Kensington Fundraising Group
Professional Fundraising Outreach

More donor conversations, led by people who care about your mission.

Kensington Fundraising Group gives nonprofits and associations a seasoned outreach team. We work from your donor database to reconnect lapsed donors, reach new givers and corporate partners, and put qualified meetings on your development team's calendar — without the cost of hiring more staff.

  • Human-led — people make every call
  • Respectful, no-pressure campaigns
  • English & Spanish outreach

Who we reach on your behalf

The challenge

Your supporters want to hear from you. Your team can't call them all.

Development teams juggle events, grants, reporting and major donors. Personal outreach to everyone else is usually the first thing to slip.

Lapsed donors go quiet

People who gave once and never heard back drift away. A real conversation is often all it takes to bring them back.

Development teams are stretched

Your staff should spend their time with the donors and partners ready to talk — not dialing through lists.

Hiring is slow and costly

Recruiting, training and managing more fundraising staff takes months and budget most organizations don't have.

What we do

An extension of your development team, focused on donor conversations.

Three outsourced fundraising services that help nonprofits and associations raise more and build stronger donor relationships.

Fundraising outreach

We work from your existing donor and prospect databases to identify, segment and engage the right audiences for each campaign — and start real conversations.

  • Lapsed donors, annual fund and major-gift prospects
  • Sponsors, members and corporate partners
  • Qualified meetings for your development team

Embedded SDR support

Our fundraising professionals work as part of your team, inside your CRM or donor database — handling outreach, follow-up, notes and scheduling.

  • Outreach under your organization's name
  • Call notes and dispositions logged for you
  • No hiring, benefits, training or management overhead

Fundraising intelligence

Database segmentation, donor and foundation research, and direct conversations surface giving interest, capacity and reactivation opportunities.

  • Segments built from your own data
  • Foundation and grant opportunities researched
  • Campaign feedback to sharpen your messaging
How it works

From your donor list to real conversations.

An approach built around quality and volume, shaped by your mission and goals.

Learn your mission

We start with your goals, your donor profile and your existing development strategy — and what each campaign needs to achieve.

Segment your database

We organize your donors and prospects into focused groups — lapsed, annual fund, major-gift, sponsors, members — each with its own talk track.

Start the conversation

Our team calls and follows up with warmth and respect — no pressure tactics — and learns what matters to each supporter.

Hand off & report

Qualified meetings land on your team's calendar, with notes in your CRM and what we heard from every conversation.

No long-term hiring commitment. You get an experienced fundraising outreach team without the salaries, benefits, training and management of new employees.

Our approach

How we represent your organization.

Every call carries your name. We treat that responsibility seriously.

People, not AI

Seasoned members of our team make every call. Technology helps us prepare — it never replaces the conversation.

No pressure tactics

We build goodwill for your organization. Supporters should feel appreciated, not pushed.

Talk tracks, not scripts

Well-crafted talk tracks keep conversations natural, on-message and true to your mission.

Built around the rules

Campaigns are designed around the rules that apply to fundraising calls, from disclosures and calling hours to do-not-call requests. Before any campaign starts, we walk you through how we handle each one, including state registration.

Quality and volume

High-volume calling paired with experienced SDRs, so you get reach without losing the personal touch.

Inside your systems

We work in your CRM or donor database, so every note and next step stays with you.

Why outsource

Skip the hiring. Keep the conversations.

Adding fundraising staff

  • Months to recruit, hire and train
  • Salaries, benefits, tools and management time
  • Calling competes with everything else on their plate
  • Turnover sets campaigns back

KFG outreach team

  • An experienced team, ready to start
  • No long-term hiring commitment
  • Dedicated focus on donor conversations
  • Meetings plus insight, reported back to you
Who we are

Dedication, experience, integrity.

Kensington Fundraising Group is a professional fundraising and business development organization that helps nonprofits find opportunities, build relationships and grow their donor base. Based in Kensington, Maryland, we work with organizations around the world that fundraise in the United States.

Mike Dombo
President & Founder

Mike Dombo

Mike brings 30 years of sales experience. He founded Kensington Sales Group in 2016 and launched Kensington Fundraising Group to bring the same disciplined, human-led outreach to nonprofits and associations.

Mathias Smith
Director of Operations

Mathias Smith

Mathias leads operations and helps oversee client relationships. Before joining, he worked at Rice Consulting LLC, gaining experience in the nonprofit sector and in creating fundraising events.

KFG is the sister company of Kensington Sales Group, which has provided outsourced sales development teams since 2016.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

What does Kensington Fundraising Group do?
We give nonprofits and associations an experienced outreach team that works from your donor database to reconnect lapsed donors, engage new givers, sponsors and corporate partners, and schedule qualified meetings for your development team.
What is outsourced fundraising outreach?
It's when a nonprofit or association brings in an outside team to contact its donors, prospects, sponsors or members on its behalf. Kensington Fundraising Group provides that team: experienced people who call and follow up under your organization's name, log everything in your CRM and book meetings for your development staff.
What kinds of fundraising campaigns do you run?
Lapsed donor reactivation, new donor acquisition, corporate giving and sponsorships, membership growth and renewal, non-dues revenue, and events and engagement.
Is AI making the calls?
No. Every conversation is handled by a seasoned person on our team. We use research tools to prepare, but the outreach itself is human.
Do you use scripts?
We use well-crafted talk tracks rather than rigid scripts, so conversations sound natural and stay true to your mission. We never use pressure tactics.
Who do you work with?
Nonprofits, associations and other organizations — based anywhere in the world — that fundraise in the United States and want more donor, sponsor or member conversations than their own team has time for.
Where are you based, and where do you work?
We're based in Kensington, Maryland, just outside Washington, DC, with in-person meetings available across the DC region. We work with organizations around the world that fundraise in the United States.
Will you work inside our CRM or donor database?
Yes. We work within your existing systems to handle outreach, follow-up, notes, call dispositions and meeting scheduling, so everything stays with your organization.
How is this different from hiring fundraising staff?
You get an experienced team without recruiting, training, benefits or management time — and without a long-term hiring commitment.
Can you reach Spanish-speaking supporters?
Yes. Our team includes callers fluent in both English and Spanish. Información en español.
Is this the same as a fundraising call center or telefundraising?
It's a form of phone fundraising, sometimes called telefundraising, but it isn't a call-center operation. Seasoned people work from your donor data with talk tracks built around your mission, log every conversation in your CRM and focus on real conversations and qualified meetings rather than reading scripts.
How do we get started?
Book a 30-minute call or send us a message. We'll talk through your goals, your donor data and which campaigns make sense to start with.
Talk to us

Let's start more donor conversations.

Book a 30-minute call or send us a note. We'll talk through your goals, your supporters and whether an outreach team is the right fit.

  • See how we'd approach your donor database
  • Talk through the campaigns that fit your goals
  • No commitment — just a straight conversation
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