Major gifts 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Independent fundraising consultant founded in 2019 providing strategy, donor pipeline development, and implementation support to early-stage and small nonprofits. Clients achieve average ROI of 10x and see new donor growth within 6-18 months.

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.

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.

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.