GRANTCRAFT, a service of Foundation Center STRENGTHENING FUNDRAISING CAPACITY: EVELYN AND WALTER HAAS, JR. FUND 1 Strengthening Fundraising Capacity: How the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund is Supporting Innovation in Fundraising Ask a nonprofit executive director what keeps her up at night, and chances are, “fundraising for the organization,” will be near the top of the list. “Fundraising wasn’t empowering work,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights- Los Angeles and a grantee of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. “It felt like something you had to do, you didn’t really want to do, and yet your job and the organization’s health depended on it.” Daring to Lead, a 2011 survey from CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, found fundraisi

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