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Black Fox Philanthropy is a B Corp social enterprise that helps organizations
around the globe attract significant and sustainable funding to build capacity
and deepen their impact. FUNDRAISING STRATEGY LEARN MORE With a combined 300+
years of experience, we’re prepared to tackle your toughest fundraising
challenges. Your mission is our mission. Our team is your team. PASSIONATE &
EXPERIENCED OUR TEAM We’ve worked with NGOs operating across the globe, helping
to create effective strategies to attract significant and sustainable funding.
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Black Fox Philanthropy is a leading fundraising firm serving international NGOs
and domestic nonprofits. As a B Corp social enterprise, our mission is to help
worthy organizations attract significant and sustainable funding so they can
drive deep and lasting social change. Profits are wholly reinvested in the
company’s long-term contribution to the social sector.

Black Fox Philanthropy is as fiercely committed to our client’s mission as they
are. From limited engagements to year-long contracts, we partner with clients to
provide effective fundraising strategies and services, and when optimal, serve
as a short-term extension of their staff. With impact as our primary driver, we
exist to advance the missions of our clients.

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WHAT WE DO

Black Fox builds capacity and fundraising strength for national and
international non-profits and community changemakers. We partner with clients
through targeted, limited offerings or comprehensive, multi-layered engagements.
We create smart, customized fundraising strategies. We are thought partners and
strategic planners. We function as an extension of your team, creating the
infrastructure for execution. Above all, we treasure the important work being
done by our clients and we strive to amplify their success and impact so the
world will be a better place.

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OUR CLIENTS



“What really stands out for Splash is the high level of customer service and
caring that Natalie and her team provide. They are always willing to answer
questions, share resources, and suggest funders who are mission-aligned – the
latter two without us even having to ask. Once you become a BFP client, it
really opens the door to new opportunities to scale. Beyond that, Natalie really
excels at coaching clients through “the donor dance.” If we have any tricky
donors or high-stakes meetings, I’ve always found her advice to be outstanding.”
Cyndie Berg, Director of Business Development, SPLASH.org "Black Fox - is like
manna from heaven - Thanks!" Holly Carter, Founder of BYkids "The Black Fox team
opened their hearts and efforts to us in a thrilling and fortifying way. They
have a freshness and commitment that is inspiring and unique. It is clear this
team serves change-making first and foremost, and that is why their help is so
invaluable - they want to ensure you have the best so they can help you affect
the biggest change." Leslee Udwin, Founder & CEO "Black Fox Philanthropy’s team
provided essential ‘insider’ information on how to directly approach
organizations which focus on girls’ education and empowerment. We were
encouraged to learn there are funders who care about the impact of small NGOs.
Every discussion felt like a group huddle during a time out in a sports match:
there was a sense of urgency, energy and tremendous support propelling us to
take action. The professional training and coaching will inform and boost our
approach to fundraising with more enthusiasm, optimism and drive." Girls
Foundation of Tanzania - Nano Chatfield, Executive Director What struck us about
the research Black Fox Philanthropy did for us was that it was so specific —
they uncovered so many new funders who are a bullseye in terms of aligned
missions around vulnerable girls and education, and who have a demonstrated
belief in our theory of change. So grateful to the Black Fox team for the
fundraising quantum leap forward! Sarah Symons | Her Future Coalition "On behalf
of Village Enterprise, it was a pleasure to engage with Black Fox Philanthropy
for Painless Prospecting. Our research needs for strong prospective funders were
well understood and addressed by their extremely capable team, freeing up
Village Enterprise’s team to focus on the most high-yield activities and
relationships. We are confident that Black Fox’s expertise will give our funding
pipeline the extra boost it needs to achieve our ambitious goals!" - Lindsay
Bouchelle, Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships “The Black Fox
Philanthropy team was professional, attentive, and consistently willing to offer
support beyond their contracted work. The funding pipeline that emerged from
painless prospecting was the perfect springboard for our annual fundraising
plans. We would highly recommend Black Fox’s services to any nonprofit team –
especially those with limited capacity looking for an instant boost to their
development plans!” -Zack Fowler, Managing Director of Programs "Partnering with
Natalie Rekstad and the Black Fox team is one of the smartest investments
TeachUNITED has made. BFP experts became part of our team, helping us unlock new
sources of funding through communications, funder research, sector insights,
board development, and the design and execution of a robust Major Gifts
campaign. But it is their hands-on attention that really blows us away. "
Heather Hiebsch | Co-Founder & CEO | TeachUNITED "Black Fox's development
diagnostic gave us a thorough and clear assessment of our current fundraising
strengths and opportunities. Not only are their recommendations highly
actionable, but their findings were so valuable that we've shared them with our
Board and staff, from marketing to operations to build common understanding for
greater teamwork. We now have a more efficient pathway ahead of us to build more
robust resources and relationships to realize our ambitious goals. The Black Fox
team was swift, supportive, and applied their deep expertise in a thoughtful and
customized way. We knew they were in our corner 100% throughout the entire
process." - Jensine Larsen, CEO "Black Fox Philanthropy led our team through a
day long intensive workshop that covered the power of storytelling, identifying
skills and roles within fundraising, reviewing current trends in the sector and
secrets to building powerful donor relationships. Natalie has a natural ability
to connect with others and are extraordinarily passionate about her work. It was
a pleasure to work with them and we're thankful for the 'gold nuggets' they
provided the team to help Concern achieve excellence in fundraising!" - Dara
Burke, Vice President, Individual Giving & Events "We have worked with
consultants in the past, and it's always helpful, but Black Fox Philanthropy has
given us the most specific overview we've had of the NGO landscape including
other groups with similar missions and scale and how they articulate their
mission. As a result, they were able to give new messaging ideas and brand
positioning that can help us differentiate us to key funders. That's just what
we needed." - Linn Kincannon, International Director & Co-Founder "My experience
working with Black Fox Philanthropy was refreshing, informative, and productive.
Black Fox brought professionalism, precision, and passion to every step of our
collaboration to ensure the delivery of high quality work consistently and on
time. It was a true pleasure to work with such a responsive, knowledgeable and
dedicated team." - Sophie Andar, Ed.D., Former Executive Director "Black Fox
Philanthropy played a key role in CU Peru's fund development plan. From the
moment I started working with them and throughout the project they displayed
both the passion and the knowledge that we were looking for. Their thorough
research and continued communication gave me a sense of ease throughout the
entire process. CU Peru is now equipped with well researched funding
opportunities that are invaluable to our organization. Being a one staff shop,
we could have never done this without Black Fox Philanthropy. We are truly
appreciative of their professionalism and services." - Melissa Traynham,
Executive Director "We were so happy working with the Black Fox team on
identification and building a funder pipeline for Fr. Alex You Memorial School.
These passionate people understand what they are doing and they clearly know
what organizations need to do what they are doing. As Black Fox slogan says
'Your mission is our mission. Our Team is your team.' This is exactly what
happened when we worked together. The valuable work they do that is far beyond
what we pay for. Black Fox is one of the unique organizations that is passionate
at seeing fairness, access to resources and helping communities thrive. I felt
loved and confident throughout the process." "Black Fox Philanthropy helped
Splash launch our formal major gifts program by creating strategy for working
with individuals and family foundations as well as performing detailed analysis
of our fundraising data. Natalie also provided development coaching for Splash
as we prepared for a key funder meeting. With Black Fox Philanthropy's strategic
and tactical advice, Splash is better-positioned than ever for fundraising
success." - Eric Stowe, Founder & Director "Black Fox Philanthropy has been
integral to the launch and success of our major gifts program at a time when
Bridges to Prosperity was in a pivotal stage of organizational growth. The Black
Fox team is unique in that it is able to give objective insight into your work
and compare it to other folks in the industry who have had success. In addition,
since Natalie comes from the donor perspective, she is able to bring to light
vocabulary that we now use both in our discussions and our print material.
Natalie and her team have helped to equip our organization with the tools
necessary to create a development plan that will speak directly to the hearts of
our donors and to grow our capacity to achieve our wildest ambitions. We
received a return on this investment many times over, and cannot recommend them
highly enough." - Avery Bang, CEO "The value we received from Black Fox
Philanthropy far exceeded the investment. BFP makes you a part of their family.
They went above and beyond our contractual scope of work over the course of an
entire year to represent and promote Global Grassroots when opportunities arose.
They have a completely comprehensive approach, weaving together analysis,
research, recommendations, and content that builds internal capacity with staff
and board, and builds a foundation of assets that the organization can leverage
to sustain what they catalyze. Unlike most consultants, they roll up their
sleeves and become your partners." - Gretchen Steidle, Founder "The foundation
pipeline that resulted from the engagement with Black Fox Philanthropy will be
extremely helpful to our organization as we aim to bring in funding before year
end, and as we build our pipeline and begin revenue forecasting for 2017."
-Emily Varni, Senior Impact Coordinator "The Millennium Campus Network is
training a new generation of global development leaders on university campuses
by providing a year-long fellowship experience for undergraduate students to
develop the values and management skills they require to lead on campus and
beyond graduation. Black Fox Philanthropy has engaged with the MCN at this
pivotal time in its growth to create fundraising strategy to support the
organization's goal of growing to 400 fellows in the next two years." - Sam
Vaghar, Executive Director & Co-Founder "I just had the BEST donor
call...because of you Natalie!!!! Oh my gosh. It was the best. I enjoyed it so
much. I did my research - I looked at my questions and decided which ones to ask
her and I had an hour-long conversation with a donor who to date has been really
cold. WOW!!! She shared so much information - so much about their giving habits,
how I could increase their gift, how best to communicate with them, etc. etc.
Also the same with a two donors last week. I kind of knew before but now I feel
I really know. Thank you thank you thank you...can I just say Thank you! You
have made my job so much easier - I feel so empowered and connected more with
the donors. The conversations are so good. And our organization will raise more
money as a result. Thank you!!!" - Aisling Studdert, Senior Major Gifts Officer
"The Black Fox Philanthropy team unleashed a powerful combination of creativity
and experience that achieved high-impact results in fundraising and strategic
initiatives, including developing several multi-year relationships so that the
funding of The Women's Foundation of Colorado remains vibrant for years to
come." - Louise C. Atkinson, Former CEO "A Towering Task engaged with Black Fox
Philanthropy early in the process of raising funds for the documentary capturing
the history and spirit of the Peace Corps. Black Fox were more than partners;
they became a part of our team. As such, they connected us to new partners
including Women Make Movies, helped to develop a social media and crowdfunding
strategy, a Peace Corps Volunteer Alumnae engagement strategy, and a blueprint
for cultivating major donors. In addition, the BFP team worked tirelessly with
me to write a complex government grant proposal for the National Endowment for
the Humanities, developing thoughtful and insightful language that helped
position the documentary with all private, corporate and government funders.
When Black Fox Philanthropy says they are “in the trenches” with you, they mean
it. All that is left to do is to execute their carefully planned strategy. It
was a pleasure working with Natalie Lynn Rekstad and her team." - Alana
DeJoseph, Director "When I contacted Black Fox, our organization was facing a
fundraising crisis due to the unexpected loss of a grant, and I didn’t know
whether we would still exist in 6 months. From the first call with Natalie
Rekstad, who gave me immediate suggestions on finding emergency funding, I felt
supported and like I finally had help to address our fundraising challenges.
Over the course of our 6 months working together through the Fundraising
Accelerator, our financial situation has transformed. Black Fox’s services were
just what we needed to address the funding gap, tighten our communications, get
grants out the door and learn about new funders. Having weekly support from the
BFP team has been critical for us – and now, as we’re ending the Fundraising
Accelerator, our organization has guaranteed funding for the rest of the year,
and is in a stronger position than we were before the emergency. Black Fox has
played a huge role in this transformation, and we are so grateful!" - Emily
Jacobi, Executive Director "Working with Black Fox on building a funder pipeline
for our organization, I found the team extremely friendly and approachable –
even though we were working from a distance. They are personable and
professional and I felt very comfortable asking questions throughout the
process." Heidi Basch-Herod, Executive Director "Black Fox Philanthropy led our
team through a day long intensive workshop that covered the power of
storytelling, identifying skills and roles within fundraising, reviewing current
trends in the sector and secrets to building powerful donor relationships.
Natalie has a natural ability to connect with others and are extraordinarily
passionate about her work. It was a pleasure to work with them and we're
thankful for the 'gold nuggets' they provided the team to help Concern achieve
excellence in fundraising!" - Dara Burke, Vice President, Individual Giving &
Events "After 25 years in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, I have
worked with many consulting firms, including some of the big names during my
time at G.E. Hands down, by far, Black Fox Philanthropy is the best consulting
experience I have ever had. Natalie has developed a winning formula and
attracted a first rate team. We more than doubled our investment in the first
year and I am confident it will grow much more next year as a result of their
capacity-building work with us. I couldn't speak more highly of them!" - Kate
Curran, Founder & CEO "The outcome of Black Fox Philanthropy’s work exceeded our
expectations on many levels, and can already see many additional applications in
addition to fundraising for the messaging. A big thanks to the team for their
fabulous and highly relevant work.” - Sonja Betschart, Co-Founder "Black Fox
Philanthropy has played a pivotal role in Mobile Pathways securing funding for
our innovative mobile platform that democratizes immigration law for refugees,
asylum seekers, and immigrants. The team came on as a true extension of our own,
bringing their deep, thoughtful fundraising expertise to complement our team’s
technical expertise and passion. In less than 8 months, the partnership brought
$100,000 in the door. Not only that, but the Black Fox team taking up the heavy
lifting allowed me to be a better and more present primary parent to my two
young daughters. We are already looking forward to re-engaging with Black Fox
Philanthropy at year’s end to uncover a fresh batch of prospective funders that
will be eager to fund our work." - Bart Skorupa, Co-Founder "Black Fox
Philanthropy led our team through a day long intensive workshop that covered the
power of storytelling, identifying skills and roles within fundraising,
reviewing current trends in the sector and secrets to building powerful donor
relationships. Natalie has a natural ability to connect with others and are
extraordinarily passionate about her work. It was a pleasure to work with them
and we're thankful for the 'gold nuggets' they provided the team to help Concern
achieve excellence in fundraising!" - Dara Burke, Vice President, Individual
Giving & Events "Black Fox came highly recommended. From the outset they were
phenomenal to work with. They laid out a clear process that was simple and
informed. They remained flexible and were strong communicators. They used a
research based approach that yielded great results and I am happy to say that
they exceed expectations with both my education and pediatric cancer nonprofits.
One thing I loved is that - in interacting with them - you could tell that they
really cared about the mission and that feeling came through in calls with
potential funders and partners. Black fox Philanthropy did such a great job with
our first engagement, that we hired them for another organization and they
nailed that one too!" ~Dana Bryson / World Child Cancer






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