“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius

Services

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Feasibility Studies

A feasibility study lays the foundation for best practices and a deeper understanding of your top donors and their needs—before asking for a gift. Besides providing your organization with valuable insights, asking donors to participate in a feasibility study cultivates stronger connections that can lead to more generous giving later. Download the Feasibility Study Primer PDF.
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Coaching & Training

Whether training novice volunteers on “The Art of Asking” or sharpening the performance of MGOs to rise to the top 1% of their profession, we provide systems, coaching, and accountability to support profound and measurable improvements. Ask about our stand-alone trainings, “Seven Minutes in the Shark Tank” and the “Seven Faces of Philanthropy.” Watch “What Gets Measured Gets Done” video.
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Campaign Design & Readiness

You never get a second chance to make a first impression, right? So before launching a new funding campaign, we conduct a thorough analysis and rate your readiness to proceed. This entails sharpening your messaging, reviewing past performances, assessing processes, and identifying new prospective donors, volunteers, and partnering opportunities. View our most recent case study.
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Campaign Management & Implementation

We provide a systematic, step-by-step approach to guide campaigns from concept to completion. Leveraging our experience, coaching, and oversight, capital campaigns can build momentum while avoiding common pitfalls, mistakes, and delays. Contact Casey to learn more.

Take your fund-raising to the next level.

As both a philanthropist and fund-raising development professional himself, Casey Woodard has more than 31 years’ experience in senior positions in philanthropy programs across the country. His deep experience on both sides of charitable giving gives him unique understanding of all aspects of successful fund-raising—from initial strategic planning and staff engagement to campaign design and long-term donor retention.

From 1986 to 1990, Casey Woodard served as assistant director of annual giving, and later, as assistant campaign director at Lewis & Clark College. He has traveled to more than 40 states, interviewed thousands of alums, and performed a leading role in successful completion of a $20-million comprehensive campaign.

As both a philanthropist and fund-raising development professional himself, Casey Woodard has more than 28-years’ experience More
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Accolades

  • "Our community is fortunate to have a philanthropy professional of Casey’s stature. The gift of his time and expertise made our recent fund development clinic wildly successful, and we are already experiencing increased success because of his training. It is impossible to measure what I have learned from him, or express the depth of my gratitude. From the minute he walks in the room, he represents the caring, relational philanthropic process."
    Monica Wilton Executive Director at Eugene Public Library Foundation
  • "Casey Woodard is a dedicated and committed philanthropist who not only understands the essence and power of the philanthropic process, but possesses the rare capability of being able to articulate it in a way that is understandable to others. He consistently creates philanthropic results in which not just the beneficiaries but the donors themselves become engaged in the process and invested in the outcomes."
    Mark F Herbert, Managing Principal, New Paradigms LLC
  • "Casey has a way of thinking big and completely out of the box. He helps bring philanthropy to a whole new level. Casey has amazing interpersonal and presentation ability which helps him implement change and put team members at ease. His knowledge of philanthropic organizations and methods is vast, providing valuable ideas and resources to non-profits."
    Jeanne Tiscareno Vice President & Director, St. Joseph School Endowment Board
  • "Casey Woodard helped us develop a strategy for our fundraising gala/kick off to our annual fund. We increased our fundraising by 60%. His help developing a strategy with key donors and making sure a core of champions attended was vital. I so appreciate his time and support from Casey. It means more than I can say"
    Ronnel Curry Executive Director, Springfield Education Foundation
  • "Casey Woodard has been absolutely invaluable to our fund-raising efforts at Klamath Community College. His insights and expertise are immense, and they have helped us move from a very basic level of operation to a much more defined and sophisticated office. Casey consistently goes above and beyond in assisting clients, and I have appreciated his commitment to helping us get better. He has terrific ideas, and we have learned a lot under his tutelage."
    Julie Murray-Jensen Vice President of Enrollment and External Affairs, Klamath Community College
  • "Not only is Casey a highly regarded fund-raiser, he is also a gifted teacher and mentor. He knows his subject matter so well that he can explain convoluted fund-raising strategy to beginners in logical and reassuring ways. If your staff, board, or volunteers are nervous about fund-raising or unconvinced of its potential, hire Casey."
    Maria Ramos Underwood Chief Development Officer, La Clinica
  • "I am so excited that Casey’s strong understanding of fund-raising vision and leadership is now available to us in the Southern Oregon region. He will strengthen the fund development leadership and capacity that we need in our non-profit sector."
    Katherine Bryon MPH, Gordon Elwood Foundation

Articles and Publications

Casey Woodard named by Gov. Kitzhaber to Advisory Committee on Economic Development

Annual Sustainability

Engaging Your Major Gifts Officer: Six Steps to Optimized Performance

Contact Casey

Casey Woodard - President

Casey Woodard Consulting, LLC

40 South Sixth Street

Cottage Grove, OR 97424

Phone: 541-914-3573

Fax: 541-942-8159

Email: casey@cwc-llc.com

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