Most of my career I was a major gift fundraiser at top-tier, non-profit universities and healthcare organizations.
But I’ve also spent time in the trenches, working with much smaller organizations that were struggling just to make their annual budgets. One of my first jobs was at a rural, private college that went bankrupt!
I’ve been a donor to charity, a staff member, a volunteer, a board member and officer, a consultant, and a recipient of charitable services. I’ve even been a non-profit whistleblower. I know the sector terrain and how things can go wrong.
In 2019, I made a career change and took a job as a news reporter/producer for a non-profit, Catholic media organization.
Like any nonprofit, it had its problems. In this case, the problems resulted in 30 percent of the staff being laid off. I was among the group cut.
However, I had acquired a number of new skills, and I discovered I really enjoyed reporting the news!
It just made sense to focus my investigative skills on what I knew best and where there was a gap in reporting — non-profit organizations.
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