CAPITAL PHILANTHROPY
Capital Development Strategies LLC
Independent Consulting Practice - 2000 to 2018
Capital Development Strategies' diverse clientele included arts organizations, professional associations, churches, grantmaking foundations, as well as advocacy organizations.
Projects included capital campaigns, board training, grantmaking process review, organizational assessment, membership engagement, fundraising planning, event design, and strategic planning.
Project and Work Product Examples for Download
Click on the links below to download samples of various client projects and work product examples. While all of these materials are based on actual client projects, in some cases, these downloadable examples have been made "generic" so as not to identify the specific organization and to protect confidentiality.
Special Project - Philanthropy Event
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Led fundraising, host committee engagement, and sponsor engagement for the 2018 regional Celebration of Philanthropy, which raised more than $600,000 in support of the Fund for Greater Washington.
Click on this link for information on other philanthropy-related work
Selected Clients
American Foreign Service Association - National member survey
American Institute of Architects/Washington, DC Chapter - Capital campaign
American Urogynecologic Society Foundation - Association fundraising
Arlington Arts Center - Fundraising planning
Arlington Community Foundation - Campaign support
Arlington Food Assistance Center - Fundraising planning, board training
Berks Youth Chorus -Strategic planning
College2Congress - Fundraising planning
Dance Place - Capital campaign
DC Scores - Fundraising planning and board training
Duke Student Publishing Corporation - Fundraising program assessment
Federal Bar Association - Strategic planning
Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund - Organizational assessment
Grace Church, Episcopal, Silver Spring, MD - Capital campaign
Insight Memory Care Center - Capital campaign
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Association fundraising
Pulmonary Hypertension Association - Fundraising planning
Rainbow Families - Strategic planning and board training
Tahirih Justice Center - Fundraising planning
The Reading Connection - Fundraising planning
Van Ness Main Street - Fundraising planning
Washington Forrest Foundation - Grantee assessment survey, application review
Wesley Housing Development Corp - Developement/Comm Program Assessment