We Help You Raise More Money to Do More Good
Raise more by turning your mission and impact into a clear, compelling fundraising strategy.
Many nonprofits are doing meaningful work but struggling to measure and communicate their impact to ideal funders. Major donors, private foundations, and the next generation of funders place nonprofit impact and outcomes as their #1 reason for giving, but 83% of surveyed nonprofit leaders state they are not measuring the impact of their programs. This is what we are calling the nonprofit impact gap!
Description
Social Impact Solutions helps nonprofits build the strategy, messaging, and fundraising systems they need to grow. Over the last decade, we've supported 100+ small to mid-market nonprofit and mission-driven organizations, typically ranging from $1M to $10M+ in annual revenue, including organizations in Healthcare, Individual & Family Services, Faith-Based & Missional Organizations, Education and more.
Is Social Impact Solutions Right for Your Organization?
We may be a strong fit if your organization:
- Is ready to grow fundraising but isn't sure what to prioritize next
- Struggles to clearly communicate why donors should give
- Wants to attract, engage, and retain more donors
- Needs a stronger fundraising or year-end campaign
- Has inconsistent email and donor communications
- Wants to better define, measure, and communicate the impact of its programs
- Has impact data but isn't sure what to measure, how to interpret it, or how to use it effectively
- Has powerful impact stories and results but isn't effectively connecting them to fundraising and donor communications
- Needs stronger systems for tracking outcomes and demonstrating progress to funders, donors, and other stakeholders
- Has a small development, impact, or marketing team that needs additional expertise
- Wants a clearer, more repeatable approach to measuring impact and growing fundraising
How We Help: Depending on your needs, we can support you with:
- Impact strategy, measurement, and evaluation
- Logic models, theories of change, and measurable outcomes
- Impact measurement tools, indicators, and data collection strategies
- Impact analysis, reporting, and storytelling
- Fundraising and growth strategy
- Messaging and case-for-support development
- Email marketing and donor communications
- Online fundraising campaigns
- Year-end and GivingTuesday campaigns
- Fundraising and donor conversation scripts
- Ongoing impact, fundraising, marketing, and communications support
Find Your Biggest Fundraising Opportunity: Not sure what's holding your fundraising back?
--> Schedule Your Free Impact & Fundraising Assessment Call. We'll discuss where your organization is today, what you're trying to accomplish, and the biggest opportunities to accelerate your fundraising.
Services
Fundraising and Growth Strategy
- Online Fundraising Campaigns
- Year-End and GivingTuesday Campaigns
- Fundraising and Donor Conversation Scripts
Ongoing Communication and Marketing Support
Build stronger donor relationships through consistent, impact-driven communications.
- Email Marketing and Donor Communications: Create newsletters, donor updates, impact emails, stewardship communications, and fundraising appeals that keep supporters engaged.
- Messaging and Case-for-Support Development: Clarify your mission, impact, and funding needs with compelling messaging your team can use across fundraising and communications.
Impact Measurement & Program Evaluation
Better understand, measure, and communicate the difference your programs make. Support may include:
- Logic models and theories of change
- Outcomes, indicators, and measurement tools
- Surveys and data collection strategies
- Program evaluation and analysis
- Impact goals, baselines, and targets
- Impact Reports and Storytelling: Turn data and participant stories into compelling evidence of impact for donors, funders, boards, and partners.
Grant Writing
Develop stronger proposals that connect your programs, impact, and funding needs to funder priorities. Support may include:
- Grant and funder research
- Letters of inquiry and full proposals
- Program, impact, and evaluation narratives
- Grant budget narratives
- Proposal review and editing
- Grant calendars and funding pipelines
- Grant reports and impact narratives
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Testimonials
Laura Gardner
President, Joni & Friends
Before our work with Social Impact Solutions, we did not have a process in place for surveying or tracking the needs or impact of the organization. Now, I am confident that we are on the right path to measuring our impact and scaling our organization.
Jackie Walker
Executive Director, Love Bus
“I was blown away by the thoroughness and how much we received. Everything was immediately useful and actionable. The ROI was so high—we got so much more out of the engagement than I expected.”
