Building Stronger Organizations. Inspiring Greater Impact.

Shaff Group helps organizations strengthen performance through strategy, strategic alignment, and frameworks designed to drive growth.

Shaff Group introduction

Strong organizations create stronger relationships.

Shaff Group was founded on the belief that meaningful growth begins inside an organization—with clear strategy, aligned leadership, actionable insight, and the ability to execute.

We bring those elements together to help organizations strengthen performance, deepen relationships, and turn ambitious goals into lasting impact.

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Industries We Serve

Deep experience. Broad impact.

Higher Education

Partnering with colleges and universities to build stronger advancement and engagement programs, inspire donors, and fund the priorities that shape the future of their institutions.

Independent Schools

Building philanthropic programs that deepen community engagement, strengthen donor relationships, and sustain exceptional educational experiences.

Advocacy Organizations

Mobilizing supporters and strengthening fundraising programs to build the resources organizations need to advance ambitious missions and create lasting change.

Healthcare

Strengthening grateful patient and family philanthropy, clinician engagement, and fundraising programs that advance exceptional care, research, and innovation.

Canterbury School
Tuerk House
Oregon State University Foundation
University of Oklahoma Foundation
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Cal State East Bay
100 Reporters
Artistry + Fortitude
Friends of Rye Nature Center
University of Hartford
Getty
UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering
NPR
NYU
Obama Foundation
Morgan State University
Georgia Southern University
Canterbury School
Tuerk House
Oregon State University Foundation
University of Oklahoma Foundation
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Cal State East Bay
100 Reporters
Artistry + Fortitude
Friends of Rye Nature Center
University of Hartford
Getty
UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering
NPR
NYU
Obama Foundation
Southern Connecticut State University
Project Healing Waters
Columbia Teachers College
Tennessee Wildlife Federation
Ventegra
Western Michigan University
Wichita State University
World Trade Center Institute
Columbia Business School
The Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
University of Minnesota Foundation
University of Notre Dame
Metropolitan Economic Development Association
Cheshire Academy
Morgan State University
Texas A&M Foundation
Morgan State University
Georgia Southern University

What We Build

Strategy that moves organizations forward.

Strategy & Institutional Alignment

Aligning leaders, teams, priorities, and resources around a clear strategy built for sustained performance.

Campaign Strategy & Readiness

Building the strategy, infrastructure, priorities, and organizational readiness required to launch and sustain ambitious campaigns.

Annual Giving & Donor Growth

Designing integrated programs that strengthen acquisition, retention, participation, recurring giving, and donor progression.

Major Gifts & Portfolio Performance

Strengthening qualification, portfolio strategy, moves management, and pipeline development.

Donor Success & Stewardship

Creating donor journeys, stewardship strategies, and engagement systems that deepen relationships and grow lifetime philanthropic value.

Data, Reporting & Visualization

Transforming complex data into actionable insight through reporting strategy, data architecture, custom visualization, and performance measurement.

Marketing & Digital Growth

Integrating brand, content, SEO, paid media, email, web, and digital acquisition strategies to expand reach, strengthen engagement, and drive measurable growth.

Talent & Leadership

Executive coaching, team development, training, and talent strategy to support high-performing organizations.

The Triple Crown

A framework for donor value, alignment, and performance.

Triple Crown is Shaff Group's strategic framework, designed to bring advancement strategy, institutional alignment, and donor opportunity into sharper focus.

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Selected Work

Work built to move institutions forward.

Latest Insights

Ideas and strategies for today’s advancement leaders.

University Endowments: Strategy, Donor Engagement, and Long-Term Growth

Endowments are often described in technical terms—restricted funds, quasi-endowments, spending policies. But for donors, those distinctions matter far…

What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Fundraising: Preparing for 2025 and Beyond

As the nonprofit and higher education fundraising landscape evolves, tax policy often plays a pivotal role in shaping…

Annual Giving in Higher Education: Strategies That Actually Work

In today’s climate, annual giving is doing more than keeping the lights on. It’s feeding major gift pipelines,…

Donor Acquisition and Reactivation: Why Nonprofits Need Separate Strategies

In today’s complex fundraising environment, nonprofit leaders are under increasing pressure to grow their donor base while retaining…

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