Kim Klein is an internationally known fundraising trainer. She has worked in all aspects of fundraising: as staff, volunteer, board member, and consultant. She is best known for adapting traditional fundraising techniques, particularly major donor campaigns, to the needs of small-budget organizations working for social justice.

Kim is the author of five books, including this, her classic text, Fundraising for Social Change, now in this seventh edition. Her book Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times won the McAdam Book Award in 2010. She co-founded the Grassroots Fundraising Journal in 1981 and remained its publisher until 2006. She continues to write for the Journal, including her monthly column, “Dear Kim,” where she answers questions posed by readers. She has also written widely about the need for nonprofits to be advocates for fair and just tax policy.

In wide demand as a speaker, Kim has provided training and consultation in all fifty United States, five Canadian provinces, and twenty-two other countries. She was a lecturer at the Haas School of Business for many years and currently teaches part-time at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California Berkeley. She has been an adjunct faculty at the University of Denver and at Concordia University in Montreal.

Kim lives in Berkeley with her partner and their cat.