Fix Your Confusing Fundraising Narrative & Unlock Major Gifts
"We're having trouble telling our story."
Sound familiar? This might seem like a small messaging problem, but in practice it's usually much, much deeper than that. And the impacts are real:
Donors don't understand your full impact.
Your message is too broad or generic to connect with their goals.
You're not ready for your next campaign.
Without a compelling core case for support, your capital campaign or major donor fundraising lacks a strong foundation.
You're blending in.
Without a clear narrative, your mission sounds like everyone else's.
Your team is wasting time.
Internal teams are stuck rewriting and explaining your story — over and over again, and it feels like you are chasing money instead of attracting right-fit partners for your mission.
What you need: A donor-ready Case for Support (delivered in 6 weeks)
Polished Case for Support
A polished, persuasive Case for Support — strategically framed to resonate with major donors.
Donor-Ready Materials
A donor-ready pitch deck + visual leave-behind — designed for one-on-one meetings and follow-ups.
Strategic Workshops
2–3 live strategic workshops with your leadership team — focused, collaborative, and aligned.
Expert Collaboration
Direct collaboration with our Founder & Creative Director, Eric Ressler and Cosmic's senior team — strategy, writing, and design — no handoffs.
Implementation Guidance
Expert implementation guidance + best-practice toolkit — so you can activate your new narrative across channels and campaigns.
Cosmic helped us distill our vague concept of change into a powerful brand supported by design and messaging that really resonated with us. They helped us clarify and communicate our intended impact allowing us to jumpstart our vision of community based change.
Simple pricing based on your org's size
All tiers receive the same high-impact deliverables and 6-week process, with a sliding scale based on your org's size (and the resulting complexity and impact)
Growth Momentum Sprint
For orgs with a <$2M Annual Operating Budget
$15,000 Investment
- Craft your first cohesive fundraising story
- Build clarity and confidence across your team
- Position your org to punch above its weight
Scale Up Sprint
For orgs with a $2M–$15M Annual Operating Budget
$25,000 Investment
- Sharpen your case to scale major giving
- Align staff, board, and leadership around one message
- Translate complex work into compelling strategy
Mature Org Sprint
For orgs with a >$15M Annual Operating Budget
$50,000+ Investment
- Refine your narrative for transformational gifts
- Inspire deeper investment from top-tier funders
- Align executive and regional teams with a shared message
How it works
1. Strategic deep dive
We thoroughly review your background materials and communications, listen deeply to your team, and understand your impact category and specific fundraising landscape. No copy-and-paste narratives here.
2. Collaborative narrative building
Focused workshops uncover your core strengths, compelling storytelling ingredients, define your ask, and align all key stakeholders.
3. Drafting & delivery
We write, design, and deliver powerful, creative, emotionally compelling strategies and ready-to-use materials that get donors to sit up straight and pay attention.
Scale-up support
Need help with refinements after road-testing with donors? We can make strategic and creative revisions for $2,500 per round. And if you need more holistic agency support to grow your org, we've got you covered there, too.
Deep Expertise. Proven Impact.
About Our Agency
Built by Cosmic, a leading creative agency for the social impact sector.
Trusted by Sector Leaders
Trusted by organizations that have raised millions through capital campaigns and major gifts.
Senior Team Leadership
Work directly with Eric Ressler, our Founder & Creative Director, and our senior strategists, writers, and designers. There is no B team.
Real Outcomes
Finally fix your storytelling problem
Build confidence and clarity in how to tell your story to donors and funders, framed in a narrative that helps people "get it" and unlocks better alignment with donors and investors.
Get your whole team (and board) aligned
Internal alignment isn’t just about clarity—it’s about effectiveness. When leadership, staff, and board are on the same page, your organization becomes more focused, coordinated, and resilient.
Clearer focus = bigger impact
Confusing, complex stories hurt your fundraising. We help you identify what matters most and how to frame your work in ways that resonate—answering the questions donors are already asking, and painting a clear, inspiring vision for the future.
Unlock funding, capacity, and momentum
Inspire larger investments and deeper partnerships with a case that speaks to funders’ priorities and moves them to act—so you can build real sustainability and scale your mission.
What kind of fundraising outcomes can we expect?
We don’t guarantee gift amounts — but we do unlock clarity, confidence, and momentum.
Past clients have used their new Case to launch successful capital campaigns, secure multi-year gifts, and re-engage dormant funders. You’ll leave with tools and language that position your organization to ask for — and secure — transformational support.
Why does pricing vary if the deliverables are the same?
Because complexity, alignment, and strategic lift scale with organizational size.
Larger organizations often have more stakeholders, more layered messaging, and more ambitious fundraising goals — all of which require deeper collaboration and sharper framing. Our pricing reflects the level of strategic focus and ROI potential, not just time spent.What if we already have a Case for Support?
Then we start by evaluating what’s working and what’s not.
Some clients come in with a rough draft, a legacy version, or bits and pieces of a narrative. That’s great — we’ll use what’s valuable and rebuild what isn’t, so you leave with a version that’s clear, compelling, and ready for your next major gift ask or campaign.Who will we work with during the sprint?
You’ll work directly with our founder, Eric Ressler, and senior strategists, copywriters, and designers from the Cosmic team.
We don’t hand you off to junior staff (we don't have them) — this is a high-touch engagement where you get direct access to our most experienced team members throughout the sprint.Can we use the Case for Support beyond major donors?
Absolutely — and you should.
While it’s designed for major gifts and campaign fundraising, many of our clients use the narrative across board materials, grant applications, landing pages, decks, and internal messaging. We provide guidance on how to activate it across your communications.
Let's Get Started
Ready to clarify your narrative and accelerate your fundraising? Let's schedule a 30-minute intro call to talk through where you are now, what's working, and how this sprint can unlock the next phase of your growth.
_