Bill Farr Email & Phone Number

I consult with nonprofits on projects involving prospect management and research. I provide donor/prospect research to nonprofit organizations, advise on solicitation strategy and campaign planning, and train staff to evaluate prospects and to interpret and validate vendor screenings. My clients include universities, museums, arts organizations, human service organizations, foundations, private schools, and professional associations.

Managed staff responsible for researching current and prospective donors to Rush, preparingprofiles and briefings on prospects for senior staff and gift officers, and maintaining files. Validated giving capacity ratings and compose briefs on all prospects with a vendor-assigned rating of $250,000 or greater who arrive through patient screening. Wrote and updated profiles on prospects entering the solicitation stage. Collaborated with gift officers on strategies for solicitation.

Managed a team of prospect researchers; identified lead, major gift, and planned giving prospects; oversaw the management of prospect portfolios for NIU's senior development team and gift officers, populated gift tables for potential campaigns, maintained a pool of unassigned prospective donors, developed strategies for lead prospects with senior staff.

Researched potential donors for the Museum's capital campaign, wrote grant proposals.

It was the Information Technology Resource Center back then... I wrote proposals, worked on special events, marketed services to nonprofits, and drank coffee.

M.A., History Of Religion

A.B., English, Religion