Fundraising consultants in North Carolina

DickersonBakker (Dickerson, Bakker & Associates) is a national fundraising-consulting firm founded in 1985, offering capital campaigns, feasibility studies, major-gift solutions, grant development, executive search and strategy consulting to nonprofits. HQ is in Asheville, NC with offices including Raleigh, NC and Coppell, TX.

GSB Fundraising is a fundraising-consulting firm based in Fletcher, NC with roughly 40-50 years of operating history, providing capital campaign, annual fund, feasibility study, communications, organizational development, and executive search services primarily to churches, synods, outdoor ministries, and other nonprofits nationwide.

Armstrong McGuire & Associates is a Raleigh, NC-based consulting firm founded in 2004 that provides nonprofit leadership and organizational development, philanthropy/fundraising strategy, and executive search services, having worked with over 800 nonprofit and philanthropic clients.

Gail Perry Group is a nonprofit fundraising consulting and training firm providing capital campaign counsel, feasibility studies, major-gift strategy, fundraising assessments and board coaching, founded by Gail Perry, MBA, CFRE.

Greenway Group, LLC (Greenway Philanthropy), founded in 2018 and based in Charlotte, NC, is a boutique fundraising consultancy led by three partners with 15-30 years of nonprofit experience each, offering campaign counsel, fundraising strategy, grants management, and talent development to nonprofits and family foundations.

moss+ross is a Raleigh, NC-based nonprofit consulting firm, founded in 2009 by Mary Moss and Susan Ross, offering fundraising and capital-campaign counsel, executive search/interim staffing, and strategic planning/board-development services to North Carolina-area nonprofits.

Capital Development Services (CapDev), founded in 1984, provides philanthropy consulting, capital campaign and development counsel, and nonprofit executive search with an emphasis on planning and capacity-building.

BrightDot is a national fundraising consulting firm based in Raleigh, NC that specializes in nonprofit and higher education advancement. Founded in 2015, they employ 10+ staff and serve 50+ organizations.

R&L Consulting is a woman-owned firm based in the Asheville, NC area serving nonprofit cultural organizations (museums, arts, zoos, gardens) with grant writing, research and development, evaluation, exhibition development, and institutional planning. It reports having helped clients raise more than $34 million.

Pisgah Consulting brings top development talent to small and mid-sized nonprofits across the U.S., offering full-service management of development operations, fractional fundraising staffing, coaching programs for development professionals, and strategic development planning to help organizations bridge growth gaps and maximize fundraising potential.

Fundraising consulting firm equipping nonprofit leaders with proven strategies and best practices in fundraising and development, offering personalized coaching, grant writing, and a Fundraising Academy

James E. Connell and Associates is a national consulting firm specializing in charitable estate and gift planning, helping nonprofits build planned-giving and major-gift programs. Founded by James E. Connell, the firm has served educational, health care, arts, and religious organizations across the US and Canada.

Communication Mark is a professional grant-writing and fundraising consultancy that helps nonprofits with grant readiness, proposal development, funder research, and reporting via its proprietary FOCUS approach. The firm reports raising more than $100M for clients since its founding.

Whitney Jones, Inc. is a fundraising consulting firm founded in 1981 specializing in long-range and strategic planning, campaign feasibility surveys, and capital campaign management. The firm reports helping hundreds of nonprofits raise more than $550 million.

Stepstone Strategic is a Winston-Salem, NC fundraising consulting firm founded in 2016 by three veteran nonprofit advancement leaders, offering campaign counsel, major gifts and donor-cultivation strategy, board development, and communications/stewardship planning.

Buris Chalmers Communications is a 5-person nonprofit consulting and communications firm in Waynesville, NC, founded in 2020 by partners Angeline Schwab and Bill Graham, offering grant writing, fundraising campaigns, PR, branding, and web/digital services.

Blessings Brokers is a Christian donor-development consulting firm in Matthews, NC that helps ministries optimize donor relationships, online giving, CRM systems and communications. It reports helping partners raise over $5.3M in 2024.

Woman-owned grant consultancy providing strategic grant writing, funder prospecting, grant readiness assessment, and grants management for nonprofits nationwide. Founded by Autumn Keck.

Vandever Batten, Inc., founded in 1999 in Charlotte, NC, is a fundraising consultancy that helps nonprofits plan and execute capital campaigns, feasibility studies, and strategic planning, reporting more than half a billion dollars raised for regional clients.

Asheville, NC-based fundraising consultancy run by two CFRE-credentialed principals offering feasibility studies, campaign planning/implementation, and organizational development for nonprofits.

The Winslow Group, Inc. is a Winston-Salem, NC fundraising consulting firm founded in 1983, providing fundraising counsel, capital campaign management, feasibility studies, organizational assessment, board development, and research to arts, cultural, educational, religious, and social-service nonprofits.

Clinton & Associates provides end-to-end nonprofit grant consulting, research, writing, editing, and planning. The firm reports helping clients secure $15M+ in funding since 2016.

Planned giving and charity registration consulting firm serving nonprofit clients

Full-service direct marketing company providing direct mail, email, and online fundraising program development, copywriting, list planning, and data analysis for nonprofit, political, military, and senior-focused clients.

Salesforce implementation partner specializing in donor management, case management, and marketing automation for nonprofits and higher education. Provides end-to-end Salesforce services including strategy, implementation, managed services, and IP-backed solutions.