Fundraising Planning and Consulting

Fundraising is one of the most critical parts of leading and running a nonprofit. The more financial resources you have, the more options you have for capacity building, asset building, and mission attainment.

Yet fundraising is also one of the most stressful, complicated, and challenging activities to do well over time.

Luckily, I love fundraising. I know…I’m a total fundraising nerd. But that’s what you want in a fundraising consultant. It is specifically because I love fundraising that I find it incredibly rewarding to move wealth from where it lives to where it can do good. I’ve raised millions of dollars for causes, campaigns, and candidates – and I’d love to help you do the same.

Are you…

Struggling to close budget gaps?
Unsure which revenue streams to prioritize?
Trying to figure out how to create an effective fundraising plan?
Wondering whether online fundraising can work for your nonprofit?
In need of a fresh set of eyes to help you turbocharge your fundraising?

Fundraising Planning and Consulting Packages

Supercharge Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising

Raise $10K+ with Facebook Fundraising

Fundraising Training and Consulting

Supercharge Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising

Are you ready to kickstart your fundraising planning – and success – in only eight weeks?

Over eight weeks, we’ll assess your current funding situation, identify your existing fundraising assets, and discuss your goals and constraints.

Then we’ll map out fundraising options for your organization and co-create a customized fundraising plan based on what’s practical for your organization and your capacity.

Think of this as a custom fundraising boot camp. Together, we will turn over every stone to help you choose and prioritize the fundraising tactics that will get you raising money soon – and set you up for long-term sustainability. You’ll walk away with:

A written fundraising plan for your organization (who does what by when)
New confidence in your fundraising skills and know-how
A set of targeted fundraising strategies and best practices you can apply right away
Proven tools I use myself to help you achieve these goals

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Facebook Fundraising

Are you ready to harness the power of peer-to-peer online fundraising to raise quick, unrestricted funds?

Facebook has cracked the code for peer-to-peer digital fundraising. The platform is free. Donations to your 501(c)(3) have low fees and the money is deposited in your bank account in 14 days. Oh, the funds are unrestricted so you can spend them however you like. And every day the platform gets better for donors and nonprofits.

But MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW how to use the platform correctly when it comes to Facebook fundraisers.

That’s why I created a service to run a Facebook Fundraiser “campaign” for your organization. You find the volunteers, but I run the 2-week effort to engage them in a fun and financially beneficial campaign.

A single Facebook Fundraiser Campaign of 15 fundraisers at once usually delivers at around $15,000 (results may vary). Plus, a Facebook fundraiser is a great way to engage volunteers, monthly sustainers, board members, and others. By the end of the campaign, you’ll know how to repeat this process year-round and lead it yourself.

Along with hands-on training for your team, you’ll receive multiple campaign assets so you can run your own Facebook fundraisers in the future. This includes sample posts, a tracking roster, expert tips, and more!

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Fundraising Training and Consulting

My focus is on providing actionable tools, tips, and resources to help you achieve your goals – not just today, but for the long term.

That means you and your team will walk away understanding how to get results. You will get tools, tips, tactics, role-playing, and other expert insights about how to use social science research and persuasion to raise more money.

Training and consulting engagements are customized for each client. We’ll start by understanding what you need and how best to deliver it. Topics could include:

Improving your online fundraising
Creating a monthly sustainer program
Landing major gifts
Build your list to build your bank account
Getting your board to fundraise
Crafting a great pitch
Organizing events (that don’t lose money)
Conducting prospecting research
Securing grants or corporate gifts
Hiring fundraising staff
Diversifying funding streams
Creating great materials like annual reports and case statements

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For Fundraising Professionals

Are you a fundraising expert, consultant, or business looking for a way to make money by showing others how to raise money? Consider being an affiliate for my business and help market my courses and products and share in the revenue Come learn my secret system for helping nonprofits raise lots of money using Facebook Fundraisers. In this package I pull back the curtain and show how I run these campaigns and how you could do the same, earning thousands each year – and helping incredible nonprofits raise even more!

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What clients are saying…

Kris Shaughnessy | Executive Director, Trisomy 18 Foundation

Our nonprofit is not new to Facebook Fundraising, so when I ran across Sean's course 8 Expert Tips for Raising $10K+ with Facebook Fundraisers, I was skeptical, but it was worth a try for the price it was. I was surprised by how much I learned and how the tips he gives paid off. In the first month of using Sean's ideas, we raised $18,913 just on Facebook Fundraisers. This amount was $7,623 over our highest month ever. It was well worth the investment! The tips and downloadable resources are game changers!
Alma Sove | Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager, RAICES Texas

As someone with a background in nonprofit communications, expanding my skills into major donor and corporate stewardship has taken a deliberate and intentional search for resources that offer practical solutions and personal growth opportunities. This Major Gifts Masterclass has it all: detailed and practical advice; concise, insightful, and creative tools; and encouraging tips to try new, subtle approaches. Every lesson added dimensions to my understanding of building meaningful connections and how to mesh the donor experience with meeting the organization's mission. Very grateful to have connected with this masterclass, and I highly recommend it.
Laurie Bechhofer | MOASH

The benefits of working with Sean are New ideas and strategies for fundraising, concrete suggestions for developing a non profit Board, and ongoing coaching support. We raised over $25,000 in our Facebook fundraiser because Sean helped guide us through the process. I knew from our first hour long meeting that we had made the right choice. In just 60 minutes he gave us more useful ideas and suggestions then other could give in days. You will definitely benefit from hiring Sean. He is knowledgeable, passionate, and has concrete strategies for moving your non-profit forward. He is one of the very best in the business. It is a shear pleasure working with Sean. I hope the relationship continues long into the future.
Irene van der Zande | Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International

I hired Sean because I needed fresh ideas and new resources for helping our nonprofit with fundraising and visibility. The benefits of working with Sean are 1. Appreciation for the importance of what we do. 2) Practical effective advice delivered with humor, understanding, and honesty; 3) Recommendations for new resources; 4) Inspiring our staff to get over discomfort and take action to move forward. Within one day of training, we have 8 people with Facebook fundraisers and 5 more saying they will. I knew Sean was the one because he had an intuitive grasp of our challenges and advice that we could put to use right away. Sean provides valuable insights, resources, and skills into how to meet common challenges for a nonprofit in an effective way.
Eric Shepherd | Founder, The Foundation for Talent Transformation

Sean Kosofsky has been invaluable as he's guided us through a pivotal transformation. Initially, we were deeply immersed in the minutiae of our projects, overlooking the broader impact we could have in promoting social connectedness. Sean's insightful coaching brought clarity and focus to our mission, illuminating the path to our true purpose. His ability to redirect our enthusiasm towards a clear and meaningful direction has been nothing short of transformative. We highly recommend Sean to anyone seeking to align their efforts with their vision and purpose.