A vitamin boost for your development team
Meet Citrus
You’ve set an ambitious revenue target, and everyone around you is exhausted.
You’re amid team transitions, yet again.
Still, year after year, your development team continues to pull it out of the fire.
Imagine… what could immediate, supercharged support do for them?
Everyone could use a boost, a break, a vitamin-infusion that makes everything at work better, healthier, pulp-ier, and fun. Meet Citrus. We’re here to give your organization a shot of the good stuff, leaving everyone feeling great.
Citrus provides senior development support, on demand. On demand, as in: flexible, short-term – with no serious commitment, no onboarding, and no bounds beyond getting done what you need most.
You’ve set an ambitious revenue target, Citrus is an investment in meeting it — while enriching the work of you, and the development team you depend on.
The Science of Citrus
Every week, we will drive your most pressing, immediate fundraising priority forward. We will accomplish essential projects, to-dos, and tasks that keep your pipeline rolling, packed with action, excellence, and follow-through. Citrus fosters an environment where essentialism thrives. Imagine the progress that can be accomplished with rich, concentrated development support. -With a positive, powerhouse player instantly added to your team…
Enjoy Citrus’ guided, upbeat process and watch your pipeline glide.
Sampling of Support
Support
Grant & pipeline management
End-to-end portfolio and moves management. Stewarding opportunities in your pipeline from “qualifying” to “cash collected.” Includes exceptional grant proposal and report writing.
Funder engagement
“Behind the scenes” funder engagement — strategic planning, support, and execution. Communication tee-ups, funder briefs and formal prep, strategic pitch documents and decks. Includes remote A-Z planning and management for funder events as well.
Strategic storytelling
Compelling content around your organization’s most exciting news. Emphasis on translating strategic visioning into collateral — from strategic decks to board reporting, and everything in between. You envision it, Citrus translates it. Remember: executive letter writing, speech writing, and ghost guest articles are also available (including publishing support). White papers, website content, annual report content — goes without saying.
Solutions
Establishing systems, processes, & procedures
From grant workflows, to funder briefs — grant kickoff meetings, to grant implementation meetings — Citrus can establish and optimize evergreen systems that impact your nonprofit’s development long after our engagement ends.
Succession support
Whether a development team member has been promoted, is out sick, transitioned, or gone on a leave of absence, Citrus makes things smooth and seamless, immediately stepping in wherever needed. What’s more — new hire support — Citrus can support HR as they find your next hire, and help onboard them with ease. …When it comes to new hires, what does development at your organization really need? With Citrus, you can step back, explore, and pinpoint that.
Team-wide contributions
At the discretion of development leaders, Citrus can prepare and facilitate development team meetings and group learning sessions. Vast nonprofit development experience is combined with a highly socially-emotionally intelligent thought partner — encouraging, guiding, and training your development staff to new heights. Citrus also supports team impact planning, SMARTIE goal and milestone setting, and monitoring.
Synergies
Cross-team collaboration
Fundraising is an org-wide effort. Citrus fosters improved cross-communication across the various teams that make fundraising possible (such as program, impact/data, finance, marketing, etc.). Allow Citrus to interrupt silos, open communication, and establish the structures and processes to ensure optimal cross-department collaboration, knowledge sharing, and shared ownership.
Professional development
No doubt your development team has stars among it, let’s help them shine! Fostering relationships and cycles of continuous improvement with each member of your development team — Citrus’ skills training, professional development, and customized coaching lifts up and strengthens staff as they advance along their career paths.
Above all, optimistic execution
Strong outputs and dedication to your mission are packaged in joy, positivity, and good humor. Putting the fun back in fundraising, Citrus delivers a refreshing approach to relieve your entire team.
Gift your organization the reviving support of Citrus, today.
About Kelly Gregorio
Award-Winning Writing
Journalist published in 32 countries — with articles featured by Flaunt Magazine, the New York Times, Business Insider, Fast Company, Venture Beat, the Miami Herald, and the Chicago Tribune. Ranked competitively within NBC Writers on the Verge, the Austin Film Festival, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Final Draft Big Break, ScreenCraft, and WeScreenplay. M.F.A in creative nonfiction writing; ghostwriter for multiple authors; award-winning comedy and drama writer; exceptional interviewer. Adept at sharp, engaging content.
Exceptional Fundraising Support
Director-level nonprofit fundraising, specializing in “behind the scenes” funder strategy, engagement, and preparation; development team operations; and timely, focused execution of top priority development to-dos.
Hundreds of awards ranging from $2k-$35M have been secured and stewarded among foundations, corporate sponsors, individual donors, and U.S. federal grants. A committed team member to a variety of mission-driven organizations — partners’ annual budgets range from $5-50M with up to 250+ employees on staff.
Testimonials
Pricing
Citrus offers flexible, short-term engagements to mission-driven organizations. Utmost discretion and confidentiality. Exclusive support — only one sector served at a time.
Half Fruit
4k/week
Inclusive of this menu + any customized development support we can think of. The pace feels fresh, upbeat, and brisk. Senior development staff availability Monday – Thursday, 20 hours weekly.
Full Fruit
6k/week
The fruit + and then some. Perfect for teams who need the extra vitamin-C to get more accomplished, with more potency, sooner. Senior development staff availability Monday – Friday, 35 hours weekly.
Guess what? Your partnership has roots.
A portion of all proceeds are invested into “The Orchard Fund” — volunteering development support to early-stage nonprofits, especially those led by people who experience systemic barriers. Nominate a nonprofit today!
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