Christine Graham is a specialist in Nonprofit Management and Fundraising.  She has worked in the nonprofit sector since 1969 as staff and consultant to organizations of all sizes and in all fields, with a concentration in Vermont organizations and a programmatic specialization in fundraising.  She was the founder of the Governor's Institutes of Vermont and its first director, and established several academic and revenue-generating programs at Bennington College as Director of Special Projects prior to serving there as Director of Development.  She served  as Consulting Director of Resource Development at the Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology (later the Vermont Institutes) during its first five years of operation. 

She now devotes herself entirely to her consultation, writing and teaching work.  Ms. Graham has consulted with hundreds of organizations in Vermont and northern New England;  and has taught at St. Michael's College, the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program, and for the Technical Assistance Program of the Vermont Association for Nonprofit Organizations (VANPO).  Recently she has collaborated with the Vermont Community Foundation, the Giving Monadnock program (NH), and the VT Agency of Human Services to develop longer-term programs on issues of sustainability for nonprofits.  She consults on fundraising and related issues, and conducts studies and assessments for fundraising planning. 

Christine Graham is the author of "Keep the Money Coming: a Strategic Guide to Annual Fundraising," published by Pineapple Press in 1992,  "Blueprint for a Capital Campaign,"   “Asking,”  a two-booklet set on personal gift solicitation training, “Working with Staff” published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, “Applying Yourself” on grant seeking (2002) and “Where the Heart Is” on philanthropy.  She is editor and publisher of Nonprofit Vermont Newsletter,  the Vermont Directory of Foundations and the New Hampshire Directory of Foundations with offices in Burlington and Shaftsbury Vermont.
 

phones: 802-862-0327 Northern VT Office and fax
802-447-0256 Southern VT Office
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Cell phone: 802-343-0659