Complementary Services

Organizational and Leadership Development — Essential Building Blocks

Sound organizational structure and quality leadership are the building blocks of a vigorous, stable and accountable nonprofit that will attract significant donor support.

The EHL Consulting Group conducts a thorough assessment of an organization’s infrastructure, identifying and subsequently addressing any weak points related to launching a fundraising campaign. For many organizations, such analysis is a critical but often overlooked step.

EHL Consulting will help guide efforts to expand, identify, recruit and strengthen organizational leadership. We provide ongoing and targeted training to help leaders become more effective advocates and increase their comfort level with the fundraising process.

The EHL Consulting Group makes recommendations, as necessary, pertaining to:

• Mission and vision
• Organizational objectives and goals
• Programs and services
• Financial processes
• Professional staff
• Volunteer participation and leadership structure
• Internal and external operating environment
• Public image and outreach

Strategic Planning

An organization's day-to-day operations <%=emdash%> its programs, services, volunteer activities, and public relations <%=emdash%> are driven by a shared vision held collectively by its members. Each of these functional areas contributes to an organization's ability to fulfill its purpose and meet its mission.

Strategic planning, emanating from an organization's clear understanding of its goals and long-range plans to achieve them, should encompass a thoughtful and carefully conceived analysis of the above-mentioned functional areas, such as facilities analysis and other critical issues. EHL Consulting supports this approach through strategic alliances with other highly regarded planning specialists.

Technology That Translates to Accountability

Campaign Management Software

No contemporary fundraising effort can function effectively and efficiently without campaign and donor management software. Such software helps to ensure accountability through accurate and reliable tracking of worker assignments, pledges and payments; monitoring of acknowledgements; and maintenance of constituent information relevant to previous and future campaigns. EHL Consulting will:

• Identify the specifications required;
• Make recommendations;
• Support each client organization in securing adequate record-management capabilities.

Internet-based Tools

The Internet has revolutionized fundraising. Research shows that Internet contributions tend to be more than five times larger than conventional direct mail donations. Further, potential donors are conducting both routine and sophisticated business, managing households, shopping and gathering all kinds of information online. They expect the nonprofits they support to relate to them on the web as well. EHL Consulting’s knowledgeable team will make recommendations about appropriate options/techniques to maximize resources.

Foundation and Corporate Outreach — How to Get Their Attention

Billions of charitable dollars are available every year from thousands of private and public foundations and corporations. The research required to fully explore this type of giving can be overwhelming. EHL Consulting professionals are knowledgeable and experienced in sifting through the wealth of data and identifying funding sources most likely to support each organization’s mission and services. When corporate or foundation outreach will benefit the client, we manage the process of research, cultivating relationships with and preparing and submitting written proposals to the most promising funding sources.

Planned Giving — Creativity and Determination Win the Day

EHL Consulting specialists with expertise in designing creative planned giving programs enable donors to fulfill personal charitable goals and preserve family assets while addressing the recipient organization's needs and priorities. We are prepared to speak to people individually or through group seminars to describe the various options and benefits available through these programs. We will research and develop proposals for specific prospects on how to maximize the impact of their contributions on our client organizations while meeting their estate planning goals.

We also conduct seminars for professional staff, campaign workers and donor prospects and serve as a resource to facilitate planned gifts. In addition, The EHL Consulting Group stays abreast of changes in federal tax laws and monitors state regulations that relate to our clients across the United States.