Introducing
Avista
Philanthropy
Your vision is our goal.
Our Core Role
Avista works with charitable organizations to create and deliver the plans that realize their vision.
The full force of our expertise and disruptive ideas equip, prepare and inspire you and your team to ask more for what matters.
Equip. Prepare. Inspire. Receive More.
Clients
Our team members have worked with:
What we will help you with:
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How can we inspire our donors to increase or continue their giving?
How can we better serve those who rely on us?
How can we do a capital campaign when we barely have enough time for our annual fundraising?
Are we aiming for the right fundraising goals? Are we measuring the right metrics?
Are we telling our story effectively? How can we do better?
Are we doing the right things right?
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I understand fundraising, but I am overwhelmed.
I am ready for an honest assessment of our fundraising capacity, and where it can go from here.
With everything that has happened the last two years, how do we know our plans are going to guide us to our vision?
I have so much on my to-do list already and I know our donors are important.
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How do I engage our Board of Directors in fundraising?
I have a great team, but I need to equip them with additional fundraising skills AND confidence.
We have to grow to meet the demand for our services, but how can we afford to? How can we afford not to?
If we start now, what might our fundraising campaign achieve this year? Next year?
What can I do now, that will prepare us for the campaign in three years?
With Avista, we will help you to see beyond the challenges to realize your vision.
Four Pillars of Fundraising Success
Over the last 25 years, the Avista team have worked with 79 clients. From that experience, we have distilled fundraising success to four pillars.
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Leadership
Staff, board and volunteer – who can lead from the inside and from the outside – what is their commitment and capacity to help you achieve your goals? How are you equipping them for success? If they lead, will others follow?
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Case for Support
How do you connect your vision with your donors’ desire for impact? What is the impact of your organization and how do donors facilitate that impact? Do they know it?
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Internal Resources
Do you have the necessary tools, skills and capacity to be successful? What must happen to ensure you have the tools to succeed?
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Donors
Who already gives to you and why? How can you grow your donor groups and steward them effectively in the months and years ahead? Are you developing allies as much as you are developing donors?
What Clients Are Saying
“Feedback from everyone who came in contact with you was very positive. Some comments were that you ‘understood’ us, that you drew out information and stimulated creative thinking and that you were clear and thorough in presenting and organizing information.
I am very pleased that we had you lead us through this process, because we are on our way to attaining goals that the centre has had/needed for most of its existence. We now have clearer directions and coordinated efforts to get where we need and want to go. ”
— Avista Philanthropy Client
“… the more time I spend with your work on the Case for us, the more I admire, respect and appreciate the intellect, the insight, the perspective, the creativity and the deep thinking you brought to it. And I have said as much to many. So…allow me again to offer my thanks for the marvellous work you did on the Case.”
— J.A. Tony Myers CFRE, PhD, MA, LLB
Principal & Senior Counsel Myers & Associates
“Thank you for a fun two days. As always, I was very pleased with the outcome of our meeting and can truly see the change and movement that’s happening with the group. I really appreciated your ‘role up your sleeves attitude’ on the protocol and was so pleased the we had buy in on so much of our collaborative work. Couldn’t have done it without you.”
— Tania
“Thank you for taking the time to meet with Don and I while we were in Calgary. Your excellent counsel has been greatly appreciated from the beginning of Vital. Wow 20 million by 2020, it has been a great ride. Looking forward to bringing it home! Thank you.”
— Carmen
About Us
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Scott Decksheimer, CFRE
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Jolayne Davidson Gardner, MA CFRE
