Sam Laprade
{{Short description|Canadian fundraising strategist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sam Laprade
| honorific_suffix =
| image = Sam Laprade Photo.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Laprade in 2024
| birth_place = Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Fundraising strategist; broadcaster; author
| years_active = 1991–present
| known_for = An Hour to Give; The Sam Laprade Show; Ottawa Made
}}
Sam Laprade (born in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian fundraising strategist, broadcaster, and author.
Early life and education
Laprade was born in Oshawa, Ontario and raised in Deep River, Ontario before moving to Ottawa as a teenager.{{cite web
|url=https://capitalcurrent.ca/city-builder-broadcaster-and-fundraiser-sam-laprade-inducted-into-order-of-ottawa/
|title=City builder: Broadcaster and fundraiser Sam Laprade inducted into Order of Ottawa
|last=Moore|first=Melissa
|date=28 November 2023
|publisher=Capital Current
|access-date=29 May 2025
}} She completed a diploma in public relations at Algonquin College and took a work placement at CBC Radio.{{cite web
|url=https://www.algonquincollege.com/alumni/celebrate/alumni-stories/school-of-media-design/laprade/
|title=Sam Laprade
|publisher=Algonquin College Alumni & Friends Network
|access-date=29 May 2025
}}
Nonprofit career
Laprade began her fundraising career in 1991, with work in legacy giving, capital campaigns and major gifts for organizations such as the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Humane Society and the Ottawa Mission Foundation.{{cite web
|url=https://www.ottawakiwanis.org/home-page/sam-laprade-guest-speaker
|title=Sam Laprade – Guest Speaker
|publisher=Kiwanis Club of Ottawa
|date=4 April 2025
|access-date=29 May 2025
| last = Saba
| first = Rosa
| title = The business of philanthropy: Ottawa’s nonprofit sector embraces professionalization
| url = https://obj.ca/the-business-of-philanthropy-ottawas-nonprofit-sector-embraces-professionalization/
| publisher = Ottawa Business Journal
| date = 22 January 2019
| access-date = 30 May 2025
}} She holds a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential.{{cite web
|url=https://www.thehonesttalk.ca/honest-thoughts/walking-down-the-aisle-to-walking-on-eggshells/
|title=Walking down the aisle to walking on eggshells
|publisher=The Honest Talk
|access-date=30 May 2025
}} Laprade has served as Director of Gryphon Fundraising, providing donor analytics to nonprofit clients since 2009.{{cite web
|url=https://gryphonfundraising.com/about/meet-sam-laprade/
|title=Meet Sam Laprade
|publisher=Gryphon Fundraising
|access-date=29 May 2025
}}
Broadcasting
From 2021 to 2023, Laprade hosted The Sam Laprade Show on CityNews 101.1 FM, featuring interviews and local stories.{{cite news
|url=https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2021/05/19/citynews-ottawa-rtdna-award/
|title=CityNews Ottawa wins RTDNA Central Region award for "Celebrating Pride in a Pandemic"
|publisher=CityNews Ottawa
|date=19 May 2021
|access-date=30 May 2025
}} In 2018 she began hosting the television and radio series An Hour to Give on Rogers TV Ottawa and Country 101.1. She also hosts Ottawa Business Matters on Rogers TV.
Publications
In March 2025, Laprade wrote Ottawa Made with Caroline Phillips, a compilation of Ottawa-based inventions and creators.{{cite web
|url=https://obj.ca/ottawa-made-new-book-sam-laprade-caroline-phillips/
|title="Ottawa Made," new book from Sam Laprade and Caroline Phillips
|publisher=Ottawa Business Journal
|date=1 March 2025
|access-date=30 May 2025
|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/invented-in-ottawa/
|title=Invented in Ottawa: Sam Laprade on her new book Ottawa Made
|publisher=CTV News Ottawa
|date=3 March 2025
|access-date=30 May 2025
}}
Awards and honours
- Order of Ottawa (2023).
- Volunteer Ottawa Lifetime Achievement Award (2024).{{cite web
| title = Dave Walsh takes over as Ottawa office managing partner for KPMG
| url = https://obj.ca/dave-walsh-ottawa-office-managing-partner-for-kpmg/
| publisher = Ottawa Business Journal
| date = 27 March 2025
| access-date = 30 May 2025
}}
Personal life
References
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