Dini Partners

read moreAt Dini Spheris, we know every client is unique, and so are their financial needs and institutional objectives. We consider ourselves more than a fundraising consultant to your nonprofit organization; we're a partner. And we're with you for the long haul - helping you share your vision and staying with you as you realize your fundraising goals. Dini Spheris takes a client-centered and team-based approach to organizational and fundraising consulting. More than 50 years of working with premier national, regional and local nonprofit institutions has made us powerful problem solvers.

read moreOur Dini Spheris Performance services can help you to add a new tool or to refine and optimize the utilization of existing tools - for superior results and support of your institution's fundraising function. From analytics to online giving and benchmarking, these services address the program and data support needs that help your institution perform at its very best. Many institutions need assistance getting organized for planned giving. From opening the conversation to donor stewardship and establishing legacy giving societies, Dini Spheris can help you build a planned giving program to serve those who could make their life gifts to your institution.

read moreFrom the coaching of institutional executives to the training of boards and fostering a positive philanthropic culture, Dini Spheris enhances the role you play in organizational leadership, fundraising and governance. These services are tailored to your needs, distinguishing you as one who is skillfully prepared, informed and equipped to meet the demands of today's nonprofit institutions. Hiring the right advancement staff takes time - don't rush. Our team members may be the near-term answer. With years of institutional management expertise and full firm support, our consultants are equipped to staff or lead your program through our interim management services.

read moreTeamwork is at the heart of how we serve. At Dini Spheris, we believe that building strong teams internally, with our clients and with strategic partners is paramount to your success. We know that collaborative service delivery creates better client experiences and superior outcomes. Occasionally, a team will augment its services with an individual who brings a specific skill set to meet your needs.

read moreBig dreams require bold strategies informed by experience. Our teams of skilled counselors design the services that are measured by your financial results, culture promoted or the professionalism advanced in every dimension of your nonprofit fundraising operation. Strengthening programs, emboldening leaders and sharpening edges are the fun that fuels our every day. We know you ultimately measure success by reaching your major gift and campaign goals, and so do we. That's why we offer customized non profit strategic planning and experience that deliver results - to ready an institution and its leadership for successful capital campaigns.

read moreOur talented team members often identify opportunities to share their experiences; some information sharing is done through the website, while some is done in person at professional events. Here, you will find nonprofit and fundraising information on emerging solutions and opportunities, organizational benchmarks, professional insights and a schedule of events and speaking engagements. Our colleagues share their unique perspective on the issues impacting nonprofit organizations' fundraising and philanthropy.

read moreThrough our partnership and services, our clients have become our friends, and their missions tell the story of the larger purpose of our work. We invite you to explore our client list, stories and endorsements - and then contact us. We look forward to adding your institution's name to this list of leading nonprofit organizations. We invite you to explore this list of our recent clients representing various sectors of the nonprofit world. Within this list you will find organizations as different as a leading K-12 school to a multi-campus healthcare provider.

read moreWe know that we make a difference to those we serve. While not self-serving, it is important to share exciting stories where there indeed has been a Dini Spheris impact. In the end, we measure our value in the realized missions of those whose strategic plans, capital campaigns and institutional programs are our daily work.