Every leader has a dream for the future.  A big dream.  It can seem insurmountable.  What’s yours?  Whatever your vision, it is attainable.  With the right guides, you can realize your dreams.

Our mission is to enable our clients to fulfill their dreams through a unique, educational, professionally directed development partnership.

The result of a successful fund-raising effort is the realization of dreams.  It’s the construction of a new school building, the renovation of a sports complex, the increase in an endowment.  It’s knowing that students are being positively impacted every day.

Since 1991, dreams have driven JFSG.

Get started with your own fundraising campaign today. We’ll help you get started as well as brainstorm ideas to not only help you achieve your goals, but expand the brand of your business.

We’ll provide an accurate assessment of the factors which might affect a campaign and to evaluate both internal readiness and external opportunities available to successfully complete a large-scale capital campaign.

 

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• We recognize that our clients are unique, as are their needs, and we pride ourselves on our personalized “hands-on” approach.
• We use a three-pronged approach in the feasibility study, utilizing personal interviews, regional focus groups and an online survey.
• We conduct 100-plus interviews during the feasibility, which is similar to 100 preliminary meetings with potential donors. Many consulting firms only interview 30 to 40 individuals.
• We believe in a staff-driven approach to fund-raising. While volunteers do play a vital role in any fund-raising effort, JFSG puts the leadership and responsibility in the hands of our associates and the key players from your organization.
• Unlike many consulting firms, our senior staff is directly involved in every campaign we conduct.
• We are unique in that we put together a team of professionals – rather than just one individual – to assist you with your campaign.
• We do the most thorough training of development officers in the business. One of the most valuable parts of our training is accompanying development officers on their cultivation and solicitation visits, which enables our team to critique the development officer individually and offer suggestions to enhance his or her skills.