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Aligning Research and Prospect Management with Major Gifts Isn’t Easy
You’re under pressure to raise more money, but portfolio capacity is stagnant.
You suspect the team is overlooking some of the wealthiest prospects in your constituency.
New major gift prospects are being assigned, but gifts are not happening.
You feel like you are making clear requests, but it’s as if research is speaking another language.
Level Up One Step at a Time
At Aspire Research Group we know that aligning research and prospect management with major gifts can be a challenge. We work with fundraising and advancement leadership to discover a pathway to growth with a focus on the team’s strengths.
Our consulting is not about telling you what to do or applying a one-size-fits-all system to your team. We listen, help you decide your end goal, assess where you are relative to that goal, and leverage the unique strengths of your team and your organization to take the next steps on your pathway to growth.
Research and Prospect Management (RPM) Assessments
Figuring out why and how your team isn’t playing well together and then facilitating change can be daunting! Aspire’s unique Diagnostic Assessment process puts the advancement team back in charge of its success. We take the following steps:
- Clarify Desired Outcomes – what is the destination?
- Discover Your Current State – what is happening now?
- Synthesize Findings With Your Team – co-create a road map to the desired state, focusing on strengths
- Recommendations for Leadership – top items to implement now
Consulting
There are times when your team hits a disorienting road bump or progress just stalls. Your team might be small, or you may be down a director, or you might not have time to pause and get things moving forward again. Aspire can quickly assess what’s happening and help you get back on track.
Mentoring
Maybe you are a new research and prospect management director and need to create your first plan or set up operations. Or maybe you lead advancement operations, and you need to talk over strategies and tactics with someone that understands (and gets excited about) research and prospect management. You can book time with Aspire to get the mentoring and advice you need to succeed.
How to Get Started
Schedule a Discovery Call
We meet to discuss what you want to achieve and the pathways you can take to realize success.
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
You get the experience and technical skills to avoid analysis paralysis, break through qualification bottlenecks, and build relationships that result in major gifts.
How can using prospect research make a significant difference to support your major gifts team?
What Every Data-Driven Fundraiser Should Know…
Download this guide to learn how adding a prospect research professional to your team can positively impact your major gift performance in the short and long term.