Welcome | I'm not writing this from the sidelines. I'm Christine Bork, the Chief Development Officer at the American Academy of Pediatrics — leading a team charged with raising $27M for children's health. I deal with the same pressure, budget assumptions, and pipeline problems you do. I started Chief Fundraiser Weekly because the content I needed didn't exist. Not tactics. Not inspiration. The real stuff - how to structure a team that scales, how to manage up without losing the relationship, how to build systems that don't collapse when you're out of the office. |
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What You'll Get | We grew from $16M to $27M without adding a single frontline fundraiser. The systems that made that possible — I write about them every week. Free. Unsubscribe anytime. |
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