Christine Graham Resume

Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations
President, CPG Enterprises, Inc., Editor and Publisher, Nonprofit Vermont
(updated Feb 2011)

Shelburne Farms CONTACT INFORMATION

CPG Enterprises
283 South Union St. #1
Burlington, VT 05401
Office: 802 862-10327
Cell: 802 343-0659

Publications: CPG Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 199,
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
Office: 802-447-0256 (South)
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ONGOING PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Consultant with a wide range of nonprofit clients, with specialization in fundraising and management issues.
Editor and Publisher of Nonprofit Vermont Newsletter, established in 1986; Editor of the New Hampshire Directory of Foundations, 2001-2008; founder of the Vermont Directory of Foundations (1986-2006, now published by the Vermont Community Foundation).
Author of several booklets and books on fundraising techniques and planning. See “Publications” for more information.
Trainer and Presenter of Fundraising Workshops for Nonprofits

CURRENT STUDIES AND PLANNING PROJECTS

King Street Center, Burlington VT 2011 -
Lamoille Family Center 2011 -
Preservation Trust of Vermont, VT 2007-
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT 2008 -
Vermont Natural Resources Council, Montpelier, VT 2007 -
Central Vermont Community Action, Barre, VT 2010 -

CURRENT CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS (counsel)

Rock Point School, Burlington VT 2008 -
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company : $8 million capital campaign, 2006-
Manchester Public Library 2011 -
Community Health Center, Burlington, VT 2010 -
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Brattleboro VT 2011-
St. James Episcopal Church, Essex, VT 2011 -

CURRENT ADVISORY, ANNUAL FUND and COACHING CLIENTS

Northern Forests Center, 2011
Spring Lake Ranch, Cuttingsville VT 2011 -
Local Motion 2011
Vermont Commons School 2011 -
NOFA - VT, 2011
United Counseling Service, Bennington VT, 2011
Adamant Music School 2011
The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, 2010-
Buxton School, Williamstown, MA 2010
Vermont Stage Company, Burlington, VT 2010
Curtis Education Fund 2010 -
Homeshare Vermont 2009- present
Vajra Dakini Monastary, Lincoln, VT intermittent fundraising consultation and training 2007-2010
Laraway School, Johnson, VT: campaign planning 2009
Brattleboro Music Center, including a study 2007
Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties: general fundraising following a successful capital campaign (and study) 2001-

Please feel free to contact the chief officers of any of my current or former clients for references, or ask for a separate listing of professional references.

Christine Graham is a Vermont resident consultant, and is registered in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

RECENT CLIENTS and PROJECTS

Kinhaven Music School, 2010
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, 2010 -
Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, VT 2010 -
Vermont Symphony Orchestra: $3.5 million endowment campaign, 2006-2011 Successfully surpassed the goal in January 2011!
Johnson State College, Johnson, VT assessment 2010 -
Sandglass Theatre, Putney, VT 2010 -
Highfields Composting Center, Hardwick, VT 2010 -
Upper Valley Humane Society, Enfield, NH 2010 -
Upper Connecticut Lakes Community Coalition, Colebrook, NH, 2010 -
Southern Vermont Arts Center: occasional campaign coaching and advising 2006 -
Community College of Vermont: creating and launching a development program, 2007 -
Mt. Grace Land Trust, Athol, MA; feasibility Study, 2010
Spring Lake Ranch, Cuttingsville, VT 2008-2009
Wellspring School, Chelsea, VT 2008-09
Vermont Land Trust, on-going
Homeshare, capital campaign counsel and continuing fundraising counsel; 2005
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, VT – since 1992, fundraising consultations and campaign
Lund Family Center, Burlington VT: 2007-; advising, coaching
Bryan Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT : fundraising assessment and planning, 2009
Long Trail School, Dorset , VT: fundraising assessment and planning, 2009
Boys and Girls Club of Burlington, VT 200
The R&D Tarrant Foundation, Colchester, VT 2008: Planning
Brattleboro Hospice, annual fund planning and advising, 2008-09
River Arts, Morrisville, VT ; planning and coaching a successful campaign; 2006-2008
Copley Hospital, Morrisville, VT ; feasibility study 2008
Brookhaven School, Chelsea, VT ; basic fundraising planning; 2008-2009
Thompson House, Brattleboro, VT ; 2008
Yestermorrow, Warren, VT, 2008
Burlington City Arts: occasional long-range planning and campaign advising, 1997-present\
Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Fayetteville NY; campaign coaching, 2007-

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AND NOT SO RECENT CLIENTS

Vermont Mozart Festival, fundraising assessment and planning, 2009
ARCH, Middlebury, fundraising planning, 2009
Middlebury Area Land Trust: annual fund and capital campaign planning , 2003-04
St. Francis Xavier School: search for a development director: 2004
Farm and Wilderness Camps, study and capital campaign, 2000- 2005 ($3 million)
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), feasibility study and campaign counsel, 2002-04.

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EDUCATION

Antioch Graduate School, M. Ed. in Organization and Management, 1982.
Vermont Law School, Environmental Law Center, Course work in Negotiation and Mediation, 1989.
Bennington College, B.A. in Literature and Music 1969.
Simmons College, 1965-67.

MEMBERSHIPS

Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), national and New England, since 1985
National Council on Planned Gifts, since 1998
Upper Valley Council on Planned Giving, since founding
Vermont Community Foundation, member since founding

EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

Master in Mission-Driven Organizations, Marlboro College, faculty 2011 -
Giving Monadnock: year-long fundraising training program for organizations in Keene, NH area: board companent, trainings, and key note speaker, 2001-2008
Americorps/VISTA workshops, annually since 2002
Partners for Sacred Places, New Partners/New Dollars program: 2006-08
Sustainable Fundraising Series, with Vermont Community Foundation and its Technical Assistance
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KEY NOTE PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES

Museumwise, retreat trainings at Sagamore Lake, 2008-current
River Network National, 2006 and 2007, trainings at national conference
Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance, key note speaker March 2005; “Getting the Fear Out of Fundraising”
CONFR, for New Hampshire nonprofits, key note speaker, Spring conference 2004
VANPO/TAP: Vermont Alliance for Nonprofit Organizations, several workshops per year 1986-2006
Land Trust Alliance (Northeastern regions), 2003-2006
Upstate New York History Alliance: conference presentations, Adirondack and Albany regions, 2005 and 2010
AFP-NNE: many trainings over the past years, in Vermont and New Hampshire

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Briarcliff High School Hall of Distinguished Alumni Award, 2003
Grant for book on "becoming a philanthropist"; the Milton Murray Foundation, 1999-00
Fellow: The Snelling Center for Government, Leadership Program 1995-96.
Project Grant: The Bay Foundation, for Youth Philanthropy Program in Vermont, 2002
Research Grant: The Paul Foundation, 1993. Needs assessment and curriculum development for potential advanced degree and certificate programs
Business and Professional Women, Bennington County, VT; Woman of the Year, 1988.
Vermont Council on the Arts: Citation for Contribution to the Arts, 1986.

SERVICE ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

The Fund for North Bennington: trustee, grant making fund to benefit the North Bennington, Vermont environs. 1992 - present.
Vermont Ethics Network, board member, 2006-2010
Chittenden County Hunger Council, 2007-2009
Task Force on the Nonprofit Sector, 2006-2007
Sage City Syndicate, North Bennington VT; community organization. 2006-2009
Vermont Community Foundation: Member; 1989- present, Founding Team for Technical Assistance Program for Vermont (TAP-VT) 1989
First Day of School Foundation, founding board member and first chair, 2001- 2005
Population Community Foundation, board member, 1998- 2005
Vermont Youth Orchestra: Advisory Board Member 1994 – 00
School Board of Shaftsbury, VT: Elected Office, 1990-93.
Preservation Trust of Vermont: Board of Directors, 1987 - 93.
Art Selection Committee for State Office Buildings: 1991 - 94.
Vermont Council on the Arts: Trustee, 1982-85.
Green Mountain Arts Consortium: first president and trustee, 1970-73.
United Counseling Service of Bennington: 1979-80
Sage City Symphony - cofounder and member of the Board of Directors, 1973 - 88; 1991-96.

FORMER POSITIONS

Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology: Director of Resource Development; 1993 - 1998 ( part time); NSF funded education reform project
The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Chapter, Resource Director, 1988-93 (part time)
Governor's Institutes of Vermont: Founder, Executive Director, 1982-88 (part time).
Park McCullough House Museum: Interim Director, 1988.
Bennington College: Director of Development and College Relations, Director of Special Projects and Director of Annual Fund and Alumni Relations; Founder of The July Program for High School Students, The Bennington Writers Workshop, the Bennington Abroad Program and the Bennington MFA Program,'76-82.
Sage City Symphony: Co-founder and General Manager, 1973-88, 1991-2
American Cancer Society: 1976 Regional Director, Vermont Chapter
Hoosac School: 1973-75, Director of Development.
WBTN Radio: commercial copywriter and education news reporter (1970-73)

PUBLICATIONS