Strategy evaluation, development and execution

Donor engagement and audience growth

Content management and distribution

Counsel and collaboration

Project management

Donor communications copywriting

"David was reliable, imaginative and accountable. He and I worked together to improve the profile of The Bloom Group by attending events, producing materials and an Annual Report. David was able to take complex material and present it in plain language with engaging graphics and messaging. "   Liz Barnett, Executive Director (former), The Bloom Group

411 Seniors Centre

Access Pro Bono/Everyone Legal Clinic

BC Hospitality & Community Foundation

Beverley McLachlin Access to Justice Fund

The Bloom Group/May's Place Hospice

Burnaby Hospital Foundation

Humane Canada

Lionsview Seniors' Planning Society

Registered Nurses Foundation of BC

Silver Harbour Seniors Centre

Sunshine Coast Hospice

Take A Hike Foundation

I've spent the past three decades helping nonprofits and foundations improve local, regional and global communities. 

Donor Communications:

Digital content: website, blog and social media | Annual report | Direct mail | Campaign and donor material | Special report | Brochure and promotional material | Print and e-newsletter | Case for support and collateral | Annual appeal | Sponsorship proposal | Board and internal communcations

For six years, I was the associate with LOVEfundraising, a small consultancy in Vancouver that provided strategic fundraising and philanthropy services to Canadian nonprofits. In 2024, the founder retired and closed the company. 

• Developing and executing fundraising and communication strategies
• Providing interim in-house fundraising/communications staffing
• Assisting with campaign resource/feasibility studies, interviews and recommendation reports
• Writing cases for support and donor collateral
• Managing grants process, from applications to final reports
  

Before that, I served seven years as deputy director for Philanthropy Northwest, a Seattle-based nonprofit network of 150+ private and public foundations, corporate giving programs and individual donors across the Pacific Northwest. 

• Managing multi-year organizational expansion in programming, financial resources and operations
• Leading fundraising campaigns that resulted in over $2 million from individuals, foundations and corporations
• Cultivating strategic relationships with board members, sponsors, public policy officials and community stakeholders
• Advancing relationships among donor and Indigenous communities