Advisory Services

We have developed fundraising programmes and directed ambitious, multi-year campaigns for a host of charities and universities. We draw on our experience in order to provide strategic assistance that makes organizations stronger – rather than dependent upon us. Our clients achieve real results quickly, often for a surprisingly modest outlay.

Campaigns

If you undertake special campaigns for major and capital gifts without first doing your due diligence, you can run into serious difficulties. A feasibility study, if done properly, should be much more than a report that gathers dust on a shelf. It should serve as your best protection against risks, including a goal that is too high -- or too low.
We conduct thorough studies that:

  • Identify and qualify new sources of support, both within and beyond your current donor community
  • Map out effective communication strategies that reflect your donors’ needs and interests
  • Assess current staff and recommend further staff positions and staff development needs
  • Benchmark your proposed campaign against similar organizations and campaigns
  • Identify and cultivate potential volunteer leaders and ambassadors for the campaign
  • And most importantly of all – bring your best prospects closer to your cause

Case Development

As competition gets fiercer, a crisp, compelling case for support is essential.

We will dig deep to learn exactly why you need money and how you will spend it, and will help you identify the key stories that donors really want to hear. Then we’ll help you turn those stories into documents that might be a brief one-page summary, or a full suite of professionally designed collateral case study and financial materials.

We will also make sure that every stakeholder in the charity can make the case personally, in their own words, so that they become effective and passionate ambassadors for the cause.

Programme Support

Whether you are starting a fundraising department or ramping up current activity, Prospero Partners can help you launch a major donor programme, a special campaign, or a direct mail appeal.

We are experts at building strategic plans for fundraising and institutional advancement, working across all areas within a charity or university, including at the Trustee level. We have set up new programmes, expanded existing ones, explored and evaluated new donor markets, and created and supported effective volunteer leadership committees. We have international expertise, with in-depth knowledge of the US market, as well as experience with programmes in China and India.

We also facilitate Trustee Away Days and planning sessions where new programme development is a key agenda item.

Call us for a free and confidential discussion.