Brilliant fundraising is about energizing people. Because people with energy, passion and a plan can change the world. We partner with you to inspire, coach and develop you and your teams, so you can achieve transformational fundraising success.
Since 1994, we’ve been celebrated for the high-level expertise, positivity, vision and commitment we bring to every client. We motivate your team and outline a clear path to success for your organization.
We combine this energy and encouragement with our strategic understanding of how to increase your revenue. Putting you at the center, we give you and your team the advice you need to thrive.
We also hold you accountable, measuring progress at every step. We call it the “tight rein” approach: everyone knows what is happening when, and who needs to do what. You always know where you stand on the path to your goal.
The result? More confidence, more gifts flowing in the door, and more team members fired up to raise more money. We leave you stronger than we found you.
An international fundraising leader, keynote speaker, trainer and author with more than 30 years’ experience, Gail is renowned for her positivity, expertise and insight.
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She’s coached more than 60 capital campaigns worldwide and empowered well-loved, high-impact organizations including the Parkinson’s Foundation, Alzheimer’s Foundation and ALS Society to raise over $600 million.
Gail has helped bring more families together at the Ronald McDonald House in Durham NC with $6m, treat more cancer patients in the Shepard Cancer Center in Greenville NC with $11m, and give people the opportunity to connect with Cape Fear Botanical Garden in Fayetteville NC with the $12m they raised.
She’s achieved great fame and recognition in the fundraising world and is celebrated for her transformational work with boards, using her innovative Fired-Up Fundraising approach. This approach helps empower organizations to connect with their supporters personally, energizing boards and directing campaigns. Through it, she’s worked successfully with such names as San Diego Zoo Global, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Trust for Public Land, the US Olympic Committee, and Duke Cancer Center.
A dynamic and charismatic speaker, Gail keynotes fundraising conferences and teaches campaign masterclasses all over the world. She leads powerful board and leadership workshops to drive national and international organizations to greater heights.
Gail’s strong presence on LinkedIn makes her an influential voice in the fundraising community, and she has been named one of the site’s top 15 Voices of Philanthropy for sharing strategic insights and expertise with her peers. Gail has contributed to the #1 best-selling textbook Capital Campaigns: Strategies That Work. Her bestselling book Fired-Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion into Action is recognised as the gold standard guide to building successful fundraising boards. It’s living proof of her conviction that energizing people can change the world.
With over 30 years’ experience in fundraising leadership, Kathryn combines passion and strategic expertise to help nonprofits get results – and ultimately make the world a better place.
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She uses a wealth of experience gained from three decades at the forefront of fundraising, managing the portfolios of major donors, planning post-campaigns, and masterminding the discovery call process and planned giving. Her long list of successful campaigns covers a wide range of clients.
Kathryn has held many senior executive management positions. She oversaw the entire fundraising operations at Saint Mary’s School and East Carolina University, and has served on nonprofit boards for many other organizations. After her record-breaking fundraising for North Carolina Museum of Art, where she led a successful $50.6 million campaign, she founded her own consulting business.
Academically, she has gone the whole distance. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she completed the Bridges Academic Leadership for Women program of professional development for women in higher education. She proudly submitted her PhD, researching ‘Nonprofit CEO Power and Multiple Boards: Their Effects on Governing Board Role Fulfillment’ to examine what effect additional boards may have on a governing board’s role fulfillment.
Kathryn regularly speaks in public. She presents her research at the ARNOVA (Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) conference, inspires as a speaker at the AFP NC Philanthropy Conference, and shares her knowledge and passion through teaching at North Carolina State University. She treats fundraising like the running she does in her spare time: with commitment, tenacity and hard work.
In 2017, Gail Perry and Kathryn joined forces. Ever since, Kathryn has played an important role in energizing the Gail Perry Group’s nonprofit clients and transforming their fundraising fortunes. It illustrates her philosophy of looking beyond just raising dollars to affect real change for a better world.
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