CCS Fundraising

What CCS Fundraising does

CCS Fundraising (legally Community Counselling Services Co.) is a private, end-to-end fundraising consulting firm founded in 1947 and headquartered in New York. The firm advises nonprofit organizations across 10 verticals — Advocacy, Arts & Culture, Associations, Environment & Animals, Faith, Foundations, Health, Higher Education, Human Services, and Primary & Secondary Education — delivering seven core service lines: Audits/Assessments & Growth Plans, Data Analytics, Fundraising Campaigns (including Campaign Management and Planning & Feasibility Studies), Interim Development Management, Strategic Planning & Development Projects, Systems & Change Management, and Training & Leadership. Engagements are high-touch, custom, and embedded, with pricing structured as quote-based multi-year contracts rather than productized tiers.

The firm operates from 16 offices across the U.S., U.K., and Ireland with 600+ expert staff. Underlying capabilities are built on proprietary data assets, including the annual Philanthropy Pulse Report (surveying 600+ organizations), the 14-edition Philanthropic Landscape series, and a co-branded research partnership with Indiana University's Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (Giving USA Perspectives on Philanthropy webinar, Philanthropy Outlook). CCS manages $32.4 billion in active campaign goals and counts clients such as NYU, Duke, Georgetown, Oxford, Texas Children's Hospital, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, the Obama Foundation, UNICEF, and the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Revenue mechanics are professional services fee-for-engagement, with a consultative enterprise sales motion targeting senior nonprofit leadership. The firm received a strategic investment from Abry Partners in May 2022 to fund technology, data analytics, and market expansion. CCS has no consumer software product, no app, and no disclosed AI platform; it competes on data depth, embedded execution, and brand credibility built over nearly 80 years.

Name

CCS Fundraising

Legal name

Community Counselling Services Co.

Website

https://ccsfundraising.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

CCS Fundraising is a private fundraising consulting firm that provides end-to-end advisory services — campaign management, data analytics, interim development management, and strategic planning — to established nonprofit organizations across healthcare, higher education, arts, faith, and human services, operating from 16 global offices with 600+ staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fundraising Consulting Services

akta.pro primary industry

Charitable Giving & Philanthropic Trust Advisory (FSAEAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Philanthropic & Charitable Trust Services (FSAAANAI)

Keywords

• Fundraising consulting
• Nonprofit advisory
• Campaign management
• Development services
• Philanthropy research

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fundraising Consulting Services: CCS provides end-to-end fundraising consulting services to nonprofit organizations, including strategy, data analytics, donor engagement solutions, campaign management, and interim development management. Services are delivered through embedded, high-touch advisory engagements targeting senior nonprofit leadership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CCS Fundraising is a professional services firm that sells end-to-end fundraising consulting to nonprofit organizations. Its portfolio spans strategy, data analytics, campaign management and feasibility studies, interim development management, strategic planning, systems and change management, and training and leadership — delivered across ten nonprofit sectors including health, higher education, arts and culture, faith, foundations, and human services. Engagements are custom, embedded, and quote-based, supported by a proprietary research library of philanthropy reports and webinars.

Product overview

CCS Fundraising is a fundraising consulting firm that provides end-to-end advisory services to nonprofit organizations, operating as a single-service consultancy rather than a software platform. Its portfolio consists of seven core service lines — Audits, Assessments & Growth Plans; Data Analytics; Fundraising Campaigns (including Campaign Management and Campaign Planning & Feasibility Studies); Interim Development Management; Strategic Planning & Development Projects; Systems & Change Management; and Training & Leadership — supplemented by an intellectual property library of research publications including the annual Philanthropic Landscape Report series, the CCS Philanthropy Pulse Report, The Philanthropy Outlook (produced with the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy), the Perspectives on Philanthropy webinar series, and sector-specific reports on Jewish philanthropy, Catholic dioceses, and donor-advised funds. Services are delivered across ten nonprofit sectors: Advocacy, Arts & Culture, Associations, Environment & Animals, Faith, Foundations, Health, Higher Education, Human Services, and Primary & Secondary Education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audits, Assessments & Growth Plans A consulting service in which CCS evaluates a nonprofit's current fundraising operations, identifies strengths and weaknesses, and develops a strategic growth plan.
• Data Analytics Analytics-driven consulting that helps nonprofits leverage donor data to inform fundraising strategy, improve targeting, and measure performance.
• Fundraising Campaigns End-to-end campaign services including campaign management and campaign planning & feasibility studies to help nonprofits reach major fundraising goals.
• Interim Development Management Temporary leadership services in which CCS places experienced development professionals to manage a nonprofit's fundraising operations during transitions.
• Strategic Planning & Development Projects Long-term strategic planning and specialized development project consulting to help nonprofits structure and execute complex fundraising initiatives.
• Systems & Change Management Advisory services focused on implementing fundraising systems and managing organizational change to improve operational efficiency.
• Training & Leadership Professional development and leadership coaching for nonprofit fundraising teams to build internal capacity and skills.
• Sector-Specific Fundraising Advisory Specialized fundraising consulting tailored to specific nonprofit sectors including Advocacy, Arts & Culture, Associations, Environment & Animals, Faith, Foundations, Health, Higher Education, Human Services, and Primary & Secondary Education.
• Philanthropic Landscape Report An annual report series (currently in its 14th edition, 2025) that compiles and analyzes data from Giving USA and other leading industry sources to provide a comprehensive view of U.S. philanthropy trends.
• CCS Philanthropy Pulse Report An annual report drawing on survey data from over 600 nonprofit organizations across diverse sectors to reveal current fundraising trends and practices.
• The Philanthropy Outlook A data-driven publication produced in partnership with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy that provides predictive insights for philanthropic sector growth, currently covering 2024-2025 and 2026 editions.
• Perspectives on Philanthropy Webinar An annual flagship webinar series, conducted in partnership with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, presenting findings from the Giving USA annual report on philanthropy.

Quantifiable outcome

• $32.4 billion+ in active campaign goals managed in a single year, demonstrating capacity for high-stakes, large-scale nonprofit fundraising engagements
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers34 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Indiana University Lilly Family School of PhilanthropycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCS Fundraising partners with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy on annual research including the Giving USA Perspectives on Philanthropy webinar series, the Philanthropy Outlook report series, and donor-advised fund studies. This partnership produces flagship research that shapes strategy for nonprofit leaders across the sector. The relationship is co-branded, co-developed, and co-marketed, making it CCS's most prominent strategic partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Campbell & Company: National fundraising and management consulting firm focused exclusively on nonprofit clients across healthcare, higher education, arts, and social services. Provides campaign counsel, fundraising assessments, and development coaching — a near-direct service-line overlap with CCS.
• Heller Consulting: Nonprofit consulting firm combining fundraising strategy with technology implementation (CRM selection, Salesforce-based fundraising systems). Adjacent but increasingly overlapping peer as CCS pushes into data analytics and systems change management.
• Graham-Pelton: Global fundraising and nonprofit management consulting firm specializing in capital campaigns, development audits, and executive search. Competes directly with CCS on multi-million-dollar campaign mandates for universities, hospitals, and cultural institutions.
• The Alford Group: Nonprofit consulting firm offering fundraising counsel, campaign management, and executive search to nonprofits nationwide. Direct peer with overlapping service lines and target client base in healthcare, education, and faith-based organizations.
• Grenzebach Glier and Associates: International fundraising and philanthropic consulting firm serving higher education, healthcare, arts, and social-service nonprofits. Direct peer offering campaign strategy, advancement services, and donor research with similar client roster and service mix.
• Bentz Whaley Flessner: One of the longest-established nonprofit fundraising consulting firms in the U.S., offering campaign management, feasibility studies, and development assessments. Directly competes with CCS for major university, healthcare, and cultural-institution mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Huron Consulting Group: Large diversified professional services firm with a Higher Education and nonprofit advisory practice offering fundraising campaign consulting alongside broader operational and financial consulting. Larger scale and broader portfolio, but overlapping delivery on capital campaigns.

Regional players

• BRAGINSKY Consulting: Specialist fundraising consulting firm focused on Jewish philanthropy and faith-based campaigns, including donor research and feasibility studies. Comparable service mix but a narrower sector and geographic concentration relative to CCS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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