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By Paul Barbagallo

Upcoming fundraising challenges: “Our focus right now is to increase corporate support for our gala and to look at cultivating major donors apart from the gala. Since we have this finely honed database of committed givers, we have to take a good look at it and determine who we can move up to the next giving level. At this point we’ve maximized our gala. It’s a million-dollar event. Now we’re ready to grow. ... We’ve never done direct mail before, but we’re looking into it to see if it’s an area where we can grow in.”