What is the Fundraising Accelerator?
The Fundraising Accelerator is an intensive eight-week program designed to guide nonprofit and social enterprise leaders toward sustainable, long-term organizational growth. By building robust revenue strategies and clarifying value propositions, participating organizations establish the strong foundations necessary to thrive. This collaborative program equips leasders and teams with the forward-looking systems and mindsets needed to scale community impact.
How it Works
The Fundraising Accelerator combines expert-led workshops, hands-on advising, and built-in accountability to help your team turn strategy into action.
Educational Workshops
Participants engage in interactive, expert-led sessions designed to clarify goals, build robust revenue strategies, and design actionable fundraising calendars.
Structured Accountability
The program provides a structured framework and regular milestones that keep leadership teams on track building and implementing new revenue systems.
1:1 Advising with SVP Denver Partners
Leaders work in person with experienced professionals to customize fundraising tactics for specific organizational needs.
Community Spotlight
Each cohort ends with a community celebration to spotlight participating organizations and bring together cross-sector leaders.
Is the Fundraising Accelerator Right for Your Organization?
Building a sustainable fundraising strategy takes more than good intentions. It takes the right systems, the right message, and the right plan to put them into action. SVP Denver's Fundraising Accelerator will help you determine:
Where your current revenue strategy is strong, and where it needs work
How to clarify your organization's value proposition to funders and donors
What a realistic, actionable fundraising calendar looks like for your team
Which fundraising tactics fit your organization's specific goals and capacity
Hear from the Previous Cohorts
Here's what a few leaders of organizations we have invested in have said.
My expectations have been exceeded...the environment and culture of the group are great.
This accelerator has been wonderful and just what I need.
Who Qualifies?
Nonprofit Organizations
Your organization is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit or is operating under a fiscal agent.Operating in the Denver Metro Region
You are located within and/or providing 51% or more of your services within Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and/or Jefferson counties.Mission and Impact
You understand how your services are advancing health, economic, and/or racial equity and meeting a clear community need.Team Readiness
Your staff and/or board will dedicate time to assessing current systems, strategizing their desired future state and work to get there on top of day-to-day operations.$100k - $3M in Revenue
We support impact organizations that are incorporated and have the capacity to implement results of projects, but don’t have the resources to pay for outside support.Inclusiveness and Equity
Your organization embodies values, policies and practices that ensure all stakeholders are engaged equitably.