Services

Fundraising

Fundraising is not just about revenue.  Very often fundraising is the critical lever compelling an organization to focus on strategy, planning, impact and accountability.

Onward helps you increase, diversify, and sustain your revenue. We can help with:

• Development audits
• Craft results-based strategic and tactical fundraising plans
• Assess development strategies & staffing from comparable organizations
• Conduct perception audits to understand how people view your organization,
    both internally and externally
• Develop basic fundraising collateral: Logic model, case statements, proposals,            sample letters, etc.
• Prospect opportunities
• Coach, develop, and hire staff

Select Fundraising Clients

Full-scale audit of development department, drafted 5-year results driven strategic fundraising plan, crafted result-focused workplans, and directed candidate search process  for director of individual giving.

Report on philanthropic landscape and opportunities.  Assessed fhi360’s development materials and provided recommendations and tools.

High-level assessment of NEAF’s fundraising activities, benchmarking,  and strategic fundraising plan.

Jumpstarted development office with development calendar, social media plan & set-up, corporate giving plan,  vetted prospect lists, and evergreen content (proposals, case statements, letters).

Testimonial

Onward pushed us to think more strategically and as a result, we reached 50,000 people with our Annual Report, raised more funds, and got the word out. Their team works efficiently, is creative, and pushes organizations to be strategic, bold and successful. They demand and deliver excellence.

Nancy Leopold, Executive Director at College Tracks

Testimonial

It has been not only a pleasure but an enormous gift to work with Onward. Their investment with us is going to generate dividends for a very long time. Onward is an important part of our success.

Schroeder Stribling, Executive Director, N Street Village

Testimonial

We deeply appreciated Onward’s smart questions, gentle but persistent probing and their wise analysis.

Harriet Sanford, President and CEO  The NEA Foundation