Advancement and fundraising consulting services

With more than 60 years of service to nonprofits, Huron’s Advancement & Fundraising team is a global leader in helping advance the fundraising strategies, teams, operations, and technology behind the world’s most respected missions.

Our team brings innovative fundraising strategies and solutions, and a collaborative approach to programs of every size and level worldwide.

We begin by listening to your unique challenges and fully understanding your mission, constituents, and goals. Then, we apply our first-hand advancement and fundraising strategy development expertise to work with you on developing a clear strategy and road map for success.

Markets we serve

Our team works globally with a diverse range of mission-driven clients, including:

Higher education and research institutions
Academic medical centers (AMCs) and health systems
Independent schools
Arts and cultural institutions
Nonprofit organizations
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
Environmental organizations

Talk to our team

Ignite philanthropic growth

Drive substantial and sustainable growth for your mission with a data-driven understanding of your current program and the capacity of your constituency.

Assess your program

Understand your program strengths, constraints, operating environment, and philanthropic landscape — and where you stand compared to similar high-performing programs.

Get actionable donor insights

Use your data, industry benchmarks, and predictive analytics to grow giving, attract new donors, develop strategic relationships, and strengthen major and principal gifts portfolios.

Deepen connections with constituents

Cultivate purposeful relationships with donors, patients, alumni, members, ticket buyers, volunteer leaders, and more by making your mission an enduring part of their lives.

Strengthen your communications

Develop and execute strategic communications plans that convey your rationale for support and nurture stronger connections with current and prospective supporters.

Develop a powerful, data-driven strategy

Enhance your fundraising strategy development and operations with customized prospect research and a tailored, data-driven plan grounded in deep insight specific to your goals, opportunities, and mission.

Boost fundraising outcomes

Increase program effectiveness, including gift and estate planning, principal gifts strategy, annual giving, giving days, athletics fundraising, parent giving, international fundraising, and other programs.

Tailor your plans to your opportunities

Learn how to develop a fundraising strategy and road map unique to your mission and the areas where you have the most opportunity.

Build stronger teams

Equip employees at all levels to excel with research-based training and professional development.
Register for training

Improve performance with technology

Leverage digital and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions built for advancement and fundraising, including customer relationship management (CRM) tools and data analytics.

Advancement and global philanthropy

Consulting and support services to 3,000+ nonprofits and NGOs

Consulting and support of 100+ fundraising campaigns of $1B or more

250+ client partnerships across museums, performing arts organizations, zoos, aquariums, gardens and arboretums, and cultural institutions

Serving over three dozen independent schools annually, with campaign goals ranging from $10 million to $180 million

Partner to flagship public research universities in all 50 U.S. states

150+ current and recent consulting partnerships with leading academic health centers, cancer centers, and healthcare organizations

18 of the 24 Russell Group Research Universities in the United Kingdom

Canada’s top 15 research universities and 4 of the 5 leading universities in Australia

An aerial view of a professional building

Understanding endowments

An aerial image of someone in a white coat viewing an iPad with data

Benchmarking in healthcare fundraising

Strengthen board and volunteer relationships

An image of a group of school kids walking around the outside area of campus

Prioritize these key capabilities in principal gifts fundraising

Rethink prospect coding to optimize fundraising

An image of a campus building in the summer

3 essentials for a high-performing principal gifts team

A photo of two women shaking hands at a conference

Giving through uncertainty: A new direction for nonprofits

Lisa Aaronson

Senior Director

Lisa has more than 25 years of experience helping healthcare, higher education, and other nonprofit organizations develop communications strategies, build brand equity, deepen donor relationships, and drive philanthropic growth through data-informed, high-impact communications.
Contact Lisa
Kathy Boyd

Principal

Kathy has more than 35 years of experience helping healthcare organizations in strategy, marketing, and philanthropy to expand market share, amplify brand awareness, and increase philanthropic support.
Contact Kathy
Alex Faklis

Managing Director, Strategy and Operations

For more than a decade, Alex has helped higher education clients assess, re-imagine, and transform student and alumni experiences. She specializes in strategic planning, operational assessment, performance improvement and aligning technology with institutional imperatives in the student and alumni space.
Contact Alex
Justin Fincher

Managing Director

Justin has more than 20 years of experience helping higher education institutions, academic medical centers, and nonprofit organizations modernize their advancement programs, develop holistic campaigns, and integrate innovation and insights to drive sustainable, scalable growth.
Contact Justin
Jen Howe

Principal

Jennifer (Jen) has 30 years of experience in higher education advancement — assessing, developing, and leading high-performing teams; planning and executing comprehensive campaigns; implementing new and elevating existing fundraising programs; and fostering team culture and talent management within alumni relations and development.
Contact Jen
Suzanne Hilser-Wiles

Managing Director

"By creating sustainable philanthropic growth, organizations can ensure that they have the resources they need to deliver on their missions fully."
Contact Suzanne
Anne Kohn

Senior Director

Anne has more than 20 years of experience helping arts and culture organizations, nonprofits, and mission-based institutions develop plans for philanthropic campaigns, helping clients cultivate relationships with major donors and local businesses and deepen the organization’s value in the community.
Contact Anne
Elizabeth Kolb Farr

Principal

"Done well, fundraising is a joyful pursuit that brings institutional leaders together with generous donors, to forge partnerships that fuel vision and advance the student experience."
Contact Elizabeth
Pete Lasher

Principal

"With philanthropic contributions becoming an increasingly important component of university revenue models, it places more expectations on advancement leaders to demonstrate the return on the investments made in their programs. Fortunately, demonstrating impact is nothing new to these leaders and their teams."
Contact Pete
Mark Wold

Senior Director

Mark has more than 25 years of experience collaborating with nonprofit institutions and organizations to align their fundraising programs to achieve growth in philanthropic support and advance their missions.
Contact Mark