Interim Fundraising Management

LEADING THROUGH TRANSITION

Strategic talent is critical to fundraising success. While you seek new leadership, or build out a new program or team, we can provide direction and oversight for your fundraising staff. Our interim management services can be offered in conjunction with our fundraising search services, our fundraising assessment services, or as a stand-alone service.

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For 45 years, Development Guild DDI has partnered with nonprofit organizations nationwide to achieve their most ambitious goals. Whether you need new talent, fundraising or campaign solutions, or strategic counsel, we can help.

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Our team is composed of senior leaders with firsthand experience directing and overseeing fundraising teams; because of this, we are able to oversee your staff in the implementation of the work at hand to help ensure goals are met. Our interim management services include partnering with your leadership to define priorities and goals, representing your team with senior colleagues, partnering with team leaders to develop fundraising and prospect strategy, and providing guidance, oversight and mentoring to individual staff members and/or teams. Throughout the engagement, we are committed to keeping leadership informed and engaged as we triage workflow and set and maintain a schedule of deliverables.

Our clients appreciate our nimbleness, which is possible because of the way that we assemble our consulting teams, the deep relationships we form, and the commitment we share to our clients’ visions. As you experience a time of transition, engage a partner who can provide stability and continued results.

 

What an Interim Management Engagement Entails

Structure of Typical Engagement

Included Deliverables

  • The equivalent of 1.5-2 days on average of management support per week over the course of 3-6 months (may extend longer as needed)
  • Strategic oversight and counsel from project lead
  • Guidance and mentoring of client’s development team through weekly team meetings and one-on-one individual meetings
  • Weekly check-in meetings with leadership
  • Monthly progress reports
  • Regular communication with leadership and staff via phone and email

Included Deliverables

  • Oversight and mentoring of staff
  • Coaching of leadership as needed
  • Prioritization and triaging of day-to-day work stream
  • Development of prospect strategy, coaching, and supporting stakeholders including donor meeting prep
  • Providing support for and attending Board and Committee meetings
  • Tracking and monitoring of progress against goals
  • Strengthening of fundraising practice standards and policies
  • Identification and development of new prospect and/or revenue opportunities

We engaged Development Guild to serve as Interim Chief Philanthropy Officer for 7 months, and I simply don’t have enough superlatives to describe the experience. They expertly managed our philanthropy team, advanced our ambitious fundraising goals, and provided thoughtful guidance during our strategic planning process and roll-out. Development Guild’s leadership exceeded all expectations, fostering collaboration and earning staff trust during a pivotal time for our organization. They ensured continuity throughout the engagement, seamlessly transitioned our new hire, and helped position us for long-term success. I highly recommend their services.

— Sachu Constantine, Executive Director

I have worked with many search firms in the past and my recent experience with Development Guild far surpassed all previous engagements. While Development Guild conducted our search for a Director of Development, they also provided interim fundraising counsel. Development Guild assessed staff performance, provided detailed guidelines and expectations for success, and facilitated effective group training. Most importantly, their counsel put a strong structure in place, which set up our team—and the new Director of Development—for success.

— Elisabeth Saxe, Chief Development Officer

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