Level up your fundraising.
Let’s be real: fundraising can feel like juggling flaming swords while someone asks you for a budget report. Our events are here to make it easier, and a lot more fun. Whether we’re unpacking donor strategy or swapping stories over coffee, you’ll leave feeling grounded, energized, and reminded that you’re not the only one doing a lot with a little.
7th Stories+Money=Change Conference
Our seventh skills-based conference will take place in Chicago on September 16 and 17, 2027. This conference is part of a lineage of fundraising training that goes back several decades. Held every two years, the conference brings together more than 100 fundraisers, organizers, and nonprofit communicators from across the country to explore what it means to be a fundraiser in today’s world.
Past sessions have included:
Building a Joyful Culture of Fundraising
How to create a fundraising strategy
Pitch Perfect: Donor Materials That Get You Funded
Our biennial conference is an opportunity to connect with development experts to enhance your fundraising skills, and to be in community as we tackle tough issues.
“This conference was a nerve center for the community thinking about progressive fundraising in the U.S., especially progressive fundraising for power organizations. It gave me a strong sense of the people involved and the main conversations.”
“Stories+Money=Change! is the best conference I have ever attended. Innovative Fundraising is a team of deeply knowledgeable and talented organizers that attract that same dynamic. Networking has never been more fun than what I’ve experienced at S+M=C!, and I always leave the conference with new tactics and ideas to put into action at home.”
Let’s work together.
Our team of experts are ready to level up your fundraising skills.
Contact us today to schedule an exploratory call.