Fund Development

A fundamentally important component of a fund development plan is a robust grant program—including public and private foundations, corporations, and governments. Floros & Associates guides clients through the entire process, ranging from donor research to creating a compelling case for support, programmatic budgets, and written proposals.

The Art of the Ask will train staff and board members to improve fund raising skills. Our customized training and intensive, small-group seminars help new development officers, nonprofit leaders, and board members improve their knowledge of and comfort with the keys to fundraising success.

A multi-faceted effort to reach a significant financial goal, a capital campaign or “advancement” campaign is conducted by a nonprofit when raising funds for a large capital expense, such as purchasing, building, or renovating a facility. An advancement campaign can have a dual purpose of raising capital expenses and programmatic expenditures simultaneously. In addition, such campaigns may include an endowment component that helps fund the long-term maintenance costs of the facility.

Utilizing research tools, established contacts, and most importantly, experience in the field, Floros & Associates identifies the best prospective high-net-worth individual donors, foundations, and corporations for your organization.

Direct mail is a tried and true, cost-effective way for nonprofits to acquire, retain, and upgrade donors—especially when integrated with other channels such as email, digital advertising, and social media. 



A vital component of a fund development program is the ability to build an organizational culture that attracts major gifts with methods to steward donors from smaller to more significant contributions.

Building an organization that lasts includes putting a solid, strategic, and robust planned-giving program in place. We help launch, refine, and manage such programs, identifying the strategies to pursue, the planned-giving prospects already on hand, and then provide the tools needed to close transformational planned gifts.

Floros & Associates can help guide community members interested in establishing a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or foundation. Services include creating the organizational vision, programmatic objectives, board recruitment and governance, funding guidelines and objectives, and grant-making process. The same level of services is available to already existing foundations as well. 

Special events are a key and strategic component of any development program. Events are not only a revenue generator but also serve as a vehicle to establish and upgrade donor relationships, corporate partnerships, and programmatic and agency visibility and awareness. 

Identifying and creating community partnerships that involve an exchange of funds or in-kind payments can benefit your organization and potential sponsors/partners, also known as Return on Investment (ROI).