10 Capital Campaign Consultants to Hire for Your Campaign
11 Mar 2026
Fundraising, Nonprofits, Capital Campaign
With capital campaigns being multi-year commitments that can raise transformative funding for nonprofits, it’s natural that mission-driven organizations reach out to expert professionals for assistance with their upcoming campaigns. That’s where the capital campaign consultant can lend you their expertise and experience.
Capital campaign consultants offer a range of services related to these fundraising projects, from conducting feasibility studies to advising nonprofit leaders and guiding strategic messaging. No matter what part of your campaign you need assistance with, a consultant can bring their knowledge to the table and help you make informed decisions about your campaign.
If you’re interested in working with a capital campaign consultant or consulting firm but unsure of the best options, this guide is for you. We’ve outlined the top capital campaign consultants for nonprofits:
Let’s start with our top pick, Convergent Nonprofit Solutions.
1. Convergent Nonprofit Solutions — Best for Investment-Driven Outcomes and Direct Solicitations
Overview
Convergent Nonprofit Solutions is a capital campaign consulting firm that doesn’t just specialize in fundraising—we are dedicated to delivering a transformative fundraising approach for nonprofits. More than other consulting firms, our professionals focus on outcomes and what they can do to assist you in meeting and exceeding your goals. We go above and beyond our duties as consultants to fulfill your nonprofit’s vision.
What Sets Convergent Apart
When Convergent’s consultants look at your nonprofit, we don’t just see a charity in need of funding. We see a valuable community asset that is positively impacting the community and deserves large-scale investment. That’s why we set ourselves apart through our Investment-Driven Model™ and Organizational Value Proposition™, strategically aligning your fundraising objectives, delivered outcomes, and your nonprofit’s overall vision.
Rather than relying solely on emotional appeals and storytelling, our approach is strong, rational, and translates your nonprofit’s values and outcomes into specific benefits that your stakeholders and donors (or as we like to call them, investors or funders) care about. We highlight your impact so investors give while fully understanding the impact you deliver.
Beyond that, we offer a variety of consulting approaches for campaigns, from strategy-only consulting to outsourced primary solicitor and direct prospect engagement, while most firms only do one or the other. We also take a flexible approach to our engagements, shifting the depth and scope of our partnerships during campaigns to fit unique client needs.
Services
Feasibility studies: We lead one-on-one conversations with the decision-makers and funders who are most likely to support your nonprofit’s mission. Our feasibility studies leverage our Asking Rights™ philosophy, which uses ROI-driven storytelling and trust-building to connect with key stakeholders and acquire valuable interview insights.
Capital campaigns: When you work with Convergent, you get full-service campaign management, a data-driven strategy, expert fundraisers trained in the Asking Rights™ philosophy, and ongoing support and communication to ensure your campaign goes smoothly.
Comprehensive campaigns: If a capital campaign isn’t right for your needs, we can assist with a comprehensive campaign. We help you align multiple funding appeals under one unified vision, maximizing sustainable funding. The process starts with a feasibility study, and we provide guidance throughout the entire campaign.
Development audits: Our development audits help nonprofits capture their full potential. This service provides an objective assessment of your current fundraising efforts and a clear roadmap for improvement, helping you understand where you stand and how to grow your organization.
Resource development: For nonprofits without a development officer, Convergent can step in to fill the gap in the interim. Our consultants will create customized plans for growth and stability to maximize the funds you raise, help you prepare your Case for Support, and even build up your base of investors and funders.
Typical Client
Convergent typically works with nonprofits that need to secure significant funding for their missions, whether through a capital campaign, a comprehensive campaign, or another initiative. However, they are proud to work with charitable organizations of all sizes and sectors.
Location
Convergent is based in Atlanta, GA, but its team of expert capital campaign consultants works with mission-driven organizations nationwide.
2. Graham-Pelton — Best for Healthcare and Higher Education
Overview
Graham-Pelton is a fundraising consulting firm that mainly focuses on working with healthcare and higher education organizations. They see themselves as trusted advisors to strategic leaders, providing sector-specific expertise tailored to each of their clients’ needs. If you lead a healthcare or higher education organization and need a creative, innovative approach to fundraising, this might be the capital campaign consulting firm you need.
Services
Studies and planning
Capital campaign management
Interim and transitional staffing
Related fundraising services
Workshops and training
Typical Client
Graham-Pelton focuses on working with nonprofit organizations within the healthcare, higher education, and independent school sectors, but can work with all types of organizations that wish to drive social and global change.
Location
Graham-Pelton has offices throughout the United States and worldwide, making it a great choice for nonprofits that operate across the globe.
3. Capital Campaign Pro — Best for Remote Coaching and DIY Support
Overview
Capital Campaign Pro is a consulting firm specializing in capital campaigns. Organizations that work with Capital Campaign Pro also gain access to all the tools and materials they need for their campaign, organized in a clear step-by-step process that they can follow to host the campaign themselves. They’re also given the option of working virtually with an experienced campaign advisor.
Services
Campaign consulting
Feasibility studies
Campaign readiness assessments and preparation
Typical Client
All types of nonprofits can find success with Capital Campaign Pro, but their services are most useful for organizations with strong internal leaders who can lead their training processes. Since their pricing is a flat fee, they may also be a good fit for nonprofits that find traditional consulting fees too high.
Location
Capital Campaign Pro’s headquarters are in New Jersey, but they work fully remotely, allowing them to advise organizations nationwide.
4. CCS Fundraising — Best for Multi-National Campaigns
Overview
CCS Fundraising describes itself as a fundraising solutions firm that partners with nonprofits for transformational change. Since 1947, this consulting firm has planned and implemented fundraising initiatives to help nonprofits make a bigger impact, whether locally, nationally, or globally. They customize each engagement to meet clients’ most pressing needs and help them achieve their goals, whether they are six figures or multi-billion.
Services
Planning and feasibility studies
Major fundraising campaigns
Training and leadership development
Audits and assessments
Interim development and management
Typical Client
This fundraising consulting firm’s typical clients are enterprise-level nonprofits or organizations with a global presence. Generally, organizations hire CCS Fundraising if their campaign is too big for their internal team to manage alone and requires a consultant to serve as a Campaign Director.
Location
CCS Fundraising’s headquarters are located in New York City, but they work with organizations worldwide.
5. BWF — Best for Operations and Analytics
Overview
BWF is a complete fundraising consulting firm that employs consultants with extensive expertise in every aspect of philanthropy. Its goal is to empower nonprofits to achieve impact and imagine new possibilities through optimism, tenacity, collaboration, and integrity. These fundraising consultants combine traditional campaign counsel with deep technical expertise to ensure that your nonprofit’s infrastructure can handle the goals you set.
Services
Campaign planning and management
Campaign communications
Campaign prospecting
Systems selection and implementation
Program assessments and optimization
Typical Client
Nonprofits that work with BWF are generally large, data-heavy institutions that need an expert who can handle complex data and help them ensure that their tech systems are up to par.
Location
BWF’s headquarters are in Minneapolis, MN, but they work with nonprofits nationwide.
6. Orr Group — Best for Outsourced Development Teams
Overview
Orr Group approaches capital campaigns and fundraising by integrating its expert consultants into your nonprofit’s team. They focus on the heart of your nonprofit’s mission to assist in launching campaigns and fundraising initiatives that overcome your challenges and tap into your unique potential.
This group is passionate about elevating your values and placing them at the very center of your strategy, strengthening your foundation even in an ever-changing philanthropic landscape. They don’t just advise their clients—they work with them as an embedded partner.
Services
Planning and feasibility studies
Capital campaign management
Interim HR leadership and management
Training and coaching
Capacity building
Typical Client
Because of its collaborative, embedded approach, Orr Group is a great fit for organizations with staffing constraints and high turnover. This capital campaign consulting group is well-suited for serving as interim employees while you conduct your capital campaign, ensuring that you can conduct your fundraising initiatives as planned, even if you lack the manpower to do so.
Location
Orr Group has offices in Washington, DC, and New York. It works with mid-sized to large nonprofits globally.
7. Alexander Haas — Best for Museums and Cultural Institutions
Overview
Alexander Haas is a national fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofits of all types and sizes. For over 30 years, this team has assisted thousands of organizations in enhancing their fundraising abilities and advancing their goals. In particular, they’ve carved out a niche serving museums and cultural institutions.
This capital campaign consulting firm prides itself on a customized approach for each client. Their experts firmly understand that no two organizations are exactly alike, and they assess each client to identify their unique strengths, challenges, and histories, ensuring their counsel is appropriate for their circumstances.
Services
Campaign strategy studies
Constituency capacity analysis
Pre-campaign counsel and planning
Capital campaign counsel
Typical Client
While Alexander Haas works with nonprofits across sectors (such as higher education, environmental, and faith-based), they are a top choice for arts and culture organizations, particularly museums.
Location
Alexander Haas is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It mostly serves clients located in the Southern United States, but also works with clients nationwide.
8. Gail Perry Group — Best for Board Engagement and Motivation
Overview
The Gail Perry Group is another capital campaign consulting firm that’s dedicated to helping nonprofits launch, lead, and close their biggest gifts. Their consultants have decades of experience guiding successful campaigns and engineering transformational philanthropy that empowers ambitious nonprofits to make the impact they desire.
Gail Perry Group’s approach blends strategic insight, sector expertise, and energy to reimagine fundraising models and design successful campaigns. They provide clarity, confidence, and frameworks to help you raise more.
Services
Deep prospect research
Strategic campaign planning
Capital campaign feasibility studies
Training programs and board workshops
Typical Client
The Gail Perry Group is a smaller boutique firm that takes a deeply customized approach to capital campaign planning. They aim not only to help nonprofits achieve their goals but also to help them improve their skills for the future. This makes this consulting firm a great fit for organizations that want to build up their skills and inspire their board members to fundraise.
Location
While based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Gail Perry Group works with nonprofits across the United States.
9. Generis — Best for Faith-Based and Church Fundraising
Overview
With over 35 years of experience, Generis consultants are adept at creating solutions that accelerate generosity toward faith-inspired missions. Its skilled team of consultants helps charitable and faith-based organizations clarify their goals, navigate obstacles, and create alignment with their mission of Kingdom impact.
Generis prides itself on its unwavering commitment to collaboration. Instead of working with only one of its consultants, a partnership with Generis means that you get access to its entire team’s experience and wisdom, helping you confidently navigate the complexities of faith-based fundraising.
Services
Culture of generosity audit and framework
Strategy sessions and goal-setting
Feasibility studies
Capital campaign guidance
Major gift development
Typical Client
Generis’s main clients are churches and other faith-based organizations, as their consultants are chosen for their deep personal connection to faith and their calling to serve. However, they also work with schools, universities, and other nonprofits.
Location
Generis is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and serves clients across the United States and internationally.
10. Donorly — Best for Prospect Research
Overview
Donorly approaches fundraising through the lens of individual giving as the foundation of long-term success. This fundraising consulting firm believes that what truly sustains nonprofits through turbulent economic times is a community of loyal, inspired donors.
That’s why a big part of what Donorly does is prospect research. With their assistance, your nonprofit can feel confident reaching out to the right supporters at the right time to make the right ask. Whether you want their assistance for a capital campaign or for adjusting your major gifts strategy, these expert consultants can help.
Services
Prospect research
Guided feasibility assessments
Capital campaign counsel
Individual giving strategy
Major gifts pipeline strategy
Typical Client
Donorly’s core client base is made up of arts and culture organizations. They specialize in assisting small teams, helping them with essential tasks and setting them up for success in the future with best strategies and top tech solutions.
Location
Donorly is based in New York, but they provide remote services and offerings that allow them to serve nonprofits across the country.
Additional Resources
A capital campaign is a massive undertaking, and most nonprofits can benefit from working with a dedicated expert who can assist them with the process. Start your search with the capital campaign consultants on this list. Don’t hesitate to schedule calls with consultants and discuss with them directly whether they are the right fit for your organization’s needs.
If you’re interested in learning more about capital campaigns, take a look at these resources:
"I entered into the nonprofit field immediately after college driven mostly by a passion for outreach with teens. After launching a program in a local high school, I realized the importance and critical value of operations. I could invest my time in relationships with a handful of students, or I could invest it in systems that would enable scalability to reach hundreds of students. From that point on, my drive was systems and efficiencies that maximize the desired result.
I’m often kidded that this even overlaps into my hobbies and personal time. I want to find ways to be better and more efficient in everything I do. At Convergent, I get to fulfill this desire every day. I work with our team of skilled professionals to help increase the impact of the nonprofit organizations we work with in communities across the country."
Brian has developed a broad range of nonprofit experience through his career. He has led launches of local chapters for international organizations, directed the operational aspects of brand-new nonprofits, and developed cross-sector partnerships to identify innovative solutions for community development.
Prior to joining Convergent, Brian served as campaign director with a regional firm that managed capital fundraising campaigns for nonprofits. There he focused on building, scaling, and executing complex projects while developing systems to drive operational efficiencies.
Every nonprofit organization has an important mission but not many can quantify and communicate the value proposition of the impact they desire to achieve. Brian has helped organizations across various sectors develop case statements and impact strategies to effectively communicate their outcomes to key stakeholders and investors. At Convergent, Brian works closely with our project directors on strategic direction, day-to-day operations, expense control, and ultimately fundraising success for our clients
Brian resides in Buford, Georgia, with his wife, two daughters, one dog, and eight chickens.
Summary of Experience
VP of Operations at First Community Development, supervised entire operations staff of fundraising professionals and multiple capital campaigns.
Led development of a coalition of community leaders from various sectors to create Breakthrough Norcross — a collective impact initiative focused on improving educational and economic outcomes for students.
A member of Leadership Georgia class of 2019.
Elder and Treasurer at Emmaus Church.
BA in Business Management with an emphasis on Marketing from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee.
Completed graduate level coursework at Moody Bible Institute and Reformed Theological Seminary.
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Testimonials
Andrew Keenan
“The fact that Convergent could make the ask was huge. Working with our director and joining solicitations made me a better fundraiser – that was the right formula for us. Moving forward I feel much more confident in making asks and telling our story, and that is going to make us more sustainable in the long run.”
Andrew Keenan, Executive Director Callanwolde Fine Arts Center | Atlanta, GA
Lisa Zaken
“In the span of six short months, our Board went from being nervous about the initial campaign investment to being ecstatic with the attainment of our goal, and our subsequent stretch goal! Convergent can do it like no other. Their system is rigorous and extremely effective. We have nothing but great things to say about this organization!”
Lisa Zaken, President & CEO Leadership Gwinnett | Duluth, GA
Dion Davis
“The strategy and support offered by Convergent helped our Board expand its vision for the Foundation, which in turn helped to refocus and redefine our organization's impact in our community. The methodology behind their capital campaign process not only helps to raise more money in the immediate, but it also builds best practices for long-term investor relations and lays groundwork for the success of future funding initiatives.”
Dion Davis, Former Executive Director Jekyll Island Foundation | Jekyll Island, GA
Robin Mauck
“Working with Convergent has been a pleasure all the way around. Their approach is customized to your organization and their expertise is unmatched in the field. The Convergent team immersed themselves in our process, culture, and goals to provide exceptional value during our campaign. They truly walk alongside you every step of the way!”
Robin Mauck, Executive Director Obria Medical Clinics Gwinnett | Lawrenceville, GA
Aimee Hall
“I loved working with Convergent. I never could have done what Convergent did. If you want to run a successful campaign, you need to bring in that expertise. Thanks to their help, our capital campaign really took us to the next level within our community.”
Aimee Hall, Executive Director Safe Homes Domestic Violence Center | Augusta, GA
Phillip Aldridge
“I wanted to thank everyone from the Convergent team who assisted in our campaign. Of the varying ways the campaign’s success may be measured, I count it a blessing that we achieved what we did. Not just the funds committed but the contacts made, the level of exposure reached, and ultimately, what the funds and exposure mean in terms of how many more we now serve as a result. My thanks is in recognition and appreciation for Convergent serving as our fundraising counsel and for the patience and professionalism demonstrated throughout the campaign. You were a godsend for Valley Healthcare!”
Phillip Aldridge, Board Chair Valley Healthcare System | Colombus, GA
Jeff Taylor
“Early in our campaign feasibility study it became apparent that we lacked the Asking Rights necessary to conduct a capital campaign. As a result, Convergent’s knowledgeable consultants prepared an extensive plan of action that is a road map for growing our awareness and philanthropy. A successful capital campaign will be possible in the near future. Their entrepreneurial approach will definitely get you where you want to go.”
Jeff Taylor, CEO MedCura Health, formerly Oakhurst Medical Center | Stone Mountain, GA
With capital campaigns being multi-year commitments that can raise transformative funding for nonprofits, it’s natural that mission-driven organizations reach out to expert professionals for assistance with their upcoming campaigns. That’s where the capital campaign consultant can lend you their expertise and experience.Capital campaign consultants offer...
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