Raise
Ready Accelerator™
Fundraising Action Bootcamp for Nonprofits and Social Enterprises. Built for organizations that are strong on mission and ready to build the systems, stories, and relationships that generate funding.
Book a Discovery Call ›"Foundations fund organizations that keep coming back asking for more. Raise Ready Accelerator™ breaks that cycle."
The Grant Dependency Cycle Is Unsustainable
Foundations fund organizations that keep coming back asking for more, because those organizations never learned to diversify their funding base. This creates a cycle of dependency that limits portfolio organizations and strains funder capacity.
Capacity-Building is the answer. But most programs focus on program delivery, not fundraising sustainability. Raise Ready Accelerator™ fills that gap.
For Nonprofits
You are doing meaningful work but spending more time writing grant applications than building donor relationships. Raise Ready Accelerator™ gives you the systems, story, and strategy to diversify your revenue and generate funding beyond a single source.
For Social Enterprises
You operate at the intersection of mission and market - part nonprofit, part startup. You have earned revenue but also rely on grants and philanthropic support. Raise Ready Accelerator™ helps you navigate both funding worlds and articulate your hybrid model compellingly to foundations, impact investors, and high-net-worth donors.
For Foundations
Your portfolio organizations return for the same funding year after year. Raise Ready Accelerator™ gives them the fundraising capacity to sustain their work and reduce dependency on any single funder, including you.
Built for Three Types of Organizations
Raise Ready Accelerator™ is designed for nonprofits and social enterprises that are strong on mission and ready to build the fundraising infrastructure to sustain and grow their impact.
The Mid-Sized Nonprofit
A nonprofit with a development director or small fundraising team that needs to level up their major donor strategy, diversify beyond grants, and build a more systematic approach to funder relationships. Strong on delivery, ready to strengthen the fundraising infrastructure behind it.
The Social Enterprise
Operating at the intersection of mission and market, with earned revenue alongside grants and philanthropic support. Navigating two funding worlds at once and needing to articulate a compelling case to foundations, impact investors, and high-net-worth donors who may not yet understand the model.
The Emerging Leader
A founder or Executive Director early in their fundraising journey, wearing every hat and learning as they go. Doing meaningful work with limited systems and relying on a handful of relationships or a single anchor grant. Ready to build the foundation that will sustain their mission long-term.
What Participants Walk Away With
Every participant leaves with tangible deliverables they can deploy immediately, not just knowledge and inspiration.
An evergreening Fundraising Action Plan
A compelling 1-pager ready for starting funder conversations
Living Impact Story ideas (text and video) across your Four Pillars
A funder pipeline with prioritized outreach targets
A draft concept aligned to a funder's needs and interests
A communications approach to sustain funder relationships
Peer relationships with cohort members for accountability, insights and information sharing
Clarity and confidence about your organization's financial sustainability
8 Weeks to an Actionable Funding Plan
Each week builds on the last, combining live Zoom sessions, peer accountability, expert advisors and peer feedback, and practical work you will be implementing immediately, throughout the course and beyond.
Successful Corporate Partnerships
For organizations ready to go beyond grants and donors, this add-on module teaches you how to identify, approach, and close meaningful corporate partnerships that align with your mission and generate sustainable funding.
How to identify corporations whose giving and community investment priorities align with your mission
Building a compelling corporate partnership case that speaks to business value, not just social good
Navigating the corporate decision-making process and finding the right internal champions
Structuring partnerships for longevity, not just one-time sponsorship
How the Bootcamp Works
Raise Ready Accelerator™ is delivered online over 8 weeks in a cohort model of 8 to 10 organizations. Each week combines a live Zoom session with online course content, peer community, expert advisors and peer feedback, practical homework, and instructor feedback.
Graduates earn a Certificate of Accomplishment and are invited to support future cohorts as apprentice facilitators.
Facilitated by Randy Shawn Fisher, Founder, CustomerDiscoveryPros.com
Live Weekly Zoom Sessions
Each week includes a live group session covering that week's curriculum with time for peer discussion, Q&A, and applied practice.
Online Course + Community Access
Participants access course materials, tools, and templates between sessions, and stay connected through a peer community for accountability and shared learning.
Expert Advisors and Peer Feedback
Each cohort includes expert advisors from the funder and philanthropic community who bring real-world experience and insights directly into the program.
Why Foundations Sponsor Cohorts
When you sponsor a cohort of your portfolio organizations through Raise Ready Accelerator™, you are investing in the long-term financial sustainability of the organizations doing your most important work.
Grantees diversify their funding and reduce dependency on any single funder
Stronger proposals, clearer impact stories, and more strategic asks from portfolio organizations
Organizations build internal systems to sustain their work beyond your grant
A cohort fee model means one investment covers multiple organizations at once
Your grantmaking goes further and lasts longer when your grantees are fundraising-ready
Three Ways to Partner with Raise Ready Accelerator™
Raise Ready Accelerator™ brings together three stakeholders who each have a stake in breaking the grant dependency cycle.
Foundations
Capacity-building investment
Sponsor a full cohort of your portfolio organizations
Reduce the grant dependency cycle across your portfolio
Embed Raise Ready Accelerator™ as part of your grantee capacity-building strategy
Strengthen your grantees' long-term financial sustainability
Financial Sponsors
Wealth management & advisory firms
Access to nonprofit leaders actively cultivating high-net-worth donors
Brand association with mission-driven capacity building
Structured relationship touchpoints with cohort participants and their networks
Thought leadership and co-branded content rights
Nonprofits
Program participants
Referred by your foundation funder or enrolled directly
8 weeks of live instruction, peer learning, and expert feedback
An evergreening fundraising plan and toolkit you will be implementing from day one
Certificate of Accomplishment and invitation to apprentice in future cohorts
Pricing
Pricing varies based on organization type and cohort structure. Foundations sponsoring cohorts are billed at a flat cohort rate. Reach out to discuss the right fit for your organization or portfolio. Book a Free 15-Minute Call ›
Ready to Build Your
Capacity for Funding Sustainability?
Whether you are a foundation exploring capacity-building investments for your portfolio, a nonprofit ready to build a sustainable fundraising strategy, or a social enterprise looking to raise funds from investors - let's start a conversation.
Book a Free 15-Minute Call › No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about fit.
