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Alan M. Young founded Powers Young & Company in May 2000 to provide Arizona’s nonprofit organizations with the very finest in capital development planning, management and counsel. With nearly three decades of successful fundraising and management experience, he has earned an outstanding reputation in long range and financial development planning for not-for-profit institutions and has a proven record in managing capital development and annual giving programs.
Alan has served clients in the fields of health care, education, the arts, youth development, social services and conservation. His work has involved the turn-around of failing organizations, the start up of new enterprises and the organizational development and expansion of emerging groups. Most recently, he directed a campaign to open the new Children’s Museum of Phoenix.
A 1978 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he earned his MBA from Pepperdine University in 1989. He is an active member of the Greater Arizona Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and has served as a director of Florence Crittenton.
Prior to the start of his career with nonprofit organizations, Alan walked the 2,600 mile Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail from the Mexican border to the Canadian border in one continuous trip. He is a past president of the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Recently, Alan took up sailing and he tries to spend one weekend a month aboard the Victoria, berthed in Ensenada, Mexico.
Notable Projects
- Florence Crittenton $7.1 million to expand capacity
- Valley of the Sun YMCA $25 million for new and renovated facilities
- Children’s Museum of Phoenix $12.3 million campaign to open
- St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation $30 million for facilities and endowment
