Johanna Gurland Associates
Fundraising Consultants
An important focus of our work is on helping organizations identify and successfully solicit major donors. Our services include coaching staff and volunteers on conducting solicitation visits, prospect reviews and capital campaigns.
Recently, Johanna Gurland Associates worked with the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont in Boston, Massachusetts on a campaign to restore this beautiful example of 19th century Gothic Revival architecture. The campaign raised $17 million from generous foundations and individuals, both from within and outside the Parish, including a challenge grant to create a $2 million endowed fund for future preservation.
In 2008, we helped secure a $2 million gift for the National Trust for Scotland – their largest gift from an American donor to date. This gift was complemented by an additional gift of $1.8 million made in 2009.
We have created and developed capital campaigns ranging from a $3.25 million campaign to protect and preserve the last living Shaker community (Maine’s Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Forest and Farm) to a $150,000 campaign to create a special endowment fund (Historic New England). For the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we helped their $2.2 million capital campaign exceed its goal and reach $5 million! Recent accomplishments also include helping the Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation raise $1 million to support the museum’s new Conservation Centre.
For Emmanuel College (Boston, Massachusetts), we helped design the Carolyn A. Lynch Institute for Urban Education, which built on the college’s 75-year history of educating teachers for Boston’s public and parochial schools. A grant for $2.1 million created the Institute in 2001.
Working closely with the President and Founder of the Environmental Careers Organization (Boston, Massachusetts), Ms. Gurland developed the California Sustainable Communities Leadership Program (1999-2004). This fellowship program received over $2 million in grants from local and national foundations.
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Johanna Gurland Associates +1 781.646.7745 johanna@gurland.com
