Our firm offers a number of focused services to our nonprofit clients.
We focus on helping you become more effective and efficient at raising funds throughout the year. Below we have listed the services, or "Deliverables" that Graceful Fundraising offers.
In order to take your fundraising
to a new level you may also need to raise the bar on your organization's visibility in the community; take on a new,
bold look that communicates your brand or begin aggressively accessing grant dollars from in-state or out of state funders. That's
why we partner with other specialized "indies" in the disciplines of public relations, graphic design, grant writing,
and capital campaign work.
-Provide mini-audit of current/past
fundraising program and tactics
-Assist with the hiring of Development staff & resource utilization management
-Create fundraising vision, goals and objectives
-Incorporate vision and goals into a 12
month Annual Fund Plan that supports the Strategic/Business plan
-Assist with key messages to donors and create donor-centric communication program including these options--Annual Fund theme; Direct mail appeals (paper and electronic); Donor
fact sheet; Program fact sheet; Annual
report; Giving envelope; Effective
web-oriented language for website; Effective language and descriptions to utilize
in grant writing program; Email newsletter/paper newsletter & electronic communication
in general; Customized communication to targeted donor audiences (volunteers,
etc)
-Provide useful
opportunities to better engage Board of Directors in fundraising
--Board
Service Option Form, including board giving and participation and ways to effectively track
individual commitments
--Active involvement in Fundraising
Committee to the board
--Communication for use by board to help them fundraise
-Provide donor segmentation and review/analysis
of existing and past donors (individual and organizational) and recommendations for future cultivation, solicitation and stewardship
-Create Corporate Partner program for year-round
support
-Create Premier
Donor Club for ongoing support from individuals
-Analyze and recommend ways to boost the bottom line in fundraising events-create sponsor packages & other related
work to attract more dollars and committed supporters
