Making the Most of Your Fundraising Service Provider Investment

By Pamela Barden

For your FSP, that’s menu pricing. Want a two-page appeal letter with one round of edits? That’s this price. Want an e-blast? That’s this amount. Oh, you want two rounds of edits, not one? No problem — but there will be an additional charge.

Hourly fee
An FSP may charge by the hour (or an increment thereof). Often it will be able to give you an idea of what doing a specific job will most likely run in terms of hours (and therefore cost), assuming you don’t ask for something that is outside the norm.