Overview

  • Strategic fundraising, marketing & organizational planning
  • Fundraising plans & marketing plans including assessment, recommendations and action steps
  • Board of Directors & Development Committee training and support
  • Online and offline donor engagement strategies
  • Funder/Donor identification, cultivation and solicitation

Grants & Funding Requests

  • Letter of Inquiry and Proposal development/submission (government, foundations, corporations, community groups, etc.)

  • Funder prospect research

  • Preparation for funder meetings & site visits

  • Proposal coordination for multi-agency applications/proposals

Strategic Planning & Infrastructure Development

  • Fundraising strategy/development plans & action steps

  • Back-office support (donation tracking, acknowledgement processing, online donation systems, infrastructure/process development)

  • Fundraising training for nonprofit leadership (Senior leaders, Board members, Development Committee)

  • Board recruitment and introduction to their fundraising and fiduciary responsibility

Individual Donor Solicitation

  • Major donor identification, cultivation & solicitation

  • Donor prospect research

  • Donor appeals and e-appeal development and execution

  • Membership development strategy and execution

  • Preparation for donor meetings

Marketing & visibility strategies

  • Marketing strategy/communications plans & action steps

  • Communications/visibility projects (website development, e-philanthropy, traditional media and social media outreach, collateral materials, annual reports, newsletters, etc.)

  • Crisis Communications

  • Speeches and presentations

Miscellaneous

  • Special Event planning & execution (friendraisers, fundraisers & donor recognition events)

  • Partnership development

  • Volunteer recruitment & management

  • Outcomes & metrics tracking/presentation