STRATEGIC SERVICES FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
CRITICAL THINKING & ACTION
STRATEGIC SERVICES FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
CRITICAL THINKING & ACTION
OUR COMPANY
OUR FOCUS
We understand that engaging counsel is a major investment for every organization.
We respect the financial and programmatic objectives of every client with whom we engage.
We work closely with client leaders to ensure that
the organization's mission is clearly defined
and its activities are strategically planned
to meet its long-range objectives.
OUR SERVICES
We counsel non-profit organizations
on ways to expand their resources
- Create/articulate powerful Strategic Plans
- Develop organizational communications plans
- Design resource strategies and campaigns
- Offer liaison between corporations and non-profit interests
- Enhance each client's program and staff management effectiveness
- Conduct executive searches
OUR EXPERTISE
Fazio International Ltd., founded in 1983, is headed by Carolyn Raffa Fazio. She brings to the firm many years of consultation in organizational management, strategic planning, resource development and public relations. In addition to client engagements, Carolyn has considerable experience conducting keynote presentations and workshops on strategic analysis, resource development, public relations, and leadership motivation. She is widely published in the fields of constituency cultivation and resource development.
Fazio International Ltd. remembers the creativity and dedication of the firm's co-founder.
Charles R. Fazio 1936 - 2006.
successful engagements
Resource Planning
A major national trade association wanted to know if its members supported establishing a related foundation. Fazio International created a comprehensive resource development strategy that addressed organizational strengths, described what the members had told us they would want to see accomplished, and defined an initial goal of $10 million. Our client's Board accepted the plan and engaged Fazio International as development counsel to help implement it. Today, this research and education foundation has a secure funding base with an endowment of more than $28 million.
Strategy to Action
Our firm worked closely with association leaders from around the world to articulate a viable strategic plan for an international professional society. But, the plan would only be effective if regional and subject-specific committees developed their individual annual action plans from the agreed strategies. Fazio International worked with each group to achieve consensus, to identify areas for joint programming, and to ensure that the strategic plan became an intrinsic part of all programs and projects.
Board Development
Our client's staff was fully committed to the strategy we had recommended. The board of directors was not quite there. A campaign can only succeed when the volunteer board of the organization makes a philosophical and financial commitment to the effort. Fazio International conducted targeted board activities to bring members to consensus and to keep them involved throughout the campaign. Board members soon understood how their involvement would enhance the organization's opportunity for program and financial success. Within six months, the board achieved a 100% participation rate. Collectively, they pledged more than 25% of the target goal.
Writing and Editing
A client's public relations department had little time to add fund-raising collateral materials to its calendar. Fazio International was engaged to write and produce all campaign-related materials including brochures, newsletters, volunteer correspondence with prospects and contributors, key presentations to potential major contributors, annual reports and donor recognition. The initiative was well-branded. The organization's constituencies were kept informed throughout the campaign, and the professional "feel" of the campaign made contributors sit up and take notice.
Motivation
A medical society wanted to improve its odds of running a successful annual giving program by focusing on the ways that staff and volunteers would need to interact over the life of the campaign. Fazio International designed and conducted workshops for the society's internal staff and volunteers to teach them how to work together effectively. The volunteers accepted their fund-raising assignments, accomplished them on time and wanted to keep going with new solicitation assignments. Staff was able to communicate better with the volunteers to keep the in-house operation moving smoothly. Over a two-year period, the society improved its annual campaign by more than 22%.
our clients - past and present
Business and Industry
American Highway Users Alliance
American Outdoors Association
American Payroll Association
American Society of Association Executives Foundation
Associated Equipment Dealers Foundation
Associated Industries of Florida Foundation
Association of Independent Corrugated Converters
Automotive Service Association Management Institute
Bakery Equipment Manufacturers Association
British Nuclear Industry Forum (U.K.)
Canadian Society of Association Executives
CEPHALON, Inc.
Education Foundation of State Bank Supervisors
Envelope Manufacturers Association Foundation
The ESOP Association and The Employee Ownership Foundation
European Research Foundation/Economic Development Institute (Belgium)
Florida Association of Insurance Agents
Florida Realtors Educational Foundation
Florida Retail Federation
Florida RV Trade Association
Florida Society of Association Executives Foundation
Florida Tax Lien Association
Florida TaxWatch
Food Service & Packaging Institute
Futures Industry Institute
International Corrugated Packaging Foundation
International Public Relations Association (U.K.)
International Union of Public Transport (Belgium)
MultiMedia Telecommunications Association
National Apartment Association
National Association of Federal Credit Unions Foundation
National Business Travel Association
National Glass Association
National Golf Foundation
National Tax Lien Association
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
Petroleum Marketing Education Foundation
Printing Industries of America
Public Risk and Insurance Management Association
Screen Printing Technical Foundation
Society of Automotive Engineers
SE Florida Apartment Association
Building Arts and Sciences
Associated Builders & Contractors CraftMasters Training, Inc.
Civil Engineering Research Foundation
Construction Specifications Institute Foundation
Door and Hardware Institute
ECPAC – National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
ELECTRI International Foundation (NECA)
Florida Home Builders Association
Home Automation Association
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (Switzerland)
Mechanical Contractors Association of America
Mechanical Contracting Foundation (MCAA)
Merit Shop Foundation
Metal Finishers Foundation
National Asphalt Pavement Association Foundation
National Association of Electrical Distributors Foundation
National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Educational Foundation
National Institute of Building Sciences
National Roofing Contractors Association
National Tax Lien Association
New Horizons Foundation (SMACNA)
Science and Society
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
American Association of Orthodontists Foundation
American Optometric Association
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
American Veterinary Medical Association Foundation
Association of Health Care Journalists
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Association of Public Safety Communications Officials-International
Canadian Bar Association
Connecticut Law Enforcement Foundation
Dohány Street Synagogue (Hungary)
Drive Smart Florida
Florida Fire Chiefs' Association
Florida Health Information Management Association
Florida Justice Association Research & Education Foundation
Florida Pharmacy Foundation
Greater Naples Fire District
Group Psychotherapy Foundation
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Impact India Foundation
Internal Medicine Center to Advance Research and Education
International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Agencies
International League Against Epilepsy
LeadingAge Florida
Leonard Wood Memorial - American Leprosy Foundation
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
National Association of Dental Laboratories
National Association of Veterinary Emergency Medical Services
National Children's Home (U.K.)
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (AFSPRS)
Seafarers' House
The Support Center of Washington
The United States Commission on the Effectiveness of the United Nations
YMCA of Broward County (Florida)
Education
Alpha Chi Rho Educational Foundation
The American School (Austria)
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
College Stores Research and Educational Foundation
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
Florida Library Association
Foundation for Student Progress
Georgetown University
Glenbrook Foundation for Exceptional Children, Inc.
Holton-Arms School
Manhattanville College
Mary Baldwin College
Medical College of Virginia Alumni Association
Miami-Dade Community College Foundation
Oxford University, Oxford Union Society
Saint Paul Academy--Summit School
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
U.S. Department of Education
University of Birmingham (U.K.)
University of Hawaii--Leeward College
Virginia Military Institute Foundation
Winston Churchill Foundation
The Fine Arts
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis
Honolulu Symphony Society
Minnesota Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony
Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation
San Antonio Symphony
Smithsonian Institution - International Art Museum Division
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution - National Postal Museum
Smithsonian Institution - Smithsonian Associates Program
The Environment
Air and Waste Management Association
American Ground Water Trust, National Ground Water Association
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Education Foundation
Environmental Industry Associations Foundation
Florida Forestry Foundation
International Trust for Environmental Initiatives, Lund University, Sweden
Jefferson Energy Foundation, Independent Petroleum Association of America
Wildlife Management Institute
Yosemite Natural History Association