate America, she spent the last eight years in the nonprofit sector honing in on fundraising, resource development, and capacity-building while previously serving as a Fundraising and Program Development Consultant for a Dallas-based firm consulting nonprofit organizations located in various regions across Texas, Director of Philanthropic Partnerships for Community Shares of Colorado, and the Director of Development & Finance for the Oklahoma Conference of Churches.
Courtland is passionate about identifying pivoting methods for program development and supporting nonprofit development efforts via fundraising strategy, fund development, and sustainability with a diversity, equity, inclusion, and access lens. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Women of Color in Fundraising & Philanthropy (WOC), and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) where she serves as the Fundraising & Endowment Committee Chairman for her local chapter. She also serves as the facilitator of the Fundraisers of Color virtual support group on behalf of the Executive Leadership Institute of Community Shares of Colorado and serves as a steering committee member of a giving circle for Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy. In her spare time you can find her spending time with her daughter Noa and husband Jermaine, hiking, writing resource development articles, executive coaching, and reading.
After spending a few years in Corporate America, she spent the last eight years in the nonprofit sector honing in on fundraising, resource development, and capacity-building while previously serving as a Fundraising and Program Development Consultant for a Dallas-based firm consulting nonprofit organizations located in various regions across Texas, Director of Philanthropic Partnerships for Community Shares of Colorado, and the Director of Development & Finance for the Oklahoma Conference of Churches.
Courtland is passionate about identifying pivoting methods for program development and supporting nonprofit development efforts via fundraising strategy, fund development, and sustainability with a diversity, equity, inclusion, and access lens. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Women of Color in Fundraising & Philanthropy (WOC), and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) where she serves as the Fundraising & Endowment Committee Chairman for her local chapter. She also serves as the facilitator of the Fundraisers of Color virtual support group on behalf of the Executive Leadership Institute of Community Shares of Colorado and serves as a steering committee member of a giving circle for Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy. In her spare time you can find her spending time with her daughter Noa and husband Jermaine, hiking, writing resource development articles, executive coaching, and reading.
