Clients

do good Consulting works primarily with small to medium-sized non-profit organizations and occasionally with individuals, government units, and small and mid-sized businesses. We specialize in grassroots-types groups who are poised to and seek to expand their fundraising skills, membership, and impact. Here are a few highlights of do good Consulting's current work.

Charles W. Christie Foundation

The Charles W. Christie Foundation was founded in 1975 to improve the quantity and quality of health care education available to the public. The organization’s vision is a healthy, fulfilling life for all. In pursuing its mission of enhancing medical knowledge, education, and medical services for citizens and health care practitioners in east central Illinois, the Foundation focuses giving on:

• Promoting education and training to increase medical knowledge for health care practitioners and the general public;
• Sponsoring symposia and programs on health care topics;
• Providing scholarships to individuals in the medical sciences and allied health fields;
• Offering management and funding for medical services; and
• Making grants to community organizations supporting medical research and education.

do good Consulting is working with the Charles W. Christie Foundation on strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, and systems upgrades.

Spence Farm Foundation

Spence Farm Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) educational organization founded in 2004. The Foundation, located on the oldest farm in Livingston County, was created to teach and pomote small family farming.  The unique and historic farm setting provides an excellent background for teaching the art, history, and practice of sustainable small family farming.

Through an array of programs, the organization educates new farmers, young farmers, and others how to have or support sustainable small family farms.  Classes, workshops, seminars, and tours teach about farming life and techniques. Programs range from making maple syrup to beekeeping, cultivating a prairie to growing garlic, small farm equipment to woodland management, and marketing farm products to specialty crop niches.

do good Consulting is working with the Foundation on an assessment of organizaitonal position in anticipation of developing a formalized fundraising program.

WEFT Radio

WEFT-FM is a non-commercial, accessible, responsible, and responsive radio alternative, serving the diverse communities of radio listeners in East Central Illinois. The station is owned by the community members it serves. The station seeks services to boost and solidify fundraising efforts in order to secure matching funding opportunities in the short-term as well as to ensure a long-term sustainable radio future.

do good Consulting is working with WEFT to develop a fundraising strategy and plan.

East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center

The East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center assists in the resettlement of refugees and immigrants, regardless of country or origin, in the East Central Illinois area. In doing so, the Center aids in the exchange and preservation of various cultures.

The organization was founded in 1980 and offers a host of employment and adjustment services to an array of individuals hailing from other countries, including translation, resettlement information, job referrals and placement, citizenship services, ESL tutoring, assistance with residency/reunification paperwork, and much more.

do good Consulting is conducting an organizational assessment for the Center.

Carle Foundation Hospital

Carle Foundation Hospital, based in Urbana, Illinois is a 315-bed non-profit teaching hospital and East Central Illinois’ only Level-1 Trauma Center. The facility includes the Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Cancer Center, Carle Spine Institute, and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute and employs over 6,000 professionals from doctors to administrative staff across their service region.

do good Consulting is working with Carle Foundation Hospital on several professional development, leadership coaching, and career development projects for various departments and staff segments.

Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Council

The Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Council was created by the Illinois legislature in 2007 through the signing of HB3990, the Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Act of 2009, to encourage farmers to grow food for local markets and facilitate the building of the systems needed to get it there. The organization will work with state agencies, Illinois businesses, organizations, and citizens to build a fully functioning local farm and food system in the state. Still in the development phase, the Council is laying plans to serve as a forum for discussing food issues, foster coordination between local communities and sectors in the food system, build local farm and food networks, support and implement programs and services that address local needs, and evaluate and influence policy.

do good Consulting is working with the Council to develop a strategic plan.

Baptist Student Foundation

The Baptist Student Foundation is a campus ministry of the American Baptist Churches USA to the University of Illinois. Located in the midst of the Urbana-Champaign campus, just four blocks from the Quad, the facility the center of university activity. University Baptist Church was established in 1912 and various housing ministries were added to the church over the years. The organization’s goal is to transform lives in the name of Jesus Christ, by touching people in a way that faith in God is front and center in both thought and behavior. The Housing Ministry was created to provide students a cooperative Christian living environment that enhances academic pursuits. The four houses, Stratford, Koinonia, Sutton Place, and "312" House, offer residents of various denominational backgrounds opportunities for spiritual and personal growth.

do good Consulting is working with the Foundation on fundraising strategies and training.

Generations of Hope

Generations of Hope was formed in 1993 to develop and sustain the intergenerational neighborhood Hope Meadows. Hope's mission is deceptively simple: to create a diverse intergenerational neighborhood to support families of adopted foster children. In direct contrast with traditional foster-care programs, Generations of Hope has created a place where adoptive families can get the support and information they need, children can finally find a place to call home, and elders find real purpose and meaning in their everyday lives. Through Hope Meadows, Generations of Hope is promoting permanency, community, and caring relationships for adoptive families of foster children while offering safety and meaningful purpose in the daily lives of older adults. The non-profit organization is based in Rantoul, Illinois and is a licensed foster-adoption agency.

do good Consulting is working with Generations of Hope on a hiring search for a new Executive Director as well as to develop a transition and on-boarding plan for the new hire.

Associated Firefighters of Illinois (AFFI-IAFF)

The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI), affiliated with the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), is a state-wide labor organization representing 200 Illinois locals comprising 15,000 professional firefighters and retired members. The organization was founded in 1935 and has lead in the fight for improved working conditions for firefighters statewide. The AFFI provides three main services to firefighters in Illinois: education, service (including organizing, collective bargaining, legal advice, and communication and data services), and legislative services. They are based in Springfield, Illinois.

do good Consulting is working with the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois on goal setting and strategic planning as well as streamlining processes and business practices.

University of Illinois Extension

The University of Illinois Extension is coordinating the 2010 Holistic Family Wellness Seed Grant Program, a program to advance interdisciplinary research-based education programs in support of Illinois families. The goals of this project are to improve the lives of families and individuals, connect families and individuals to their communities, and improve overall psychological, emotional, social, financial, nutritional, physical, and environmental health and wellbeing.

do good Consulting is working with University of Illinois Extension grant awardees to develop basic grantwriting skills to further their work and research, offer hands-on grantwriting support to the subgroups, and create workplans, timelines, and assignments among members to accomplish desired outcomes.

Jesus Is the Way Prison Ministries

Jesus is the Way Prison Ministries was founded in 1977 by Reverend Jesse Mathes. The organization’s mission is to go into Illinois prisons and other correctional facilities across the U.S. and other countries to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to inmates. As inmates are released, Jesus is the Way assists them in becoming productive and responsible citizens. The organization’s goal is to reduce recidivism and increase successful reintegration into the mainstream by minimizing the causes of criminality by providing material, vocational/educational, and spiritual needs.

The organization’s flagship program is Freedom Christian Transitional Aftercare. This is a three-phase residential discipleship program for men who chose to begin a new life based upon the love of Christ in action. Based on a 2.8-acre site in Rantoul, Illinois, the program’s design reduces stress that parolees and releasees experience as they become integrated into society. Programming includes: Bible education and spiritual guidance, counseling, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and job and life skills development such as parenting classes and GED preparation.

do good Consulting is working with Jesus is the Way Prison Ministries to develop a marketing and outreach plan, develop a website upgrades report, conduct a marketing and media training, and assist with fundraising. 

CASA of Champaign County

Champaign County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a non-profit organization that trains and supervises community volunteers to serve as appointed advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the juvenile court system. Every new child abuse petition in the Champaign County juvenile court is automatically referred to CASA. Each year, almost 700 children, most under the age of seven, are served by over 100 CASA volunteers who provide an extra set of eyes and ears for the court and child welfare agencies.

After gathering information, CASA volunteers provide a report to the court that speaks to what is in the child's best interest. No other agency provides community volunteers to serve as child advocates in juvenile court proceedings. CASA volunteers ensure children don't get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home. CASA volunteers are actively involved in their assigned cases, adopting roles that include not only advocacy, but also frequent contact with the children and caregivers, and coordination and involvement with involved parties, including schools, law enforcement, psychologists, foster and biological parents, caseworkers, counselors, case managers and the State's Attorney's office. Advocates remain with their appointed children until their case is closed. For many children, CASA means the difference between homelessness and a safe home, between dropping out and completing school, between unemployment and success, between jail and becoming a productive member of society.

do good Consulting is working with CASA on professional development for its staff as well as on a technology audit and upgrade.

Parkland College Business Development Center

do good has partnered with Parkland College Business Training & Community Education Center in Champaign to offer a series of grantwriting courses and workshops. These low-cost, high-return sessions help attendees identity grants for their organizations, write winning proposals, and better understand the world of grantmaking. Choose between 3-hour workshops or an 8-week course, or attend all sessions to really get you ready. Great for non-profit staff and volunteers, business owners, and others.

Fall 2010 courses are outlined here.

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