Areas of Interest:

Edward F. Swenson & Associates was founded in 1989 on the principle that by combining fund-raising and management consulting disciplines, the firm could better serve the needs of nonprofits. The firm provides experienced and customized counsel in the following areas:

• Management & Organization: Strategic Planning; Board Development & Governance; Leadership Coaching & Team Building
• Fund Development Counsel: Capital, Endowment & Major Gift Campaigns; Feasibility Studies & Development Audits; Case Statement Development; Planned Giving
• Fund Development Workshops: Cultivation & Solicitation Training for Major Gifts; Building an Endowment from the Ground Up; Developing an “Elevator Speech;” Donor Cultivation- Making a Cold Prospect Hot!

Experience:
Ted Swenson and Jennifer Shropshire have extensive fund-raising experience and advanced degrees in management from Yale and The Wharton School respectively. They have worked extensively with Friends organizations; independent schools in particular. Their counsel has ranged from strategic visioning to comprehensive strategic planning and from coaching to improve annual funds to strategies to plan and execute multi-million dollar capital and/or endowment campaigns. Their work with a diverse group of clients across all disciplines fuels their creativity, sensitivity, and effectiveness.