Areas of Service

Transformational Strategy Design

Discovery Process

Mapping out a Framework Vision that includes:

• Mining the organization’s “why”, refining the organization’s identity and purpose looking ahead, and clarifying distinct value proposition
• Setting future organizational priorities, strategic areas of focus, and desired audiences
• Exploring future delivery models, community partnerships, funding needs and sources, and potential obstacles/constraints/pressures looking ahead

Transformational Advisory Services

Discovery Process

Mapping out a Framework Vision that includes:

• Organizational strategy development
• Board development and strategic organizational guidance
• General fundraising strategy development and structure
• Prospect identification and research
• Volunteer identification, recruitment, and management strategies and training
• Solicitation strategies
• Organization of fundraising systems and processes
• Marketing, communication, and engagement efforts

Campaign Planning Study

Vandever Batten designs a feasibility study process that interviews the client’s prospective lead donors and key stakeholders. As part of this process, Vandever Batten:

• Helps refine the case for support and develop materials to distribute to participants in the feasibility study process
• Conducts internal and external interviews with board members, staff, current, past and potential donors, as well as top Charlotte region business and civic leaders
• Analyzes the collaborative campaign’s organizational structure, specifically staffing and operational systems and processes, to determine the necessary platform to host a capital campaign successfully
• Crafts a report that outlines the study’s findings and proposes fundamental elements for a campaign plan