Women Rocking Philanthropy
Our mission is to empower, educate and galvanize women to unlock and harness their transformative philanthropic power to help nonprofits change lives and shape a better world.
Because our Women Rocking Philanthropy initiative was created and launched by the woman who actually started the nation’s two most prolific women’s initiatives — Melanie R. Sabelhaus, a Principal at VPC, co-founded Women United at United Way of America and the Tiffaney Circle American Red Cross program, with philanthropic revenues exceeding $3.5 billion.
Melanie has put together a premier team of powerful, influential, and successful women executives who are experts in harnessing the transformative power of women and are also active philanthropists themselves.
Our Women Rocking Philanthropy team has over 300 years of collective experience in fundraising and a passion for unleashing the leadership and “investment” potential of women philanthropists, offers best-practice innovative fundraising strategies informed by our proprietary data analytics.
Our coaching, planning, advisory services and storytelling training events will enable you to build a true Culture of Philanthropy and drive breakthrough results.
As philanthropists (and trustees) ourselves, we have a successful history and proven 6-Step Women’s Journey process for mobilizing women in philanthropy, which enables us to inspire and facilitate transformative change for our clients in the communities and organizations they serve.
We appeal to and leverage women’s philanthropic interests, passions, visions for the future and innate propensity to collaborate — to grow endowments, annual giving objectives and fundraising capacity.
We believe in a highly collaborative approach, deploying a unique tried-and-true mobilization and fundraising process that uplifts and emboldens women “investors” to provide groundbreaking financial support and fosters a trusting, unified, mutually supportive approach to engagement.
Together, we can inspire future generations of women leaders to use their philanthropic power to create a world where women lead in philanthropy and drive breakthrough results that saves lives and changes the future.
Join us and help create a world where women’s time, talent, resources and passion reshape the philanthropic landscape and empower women globally to support causes that transform communities, save lives, and change the future.
As your strategic campaign consultants we’ll be an embedded extension of your organization, bring an objective third-party perspective and our extensive expertise to design a comprehensive donor engagement approach tailored specifically for the campaign.
Working hand-in-hand, we’ll facilitate regular strategy sessions to craft personalized longitudinal plans for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding each of your major gift prospects.
For campaign events, we’ll develop agendas, materials, and tailored profiles to ensure meaningful engagement. Our team will conduct board training on solicitation best practices and will identify opportunities for new corporate, foundation, and individual partnership prospects throughout the campaign.
With our donor-centric strategies and resources, you’ll be equipped to confidently execute a successful, mission-aligned campaign and together, we’ll navigate your campaign and adjust course as needed to achieve your fundraising vision.
VPC’s Women Rocking Philanthropy team is driven by the core belief that — Women will support what they help create!
We have a successful history and a proven 6-step process for mobilizing philanthropic women:
“Everything I know about Fundraising, I learned from Melanie Sabelhaus.” – Donna M.
“If you raise $600,000 at the luncheon today, I will fall over in my chair and kick my legs in the air” – Eileen C.
“I’m writing to express my deep appreciation for your help and am overwhelmed by your generous heart and enthusiasm for sharing your experience with us. We came to Nantucket with a passion for helping TAC expand its reach and raise more money to help more students. We left with renewed purpose, a concrete action plan, and a new friend.” – Kimberly
“Melanie is a woman of extraordinary gifts and talents, who truly embodies the meaning of philanthropy and service to others. We are thankful for her dedication to our mission and look forward to her continued service.” – Bonnie
Technology is having a huge and positive impact for nonprofits in general and specifically for managing campaigns and key donor relationships. Technology has greatly improved overall productivity and efficiency which has strengthened team relationships and positivity as well.
By leveraging technology, nonprofits can increase donor retention, attract new donors, and ultimately achieve their fundraising goals.