Fund Development

Bob Jones, chair of the Alliance's Resource Development Services Advisory Committee, authors the Fund Development column with occasional support from other members of the committee.

He is president and CEO of Alliance member Children's Aid and Family Services, Paramus, N.J., and is a former three-term member of the Alliance for Children and Families Board of Directors.

The Fund Development column covers a variety of topics related to improving strategies, developing new practices, and aligning with best practices—all with the goal of increasing nonprofits’ capacity of to raise funds.

Len Iaquinta is a member of the Alliance's Resource Development Services Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Alliance's Executive Consultant Select Group and principal of Excellence in Communications, his consulting firm in Kenosha, Wis. He is a career fundraiser of millions of dollars in major gifts, grants, and annual funds. He is recognized as a strategic and tactical thinker, often contributing to professional practice journals and presenting at professional meetings. He has created successful fundraising programs at public and private institutions from New York City to Milwaukee and Chicago. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University (Medill School) and Columbia University in the City of New York (Pulitzer School), respectively.