Based in New York, Gisela Keller is the Founder and Managing Director of the boutique philanthropy and fundraising as well as strategic planning consultancy K+A. We are working with leading nonprofits and philanthropies across American, European, and Latin American markets in accelerating national and cross-border business development, international fundraising readiness and income, strategic planning, and partnerships. Gisela has more than 15 years of experience in international major donor identification, strategy development, qualification, cultivation, and stewardship as well as developing targeted fundraising marketing actions. Before launching K+A in 2005, Gisela worked for the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Prior, she worked for a German bank, a New York-based NGO, a UK-based international fundraising consultancy and German local government administration.
Philosophy/Approach: We go the extra mile to find the most effective and creative approaches in close collaboration with our clients. We're excellent at strategy but we also provide hands-on services: setting up meetings, organizing events, or anything else that's needed. When entering new nationals or international donor markets, organizations have to change gears and rethink their marketing and cultivation strategies. K+A is passionate about helping organizations to find the best paths and strategies in this process. Strategic planning: we are helping national and international organizations clarify goals and objectives as well as finding the best ways to achieve those goals; usually by organizing two or three workshops and facilitating participatory decision making processes.
Issues/Focus: Economy, Education, Environment, Global, Science
Types of clients: Private foundations, Corporations ,Community foundations, Individual donors, Small to mid-size nonprofits, Major nonprofits, Universities
Specialization: Business development, international fundraising strategies and implementation, strategic planning.
We were so impressed with Gisela’s and Karen’s great commitment and expertise. Facing several hurdles including the pandemic, which made in-person workshops impossible, they soldiered on, facilitated a participatory strategic planning process with our Caribbean chapters, helped draft a strategy for a new network, and laid the groundwork for international resource mobilization.
- Luciana Torchiaro, Regional Coordinator for Latin America, Transparency International