Just as each client’s organizational history, resources, and fund development experience is different, so are their consultation requirements.At McCormick & Jindra Consulting, we use a customized approach to meet the immediate needs of each client while creating a plan of action based on timely, achievable, and actionable strategies.Most importantly, those recommendations are realistically based on client resources and capacity. Specializing in new and emerging organizations and programs, McCormick & Jindra provides development counsel to all types of nonprofits, from small grassroots organizations to established institutions. Positioning clients to maximize donor response is the key, and McCormick & Jindra is uniquely suited for the task, having expertise in both institutional marketing and fund development. Each of the firm’s principals have nearly 40 years of experience in the non-profit arena, as organizational leaders and consultants. Our involvement with the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals means that we practice cutting edge techniques in fundraising and we are intimately aware of current fundraising trends.
McCormick and Jindra offers several distinct advantages to those we partner with:
1. A customized approach, assuring that the unique demands of your project are met by tailoring our services to your need, 2. Direct "hands on" involvement by the firm’s principals, 3. Consultation offered in modularized format allowing clients, particularly those with limited resources, to subscribe to services in phases, 4. A perspective and methodology that will assist you in reaching your fundraising goals by making sure all criteria for success are being addressed in the planning process for your campaign, 5. An extensive background in performing Internal Readiness Assessments and Feasibility Studies, providing clients with a reliable measurement of donor attitudes and perceptions to assist in pre-campaign planning, and 6. Extensive expertise in helping organizations tell their story and gain donor awareness, from branding to marketing campaigns.