East Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce to Host “3 Steps to Better Fundraising” Workshop with the Fundraising Accountant

Stephen King, CPA (“The Fundraising Accountant”), leads a practical workshop for nonprofit leaders and community stakeholders

New Caney, TX (April 30) - The East Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce will host a Growth Exchange Business Building Workshop, “3 Steps to Better Fundraising,” bringing together nonprofit leaders, business professionals, and community stakeholders for a practical, systems-based approach to fundraising.

This workshop is free and designed so Executive Directors, Fundraising and Finance Leaders can work together to identify their numbers to better show donors their impact.

Steve will share over 35 years of helping nonprofits build financial clarity, program economics, and donor-ready impact stories. Attendees will walk step-by-step with a workbook on how to raise more money by treating donors like investors

The workshop will be led by Stephen King, CPA, founder of the Fundraising Accountant Community, a 501(c)(3) learning community that equips nonprofit leaders to finance and program data to show the social and economic impact of their work to build donor trust and raise more money.

“Most organizations are struggling right now, not because they lack effort. They lack the systems and financial acumen to measure the ROI of their work”, said King. “The best nonprofits run like ‘well-run’ service businesses. The difference is that they reinvest profits into new programs. When your systems are designed to connect numbers to outcomes, donors stop hearing ‘we need help’ and start seeing a social investment opportunity.”

In the workshop, Stephen will show how other local community nonprofits have changed their donor story using a new AI tool called ROIbot™ - numbers to better show their impact.

For example, at a time when many nonprofits are struggling to maintain donor support, the Fort Bend Women's Shelter achieved a different outcome: Their annual report changed, after 52 years of service, using our ROIbot AI tool. They doubled the number of online donors in their year-end online campaign.

The difference wasn’t more outreach, more events, or a larger marketing budget.

It was clarity.

By translating its financial data into clear, outcome-based messaging, Fort Bend was able to show donors exactly what their support would accomplish and why it mattered now.

What attendees will leave with

By the end of the session, participants will complete a workbook that helps them:

• Identify the key financial and program metrics donors need to understand impact.
• Sketch basic program economics (what it truly costs to produce a result).
• Draft donor-ready language that connects dollars to outcomes for fundraising conversations, grants, and board reporting.

The workshop is part of the Chamber’s Growth Exchange series, focused on strengthening local organizations through practical tools that support long-term sustainability and community impact.

“These workshops are about more than learning. They’re about investment,” said Mark Linabury, President & CEO of the Greater EMC Chamber. “The Growth Exchange is designed to strengthen businesses and organizations today in ways that build a lasting impact for our community tomorrow. We’re excited to launch with a focus on nonprofits that are in constant need of support to accomplish their missions.”

About Stephen King, CPA

Stephen is on a mission to build a community that helps change how nonprofits use their numbers. After three decades helping mission-based organizations grow financial leadership and use numbers to tell a clearer fundraising strategy, he sold GrowthForce. A large nationally-recognized outsourced client accounting services firm.

His work now centers on a simple idea: treat donors like investors, and the organizations that win support are the ones that can clearly explain what results cost and what results are achieved.

The community exists because nonprofits cannot afford management accounting and KPI systems like well-funded businesses. His decades-long partnership with Humble ISD - Kingwood High School Accounting program led to the creation of a KPI internship program.

Under the direction of Laura Able, Accounting Teacher at Kingwood High School, a select group of students in the “Entrepreneur Class” are learning how to turn QuickBooks Online into a nonprofit management reporting system. “I have never seen students this excited to learn accounting. We had 52 students express interest, but we only have room for a lucky few. They are excited to learn how to build KPIs for service-based nonprofits.

Steve and his wife Trish live and work in the back of Kingwood - a livable forest near Lake Houston, TX, USA. They spent 250 days a year outside, in their Peaceful Breath Garden🌱, and enjoy summers with family in Long Island.

About the Fundraising Accountant Community

The Fundraising Accountant Community helps nonprofits use financial and program data as leadership tools, not just compliance paperwork. At the core of the Community’s approach is the belief that numbers should do more than report the past. They should help leaders make better decisions, communicate measurable impact, and build lasting donor trust.

“The Fundraising Accountant Community is a godsend. I wouldn’t have learned in 10 years what I’ve learned in 10 weeks with Financial Accountant! With a simple process, I’m able to communicate with donors on a level that helps them see that investing with Mission Northeast is exactly that-an investment!”

- Tricia Bledsoe, Mission Northeast

One example of the community in action is the Kingwood High School KPI Internship Program, which is a pilot program that connects students with local nonprofits to help translate financial and program data into clear, usable insights. Students gain hands-on experience in finance and impact measurement while nonprofits gain clearer reporting and stronger storytelling to support fundraising and decision-making.

About The Greater East Montgomery County Chamber

The Greater EMC Chamber is the voice of business, advancing a strong local economy for a thriving community in the East Montgomery County Region. To learn more, visit gemcchamber.com

Workshop Information
Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT

Location:

Hope Media Group Headquarters (Home of FM 89.3 KSBJ)

Founders Room

21620 Valley Ranch Pkwy.

New Caney, TX 77357

TO REGISTER 

https://business.gemcchamber.com/events/details/growth-exchange-business-building-workshops-3-steps-to-better-fundraising-20627