Non-Profits

Fundraising and Non-Profit Organizations
We believe in the important work conducted by grassroots, emerging and established non-profit organizations. The value of the non-profit sector cannot be over-emphasized. Schools, medical programs, mentoring, arts education, scientific research, land conservancy, feeding of the hungry, housing for the homeless – the list of services and the types of advocacy engaged in by non-profits is needed and often ahead-of-its time.

Our Mission is your Success
At Saad & Shaw we welcome the opportunity to partner with non-profit leaders. We work directly with board members and executive directors. Our mission is your success. That means we are here to work with you in a way that best meets your needs.

• We can provide coaching, board and staff training, or proposal writing services.

• We can help you write your case for support.

• We can survey your donors and prospective supporters to learn how they view your work and how they would like to partner with or provide funding.

  • Surveys can be scaled to meet your needs.

  • If you are an established organization seeking to determine the feasibility of launching a capital or endowment campaign we can conduct a feasibility study.

• We can assess your current fundraising capacity and infrastructure and provide guidance how to best apply valuable fundraising resources.

• We can create fundraising strategies for your organization or a comprehensive fund development plan.

At all times we are committed to keeping the FUN in fundraising. We like our clients. We believe in their work. We keep busy thinking about what unique approaches our clients can use to advance their goals. We think outside the box for you and help you best leverage your assets. We are honest and straight-forward with our clients. Our goal is help you secure the resources you need to fulfill your mission. That could be raising more money. Attracting new board members. Or better managing current resources.

Working Together
Let us work with you in a way that will meet your needs and help advance your goals.

Counsel on Demand^SM – Let us help you meet your fundraising challenges and manage your fund development resources and staff most effectively. Counsel on Demand^SM provides flexible, low-cost fund development coaching and strategy sessions for executive directors and development directors. You get four hours of on-call expertise each month. Call on us when you need us and we are there to support you with solutions. This service can be used for proposal and document reviews, strategy sessions, coaching and mentoring, or the development of a fundraising plan. This low-cost, point-of-entry service is ideal for organizations with limited budgets. For others it can be the first step in preparing for a feasibility study, creation of a campaign plan, or as a follow-up service for continuing clients.

Research and Feasibility Studies – Before you launch a new fundraising campaign let us survey your prospective donors, volunteer leadership, and community stakeholders to learn how they respond to your proposed campaign and its case for support. This research can help you ensure your campaign is launched at the right time and targets the right people with the right case for support.

Creation of Fundraising Strategies and Campaign Plans – After conducting campaign research or a feasibility study we can create a multi-year campaign plan to guide and coordinate your fundraising activities and strategies. Such a plan is a unique tool for engaging volunteer leadership, managing and evaluating your cultivation and solicitation strategies, and measuring campaign progress. Each plan is designed to take advantage of our client’s unique strengths and to help address perceived challenges or obstacles to fundraising success.

Training and Workshops – You let us know the area in which you need training and we will create a custom workshop designed to engage attendees and get the results you are seeking. All workshops are interactive, include pre-workshop “homework” and post-workshop materials that attendees can use to support their work. Workshops can be designed for staff, board members, volunteers or a combined audience. Frequently requested topics include: 1. How to Solicit A Gift 2. Prerequisites for Fundraising Success 3. The Role of the Board in Fundraising 4. Creating a Cross Functional Fund Development Team 5. Creating an Annual Fundraising Plan 6. Developing Your Case for Support 7. Preparing for your Capital Campaign 8. Getting Started with Proposal Writing

Intensive Implementation Services – We are ready to work with you, hand-in-hand, to guide your fundraising and campaign implementation. We become a member of your team, help coach and orient your staff, board members and volunteer leadership. We review your proposals, guide the creation of your case for support, attend meetings with you, and create strategies to help you take advantage of opportunities as you arise. Implementation services can be secured for two-to-six days per month.

Non-Profits We Have Worked With:

• 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc, Oakland, CA
• Alameda County Healthcare Foundation, Oakland, CA
• American Land Conservancy, San Francisco, CA
• Association of Unity Churches International, Kansas City, MO
• Bay Area Black United Fund, Oakland, CA
• Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services, Inc., SF, CA
• Centro de Servicios Resource Center, Union City, CA
• Charles P. Foster Foundation, San Leandro, CA
• Covenant House California, Oakland, CA
• Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, CA
• Ford Foundation, New York, NY
• International Civil Rights Museum, Greensboro, NC
• Kaiser Permanente Department of Research, Oakland, CA
• National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, CA
• National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, San Francisco, CA
• National Museum of African-American History and Culture, Washington, DC
• Regional Technical Training Center, Oakland, CA
• Rubicon Programs, Inc., Richmond, CA
• SafeQuest Solano, Fairfield, CA
• San Francisco Library Foundation, San Francisco, CA
• Unity School of Christianity, Kansas City, MO