Helping Nonprofits Prepare, Plan & Exceed Campaign Goals

Helping nonprofit leaders make confident fundraising decisions through strategic planning, campaign readiness, and expert counsel. Widely respected for their work with libraries, The Sweeney Group partners with organizations to build campaigns that inspire confidence and achieve lasting results.

One successful campaign can transform a community for generations.

The Sweeney Group helps nonprofit leaders build the strategy, leadership, and confidence needed to launch successful capital campaigns. From campaign readiness and feasibility studies to planning and implementation, we provide experienced guidance that helps organizations achieve lasting impact.

Our Advantage

From strategic planning and organizational development to fundraising and capital campaigns, The Sweeney Group understands the challenges nonprofit organizations face and how those factors shape the narrative of any campaign.

Combining extensive nonprofit experience with fundraising expertise gives The Sweeney Group a unique advantage. This perspective helps align generous donors, organizational leaders, and stakeholders around the ultimate purpose of every project: to strengthen the organization, advance its mission, and lift the community it serves.

Jodi Sweeney, President, The Sweeney Group; Founder, 100 Extraordinary Women

Strategy Advisor

Bringing decades of public library leadership experience to help ensure campaign strategy is aligned with operations, services, and community impact.

Nick Dimassis, Consulting Associate

Strategic Services for Campaign Success

Feasibility

Evaluate organizational readiness, donor potential, and build the case for a successful campaign.

Planning

Create strategic plans, clear timelines, and fundraising roadmaps tailored to your goals.

Implementation

Strengthen donor engagement, board participation, and fundraising operations for long-term sustainability.

Celebrate Success

make an impact in your local community

The Sweeney Group is “nationally recognized but community focused.” 

The firm is known for:

  • working with clients that are conducting their first capital campaign;
  • working with nonprofit organization throughout the Midwest;
  • innovative and creative approaches to raising funds, such as the 100 Extraordinary WomenTM segment, public-private partnerships with local municipalities, and a donor-focused approach that results in very large gifts in communities where there is no precedence for these gifts;
  • developing a true partnership with clients that results in always “going the extra mile.”

The Sweeney Group has become recognized for their extensive work with public libraries; having led successful campaigns in 26 libraries in Wisconsin, many in very small communities.