Advancement and global philanthropy

With more than 60 years of service to nonprofits worldwide, Huron’s GG+A global philanthropy team is the leader in helping organizations advance their missions through sustained philanthropic growth.

Our approach starts with listening to your unique challenges and fully understanding your mission, constituents, and goals. Then, our team of experts, each with first-hand advancement and fundraising experience, work with you to develop a strategy and road map for success.

We work hand-in-hand with our clients to ensure every program and mission we serve has a clear vision— and action plan—for how to put what’s possible into practice.

Our team brings innovative solutions and a collaborative approach to programs of every size and level in countries around the world.

How we help

 

Ignite philanthropic growth

Drive substantial and sustainable growth for your mission with a data-driven understanding of your current program and the capacity of your constituency.

Assess your program

Through a collaborative and thorough discovery process, our team works with you to fully understand your program strengths, constraints, operating environment, and philanthropic landscape—and where you stand compared to similar high-performing programs.

Get actionable donor insights

Using your data and industry benchmarks, bolstered by predictive analytics, discover opportunities to increase current giving, attract new donors, develop strategic relationships, and build major and principal gifts portfolios.

Deepen connections with constituents

Cultivate purposeful relationships with donors, patients, alumni, members, ticket buyers, volunteer leaders, and all constituents by engaging in a way that makes your mission an enduring part of their lives. Our team helps clients leverage technology, including AI-enabled tools, to personalize and scale constituent interactions.

Strengthen your communications

Develop and execute strategic communications plans to convey your rationale for support and nurture intentional connections with current and prospective supporters.

Build a powerful, data-driven program

Shore up your strategy and operations with AI-powered prospect research and a data-driven plan grounded in deep insight specific to your goals, opportunities, and mission.

Boost fundraising outcomes

Increase the effectiveness of programs, including gift and estate planning, principal gifts strategy, annual giving, giving days, athletics fundraising, parent programs, and international fundraising.

Tailor your plans to your opportunities

Develop a strategy and road map for success that is unique to your mission and the areas where you have the most opportunity.







Unparalleled CRM and technology expertise

Implement new or enhance your current fundraising technology, including customer relationship management (CRM) solutions strengthened by AI technology and supported by the most experienced team of specialists.

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Advancement and global philanthropy

Global philanthropy and advancement

Markets we serve

Huron’s GG+A team works globally with a diverse range of clients in industries, including:

  • Higher education institutions
  • Academic medical centers and health systems
  • Independent schools
  • Arts and cultural institutions
  • Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
  • Research institutes
  • Environmental organizations

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Huron GG+A

Making an impact

Huron’s GG+A global philanthropy team works with leading institutions in every sector we serve to advise teams in all areas of advancement.

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Consulting and support services to 3,000+ nonprofits and NGOs

Fundraising campaigns

Consulting and support of 100+ fundraising campaigns of $1B or more

Arts and culture

250+ client partnerships across museums, performing arts organizations, zoos, aquariums, gardens and arboretums, and cultural institutions

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Serving over three dozen independent schools annually, with campaign goals ranging from $10 million to $180 million

Top 100 institutes

Partner to flagship public research universities in all 50 U.S. states

1,200+ systems

150+ current and recent consulting partnerships with leading academic health centers, cancer centers, and healthcare organizations

40+ NCI centers

18 of the 24 Russell Group Research Universities in the United Kingdom

110+ health centers

Canada’s top 15 research universities and 4 of the 5 leading universities in Australia







Connect with a global philanthropy expert

  • Suzanne Hilser-Wiles

    Suzanne Hilser-Wiles

    Managing Director

    "By creating sustainable philanthropic growth, organizations can ensure that they have the resources they need to deliver on their missions fully."

    Contact Suzanne
  • Elizabeth Farr

    Elizabeth Farr

    Principal

    "Done well, fundraising is a joyful pursuit that brings institutional leaders together with generous donors, to forge partnerships that fuel vision and advance the student experience."

    Contact Elizabeth
  • Alex Faklis

    Alex Faklis

    Managing Director, Strategy and Operations

    For more than a decade, Alex has helped higher education clients assess, re-imagine, and transform student and alumni experiences. She specializes in strategic planning, operational assessment, performance improvement and aligning technology with institutional imperatives in the student and alumni space.

    Contact Alex
  • Pete Lasher

    Pete Lasher

    Principal

    "With philanthropic contributions becoming an increasingly important component of university revenue models, it places more expectations on advancement leaders to demonstrate the return on the investments made in their programs. Fortunately, demonstrating impact is nothing new to these leaders and their teams."

    Contact Pete

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