Retained Fund Development

Looking into your organization with a fresh lens, The Solvent Group helps you develop a shared vision and fundraising strategies aligned with your communications plan. By connecting your organization’s guiding purpose with its relevance to your community, we engage current and prospective donors in your cause. Drawing on best practices in fundraising,  board development, and communications, we connect donors to your mission with purpose and power.

Our scope of support is customized to an organization’s needs, but may include:

  • Fund strategy (annual, major, planned, peer-to-peer, board/volunteer, social and digital)

  • Executive coaching 

  • Major gift fundraising training

  • Donor qualification

  • Appeal writing and strategy

  • Fund development plans and timelines

  • Fund development committee training

  • Board training with a fund development focus

  • Donor giving analysis

  • Grant research and writing

  • Event strategy and planning

  • Collateral development

What this looks like:

You will be paired with a lead Solvent Group strategic consultant in addition to a team of writers, analysts, and strategists backed by decades of fundraising experience. You will meet on a bi-weekly or monthly basis with our consulting team. Coaching time frames can range from 3-18 months, depending on each client’s unique needs. Timelines depend on a number of variables: planning to date, staff, volunteer, and donor capacity, dedication, and your communications strategy. We will craft a timeline and cadence specific to your needs.

Interested in tailoring the perfect fund development package to fit your needs, or interested in one or more components of the scope above?

Let’s Work Together!

Solvent Clients Speak:

“Christie was able to summarize a huge body of knowledge and work through illustrative stories that helped the board grasp the top-level concepts…Afterwards, every board member in attendance sought me out to tell me about the light bulbs that went on for them during the presentation. One said, ‘She was able to summarize a lot of important things we need to know in a way that made sense to us. She helped us see how we might actually do things.”

— Deb Lake, The Pathfinder School Board of Trustees