WID Workshop:
Finance for Fundraisers
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Virtual
Young Professionals & Students: $15
Members: $25 | Non-Members: $35
Registration Closes on Tuesday, May 26th at 4:00 p.m.
A Zoom link will be sent one day prior to the event.
Finance can feel like a foreign language for many fundraisers, but understanding numbers isn’t just helpful, it’s a game changer.
Joanne Curry, Head of Client Success & Principal, explores the basic accounting principles required for grant reporting, budgetary projections, and financial reconciliation. Learn about the different functions of development and finance departments and how to optimize your internal communications for better recordkeeping.
You’ll also gain insight into how development and finance teams work (and sometimes don’t work) together, and how you can bridge that gap to improve communication, accuracy, and impact.
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Joanne comes to CFA with over 10 years of nonprofit experience in operations management, development, and accounting. Her career began with serving as Director of Operations and Rehearsal Assistant for two contemporary ballet companies in Missouri: Missouri Contemporary Ballet and Owen/Cox Dance Group. There, she managed operations for fundraising and donor management, communications and marketing, and performance and educational outreach programs. She then went on to work as a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor Accountant with Support Kansas City, providing accounting, support services, and training to nonprofits throughout Kansas City.
Joanne served as the Head of Revenue and Interim Head of Development at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX. There, she oversaw strategy for earned revenue and development, and was responsible for the database, Membership, Special Events, Visitor Services, and Museum Store. During her time at the McNay, Joanne launched a monthly membership program and developed and implemented a prospect management system.
As CFA’s Head of Client Success & Principal, Joanne leads the Client Success team, ensuring that all aspects of CFA’s client partnerships are grounded in the company’s core values of collaboration, transparency, integrity, creativity, and change.
Joanne provides CFA’s clients with counsel on campaign planning and management, prospect development and strategy, and fundraising programs. She serves as an accountability partner for clients, grounded in her expertise in mentoring development staff and team leadership coaching.
A native of Port Jefferson, New York, Joanne holds a BFA in Ballet Performance and Teaching from the University of Utah. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and rescue dog.
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