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 faint 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.