The Kipos Group is Your Fundraising Consultant
We help non profit executives who are frustrated with their revenue streams. Together we build your revenue engine creating, sustainable growth for your organization while keeping staff satisfied and engaged.
One-Stop Shop for Non-Profits
Founder and Owner, James Misner is an innovator in Non-Profit fundraising with more than 20 years of experience. James’ proven record of growing organizations from small to large has given him keen insight into the intricacies of creating successful and effective fundraising strategies for a variety of non-profit organizations.
Our experience has allowed us to work with a variety of non-profit groups of all shapes and sizes.

How to Tell Your Board a Fundraising Program Is Failing
Key Takeaways The reason development directors delay a bad board report is not cowardice. It is that they only have one kind of number to report, and that number makes the program look indefensible with no path forward. A board that hears only outcome numbers has exactly one question available to it, which is “why…

Why Your Endowment Campaign Is Draining Your Annual Fund
Key Takeaways Most endowment and legacy gifts at organizations in the $1M to $20M range are not new money. They are annual fund money that changed jackets, and nobody notices until the operating budget comes up short the following year. The cannibalization stays invisible during the campaign because a legacy pledge gets counted the moment…

How to Ask a Donor for More Money Than They Have Ever Given
Key Takeaways When a portfolio model puts a bigger number next to a donor’s name than that donor has ever given, most fundraisers hear it as a verdict on their own competence rather than as a hypothesis about a conversation that has not happened yet. A giving history does not measure a donor’s capacity. It…



