Fundraising campaign counsel
for third spaces
You see what a place could make possible. We help you build the fundraising strategy, donor relationships, and campaign infrastructure to fund that vision.
Fundraising campaign counsel for the places where people gather.
Talk with Anne about your fundraising →From vision to funding.
Feasibility and readiness. Campaign strategy. Major gifts. Campaign communications. Implementation. Stewardship.
Raise money for your third space.
We work with you from assessing feasibility through the celebration of the final gift. Together, we set the goal and plan the campaign, then launch it and raise the money to advance your vision.
We run the campaign with you.
From the feasibility study through the celebration of the final gift, we direct the campaign and do the asking with your team. Counsel that also raises the money.
Your campaign, planned with Anne, executed yourself.
Build your campaign plan from start to finish, working with Anne. Review your campaign plan with Anne in a private capstone and finalize your implementation roadmap.
Test it, plan it, raise it, then celebrate
Every campaign moves through the same four stages, whether we run it with you or you run it from the Launch Pad.
Feasibility study
Where most organizations begin their work with us. We test your campaign goal and case through confidential donor interviews, then deliver findings and a clear read on your readiness to move forward.
Quiet phase
We develop leadership gift strategies and cultivate major donors, with the aim of securing half your campaign goal before launch. This phase gives your largest supporters time to consider their commitment and make their gifts.
Public phase and close
We help you bring the campaign to your wider community through broad engagement strategies and tactics. We keep donors involved and giving opportunities visible as we guide the campaign toward its goal and a successful close.
Celebrate and prepare
We help you thank donors, mark the milestone, and steward the relationships your campaign built. Then we prepare for what comes next, because the close of one campaign is the start of the next.
Fundraising for Capital Projects
The Arts Center of Corvallis
Campaign counsel today.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Campaign Co-Chair. Built the plan and led principal-gift fundraising with Meredith Petit.
Collaborative Innovation Complex
Senior Director of Development, Engineering, through the era of two $50M lead gifts.
Linus Pauling Science Center
Director of Development, College of Science. Completed the $25M private matching-funds initiative.
Holcomb Center for Veterans
Major-gift fundraising for the veterans' facility as part of her OSU Foundation work.
Who you work with
Anne Murphy
35 years leading advancement strategy and more than $10 billion in campaigns. Co-author of the nonprofit fundraising industry's framework for responsible AI.
Don Wackerly
The language, materials, and campaign communications that move a donor from interest to gift, and the operational side of the firm.
Talk with Anne about your campaign
A complimentary executive fundraising strategy session, wherever you're starting from, questions and all. Come as you are. Go home with a place to start.
Questions about fundraising campaign counsel
What does fundraising campaign counsel do?
Campaign Counsel helps your organization plan and conduct its fundraising campaign, from feasibility through close and stewardship. Empowered Fundraiser Consulting prepares donor strategies and proposals and participates directly in gift conversations and solicitations.
What kinds of organizations does Empowered Fundraiser Consulting serve?
We specialize in fundraising for third spaces, including arts centers and libraries, parks and recreation facilities, and other community gathering places. Our counsel connects the purpose of a place with the people who may help fund it.
Can our team develop a fundraising campaign plan with Anne?
Yes. Fundraising Campaign Launch Pad is a guided planning engagement with Anne Murphy. Your team develops its campaign plan and operating playbooks, reviews the plan in a private capstone, and implements the campaign.
How do we discuss the right fundraising engagement for our organization?
Talk with Anne about your fundraising goals and the involvement your team needs. The conversation can address ongoing Campaign Counsel or guided planning through Campaign Launch Pad.