Raise the Bar Consulting

Raise the Bar Consulting Full service Fundraising, Organizational Development, Interim Executive Solutions & more! Contact us for a free consultation.

Raise the Bar Consulting offers comprehensive Fundraising, Organizational Alignment and Transitional & Interim Executive Leadership solutions designed to help nonprofit organizations and businesses stabilize, grow and prosper. Our Fundraising Solutions include: Fundraising Audits & Assessments, Development Plans, Annual Campaign Design & Implementation, Major and Planned Giving Program Development

, Capital Campaigns, Corporate and Foundation Fundraising, Government Grant Writing, and Supportive Consulting Services. Organizational Alignment: Organizational Assessments to identify your strengths, market position, and opportunities; Strategic Planning and Board Development; Support for Growth Initiatives, Strategic Partnerships and Realignments; and Implementation Services to tackle Growth, Change and Turnaround. Transitional & Interim Executive Leadership Solutions: We offer Organizational Alignment and Leadership when you need it most, sitting in the role of your Interim Executive, leading your Board through Strategic Visioning, and supporting your team through change. We help you identify your direction and recommit to your mission and vision, resolve outstanding internal issues, work with your team to find a new executive who can catapult your organization, and ready your next leader for success. We have worked with more than 80 organizations, raised more than $85 million, and led more than a dozen organizations through transition. Let us put our decades of combined experience to work for you.

08/29/2026

One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that balance isn’t something you achieve once- it’s something you continually adjust.

Whether you’re leading a nonprofit, raising a family, growing a business, or simply trying to be present for the people who matter most, there will always be tradeoffs.

Give yourself permission to be human. Progress will always take you farther than perfection.

08/25/2026

Your donors are not all hearing your message in the same place.

Some may read an email.
Some may notice a mailed appeal.
Some may see a social post.
Some may respond to a text, phone call, video, or QR code.

That is why multichannel fundraising matters.

In this video, Jennifer talks about why donor response is no longer always linear. A donor might receive your message one way, but choose to give another way- through your website, a QR code, PayPal, Venmo, a donor-advised fund, stock gift, or another giving option.

As year-end giving season approaches, nonprofits should ask:

Are we reaching donors in the ways they are most likely to hear us?

And are we making it easy for them to give when they are ready?

A new week is here, and we’re still thinking about what a full and meaningful week last week was.Raise the Bar Consultin...
08/18/2026

A new week is here, and we’re still thinking about what a full and meaningful week last week was.

Raise the Bar Consulting had such a great time at AZ Impact for Good’s UNITE + Transform Arizona Conference!

Now that we’ve had a moment to catch our breath, we’re feeling grateful for all the conversations, connections, questions, and quick booth visits that happened throughout the event.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello, grab some swag, or talk through what your organization is working on.

We left feeling encouraged, energized, and freshly inspired by the incredible work happening across Arizona’s nonprofit community.

And of course, we appreciated the fun moments too. 🦄

08/17/2026

Happy Monday, nonprofit friends!

As we head into a new week, here’s a simple fundraising reminder:

Your donors are not all listening in the same place.

📨 Some are reading email.
📬 Some notice direct mail.
☎️ Some respond to a personal call.
🛜 Some engage on social media.
🤝 Some need to hear the message more than once before they act.

That is why multichannel fundraising matters.

As you look toward year-end giving, this is a good week to ask:
Are we reaching donors in the ways they are most likely to hear us?

Keep an eye out later this week- we’ll be sharing a short video on this topic!

Wishing you a clear and productive week ahead!

08/14/2026

Join me and three fabulous fundraisers at AFP Southern Arizona’s August monthly meeting tomorrow 8:00 AM for a conversation on strengthening annual fundraising through coordinated, donor-centered multichannel strategies.

I’ll be joined by Sabrina Lobato-Gonzales from Sister Jose Women’s Center, Tiane Kennedy from GAP Ministries, and Renee Shane-Boyd from the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus to share real-world examples of what is working now.

Together, we’ll talk about how nonprofits can align messages across platforms, create consistent donor touchpoints, and build fundraising plans that are both resilient and relationship-driven.

Best of all, you’ll hear directly from your peers about where they’re finding success in today’s fundraising climate.

RSVP Here: https://afpsoaz.org/event/bolster-your-annual-fundraising/

Raise the Bar Consulting is at UNITE + Transform Arizona again today!If you’re attending, stop by our exhibitor table an...
08/13/2026

Raise the Bar Consulting is at UNITE + Transform Arizona again today!

If you’re attending, stop by our exhibitor table and say hello to Jennifer.

She’ll be offering free 20-minute conversations for nonprofit leaders who want to talk through a question about fundraising, leadership, strategy, capacity, year-end readiness, or organizational growth.

We’d love to connect and hear what your organization is working through.

Hope to see you there! AZ Impact for Good

08/11/2026

Raise the Bar Consulting will be at AZ Impact for Good UNITE + Transform Arizona Conference on August 12–13, and we’d love to connect with nonprofit leaders, partners, and colleagues who are thinking about fundraising, leadership, capacity, strategy, or growth.

Stop by our booth to say hello, grab some swag, or sign up for a free 20-minute consultation!

Join us next week for our next SCN Community Conversation as I (Jennifer M. Tersigni, CFRE, LCC, CIE) will share experie...
08/05/2026

Join us next week for our next SCN Community Conversation as I (Jennifer M. Tersigni, CFRE, LCC, CIE) will share experiences, tips, and lessons learned from guiding nonprofits through successful and unsuccessful journeys into sustained collaboration!

📅 August 10, 2026
⏰ 10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern
💬 Open to consultants, funders, nonprofit leaders, and anyone interested in collaboration as a strategy for strengthening organizations.

Topic: “Real-World Collaboration: Successes, Setbacks, and Insights”

🌎 What We'll Explore
Behind every nonprofit collaboration are countless decisions and turning points. What insights emerge when we take a closer look?

In this interactive session, we’ll focus on mergers that involve founders and founding boards, covering examples from both large and small nonprofits as we take a look at issues, processes and their outcomes.

Come ready to learn and to share your own experiences! Consultants with all levels of experience are welcome.

🔈Meet the Speaker:

"Jennifer M. Tersigni, CFRE, LCC, CIE is the founder and CEO of Raise the Bar Consulting, specializing in organizational alignment, transitional leadership, interim executive solutions and comprehensive fundraising. Jennifer has helped over 40 nonprofits, large and small, through their mergers and other collaborations.

She has an MA and CFRE, is a Certified Fund-Raising Executive, Certified Interim Executive, and Lifecycles Capacity Consultant. Jennifer is also an adjunct instructor at Arizona State University's ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation.

Jennifer enjoys collaborating with leaders to transform organizations, develop new initiatives, build sustainable funding, and make a meaningful impact in the world."

✨ Join the SCN Community of Practice as we reflect on real cases and learn from one another.

Register Here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcOugrzIpH9enG4Jh6ixXJHbBuvZS6lmw #/registration

07/31/2026

This week, we’ve been talking about getting ready for year-end fundraising before the busy season begins.

One important piece of that preparation is donor data.

Clean, accurate donor records help nonprofits communicate more clearly, avoid unnecessary costs, and create a better experience for the people who support the mission.

In this video, Jennifer shares a few practical steps organizations can take now, including cleaning up duplicate records, updating addresses, reviewing deceased records carefully, and filling in missing contact information when possible.

These behind-the-scenes details can make a real difference when it is time to launch a campaign.

Before year-end giving season gets busy, take a closer look at the tools your organization already has.Many nonprofits a...
07/29/2026

Before year-end giving season gets busy, take a closer look at the tools your organization already has.

Many nonprofits are paying for a CRM that can do more than they realize.

When CRM features are not fully used, teams can end up relying on extra subscriptions, disconnected systems, or manual workarounds that make fundraising harder than it needs to be.

Your CRM should help your team:

• Understand donor relationships
• Track engagement
• Keep communication organized
• Reduce administrative work
• Support better campaign follow-up

Sometimes getting ready for year-end fundraising does not mean adding more tools.

Sometimes it means using the tools you already have more effectively.

Save this checklist as a starting point for reviewing your CRM before year-end giving season.

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