Senior Editor, FundraisingCoach.com and author of "Ask Without Fear!"
Lewiston/Auburn, Maine Area
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- Chair, Club Administration at Rotary
- Director at Inland Foundation
- Principal at FundraisingCoach.com
- Past
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- Pastor & Church Planter at Vineyard Church of Waterville
- Board Member, Treasurer at Advancement Program Council
- Director of Individual Gifts at The Stony Brook School
- Development Associate at Gordon College
- Admission Counselor at Gordon College
- Education
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- Regent University
- Gordon College
- Milton Academy
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Marc A. Pitman’s Summary
I teach nonprofit professionals, board members, and committed volunteers how to ask for money. With over a decade of successful fundraising experience, and as much for-profit experience, I blend real world business marketing with nonprofit fundraising. This makes my training practical, energetic, and easy to understand. (The energy could be fueled in part by Starbucks. *grin*)
I work as the Director of the Inland Hospital Foundation where, in just four years, I've helped increase their fundraising by over 500%. I've been blogging for almost ten years and regularly publish a free bi-weekly called "Extreme Fundraising."My fundraising blog is http://FundraisingCoach.com/
I speak at conferences all over the country, teaching people and helping other nonprofit employees like CFO's better understand what we fundraisers do. I've written "Ask Without Fear!" as a book to help nonprofits train their boards (and their staff).
Being a firm believer that nonprofits should join conversations their donors are already having, I attempt to stay abreast of the developments in social media. You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/marcapitman. And you can listen to my online radio show at http://fundraisingcoach.com/radio-show/.
As a Certified Franklin Covey Coach, and a trained affiliate for the Highlands Abilities Battery, I derive great pleasure in helping nonprofit executives and board chairs reduce stress and shape the game plan of their life on their own terms.
Marc A. Pitman’s Specialties:
Fundraising training, keynote speaking, leadership coaching, nonprofit marketing, goal setting
Marc A. Pitman’s Experience
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Chair, Club Administration
Rotary
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
As the chair person for Club Administration, I manage all aspects of the weekly club meetings including overseeing the programs and being a liaison with the meeting locations. Of all my positions, this one really draws on my networking ability as I work with a team of people to produce interesting speakers for all aspects of our community's life.
This position is also responsible for galas, fellowship activities, and the ubiquitous "other duties as assigned." *grin* -
Director
Inland Foundation
(Philanthropy industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
The Inland Foundation raises philanthropic support for Inland Hospital and Lakewood, a continuing care center. In my time here, I've helped the Foundation move from only raising $60,000 - $80,000 a year to raising $250,000 - $500,000 each year.
As Director of a one person department, I oversaw all aspects of fundraising: annual giving, major gifts, capital campaigns, planned giving, fundraising events, grants, and Children's Miracle Network. (Fortunately I had back office support at the healthcare system level!)
I was also responsible for the Healing Arts Gallery, a space for local artist to sell their work. -
Principal
FundraisingCoach.com
(Fund-Raising industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)
Building on my speaking, and on my Franklin Covey coach traning, I started FundraisingCoach.com to expand my writing and training. Through fundraising seminars & keynotes and nonprofit training & executive coaching, I help volunteers and professionals hone their ability to ask for money and to create donor evangelists.
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Pastor & Church Planter
Vineyard Church of Waterville
(Religious Institutions industry)
December 2004 — June 2008 (3 years 7 months)
Since 1989, I'd wanted to pastor a "church plant": a church that started from nothing. In the fall of 2004, I had that opportunity. My wife and I moved to Waterville, ME and founded the Vineyard Church of Waterville.
In just 3 1/2 years, VCW touched over 5000 individuals with practical ways of showing God's love. We had hundreds of visitors. But we rarely grew beyond 20-25 on a Sunday...and half of those were under 10!
After closing down and reflecting, my wife and I decided to move on. We found out we're very good leading and managing a small group of people to do extraordinary things. But we weren't good at drawing a crowd--a necessary skill of church planters! -
Board Member, Treasurer
Advancement Program Council
(Fund-Raising industry)
2000 — 2005 (5 years)
APC was the oldest and longest running national organization dedicated to helping independent schools work with alumni and raise money. This position allowed me to get to see how schools all over the country were going about fundraising, training parents, and engaging alumni.
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Director of Individual Gifts
The Stony Brook School
(Fund-Raising industry)
January 1999 — February 2003 (4 years 2 months)
I started at Stony Brook as the Alumni Director over seeing class reps and young alum events. But with my development background, I was always fundraising too. Here we completed a successful $7 million campaign, including raising the last $100,000 primarily through email.
I was then promoted to the Director of Individual Gifts which was responsible for managing a full major giving portfolio and creating a planned giving society. This position included management responsibilities within the development office. Both positions required about 50% travel so I learned to manage my time well while on the road. -
Development Associate
Gordon College
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 8 months)
This is where I got my professional start in fundraising, right in the middle of a multi-million dollar capital campaign. My first ask was for $100,000! In addition to piloting young alum events and managing a parents' committee, my main responsibilities included organizing regional campaign committees to host campaign receptions.
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Admission Counselor
Gordon College
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 1995 — June 1997 (2 years 1 month)
I was responsible for all individual visits by prospective students and their families as well as managing the entire volunteer student tour guide team. I was also responsible for managing and meeting goals for my own recruitment territory.
Marc A. Pitman’s Education
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Regent University
MA , Organizational Leadership , 2000 — 2002
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Gordon College
BA , History & Biblical Studies , 1991 — 1995
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Milton Academy
1989 — 1991
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Marc A. Pitman’s Interests:
coffee, fundraising, marketing, gen x, books, leadership, Hebrew, rabbinics
Marc A. Pitman’s Honors:
Multiple "Top 10 Speaker" awards for Blackbaud's Conferences for Nonprofits
Marc A. Pitman’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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