Fund Development

Meri has raised more than $420 million during her career through grant solicitations to state and federal funding agencies, corporate, community, and family foundations. Her success rate with federal grants is more than 95%. The firm works with each non-profit to assess their readiness for pursuing public support and to help make them more fundable. The firm provides prospect research, proposal development, assistance with project design and evaluation plans. She has written fund development plans, coordinated a long list of highly successful fundraising events, and direct mail solicitations. The firm develops all needed support materials. Meri Pohutsky is a certified grants professional through the Grants Professional Certification Institute.

Organizational Development

The firm provides a range of services to enhance the capacity of the organization and advance its mission. These services include visioning, strategic planning, Board development, organizational assessment, professional staff development, transition planning, executive coaching, and the creation or update of agency policies and procedures.

Quality Assurance and Evaluation

Meri & Associates has a rich history of developing quality assurance systems and facilitating the creation of program measurement tools to assess program impact. Meri has provided training in the United Way program logic model and has helped develop hundreds of them for grant proposals and for practical use integrated into staff systems for ongoing quality control.

Branding and Image

The firm helps organizations develop and enhance their brand and public image through facilitation of key messages, review of all publications, and the development of public strategies and publications for distribution to the public and targeted markets. These publications include capability statements, annual reports, fundraising materials, planned giving materials, major gifts prospectus and related documents.