Pamela Doherty Consulting provides counsel in the areas of fundraising, planned giving, governance, strategic planning, leadership and organizational performance, communications and community relations.
PDC offers services for nonprofits organizations, corporations, individual philanthropists and professional advisors.
Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit professionals and board members understand the power of philanthropy and what collaborative relationships and community investment can do to move a mission forward. Sometimes an organization needs an outside expert resource to help develop and execute a plan for the immediate future. Sometimes an organization needs support to help strengthen organizational capacity and fundraising effectiveness over the long term.
Pamela Doherty Consulting works with organizations, boards and individual professionals to inspire passion and innovative thinking and to foster advanced learning and an entrepreneurial spirit in fundraising.
Services:
- Strategy development for fundraising, donor relations and program design
- Development audits and plans
- Strategic planning
- Board development and retreat facilitation
- Organizational infrastructure
- Coaching/training for professional growth and leadership development
- Interim leadership for transitions
Individual and Family Philanthropy
Everyone and anyone can make a difference in the world around them. Philanthropy is a tool for making an investment for the common good. Yet charitable giving is most effective and rewarding when the donor develops a clear vision, engages in an intentional and dynamic process, researches prospective charities, understands the tax and estate planning advantages of particular assets, and takes time to evaluate results.
Pamela Doherty Consulting is dedicated to helping individual philanthropists and families determine how to make informed, values-based decisions with regard to the social problems they wish to address, the difference they wish to make and the lasting legacy they wish to leave behind.
- Creation of philanthropic vision and plan
- Development of personalized giving strategies and solutions
- Identification and research of opportunities for philanthropic investment
- Collaboration with professional advisors (legal, tax, financial and others)
- Board retreat facilitation
- Gift administration
Professional Advisors
As clients seek for guidance on philanthropy, or when charitable giving is advantageous for clients to consider, the professional advisor is often called upon for input and direction.
Pamela Doherty Consulting can to assist and advise professionals wishing to help their clients achieve their philanthropic, financial and estate planning goals. Work is done collaboratively with all parties, in supportive and respectful of existing professional relationships.
For the Client:
- Creation of philanthropic vision and plan
- Development of personalized giving strategies and solutions
- Identification and research of opportunities for philanthropic investment
- Collaboration with professional advisors (legal, tax, financial and others)
- Family retreat facilitation
- Gift administration
- Support for the integration of philanthropy into the larger wealth management process
- Advice on how the “ask the questions” and have the philanthropic conversation
- Input on planned giving vehicles and techniques
- Client consultation, including personal values-based discussions
Corporations and Associations
Most companies have a desire to be strong corporate citizens and to re-invest resources in the local community while advancing corporate goals. A focused and strategic giving program can be structured to achieve mutually-beneficial relationships and outcomes for the cause as well as the corporation.
Pamela Doherty Consulting works with companies to ensure that their approach to philanthropy, corporate sponsorship and partnerships are targeted and impactful, and aligned with core values and business and marketing objectives.
- Strategic planning
- Giving program review
- Program design, implementation and evaluation
- Identification and research of opportunities for community investment
- Employee training and engagement
- Communications support
- Strategic event planning
