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    Fractional Development Office

    For you if you need development leadership but cannot hire a full department yet.

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    Fractional Development Office

    01 · Who this is for

    Who this is for

    For you if you need development leadership but cannot hire a full department yet.

    02 · The problem it solves

    The root, not the symptom

    You should not have to employ a whole development department to think like you have one.

    03 · What people try instead

    What people try instead — and where it stalls

    Free blog guides and fill-in templatesSome sell for a few dollars. They give you a format, but not your numbers.
    General AI chat toolsThey draft fast, but they do not know your real costs or what a funder checks.
    Paying a consultant by the hourBefore you know what you need, the meter runs while the question is still being found.

    This brings that thinking in part-time, around your real calendar.

    04 · What you walk away with

    What you walk away with

    • Ongoing development strategy on a set schedule
    • A capital calendar you can run
    05 · What to have ready

    What to have ready

    • Your current funding calendar
    • Who on your team owns fundraising today
    06 · Time it takes

    Time it takes

    Set in writing once scope is confirmed.

    07 · Price and credit

    Price, credit and your receipt line

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    Scope and fee confirmed in writing before any payment.

    Receipt line for a future grant budget: Fractional development services — fee confirmed in writing

    08 · What this is not

    What this is not

    This is not a full-time hire.

    09 · Your next step

    Your next step

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    10 · Questions

    Three short questions

    Why no price?
    It depends on hours and scope, confirmed in writing first.
    Is there a minimum term?
    Terms are agreed in writing before anything starts.
    How fast do you respond?
    DSG replies to inquiries within one business day.

    Read with The Underneath™. Written Out Loud™.

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    Community Capital Architecture™. We work on the structure underneath the decision — with grassroots, small, identity-based, place-based and neighborhood organizations, and with Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) holders, venture capital moving into community health, and family and small foundations.

    Fredericka Wallace-Deena — Strategist. Community Capital Architect. Founder of Deena Strategic Group

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