Pollination Group

What Pollination Group does

Pollination Group LLC is a privately held, US-based boutique consultancy that provides full-service donor development and fundraising campaign execution to non-profit organizations and universities. The firm is headquartered in Allen, Texas, operates with approximately 5 employees, and was founded in 2017. Its service model centers on a 3-6 week planning phase followed by quarterly or annual campaign execution across direct mail, email, website, and social channels, with the team positioning itself as an extension of the client development team rather than a vendor. Named case studies include Long Beach State (higher education), Community Link Mission (160% increase in North Texas Giving Day results), Happy Hill Farm (reversal of a four-year decline with 30% online revenue growth), and Lena Pope (ongoing donor development support).

The company does not disclose a proprietary technology platform; instead, it identifies and helps deploy third-party fundraising technologies for clients. The firm has extended its offering through a sub-brand, Donor Engage Pro, a crowdfunding platform positioned as "built by fundraisers, designed to convert." Revenue is generated through professional services engagements with non-profit clients, using quote-based, scope-customized pricing; no pricing tiers or disclosed revenue figures are publicly available. The leadership team consists of Chris Taft (Founder and Managing Director), Jason Mueller (Managing Director), and Susan Wilson (Principal). The firm holds no patents, has no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, and no parent company affiliations.

Name

Pollination Group

Legal name

Pollination Group LLC

Website

https://teampollinate.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pollination Group is a 5-person US boutique consultancy that delivers full-service, multi-channel fundraising and donor development campaigns to non-profit organizations and universities. It also operates a crowdfunding sub-brand, Donor Engage Pro.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Fundraising Campaign Management: Full-service consulting and campaign execution for non-profit organizations. Revenue appears to be generated through professional services engagements involving strategy development, creative execution, campaign management, and ongoing donor communication services. The company acts as an extension of the client's team, handling projects from planning through execution and results.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pollination Group is a full-service fundraising and donor development consultancy for non-profit organizations and universities. It offers end-to-end campaign services including data analysis, creative development, multi-channel direct response execution (direct mail, email, social media, website), and technology identification/deployment. The company also operates Donor Engage Pro, a crowdfunding platform built by fundraisers.

Product overview

Pollination Group offers a full-service donor development and fundraising solution. The core offering includes data analysis, campaign development, creative execution, multi-channel direct response campaigns (direct mail, email, social media), and technology identification/deployment. The company also offers Donor Engage Pro as a dedicated crowdfunding product for nonprofits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Donor Engage Pro: A crowdfunding platform built by fundraisers designed to convert donors.

Products and services

• Full-Service Fundraising and Donor Development Solution End-to-end fundraising campaign service for non-profit organizations and universities, including a 3-6 week planning and development phase, quarterly or annual campaign execution, creative development, multi-channel direct response campaigns (direct mail, email, social media, website), and ongoing reporting and optimization. Designed for non-profit development teams needing an external partner to manage strategy, creative, and execution.
• Donor Engage Pro A crowdfunding platform specifically designed for fundraisers, built to convert donors effectively. Targeted at non-profit organizations running direct response and online giving campaigns.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24% of 800 major donor targets engaged with landing page; 16% watched entire video; 30 prospects requested follow-up visits
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bonterra (formerly Network for Good / Social Solutions): Broader nonprofit technology ecosystem combining fundraising software, donor CRM, and grant management after consolidating Network for Good and Social Solutions. Touches Pollination Group's space via software tools that complement or substitute for direct agency services.

Direct peers

• The Lukens Company: Direct-response fundraising agency specializing in integrated multi-channel campaigns for nonprofits, including direct mail, digital, and donor acquisition. Closely mirrors Pollination Group's full-service, multi-channel nonprofit fundraising model.
• Campbell & Company: Consulting firm focused on fundraising, campaign counsel, and talent acquisition for nonprofit organizations, including higher education. Overlaps with Pollination Group's donor development and major gifts strategy work, particularly in the university sector.
• M+R (now part of Bonterra): M+R was one of the largest direct-response fundraising agencies for nonprofits, offering digital, creative, and advocacy campaign services. Directly comparable in core offering to Pollination Group but at significantly larger scale, serving many of the same nonprofit verticals (health, education, advocacy).
• Pursuant: Full-service fundraising and consulting firm for nonprofits, providing strategy, creative, direct response, and analytics services. Operates in the same space as Pollination Group with comparable service offerings for nonprofit clients across verticals.
• Alexander Haas: Higher education fundraising consulting firm offering campaign counsel, development services, and major gifts strategy. Direct peer for Pollination Group's higher-education vertical, particularly relevant given their Long Beach State engagement.

Others

• DonorSearch: Prospect research and wealth screening provider for nonprofit fundraising teams, helping identify and qualify major gift prospects. An ecosystem/adjacent player relevant to Pollination Group's major donor prospecting services and behavioral-data methodology.

Emerging players

• Givebutter: Fast-growing crowdfunding and donor engagement platform purpose-built for nonprofits, offering online giving, events, and auctions. Directly competes with Pollination Group's Donor Engage Pro crowdfunding sub-product in the small-to-mid nonprofit market.
• Funraise: Online fundraising and donor management platform built for nonprofits, providing donation pages, CRM, and campaign tools. Competes with Pollination Group's Donor Engage Pro and overlaps in serving the broader small/mid nonprofit segment.
• Bloomerang: Donor management and fundraising software built for small and mid-sized nonprofits, with a focus on donor retention. Tangentially overlaps with Pollination Group's donor development and lapsed-donor reactivation services via its software layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pollination-group

Compliance2 records

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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