For Organizations
Strengthen and grow your fundraising program
We help post-secondary institutions, foundations and other charitable organizations understand how effectively their fundraising operations are performing, identify opportunities for improvement and growth, and how to meet or exceed the expectations of increasingly motivated and purposeful donors.
More effective fundraising organizations serve their charitable purpose more fully and can clearly demonstrate how, working together, they and donors can achieve something of common interest that neither can achieve on their own.
How we can help
We can offer expertise and advice on range of issues related to strengthening your organization's fundraising capacity and capability. From presentations or facilitated workshops, to group or one-one one coaching for boards, senior staff or broader teams, we can help you 'clear away the noise' and focus on what really matters in building a sustainably effective and high-performing fundraising operation.
Topics
We can tailor sessions to specific topics and participant groups to ensure that sessions are highly relevant and useful. Here are some examples.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF A SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING PROGRAM
The fundamental building blocks of a success fundraising or institutional advancement operation may all seem obvious seen separately. But unless they are working in an integrated, cohesive unit that is focused on the right things, they will not be greater than the sum of the parts.
UNDERSTANDING DONOR MOTIVATIONS
Effective philanthropy involves donors and the organization coming together in partnership, combine their resources and achieve something important that neither can achieve on their own.
Good partnerships requires a deeper understanding of donor motivations.
GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR FUNDRAISING
Simply working longer, harder or smarter - or even worse - hoping are not effective strategies to grow fundraising. Understand what can impede growth and, conversely, what is required to fuel it. Learn how to confidently project what is possible and plan to achieve it.
DEMYSTIFYING FUNDRAISING
WHAT A BOARD NEEDS TO KNOW
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND BENCHMARKING
Some volunteers and staff new to the the sector may view philanthropy through an opaque lens based on outdated beliefs and perspectives. Fundraising practices have evolved.
Help them adopt a more contemporary view of how it works and how they can best contribute.
Board members make a tremendous difference when they clearly understand how to best direct their time, energy and other resources. Help your board gain this perspective, focus on the right things and make a disproportionately positive impact.
It can be difficult to effectively assess the performance of a fundraising program, but easy to be distracted by data points or anecdotal information that may be interesting, but not relevant.
Getting a handle on doing this well can be the key to success