What is Fundraising Counsel?
When you engage professional fundraising counsel, you have the right to expect the following:

Successful Experience: The Compass Group provides sound assistance that is grounded in years of successful fundraising experience. Every Compass consultant has more than ten years of professional experience in the development field. You will learn solid, proven strategies and avoid common pitfalls.

Teaching and Coaching: When you engage Compass as fundraising counsel, you are adding an involved, hands-on team member. Through consistent instruction, practice, reinforcement and feedback—at all levels of your organization—Compass works with you to build a great fundraising program.

Motivation: Successful fundraising is both an art and a science. At Compass, we are passionately committed to both. Working together, we craft a manageable plan and carefully establish benchmarks to effectively advance your fundraising effort, maintain critical momentum and ensure measurable progress.

Accountability: Working with fundraising counsel, you will identify essential tasks, the actions and timelines necessary to complete those tasks, and the individuals responsible. To ensure your success, Compass professionals are gently persistent or compellingly direct—as the situation warrants.