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March 23, 2009 The AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series (Book 181)

Praise for Fundraising Consultants

"In Fundraising Consultants: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations, Gene Scanlan provides a thoughtful and deliberative guide for how to select, develop, and maintain successful relationships with consultants that can help organizations achieve their goals. It is also an excellent resource for consultants, both new and experienced, on how to best serve our clients."

Barbara L. Ciconte, CFRE, Senior Vice President, Consulting Services

Donor Strategies, Inc.

"Finally, a book that provides a balanced and informative perspective about fundraising consulting. Gene provides solid information for organizations to consider when using a consultant while also describing the consultant's point of view. All this can only lead to a more effective use of consultants and more successful nonprofits."

Sandra Renner, MSW, CFRE, Renner Consulting

Strategic Philanthropic Counsel

"This book is an excellent source for a development or foundation director to read before hiring any type of consultant. It guides you through the search process and tells you how to evaluate your prospects. This is especially important for small development offices or foundations that rely on outsourcing fundraising projects or campaigns to consultants. It even suggests how to use consultants as a creative resource!"

Jeanne G. Jacob, CAE, CFRE, Executive Director

Goodwin House Foundation


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Fundraising Consultants

Lowering net costs, realizing more money, and securing larger donations are just a few of the advantages to hiring a professional fundraising consultant. But how can you know you're picking the right consultant for your organization?

Filled with invaluable information to help you identify, select, retain, and work with development/fundraising consultants, Fundraising Consultants includes practical advice, tips, guidelines, possible outcomes of consulting, exemplary stories, and other useful information for nonprofit organizations of any size?considering the use of development/fundraising consultants.

Author Eugene Scanlan—a leading fundraising consultant—offers step-by-step guidance and resources to help you in your decision to use consultants, and then shows you how to go about getting the right one for the job. Its numerous case studies and practical tools—including sample invitation letters to consultants, sample requests for proposal, sample consulting budgets, samples of reports, and recommendations—equip you to implement the concepts introduced in the book.

Part of the AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series, this guide covers everything you need to know to make critical decisions for selecting and working with fundraising consultants and explores:

  • The request for proposal

  • Where to find the best consultant

  • Using the Internet and other sources in your search

  • The proposal for services

  • Pre- and post-proposal interviews

  • Selecting the right consultant

  • Drawing up a contract

  • Working with your consultant

Brimming with ideas, concepts, and information that will help you and your organization through the consultant selection and working process, Fund-raising Consultants?reveals what your nonprofit should look for when considering hiring a con-sultant or firm.

Intended as a guide for any nonprofit organization considering hiring a consultant—to help the organization see if it is ready to raise money, to assist it in raising money, and/or accomplish the goals a good fundraising consultant can help the organ-ization achieve—Fundraising Consultants?is your insider guide to using fundraising consultants effectively.

About the Author

Eugene A. Scanlan, PhD, CFRE, recently retired, is the founder of eScanlan Company, which provided a full range of nonprofit management consulting services, including organizational development and enhancement, organizational assessments, strategic planning, and development/fundraising services. A recognized and award-winning leader, author, and educator in the nonprofit sector, Gene has been actively involved with nonprofits since 1966, including seventeen years as vice president and senior vice president of a national consulting firm. Gene is also the author of numerous articles, reports, and contributed book chapters.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 23, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470340150
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470340158
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,914,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Fundraising Consultants: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations (AFP Fund Development Series) (The AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series) (Hardcover)
Selecting and working with fundraising consultants can be daunting, but Gene Scanlon makes the process almost a breeze with his insights into ideas, concepts and information leading to critical decisions. From stories, to advice, to samples, Gene offers a comprehensive look at consulting from both sides of the table.
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When I work with smaller organizations that are looking to hire their first development staff member, I often caution them to not assume the development person's chief role is to take all of the fundraising responsibility on his or her shoulders, thus releasing the other staff and board from this "onerous" responsibility. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
working with your consultant, campaign planning study, staff trap, consulting process, fundraising consultants, prospective consultants, possible consultants, prospective interviewees, development audit, endowment campaign, consulting relationship, fundraising professionals
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Giving Institute
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