A peer group of fundraising professionals in greater Pasadena and west San Gabriel Valley. Real fundraising conversation, shared experience, and good company.
A peer group of fundraising professionals in greater Pasadena and west San Gabriel Valley. Real fundraising conversation, shared experience, and good company.
ADO-SGV began with a simple idea: fundraising professionals are stronger when they are connected. In 2022, two local development professionals envisioned a network where colleagues could share ideas, learn from one another, and build relationships across the nonprofit community. The idea gained momentum, and in April 2023, representatives from six organizations gathered for the first meeting.
Today the group includes more than 50 development professionals across greater Pasadena and the west San Gabriel Valley, with 15 to 20 typically at each gathering. No dues, no formality for its own sake: a standing table where the people who do this work trade what actually works, workshop what is hard, and know each other before they need each other.
We meet on the third Tuesday of every other month at 3:00 PM, rotating between video calls and in-person gatherings hosted around the San Gabriel Valley.
Anyone doing nonprofit development work in the greater Pasadena area and the west San Gabriel Valley: directors, officers, grant writers, ED-fundraiser hybrids, and the people about to become them.
Your engagement. There are no dues: the group is volunteer-led, so membership is free. Show up, share what you know, ask what you need.
Contacts: George Ricciardella · george@secondstoryconsulting.com | Emily Abbott · emily@doorofhope.us