Donor Direct Consulting Ltd.

Donor Direct Consulting Ltd. is a third-party fundraising consultancy that recruits, trains and manages the staff who run donor campaigns for charities. It works on behalf of not-for-profit organisations in Canada, aiming to raise their profile and grow the number of people who give each month.

What Donor Direct Consulting Ltd. does

• Telemarketing: calling teams that look after existing donor lists, handle stewardship and ask current supporters to raise their giving.
• Door-to-door canvassing: trained fundraisers who visit homes to sign up new monthly donors.
• Mall and private-site fundraising: staffed stands in shopping centres and on private premises.
• Street canvassing: face-to-face donor recruitment in public spaces.
• Campaign management: staffing and running the whole campaign for the client organisation.

Customers and markets

The firm serves charities and not-for-profit bodies, and says some of the larger Canadian charitable organisations are among its clients. Each fundraiser is assigned to a single organisation rather than several at once, so that they stay close to one cause.

Key facts

• Based in: Canada
• Membership: member of AFP and follows its operating guidelines
• Methods: telemarketing and face-to-face fundraising