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Become an Unstoppable Major Gift Closer

Prospect research and consulting that helps you raise major gifts for your cause.

Major Gift Consulting
Prospect ID & Profiles
Specialized Training

Many nonprofits struggle to find major gift prospects among their donors.

  • Unsure if you have the right people in your major gift portfolios?
  • Do you struggle with sorting through your donor and wealth data?
  • Have you spent a lot of money on data solutions, but you’re still not raising more money?
  • Is your major gifts team struggling to forecast gifts?
  • Are you worried about asking for too little?

We help you reach your major gift goals.

Major Gift Consulting

Major Gift Consulting

We are your donor strategy partner, helping you and your team move prospects from identification to major gift with prospect management consulting, coaching, and assessments.

Prospect ID & Profiles

Prospect ID & Profiles

Using proven techniques, we help you identify major gift prospects and understand them with expertly crafted prospect profiles.

Specialized Training

Specialized
Training

We deliver expert instruction and hands-on experience in fundraising prospect research for new and experienced professionals including options for every budget.

Major Gift Prospect Research is What We Do

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At Aspire Research Group, we know you have what it takes to be an Unstoppable Major Gift Closer.
That’s why we provide specialized consulting and research services – because we believe you deserve a methodical, replicable process for major gift success.
Data overwhelm is a real thing. And while it usually means you have been successfully fundraising and attracting donors – which is great – it’s not fun to face seemingly endless spreadsheet columns and unintelligible scores and ratings.
How can you find and track your best major gift prospects to solicitation and stewardship? Do you have hour after hour to research and understand each of those donors?
Aspire can give you “x-ray vision” to see your best prospects, understand their philanthropy and wealth, and strategically move them toward a gift!

Getting Started

Schedule a Discovery Call

Schedule a Discovery Call

We meet to discuss what you want to achieve and the pathways you can take to realize success.

Develop a Plan

Work the Plan

Based on our discussion we outline potential next steps. You request the services that best fit your needs — as you need them.

Raise More Money

Raise More Money

You get the experience and technical skills to avoid analysis paralysis, break through qualification bottlenecks, and build relationships that result in major gifts.

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In Translation: 4 Common Misunderstandings Between Major Gift Officers and Prospect Researchers

We’ve heard it many times before; fundraising is all about relationships. But it’s not just about the relationships between an institution and its prospective donors. It’s also about the relationships… Read More »In Translation: 4 Common Misunderstandings Between Major Gift Officers and Prospect Researchers

Stop buying new ratings and scores every year that never quite translate to raising more money and instead build a methodical process so that every year you'll know exactly how you’re going to reach your major gift goal.