Fundraising happens at the speed of trust.

Approach

Relationships are the Bedrock of Fundraising.

Reiss² Advisors meet our clients where they are with expertise, creativity and flexibility. We are dedicated to the principal that abundance is everywhere.

We take the time to get to know your history and understand your vision. As nonprofit professionals, we have been in your position and understand the challenges of sustaining an organization and bringing a vision to life.

What we know for sure is this: Fundraising happens at the speed of trust.

There is no secret to successful fundraising. It takes time and patience to build sustainable relationships. There is also no silver bullet, only daily planning and execution with all hands –staff and board—on deck. Cultivating donors takes time.

Reiss² Advisors is confident we can bring our trusted, proven donor relationships to further your mission and vision.

Reiss² Advisors are development and fundraising specialists: “we knock down doors” and identify, cultivate, and solicit donations from high-net-worth individuals, institutional foundations and corporations.

Services

Development & Resource Mobilization

We will seek financial contributions by engaging high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and institutional foundations to advance your mission and vision. We will also work with your communications team to find ways to amplify the leaderships’ voice and vision at philanthropic conferences and events. We will use best practices such as moves management to identify, qualify, cultivate, and solicit donors.

Capital, Endowment and Comprehensive Campaign Management

We will design, plan, and execute your organizations fundraising campaign. We will work in partnership with your staff and volunteer leadership to help focus and accelerate your fundraising activity with strategic guidance. We will help recruit and manage your campaign leadership team, identify top lead financial gifts, and help with solicitations and campaign message training for staff and leadership.

Non-Profit Executive & Senior-Level Searches

We have partnered with The Batten Group to create a powerful synergy of cost-conscious ways to help your organization find and hire the right executive and development talent. We understand the importance of putting DEI, lived-experience and inclusive hiring practices at the center of our searches. 85% of our placements have been people from diverse backgrounds. We offer our clients an iron-clad, 365-day guarantee on all candidates placed. If a candidate leaves, or is asked to leave for cause, we will conduct another search free of charge.

“Teach Them to Fish”© Training

"Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." Nonprofit leaders naturally focus on programs and vision first, with development a distant second. Few of us like asking for money, and even fewer of us are good at it. For funders, this means that many of their grantees are doing amazing work but are dependent on just a few key donors and live grant to grant.

"Teach Them to Fish"© takes leaders beyond Fundraising 101 to address the hidden barriers and attitudes that hold us back. Instead of just "giving them a fish," it allows funders, donors, and incubators to provide nonprofits leaders with the tools they need, so their organizations can achieve sustainability and scale. Our "Teach Them to Board" covers all the fundamentals of board management, including Give ‘n Get, roles and responsibilities, and director cultivation and recruitment.

In addition, Reiss² provide our clients with other support services as needed.

We leverage decades of experience helping nonprofits to determine the best way to meet their strategic goals. We do so by working closely with your key stakeholders and leadership to analyze key components of your organization to create a 3-5 year strategic plan. This includes analyzing your current programs, staff capacity, gaining stakeholder input and helping leadership determine a new strategic direction.
We will use our vast experience and best practices to fill short-term, interim executive and fundraising staff positions. Our goal is to maintain stability and keep the momentum while your nonprofit is going through leadership transitions, organizational restructuring and/or working on a strategic plan.
Our work includes supporting board chair/executive director relations, working with specific committees on the board and/or helping boards to understand their fiduciary or ‘duty of care’ responsibility to the organization. We train boards on both what it means to be a board members and on their specific fund raising responsibilities. We also help to create plans for board recruitment, and actively help with outreach to top board candidates.
We work one-on-one with leadership to focus on your organizational challenges, business goals and desired outcomes. This includes working to help make tough strategic decisions, change management, promoting lived-experience and diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and leadership transitions.

Partners

Over three decades, Reiss² Advisors have built effective relationships with:

Government Agencies
The White House, United Nations, US State Department, Office of NJ Governor and Miami Dade County of Cultural Affairs
Foundations
Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Arcus Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, and California Endowment
Corporations
NYC City Center, Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, Hilton and IBM
High-Net-Worth Donors
Marc Benioff, Abigail Disney, Sheryl Sandberg, Ted Turner, David Rubenstein, and the late David Rockefeller
Celebrities
Emmy award winner Kathy Griffin, Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, Demi Moore, Julie Ormond, Seth Meyers, Soledad O'Brien and Oscar winner Hilary Swank

Our Clients and Colleagues (past & present)

Team

Anne Reiss is a seasoned philanthropic advisor and fundraising professional who works in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. She is a highly motivated, business-minded individual who has worked successfully with legacy organizations, Fortune 500 companies, venture capitalists, and high-net-worth individuals. Anne’s strength is building lasting alliances and partnerships with major donors, senior staff, and volunteer leaders. Her expertise includes providing council to campaign leadership, executing campaign plans, and major gift fundraising. She brings experience working with a diverse range of sectors including global health, education, women and girls, LGBTQ+, social justice, the arts, and workplace development. She was honored to play an instrumental role with the following clients: The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum and the Giving Pledge with the Gates Foundation. Anne is a big sister with Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

Gina Reiss is a social entrepreneur and executive leader dedicated to gender and racial justice including global women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, combating sex and labor trafficking; alleviating health disparities among displaced populations and BIPOC communities. She has worked across many cultures, managed diverse teams in the US, Southeast Asia and East Africa. Gina’s strengths are creating external partnerships; managing and mentoring global teams; and building boards. She has built effective partnerships with high-net-worth donors, major foundations, UN agencies, community based organizations and Fortune 500 corporations. She has led major issue-based advocacy campaigns and public policy efforts on Capitol Hill. She is the founding Director of the Girl Up Campaign at the United Nations Foundation and serves as chair of the board at Survivor Alliance. Fast Company selected Ms. Reiss among their 2012 “League of Extraordinary Women.”