Fundraising consultants in Ohio

For Impact | The Suddes Group is a global fundraising consultancy founded by Tom Suddes in 1983 (For Impact launched 2001) that provides fundraising strategy, training, coaching, and campaign management. It reports having managed 500+ campaigns and raised over $3 billion for organizations.

Columbus, Ohio consulting firm serving nonprofits with capital and endowment campaigns, strategic planning, governance, capacity building, communications, nonprofit technology, and executive search. Founded 1999.

BBS & Associates (Berkey Brendel Sheline) is a faith-based fundraising firm serving Christian ministries with direct mail, digital, mid/major donor strategy, capital campaigns, and estate/planned giving services. Founded in 1981 in Akron, OH.

Marketing Communication Resource, Inc. (MCR), founded in 1994 and based in Willoughby, Ohio, provides direct mail fundraising production, data services, and creative/consulting support across the donor lifecycle for higher education, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations.

Health Giving (Health Philanthropy Services Group LLC) is a healthcare philanthropy consulting firm founded in 2013 that helps hospitals, health systems, and health-related nonprofits with campaign planning, feasibility studies, board philanthropy training, major gift coaching, and grateful patient programs.

Aly Sterling Philanthropy is a Toledo, Ohio consulting firm offering philanthropic advising, strategic planning, board development, executive search and corporate philanthropy for nonprofits.

Executive search and fundraising consultancy serving nonprofit organizations

Grants Plus is a national grant-seeking consultancy offering grant prospect research, federal and foundation grant writing, and ongoing grants-strategy partnerships. Founded 2007; reports securing over $475 million in grant funding.

Ignite Philanthropy is a Cincinnati-based fundraising consulting firm that provides fundraising counsel, philanthropic advising, and strategic/data analytics to nonprofits and private, family, and corporate foundations.

Synergy Direct Marketing Solutions, LLC (Synergy Engagement), founded in 2002, is a direct-marketing agency providing inbound and outbound tele-funding, peer-to-peer texting, mid-level donor engagement and handwritten direct mail integrated into nonprofits' fundraising programs.

Inbloom Consulting, founded in 2015 and led by Megan Bush Granson, provides nonprofits with fundraising and development services (audits, feasibility studies, campaign management, major-gift program design) plus strategy, coaching, and marketing/communications.

Full-service fundraising consulting firm based in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in capital campaigns, feasibility studies, strategic planning, board development, executive coaching, and planned giving. Has raised over $500M for clients.

The Hodge Group provides strategic planning, feasibility studies, campaign management and comprehensive development services to nonprofits, using its proprietary Hyper-Philanthropic methodology. Founded in 1989 as R.L. Hodge & Associates.

Skystone Partners is a national fundraising consulting firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio offering capital campaign direction, annual fund and major/planned giving counsel, executive recruitment, prospect research, and database diagnostics.

Jon Thomas Consulting is a full-service nonprofit development firm founded in 2012 with offices in Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, DC. The firm specializes in grant writing, capital campaigns, feasibility studies, government affairs, and fundraising strategy with 75+ years of combined team expertise.

Mollard Consulting, founded in 2003 by Kerri Laubenthal Mollard in New Albany, OH, provides nonprofit consulting in fundraising strategy, board governance, strategic planning, grant research/writing, and capacity building, and has served 90+ nonprofits across arts, education, health, youth, and community sectors.

Ohio-based strategic fundraising, marketing and strategic planning consulting firm specializing in nonprofits

GrantAlly is a grant-writing and grant-management consultancy founded in 2020 that researches funders, writes proposals, and manages reporting for nonprofit clients, largely in the greater Cincinnati area.

Advancement Partners is a 30+ year old fundraising consulting firm specializing in institutional advancement, capital campaigns, and major gift management for Catholic secondary and K-12 schools. Has worked with 300+ Catholic schools and raised over $1 billion.

Kingdom-focused social enterprise providing fundraising strategy, team coaching, and execution services with expertise in charitable giving programs for public schools, education foundations, and nonprofits

Cramer & Associates (Cramer Philanthropy) is a Dublin, Ohio-based fundraising consulting firm specializing in feasibility studies and capital campaign counsel. Led by Michelle Cramer, CFRE, the firm has worked with more than 770 nonprofits and helped raise over $1.5 billion.

Helps nonprofit organizations, companies and philanthropic foundations seek and secure charitable gifts and government grants

Grant Focus is a grant writing and fundraising consulting firm serving nonprofits in Greater Cincinnati and nationally, offering prospect research, proposal development and strategic planning. It reports having raised over $7 million for nonprofits.

Columbus, Ohio-based fundraising consultancy founded in 1965 providing planning, leadership development, constituency engagement and fundraising strategy services ("Fund Raising Matters") to nonprofits nationwide.

Marketing and communications consulting firm offering marketing plans, social media management, branding, and related services