A strategic framework for sustainable fundraising.

At Compton, we developed the Three Fundraising Platforms model to help charities assess and implement the most effective fundraising strategies based on their goals, resources, and opportunities. 

Our hands-on experience across annual, capital, and endowment fundraising enables us to guide organisations in building comprehensive, balanced, and cost-effective fundraising operations.

Annual funding

Budget-driven to support and sustain operations

What & why?

Charities face increasing pressure to secure consistent funding for day-to-day activities. Annual fundraising builds loyalty, strengthens donor relationships, and ensures financial stability.

Our services

As advisors, interim managers or embedded fundraisers, our consultants and teams can work with you on your campaign to:

  • Review and further develop your annual fundraising plan and budget
  • Conduct a marketing and communications review and develop an awareness-building and donor acquisition plan
  • Design and distribute a supporter survey
  • Review your fundraising database to maximise utilisation and better direct and target your direct response (direct mail and email) programmes
  • Review and grow your bids to trusts, foundations and other grant makers
  • Assess and fine tune your events programme and wider community-based fundraising
  • Review and develop your corporate partnerships work
  • Develop In Memoriam giving networks and programmes
  • Test and establish annual major gift programmes

Capital funding

Opportunity-driven to fund special projects and programmes

What & why?

Volunteer-led, person-to-person asking campaigns geared to raising as much money as possible, as quickly as possible from the fewest number of prospects, for a specific project or programme.

Our services

Our capital campaign managers’ experience is unparalleled. We can work with you to test and deliver your capital funding needs by: 

  • Developing your case for support
  • Assessing your major gift goal and prospect pipelines
  • Testing and validating your fundraising potential through a fundraising resources study
  • Preparing an actionable fundraising campaign plan
  • Managing your fundraising campaign – from periodic advisory services to fully outsourced management

Endowment funding

Vision-driven to secure the future

What & why?

Charitable organisations are increasingly concerned with financial

Our services

Our specialist consultants can call upon experience across the sector and apply it to your situation by: 

  • Working with you to establish short term (3-5 year) and longer term (up to 10 year) goals and baseline projections
  • Research, test, fine tune and roll out a structured and proactive legacy promotion programme that will yield results within 18 months to 3-years
  • Actively manage and better predict legacy income
Where To Begin

Where To Begin

In advance of our discussion, please review some questions about your fundraising position and needs.

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