In addition to running her firm and other organizations, 

Nonprofit Daily News is founded by Victoria Philips, M.A. in Nonprofit and Leadership Studies from University of San Diego, a Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) with 10+ years of experience training over 10,000 nonprofit fundraisers, executives and board members in strategy and operation. Victoria genuinely cares about and devotes her skills to boost the growth of nonprofits in service of the greater community as well as the development of people working in the nonprofit sector.   

Embracing a variety of technical tools with enthusiasm and agility, Victoria assists nonprofits to innovate their success by staying at the technological forefront. She is a Google Women Techmaker Ambassador, commended for her tech-savvy approach that connects her strategy with the latest technology and freshest insights. Victoria is the chair of the Global Affairs Board for the City of San Diego, providing advice to the Mayor on international affairs. Her dynamic approach to fundraising stems from her experiences as an African and her philosophy on life as a woman and someone who's lived poverty firsthand. She creates workshops to extend value to the nonprofit community as well, including Fundraisingplus Bootcamp, a yearly virtual bootcamp for nonprofit leaders with over 1500 attendees in 2021 alone.

Victoria is also an enthusiastic entrepreneur providing support for nonprofits through her company Philip Non-Profit Consulting. Her speciality lies in systematizing fundraising processes for increased donor engagement and financial stability. Her expertise produces success in her work to help nonprofits design, upgrade and implement sustainable funding systems tailored to their strengths and needs, based on data-driven best practices, guided by state-of-the-art fundraising strategies. Her consulting and services to over 72  nonprofits during the pandemic saved jobs and services vital to the community. Her excellent work was recognized by the 2020 Black Businesses Matter In San Diego Awards, where she was the finalist.

Beyond her extensive experience with nonprofits in the States, her global outlook projects her work and impact on the wider international stage. She founded The International Association of Asylum Seekers and Refugees, first established in South Africa but now active in other countries. A member of Nu Lambda Mu (the international nonprofit honor society), and a founder of the Alliance for African Nonprofits, Victoria has wide-ranging experience of nonprofits in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America in areas including fundraising, board development, prospect research and grant writing, coaching, empowerment programs, and providing solutions to challenges such as poverty, homelessness, and unemployment. Her global immersion furnishes her with critical perspective and system thinking to integrate different lessons learned from diverse nonprofit environments and cultural settings, informing strategization with holisticity, flexibility and resiliency to unexpected changes.

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