The Development Desk™

Your nonprofit's development department — without the payroll.

Everything you need to fundraise this month — already planned, written, and ready to use. Build development capacity before you build a development department.

Four pillars

What to do + who to talk to + what to say + when to do it.

Strategy

What should we be fundraising for this month?

Content

What should we say?

Prospects

Who should we be building relationships with?

Action

What should our team actually do?

Choose your tier

You're not buying hours. You're buying a system.

Development Desk Lite

$497 / month

Organizations that need a consistent fundraising rhythm.

  • Monthly development priority + campaign theme
  • 2 fundraising emails
  • 8 social posts
  • 1 impact article
  • 10 prospect recommendations
  • Monthly development calendar
  • Donor stewardship recommendations
  • Board fundraising assignment
  • No meetings required
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Most popular

The Development Desk

$797 / month

Our hero product — everything in Lite, plus real strategy.

  • 3–4 fundraising emails
  • 12 social posts
  • 2 content pieces
  • 20 researched prospects
  • Monthly giving strategy
  • Lapsed donor strategy
  • 3–5 relevant grant / funder opportunities
  • KPI review
  • 30-minute monthly strategy session
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Development Desk Pro

$1,297 / month

Organizations ready to build a full pipeline across every channel.

  • 4–5 emails
  • 30 researched prospects
  • Major donor, corporate, and foundation prospecting
  • Quarterly development strategy
  • Board fundraising support
  • CRM recommendations
  • Campaign strategy
  • 60-minute strategy session
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How it works

01

Subscribe

Choose Lite, Desk, or Pro.

02

Complete the Development Assessment

A 20–25 minute intake across organization, fundraising, infrastructure, people, goals, and brand.

03

Receive your Development Score™

Seven weighted dimensions produce a score out of 100, your strongest area, biggest opportunity, and a 90-day recommendation.

04

Get your Monthly Development Kit™

A branded package with the month's objective, campaign, emails, social content, prospects, and team actions.

The Development Score™

Seven weighted dimensions

  • Donor Acquisition15%
  • Donor Retention15%
  • Major Gifts15%
  • Monthly Giving10%
  • Institutional Giving15%
  • Fundraising Communications15%
  • Development Infrastructure15%

Your score names your strongest area, your biggest opportunity, your immediate priority, and a 90-day plan — revisited as the work progresses.

Inside the Monthly Development Kit™

A month of fundraising, planned and written for you.

01 — Strategy

One page: objective, audience, campaign, messaging, CTA, suggested gift amounts, KPIs.

02 — Email campaign

A full sequence, ready to paste into your email platform.

03 — Social content

Story, education, impact, behind the scenes, credibility, urgency, invitation.

04 — Prospects

Researched individuals, corporations, and foundations.

05 — Stewardship

Who to thank, how, and when — plus donor movement objectives.

06 — Team actions

A short, specific list of what your staff and board should do this month.

Ready for a development department that shows up every month?

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