Nonprofit, Philanthropic and Education

Our experience with philanthropic and nonprofit organizations includes:

Assisting organizations with grantmaking due diligence;
Helping organizations understand and improve their internal operating procedures;
Providing guidance for improving governance, transparency, and accountability;
Providing verifiable performance metrics for management, board members, funding organizations and donors.

We follow a unique, proprietary approach not offered by other advisors. In utilizing our services, your organization will receive personal attention from experienced professionals. These individuals possess highly diverse backgrounds, permitting our firm to offer “a different perspective” to each of our clients.

The services that we offer to the nonprofit and education sectors are unique in that our assessments look at the complete entity. Having a thorough assessment results in a strong organizational infrastructure that allows your organization the ability to focus on its mission. Having that strong foundational base will create greater opportunities for financial support and creates a stronger vision and mission for your organization.

Many consultants to the nonprofit segment create contracts, which become onerous. They charge flat fees plus expenses, which contractually lock in the client, regardless of the outcome. At Cendrowski Corporate Advisors, we present flexible billing and a price for services, proceed with our contract by receiving a down payment, and then bill against that down payment in quarter-hour increments. If there are expenses for other services involved, we present them up front. Extras are never a surprise. We work with you as a partner or internal staff member, not as an outsider. Our focus is maintaining premium service with a focus on client confidentiality.

Annual, Capital, Major Gifts, Endowment Campaigns

Annual Funds

Our team can help you to prepare your tax filings for your organizations’ funds and make sure that your returns are compliant with federal and state legislation regarding educational systems and nonprofits. Our experienced tax planning staff can minimize tax risk and maximize tax incentives for your organization.

Capital, Major Gifts and Endowment Campaigns

With our strength as tax planners, our experienced team can develop strategic initiatives that help to sustain future investments into your organizations, creating vast arrays of potential revenue. We also have experience with estate and gift tax planning. Capital campaigns can be developed to help facilitate greater amounts of tax-deductible donations and can help to accrue more capital for your organization.

Feasibility Studies

We realize that organizations may have to reinvent themselves in order to maintain sustainability. Our team can work with your organization to develop new services and strategies to propel your organization forward. Our team can perform operational assessments for your organization that help to optimize the core competencies within your organization. We can also determine where growth occurs within the industry and conduct extensive market research that helps to make accurate and calculated decisions that impact your future organizational earnings. We can also source out potential tax incentives that your organization qualifies for and create greater potential tax benefits.

Strategic Planning for Development

Development Programs

Our senior team at CCA is comprised of members with decades of experience as nonprofit board members with many experiences in the non-profit and educational worlds. We can help develop programs that can foster fundraising initiatives and drive growth within organizational leadership.

Internal Assessments/Development

We work with leaders of nonprofit boards and educational leaders to develop internal controls and protocols that are designed to establish transparency and efficiency. We also work to make sure that our suggested protocols are implemented in the correct manner and we supplement these controls with consistent support and feedback. Our team can manage your organizations data and create automated processes that expedite key functions within your organization. By developing strong data management systems, it can help your organization to focus on the key decisions that drive forward the future of your organization.

Staff & Board Development

We can perform due diligence services on staff members and incoming board members to ensure that your organization is hiring the right candidates. We also help to provide verifiable performance metrics for management, board members, donors and funding organizations to make sure that each step of the organization has definable and attainable goals.

Recruitment of Volunteers

We can help your organization to acquire support through volunteers that are willing to donate time and or participate within your fundraising activities.

Speaking and Lecturing

We can help secure foundation and event speakers for your events and can guest lecture for certain educational pursuits at the higher education level as well as industry events. Many of our team members have a variety of experiences with teaching at higher education and performing speeches across many industry and association events.

Planning and Implementation Tools

Fundraising Training for Staff and Volunteers

Serving in an advisory role, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors can help facilitate and create training programs that create long standing fundraising platforms for your organization.

Market Research

We analyze the nonprofit and education sectors to find where the opportunities are for growth and the needs of those sectors. Through our analysis, we also establish research that may be used to make internal decisions for your firm. Having targeted financial and demographic data can ensure that your organization can forecast certain trends and help organizations to facilitate stronger action plans.

Prospect Research – Individuals

Performing Due Diligence on a prospective donor or board member is essential towards ensuring a board that represents the culture of the organization. Through our comprehensive experience, we can provide intelligence that can help organizational leaders to make decisions on key members of their teams and provide a strong basis for donor support.

Prospect Research

Nonprofit organizations want to align with other nonprofits that fit into their mission. It is often very hard to create and maintain strong alliances over time. Cendrowski’s team of advisors can help you form a large-scale investigation and research into the financials of the nonprofit you are seeking to align with and perform substantial due diligence to ensure that your organization is partnering with an organization who operates with integrity and shared goals and values.

Proposal Writing

Our team can help to create and develop proposals for federal and state grants, fundraising, and securing other financial means to support your organization. We work to create documents that accurately signify your organizations financial standing.

Events Planning and Implementation

Through our dedicated alliances, we can help facilitate event planning initiatives that aim to accomplish your goals for your event. Implementing the goals you have for an event is difficult for most organizations and requires a lot of time and effort. Using proven strategies, we can help to meet and exceed your fundraising goals.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Our firm members can evaluate your cash flows and conduct a quality of earnings report for your non-profit organization. The reports will give recommendation for how cash flows in your organization should be managed to maintain consistent revenues. Financial planning tools such as a 13 week cash flow report are essential to guide nonprofit organizations through tough financial times.