Editor’s note: This blog post was co-authored by Nelson Bowman III.
From time to time, I like to write with others and this week my friend Nelson Bowman III, director of development at Prairie View A & M University, had some good ideas — so we decided to write about them together.
Both of us spend a lot of time talking to young students of color about fundraising and philanthropy— we share an interest in diversifying the fundraising profession at colleges and universities and in the larger nonprofit world. Although there is growing enthusiasm for the fundraising profession among young people, there are also many misconceptions about a career raising money for a nonprofit organization.
