The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art's deputy director of development and communications shared her experience at AFP ICON on Sunday.
David Baldwin's first gift to the St.
Louis organization led to transformational gifts to her organization over the next decade.
"Stewardship is about building relationships, and that's what we do," Sokolov said.
"When we thank a donor, when we share the outcome of their gift, that builds trust"
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Becky John, after reading a Guardian article about social enterprises in 2006, decided to trigger her activist DNA by founding Who Made Your Pants? (WMYP)