• Confidential Feasibility Study
• Capital Campaign
• Database Management
• Website Recommendations
• Direct Appeals
• Foundations
• Board of Trustees and Associates
• Annual Fund Plan
• Training of Development Personnel
• Efficiency Consulting for Development Departments

Designed specifically for your organization's mission to successfully raise necessary funding from a limited constituency to buy or build facilities or to meet other capital and equipment needs.

High Dollar Events – Events that raise $25,000 or more

CCS has extensive experience in setting up annual fund banquets. Separate from capital campaign banquets, a fund raising banquet for annual fund needs is a high $$ event that all schools can do successfully, if they follow a well designed plan. Our plan is designed to build momentum from planning the banquet to the banquet, through the banquet agenda and into a strategic follow-up process. This is a purpose driven event that should raise at least $35,000 or more for your school. We recommend a CCS banquet for your fall event. This should give your school an infusion of cash for annual fund needs.

Champion Events: During the fall of 2007 CCS was asked to add Champion Events to its services. Since that time, we have worked over fifteen events with Christian schools. We highly recommend using Champion Events for your spring event. A well done event could help your school to finish the year in the black.

CCS recommends Ren Web’s “Donor Connect,: for tracking gifts, writing receipts, appeal letters, donor thank you notes, etc. CCS surveyed some of Ren Web’s schools that had purchased its old program, “Fundraiser Pro.” From that survey, recommendations were made to RenWeb to rework its program to meet the needs of the Christian day school. As a result, “Donor Connect” was launched. The revised program is much more user friendly, flexible and relational than most if not all donor base programs on the market – and, it is designed with the Christian and private schools in mind. Schools are praising Donor Connect for its capabilities to manage its constituent communication, groups, events, and gift/ pledge tracking. For that reason, CCS will now refer all of our donor data base inquiries to “Donor Connect” by RenWeb. You will find there is not a question that their professionals will not take seriously.

We provide web site analysis and recommendations to improve the effectiveness of requests for online donations and increase traffic to the site. This analysis includes site usability, prominence of donation requests, clarity of requests, and search engine optimization. We can also help develop a new site if you don't have one or want to rework an existing site.

We will write appeal letters on your behalf to increase ministry awareness and funding. We continually strive to find lists that target the like-minded donor prospects that we need to match with your ministry.

CCS will research and write compelling proposals to foundations that should be a great fit with your organization's unique mission.

CCS will help you set up a Board of Trustees and Associates for your organization that will inspire its members and others to get involved with your mission.

Designed to meet the needs of the school in significantly raising funds above tuition that will meet the school's annual fund needs and serve to keep tuition hikes down and rare.

We provide individual training to Headmasters, Board Chairman, Development Directors, Database Supervisors and Development Assistants.

A comprehensive assessment of Development Department organization set-up accounting, recording, receipting, tracking and gift acknowledgement procedures.