Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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Extensive Fundraising Experience
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Millions of Dollars Raised
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Focused on YOUR
Success
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- Kelly Hurt,
President of Kelly Hurt & Associates, Inc., is a fundraising consultant
whose work includes assessing and developing successful fundraising
strategies; raising funds and commodities; writing private and government
grants; researching individual, foundation and corporate prospects;
conducting seminars on fundraising and grant writing; developing and
managing a comprehensive grant seeking database; writing appeal letters,
brochures, and other marketing materials; and conducting staff and Board
training in implementing effective fundraising activities. Kelly has
worked with dozens of nonprofits throughout the nation and has raised
nearly $10 million for her clients.
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- She is a popular guest speaker and trainer on fundraising, grant writing,
and other nonprofit issues at local and national conferences, including
those for Arizona State University, the Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness,
St. Luke Health Initiatives' Technical Assistance Program (TAP), the
Arizona Charter School Association, and the Association of Professional
Researchers for Advancement.
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- Prior to establishing her consulting firm, Kelly worked as a Grants
Specialist at Catholic Healthcare West/Shared Business Services in Phoenix,
Arizona. In this capacity, she served as a fundraising consultant to
Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) Development Directors in Arizona, Nevada,
and California to assess their fundraising plans and provide training
on how to improve or enhance their major donor, Board of Director, foundation,
and other fundraising strategies. She also wrote and edited proposals
for CHW's 47 partner hospitals and hospital foundations; developed a
prospect research division and trained staff to research and complete
profiles on private, corporate, and government funders.
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- Kelly also served as the Foundation Manager for Food for the Hungry.
In this position, Kelly helped increase annual foundation and corporate
income from $150,000 to more than $600,000 per year by using a personalized
strategy with these donors. She established a prospect research division
at the agency and traveled to Africa and South America to observe programs
and train international staff about effective fundraising practices.
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- Kelly has authored a number of articles on fundraising and grant writing
featured in numerous publications and web sites including: Assessing
Your Need, Attaining Your Funding, published in No
Child Left Behind: A Solution Guide for Educators magazine
from Learning Services, Inc.; Writing Successful Government Grants published
in the NCSC News; Developing Successful
Partnerships with Your Donors, published in the AZ
Nonprofit News, and Tell a Story to Make Grant Writing Easier,
published in Managing School Business.
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- Kelly is the past President and Program Chair of the Association of
Professional Researchers for Advancement - Arizona (APRA-AZ), of which
she has been a member since 1993. Kelly also served on the Board of
Restoration Ministries, a non-profit agency helping low-income families
in Phoenix, where she assisted with proposal writing and public relations
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