*We didn’t say easy.
WE SAID EASIER.
Fundraising is hard work.
But it doesn’t have to be so stressful – constantly worried about reaching goals, wrestling with bad data or technology that doesn’t work, struggling to tell the right story, agonizing over the best approach to take . . . and there's always too little money and never enough time.
There is a better way. We’d like to help you engage supporters on a deeper level and raise more money in an easier, less stressful way by:
DEFINING STRATEGY REFINING SYSTEMS CLARIFYING STORY
STRATEGY
Setting clear, achievable goals and creating the plans to meet and exceed them.
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Organizational Strategic Planning
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Annual Fundraising Plans
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Development Audits
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Individual Giving Campaigns and Appeals
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Board and Staff Training
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Marketing &Communications Plans
SYSTEMS
Making data and technology work for you. Improving processes that support strategic goals and fundraising success.
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Fundraising Performance Analysis
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Database Audits
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Reporting & Metrics
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Prospect Development & Research
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CRM Optimization, Identification, and Implementation
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Data Hygiene, Quality, and Enrichment
STORYTELLING
Craft clear and compelling case for support, appeals, and communications that engage, uplift and inspire.
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Case Statements
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Fundraising Appeals & Campaigns
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Donor Newsletters
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Fundraising Communications Audit
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Direct Response/Mail Appeals
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Digital & Email Campaigns
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Storytelling & Case Development training
We believe fundraisers are enablers of generosity, facilitators of philanthropy, champions of good standing in the gap between real-world problems and people who want to - and can - help!
It's hard to change the world for the better when you're wearing too many hats and keeping all the balls in the air, though, isn't it? We can help you:
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Identify and Acquire New Donors
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Re-engage Lapsed Donors
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Identify potential major gift donors
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Increase the impact of mid-level donors
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Create a recurring giving campaign
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Improve donor retention through strategic stewardship
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Have the cleanest, most useable data you've ever had
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Start conversations with your donors about Legacy and Planned Giving
I wish I could tell you there's an Easy Button in fundraising.
There isn't, I'm sorry. There's no secret formula or magic system. There's no bright-and-shiny new technology or fancy software that will miraculously "fix" your fundraising.
What I can tell you, after 30+ years of working in individual and annual giving, membership, and annual fund, is that the best fundraising happens when we:
Tell the right story
To the right caring, generous donor
Using the right approach
At the right time. (Using the right offer.)
”Easier” fundraising is setting clear, achievable goals, supported by clean data and functioning technology to tell incredible stories about making the world (or your corner of it) a little better.
T. Clay Buck, CFRE
Founder & Principal
OUR PROVEN PROCESS
