Founded in 2013, Kelly Strategies is a consulting firm specializing in fundraising strategy for nonprofits. Our personalized, proven strategies and engaging trainings have helped our 80+ nonprofit partners and their leaders take on development challenges with new eyes, new focus, and new energy.
Our Services
We offer a full range of fundraising services. Whether you have a short-term project or a deeper need for collaboration, Kelly Strategies can help you grow.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS
Case development
Feasibility studies
Campaign planning
Committee training and management
Campaign implementation
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Development assessments
Infrastructure review
Revenue analysis and forecasting
Annual development planning
Plan implementation
FUNDRAISING STRATEGY
Major gift program development
Corporate and foundation strategy
Annual fund strategy and support
Prospect identification and research
Development team review and staff search
LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT
Organizational visioning
Leadership meeting facilitation
Board analysis and recruitment
Board fundraising training
Team building and coaching
“Susan has helped me increase my fundraising capacity at two nonprofit organizations - one a local nonprofit and one a national organization. Her most recent fundraising assessment had my Board absolutely spellbound from the first meeting to the final report. She’s an incredible professional who knows nonprofit development inside and out. I recommend her without reservation.”
Meet Susan Kelly
Susan is a born fundraiser and an invaluable nonprofit strategist who brings an open mind and dynamic ideas to every project. With nearly 20 years of professional development experience, Susan combines her broad fundraising knowledge and practical smarts with optimism, energy and passion for the nonprofit sector. The result is a unique client + consultant partnership that has produced successful campaigns, increased annual giving and greater leadership engagement from dozens of nonprofits in the Washington, DC region and beyond.
Susan honed her consulting skills with leading nonprofit consulting firm, Orr Associates, Inc. (OAI, now the Orr Group). Prior to her consulting career, Susan was a successful frontline fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Richmond Animal League.
Personally, Susan is a displaced Texan now living in Arlington, Virginia with her husband and three children. She’s an active volunteer, donor, and advocate for her kids’ schools and local community.
“Susan Kelly of Kelly Strategies is highly capable, an uber strategist, efficient and effective, a consummate optimist, and a sheer joy to work with. Susan supported our organization through transitions in fundraising leadership and provided counsel as the organization completed a successful capital campaign that exceeded its goals. She’s a rockstar!”
Our Nonprofit Partners
Community
ACT for Alexandria
AIR FORCE AID SOCIETY
Alexandria seaport foundation
AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL Society
Animal Welfare League of Arlington
Building Bridges Across the River
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic DevelopMENT
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY
Compass Pro Bono
CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION
DowntownDC Business Improvement District
Encore Stage & Studio
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB
GLEN ECHO PARK PARTNERSHIP
HomeAid Northern Virginia
Jeffrey A. Reed Memorial Fund
Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project
Junior League of Washington
Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation
Little Falls Village
Lutheran Volunteer Corps
MOSAIC THEATER OF DC
NEW BEGINNINGS LEADERSHIP CENTER
PENFED FOUNDATION
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League
USTA Mid-Atlantic
The Alliance for Housing Solutions
VOLUNTEER ALEXANDRIA
washington canoe club
Education
Army Navy Country Club Foundation
Aspire! Afterschool Learning
Benedictine Sisters of Virginia
Childhood Education International
CollegeTracks
Educare of Washington, D.C.
Gates Millenium Scholars Alumni
Global Scholars Foundation
GREENBELT MUSEUM
Horton’s kids
IMPROVING ECONOMIES FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES
Little Lights Urban Ministries
Main Street Child Development Center
Mentors of Minorities in Education
National Art Education Association
National Grain and Feed Foundation
New Futures
SCAN OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Scholars Equity Network
The Dream Project
The New School of Northern Virginia
The Reading Connection
The Trinity Forum
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND
WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Health
Arlington Free Clinic
Community Coalition for Haiti
Fort Washington Medical Center
Health Educational Funders Network
Health Physics Association
Hope for Henry
Real Food for Kids
Ronald McDonald House Charities of DC
University Health System (Louisiana)
Whitman-Walker Health
Social Services
AHC Inc.
Bread for the City
Bridges to Independence
Britepaths
Carpenter’s Shelter
Children’s Law Center
Community Action Council of Howard County
District Alliance for Safe Housing
Father McKenna Center
Friends of Guest House
Future Link
Good Shepherd Housing & Family Services
House of Ruth
LISNER-LOUISE-DICKSON-HURT HOME
LA COCINA VIRGINIA
MVLE, Inc.
My Sister’s Place
Northern Virginia Family Service
Pathway Homes
The Campagna Center
Women Giving Back
“We brought Kelly Strategies in at a critical time, and I’m so glad we did. Our collective vision for our campaign hadn’t quite gelled and with her help it did. Susan’s clear counsel, strategic orientation and persistent encouragement earned the respect and admiration of our whole team. I’m grateful!”
Contact
Contact Info
Susan Kelly, Principal
Kelly Strategies
susan@kellystrategies.com
703.599.7817
Washington, DC Metro Area