The EHL Consulting Group guides an organization through every stage of a campaign. EHL Consulting’s fundraising consulting services encompass campaign planning, design, implementation, and coordination.
Pre-Campaign Assessment (PCA)
The Pre-Campaign Assessment (PCA) provides a thorough analysis of an organization’s capabilities to launch a significant fundraising effort, an essential first step to any significant fundraising program. It identifies a nonprofit’s strengths and weaknesses, examines the prospective pool of prospective donors, especially at the level of lead and major donors, and enables us to recommend strategies to make an organization campaign-ready.
Through interviews with past and present board members, existing leading donors, prospective donors, opinion leaders and key professionals, EHL Consulting helps define each organization’s capabilities and frames realistic goals.
Visioning Process: Where Do You Want to Go and How Will You Get There?
The Visioning Process is a formal exercise facilitated by members of our firm. It enables leadership to examine and evaluate the priorities, goals and objectives of an organization for the next 5-10 years and answer several strategic questions:
- How will the organization be different in the next 5-10 years?
- Where does the organization want to be programmatically in the next 5 years?
- What will success look like for the organization within the next 5-10 years?
Campaign Operational Impact Analysis (COIA)
The Campaign Operational Impact Analysis (COIA) provides an overview of the impact that a successful campaign will have upon the major operational areas of the organization over a period of 5-10 years and within the framework of the organization’s vision. The COIA is an important component in an organization’s campaign planning and selling proposition. It focuses primarily on the factors that will impact an organization’s balance sheet:
- Operations and Technology
- Marketing Strategies
- Facilities
- Governance
- Personnel
- Financial Overview
- Financial Projections
Campaign Leadership and Support
- Development and monitoring of a Campaign Master Plan
- Campaign Strategy, Campaign Budget & Campaign Calendar
- Marketing and Branding, including Case Statement, Social Media & Campaign Materials
- Fundraising Leadership Training Workshops
- Foundation, Government & Corporate Outreach
- Constituent Communication: Digital and Print
- Prospect Research, Donor Identification & Recruitment
- Donor Cultivation and Outreach Strategy
- Special Events and Donor Stewardship
- Donor Recognition Policies
- Development of Naming Opportunities
Additionally, EHL Consulting professionals will be available, if requested, to accompany your organization’s volunteers and executive staff to donor meetings. The donor cultivation process is always calculated and scheduled to ensure for aggressive outreach, continuous communications, and appropriate follow-up.