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Development
Audit
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You
need more money, what do you do?
You start with a development audit, that’s what you do.
You’re probably familiar with financial audits, and
they can be intimidating. Auditing
is meant to poke around and uncover soft spots.
A
Development Audit uncovers what’s working and not working
about your organizational fundraising plans and is an effective
method for laying a foundation to get ready for fundraising.
Often, the development audit is linked with a strategic planning
process.
The
audit often starts with an analysis of your donor cultivation
process, donor data, the files, and revenue projections and then
moves on to examine diversification of revenue, and the
development department’s role in assuring program outcomes.
At mid-point, a DRAFT of the plan is created with the
agency for discussion. The
process is relatively short, taking 30 to 90 days depending upon
the client’s availability to work with us.
The
audit process is not for the light of heart!
Is it interactive and deals with the actual problems you
are facing and how they may be resolved, reframed or removed.
Organizational
development theory is interwoven with 20+ years of LAPA’s
fundraising experience and best serves those who want to
integrate their actual fundraising programs with new approaches.
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