Nonprofit Financial Group of the Twin Cities (NFG)

Message from the President

Dear colleagues:

As I begin my term as President of the Nonprofit Financial Group for 2008-09, I want to thank Lindy Look and Barb Yanish, who together have led NFG for the past three years, building on the work of Chris Knips, Joe Keyes, and others who preceded them. Since 1989, NFG has provided highly cost-effective networking, education and professional development opportunities for people with financial responsibilities in nonprofit organizations in the greater Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan area. We currently have over 200 members from a wide variety of nonprofits and service providers and are looking forward to continued growth in the year ahead as we build the value of NFG as a resource for our members.

I have benefited from being an NFG member for 15 years, having found it a valuable development tool in my career as finance director for a local charitable organization. The benefits of NFG membership that I have found most valuable over the years are:

• Getting to know my fellow nonprofit financial managers and networking with them and other nonprofit business experts
• Hearing informative and timely presentations on topics that affect our industry
• Receiving current listings of NFG members with contact information and data on organization size and accounting systems
• Sharing information with peers in a comfortable, supportive and professional environment
• Ability to ask questions and benefit from others’ knowledge (and hear about current job opportunities) through the NFG Community Forum e-mail discussion list

NFG is a great group of people who are working hard to build their knowledge and help their organizations be the best they can be. I hope you will peruse the other pages of our web site for more information and then join NFG. I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!

Rudy Brynolfson, consultant

NFG President, 2008-09

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