Fundraising conference helps to instill confidence despite federal funding challenges

More than 900 attendees gathered at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on Thursday and Friday for the third annual San Diego Fundraising Conference.

The attendees represented more than 450 nonprofit organizations, just a slice of the county’s 13,172 total nonprofits.

The conference, organized by the community nonprofit San Diego Foundation, also welcomed 56 guest speakers from across the nation and hosted dozens of individualized sessions and discussions.

This year, the conference focused on navigating a so-called “triple whammy” of challenges that San Diego County’s nonprofit sector is experiencing. Service needs are increasing while resources shrink due to funding cuts by the new federal administration. And those cuts have come along with varying levels of criticism, too, particularly for