Nonprofit Project Management
Project Management for Nonprofit Fundraising
Your Five Maples Project Manager is focused on every detail to assure deadlines are met, from concept and content research for your messaging to post-mailing performance analysis.
Each Project Manager is experienced, having guided annual fund strategy and improvement with educational, environmental, social services, healthcare, and animal welfare, and advocacy non-profits.
Your Five Maples Project Manager manages all the resources, advice, and time involved in projects, including, but not limited to:
Content creation and development for copywriting
Content creation and development for design
Expert advice in direct mail and email fundraising and postal regulations
Package recommendations for maximum return
Constituency selections and segmentation for appeals
Nonprofit project management throughout, keeping you and us on track
Reviewing and proofing every piece during each stage until due date: Copy, Design, Merge, Print
Five Maples' multi-faceted expertise and coaching has allowed us to fill gaps during periods of heavy staff work load, staff transition, and more. More than direct mail, Five Maples has helped with drafting, writing, quality control, graphic presentation, schedule management, and more.
— Carrie Ridgway & Alan Stearns, Royal River Conservation Trust
Program Development
Your Project Manager and Fundraising Performance Consultant will help you develop and improve your nonprofit organization’s annual fundraising program. With our committed team of copywriters, designers, data processors, analysts, and project managers steeped in fundraising best practices, we know we will help you save time, raise more money, and have fun doing it.
Your Project Manager and support team will help you develop:
Annual planning timeline
Renewal & upgrade recommendations based on analysis of program
Strategic planning on your annual fund based on analysis of program
Prospect research for acquisition opportunities
Ongoing consultation to develop fundraising solutions for your organization’s roadblocks
Access to a combined 40 years of fundraising experience from our performance consultants
Multi-channel messaging through direct mail, email, Google, Facebook and Instagram retargeting
Experienced Development Staff
Right Now…
You gain a team member and task master. Starting with a planning call for your first project, your PM is focused on every detail to assure you meet your deadlines, from concept and subject research for your messaging to post-mailing performance analysis.
And, Ongoing Resource
to Your Team
Your project manager stays with you from project to project and year to year, learning your organization and how you work. Each is experienced having guided annual fund improvement at educational, environmental, arts and culture, healthcare, and animal welfare organizations, among others.
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Outsourcing all of our direct mail has helped staff focus time and energy on high priorities, while knowing our communications are well-attended. We've been able to increase our fundraising and communications while freeing up staff time for other priorities.
Get your annual fund project manager on board today!
You will save time, raise more money, and have fun doing it.
Contact Elyse Pleickhardt, Director of Fundraising Communications, at 1-802-387-3081 or elysep@fivemaples.com.
Or schedule a consultation and we will call you