Corporate Prospect Research & Partnership Growth
Corporate prospect research, strategy and coaching to help your nonprofit build a stronger pipeline and move aligned prospects forward.
Build and Activate a Stronger Corporate Prospect Pipeline
BridgeRaise is here to do the heavy lifting behind the scenes so that you can reach and maintain new levels of corporate fundraising success with minimal stress, zero wasted time and the confidence that comes from having a pro in your back pocket.
Available on a project basis or ongoing/retainer basis, our prospect growth strategy and support includes prospect building, communications development and the support and guidance you need to be successful – customized to suit your needs and achieve your goals.
If your organization has a solid corporate fundraising strategy in place but:
- Is not meeting corporate fundraising targets
- Has a short, stagnant or non-existent prospect pipeline
- Wants to add a new sector to your pipeline
- Needs support identifying the right person and the right hook
Let Us Help You Grow And Nurture Your Pipeline
We begin all new client relationships with a strategic review of your organization’s corporate fundraising goals, challenges and starting point. If you have a solid strategy, framework and pitch deck in place, we can jump right into prospect and partnership support. (If you don’t, we simply take a step back and work on your foundation first.)
Prospect and Partnership Support is available on a project basis if you have a specific, immediate prospecting need, or an ongoing/retainer basis for organizations that need extra corporate partnership strategy and/or capacity for the longer term.
We can help:
- Articulate the benefits of your offer to companies in a way that will resonate
- Activate your prospect pipeline and troubleshoot stagnancy
- Take you from ‘intentions and plans’ to active outreach and discovery
- Make sure you are one of the charities that consistently gets support
With BridgeRaise’s support, our response rate has increased significantly
Before working with BridgeRaise we were spending a ton of time on corporate outreach, with very limited results. Their ongoing support – from detailed prospect briefings to tailored engagement strategies – has grown our capacity to confidently engage corporate prospects and build mutually beneficial partnerships together. With BridgeRaise our response rate has increased significantly. We’re thrilled to be getting into the right rooms and taking our corporate program to the next level.
What is a BridgeRaise Prospect Briefing?
A BridgeRaise Prospect Briefing gives your fundraiser the information and insight needed to decide whether a company is truly worth pursuing and, if it is, how to approach them.
Each customized briefing looks beyond basic company information to identify corporate partnership priorities, relevant activity, key contacts, potential connections and, most importantly, the areas of alignment between the company and your organization.
This isn’t generic database research. Our team looks at each prospect through a corporate partnership lens and provides practical recommendations you can use to inform outreach and next steps.
From Stale Pipeline to 3-Year National Partner
A growing student program needed a national partner. When our client looked at their existing prospect pipeline, it was stale, misaligned, and saturated.
We built a list of aligned prospects, a strategy to warm them up, and the emails and scripts to move from warm-up to negotiation.
In less than six months, our client secured a six-figure, 3-year lead national partner.
About BridgeRaise
The trusted partner you need to raise more money from companies.
Under the leadership of Heather Nelson, MBA, CFRE, we provide non-profits with the strategy, support, training and tools they need to start, improve upon or expand their corporate fundraising programs.
We’ve helped charities of all types and sizes raise (lots of!) money through win-win corporate partnerships and sponsorships. Focusing exclusively on corporate fundraising allows us to keep up on the best practices in this sector specifically, and share this expertise with you.
Ready to raise some funds?
Let’s explore what aligned partnerships could look like for you.