Our consulting work is designed to be as effective and efficient as possible, assuring your organization the best opportunity to meet goals while building for the future.  We aim to keep consulting time at a minimum without sacrificing progress or excellence and urge you to provide staff for administrative details whenever possible.

In Vermont, and western NH consulting is billed hourly at $200/hour plus mileage, and travel time as described below. If two consultants participate in a meeting, zoom, or other group meeting, the team meeting rate is $300/hour. In locations requiring extensive travel, consulting is $2000/day, plus travel time and any related costs.  We are happy to work primarily by zoom if preferred. Workshops, conference presentations and related preparation time are billed at a $400 minimum, and the daily rate is charged for presentations of six hours or more. A one- or two-hour e-mail/communications fee is added to the monthly bill dependent on the activity level of the project and the number of consultants engaged.

We charge for work in meetings (in person, phone, zoom, etc.), telephone contact, writing, editing, research and independent work conducted on behalf of a client, in quarter-hour segments. We will provide a proposal with estimate in advance of a contract.

Mileage is billed at the current federal rate. When travel time totals more time than the meeting itself, we bill $50/hr. for travel in addition to the consulting time and mileage.

We do everything reasonable to advance the mission of our clients, but do not solicit contributions, conduct direct mail, provide prospect lists based on other clients’ lists, maintain donor records or share confidential client or donor information between organizations.  We work as advisor, coach, researcher, trainer, writer, editor, and planner.

CPGE carries Professional Liability Insurance and is registered as a Fundraising Consulting Firm in NH, MA and IL. Vermont does not license or register non-soliciting consultants.

  • AI has quickly infiltrated the non-profit sector and all aspects of fundraising and development, from AI-generated appeals to day-to-day work assistance tools. As trust and transparency are critical aspects of healthy donor relationships, organizations will need to uphold high ethical standards regarding their usage of AI. AI tools have benefits as well as significant risks, such as data security, bias, and adverse environmental, social, and economic impacts. 

    CPGE makes the following commitments to our clients:

    • We will not provide a client’s data records or creative content to any AI technology or tool without the expressed consent of our client. 

    • We will disclose any usage of AI technology in our work with clients, such as note-taking tools, meeting recordings, content generation, or donor research.

    CPGE requests that our clients seek our consent before using AI technologies in our shared work, such as during meetings or with any written content or work deliverables. We urge our clients to be forthright and transparent about their usage of AI tools with CPGE, their constituents, and their donors and funders.

  • We do everything reasonable to advance the mission of our clients, but do not solicit contributions, conduct direct mail, provide prospect lists based on other clients’ lists, maintain donor records or share confidential client or donor information between organizations. We work as advisor, coach, researcher, trainer, writer and planner. Our recommendations are informed by professional experience but do not include sharing data or information specific to any individuals or clients.

Updated November 5, 2025