the essex & drake approach

What We Provide:
We provide complete fundraising and marketing services that can help your organization achieve its goals in a cost-effective way. For more than 30 years, our professionals have worked with nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area to increase their contributed income and conduct successful campaigns.

Our Commitment:
Our commitment is to help your organization fulfill its mission most effectively -- for now and in the future. We have found that strong relationships between our professional team and your staff and Board members lead to the most successful outcomes.

By listening carefully, speaking candidly, handling information discreetly, and managing effectively, our professionals develop productive partnerships with clients based on honesty, integrity, and respect.

Working With Our Professional Staff:
As an Essex & Drake client, you always work directly with a senior professional who gives your project careful personal attention and focuses closely on ways to achieve your objectives. After initial discussions and analysis, we design each project specifically to fit the priorities, needs and resources of your organization.

We have assembled a top-notch team of fundraising professionals with special strengths so that each project makes use of best practices and excellent resources. Because of the extensive in-depth experience of each member of our team, we are able to combine the expertise offered by larger firms with the creativity and flexibility of a mid-sized firm.

Why We Do What We Do:
We live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Metropolitan Area. We are actively involved as volunteers and Board members for many community nonprofit organizations and agencies. It is important to us that we can share the passion of our clients' mission. Some of the areas that we feel most strongly about are:

Education
Human Services
Environment
Health Care
Culture and Arts
Religion