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Unleash Amazing Potential

We enable our clients to grow their financial capacity using proven development strategies and navigate the growing complexities of selecting, managing, and developing their talent so they can devote more time to their mission. In collaboration with us, our clients receive practical solutions that contribute to the long-term vitality of their organization and our Church.

Strategic Planning

Strategic planning creates a clear path to achieve your goals. We collaborate with key stakeholders to define and convey your mission and vision, translate it into measurable objectives, and help implement it. As we execute critical steps of the plan, we involve more people in your mission.

Development Assessment and Plan

Pinpoint opportunities, conquer challenges, and enhance the operation of your development landscape. We evaluate your development operations and provide an in-depth analysis, recommendations, and a tailored action plan to address your current and future fundraising needs.

Capital Campaign Planning Study & Execution

Create a solid framework for your capital campaign to succeed. We engage the right stakeholders, assist in crafting your compelling message, and prepare actionable steps for campaign success. We will help you execute your capital campaign from start to finish. 

Fundraising Coaching & Training

A successful development strategy requires the right leadership, an urgent case, and good systems in place to support your team. We’ll collaborate with those closest to your fundraising initiative and offer industry-leading strategies to enhance your effectiveness. Drawing from our wealth of experience, we can guide your mission’s champions toward even greater achievements.

Grant Strategy & Writing

We’ll help you develop a compelling narrative, identify prospective grant opportunities, complete grant requests, and compete for grant money to grow and sustain your organization’s mission.

Talent Management and Development Services

We will help you in areas of talent management, including selection, performance management, and the development of your leaders. When your team is engaged and committed to your vision long-term, your organization performs best. We design strategies and processes to create a high-performance culture.

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About Dave

Dave Cook is an entrepreneurial non-profit leader devoted to helping missions reach their full potential. He has served in myriad executive and development roles over a 20-year career. He is animated by his faith and enjoys exploring new and creative ways to promote human flourishing.

Dave is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a bachelors in mathematics and philosophy. He later attained an MBA at George Mason University. Throughout his career, he has applied best practices in entrepreneurship and business to the non-profit world. As Director of Programs at the Youth Leadership Foundation, he more than doubled program capacity and helped YLF be recognized as one of the “Best Non-Profits in the Greater Washington Area” by the Catalogue for Philanthropy. He went on to serve as Executive Director for YLF, establishing the organization’s first annual giving program and securing coverage for YLF’s programs on national television.

Dave’s first foray into the diocesan world was as Director of Operations and Stewardship for a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. Overseeing all the temporal activities of the church and school, Dave expanded ministry volunteerism, improved school enrollment and initiated multiple capital improvement projects, among other managerial duties. Eventually, Dave moved across the Potomac River to become Director of the Annual Appeal for the Archdiocese of Washington, where he navigated the covid-19 pandemic through novel digital and integrated marketing forms of donor outreach, inspiring nearly 30,000 gifts and $11 million in donations per year from the local faithful to support archdiocesan ministries. He then expanded his horizons internationally, serving as Executive Director for World Villages for Children, the North American development arm of the Sisters of Mary of Banneux, a religious order committed to lifting children out of poverty.

Dave’s past volunteer service includes membership on the Diocese of Arlington Pastoral Council, the Board of Directors for the International Catholic Stewardship Council and the Board of Directors for the Youth Leadership Foundation. He currently serves as Finance Council Chair for Queen of Apostles Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia. He is also a Knight of Columbus, Eucharistic adorer, lector, basketball coach and men’s group leader at his parish. Dave is a devoted husband and father of six children. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing basketball and golf, and watching his beloved Fighting Irish on TV on Fall Saturdays.

 

Education

  • Notre Dame, M.S., Mathematics & Philosophy
  • George Mason University, MBA

Community Involvement

  • Youth Leadership Foundation – Director of Programs
  • World Villages for Children, Executive Director