When your organization needs to fill a short-term fundraising staff position, our experienced and talented development professionals can step in—no matter your size or sector. In 2024 alone, CCS successfully filled more than 56 interim development roles. We are capable and reliable partners who can provide critical support.

Your interim staff member will carry out clearly defined deliverables within your development department. They will develop strategies to maintain current activity levels while simultaneously elevating your fundraising program.

Our consultants understand the nuanced needs of nonprofits. We create stability while helping you maintain momentum toward long-term fundraising goals.

During this transition, our interim development management services can help:

Featured Interim Development Management Case Studies

James Beard Foundation

James Beard Foundation

Northeast US

CCS worked with the James Beard Foundation to launch their largest campaign to date, update their philanthropic model, and triple the size of their development team in four years.

USA for IOM: Serving Emergent and Long-Term Global Needs

USA for IOM: Serving Emergent and Long-Term Global Needs

Northeast US

USA for IOM partnered with CCS in three formal engagements over 28 months and four months of pro bono support implementing good stewardship practices, enhancing prospect cultivation and management, building HNWI relationships and the private sector, and boosting board engagement.

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College

Central US

Lake Forest College experienced its most successful Forester Day in history after CCS Fundraising helped enhance the school’s strategies for matching gift opportunities and elevate the use of their digital fundraising platforms.

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CCS Philanthropy Pulse: Arts and Culture Spotlight

February 2025

This Arts and Culture Sector Spotlight is adapted from CCS’s 2025 Philanthropy Pulse report to provide an in-depth look at the data provided by 104 survey respondents from that sector.

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CCS Philanthropy Pulse: Faith Spotlight

February 2025

This Faith Sector Spotlight is adapted from CCS’s 2025 Philanthropy Pulse report to provide an in-depth look at the data provided by 38 survey respondents from that sector.

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