Fundraising Services: Board Enhancement

Leadership is paramount to fund-raising success and many times that leadership must emanate from the nonprofit's Board.

In order to encourage Board Enhancement, Cummings Co. conducts workshops with the organization's Board and key staff and establishes processes to further effectiveness. The content of our workshops typically includes:

• The role of a Nonprofit Board and its members in fund-raising.
• Furthering the Mission of the Organization.
• Board Structure and Committees.
• Board/Staff Relations.
• Finance, Fund Raising, and Trusteeship.
• The Fund-Raising Case.
• Establishing a Gift Policy .
• Methods of Assessing Fund Raising Potential.
• Types of Campaign Organization.
• Expansion of Board membership.
• Formation of Campaign Leadership.
• Philanthropic Trends.

As part of the Board Enhancement process, Cummings Co. usually interviews key Board and staff members prior to a workshop to gain the benefit of their thinking on important issues facing the Board.

Moreover, Cummings Co. conducts follow-up meetings with the Board Chair, the CEO, and the Chief Development Officer to review recommendations arising out of the workshop series so as to ascertain and evaluate progress.