Hire the Best Nonprofit Organization Specialists in Littleton, CO

Linda S. Garrison has more than 30 years of nonprofit experience in management, board development, fundraising, public relations, and prospect research. Linda has served in both front-line development and public relations functions for nearly every type of nonprofit in the 501(c)(3) universe, including health care and hospitals, advocacy organizations, higher education and K-12 private schools, social and human services agencies, and faith-based. As Vice President of the Robert B. Sharp Company of Colorado, Linda was instrumental in assisting clients with raising millions of dollars with capital and endowment campaigns. She has written numerous successful grant proposals, grant reports, and letters of inquiry and brought in millions of dollars in funding from state, federal, local, corporate, and private funding sources. Linda's training and background as a journalist and experience in media relations allow her to see the winning "angle" to use in any proposal. Other interests and experience include: • Development Audits • Coaching and Consulting • Higher Education • Private/Independent Schools • Faith-based Organizations • Social Justice Organizations • Health Care/Hospitals • Higher Education • Social Service Organizations • Donor Relations • Major Gifts • Individual Donor Strategy/Ask Amounts • Moves Management • Strategic Planning • Development Planning, Audits & Best Practices • ROI metrics and evaluation • Planned Giving • Campaign Planning and Readiness • Feasibility Studies • Major Gift Research

Congratulations on your upcoming fundraising adventure! As nonprofit organizations, we are a field where heart and business combine to create true change in the world. Whether your organization works with children, animals, the environment or communities as a whole, I can assist you in reaching your goals. My primary goal in working with you will be to meet your needs, whether they are research, database maintenance, donor engagement, event planning/implementation or overall development strategy. As I work with nonprofits, I work to understand your mission and how to best connect donors to that mission. Below are some ways which I can assist your organization in reaching it's goals - I look forward to working with you soon! Prospect & Grant Research: Review of prospects and detailed descriptions of prospective donors. Including researching grants your organization is eligible for, organizing the needed data to create the grant, writing the grant in a compelling and articulate way and providing deliverable outcomes to report to foundations. Marketing & Promotion: Design campaign strategies (either one time, ongoing or capital), provide creative writing, design outline & copy for annual appeal letters/postcards/ emails; social media content. I will assist you in developing a holistic strategy that includes email, newsletters, social media and traditional mailings. Data Management & Online Platforms: System review for best options; donor segmentation and targeting; tagging; form building; etc. Some of the systems I am an expert in include: Raiser's Edge, Salesforce, eTapestry, Fundly, Reeher, Little Green Light, CommunityFunded, SchoolAuction, Infoview, Banner and others. Development Strategy & Operations: I will work with you to plan strategies for short or long term development plans - this can be a one year plan or up to a 5 year plan - and then implement the plan for positive results; review of gift processing, tracking, data management, donor stewardship & cultivation; review of development operations. The plans I create are holistic in approach and utilize the latest best practices in fund development, including multi-channel outreach spanning digital platforms and traditional methods. Donor Engagement & Stewardship: Creating engaging stewardship pieces that show appreciation for donors at all levels. We will assess together whom your audience is and I can assist in segmenting and targeting your message to meet your donor needs. During the past decade, I have raised over $11.5 M by using an array of strategies and tools. I have been able to secure major donations, increase new donors by 20%, create a retention rate increase of 12%, increased donations by up to 26% within a 7 month time frame, increase Giving Day initiatives by $100,000+ in one year, marketed events in a way which they sold out for the first time ever, design engagement and stewardship opportunities that kept donors coming back and overall team building among development staff to ensure a motivated and empowered team. The above skill sets have helped me time and again to climb over different fundraising mountains and see success at the top. Now, I wish to help guide your organization as you grow and see as much success as I have the past 7 years. I'm here bring my experience and tools as we take on these challenges together, with my goal to help you successfully raise the funds you need. I am pleased to be starting this new journey with you as your fundraising guide while we work together to continue your mission. Let's get started!