Capitol Fundraising Associates Information

Headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, Capitol Fundraising Associates (CFA) is a multi-client fundraising firm providing board development and training, strategic planning, capital campaign consulting as well as overall oversight and program management of client fundraising programs. Its focus is on providing fundraising expertise to businesses, associations, governmental human services providers, non-profit organizations and elected office holders. Our approach works because we bring our expertise and understanding to projects and activities, which we then cooperatively design with our clients. Our goal is to help organizations identify and harness their resources so that they can be stronger and more effective. CFA is also able to design targeted workshops to help non-profit board members and key staff members understand the current philanthropic culture and how to best to attract donors to participate in fundraising activities. The implementation of CFA's contracts is by Rebecca Bahar-Cook, CEO of the company, and CFA Associates Caitlin O'Rourke and Kelsey Taber with the assistance of Office Manager Terri Voigt-Wilkinson. CFA's staff has as its top priority working with its individual clients to develop the fundraising strategy that makes the most sense for their particular organization. It is essential, however, that the leadership of the organizations we work with be fully committed to the implementation of that plan. Our approach is a coordinated one that utilizes the unique strengths of the client organization (which we help assess) and our expertise in making maximal use of those strengths, as well as our knowledge and understanding of fundraising practices and fundraising sources around the state of Michigan.