Christine Graham
Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations
President, CPG Enterprises, Inc.
Editor and Publisher, Nonprofit Vermont
www.cpgfundraising.com
cpgraham@sover.net
802-862-0327 (office), 802-343-0659 (cell)

Publications: CPG Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 199,
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
cpgraham@sover.net

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 and Management Workshops for Nonprofits
  

CURRENT STUDIES AND PROJECTS

• Monadnock Conservancy, Keene NH,  $3 million endowment campaign following study, 2006- 2008; annual assessment 2010
• Wellspring School, Chelsea, VT 2008-
• Rock Point School, Burlington VT2008-
• Preservation Trust of Vermont,  VT2007-
• Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT 2008-
• Vermont Natural Resource Council,  Montpelier, VT 2007-
• Community Sailing Center,  Burlington VT 2008-
• Vermont Historical Society, 2009-
• United Way of Chittenden County, 2009-
• Mt. Grace Land Trust, Athol, MA 2010-

CURRENT CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS (councel)

• Vermont Symphony Orchestra: $3 million endowment campaign, full campaign consulting,  2006-
• Weston Playhouse Theatre Company : $8 million capital campaign, full campaign consulting 2006-
• Laraway School, Johnson, VT 2008-
• Unitarian Universalist Church (Stone Church) Chester, 2009-
  

CURRENT ADVISORY, ANNUAL FUND and COACHING CLIENTS

• Vermont Works for Women, 2010-
• Vermont Folklike Center, 2010-
• General Education Fund (VT.) 2009-
• Community Health Center, Burlington, VT:  fundraising assessment, 2009
• Brattleboro Music Center, including a study, 2007-
• Southern Vermont Art Center: occasional campaign coaching and advising, 2006-
• Visiting Nurses Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties: general fundraising following a successful capital campaign (and study) 2001-
• Community College of Vermont: creating and launching a development program, 2007-

RECENT CLIENTS and PROJECTS

• Lund Family Center, Burlington VT: 2007-;  advising, coaching and a campaign
• Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, VT – since 1992, fundraising consultations and campaign
• Homeshare, capital campaign counsel and continuing fundraising counsel;  2005-
• Bryan Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT : fundraising assessment and planning, 2009
• ARCH, Middlebury,  fundraising planning, 2009
• Long Trail School, Dorset , VT: fundraising assessment and  planning, 2009
• Vermont Mozart Festival, fundraising assessment and planning, 2009
• Spring Lake Ranch, Cuttingsville, VT 2008-
• Boys and Girls Club of Burlington, VT 2008
• The R&D Tarrant Foundation, Colchester, VT 2008: Planning
• Brattleboro Hospice, 2008-09
• River Arts, Morrisville, VT 2006-2008
• Copley Hospital, Morrisville, VT 2008
• 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-
• Center for Whole Communities:  annual fund and development planning 2007-
• Family Center of Washington County, Vt., occasional campaign coaching following a feasibility study, $3 million capital campaign;  2006-
• Lyric Theatre (with consultant Debby Bergh),  2008
• Yellow Barn Music School,  organizational study and fundraising planning, 2006-07
• Burnham Library, Colchester, VT ; creating an annual appeal;  2006-07
• Goddard College, fundraising planning, 2007-
• The Well School, NH,  fundraising planning, 2007-
• Lebanon Libraries, NH,  feasibility study fall 2005 and 2006 work leading to a campaign ($4 million building campaign)
• Piscataquog Watershed Association, New Boston NH, board and fundraising study, planning and coaching; 2007-
• Vajra Dakini Nunnery, Lincoln VT; fundraising and campaign planning, 2007-
• Gampo Abbey Monastery, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; fundraising planning, 2007-
• The Haven,  campaign coaching, 2007-
• Vernon Christian Retirement Home, Vernon Vermont; fundraising coaching, 2007-2009
• Vermont Stage Company,  annual fund development, 2008-
• The Vermont Women’s Fund, 2006-
• Fletcher Allen Health Care, Radiology Oncology Division, 2006-
• Mad River Glen Cooperative for the Single Chair ($1.5 million): feasibility study for a campaign and related follow-up coaching and training.
• Center for Communication in Medicine,  Bennington, developing a fundraising plan. 2006-
• Cathedral Square, based in Burlington: developing a fundraising plan, 2006-
• Winchester Learning Center,  Winchester NH, planning for a campaign following a study, 2006.
• Vermont Land Trust: Capital Campaign and other fundraising: 1998-current ($25 million)
• Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, study and campaign, 2000-2008 ($3 million)
• Fletcher Free Library, Burlington VT, feasibility study, planning and implementing an annual fund campaign,  2005
• Hildene Historic House: campaign planning, feasibility study: 2004-2007
• Dorset Theatre Festival, major gift planning , 2004- present
• Vermont Public Radio: feasibility study and campaign counsel, 2003-2007
• Buxton School(Williamstown, MA): study and campaign counsel, 2003- 2007
• Castleton State College:  feasibility study, annual fund advising,  capital campaign planning, 2003-2008
• Yellow Barn Music Festival , annual fund assessment, 2006
• Shelburne Farms: Planning for a Campaign and counsel 1998- 2004
• Westminster Cares, Vt., a study on sustainability and a potential campaign, 2005.
• Greater Burlington YMCA:  feasibility study for a capital campaign, 2004-06 
• The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Chapter: study and continuing counsel: 2004-08
• Woodbury College and Marlboro College, collaborative study for a credit-bearing program in nonprofit studies, 2005 (and continuing through present)
• Rosie’s Girls of Northern New England Tradeswomen;  program planning and replication, 2005-06

AND NOT-SO-RECENT-CLIENTS

• 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.
• Waterbury Revitalization:  campaign counsel for a capital campaign to restore the old Waterbury Railroad station, 2004-05
• Howe Library of Hanover NH:  study and capital campaign, 1999- 2004 ($5 million)
• The Grammar School, Putney VT:  feasibility study and campaign counsel, 2003-04
• Windham Foundation: feasibility study testing endowment concepts:  2004-05
• Vermont Technical College:  developing a plan for a campaign, summer 2004 and alumni study for fundraising, 2005.
• Mobius, the Mentoring Movement, Chittenden County VT, fundraising planning and grants research, 2005
• Vermont Family Forests, via the Aspen Institute: annual fund planning 2004
• Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) of VT and NH, annual fund planning 2004
• The Harris Center, Hancock NH:  annual fund planning, 2004
• Merck Forest and Farmland Center:  advising on a capital campaign:  2004
• NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) : annual fund advising, 2003
• Counterpoint Chorale: fundraising planning, 2004
• The Health Center, Plainfield VT; feasibility study and campaign 2003-05
• Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, annual fund advisement, 2003-2004
• Very Special Arts of Vermont, annual fund planning and enhancement, 2002- 03
• Lyric Theatre, Burlington VT, annual fund enhancement, 2002-05
• Mercy Connections, Burlington VT, fundraising planning and training , 2002- 2004
• Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT, annual fund planning,  2002- 03
• Circus Smirkus, annual campaign and capital campaign planning, 2001-03
• The Sustainability Institute, Hartland VT, comprehensive planning 2001-02
• Waterbury Congregational Church, campaign planning and advising;  2001-2003
• Northshire History Museum (Manchester, VT): preparation for a campaign, 2001-02
• Lewis Creek Association, Hinesburg VT, 2001- 02
• North Country Animal League: annual fund planning, 2003-04.
• Upper Valley Waldorf School, Quechee VT, feasibility study, 2000-2003
• The Zen Center of Vermont, capital campaign counsel, 2001- 2004
• The Greensboro Church, campaign advisement, 2002- 2003
• Planned Parenthood of Northern New England: campaign counsel, 1998-2002 ($7.5 mil.)
• Humane Society of Chittenden County: Capital Campaign: 1998-2002 ($2.2 million)
• Catamount Trails Association:  fundraising planning, 2001- intermittent
• Shard Villa, fundraising training and planning
• Castleton Free Library, general fundraising planning and training, 2002
• Vermont Child Care Apprentice Trust Project:  pre-campaign preparation , 2000
• Mater Christi School, fundraising planning , 2001-2002
• Gilbert Hart Library, Wallingford VT, preparation for campaign, 2001
• Vt. Childrens Aid Society, annual fund planning, 2001- 2002
• Stowe Land Trust, annual fundraising planning, 2002
• Charlotte Land Trust, annual fundraising and special campaign, 2001-02
• Pyralisk Art and Community Center, Montpelier, VT , campaign planning 2001-2002
• Parent to Parent, comprehensive fundraising planning, 2001-2002
• Vermont Center for Independent Living, comprehensive fundraising planning, 2001- 03
• Neighborworks Homeownership Project:  study for a campaign, 2000
• Project Independence of Barre, Vt., capital campaign preparation , 2001
• Project Harmony:  development and planning assessment: 2000-2001
• Vermont Youth Conservation Corps:  fundraising assessment, 2001
• Center for Technology, Essex:  feasibility study and planning for a campaign, 2000
• Bayley-Hazen Arena Association, Hardwick:  feasibility study 2000
• Arlington Area Childcare , capital campaign 1999-2000
• Burke Mountain Academy, capital campaign planning and coaching 1999-2000
• Guilford Community Works, grants and growth management, 1998, 2000
• Champlain Senior Center: annual fundraising planning, 1999-2001
• Camp Common Ground: capital campaign planning, 1999-2000
• Cochrans Ski Area: campaign planning 1999
• Monitor Barns Project of the Richmond Land Trust: Campaign Counsel 1998-99
• Smokey House, campaign strategy development, 1999-2001
• Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB): research and planning on special fundraising project to match state funds. 2000
• Vt. SOS : grants and fundraising advisory project: 2000
• Mad River Watershed Conservation District, Feasibility Study, 2000
• Vermont Symphony Orchestra, annual fundraising assessment and plan, 2000-2001
• Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology: communications, strategic planning and organizational assistance, continuation of staff assignments: 1992- 99
• Middlebury Town Hall Theater: feasibility study: 2000
• Ethan Allen Homestead: Development Audit and Fundraising Plan 1998
• Vermont Adult Learning: Development Audit and fundraising plan, 1998
• Episcopal Diocese of Vermont: Feasibility study and Campaign : 1998-intermittent
• Champlain College: Development Audit, 1998
• Rock Point School:  Fundraising Plan consultation 1998- intermittent
• Vermont Judicial History Project: organization and grants development 1997-98
• Friends of the Statehouse: capital campaign advising 1997- 99
• Windham Foundation: developing a conference for funders of education, 1998
• First Day of School Foundation: developing educational project, organization and funding systems, 1997- 99
• Aldrich Library of Barre, Vermont: capital campaign study and advising, 1997-99
• Vermont Law School: development assessment, 1998
• Bennington Regional Affordable Housing Corporation: capital campaign 1997-
• Grafton Museum of Natural History, 1996- : capital campaign
• Monteverdi Music School: Annual fundraising and strategic planning 1997-98
• Rutland Land Trust: Annual fundraising planning, 1997- 98
• Vermont Health Foundation: advising, 1997
• Bowse Community Health Foundation, Rutland: training and grant review 1998-present
• Park McCullough House: annual fundraising consultation; 1997-99
• Foundation for Excellent Schools: fundraising consultation, 1998
• The Red Cross of Northern Vermont, 1995-1998, Major Gifts Enhancement
• National Gardening Association: funding planning, ‘90-99
• Fleming Museum of UVM, 1996-7: financial, management assessment, study
• The Paul Foundation: consultations, strategic planning 1990, 1996, other jobs 2001
• Vermont Community Loan Fund, 1996-98 : Capital Campaign
• Central Vermont and Upper Valley NH Red Cross: Capital Campaign 1996-98

• Champlain College/Woodbury Institute, Marlboro College Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management and Fundraising,  2008-
• Giving Monadnock:  year-long fundraising training program for  organizations in Keene       NH area: board component, 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 Program,  three locations and 22 organizations, 2002-03, 2007
• The Youth Philanthropy Program, with the Vermont Agency of Human Services and support from the Bay Foundation,  for up to 14 groups, 2002-03

TEACHING (also see Key notes and Workshops  listings)

• St. Michael's College: Course work in Graduate Management and Education  Programs,                and in the Nonprofit Certificate Program 1993 - 2004 (adjunct faculty)
• University of Vermont, Historic Preservation Program 1995- present (adjunct)
• Community College of Vermont, 1996- 98 (workshops)
• Antioch New England Graduate School: 1988, 1994
• Vermont Library Association:  1998-2001 workshops
• State of Vermont Employee Training, Cyprian Center (grant proposal writing), 1998-2004
• ODI/TAP: Organizational Development Institute, Technical Assistance Program, 1990-98
  

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.

PUBLICATIONS

• Raising Money for Local Land Trust Project with the Vermont Land Trust, to be released 2010
• "Working from Strength," article on capital campaigns for smaller organizations, Jossey Bass, New Directions for Fundraising Series,  March 1999.
• “Is Endowment for Us?”  Grassroots Fundraising Journal, Chardon Press, 2002
• Where the Heart Is an allegory on philanthropy, commissioned by the Milton Murray Foundation for Philanthropy, publication pending. 2001
• Starting With Staff:  commissioned and published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation; 2001, on first time staffing in a nonprofit organization.
• Applying Yourself:  a Primer for Grant Seeking and Writing, 2002, published by CPG Enterprises
• Asking: A Hands-on Learners' Guide to Gift Solicitation, with Practice Makes Perfect, the Accompanying Facilitator's Guide, published by CPG Enterprises, 1998
• Blueprint for a Capital Campaign, An Introduction for Board members, Volunteers and Staff, published by CPG Enterprises, 1997
• "Nonprofit Vermont," newsletter for Vermont nonprofit organizations, published six     times per year since 1986.
• Vermont Directory of Foundations: bi-annually 1986-2006; now published by the Vermont Community Foundation and available at www.vermontcf.org.
• New Hampshire Directory of Foundations: annually 2001-2008         
• Keep the Money Coming: A Step by Step Guide to Annual Fundraising; published 1993
• "What Grantmakers Wish", New England Quarterly, summer 1996
  

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.
  

SERVICE ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

• Vermont Ethics Network,  board member,  2006-
• Task Force on the Nonprofit Sector,  2006-
• The Fund for North Bennington: trustee,  grant making fund to benefit the North Bennington, Vermont environs. 1992 - present.
• Sage City Syndicate, North Bennington VT; community organization.  2006-2009
• Vermont Community Foundation: Member;  and Member of Founding Team for Technical Assistance Program for Vermont (TAP-VT) 1989 - present
• 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.
• Sage City Symphony - cofounder and member of the Board of Directors, 1973 - 88; 1991-96.
  

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
  

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. (volunteer)
• 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)

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.

 Biographical Information Christine P. Graham

 Christine P. Graham

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 Northern New England 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 (now Vermont Institutes) during its first five years of operation. 

Christine Graham has worked with hundreds of nonprofits organizations over the past 35 years, serving as a consultant, writer and teacher since 1982.  She specializes in fundraising planning and advisement, with a special focus on capital campaigns and building new and advancing annual fund programs.   She has offered training through Giving Monadnock (NH), River Network and Land Trust Alliance (national), TAP and VANPO (VT), Upstate History Alliance (NY), AFP-NNE, CONFR (NH) and other  regional organizations.  She has taught in the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program and St. Michael’s College.  She consults on all fundraising issues, and conducts studies and assessments for fundraising planning.