Dr. Tim Seiler

Dr. Tim Seiler is director of Public Service and The Fund Raising School and assistant professor of philanthropic studies for the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University – the premiere fundraising program in the country.

Dr. Seiler, an alumnus of The Fund Raising School, has been a faculty member since 1986 and director since 1994. He teaches customized contract programs as well as core curriculum courses and frequently makes conference and seminar presentations nationally and internationally.

He has authored and edited numerous fundraising publications and is currently editor-in-chief of the Excellence in Fundraising workbook series from Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc. and author of the workbook Developing Your Case for Support.

The Fund Raising School has been teaching ethical fundraising for 30 years and has 30,000 alumni. In a survey of those graduates, 83 percent said they experienced an increase in funds within the first year of taking courses at the school and 96 percent said the coursework met or exceeded their expectations.