Philanthropic Consulting · Vancouver, BC
Serving Organizations Worldwide
Fundraising leadership shaped by 15yrs working in international development.
Philanthropy, cultivated with clarity.
Giardino Agency helps nonprofits build major giving programs that last — through transformational giving strategy, fractional fundraising leadership, and team retreats grounded in honoured relationships and steady stewardship.
Led by Philip Reilly, Senior Consultant at Global Philanthropic Canada.
"Giardino" — Italian for garden. A place tended with intention, where growth takes time and care.
Our Approach
Careful pruning, deeper growth
Deeper generosity is cultivated, not forced — with the same care and attention a gardener gives what's ready to grow. Three practices guide every engagement.
Clarity
We start by a careful assessment of where your fundraising program is — an honest, clear-eyed read on your donors, your team, and where the real opportunity for growth lives, offered with care, not judgement.
Honoured Relationships
Donors, staff, and board are invited into this work as partners — generosity always deepens fastest in relationships that are built on trust.
Stewardship
Like careful pruning, our work makes space for what's ready to flourish — leaving your fundraising, and the people who carry it, stronger long after we've stepped back.
What We Do
Three ways we work with you
Transformational Giving
We help you see clearly who your highest-capacity relationships really are, then build a thoughtful, disciplined path to deepen them — so transformational gifts grow out of trust, not transactions. For organizations working internationally, that includes turning field impact into a donor narrative that lands, and building major-gift relationships with donors who may never set foot in the countries where the work happens.
Learn more →Fractional Leadership
Steady, senior fundraising leadership embedded in your team — for the season between hires, the push to scale, or the moment you need an experienced hand at the helm without adding a full-time role. Having led fundraising from inside international NGOs myself, I know the specific tension between field teams and HQ, and how to lead a program that has to work across both.
Learn more →Team Retreats
One to two days, fully facilitated, to help your team pause, reconnect, and realign — restoring momentum and a shared sense of purpose in the work ahead.
Learn more →Who We Serve
Wherever your fundraising is today
Small & growing shops
Raising under roughly $2M annually, ready to move from grassroots fundraising toward a real major gifts program.
Mid-size orgs scaling major gifts
An established program ready to professionalize moves management and grow gift size, retention, and donor loyalty.
High-revenue organizations
Sophisticated shops needing dedicated strategy for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth donor relationships.
Teams needing realignment
Navigating restructuring, a leadership gap, or misalignment — needing steady, senior fundraising leadership to find footing again.
International development & global-facing organizations
INGOs, humanitarian and global health organizations, and faith-based missions working across borders — where donor relationships, field impact, and HQ strategy all have to align.
The Engagement
How an engagement unfolds
Discover
We begin by listening — spending real time with your team and senior leaders to understand your program, your donors, and where growth is possible.
Design
A collaborative, relational plan built together with your team — aligned with your organization's size and goals, never a generic playbook.
Deliver
Hands-on execution alongside your team, whether that's strategy, interim leadership, or facilitation.
Sustain
Systems and documentation handed off so progress holds long after the engagement ends.
Free Resources
Two ways to check where you stand
Short, practical self-assessments, grounded in sector best practices, to help you see where your fundraising has room to grow.
The Fractional Leadership Readiness Checklist
Ten questions to know whether interim or embedded fundraising leadership is the right move for your organization right now.
View the checklist →The Major Donor Program Health Check
Twelve questions to gauge whether your major and principal gifts program is built to grow — and where the gaps are.
View the checklist →