Interim Staffing
By Malini Sekhar, Associate

In the current economy, the impact on nonprofits and making the best use of limited resources currently available are especially important. Yet practically, how do you manage this when there are funding gaps and not enough staff available to help raise funds? Interim staffing is an ideal way to enable organizations to sustain fundraising activity while also saving money.

Interim development staffing can fill a number of critical needs for an organization including:

• Maintaining your current fundraising activity through support with grant writing, managing donor databases and stewardship activities; and
• Building and expanding fundraising efforts by identifying new prospects for funding and helping you to continue building relationships with your top donors and prospects.

Before making the decision to use interim staffing, it is important to identify the essential and unique development needs of your organization and to recruit professionals that possess the skills and expertise to fill that need. Working with interim staff with a broad range of skills and experiences will help you maximize your development resources.

While recovery is inevitable, interim staffing is an excellent, cost-effective solution to weather the storm and advance your important work.