Take the
Uncharted Path
Our team and advisors have extensive experience in securing philanthropic funding for national and international nonprofits, and working with social entrepreneurs who want to improve quality of life around the world. We’re here to help you succeed in your mission.
Nonprofits
Are you a nonprofit that needs to increase your fundraising abilities, but you’re unsure where to start? At Uncharted Philanthropy, we demystify what it means to work with a fundraising consultant and specialize in supporting small – and medium – sized nonprofit organizations.
Our team and advisors offer a broad range of expertise, from an intimate understanding of funders that focus on international aid to those that prefer to make local or regional impact. Our technical knowledge for both programmatic design and funder strategy spans across many sectors, including hunger, animal welfare, poverty alleviation, access to education, and climate initiatives….to name a few.
Social Enterprises
Are you a mission-driven organization with a market-based strategy? Social enterprises include nonprofits that run income-producing businesses and for-profits that prioritize positive social impact.
Our team has watched and engaged as the donor landscape has changed over the last 15 years and knows that traditional philanthropic funders are becoming more interested in supporting social entrepreneurship – in all of its forms. We partner with social entrepreneurs to build out a compelling blended portfolio of investments that includes philanthropic support for your mission.
How Can We Help You?
Our services are designed to solve the problems facing nonprofits and social enterprises while being affordable and accessible.
Fundraising Strategy
Our team consists of experts across many technical areas and business development verticals. We use this experience to help our clients design a new fundraising strategy, as well as assist with prioritizing where to allocate limited resources.
Services and Tools
- -Benchmark assessments
- -Fundraising strategy support to CEOs and leadership teams
- -Integrated fundraising and marketing plans
- -Future staffing structure to increase fundraising revenue
- -Board engagement to expand the board’s reach
- -Donor pipeline development with related tools and resources
- -Development of diversified fundraising pathways
Written Communications
From traditional grant applications to daily donor and audience correspondence, our team is skilled at all types of writing and thoroughly enjoys developing creative and innovative ways to capture our clients’ stories and impact.
Services and Tools
- -Grant applications (public and private)
- -Major gift proposals
- -Case for support
- -Blog posts
- -Newsletters
- -Stewardship documents and reports
- -Outreach emails
Short-Term and Embedded Staffing Coverage
When you have a staffing gap, we can fill it with a short-term, no-risk employee, giving you time to understand your current and future staffing needs and ensure you are structured for success in the long run.
Services and Tools
- -Short-term support for family leave, open, or new positions
- -Ability to support multiple fundraising channels with one person or % of FTE
- -Expert daily support to current staff (includes mentorship and training)
Corporate Partnerships
We design creative corporate partnership toolkits that offer multiple engagement points with your organization while capitalizing on the brand value of both institutions, building a true collaboration that will last for years to come.
Services and Tools
- -Employee engagement opportunities
- -Master sales decks
- -One-pagers
- -Customized decks and proposals for specific partnerships
- -Partnership benefits guidelines
- -Pipeline development and outreach tools
Campaign Development
We build short-term and multi-year campaigns to motivate current and new donors to help you achieve both impact and fundraising goals.
Services and Tools
- -Personalized campaign strategy, impact goals, audiences, revenue structure, and messaging
- -Campaign naming, messaging, and visual identity
- -Support with creative assets (microsites and landing pages)
- -Master deck and outreach tools
Professional Development
Many organizations are too busy to offer professional development opportunities or even have the time to fully understand their staffing needs. We can integrate mentorship and skills development into our ongoing services, so your team advances as we raise revenue together.
Services and Tools
- -Unique mentorship plans designed for individual staff
- -Training programs for fundraising teams
Our values
We may take an uncharted path to help organizations secure philanthropic funding, but we’re guided by three core values that give us our direction.
Discovering
Uncharted Strategies
We pride ourselves on keeping up with the most recent trends in philanthropic giving for both nonprofits and social enterprises. We attend and speak at conferences, read articles, and monitor the philanthropic and impact investment space so you don’t have to.
Ensuring Accessibility
for All
We realize that high-quality consulting services can be out of reach for most small- to medium-sized nonprofits and social entrepreneurs. We’ve designed a business model that keeps costs low while continuing to have access to some of the best and brightest consultants in the industry.
A Hands-On Approach
We are not armchair advisors just sitting behind our computer screens. We strategically select our clients based on our ability to truly offer impactful services and jump in as if we’ve been with them for years.
Our Team
Combining experience, a track record of success, and vision, our team is here to help you achieve your fundraising goals.
Get in touch
We can’t wait to work with you!
Whether you’re a nonprofit or social enterprise, reach out to see how we can help you build a diverse revenue structure that will support your organization for years in the future.