2014 Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards Winners

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Chrostowski says it took a lot of explaining to foundations and donors that EDWINS was indeed a registered 501(c)3 and that the training and business went hand in hand as part of the social mission. The board began meeting in 2011 and started planning events for 2012. A garden party friend-raiser in the summer of 2012 attracted 100 of Cleveland's business leaders to learn about EDWINS. Then a small fundraising effort in autumn 2012 brought in $15,000 to pay for basic expenses.