Assess your current grants program and foundation relationships, with strategic recommendations for growth and alignment

Identify funders and write and submit competitive applications with compelling narratives, project budgets, and packaged organizational financials

Manage and grow your portfolio with a custom grants tracker that maps targeted asks, amounts, application and reporting deadlines, funder communication requirements, and award paperwork

Review your giving history to assess the current state of individual support

Develop and implement cultivation and retention strategies that sustain and increase giving

Design and launch donor campaigns, including year-end appeals, fundraisers, and cultivation dinners

Review your giving history and research corporate opportunities that fit your mission and vision

Create corporate decks for targeted asks tied to programs and events

Submit corporate sponsorship and grant requests

Build a custom development plan for long-term financial growth and sustainability

Advise on diversifying revenue across individual giving, corporate giving, board giving, grants, and fundraising campaigns

Assess development capacity and recommend the staffing, systems, and budget needed to hit your goals

Craft donor and VIP communications, including acknowledgements, personalized invitations, and annual reports

Prepare board reports (quarterly and annually)

Develop case-for-support and impact materials, including one-pagers, program narratives, and campaign language

Advise senior staff, Executive Directors, and Artistic Directors on development strategy and revenue priorities

Coach leadership through major donor conversations, solicitations, and funder meetings

Serve as interim or fractional development leadership during transitions or capacity gaps

Clean up, automate, and manage your CRM database

Draft and send acknowledgement letters, document gift processing and moves-management procedures, and build reporting dashboards for leadership and the board

Train and educate board and staff