We Are Fortunate To Work With Great Charitable Organizations

From large organizations with multi-million dollar annual budgets to startups looking to make a small difference in their back yard, we provide the same compassion to our work. We believe in helping our clients Save The World through strategic approaches that include traditional steps and innovative ideas.

About Us

We believe that a healthy organization is profitable.  We define profitability as having the cash assets needed to meet annual operating needs year after year, sustain a strong reserve fund, and access funding to deliver bold programs that make big community impact.

Founded in 2008, Charity Consultants Inc. has impacted the success of over 150 organizations in the United States and internationally. Charity Consultants is a woman and minority-owned business. To date, Charity Consultants has helped organizations raise 1+ billion across the globe. Charity Consultants is led by founder Denise B. Lawrence who brings 37 years of nonprofit fundraising experience to this work.

The team is made of passionate associates with expertise in grant writing, prospecting, and reporting, fundraising, program development, philanthropic advisement, budgeting, market and funding analysis, storytelling, and marketing/communication. Excellence, timeliness, and results are top priorities for us when helping to build stronger relationships with grant funders that yield transformational revenue.

Professional Nonprofit Consulting Services

We offer a variety of services to build nonprofit brands, increase philanthropic engagements, strategically grow missions, and make visions achievable.

Major Fundraising Campaigns

Capital campaigns, major donor campaigns, and program initiatives. Includes traditional cultivation and solicitation strategies, and digital fundraising.

Philanthropic Strategies

Advice and strategy for companies seeking to create charitable footprints that align with the business mission.

Grant Writing

Ongoing and one-time grant writing for organizations seeking to increase donations from corporate, private, civic and government sources

Grant Development

Ongoing support in establishing and executing grant pipelines for organizational growth. Includes prospect research, grants management, grant assessments, and compliance

Strategic Planning 

Onsite and virtual consulting to develop or strengthen your organization’s strategic plan.  Includes 5 key phases of onboarding, discovery, dreaming, designing, and delivering.

Marketing & Communications Strategies 

We design marketing and communications strategies to support brand development and brand awareness resulting in national, regional, and local audience development, new donors and new partners. Include messaging, design, and advertising support.

Board Development

Onsite and virtual consulting to develop or strengthen your organization’s board.  Includes strategies to transition your board from a working board to a fundraising and governance board.

Compliance

We provide 501c3 applications and startup development support for new nonprofit organizations.

Client Testimonies

"We have found the Charity Consultants team to be extremely knowledgeable and experienced in development. They are very professional and responsive, with a clear and straightforward approach. They have a wealth of resources which they willingly share. Charity Consultants would be an asset to any team."
Shirley H. Coleman
Director of Development, Sadie G. Mays Rehabilitative Center
"Denise brought great value to our theatre from establishing a major donor program that raised $300,000 in $10,000 plus gifts in a few short months to leading our capital campaign. With her direct involvement and fundraising expertise, we were able to raise $1.6 million in 9 months and retire our outstanding mortgage. Denise was also instrumental in helping our board go through a transition from a working board to a governance and fundraising board."
Stephanie Watkins
Former Board Chair, Theatrical Outfit
"Charity Consultants has been our partner almost since the beginning of our work and has been valuable at providing strategic direction, and developing and executing our fundraising strategy so that we can realize our mission of helping victims of human trafficking and other forms of abuse."
Diana Thompson
CEO, Student Finance League

Get In touch With Us

We offer a variety of services to build nonprofit brands, increase philanthropic engagements, strategically grow missions, and make visions achievable.

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