"In the old days, in blizzardly weather, we used to tie a string from house to barn so as to make it from shelter to responsibility and back again... I think we had better rig up such a line between past and present."

WALLACE STEGNER, HISTORY, MYTH, AND THE WESTERN WRITER

With decades of experience working with nonprofits and philanthropic organizations, we are the eyes and ears on the ground to help you know who is doing the work that meets your vision and values most effectively.

• Identify strategies to help individuals and foundations bring their goals to life.

• Establish values, vision and mission.

• Determine strategic philanthropic objectives, goals, and aligned activities.

• Set up impactful grantmaking, including priorities and protocols and application process.

• Research and vetting of nonprofits and causes who fit the focus areas for grants.

• Strengthen board leadership and engaging the next generation of family leaders.

• Consultation on communications strategies.

• Ongoing review to ensure strategies are achieved.

• IRS Filing for new foundations.

• Executive coaching and mentoring for development professionals.

• Design major gifts, capital fundraising campaigns.

• Assist with building tools to engage donor and strengthen long-term relationships.

• Foster tailored marketing and fundraising appeals with compelling pitches and requests for support.

• Assist with prospecting to cultivate, secure, and steward leadership and major gifts.

• Build event sponsorships and auction donations.

• Fundraising training and workshop facilitation for staff and boards.

•  Strategic and Business Planning
•  Fiscal Sustainability and Budget Forecasting
•  Campaign Leadership
•  Event Planning and Meeting Facilitation
•  Board Development and Organizational Staffing

The Stewardship Audit is an iterative exercise capturing the ecological and cultural history of the target property, enabling its owners and managers to better appreciate the outstanding attributes of the property, and providing a baseline and ongoing blueprint for sustainable and responsible long-term management and stewardship of the property. The audit addresses six principles and associated criteria addressing legal issues, indigenous rights, community relations, environmental impacts, and other conduct on and around the subject property. These principles and criteria are grounded in Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship developed by the Forest Stewardship Council. In identifying actions and improvements, the Stewardship Audit seeks to develop a property management goal that:

•  Represents good business practices that can be sustained indefinitely at an operational level;
•  Maintains the quality of its landscape while minimizing the adverse effects that it causes;
•  Operates in a responsible manner, in conformity with local, national and international laws and regulations; and
•  Is socially and economically responsible to the local community and broader society.

• Strategic Vision for Fish and Aquatic Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2013).

• Project leader & report author.
  Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, FY 2007-2009 (2010). Project leader & report author.

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fisheries Program, FY 2005-2009 (2010). Project leader & report author. 

• Independent Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System (2008). Senior evaluator and report co-author.

Samples of prior work

• National Fish Habitat Action Plan (2006). Primary Author and consultant to the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies for development of initial plan.

• Partnership Agenda for Fisheries Conservation: A special report by the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (2002). Committee member and report co-author.

• Saving a System in Peril: A Special Report on the National Fish Hatchery System (2000). Committee member and report co-author.

•  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Conservation Partnerships - A Field Guide to Public-Private Partnering for Natural Resource Conservation (click to view)
•  Marine Mammal Commission: Future Directions in Marine Mammal Research, Marine Mammal Commission, 2003. Member of Steering Committee and project administrator (click to view)
•  Sonoran Institute, strategic visioning
•  Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, strategic planning
•  Whirling Disease Foundation, strategic planning