2026 Directory of Consultants and Resource Providers

Blue Blaze Associates - Wendy Scott, Principal & Chief Strategy Officer

hello@blueblazeassociates.com

https://blueblazeassociates.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyscott2/


Services/Specialties:

We're an award-winning full-service marketing communications agency:

  • Branding & identity
  • Market strategy & campaigns
  • Research & analysis
  • Website design & development
  • Visual design & custom graphics
  • Content strategy & development
  • Advertising: print, radio, & outdoor
  • Pay-per-click campaigns
  • Social media
  • Photography & video
  • Email marketing
  • Print materials & packaging design
  • Display, signage, and exhibits
  • Publishing services
  • Event planning
  • Public/media relations
  • Capital campaigns


Recent Clients:

  • Food Bank of Delaware
  • White Horse Village
  • Delaware Nature Society
  • NCC Head Start
  • Forward Journey
  • BrightBloom Centers
  • Social Contract
  • Hartford Institute for Religion Research
  • LSST Discovery Alliance
  • New Castle County Public Works
  • Delaware Division of the Arts
  • Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
  • Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence
  • Hagley Museum and Library
  • DESCA

BrandSwan - Jane Clark


Newark, DE 19702
(302) 722-6646
jane@brandswan.design

https://brandswan.design/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeclark/


Services/Specialties:

A Boutique Creative Agency for Legacy Brands & Nonprofits

  • Branding & Rebranding
  • Traditional & Digital Marketing
  • Marketing Campaigns
  • Web Design & Hosting
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Ask Engine (ASO)
  • Graphic Design & Marketing Collateral
  • Book Design (Covers, Interiors & e-books)


Recent Clients:

  • ACLU of DE
  • Clean Slate Initiative
  • Back on My Feet
  • Delaware Modern Pediatrics
  • DFRC
  • Exceptional Care for Children
  • Goldey Beacom College
  • Human Society West Alabama

Catapult Fundraising - Jeff Grandy


155 Willowbrook Blvd., Suite 430
Wayne, NJ 07470
(702) 538-3292
jeffg@catapultfr.com

www.catapultfr.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/grandyjeff/


Services/Specialties:

  • Campaigns: Capital, Comprehensive, Endowment, Major Gift Initiatives
  • Donor Engagement Programs for Annual Fund, Major Gifts Pipeline, and Planned Giving


Recent Clients:

  • University of Delaware
  • Delaware Valley University
  • Acts Legacy Foundation
  • Kean University
  • University Maryland Global Campus
  • Gwynedd Mercy University
  • Rider University
  • Iona College
  • Orthodox Union
  • Mercy Paws
  • Special Olympics International
  • Food For The Poor
  • Newport Mental Health
  • Sacred Heart University
  • Johns Hopkins All Chidren's Hospital
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities
  • Houston Symphony

Stephanie Cory Consulting - Stephanie Cory, CAP, CFRE


37 Selborne Drive
Wilmington, DE 19807
(302) 729-3179
stephanie@stephaniecory.com

www.stephaniecory.com
www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniecory

Specialties:

  • Board Development
  • Governance Support
  • Retreat Facilitation
  • Customized Training & Technical Assistance
  • Executive Search


Recent Clients:

  • Dialysis Patient Citizens
  • Forward Journey
  • Meals on Wheels Delaware
  • OpenSSL Foundation
  • Pennsylvania CASA
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • Serviam Academy

Cranaleith Spiritual Center - Nikki Benson

13475 Proctor Road
Philadelphia, PA 19116
(215) 934-6206
NBenson@Cranaleith.org

Services/Specialties:

  • Retreat & Conference Center with a Social Justice Mission
  • Private chef with dining space for up to 65.
  • Overnight accommodations with 10 private rooms or 14 total on 10-acres of land.
  • Professional Facilitators & Spiritual Directors upon request.
  • Contemplative spaces.
  • Open to all in alignment with our mission.

Recent Clients:

  • Jefferson Health North
  • St. John's Hospice
  • CATCH - Philadelphia
  • Mercy Career & Technical School

Delaware Museum of Nature and Science - Rebecca Stansell

4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington, DE 19807
(302) 658-9111
rentals@delmns.org

https://delmns.org/visit/rentals-2/

Services/Specialties:

Rent some or all of the museum! We offer smaller spaces for board meetings or presentations. Dine under dinosaurs when you rent our full space for your holiday party, fundraiser, or reception. Discounted fees for non-profits.

Recent Clients:

  • Gene Editing Institute
  • Bank of America
  • Our Foundations
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Kennett After-School Association
  • ChristianaCare
  • Hands International

Diamond State Financial Group - Alex DelCollo

900 Prides Crossing
Newark, DE 19713
(302) 367-7990
alex.delcollo@dsfg.com

https://dsfg.com/our-team/alex-delcollo/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-delcollo-ms-mches/


Services/Specialties:

  • Financial sustainability and long-term planning
  • Investment and reserve strategies
  • Charitable giving strategies and donor advisement
  • Board and leadership financial education
  • Employee benefits and retirement planning
  • Business and strategic planning support

Recent Clients:

Client range from small organizations with less than $500k in annual revenue to larger organizations with more than $3m in annual revenue. I am happy to give references, but cannot provide them in writing due to compliance and privacy.

First Ascent Design - John Himics


1400 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 709-1266
john@firstascentdesign.com

https://firstascentdesign.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhimics/

Services/Specialties:

  • Digital Marketing
  • Brand Identity
  • Logo Design
  • Website Design & Development
  • Search Engine Marketing
  • Google Grants
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Social Media Management
  • Social Media Advertising
  • Email Marketing
  • Marketing Videography & Photography

Recent Clients:

  • Philadelphia Ballet
  • Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement
  • Canine Partners for Life
  • Delaware Center for Justice
  • Reading Assist
  • Delaware Arts Alliance
  • Delaware Museum of Nature and Science
  • Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence
  • Delaware Health Force

Links CE, Inc. (Charity Events) - Bill Gardner


27 Slashpine Circle
Hockessin, DE 19707
(302) 494-8733
bill@linksce.com

www.linksce.com

Service/Specialities:

  • Charity Golf Tournament Consulting & Management
  • Marketing & Fundraising

Recent Clients:

  • Kenny Family Foundation
  • Beau Biden Foundation
  • ReEntry Delaware
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Prevent Child Abuse Delaware
  • American Heart Association
  • Red Clay Educational Foundation
  • Aspira Academy
  • Melissa's Cause
  • GTLEdF
  • Newark Rotary
  • FOP Lodge #5
  • Camp Cadet
  • Reflect Campus Missions
  • Sunshine Foundation
  • Delaware Law Enforcement

North Star Strategies - Tracy Morgan


220 North Star Road
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 584-7940
Over twenty-five years of consulting experience providing strategic planning, group facilitation, surveys, financial sustainability consulting, board governance, and organizational design for local, regional, national, and global organizations.

Recent Clients:

  • Community Service Building
  • YWCA
  • Delaware Children's Museum
  • Limestone Presbyterian Church
  • Schuylkill Action Network
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Rehoboth Art League
  • Wilmington Drama League
  • Delaware Historical Society
  • Cab Calloway School Fund
  • A Better Chance for Our Children
  • Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • LYTE Scholars
  • ASHRAE
  • New York Healthcare Protocol
  • And more

Outsourced Development Services - Carl S. Colantuono

114 Wentworth Drive
Claymont, DE 19703
(302) 494-3614
carl.colantuono@gmail.com

https://outdevserv.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-colantuono-a983a/

Services/Specialties:

Development/Fundraising

  • Design/Implement/Fundraising/Development/Campaigns
  • DRM/CRM Management & Software/Systems
  • Major/Gift & Corporate/Campaigns
  • Federal, State, Local Grant Management
  • Building Capacity – Lists/Research/Process & Staff/Training
  • Fundraising Events/Management/ Support
  • Fundraising Strategies/ Donors, Corporate/Foundations/ City,/State/Federal/Grants

Marketing/Communication

  • Development/Management/Marketing/Communications
  • Social/Media/Content/Development/Creation/Curation/Posting/Analytics
  • Marketing/Collateral/Design/Content/Creation
  • Media/Relations/Story/Pitches/Press/Release
  • Event/Communications Design/Promotion
  • Blog/Article/Story/Content/Creation/Management
  • PR/Strategy/Management
  • Media/Response/interview/story/requests.


Recent Clients:

  • CHILD, Inc.
  • Delaware Institute for Arts in Education (DiAE)
  • Guardians of Defenders
  • Odyssey Charter School
  • Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce
  • Springboard Delaware
  • The Salvation Army

Joan W. Priest, CFRE


503 Westview Court
West Grove, PA 19390-2105
(610) 368-3578
joanwpriest@verizon.net

Services/Specialties:

Capital campaigns, endowment funds, feasibility studies

Recent Clients:

  • Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research

Przywara Consulting - Richard T. Przywara, CFRE

5515 East Timberview Court
Wilmington, DE 19808
(302) 530-4794
rtprzywara@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-przywara-944b6a10/


Services/Specialties:

  • Strategic Planning
  • Planned Giving Consultation
  • Development Director Coaching
  • Executive Director Fundraising Skill Development


Recent Clients:

  • NeighborGood Partners
  • Christina Cultural Arts Center
  • Delaware Contemporary
  • A Better Chance for Our Children

RD Strategies, LLC - Krys Sipple, CFRE

1440 Spackman Lane
West Chester, PA 19380
(484) 678-0113
krys@rdstrategiesllc.com

https://rdstrategiesllc.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krystinesipple/

Services/Specialties:

I partner with small and mid-sized nonprofits to drive strategic planning, lead capital campaigns, and strengthen governance. With 30+ years of experience, I bring clear-eyed strategy, deep fundraising expertise, and decisive leadership to help organizations build capacity, navigate complexity, and deliver measurable, mission-driven results.

Recent Clients:

  • Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library (Odessa)
  • Hope Wellness (Dover)
  • Housing Partnership of Chester County (PA)
  • Oxford Area Historical Association (PA)

Rockwood Falls Ventures - Becky Saroukos

8 The Green, Suite B
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 222-1852
becky@rockwoodfallsventures.com

Services/Specialties:

Rockwood Falls Ventures helps nonprofits improve operational efficiency, internal capacity, and transition readiness. Through structured diagnostics and practical process improvements, RFV helps organizations reduce reliance on key individuals, streamline workflows, and strengthen long-term sustainability without disrupting mission delivery.

Recent Clients:

Nonprofit operational advisory focused on workflow clarity, capacity building, and transition readiness. Recent diagnostic work includes identifying approximately 3,750 hours of annual efficiency opportunity and ~$300K in potential value through improved processes and increased team capacity.

Shoestring Solutions for Nonprofits - Lynn Calder and Ellisha Caplan


4 Spencer Lane
Hockessin, DE 19707
(302) 540-5796
lcalder@shoestringde.com

www.shoestringde.com

Services/Specialties:

Shoestring Solutions specializes in grants writing, research, grants management, and cultivation strategies for nonprofits.

We also offer a Grants Toolkit Development service, specifically targeted to organizations just getting started with a grants program, or reinvigorating a grants program after a hiatus.

Recent Clients:

  • Chester County Futures
  • Christina Cultural Arts Center
  • Connecting Generations
  • Delaware Children's Museum
  • Delaware Zoological Society
  • Down Syndrome Association of Delaware
  • Downtown Visions
  • Leading Youth Through Empowerment
  • Nativity Preparatory School
  • NeighborGood Partners
  • The Biggs Museum of American Art
  • True Access Capital
  • RodneyStreet Tennis & Tutoring Association
  • Wilmington Youth Rowing Association

Spur Impact Association - Charles Vincent, JD

P.O. Box 25208
Wilmington, DE 19899-5208
(302) 566-8008
charlie@spurimpact.org

https://spurimpact.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-vincent-7b892011/

Services/Specialties:

Fundraising (including grant writing, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer engagement and strategies); strategic planning; board recruitment and retention; emerging leaders/young professional board or volunteer development and engagement; social media strategy and ambassador development; event technological assistance and planning (including for virtual and hybrid events).

Recent Clients:

See Spur Impact website (https://spurimpact.org) and LinkedIn pages for latest news on organizations and initiatives we have worked on. We work with dozens of nonprofits throughout the state in various ways, particularly around individual giving and emerging leadership training and recruitment depending on their short- and long-term goals and plans.

The Fund Coach - Mark L. Duncan

Services/Specialties:

Relationship Fundraising Expert - helping nonprofit leaders turn hesitation into boldness, strengthen donor trust, and consistently secure the big gifts that transform lives. This is done through my Relationship Fundraising Method. Offerings include:

  • Private weekly coaching
  • Onine course - Relationship Fundraising Master Course
  • Group coaching via the Relationship Fundraising Academy
  • Board training

Recent Clients:

The Sheridan Group - David M. Coyne, CFRE


10116 Gates Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20902
(703) 626-9899
dcoyne@sheridangp.com

www.sheridangroup.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davecoyne/

Services/Specialties:

  • Development Program Assessments and Planning
  • Capital Campaign Planning and Management
  • Broad Experience with Associations and Association Foundations


Recent Clients:

  • ASAE Research Foundation
  • Angel Investor Foundation
  • The Club Foundation 
  • International Coaching Federation Foundation
  • International College of Dentists
  • John Carroll School
  • Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Troy Nuss Solutions - Troy Nuss


1916 Floral Drive
Wilmington, DE 19810
(302) 584-3221
tnuss@troynuss.com

https://troynusssolutions.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/troynuss/

Services/Specialties:

Leadership and culture consulting for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations, including culture assessments, executive coaching, board engagement, fundraising culture development, strategic planning, and leadership training. Certified Maxwell Leadership coach and facilitator specializing in strengthening leadership systems, accountability, and organizational health.

Recent Clients:

  • ChristianaCare
  • The Music School of Delaware
  • Wilmington Montessori School
  • Delaware Regional Dream Center
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Faith-based organizations
  • Community nonprofits across Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic

UD Center for Community Research & Service - Signe Clayton Bell, MPA

1200 North French Street, Suite 911
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 573-4494
signe@udel.edu

https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/biden-school/research-public-service/ccrs/service/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/signebell

Services/Specialties:

  • Custom Board and Staff Training
  • Meeting and Retreat Facilitation
  • Strategic Planning
  • BoardSource Board Self Assessments
  • Leadership and Governance Coaching
  • Consensus Building Workshops
  • Nonprofit and Community Training Programs 

Recent Clients:

  • Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition
  • DNREC Division of Water Resource Protection Section
  • Delaware Office of Work-Based Learning
  • National Association of Tax Preparers
  • In Trust Center for Theological Schools
  • National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
  • Serviam Girls Academy

Yorkston Consulting - J. Cameron & Kathleen Yorkston

The Haven
Post Office Box 489
Hockessin, DE 19707
(302) 540-2601 

yorkstonconsulting@comcast.net

Services/Specialties:

Comprehensive Development Services


Recent Clients:

  • Easterseals of Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore
  • Aspira Academy
  • Delaware Botanic Garden
  • Friends of Delaware Veterans Home
  • Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site
  • Delaware Hospice, Inc.
  • Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children
  • Friends of the Newark Free Library
  • Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation

Your Part-Time Controller - Andy Mox


Contact: Andy Mox

1600 Market Street, Ste. 3425
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 525-1275
andrew.mox@yptc.com

www.yptc.com

Services/Specialties:

Financial Management for Nonprofits: For over three decades, our nonprofit accounting specialists have helped nonprofits better pursue their missions by handling financial tasks. Whether you need us to serve as your nonprofit’s bookkeeper, accountant, controller, or Chief Financial Officer (CFO), we’re here to help! Ongoing services and special projects.

Recent Clients:

Numerous clients throughout Delaware, the Delaware Valley and the country.

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