Fundraising 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.

Berkeley-based employee-owned, B Corp fundraising agency integrating direct mail, digital, telemarketing, mobile and legacy giving for charitable and advocacy organizations. Operates as Mal Warwick Donordigital with a Washington, DC office.

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.

Donor Services Group is a Los Angeles-based telefundraising and direct-marketing firm that has served nonprofit clients for over 30 years, offering telemarketing, grassroots mobilization, and multi-channel donor acquisition programs.

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

Firefly Fundraising, founded by Steven Klein in 2000 (DBA Firefly, Inc.), is a boutique Los Angeles-based grant writing and fundraising consulting firm that has helped nonprofit clients raise over $800 million.

Integrated fundraising and advocacy agency offering direct mail, online, telemarketing, mobile, social media, and face-to-face fundraising strategies for nonprofit organizations

Russ Reid, founded in 1964, was a direct-response fundraising agency serving nonprofits with DRTV, direct mail, catalog, and digital campaigns; it merged with Grizzard in 2017 to form One & All, which was subsequently acquired by TrueSense Marketing in 2023, and the russreid.com domain is no longer affiliated with the agency.

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.

C.I. Partners Direct, Inc. is a national fundraising and consulting firm that plans and implements multi-channel direct-response programs for nonprofits in healthcare, higher education, academic medicine, cultural, and social-service markets.

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.

Green Oak Consulting Group, founded in 1986 by William C. McMorran, provides planned-giving program development, gift administration, trustee, and risk-management services to charitable organizations, with a specialty serving continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs).

Laura Jason Consulting is a Menlo Park, CA solo fundraising consultancy led by CFRE Laura Jason, providing institutional giving strategy, foundation/corporate proposal writing, prospect research, and capital campaign materials to nonprofits across the arts, health, animal welfare, human services, science, and environmental fields.

BriteVox (founded 2017) is a fundraising and direct marketing agency specializing in face-to-face fundraising, customer acquisition, and data-driven campaign strategy for nonprofits. The firm combines campaign execution with analytical strategy and was recognized on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list.

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.

Community Boost is a digital marketing and fundraising agency founded in 2012 providing paid search/social, email, and donor acquisition/retention strategy for nonprofits, reporting $150M+ raised across 1,500+ nonprofit partners.

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

Media-driven campaign strategies and execution for nonprofit donor acquisition and stewardship across direct mail, digital, and other channels

San Francisco fundraising counsel founded in 1992 (as Cardaronella Stirling Associates) providing capital campaign strategy and planning to a small portfolio of education, environmental, community service, healthcare, and arts organizations.