Tag: Development Leadership Consortium

CHICAGO, Ill. – The first meeting of the Development Leadership Consortium’s 2019 class of Annual Fellows was held on September 27^th, 2018 at The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation. The class of 20 Annual Fellows was selected from a highly competitive candidate pool of early career nonprofit development professionals.

CHICAGO, Ill. – The first meeting of the Development Leadership Consortium’s 2020 class of Annual Fellows was held on September 24^th, 2019 at The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation. The class of 18 Annual Fellows was selected from a highly competitive candidate pool of early career nonprofit development professionals.

CHICAGO, Ill. – The first meeting of the Development Leadership Consortium’s 2018 class of Annual Fellows was held on September 28^th, 2017 at The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation. The class of 18 Annual Fellows – the largest class in the consortium’s 20-year history—was selected from a highly competitive candidate pool of early career nonprofit development professionals.

Over the last two decades, the Development Leadership Consortium has graduated more than 500 nonprofit professionals into the Chicago philanthropic community. The mission of the Development Leadership Consortium (DLC) is to mentor new fundraising professionals and to engage them throughout their careers, encouraging their growth into committed, connected leaders. Since its establishment, the DLC has grown from a small series with a focus on Chicago-based foundations, to a volunteer-run 501c3 organization that, in addition to hosting professional development events throughout the year, offers two unique and highly competitive fellowship programs.

Chicago, IL – The 2017 Philanthropy Forecast, hosted by the Development Leadership Consortium, was held at Steppenwolf Theatre Company on Wednesday, October 18^th, 2017. This annual event, widely attended by development professionals, features a panel of distinguished leaders discussing the current philanthropic climate and the trends shaping the nonprofit industry.