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Founder & Principal

Laura Rhodes, CFRE
Nonprofit Consultant | Speaker & Trainer
"HI, I'M LAURA! And I want to help you find more funders, win more grants and raise more money for your nonprofit. Are you ready?"

Laura Rhodes is a Certified Fund Raising Executive and fundraising trainer who has 20+ years of experience working with – and for – nonprofits.

Laura started her nonprofit career in development and communications. She later served as an interim executive director. As a volunteer, Laura has been a board member, board chair, marketing committee chair and resource development committee chair. And prior to starting her consulting business, Laura was a regional program officer with the American Express Foundation, which awarded $30 million to nonprofits each year.

Having been both a grantmaker and a fundraiser, Laura uses her unique perspective to help nonprofits find more funders, win more grants and raise more money for their cause.

Laura has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars from grants, events, direct mail and workplace giving campaigns. She also provides prospect research and grant writing support for organizations that want to write their own grants.

She is a popular nonprofit conference speaker and leads workshops and trainings for nonprofit staff and boards across the U.S.

Certifications & Professional Affiliations

 

What nonprofits say about Laura...

Laura is simply the gold standard! If you're fortunate enough to work with her, your nonprofit will be better off. And if you are the liaison with her, you will be rewarded personally as well. A stellar human being and an expert at her craft, bar none!

Mary Bryan, Co-Founder / Director of Donor Relations, Child Bridge

Working with Laura during our capital campaign was transformational. She knew how to get strong messaging across and secured a 7-figure grant that put us in the final stretch of our campaign! 10 out of 10 recommendation! 

Steph Goble, Executive Director, Mountain Home Montana

When the foundation called to tell us we had received an increased award, they said that our proposal [that Laura wrote] was hands down 'the best, the most thorough proposal. Gold star, A+!' 

Mary, Director of Donor Relations, Child Bridge

A foundation representative just called and said our application [that Laura wrote] was 'the best proposal I've read - EVER!'

Sarah Kennedy, Senior Director of Development, Inspirica

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"Let's Talk Nonprofit" is a blog by Third Sector Consulting that addresses common questions that nonprofits have. Ready? Great! Let's Talk Nonprofit.

5 Grammar Rules That Were Made to Be Broken (by Fundraisers)

5 Grammar Rules That Were Made to Be Broken by Fundraisers
When you think about grammar, you probably think about subject-verb agreement, correct comma usage, and such. The problem is good grammar doesn't make for very good fundraising writing. Of course, there are still rules and best practices that fundraising writers should follow. But other rules were made to be broken. This post addresses the latter. (read more)
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