Strategic Development Services
Are you...
- Heading into a capital campaign and needing a planning study?
- Ramping up your annual fundraising to boost major giving?
- Considering an assessment of your development program to find ways to improve fundraising effectiveness and identify untapped opportunities?
- Wondering how to ramp up your planned giving program and reach out to your most loyal donors?
- Planning to develop a stronger board to increase your organizational effectiveness and philanthropic revenue?
- Searching for a new CEO or Chief Development Officer?
At Aspire, we know there are no shortcuts to increasing the growth rate of your development programs. But…there is a strategic model that works! It starts with the big picture.
We've developed the ASPIRE Model© to help nonprofits look at the whole organization in the context of fundraising, ask the right questions and formulate the answers that accelerate fundraising growth and success.
We help find the answers to questions like the ones below. We customize our services to jump start your major/planned giving program growth or your next campaign!
We've developed the ASPIRE Model© to help nonprofits look at the whole organization in the context of fundraising, ask the right questions and formulate the answers that accelerate fundraising growth and success.
We help find the answers to questions like the ones below. We customize our services to jump start your major/planned giving program growth or your next campaign!
The ASPIRE Model©
Assess
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Our Partners & Senior Consultants team-up on major engagements to provide high-level analysis of your situation and answer critical questions.
o What is your overall situation for fundraising: within your organization and the external environment? o What is working well? What needs to change? o Where is your greatest capacity for growth and what obstacles stand in the way of capturing them? o What untapped opportunities are you missing? |
Strategize
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Based on our broad experience, we provide innovative approaches to help you ramp up your major giving program and build a pipeline of emerging major donors.
o How can you build on your strengths and overcome shortcomings? o Which of the many best practices in major gift fundraising are right for you and how can you adapt them to fit your special circumstances? o What are best practices at other nonprofits, including those outside your field, that you can successfully adapt? |
Plan |
We craft strategic and operating plans that are realistic for your situation and capabilities: no off-the-shelf approaches!
o What are the long-range strategic directions for your whole organization that will foster success? o What are the tactics and activities you need to consider that will ensure that you attain your objectives this year? o How can you enlist others in your organization to be part of the development team and create a culture of philanthropy? |
Implement
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Aspire brings decades of hands-on experience in helping nonprofits execute plans and we are adept at helping you manage change.
o How can you be sure you are carrying out your plan effectively? o Do you have the knowledge, skills and resources to carry out the planned activities? If not, how can you bring these elements into your organization. o How do you need to focus your energy this year to show measurable outcomes that lead to your goals? |
Re-align
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We work closely with you to make adjustments that may be needed: our experience will help you navigate mid-course changes.
o What are the missing or weak links in your leadership structure that can guide your identification and recruitment of new volunteer leaders? o What new capacities do you need to achieve success? Does your staff or board need training, additional resources or revised job descriptions? o Are you staying on the right path to achieve your projected annual outcomes? What kind of mid-point fine tuning do you need? |
Evaluate
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We create the right metrics and reports to help drive fundraising results, greater mission impact and major donor satisfaction.
o Are you gathering the right data to help you manage the effectiveness of your development program? o Have you created a performance dashboard to help track progress and focus on the priorities you've set? o Are you at a point in your growth to begin planning the assessment to begin the ASPIRE Method© cycle again? |