Business Name (DBA):       Capital Venture
Business Address:                      1287 Lynwood Street, Boulder City, Nevada 89005
Business Phone:                          866-539-9990     
Email:                                           linda@cvfundraising.com
Website:                                       www.cvfundraising.com
Principal:                                      Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE

Categories of Service:

Board Development
Board/Staff Training
Capital Campaigns
Development Audits
Development Plans
Feasibility/Planning Studies
Speaking
Workshops

Description of Service:

Capital Venture™ is a full service consulting firm in areas of philanthropy, development and fundraising. Our mission is to advance philanthropy through professional, ethical, and competitively priced fundraising counsel and innovative training. We serve all types of nonprofit organizations throughout the United States and beyond.

Visit our website for free tools, tips and tutorials; a list of helpful books; and other resources for nonprofits. We work with large and small nonprofits to help them meet their goals. We offer innovative programs such as the “Fundraiser’s Private Vault,” "Fundraiser’s Personal Muse™, " and “Consultant Connection™”. Learn more about these and other services by visiting our website.

Background on you and/or your business:

Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, founder and President/CEO of Capital Venture is one of fewer than 100 people worldwide to hold the coveted Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. Linda is an internationally recognized speaker and author, and has trained more than 20,000 people in her career of more than 20 years in the field of nonprofits.

Linda is the author of seven books, co-editor of another book, co-author of one, and contributing author to several others, and is currently working on several more books.

Testimonials and/or references:

See what our clients say about Capital Venture™ at www.cvfundraising.com.

Names of and/or links to your books, articles or blogs:

BOOKS:

Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy?, published by Charity Channel Press in 2010;
The Development Plan, published by Wiley and Sons 2007;
Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers, published by Wiley and Sons 2005;
Capital Campaigns: Everything You Need to Know, published by Charity Channel Press in 2011;
Raise More Money from Your Business Community, published by CharityChannel press in 2011;
The Genius’ Guide to Fundraising, to be published by Charity Channel Press in early 2012;
The Matriarch (fiction) published in 2011
Co-author: The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook, published by Career Press 2009;
Co-editor: You and Your Nonprofit, to be published by CharityChannel Press in early 2011;
Contributing author: The Fundraising Feasibility Study--It's Not about the Money, published by Wiley and Sons 2007.

ARTICLES:

Dozens of articles (all listed at www.cvfundraising.com)

Service area by country, state or zip code:

United States