“Community-Centric Fundraising is about reimagining how we engage our communities, so whether that's our service users or volunteers, our donors, to make everyone feel really valued and invested in the work. - Maria Rio”practicing community centric fundraising with Maria RioYou may have heard of a growing movement called Community Centric Fundraising (CCF) but have lots of questions of how it works and how you might apply it to your organization.Maria Rio, joins me in this conversation today on The Small Nonprofit Podcast. She has been working in nonprofits for ten years, has personal experience as a service user, and has spent the last year and a half testing out various CCF approaches. Maria is going to talk about how community-centric fundraising works—and how it can enable your fundraising program to raise money AND fulfill your mission at the same time. Highlights: What is community-centric fundraising and what makes it different?Equitable donor stewardshipBuilding non-transactional relationships in fundraising eventsCommunity Advocacy and public policy workCollective missionConnect with Maria: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariario/Resource: FREE Fundraising Strategy Guide: https://www.thegoodpartnership.com/guideOur friends and sponsors at Keela asked me to put together a guide of fundraising tips I wished every small nonprofit knew. Go ahead and download the guide here: https://www.keela.co/consultant/the-good-partnership (and don't forget that Keela offers our listeners 40% off their first year's subscription).