Nonprofit Center Conferences

10th Annual Washington State Nonprofit Governance Conference

Friday, November 6, 2009

Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center

We are delighted to announce that we will celebrate our Tenth Anniversary conference with Keynoter Paul Light. Paul is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, New York University and a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

While the nonprofit sector knows Paul as a leading expert in nonprofit effectiveness, he is also actively involved in research and writing on government, especially related to government reform and the political appointment process. He is currently advising on the presidential transition, and his writings on this topic can be found in the Washington Post.

One of Paul's publications is Pathways to Excellence, a report which focuses on the creation of effective nonprofit organizations. He is also the author of the annual report on public confidence in charities.

Pathways to Excellence shows that every nonprofit organization can improve – no matter how well or poorly it is currently performing – often by taking simple first steps up a development spiral to high performance.

This will be a landmark opportunity for nonprofit board education, and you don't want to miss it. More details to come soon!

Registration Information Earlybird Registration is now open!

To make this conference affordable as possible, we have not increased the fees which have been the same for the past three years.

The registration fee includes:

• Full day of workshops and presentation
• Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Break Refreshments

You can also receive an additional discount of 10% your total registration fee if you register more than one person from your organization.

If you are a member of one of our Presenting Partners, you can receive the member discount as well. Our current Presenting Partners are:

• Association of Fundraising Professionals – South Sound Chapter
• Executive Alliance
• Executive Service Corps of WA
• Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy
• Nonprofit Network of SW WA
• Northwest Nonprofit Resources
• United Way of King County
• United Way of Pierce County

*more Presenting Partners maybe added soon

Register Online Now!

You can also register by printing out the registration form and either mailing it or faxing it to us. Click here for the printable registration form.

Payment must be received prior to the conference date. A finalized confirmation/receipt will be emailed to you after payment is processed.

Refund Details

Refunds, less a 15% handling fee, will be given for cancellations received by 5 p.m. on October 28. No refunds will be made after that time. Registrations can be transferred to another person at no charge.

Conference Location:

Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center
1500 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402

Parking in downtown can be a challenge. The Convention center has a parking garage and the fee is $10 for the day. Participants may also park at the Tacoma Dome and take Tacoma’s Free Light Rail which makes a stop at the Convention Center. Please visit the link below for more information.

For directions and more parking information, click here.

Interested in being a sponsor or exhibitor at the conference? Please contact us at 272-5844 or email

Pictures from the 2007 Nonprofit Governance Conference:

Camp Finance® NW 2009

Thank you to everyone who participated in Camp Finance® NW 2009! We would especially like to thank our sponsors for making this event possible. A special thanks also goes to Jeanne Bell, of CompassPoint, who presented a wonderful keynote session to start the day and to Kelly Mathews, of The New York Council of Nonprofits, for her engaging lunch presentation.

Here are just a few comments from participants of this year's event:

"The Conference was well worth our time and money."

"Well organized. Good speakers. Lots of my questions answered."

"Jeanne was worth the price of admission! Fabulous! Kelly – good speaker, relevant information, large perspective."

If you missed Camp Finance® NW this year, plan to attend next year in early June. To receive updates on this event, email to be added to our email & mailing list.

If you’re interested in being a sponsor or exhibitor at Camp Finance® NW 2010, please contact us at 272-5844 or email