Consulting Services

Laura Fredricks, LLC, is a boutique consulting company that provides hands-on expert fundraising and best practices to a select number of non-profits and businesses, to raise significant money, efficiently and effectively from a variety of existing and new sources.

Areas of expert consulting services include:

• Increasing small gifts into major gifts without increasing overhead;
• Identifying new major gift investors;
• Assessing and training executive administration, boards, staff, donors, and volunteers on How to ASK for Money;
• Executing and evaluating individual giving programs, including major gifts, planned giving, blended gifts, endowments, and capital campaigns.
• Strategic planning for organizational growth; crisis transition; management; financial resource allocation; and positioning for upcoming fundraising campaigns;

The “Fredricks Philanthropic Philosophies” that Laura shares with each of her select client are as follows:

Her current clients include:

Central Park Conservancy
Keystone Human Services
Operation Homefront
Atlas Corporation
Dress for Success
Evolution and Philanthropy, Moscow
InterAmerican Development Bank
Asphalt Green
World Affairs Council Dallas/Ft. Worth
Adventist Health System
Ear Research Foundation
United Way National and International Interaction
Ohio Healthcare Professionals
Morristown Memorial Foundation
Deborah Hospital Foundation
Overlook Hospital Foundation
Planned Parenthood Federation
Special Olympics Connecticut
Anti-Defamation League
American Technion Society
New Brunswick Cultural Center
Chatham Day School
North Carolina Community Action
National Council of Research for Women
Youth, Inc.
Philanthropic Services, Inc.
Junior Achievement Worldwide
National Public Radio
State University of NY
The Chapin School
92nd St Y
Independent Schools of NJ and PA
Georgia Nonprofit Center
South Carolina Association of Nonprofits
Utah Nonprofit Society
Campus Crusade for Christ
Legal Clinic for the Disabled

In addition to consulting, Laura is a motivational speaker and best-selling author of the books “The ASK: How to ASK for Non Profit Causes; Creative Projects; or Business Ventures” (Jossey-Bass Wiley 2010) as well as, “The Ask: How to Ask Anyone for Any Amount for Any Purpose“ (Jossey-Bass 2006), and “Developing Major Gifts: Turning Small Donors into Big Contributors (Jones and Bartlett 2001).

For the past 17 years, Laura has been teaching nonprofit business management; leadership; fundraising trends; annual, major gift, planned giving, special events; and capital campaign courses on a certification and master’s degree level for University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, New York University, Duke University, and the Smithsonian Institution. Her speaking engagements include yearly presentations at the Association of Fundraising Professional’s (AFP) International Conference; seven International Web Conferences for AFP; keynote speaking presentations for numerous AFP Chapters nationwide; the Council for Support for Advancement and Education and Planned Giving Councils; and a Master’s Class on “The Ask” at the International Fundraising Congress in the Netherlands.

This February 2011, Laura was invited by Troika Dialog Bank to be the keynote speaker at The Russia Forum in Moscow and spoke on the topic “Maximizing Philanthropy During Economic Recovery,” as well as an invited speaker on Michael Milken’s philanthropy panel. In April 2009 Laura trained and provided individual giving strategies for the Vice Chancellors, senior staff, and advancement staff of University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and was a keynote speaker at Universities Australia Marketing, Communication and Development Conference.

Formerly Laura was Vice President for Philanthropy, at Pace University in New York, NY, where she raised over $92 million in six years, towards the $100 million capital campaign. She oversaw all aspects of fundraising and alumni relations for a staff of 35 on five campuses.

She served as Associate Vice President for Development at Temple University, Philadelphia, where she managed and coordinated the major and planned giving programs, corporate and foundation funding, and alumni relations for 15 schools and colleges, two hospitals, and the athletic program, and began Temple’s $300 million capital campaign. Prior positions include Major Gifts Manager for Deborah Hospital Foundation (where she began the major gifts program taking it from $50,000 to $6 million in four years); Assistant Director of Development for Temple University’s School of Medicine; and Director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation.

She is a journalism graduate of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ, and holds a law degree from Western New England College School of Law. Prior to her fundraising career, she clerked for an appellate court judge in Pennsylvania, and practiced law for over six years as a Deputy Attorney General IV for the Attorney General’s Office, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, specializing in civil litigation.

Her community involvement includes serving as a board member for Cherry Lane Theater, NY; board member for Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater New York Chapter; and Operation Homefront; an advisory board member for New York University and Columbia University’s Masters in Fundraising Programs; and a volunteer for the Bedford, Barrow, Commerce Block Association, NY, and the Caring Community, NY.
The best quality Laura Fredricks, LLC can offer any client is Laura’s leadership and vision, and proven individual fundraising success. When you hire Laura, you get Laura, 100% without delegating it to those with less experience in strategic planning, training, and fundraising. Laura has overseen and completed several capital campaigns, the most recent as VP for Philanthropy for Pace University's $100 million campaign, which was a "joint fundraising" campaign, working with a University Board, Boards from its 6 schools and colleges, a campaign chair (Ivan G. Seidenberg CEO and Pres of VERIZON); a campaign steering committee; the University's executive committee; and administration and staff. She is currently working with all levels at the Central Park Conservancy to raise $30 million in three years to restore and renovate the Park’s 21 playgrounds; $30 million to restore the Woodlawn’s area; and to bring the Conservancy from a $36 million fundraising organization to $50 million over and above the amounts raised in the two campaigns.
She has worked with extremely challenging boards, committees, and staff new to individual giving to raise significant money, in unison, and has trained them to identify, cultivate, ask, and to steward the individual gifts varying in gift size and gift vehicle. Laura brings patience, team building, vision, and enthusiasm to her select clients and she would welcome the opportunity to work with any client that wants to take their organization to the next level of successfully fundraising.