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Julianne Buck

Nonprofit Brains & Brawn, LLC

Member profile details

First Name

Julianne

Last Name

Buck

Company

Nonprofit Brains & Brawn, LLC

Title

Founder

julianne@npbrainsandbrawn.com

Phone

8152161025

Address Line 1

1633 Carol Anne Dr

City

Morris

State/Province

Zip Code

60450

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Website / Social Platforms

Website

https://npbrainsandbrawn.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/nonprofit-brains-and-brawn-llc/?viewAsMember=true

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/npbrainsandbrawn

Company Profile

Company Overview

The role of nonprofits is to serve the community, and that takes a team. We train and coach nonprofits, donors, and professional advisors so that charity works at its highest level of impact.

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Services

Planned giving, donor relations, board retreats, nonprofit governance, Root Cause Analysis, trainings, webinars, coaching for donors, professional advisors, and nonprofits.

Please download my free e-book here: https://npbrainsandbrawn.com/product/10-point-checklist-for-hosting-a-successful-outdoor-fundraiser/

Practice Areas (select top 3)

Board Support (Development, Governance, Retreats, Training)
Development/Fundraising
Executive Coaching

Testimonial 1

"Julie is a dedicated nonprofit leader who brings a broad range of technical skills and a passion for serving her clients. We've collaborated for more than ten years in a variety of capacities including board training, strategic planning, grant writing, marketing, and major and planned gifts. She is a "big picture thinker" who is adept at navigating the complex landscape of the nonprofit sector, earning the trust of both donors and clients." - Julie Wilkinson

Testimonial 2

"Julie Buck has been an enormous help to Skokie Community Foundation, and we recommend her highly. Our organization had grown and changed and several of our corporate filings needed to be updated to reflect those changes. Out of context, the various state and federal regulatory requirements for nonprofits can be overwhelming and hard to understand. It is definitely one of those “you don’t know what you don’t know” situations. Julie conducted a comprehensive review of our corporate and regulatory paperwork and advised us where changes and corrections were needed. She then guided us through the process of how to make the necessary changes and in what order they should be done. She also pointed out other issues and suggested improvements for us to incorporate into our structure and practice. Along the way, we gained an understanding of how best to interact with the government agencies with whom we regularly file paperwork. Julie educated us about best practices for governance of our organization and provided many resources designed to help nonprofits manage the waters of regulatory and corporate governance. Julie’s extensive knowledge would benefit any nonprofit. Her special expertise in the inner workings of a community foundation made her advice even more valuable to us. In addition to benefiting from her subject matter proficiency, we greatly enjoyed working with Julie and recommend her enthusiastically." - Karen & Gene Griffin

Publications & Articles

Article 1

10 Easy Steps to Launch a Planned Giving Program for Your Nonprofit

URL for Article 1

https://blueavocado.org/fundraising/planned-giving/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=231034804&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jtLdNBqF9EgctVrQsd0_dH60pZravy-lYJHGUWDPxCHTvgpLWcR5Y4NnuBBFeBDszRDibwUYdXuCtaomF6gKNfw2MAhVsMKP5m92A1b8ve4Jz4FU&utm_content=231034803&utm_source=hs_

Speaker's Bureau Information

Speaker Bio

Julianne Buck, CAP®, is one of those kids who grew up rural, ran away to university, had a career in urban America, and then came home to work and raise her family, so hometown quality of life is very important to her.

For the past 19 years, she has been the first and only Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Grundy County. She has taken the Foundation’s assets from $0 to $14.5 million and has ingrained the Foundation as a partner throughout the region.

Her fundraising experience runs the gamut from Scout pancake breakfasts to new high school band uniforms to a multi-million dollar endowment capital campaign.

Throughout her career, Mrs. Buck has served on the boards of a number of nonprofits and professional associations. Most recently, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Council on Planned Giving and is co-chair of CCPG’s annual day of learning Symposium.

Julianne teaches a Certificate of Nonprofit Administration at Joliet Junior College and is a member of a 6-consultant team teaching a Certificate of Chamber and Nonprofit Leadership via the Kokomo Thriving Center and Indiana Weslyan University.

In order to share her knowledge and expertise outside of Grundy County, Julianne has launched Nonprofit Brains & Brawn, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to nonprofits, donors, and professional advisors. Julianne became a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® in 2020.

Topic 1

Planned Giving for Nonprofits

Topic 1 Description

There are 10 easy steps that a nonprofit can implement to launch a planned giving program. It does not take special training and it can be done by one person in an hour a month.

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