Unlimited Prospects, LLC:    Building strong & sustainable nonprofit organizations Principals Thomas P. Dowdall, President   In 1992, Tom founded Unlimited Prospects in Washington, DC.  He has more than 20 years of experience in fund raising and development as a consultant, trainer, executive and development director.  Among his contractual affiliations:  development counsel with Douglas Lawson, Inc.; adjunct faculty for George Washington University’s management certificate program in fund raising and public relations, he developed the curriculum and taught the fund raising track, and; training faculty for the Support Center of Washington, where he was presented the Faculty of the Year award.  Among his fund development and executive staff positions:  Director of Financial Development for the Kalamazoo County Family YMCA; Fund Development consultant for the Funding Center of Washington, D.C.; Executive Director and Program Director for Virginia Special Olympics, Training Director for Pennsylvania Special Olympics, Regional Development Director for Michigan Special Olympics.  As a member of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives and a Certified Fund Raising Executive, he served on the board of the Washington, DC Chapter of NSFRE (now the American Association of Fundraising Professionals) and was the founding President of the Consultant’s Consortium, a Washington area network of senior consultants.  He also served on the Stewardship Commission for the Washington Episcopal Diocese.   As a parent and former preschool teacher, he also served on the National Board of Directors for The American Montessori Society, chairing its finance, nominating and fund development committees. Tom has a BS from West Chester University and is pursuing an MA from Sienna Heights University. For more information, contact us at:  contactus@fundraising4nonprofits.net

Rebekah S. Fennell, Managing Partner Rebekah Fennell has more than 20 years experience in grant writing, organizational development and nonprofit management.  During her 17 years in Washington, DC, Rebekah lead national and local nonprofit organizations in the areas of criminal justice, civic education, health care and women’s issues.  Her experience includes a diverse array of issues: international relations and democracy building in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Bosnia-Hercegovina and 16 Latin American countries; voter participation and voter education in the U.S.; federal women’s rights legislation and advocacy; improving access to health care and prescription drugs for the uninsured; prenatal care, well-child care and infant mortality;  children’s literacy, and; national research on sentencing guidelines as well as local criminal justice operations. Rebekah has written and administered grant programs from: the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Information Agency, U.S. Institute for Peace, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Her experience with private grants includes projects for national funders such as: the Ford Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Joyce Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation and the Soros Foundation as well as community and family foundations.  Rebekah also has experience with government grants at the national, state and local level.  Among her recent client successes was a $2 million W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant awarded to The Parks Foundation for the Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway.  Rebekah has a BA from Michigan State University and an MS from the University of Maryland. For more information, contact us at:  contactus@fundraising4nonprofits.net

Selected clients  Southwest Michigan:  Adventure Centre at Pretty Lake, Borgess Foundation, Disability Resource Center Southwest Michigan, L. Lee Stryker Center at Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society, Lending Hands, Michigan Small Business Technology and Development Center (Region 11), The Parks Foundation in collaboration with the Friends of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway, Pretty Lake Vacation Camp, Special Olympics of Michigan, Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo in collaboration with the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce and the West Michigan Glass Society.   Washington, DC area:  Alexandria Bar Association, Alexandria Community Network Preschool, Barrie School, Brookview Montessori School, Central Union Gospel Mission, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Casa Del Pueblo, DC Service Corps, Discoveryville Children’s Museum, Edgemeade School, Family Crisis Center, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Human Rights Campaign Fund, Jubilee Foundation, Lupus Foundation, Manassas Jaycees, the Pyramid Society, RESULTS Education Fund, School for Contemporary Education, Smithsonian Institution, Special Olympics International, Thorncroft Therapeutic Riding Academy and the Washington Free Clinic.