Board development consultants in California

Netzel Grigsby Associates is a California-based fundraising consulting firm founded in 1985, offering capital campaign counsel, feasibility and planning studies, development staffing, and training for nonprofits across arts, education, health, human services, faith-based, and youth sectors. It operates multiple offices across California and Hawaii.

Brakeley Briscoe, Inc. is a fundraising and management consulting firm (tracing roots to 1919) offering campaign feasibility studies, capital and endowment campaign management, major and planned giving, prospect research, and development executive search to nonprofits worldwide.

BDI (formerly Brewer Direct) is a full-service, omni-channel fundraising and marketing agency for nonprofits, offering data analytics, strategy, creative, direct mail, and digital campaigns. Founded in 2004 and based in Monrovia, CA, it focuses heavily on rescue missions and faith-driven organizations.

Partnership Resources Group (PRG), founded in 1991 and based in San Rafael, CA, has helped over 300 nonprofits in Northern California with capital and endowment campaigns, major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, and leadership development.

Plus Delta Partners, founded in 2004 and based in Carlsbad, CA, provides frontline fundraising training, coaching, and organizational-alignment consulting to advancement teams at colleges, hospitals, and nonprofits, reporting 500+ institutional clients and 12,000+ fundraisers trained.

Susan Kleinman Wallis Consulting (founded 2011, San Anselmo, CA) is a fundraising consultancy helping nonprofits with grant writing, funder strategy, prospect research, and capacity-building coaching; has helped clients secure over $100M in grants.

Nonprofit fundraising, governance, and management consulting

Arts Consulting Group (ACG), founded in 1997, is a full-service management consulting firm serving arts and culture nonprofits across North America, offering executive search, interim management, fundraising/revenue enhancement, strategic planning and community engagement, and facilities & program planning.

Collective Agency is a development and communications consulting firm founded in 2021 with offices in Oakland and Pacific Grove, California. Has raised over $300 million for 100+ nonprofit clients. Provides capital campaign strategy, major gifts programs, grant writing, CRM implementation, board development, and brand strategy.

Bing Consulting Services, Inc. is a San Francisco-based full-service fund development, event production, and fundraising consulting firm serving nonprofit organizations locally and nationally since 2004.

Fitz Nonprofit Consulting is a San Diego-area fundraising consultancy founded in 2004, offering feasibility studies, campaign management, development audits, wealth screening, board development and interim development services.

SKS Consulting, led by Stacey Smith, MBA, is a woman-owned nonprofit/government consulting firm offering organizational development, governance, strategic planning, and fundraising strategy support.

Los Angeles and Chicago fundraising consultancy offering capital campaigns, feasibility studies, annual fund development, endowment strategies, and board development for nonprofits.

Lotus Consulting Team is a San Francisco Bay Area fundraising consulting firm founded in 2023 by Melissa Irish, offering capital campaign strategy, major gifts counsel, prospect research, grant writing, and board solicitation training to nonprofits.

KDD Philanthropy provides fundraising coaching, training workshops, and consulting services to help nonprofit organizations and educational institutions build fundraising capabilities and strengthen donor relationships

Tustin, CA fundraising consultancy founded in 2008 by Claudia Looney offering campaign planning and management, development assessments, interim and fractional leadership, philanthropic advisory and board/staff training.

My Philanthropy Team (MPT) is a woman-owned fundraising consulting firm founded in 2015 by Stacy Lee Gardner that acts as an outsourced development office, offering capital campaign planning, grant writing, interim fundraising staffing, and board/leadership development for nonprofits.

STUDIO 4Forty is a for-profit firm providing nonprofit strategic planning and signature fundraising events, including its Wine Women & Shoes and Farm To Table(aux) concepts, reporting over $400M raised for 250+ nonprofits.

Catalan Conlon Consulting (incorporated 2016, currently FTB suspended status as of 2021) provides strategic fundraising consulting and coaching for nonprofits of all sizes. Catalan Conlon has 20+ years of experience supporting organizations on fundraising strategy, pipeline development, and leadership capacity building.

Boutique consulting firm founded in 2021 specializing in philanthropic strategy, capital campaigns, nonprofit management, board governance, and strategic planning for mission-driven organizations. Lynne LaMarca Heinrich brings 40+ years of nonprofit sector experience.

The Olympia Collective is a values-driven fundraising consulting firm offering campaign counsel, interim leadership, fundraising systems, assessments, and training. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, serving 20+ nonprofit clients nationally.

A solo consulting practice founded in 2007 by Janet Levine in Culver City, CA, helping nonprofit staff and boards build fundraising capacity through strategy, training, and workshops.

Community Works Consulting, founded in 2005 and based in Long Beach, CA, provides grantsmanship, strategic planning, facilitation and capacity-building services to nonprofits, helping clients raise an average of $12M annually.

Loshkajian & Associates, founded in 1994 by Nancy V. Loshkajian, provides capital campaign feasibility studies, major gift program development, and strategic board development for nonprofits in the Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Santa Clara County regions of Northern California.

Founded in 2015, Venture Leadership Consulting partners with over 130 nonprofits, schools, municipalities, and philanthropies across 16+ states. Offers strategic consulting, leadership development, organizational performance improvement, and talent cultivation through their Venture Leader Lab community.