Fundraising Webinar

Diversify Your Donors: Attract and Engage Asian American and Indigenous Donors

Thursday, October 21 | 2:00 - 3:15 PM ET

As the country’s demographics change and nonprofit leaders strive to create more inclusive organizations, many are working to attract and engage donors from diverse backgrounds.

But forging meaningful connections with diverse communities requires cultural awareness and the ability to build trust over time.

How can your nonprofit broaden its pool of supporters?

Join us for the webinar, Diversify Your Donors: Attract and Engage Asian American and Indigenous Donors, tomorrow at 2 PM ET. You’ll learn from two major donors and a nonprofit executive:

Key steps to engage people from Asian American and Indigenous communities
Ways to connect with these supporters and build strong ties
How to craft fundraising messages and tactics that will resonate

The earlier sessions in the Diversify Your Donors series offered insights on engaging African American and Hispanic donors. Purchase all three and receive a special 15% discount.

Meet the Speakers

Raj Asava

HungerMitao

Born and raised in India, Raj Asava worked in corporate America for four decades before retiring as chief strategy officer at Perot Systems, an information technology company, in 2010. Asava and his wife Aradhana (Anna) launched HungerMitao (Wipe Out Hunger) in 2017 to engage Indian Americans in the fight against hunger through local food banks. Based in Plano, Texas, Asava supports causes related to food insecurity, children’s advocacy, education, and mentoring the next generation.

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Aradhana (Anna) Asava

HungerMitao

Anna Asava worked in global information technology for 20 years before leaving corporate America to focus on philanthropy in 2009. Her nonprofit experience includes leading a children’s literacy charity in India, organizing donors and volunteers to help advance humanitarian causes, and mobilizing a community to address food insecurity in America. With her husband Raj, Asava founded HungerMitao (Wipe Out Hunger) in 2017 to galvanize Indian Americans in the fight against hunger through local food banks. The effort has since enabled more than 30 million meals.

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Dawn Knickerbocker

Native Americans in Philanthropy

Dawn Knickerbocker oversees fundraising and external engagement at Native Americans in Philanthropy, which promotes equitable and effective giving in Indigenous communities. She has been a grassroots organizer on the front lines of earth-related matters for more than 20 years. Knickerbocker is an activist, advocate, organizational strategist, and a leader in philanthropy. She is board president for the Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition and a co-leader at Yellow Springs Climate Action, an environmental advocacy group in Ohio.

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Register today and join us live or watch the recording whenever you like.

This session qualifies for 1.25 CFRE credits.

This webinar is produced with support from Your Part-Time Controller.

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