Kay Sprinkel Grace

Philanthropic Consultant

Kay Sprinkel Grace, CFRE, is a San Francisco-based organizational consultant, providing workshops and consultation to local, regional, national and international organizations in case and board development, individual giving strategy, staff development, and other issues related to leadership of the fund raising process.

Her clients include a wide array of arts, education, environmental, social services, and health organizations.  2011-2012 clients include Sustainable Conservation; David Brower Center; NatureBridge; KQED public radio and television; Detroit Public Television; Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo; Sacramento Arts Commission;  Napa Valley Education Foundation; Modesto Memorial Hospital Foundation; Erie (PA) County United Way; San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra.

She is a frequent speaker at professional gatherings and has presented in the last several years at The International Fundraising Congress, The Netherlands; The Foundation for Social Innovation, London; NGO School, Moscow; International Fundraising Festival, Prague; Slovak-Czech Fundraising Conference, Bratislava; NGO School, Tbilisi, Georgia; Swedish Fundraising Council, Stockholm; Fundraising Institute Australia; and AFP Congress in Toronto.

Her B.A. (Communications-Journalism) and M.A. (Education) are from Stanford University, where she served as the first woman Volunteer Chair of the Stanford Fund.  She has received Stanford’s highest award for volunteer service, the Gold Spike, as well as their Associates’ Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, Award of Merit and Centennial Medal.

She is the author of six books related to philanthropic practices and board engagement:  Beyond Fundraising (1997 and 2005, Wiley); High Impact Philanthropy (2001, co-author Alan Wendroff, Wiley); Over Goal! (2005, Emerson & Church); The Ultimate Board Member’s Book, (Revised 2008, Emerson & Church); Fund Raising Mistakes That Bedevil All Boards (Revised 2009, Emerson & Church) and The AAA Way to Fundraising Success:  Maximizing Involvement, Maximizing Results, published in 2009 by Whit Press of Seattle and Jackson Hole.  She contributed a chapter to Fundraising Management 101, edited by Darien Hayman (Jossey-Bass, May 2011).

As a volunteer, she also serves on the Advisory Board of the Czech Fundraising Institute and the governing board of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.  She lives in San Francisco and is passionate about her family, philanthropy, writing, travel and her photography.

For additional information, visit her web site:  www.kaygrace.org