Our Approach
Our approach is data-driven, thoughtful, strategic, creative and rooted in community.
First, we help leaders identify exactly what they need funding for by way of smart strategic planning services and a visionary budgeting process. Then, we place an equity lens on that strategy to create a roadmap that feels inclusive, creative and joyful. From that roadmap, we dive into research and community, seeking connections and collaborations that can make that strategy a reality for clients. And it does so, time and time again to the tune of 60 lasting partnerships and $100+ million.
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Strategic Planning
Wright Collective offers strategic planning services rooted in five core elements: Purpose, People, Plan, Process, and Proof. Our assessment births a nimble framework that gives leaders a clear, practical checklist to guide their organization through change, build team buy-in, and measure adoption and impact of their next chapter of impact.
Our Abundance Framework complements this approach by leaving leaders with a flexible roadmap for ongoing decision-making. It helps organizations identify where they can reduce costs, where they can unlock and mobilize resources, and how those resources can be redirected toward meaningful social change.
Core Offerings
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Full Strategic Planning Process; includes comprehensive landscape analysis, funding assessment, and accompanying decision-making framework
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A Series of Strategic Planning Sessions; tailored to re-imagine or refine an existing strategic plan
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Change Management Process: for nonprofits and philanthropies navigating periods of change—from leadership transitions and organizational restructuring to growth, and new ways of working.
Fundraising Planning
Wright Collective brings a distinctive lens and process to fundraising services, combining community-centered and relationship-based fundraising principles, financial acumen, and our proprietary Abundance Framework to help organizations build sustainable, values-aligned revenue and mobilize resources for greater impact.
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Development Program Audit and Analysis
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Annual Fund Planning
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Feasibility Studies
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Capital Campaign Planning & Management
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Fundraising Campaign Planning (Growth Campaign, Anniversary Campaigns, Monthly Sustainer Campaigns, etc..)
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Impact Capital Mobilization Analysis
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Impact Capital Planning
*Partnership Packages: Wright Collective offers flexible 3-, 6-, and 12-month engagements for organizations that need specialized fundraising and development support but are not yet ready to hire a full-time development team. We provide targeted, hands-on partnership to help organizations achieve specific fundraising goals, strengthen development operations, and build the capacity needed for long-term sustainability.
Funder Research
Wright Collective conducts research across nine external platforms, complemented by our proprietary research process, to provide organizations with actionable insights and leads across the philanthropic and impact investment landscape. We identify diverse capital opportunities, from grants and philanthropic funding to impact investment and other forms of aligned capital, to help organizations mobilize the resources they need to drive meaningful impact. We also clean your data in the process, ensuring accurate contact information for your existing donor base.
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Comprehensive Wealth Screenings
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Foundation Research
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Corporate Research
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Government Funding / Tax Credit Programs
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Debt Financing Research
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Landscape Research
Strategic Philanthropy Planning
Wright Collective helps individuals, families, and businesses develop thoughtful philanthropic strategies and build meaningful partnerships with movement leaders to advance social change. We specialize in reproductive justice, birth justice, and economic justice, and bring more than a decade of experience helping philanthropists, organizations, and movement leaders come together to create collaborative funds, shared initiatives, and collective approaches to resourcing change.
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Philanthropic Strategy: Develop a values-aligned giving strategy, including philanthropic priorities, portfolio development, long-term planning, theory of change, and grantmaking strategy.
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Abundance & Resource Mobilization: Map available capital, identify philanthropic and investment opportunities, uncover underutilized resources, develop capital mobilization strategies, connect funders with organizations and movements, and design strategies to move more capital toward social change.
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Landscape & Opportunity Research: Conduct issue-area and ecosystem research, analyze funders and funding landscapes, identify grantees and partners, map philanthropic opportunities, and source impact investment and other capital opportunities.
Capacity Building & Training
Wright Collective trains nonprofit teams, boards, and donor communities to become effective agents of change, strengthen their strategic capacity, and mobilize resources to advance meaningful social change.
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Board Training
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Capital Campaign Committee / Funding Committee Management & Facilitation
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Culture of Philanthropy Training
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Customized Fundraising Training
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Customized Technical Assistance Programs
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Custom Staff & Board Retreat Design & Facilitation
NOTES FROM OUR CLIENTS ❤️
“Alyssa Wright and her team helped us figure out how to build meaningful relationships with donors and launch our capital campaign in partnership with them. They demystified the process, provided tools for success, and busted our fears. As a result of guidance from Alyssa and her team, we were able to confidently step into our campaign and raise over 50% of our campaign goal within the first year.”
Lindsey Musen
Board Member, Limitless Horizons
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