Fund Raising - Non Profit Consulting Services

Helping Build Communities Of Compassion

In every organization there is the opportunity to build a community of care that connects, volunteers, donors, staff members and care receivers to each other. By uniting these diverse elements into a community we begin to witness the establishment of interdependence which then ignites the true philanthropic heart.

At Mark R. Fisher (MRF) it is our mission to ask the question “How do you build a community of compassion?”

Board Leadership
Team Building
Strategic Planning
Development Audits
Retreats
Public Relations Counsel

Annual Campaigns
Capital Campaigns
Major Gift Counsel
Feasibility Studies
Volunteer Training
Staff Training

Workshops
Management Plans
Executive Counsel
Topical Reflections
Strategic Visioning Workshops

Fund Raising/ Development

Your organization is designed to meet the needs of individuals who are hurt, suffering or will simply be left behind. Within your work you provide real hope.

Anything you do in fund-raising/development should reflect that hope. Your efforts can develop “connective tissue” between the donor and care receiver. Once this level of understanding is established, giving begins to grow. One might say that the act of fundraising is to create meaning for the donor.

Compassion based fund-raising creates the opportunity for everyone to slow down, look at each other, express a need and lend a helping hand. It builds memories and establishes a future that is brighter than before. In short, compassion based fund-raising transforms the heart.

“Since 1996 I have valued the development and public relations counsel of MRF. They have been a real partner in ministry.”

Tom Laymon, President and CEO of Sunday Breakfast Mission Wilmington, Delaware

Board Development

It is critical that boards are comprised of gifted individuals who are driven to meet the needs of the people who are served.

MRF offers a “plan of action” that touches upon issues focused on governance, giving, ambassadorship and consulting. In the book Called to Serve: A Model for Board Leadership, Mark Fisher outlines a process for community building designed for compassion based ministries and organizations.

Called To Serve is really a “call to action” for all executive directors, board members, and prospective board members. It takes us on a much-needed journey using self-reflection and leads us to a more passionate, focused, and ultimately more powerful leadership role. Mark Fisher does an excellent job reconnecting us with our inner selves and those being served.

-- Daniel F. Ponder, CEO of Franco Public Relations Group

Team Building

Ministries and Human service organizations are filled with people who desire to be of service. This desire, however, may create walls or barriers to others. Often these walls are built on our inability to see those around us as gifted and at the same time wounded in some way because of life’s circumstances.

We can in our humanness become blinded by what we think is the right thing to do. It becomes difficult to see the other’s point of view if it is different from our own. As we reflect on differences it is possible to conclude that our way is right and that everyone else is simply in the way. We then begin to judge the other and create divisions that hinder the possibility for unity. Without unity we cannot have a community of compassion.

Mark Fisher offers a variety of retreats and workshops that can help your organization establish a stronger sense of unity.

Strategic Visioning and Planning

All planning starts with an understanding of mission and purpose. Everything we do must ultimately focus on helping real people in real need. As we strive for inter-dependence it is important to build programs and plans that reflect the abilities and needs of everyone in our community. Mark Fisher offers workshops and retreats for board and staff to help establish new blueprints for future growth and service.