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"In this time of economic uncertainty, Hartsook Companies is pleased to announce yet another successful quarter in our company's history. Nonprofit institutions are understanding their heightened responsibility to focus their fundraising priorities and resources on experienced talent who can implement strategies that are research-based and proven. This is why we continue to lead the field."

Bob Hartsook,
Founder and CEO

Kudos

R. Wayne Branch, Ph.D. was appointed President of American Humanics (Kansas City, Mo.). Branch, who currently advises a higher education technology consulting firm, formerly served as President of Clark College (Vancouver, Wash.) and as President and Chief Academic Officer for the Community College of Baltimore County Essex Campus (Baltimore, Md.).  He brings more than 25 years of higher education, workforce development and civic leadership experience to the position. His book, entitled High School Is Not Enough: Helping Students Take the Next Step in Their Lives, is scheduled for release early in 2010.

FUNDASALVA (El Salvador) was featured in the news regarding its successful drug prevention programs. The article, which ran in Laprensa Grafica on September 8, can be viewed at www.laprensagrafica.com. FUNDASALVA Executive Director Jaime Zablah was also interviewed by El Salvadorean television station Hablemos del Sida about the organization's drug prevention efforts, particularly its work with teens. - Matt Beem

The Department of Education awarded University of Missouri-Kansas City's (Kansas City, Mo.) nationally recognized Institute for Urban Education (IUE) with a Teacher Quality Partnership grant, which focuses on improving the quality of teaching in public elementary and secondary schools. This is the largest grant UMKC has received. Project partners include the Kansas City, Missouri School District; the Hickman Mills School District; and Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools. UMKC is one of fewer than 30 institutions receiving this grant, which is awarded over a five-year period.

Hartsook Companies Executive Vice President Karin Cox has been nominated for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Cape Fear Chapter 2009 Fundraiser of the Year Award.  The National Philanthropy Day awards ceremony will be held on Nov. 4 during which the final awardees will be announced.

Murray Blackwelder and Curt Simic will receive the Henry A. Rosso Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Ethical Fundraising during the annual symposium for the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University on December 8, 2009. For 20 years the Center has hosted an annual symposium that brings together leaders, professionals, and scholars from the government, nonprofit and corporate sectors to reflect on issues affecting philanthropy, both in the United States and globally. This year, more than ever, that dialogue is essential. The Center's 2009 symposium, Building Trust, will facilitate important conversations about how nonprofit organizations are tackling the current economic crisis to meet national challenges, to survive, and to progress.

Also taking place during the Center's 2009 symposium:

• Public presentation of the Center's latest research by Executive Director Patrick M. Rooney, Hartsook Chair Adrian Sargeant, and Interim Director of Research Una Osili, coupled with a practitioner's response and observations. This session will help to reveal solutions for meeting challenges going forward. This session will serve as the Frantzreb Lecture.

• Curt Simic and Murray Blackwelder will enter into a moderated discussion with donors about their commitment to philanthropy and the inspirations for their giving. This guided conversation and opportunity to share about their experiences with the institutions they support - as well as with those institutions' fundraisers - will be instructive and inspirational for the attendees, especially during this challenging economic time.

• Public roundtable where a leader from each of the three sectors will address the distinct role of philanthropy and innovative partnerships among the sectors to meet the country's current challenges.

• The Indiana Achievement Awards have effectively recognized and supported innovative Indiana nonprofits for a decade. The Center on Philanthropy and Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates, will hold a special reception and ceremony to recognize two outstanding past IAA winners.

• Immediately following the Achievement Awards, the symposium will culminate with a public lecture from Paul Brest, President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, about ideas and advice from his book, Money Well Spent: a Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy. We believe this lecture will help to reveal solutions and tools for donors and nonprofits who want to invest in efficient programs and measurable social impact. This session will serve as the Donikian Family Lecture.

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