Grant Development Service | Fundraising | Foundation Search
Grant Development Services (GDS), a division of Metasoft Systems Inc., is a team of skilled and experienced consultants, grant writers and researchers committed to helping clients realize their fundraising goals. GDS offers a portfolio of fundraising services and support to non-profit and charitable organizations throughout North America. GDS helps clients realize their fundraising objectives, addressing a critical shortage in organizational personnel, training or resources needed to successfully access funding.
The clearest advantage to hiring a fundraising consulting group lies in cost savings and better stewardship of resources. The annual cost to contract for specialized fundraising services through Grant Development Services is approximately 30% less than maintaining an employee’s salary, overhead and benefits.
Beyond the direct expense, an in-house individual fundraiser is still only one individual. Working with a consulting group multiplies your fundraising advantage by drawing on the skills and experiences of an entire department of experts.
More significantly, the majority of entry-level development staff stay in their position 18 months or less, on average. This raises the costs for a non-profit to recruit, train and retain competent development staff on an ongoing basis.
A full-service consulting group mitigates these problems by offering clients a highly diverse team of professional fundraisers, with a broad range of experience and specialized skills sets – and who are ready to respond to client requests and inquiries at a moment’s notice.
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Delivery of GDS fundraising consulting services and strategic support is the responsibility of an expert team of consultants, grant writers and researchers. The GDS consulting team exhibits a wide diversity of skill sets, as well as significant experience in all aspects of fundraising campaign planning, development, execution and ongoing management. In addition to the ongoing contribution of its senior consulting team, GDS leverages the skill and experience of Metasoft’s Fundraising Support team to more effectively identify donor opportunities on behalf of clients.
A former development manager and strategic funding consultant with 10+ years experience working with non-profits and charities, Rebecca truly understands the challenges facing non-profits today. She brings a spirit of optimism and a “Can Do” approach to fundraising in the charitable sphere, one which has resulted in personally raising over $4 Million for her charitable clients and employers.
Rebecca is truly passionate about bringing new projects to fruition and promoting lasting, meaningful engagement in her community and abroad. Her fundraising philosophy is to help organizations establish critical linkages and grow those relationships over time into a full-fledged culture of philanthropy. What continues to motivate her is the joy in helping charities and non-profits meet their funding goals and witnessing the lasting impacts they leave in our world.
Grant Development Services (GDS) is a team of highly experienced fundraising professionals and industry insiders committed to helping you achieve your fundraising goals.
For over 10 years, GDS has helped hundreds of clients to research, prepare and execute key strategies and documents to secure funds from foundations, government organizations and corporations.
GDS has helped organizations of all types and sizes—from arts groups with small operating budgets to major social service agencies with multi-million dollar budgets—prepare and meet their fundraising goals.
Sample clients include:
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In addition, your GDS team can provide professional writing services to support your
As a division of Metasoft Systems, providers of Big Online ® and Foundation Search ®, GDS assists hundreds of charities, non-profits, schools and health care facilities across North America to achieve their fundraising goals. GDS provides a low cost ‘virtual’ consulting service that allows charitable organizations to access expertise they otherwise could not afford. Its association with Metasoft Systems ensures that GDS is intimately familiar with the world of foundation funding, and our team are among those establishing the “best practices” in the sector.
For more information about how GDS can help your organization meet or exceed your fundraising goals, contact your team of GDS experts at: gds@foundationsearch.com or call toll free: 1.888.638.2763; or local: 604.683.6711.
Grant Development Services (GDS) provides expert services to help you raise money.
Based on clear division of expertise and tasks, GDS dedicates its professional team to developing and managing your project from beginning to end. We enhance your organizational capacity to meet your fundraising goals.
This Total Team Approach means higher productivity and quality work in a timely manner:
GDS: Total Team Approach
GDS provides a full range of outsourcing services including:
These services are typically bundled together for added value and are also available as separate deliverables.
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