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You Are a Part of What Is Right with the World!

Douglas Shaw & Associates is ready to partner with you to amplify your message and enhance your fundraising efforts, helping you be a part of what is right with the world.

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Client Partners

Serving Alongside Amazing Partners to Maximize Impact:

For more than 30 incredible years, we’ve had the privilege of raising billions of dollars through omnichannel campaigns that have helped hundreds of organizations of all sizes and types grow and advance their mission—including faith-based, social services, international, and health-related organizations.

  • Since partnering with Douglas Shaw & Associates, we have been pleased with the level of care we’ve experienced as we’ve worked to create a more efficient but meaningful fundraising program that aligns with our brand and mission. We have been especially pleased with the level of support we’ve received with our digital fundraising and paid media efforts. They understand the direction we want to take our program and help us strategize our fundraising efforts to support our overall goals now and into the future. 
    Stephanie Sommer
    Annual Giving Manager
  • I have worked with Douglas Shaw & Associates several times over my career and have always found their team to be insightful and encouraging. Their knowledge and understanding of data and their ability to spot trends early on are important as we work to produce relevant communication for our supporters. They want to take what we already do and make it better rather than use a one-size-fits-all approach. Their approach to new donor acquisition, using both experience and insights from the data we provide to identify potential new supporters, is important as we look toward growth.
    Jamey Campbell
    Vice President of Development
  • For almost 20 years, He Intends Victory has partnered with Douglas Shaw and Associates because they understand us!!! They understand our mission and financial needs. They help us accomplish our goals, and they believe in what we do! Every year since we started working with them, our income has increased, our support base has grown, and our vision grows stronger. They are the real deal! 
    Bruce A. Sonnenberg
    Founder and Board President
  • Douglas Shaw and Associates collaborates with us in a way that feels seamless—they come alongside our staff, offer strong support, and truly function as part of our team. Their wise counsel and service-oriented approach have helped us navigate changing seasons of staffing and ministry with confidence. With their guidance, we are planning more effectively for future growth and maintaining long-term financial stability. 
    Peter Leavitt
    Board Member
  • We view our team at Douglas Shaw and Associates as more than consultants. They are an extension of our ministry.  We value their partnership to come alongside our strategic ministry goals, and they are sensitive to our unique communication and fundraising needs. 
    Janine Nelson
    Senior Director of Communications and Ministry Advancement
  • Working with Douglas Shaw & Associates has been a joy, and they have generated impressive results for us. Their extensive experience, strategic vision, creative insight, and active faith create a solid financial foundation and result in consistently increasing revenues. They have been quick and effective in adapting to changing market conditions and fluctuating donor tastes and expectations. They share our culture and focus on bringing the love of Christ to the vulnerable folks we serve, reinforcing our message to our donors and the broader community. 
    Fred B. Clayton
    President/CEO
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OUR SERVICES

Tools to Make Your Vision a Reality . . .

We’ll help you surround your donors and prospects with the right message, in the right place, at the right time to drive your mission forward and make your vision a reality.

  • Custom Strategies
  • Multichannel Fundraising
  • Digital Innovation
  • Data & Analytics
  • Creative Solutions

Custom Strategies

After three decades of rigorous testing, we know what works. And we know why. That’s what you need in a trusted partner in direct response. With your unique, powerful story, and our decades of strategic insights, we can craft holistic, custom fundraising strategies that work—together.

Let’s Talk Strategy

Multichannel Fundraising

Our advanced team knows that effective direct response fundraising is about partnership—and surrounding your donors and prospects with data-inspired, targeted communications in the right channels to inspire them to respond.

Learn More About Multichannel

Digital Innovation

With a seasoned, agile team that’s committed to staying ahead of an ever-changing landscape, we’ll help propel you to the forefront of digital fundraising with dynamic strategies and tactics to help future-proof your fundraising.

Our Digital Innovation Approach

Data & Analytics

Leveraging the power of AI, our data scientists have created a proprietary modeling workhorse that empowers analytics and segmentation for your audiences to ensure your highest returns.

How We Use Data

Creative Solutions

Creative is only as good as the response and the results it achieves. We execute with excellence, creating campaigns that blend proven direct response fundraising principles and pioneering tactics.

Discover Creative Solutions

Our Process

How It Works

We’ve been a trusted partner for hundreds of organizations like yours. Meeting your unique needs begins with listening—and hearing you. Only then can we strategize, develop, and execute creative direct response communications tailored specifically for you.

01

Discovery

We analyze key metrics in your historical performance to identify trends and areas with room for growth.

02

Strategy

Together, we create a custom direct response fundraising plan that will achieve your goals for long-term growth.

03

Creative Implementation

Your custom fundraising plan comes to life as your team crafts custom copy and design that resonates with your donors and motivates them to take action.

04

Analytics

The data and analytics team provides systematic project reporting, informing dynamic adjustments to achieve revenue and organizational goals.

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A Fundraising Agency Helping You Be a Part of What Is Right with the World.

1717 Park Street, Suite 300 Naperville, IL, 60563
630.562.1321 | info@douglasshaw.com

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