Mary Grace Wolf, Innovative Fundraising, LLC
Fundraising consulting at your fingertips: Our staff have a combined 21 years of experience in grassroots fundraising and individual giving. Innovative Fundraising, LLC aims to bring fundraisers together from coast to coast in order to learn from each other and implement best practices. We know that it’s not possible to apply a “one size fits all” approach to nonprofit fundraising. Our staff will work closely with you to design a customized fundraising plan that will bring you real financial results.
Philosophy/Approach: At Innovative Fundraising, LLC, we describe our services in three different tiers:
1) Consulting from a distance
- Fundraising coaching.
- Contributor list analysis.
- Implementing a fundraising strategy.
- Script development.
2) Skills-based support
- Fundraising training on donor visits, phone fundraising, direct mail, event fundraising, sponsorship, online and/or social media fundraising.
- Executive Board member fundraising.
- Promoting a fundraising culture that reaches from Board members and Executive staff to new hires.
3) “Boots on the ground” support:
- Staffing events.
- Executing direct mail projects.
- Running phone banks.
Innovative Fundraising, LLC has experience working with individual fundraisers and organizations that are in the following categories: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
Types of clients: Private foundations, corporations, community foundations, individual donors, small to mid-size nonprofits, major nonprofits, universities
Issues/Focus: Civic, Education, Environment, Health, Social
Specialization: We focus our efforts on progressive organizations.
Tip It Forward
“I just got off the phone with Mary Grace and I feel so much better! I was down and was feeling stuck as a small grassroots start up. Mary Grace listened with such kindness and empathy. By the end of the call, I had solid ideas to work with for next steps. Mary Grace has a magical quality…I literally think more clearly around her and she has taught me a lot about fundraising. Working with Innovative Fundraising is worth every penny!”
– Kammaleathahh Livingstone
Founder and Director
Mary Grace Wolf
