OUR SERVICES

We provide:

  • Trainings & workshops
  • Keynote addresses
  • Short & long-term consulting
  • Fundraising coaching
  • Problem-solving
  • Campaign Management

The most common services we provide are:

  • One, two or three day training on all aspects of grassroots, community based fundraising
  • Board trainings: evening or weekend training to help board members understand and fulfill their roles as donors and fundraisers for their organizations
  • Assistance in development of annual fundraising plans
  • Consultation on development of individual donor programs
  • Ongoing consultation for capital campaigns
  • Design and structure for major gifts, capital, or endowment campaigns
  • Coaching development staff or executive directors

We specialize in helping organizations working with and for people of color, immigrants, LGBT, poor and marginalized communities. We have a great deal of expertise with progressive causes and controversial issues, as well fundraising in rural communities, fundraising for start-up organizations, and fundraising for organizations moving away from reliance on government and foundations.

Most of our clients have budgets of under 2 million dollars, with boards comprised of their constituency.

Our fees are reasonable and we can travel or work by phone and teleconference.

Partial List of Recent Clients

  • Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence, Memphis, TN
  • Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, Oakland, CA
  • California Calls, Los Angeles, CA
  • CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy), Ventura, CA
  • Colorado Progressive Coalition, Denver, CO
  • East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Oakland, CA
  • Equal Justice Society, San Francisco, CA
  • Hopi Foundation, Kykotsmovi, AZ
  • J-Sei, Berkeley, CA
  • Muslim Advocates, San Francisco, CA
  • 9 to5: National Association of Working Women, Denver, CO
  • National Network of Abortion Funds, Boston, MA
  • Partnership for Safety and Justice, Portland, OR
  • Playworks, Oakland, CA
  • Rights for All People, Aurora, CO
  • Speak Out, Oakland, CA
  • Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, Detroit, MI
  • Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative, Boston, MA