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Advancement fundraising and Development is a comprehensive approach in the nonprofit toolbox that includes various functions such as fundraising, constituent relationships, marketing, and communications. It involves building relationships, engaging prospects, and preparing to make the ask. Advancement encompasses donor relations, communications, development, and marketing to encourage philanthropy. While "development" focuses on creating and enhancing donor relationships, "fundraising" is specifically about income generation. In 2024, the organization built a 'planned giving' strategy and built communication pieces to promote IRA qualified charitable distributions. In 2025, the board will be tasked with finding a new office for the organization and determine strategies from capital campaigns or other major fundraisers to increase revenue by $100,000 to support office space. The organization has benefited by receiving in-kind office space since it inception in 1996. Currently, the University of Nebraska at Kearney has supported the office temporarily until January 2026 to give the board the opportunity to build a feasible plan.