Empowering Generosity: Women Leading Through Planned Gifts
October 3, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Lincoln Community Foundation - 215 Centennial Mall South Lincoln NE 68508
Agenda
9:00 – 9:15: Check in and Welcome
9:15 – 9:45: Small group discussion
9:45 – 11:00: Margaret Holman, -- Philanthropy Coach and Consultant
Light refreshments will be provided.
Registration is required by September 30, 2025.
About The Program:
Margaret Holman's "Empowering Generosity: Women Leading Through Planned Gifts" is not a book but a presentation or speaking topic that she gives at conferences and events. As a prominent philanthropy consultant, Margaret Holman focuses on encouraging women to use planned giving as a way to support causes they care about. In her talks on "Empowering Generosity," Holman emphasizes that planned gifts are typically the largest contributions a charity receives and can be a significant way to empower women to make a lasting impact. Her work encourages charitable organizations to focus on the donor's perspective, values, and personal story rather than just the financial transaction
About Our Speaker: Margaret Holman, -- Philanthropy Coach and Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Author
Margaret has been a fundraising consultant in New York City since 1991. She was the Senior Consultant in the Northeastern Region for The Sharpe Group (Memphis, TN), a planned giving consulting firm, and has served as Senior Vice President, Communications Group from 1986 to 1991 at America’s first and largest humane society, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), headquartered in New York City. She headed a 22-person staff responsible for fundraising, public relations, publications, humane education, and volunteers.
Margaret was also Director of Development for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for several years. She has also held the position of Acting Director of Development at CARE, Inc., at the national headquarters, and was Associate Director of Development at Barnard College. She also served as Director of Community Relations at Eskaton Monterey Hospital (Monterey, CA). She is an emerita president of the Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York, was president of Women in Development in New York, and serves on the Greater New York Chapter of the AFP Board. She chaired Fund Raising Day in New York in 1999 and 2000. She was a Special Advisor to The European Association for Planned Giving in London, England; was a board member of the University of Nebraska Foundation, and is chairwoman of the University’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications capital campaign. She was a board member of the Epic Theatre Ensemble. She is the recipient of the Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York’s Lifetime Achievement Award and a Alumni Master of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska.
Margaret was an adjunct professor for New York University’s George H. Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising. Her articles have appeared in Fund Raising Management Magazine, National Conference of Bar Association’s Foundation Forum, Give & Take, and Planned Giving Today. She is also co-author of The Complete Guide to Careers in Fund Raising (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company), is the co-author of Major Gifts Fundraising (Directory of Social Change in England), and is a contributing author of The Nonprofit Consulting Playbook (Charity Channel Publishing) and a contributing author of Faithful Giving: The Heart of Planned Gifts (Church Publishing).
Register Now: https://www.cgpnebraska.org/registration/
DIRECTIONS
Lincoln Community Foundation - 215 Centennial Mall South Lincoln NE - Meeting Room
Meeting Locations & New Format for 2025
Monthly meetings will continue to be held at Lincoln Community Foundation and Boys Town, alternating between Lincoln and Omaha. Thanks so much to LCF and Boys Town for hosting!
We are adjusting our format for 2025 to provide the opportunity for more focused networking conversation at our monthly meetings. Our Friday meetings will still be from 9:00 - 11:00 AM, with the first half hour dedicated to topic-relevant discussion.
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Save these Dates
10/3/2025: Margaret Holman - Lincoln Community Center - Lincoln Nebraska
11/7/2025: Randall Hallett - Boys Town, Boys Town Nebraska
12/5/2025: Annual Meeting & Celebration - Glacial Till, Ashland Nebraska
See the entire 2025 program calendar
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