Exploring the CFO’s role in a nonprofit organization’s fundraising

In this episode of The Beacon Podcast, Lighthouse Counsel Senior Consultant Dr. Lilya Wagner talks with Harry Dorcus about the role of the chief financial officer in a nonprofit organization’s fundraising. Harry has 39 years of international financial management experience, with special emphasis on establishing new missions for the United States Agency for International Development, an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. Harry addresses topics including: • Helping CFOs understand and commit to fundraising and the idea that it costs money to raise money. • Outlining a reasonable role for a CFO to play in an organization’s overall fundraising plan • How the CFO can practically and ethically share information from the finance office that will make the fundraiser’s job easier and better