INTEGRITY
“We were impressed with Suzanne Iriwn-Wells and Trisha Hensley from the moment we met them. It was clear they were the ones to guide us through a feasibility study and the early planning stages of our endowment campaign. They showed a tremendous amount of integrity throughout our work together and we benefitted from their experience and wisdom.”
WISE COUNSEL
“Suzanne provided us with insights from the very beginning, with lots of examples that came from practical knowledge of other organizations and campaigns. She worked with us to determine our goal – which was higher than originally thought. After the economic downturn hit, three years into our five year campaign, she kept encouraging us to keep going. Thankfully we took her advice. We closed slightly over our $25 million goal, four times what an earlier feasibility study told us we could raise.”
INSTILLING CONFIDENCE
“The Community Working Group was almost brand new and practically all volunteer run and we had never done much fundraising before. Suzanne guided us through a very ambitious capital campaign, creating cultivation and solicitation strategies that worked. When the occasional disappointment came along, she assured us that all campaigns have their ups and downs. We ended up raising $9.4 million, against our original goal of $8 million.”
ENCOURAGING GOOD WORKS
“Approaching a capital campaign can be daunting but Irwin-Wells Associates proved to be the perfect partner for PAWS. Both their development assessment and feasibility study were right on and provided us with a critical road map that led to the opening of a new headquarters.”
John L. Lipp
former president of
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS)
San Francisco
and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to
Recruiting and Managing Volunteers