Who we are.
A Collaborative of Experienced Professionals
The GivingGuidance team is comprised of experienced professionals with the education and training to deliver services that are critical to support our clients along the path to fundraising success.
With over 75 years of combined experience in the nonprofit realm combined with experience on the corporate philanthropy side, we provide a unique perspective as we work closely with organizations across Orange County to help them meet their marketing, communication, outreach and government affairs needs and navigate the path to success.
How we support nonprofits.
Our Story
Our Services
Our Services
Our story began with an individual's passion for helping organizations to succeed. Our founder saw a need for personalized, community-driven consulting services that supports nonprofits across Orange County, and set out to create an organization that could deliver. We continue to uphold this same passion and commitment to the clients we serve, and their missions.
Our Services
Our Services
Our Services
GivingGuidance provides a wide range of professional services, including Marketing, Communications, Outreach, Social Media, Special Events and Grant Writing. Our team of advisors are experts in each of these areas, and we work together to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions that meet their individual needs.
Our Approach
Our Services
Our Approach
At GivingGuidance, we firmly believe that collaboration is the key to success. We work closely with our clients to understand the challenges they face in reaching and engaging with their donors. Our team will develop a creative solution and an effective methodology to help you navigate the path to philanthropy and achieve your goals.
We Deliver The Services You Need.
Marketing
Successful marketing elevates your brand, raises awareness and builds trust and loyalty through positive messaging. Targeted strategic marketing creates a clear understanding of the organization's mission, and attracts donors with similar interests who are more likely to support your mission.
Communications
Effective communication requires finesse, and sometimes it requires a bull horn. Knowing when to shout from the rooftops is key. Many times, a subtle, well-placed message is more effective. Our communications professionals know when.
Government Affairs
Communicating with government agencies and elected officials requires experience, knowledge and familiarity with the processes. Without that knowledge, outside entities will face many obstacles unless they are acknowledged as trusted resources or respected representatives of their industry. Your organization can build an effective relationship with public officials by demonstrating your proficiency in communications, and we can help.
Outreach
Connecting with the community and collaborating with your constituents can lead to incredible partnerships. Strong relationships, founded on trust can, create important connections that support your mission. Organizational activities can help.
Social Media
Social media is a powerful tool for building brand awareness and connecting with your target audience. Our social media advisors will help you create engaging content and develop social media campaigns that drive ercognition, conversions and donations. We have expertise on the full range of platforms.
Grant Writing and Administration
Grant writing combines art and science, and requires industry knowledge, business acumen and a creative flare and encompasses precise, factual data and abstract storytelling. Our grant writers have the experience to research opportunities, uncover key decision points and create a compelling grant to put your organization ahead of competing agencies.
Administration requires experience, ethics and integrity to ensure that the management and distribution of funds is conducted in a manner that is beyond reproach and executed with the confidence and trust of the sources of the funds.
Special Events
We can make your events powerful, exciting and memorable, with a focus on enabling broad exposure and delivering your far reaching message to attract, entertain and inform your donors, partners, friends and followers. Your events can have a lasting impact long after the final dance, and last call.