With the rapid growth of the nonprofit sector since the late 1980s, the philanthropic environment has become increasingly competitive. ALPS Foundation Services offers a variety of fundraising services that will ensure the long-term sustainability of your nonprofit organization.
Grantwriting & Grant Review 
ALPS Foundation Services assists nonprofit organizations in securing grants from private foundations, government agencies, and corporations. With the decline of the stock market, private foundations are increasingly selective of their grantees. Ensure your organization’s grant proposals are well developed by having ALPS Foundation Services either craft them or review them.
Direct and Select Mail Coordination
Cultivating a loyal donor base is critical to ensuring a stable annual revenue base. ALPS Foundation Services can coordinate all facets of your direct mail program, and improve your membership lists in the process.
Major Gifts Programs
The ability to launch a new social service project or program initiative is usually linked to the healthiness of your major gifts programs. Does your organization have a major gifts program? ALPS Foundation Services works with nonprofit organizations to determine whether a major gifts program is is a viable option.
Capital Campaigns
Ready to relocate your nonprofit? Facing a major rent increase? Ready to launch a new initiative? A capital campaign is a viable option for well-developed, healthy organizations looking to raise a large amount of money for a specific, one-time purpose. Consider ALPS Foundation Services as the fundraising consultant for your capital campaign.
Endowment Campaigns
An endowment is a permanently restricted fund invested to generate interest, and is an excellent way to offset general operating costs. Through planned giving efforts, ALPS Foundation Services coordinates endowment campaigns for nonprofit organizations
Donor Cultivation
Using state-of-the-art donor tracking software, ALPS Foundation Services tracks the success of your fundraising activities and advises your leadership on donor cultivation efforts. The $50 donor today could be the $200,000 planned gift tomorrow.
Planned Giving
America is about to embark on the greatest intergenerational transfer of wealth in its history – projected at $41 trillion transferred via estates over the next fifty years. Has your nonprofit organization laid the necessary groundwork to benefit from that transfer of wealth? ALPS Foundation Services can build planned giving into your fundraising activities.
Special Event Fundraisers
From annual dinners featuring a keynote speaker to a special anniversary gathering, special events are increasingly used as a major fundraising tool by nonprofit organizations. ALPS Foundation Services coordinates special event fundraisers for busy nonprofits.