We help nonprofit Development departments reach their multimillion-dollar fundraising goals.
Nonprofit leaders:
Whether you're tasked with raising $1M or $100M, the stakes are super high.
Your board expects results. The mission rides on your success. You need to create greater bandwidth and bring in deeper expertise to do everything that needs to be done, like:
✅ Designing a multimillion-dollar campaign
✅ Reshaping your fundraising department for maximum impact
✅ Implementing new fundraising initiatives
✅ Coaching frontline fundraisers toward greater success
✅ Sunsetting efforts that just aren't working any more
✅ Stepping in when a high performer on your team leaves
That's why we started Sarah J Consulting (SJC):
To share proven methods and approaches that help nonprofits like yours raise millions more.
SJC's engagements pave the way for leaders like you to have:
⭐ More charitable dollars in the door—and more loyal donors
⭐ A finely tuned Development department that works smarter and boosts results
⭐ A successful campaign that raises millions for a new building or signature initiative
⭐ Seamless fundraising collaborations among your CEO, board, Development committee, and frontline fundraisers
⭐ Interim expertise when you lose a key manager
Services include fundraising assessments, Development plans, campaign studies, organizational redesign, special projects, interim leadership, foundation relations strategies, $1M+ donor materials, and coaching for leaders and fundraising staff.
We work in four consulting areas.
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Fundraising
Reach your million-dollar-plus fundraising goal with the right plans and approaches in place. From fundraising assessments to in-depth Development planning, our fundraising consulting services will get you there.
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Campaigns
Build and execute an unprecedented capital campaign. Our readiness assessment, feasibility study, and phase-by-phase support will help you succeed in securing truly transformational philanthropy.
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Strategy
To raise millions more, you’ll need a concrete organizational strategy backed by your board. We’ll help clarify and maximize your mission through strategic planning and board governance work to help land higher revenue.
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Coaching
As a Development leader, do you wish you had a peer to solve problems with? Or maybe one of your staffers needs deeper fundraising coaching than you have time to offer. CEOs and boards need guidance, too. We can help.
We work with nonprofits focused on:
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Health & Medicine
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Higher Education
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K-12 Education
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Arts & Culture
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Community Needs
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Giving
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"Because Health Leads is in a great period of growth, we recognized the need to expand and redesign our staffing in relation to revenue generation, especially major gift fundraising. SJC offered tremendous expertise, guiding us through our team redesign, helping us to identify gaps in critical areas such as stewardship, and reimagining the slate of FTEs in order to maximize donor satisfaction and fundraising results. SJC also provided ongoing coaching along the way, lending me support and strategic counsel during an intense period of change management. Our expanded team is now well positioned to engage more philanthropic and business partners, and advance Health Leads' mission at a moment when racial health equity has never been more important in the United States. Thank you SJC!"
-Aziza Musa, Vice President, Business Partnerships & Investor Relations, Health Leads
"We selected SJC to partner with the Lab on major gift work because of their expertise in higher education fundraising combined with Sarah's approachable personality. Sarah helped to articulate our funding needs and donor messaging, created 6-7 figure funding opportunities, and crafted a two-year fundraising plan with concrete goals and activities. We talked extensively about building relationships with Bass Lab's top individual prospects, breaking down strategies into specific moves customized for each person. Thanks to SJC, we've already begun executing on these new major gift strategies. We consider SJC a key partner of the Bass Lab and we absolutely recommend working with them.“
-Dr. Allissa V. Richardson, founder, Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab, USC Annenberg