# Tony Poderis on the fundraising responsibilities of trustees

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/09/21/tony-poderis-fundraising-responsibilities-trustees/
- Published: 2004-09-21T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

American fundraising consultant Tony Poderis believes that an organisation’s trustees
must take responsibility for fundraising “by giving and getting most of the money”
that the organisation requires.
Tony expands on his argument in the latest article
on his long-running and advice-packed Web site raise-funds.com. He asks the question“
Who Should Raise The Money

From Within Your Organisation?” In short, it is the trustees, and not just the salaried
fundraisers.

He asks the question because “in recent years I have seen more and more non-profit
organisations place the burden for fundraising gift solicitation on the shoulders
of executive directors and development staff.” This has lead many of these organisations
to experience “many serious and damaging consequences”, in his view.

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Trustees “should not expect, or demand, that others do what is their job”, he argues.

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