Typical Areas Addressed:

  • Major Gifts
  • Annual Appeals
  • Iconic Events
  • Tributes and memorials
  • Planned gifts and legacies
  • Relationship-building
  • Case development
  • Logo and image development
  • Corporate gifts
  • Foundations and trusts
  • Membership development
  • Alumni cultivation
  • Campaign readiness studies
             

   Specializing in:

     

Insanity doing the same thing over and over            

                                expecting a different result   

   

                                                                     Albert Einstein


 THE TYPICAL SCENARIO:


  •  Our main event is not raising enough money and is taking      most of my time…
  •  Our Board members will not ask people for  contributions…How do I motivate them?
  •  Our President pressures us to raise more and more, but we’ve run out of new ideas…

WHERE TO TURN??

Strategic fund raising is all about doing something different and getting a different – better – result.  Knowing what works and what does not is a learned skill and is provided as a valuable learning experience for the clients of CDS, Inc. 

Our “hands-on,” method gives you the tools you will need for continued success, once your fund raising consultant has completed an assignment

with your organization.

The open, friendly dialog between those in your organization and your CDS fund raising consultant will, over time empower you to break out of the stagnating cycle of minimal success that is holding you back now.  There are

no “secret methods,” that are withheld.  What we know we endeavor to give

to you by demonstration, workshop and actual “how to,” illustrations and manuals. 

No fund raising challenge is too large or too small for CDS, Inc.  Services

range from Coaching by Phone to Consultant-in Residence, hands-on, fund

raising campaign management.

Developing your powers of persuasion, your unique brand as a not-for-profit organization or empowering your Board to be an effective element in your expanding box of fund raising tools is yours to use and develop, with the able assistance of your new friend and consultant from CDS, Inc.


Whether you have an established fund raising program that needs re-energizing or are just beginning to understand how valuable private donors and their generous gifts can be, CDS, Inc. can greatly improve your current circumstances.

The depth and breadth of experience represented among CDS Associates will quickly identify your specific needs and provide a user-friendly plan that is easy to understand and easy to manage. Results are what you seek. Results are what we deliver.


Our Services include:

 

  •       CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE CAPITAL FOR BUILDING AND   
      RENOVATION PROJECTS
 

 

The successful fund raising program understands that you must have…

  •  The right person
  •  At the right time
  •  Requesting the right gift
  •  From the right prospect
  •  For the right project.

 

Contact Us for a free informative consultation or inquiries