Timothy L. Seiler, CFRE, BA, MA, PhD, Director, The Fund Raising School and Public Service

      This session will include an opportunity to discuss the main concerns and issues facing philanthropy today and the latest research findings from the Center on Philanthropy. Participants will learn:

• The current trends and issues in philanthropy and nonprofit organizations
• The current giving figures for philanthropy in the United States, the sources of gifts, the long term and short term trends and groups that are experiencing increases and decreases in their funding
• Contemporary donor motivations and supply-side demand-size tensions
• Issues of trust, accountability and transparency.