“Experience Makes the Difference”

Core Values

We believe that nonprofit institutions deeply enrich our lives and our communities
We work for clients in whom we believe
We respect each institution's unique history and mission
We help our clients build their capacity to serve their communities
We work in partnership with our clients
We commit to develop practical, customized solutions for our clients' needs

Each of the principals of EMD Consulting Group has spent his or her career working for and on behalf of nonprofit institutions. Nonprofits today are finding greater needs in their communities and greater possibilities for taking action. They have a strong drive towards ever-greater effectiveness, and a need to increase their services with limited resources.

Our philosophy is that greater effectiveness and greater service is almost always possible with focus on mission and values, with strong, innovative management, with excellent strategic plans, and with fundraising plans and execution suitable for each institution.

We also understand that each institution is unique with its own history and its own possibilities and challenges. We are a boutique firm offering specialized and individualized services for our clients. We do not have standard products that we simply "repackage" for each organization. We use certain tools, of course, like strategic planning and fundraising audits that are valuable and often requested, but these are always shaped and adapted for the individual nonprofit organization; they are never "fill in the blank" services.

We pride ourselves on working with a diverse group of clients. They come from many sectors – from the arts to nature to faith-based; they come from those with short histories to those more than a century old; they come in many sizes – from relatively small to those with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars; they come from many areas – from the heartland of the U.S. to international organizations.

“The strategic plan for Botanic Gardens Conservation International-US was a great process and an outstanding product.”

Holly Shimizu, Director, U.S. Botanic Garden

The diversity of our clients allows us to bring an exceptionally wide array of perspectives to each client and multiple ways to look at our clients needs, challenges, and opportunities. It underscores the individuality of our clients and the need to respect each organization's mission, history, and special position in its community and the world.

Along with the diversity of types of nonprofit organizations served, we offer a wide variety of services to meet their needs and opportunities, including:

Strategic planning and counsel

Marketing and Communication plans

Fundraising plans

Fundraising assessments

Fundraising technology

Capital campaign feasibility studies

Capital campaign planning and counsel

Capacity Building Studies

Business Plans

Economic feasibility studies

Executive Searches

Organizational development

Program development, enhancement, and evaluation

Often we find that our client's needs do not fall into specific categories. We can tailor individualized studies or work to meet your needs.

Experience Does Make the Difference

Consulting with nonprofit organizations in management and strategic planning.
Fundraising consultants to nonprofits.

“Assisting nonprofit organizations move to a higher level of achievement and performance.”

“Experience Makes the Difference”

Consulting with nonprofit organizations in management and strategic planning. Fundraising consultants to nonprofits.

“Assisting nonprofit organizations move
to a higher level of achievement
and performance.”

Consulting with nonprofit organizations in management and strategic planning.
Fundraising consultants to nonprofits.