Livingston Services

Jay has consulted with numerous non-profits to develop vibrant, effective fundraising programs. The process starts with understanding your passion for your mission and then building a program that capitalizes on your current strengths. Additional areas of focus are added as the infrastructure is made available to implement them.

 

A development program rests on the commitment of your board, your administrative leaders and your front line staff. Each constituency needs to fully understand its role and responsibilities. No fundraising effort is carried exclusively by development staff, rather they are the administrative coordinators and professional guides.

 

The decision to engage a fundraising consultant brings you face-to-face with a dilemma - how can you afford to spend more money when you don’t have enough money to start with? A consultant that is appropriate for the size of your organization can help you identify approaches that utilize low-cost techniques to increase your revenue.  

 

A good initial consultation should give you a number of ideas you can explore to push your program to the next level. This is the time to ask your tough questions: “How can I afford to use you regularly?” “What do I do if I can’t afford the time to focus on fundraising?” “Exactly what does a consultant do to help me increase my revenues?” “Are there alternatives?”

 

Hiring the right fundraisers and giving them the appropriate tools almost always increases your revenues, but you need to plan on a start-up period for each employee to build relationships and begin to cultivate new donors. A consultant can help make this start-up period more effective and the eventual payback appear more consistently.

 

Give me a call today and we can look at your individual situation to plan a path to a more secure and effective future.