Assessment and Advisory
We can work with your organization’s leadership team to evaluate operations, strategy, and structure to identify gaps and recommend improvements. The advisory can be focused on growth, for example, to advise a strategic plan or identify why staff may be turning over at a higher rate than expected. Or it can be general, focusing on areas where efficiency can be maximized or offering insights into how to incorporate established best practices into your day-to-day operations, thereby setting your organization up for long-term success.

Fundraising Advising
If you feel fundraising at your organization has grown stagnant, we can work with your development team to identify what’s limiting that growth. By assessing your donor pipeline, campaign effectiveness, current messaging, major gifts approach, and overall revenue mix, we can help your organization unlock its full potential by building a clear, actionable plan to increase giving.

Hot Wash or Post Mortem Investigations
If your organization initiated a campaign that you believe could have been run more smoothly, met a higher fundraising total, or had more engagement, having an objective third party come in to identify areas for improvement, opportunities for growth, and to build an informed pathway forward can be a productive exercise for all involved. 

Campaign Planning

Turn your next major fundraising initiative into a powerful, results-driven campaign with a plan that sets you up for success from day 1. We can work with your nonprofit to define clear goals, set reasonable targets, identify high-impact donor segments, and craft a compelling case for support that inspires action and maximizes giving.

Campaign Management

We can handle the details of your end-of-year giving or next capital campaign, so your in-house development team can stay focused on their mission and day-to-day tasks. We will set your development team up with weekly to-dos to keep the campaign on track, set your meetings, and present them with ongoing, up-to-date data, working alongside them to keep momentum up during even the longest campaigns.

If you’re looking to transform data (or a pile of paperwork) into actionable insights by developing effective data collection processes, meaningful reporting frameworks, and decision-support tools we can help! We work with organizations to identify key performance indicators, improve data quality, and create dashboards and reports that clearly communicate program outcomes and organizational impact. By leveraging existing data and uncovering trends, we can help leadership make informed, evidence-based decisions that strengthen programs, optimize resources, and support long-term strategic planning.

Grant Writing

Every amazing nonprofit program began with a need and a compelling story to a receptive ear. Our specialty is in crafting high-quality, mission-aligned proposals that clearly communicate your nonprofit’s impact, clearly align with funder priorities, and tell a powerful story about why your idea stands out, increasing your chances of full funding and a sustained program that meets the needs of your beneficiaries.

Proposal Management

On small proposals, it can be helpful to have a proposal manager guide the process from idea to submission. On large proposals with multiple attachments, appendices, graphics, and strict submission requirements, it’s almost a requirement. We can set the templates and timeline, coordinate the consistent messaging you want expressed in the proposal, compile and standardize all attachments, and guide your contributors through the various requirements of complex proposals, keeping the proposal on track and of the highest quality.

Proposal Editing & Reviewing

When grants are written in-house, it can give your development team peace of mind to have an outside reviewer look at the grant proposal with fresh eyes and a critical lens. From “pink reviews” that focus on program structure and the big ideas, to “red reviews” that dig into grammar, main arguments, and quality of message, to “white reviews” a copyedit so you can ensure a polished, professional document best representing your organization is sent to the funder, we can help you deliver the highest quality submission to your prospective donor.

If you have an individual in your sights to solicit for a major gift and need information on what to ask for, want to build out a full organization’s grants calendar, or want to understand the odds of award before investing time and energy into a massive proposal for a new funder, we can go beyond simple searches to analyze all the key elements you need to know to make the most of your donor outreach.

Nonprofit needs can vary wildly and we are ready to step in and help when needed to relieve the burden in the short or long term.

Perhaps a staff member is going on family leave, a database change has created a need for clean up, a staffing transition has resulted in a backlog of work, your team is focused on a major project and needs someone to take over the day-to-day administrative tasks, or your team simply needs a bit of support here and there — we can help.