Kouros Phillips Development

KPD is thrilled to be working with San Diego Cooperative Charter Schools - Linda Vista and San Diego Cooperative Charter Schools Mountain View on a comprehensive development strategy. The schools are setting a new standard of excellence in K-8 education with their commitment to whole child enrichment, full curricular incorporation of the arts and humanities along with STEM subjects, multi-grade education and fully supportive extended day programming. Education supporters should note the San Diego Cooperative Charter Schools - difference makers in our community. Take a minute to go like their pages and lend your support.

Is your organization grant-ready? Check these nine steps on the KPD blog. http://kourosphillips.org//is-your-organization-grant-rea/

Visit our updated website at http://kourosphillips.org/ and follow the blog for regular posts to inform your company's grant seeking and development work.

In order to take advantage of our longer summer days and our beautiful San Diego weather, effective immediately KPD will be closed on Fridays. You can still reach us via email, however, we won't be in the office. Monday-Thursday we are still open 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. with business as usual! Enjoy your summer!

Before planning that big event, make sure to calculate the opportunity cost. Find out more from Bloomerang here:

Great tips on details of scale from Stanford Social Innovation Review:

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."

An interesting new survey finds that many nonprofit leaders think email is a less effective fundraising tool than direct mail. What do you think?

Here's our latest newsletter! Get caught up on everything we've been up to lately. Give a click below to get started:

How about that: "...political donors increased their charitable giving by 0.9 percent from 2011 to 2012, while non-political donors decreased their charitable donations by 2.1 percent."

Congratulations! Catholic Charities was just awarded $20,000 from the City of Carlsbad to support their men's shelter, La Posada de Guadalupe. KPD is very proud to have written their successful proposal. If you'd like to learn more about Catholic Charities and their programs to support those in need, please click the link below:

Terrific interview with capital campaign expert Andrea Kihlstedt. Take a look:

Happy International Women's Day!