# Major US grant-makers to address conference on raising funds from USA - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/07/major-us-grantmakers-address-conference-raising-funds-usa/ - Published: 2004-06-07T23:00:00+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Representatives from some of the world’s largest grant-making charitable funders are speaking at a conference on raising funds from America later this month.** ‘Raising funds from America for UK causes’ is being held on 30 June 2004 by fundraising consultancy Action Planning. The conference is designed to help UK fundraisers access the £120 billion given by US donors each year to charitable causes. Dr Anne Petersen, Senior Vice President of the W K Kellogg Foundation, will deliver the keynote address on how to secure funding from US Foundations. Her trust funds projects in health, education, agriculture, leadership and youth worldwide. ## Advertisement The Kresge Foundation, which is looking for more capital appeals to support in the UK, will run a workshop on how to secure matched funding. Damaris Horan will explain how, as Director of the most successful USA ‘Friends Group’, Royal Oak, she raised $12 million for the National Trust from 44,000 individual donors. Other case studies will be presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Manchester University and Bryanston School and detailed guidance will be provided by US-based fundraising specialists Ken Hoffman, Johanna Gurland and Helen Brown. There will be a particular emphasis on how to target wealthy individuals. The fee for the conference is £125 which includes VAT and lunch. The conference brochure can be downloaded from Action Planning’s Web site. * **[Fauna and Flora International raise £33,000 from Web/WAP site](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/09/fauna-and-flora-international-raise-33000-webwap-site/)**( 9 June 2004) * **[Donordigital reports on effect of donated banner ads for client](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/12/donordigital-reports-effect-donated-banner-ads-client/)**( 12 June 2004) * **[Meningitis Trust launches cold DM campaign on aftercare](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/14/meningitis-trust-launches-cold-dm-campaign-aftercare/)**( 14 June 2004)