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A development audit will help your organization improve the overall effectiveness of its current development efforts. By focusing on how the organization may better use its present resources, CDS will ascertain the group's strengths and weaknesses and suggest cost-effective improvements to maximize your potential. The audit may take several days or several months, depending upon the size and sophistication of your development office.
Your current donors are your organization's best asset and care must be taken in cultivating them for sustained support over the long term. In a CDS audit, we will train your team in the most effective methods of both donor solicitation and long-term nurturing. Approaching your problems from a fresh outside perspective, CDS often can recommend relatively simple improvements in your development program which will make a big difference to your bottom line. The development audit is designed to correct ineffectual practices while suggesting proven approaches.
When conducting a development audit, CDS has three goals in mind for your organization:
- to produce more contributed income immediately
- to implement proven fundraising practices that will help produce long-term growth in contributed income
- to share the most effective techniques with which to cultivate stronger relationships with current supporters
Upon completion of the audit, CDS will present your organization with a proposed plan of action. Many of our clients see results equal to many times the professional fee in the first few months after the audit. The benefits continue to grow as the long-term cultivation of donors begins to pay dividends.
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