Fundraising Services
Fundraising can be a daunting task for many nonprofits, but our team of experienced professionals is available to help your organization secure the funding you need.
We have successfully raised funds for programming and operational expansions, brick-and-mortar renovations and new construction, and more. Our approach to fundraising utilizes a strong rational appeal, positioning your organization as an investable community asset providing real benefits, impacts, value, and return on investment (ROI). Whether you’re looking for full-time capital campaign counsel or development support to supplement your own efforts, we can help.
Fundraising Services
Feasibility Studies
Meetings with potential funders are a critical first step in a successful capital campaign. Our robust and proven feasibility study process positions clients' fundraising programs for success and provides a wealth of valuable information to help guide other crucial organizational decisions.
Capital Campaigns
"Capital campaigns" do not necessarily mean "bricks and mortar." A capital campaign is a perfect vehicle for any major fundraising initiative to secure new and/or increased funding for specific programs, projects, or special initiatives. Our approach positions you as a valuable community asset. Our team of fundraising experts manage all of the day-to-day details and actually "makes the ask" for funding, ensuring you cross the finish line on time and under budget.
Development Audit
Successful nonprofit leaders and nonprofit boards thrive on the challenge of delivering on the organization’s mission with limited resources and passionate volunteers. Unfortunately, a major fundraising campaign will reveal gaps in your nonprofit’s readiness to conduct a feasibility study or implement a major fundraising campaign, demoralizing your stakeholders and wasting precious time. A Convergent Development Audit will provide a benchmark analysis and recommendation to ensure your organization’s readiness to achieve your fundraising goals.
Resource Development
Nonprofits fail to achieve their fundraising goal when they realize too late they lack the capability and capacity to successfully implement a major fundraising campaign, meet investor expectations and deliver promised outcomes. Convergent’s Resource Development will provide your nonprofit with the critical skills, tools, processes, and roadmap needed to achieve the organizational readiness necessary for a successful feasibility study, major fundraising campaign, and sustainable funding.
Revenue Benchmark Analysis
Economic development organizations and chambers of commerce leaders must navigate a complex fundraising landscape, often competing regionally with other economic development and nonprofit entities. To address these challenges, Convergent has developed the Revenue Benchmarking Analysis. This innovative tool provides peer to peer economic analysis and strategic insights for EDOs seeking to understand their communities fundraising potential before they commission a feasibility study or embark on a complex capital campaign.
