Giving Tuesday is slated for December 2nd this year, and we’d like to give credit to a fundraising firm whose Giving Tuesday offer might just keep on giving to those who successfully respond.

Accomplished Canadian fundraising firm Harvey McKinnon Associates is making a commendable offer of 150 hours of FREE help to deserving nonprofits. This is not ‘we’ll have a phone brainstorm about getting your Board off its butt’ help. This is nitty gritty help. In the words of HMA’s Ryan Garnett, here’s the deal:

“The specific project is totally up to you. We want to be able to help you in the way that will be the most beneficial to your organization. This could include the creative development of a direct mail pack, a data audit on a specific group of donors, strategic planning for a specific program, or helping you to build your online presence either through website or social media tools and recommendations. But these are only a few examples. Our team of experts is prepared to help you with any project that your organization needs.”

OK, technically that’s open-ended enough to include how to get rid of your CEO who detests fundraising or conceiving your new branding strategy, but we think you’ll see the point — HMA wants to help you with something really tangible.

That’s one thing that makes their offer remarkable — a real end-product you can use in a short time frame.

The second remarkable thing is that they want to focus their offer on smaller nonprofits — those with smaller budgets and, ideally, less than 10 employees.

If you fit that profile, all you need do is provide a one-pager — that’s right, a one-pager — describing your organization, your project and ‘why you’. Get your application in by November 14th! Send it to: rgarnett@harveymckinnon.com. You can also reach Ryan at 604-732-4351 (ext 110).

As we see it, Harvey McKinnon Associates has not only made a generous offer to groups who can most use and least afford a bit of outside expertise, they have set a terrific example for all you other consultants and fundraising firms out there … a challenge to stretch a bit more for the good of the important causes and needs that depend so much on the nonprofit sector.

Folks at HMA … you deserve an Agitator raise!

Roger and Tom

P.S. That November 14th deadline is fast approaching!