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 diversity, equality, and inclusion. 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.

In addition, Reiss2 Advisors provide our clients with support services to advance their development and programmatic goals.

Organizational Strategy, Evaluation, & Planning

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.

Interim Staffing & Executive Management

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.

Board Trainings, Recruitment, & Support

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 also 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.

Executive Coaching

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 diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and leadership transitions.