Why Perform a Development Audit?
Organizations perform audits to get an accurate picture of their development efforts based on the following triggers:
- Changing times, economic and otherwise
- Updating a strategic plan
- Considering a major initiative
Preparation starts with documenting the factors that contribute to your current success, areas that can be developed further, specific opportunities in the current climate and vulnerabilities emerging as a result of external factors. Using the audit findings as a baseline, a more complete picture of your potential emerges and, in turn, forms the basis for a new campaign.
Campaigns are about harnessing the hopes and dreams of an organization in a compelling case statement, creating a solid infrastructure to support the case and putting the right staff and volunteers in the right places at the right times with the right information to close gifts.
It's difficult to move ahead in a strategic and coherent fashion without a written, well-thought-out plan. We can help you design an annual plan for grant seeking, and/or for all your development activities (special events, direct mailings to individuals, board training, newsletters, etc.)