Giving Tree Associates

What Giving Tree Associates does

Giving Tree Associates, Inc. is a privately held nonprofit consulting firm founded in 2008 by Amy Schiffman, who serves as Co-founder and Principal alongside Co-founder Stefanie Pessis Weil. The firm is headquartered at 220 N. Green Street in Chicago's Fulton Market district and operates a secondary office in Highland Park, Illinois. It specializes in serving small and mid-size nonprofit organizations with deep expertise in the Jewish communal fundraising ecosystem, while also working with faith-based, cultural, humanitarian, education, human services, arts, and healthcare organizations across North America.

The firm delivers a comprehensive suite of professional services centered on four practice areas: Fundraising (campaign assessment, major gifts, annual, capital, and endowment campaigns, grant writing, event management); Executive Search and Staffing (nonprofit executive recruitment and development officer placements); Leadership and Learning (board training, storytelling, coaching); and Organizational Strategy and Development (strategic planning, facilitation, organizational development). Service delivery is project-based using standard business software (Microsoft Office, CRM, CMS, email marketing, donor database tools), with no proprietary technology platform. Client acquisition is driven by referrals, professional networks, content marketing through a blog and Speaker Series program, and PEJE conference presence.

The business model is professional services revenue: custom-quoted consulting engagements for each nonprofit client, with pricing not publicly disclosed. The team comprises approximately 8 named professionals across principal, consultant, senior associate, and associate levels, plus an open Operations Manager role. The firm has no external funding, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Since inception, it claims its clients have raised over $8 million in major gifts and nearly $2 million in grant funding, reflecting cumulative customer outcomes rather than the firm's own revenue.

Name

Giving Tree Associates

Legal name

Giving Tree Associates, Inc.

Website

https://givingtreeassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Giving Tree Associates is a Chicago-based nonprofit consulting firm founded in 2008 that provides fundraising, executive search, leadership training, and strategic planning services to small and mid-size nonprofit organizations across North America, with deep roots in the Jewish community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Consulting Services

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Fundraising & Annual Giving (EDALAOAB)

Keywords

• Nonprofit consulting services
• Fundraising campaign management
• Executive search services
• Organizational strategy consulting
• Board leadership training

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Nonprofit Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for nonprofit organizations including fundraising campaign management, executive search and staffing, leadership coaching and training, and organizational strategy and development. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements with small and mid-size organizations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Giving Tree Associates is a professional consulting firm that provides fundraising campaign management, executive search and staffing, leadership coaching and training, organizational strategy and development, grant writing, event management, and strategic planning services. Its offerings are targeted at small and mid-size nonprofit organizations, particularly those with ties to faith-based, cultural, and humanitarian communities. Engagements are project-based and delivered by senior consultants and principals through on-site and remote consulting.

Product overview

Giving Tree Associates is a nonprofit consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of advisory services centered on fundraising and organizational development. The core offerings include Fundraising Services, Executive Search and Staffing, Leadership and Learning (training programs), Organizational Strategy and Development, Campaign Management (encompassing Annual Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, and Endowment/Planned Giving), Grant Writing, Event Management, Strategic Planning, Training and Meeting Facilitation, Coaching, and a Speaker Series program. The firm specializes in helping small and mid-size nonprofit organizations build capacity through campaign management, board development, major gift cultivation, and strategic planning services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $8 million in major gifts and nearly $2 million in grant funding raised for clients since 2008

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Alexander Haas: A fundraising and nonprofit consulting firm specializing in capital campaigns, annual giving, and major gift fundraising for educational, religious, and cultural organizations — strong direct peer especially in the faith-based and education verticals where Giving Tree also operates.
• Marts & Lundy: Founded in 1967, Marts & Lundy is a leading fundraising and campaign counsel firm serving educational, healthcare, arts, and faith-based institutions — a strong direct peer offering the same core fundraising consulting and capital campaign services as Giving Tree.
• The Discovery Group: Fundraising consulting firm providing campaign counsel, feasibility studies, and development coaching to nonprofit institutions — directly comparable in offering scope and client profile.
• JK Group: Specializes in fundraising consulting services for nonprofits including annual giving programs, major gifts, and development audits — closely aligned with Giving Tree's mid-size nonprofit target segment.
• Veritus Group: Nonprofit fundraising consulting firm specializing in major gift development, donor relationships, and development program assessments — directly comparable in service focus and nonprofit client base.
• The Alford Group: A nonprofit management consulting and executive search firm providing fundraising counsel, strategic planning, and executive recruitment to a wide range of nonprofit sectors — directly comparable service mix to Giving Tree.
• Donor By Design: Faith-based fundraising and church/religious organization capital campaign consulting firm — comparable in serving faith-based verticals, particularly relevant given Giving Tree's deep roots in the Jewish communal space.
• Campbell & Company: One of the largest and most established nonprofit fundraising consulting firms in the U.S., offering campaign management, fundraising strategy, and executive search services — directly comparable to Giving Tree's core offerings but at significantly greater scale.
• Graham-Pelton: Global fundraising and nonprofit management consulting firm offering campaign counsel, executive search, and strategic advisory services — directly comparable to Giving Tree's comprehensive nonprofit consulting platform.
• Heller Consulting: Nonprofit CRM and fundraising technology consulting firm — comparable as a nonprofit-specialized consulting practice, though with stronger technology integration focus than Giving Tree's services-led model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/givingtreeassociates
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/giving-tree-associates
• Xtwitter.com/givingtreenonpro

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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