• Together we can light the way

    Experienced Nonprofit Consulting

  • Illuminating ideas and advancing missions

    Specialized Fundraising and Event Management

  • Your mission is our focus

    Strategies and Plans with Impact

About Us

Argitu Consulting is a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in fundraising and event management in Boise, Idaho. Argitu in the Basque language means to give light. Led by experienced nonprofit professional Argia Beristain, Argitu Consulting is built on our desire to help our partners illuminate their ideas and advance their missions.

Argitu Consulting sets itself apart from other consultancies by doing more than simply advising – we implement and execute. We build a framework for development success that pro actively leads to motivation, engagement, and lasting enthusiasm – for your staff, your board and your donors.

Your mission is your real focus. Argitu Consulting can ensure that you will have the organizational structure and needed funds to consistently focus on that work for years to come.

Together, we can light the way.

Bio

Argia Beristain Dougherty
Argia Beristain
Principal
For each challenge nonprofits encounter in reaching their funding potential, Argia Beristain offers a solution. With personalized, proven strategies and effective training. Argia has helped many nonprofits and their leaders address development concerns with new eyes, new focus, and new enthusiasm. Argia started Argitu Consulting LLC to bring high-quality, personalized, effective fundraising to nonprofit organizations and in 2013, Argia brought Argitu Consulting to Boise, Idaho.
With over ten years of fundraising and nonprofit management experience, Argia honed her fundraising abilities with national nonprofit organizations and leading nonprofit consultants. Through these relationships, Argia led successful fundraising teams resulting in milions of dollars raised throughout the country with exceptional returns in Nevada, Virginia, and Washington, DC. During her in-house fundraising career, Argia served as Campaign Manager for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society where her leadership developed and managed the largest suburban fundraising walk in the country.
Serving as the National Special Events Manager for the American Diabetes Association, Argia brought the organization through a development rebirth by establishing a solid staff training model to be implemented across the country, a national partner relationship management strategy and detailed development plans for small, mid and major markets. As Associate Director of Events and Marketing at The George Washington University, Argia brought exceptional attention to detail, strong vendor management skills, and streamlined processes that insured successful events of all sizes.
There are many things about Argia that make her an excellent development and event management consultant. The development rule “First, care” is probably one of Argia’s greatest strengths. Argia will use her compassion, her wisdom and her ability to embrace your mission and help you tell the story of how your organization is making a difference in our community.

Services

We are committed to your success, passionate about your mission, and dedicated to providing intelligent fundraising and event plans.

To help you meet your growth goals, we offer a full range of fundraising, organizational and event management services. Whether you have a one-time project or a long-term need for support, Argitu Consulting can help light the way.
Development Assessment & Planning
A fundraising assessment forces a non-profit to look internally at what needs to be done to make a fundraising operation more effective and efficient. Argitu Consulting can help you evaluate the effectiveness of your development program and make recommendations to enhance your bottom line.
Major Gifts Strategy
The major donor level at any organization is the natural progression from member to donor to major investor. By building on your organizational assets, leadership and passion, Argitu Consulting will work with your team to develop this critically important income stream.
Fundraising Event Planning & Execution
Nonprofit fundraising events are a great way to cultivate support and attract new donors. But great events take a lot of planning, financial support and hard work. Argitu Consulting will guide you through the planning process, implementation and completion of the your desired fundraising event.
Capital Campaigns
Capital Campaigns are an important part of an overall fundraising strategy. Campaigns can excite organizations and motivate them to achieve fundraising goals beyond expectations. Argitu Consulting’s approach is methodical and focused. We will guide you along the campaign path and be there with you every step of the way.
Annual Giving
Annual giving is the foundation of all fundraising activities. Without an effective annual program that is constantly and consistently attracting new donors, an organization cannot grow its donor base. Argitu Consulting works with leadership and fundraising staff to develop a program that is sustainable, appropriate and successful. This can include direct mail, special events, social media, and internet solicitations to name a few.
Feasibility Studies
A feasibility study is a critical step for donor engagement and campaign planning. Our studies do more than simply determine how much money can be raised — they evaluate the organization’s readiness, case for support, campaign rationale, volunteer and donor base, staffing and development systems and provide a series of realistic and tailored action steps for launching a successful campaign.
Grant Writing
Writing successful grant applications is a long process that begins with an idea. Although many people think of grant writing as a linear process (from idea to proposal to award), it is a circular process. Argitu Consulting will guide you along the grant application process and be there with you every step of the way.
Corporate Sponsorship
Argitu Consulting will provide you with the direction and advice to considerably improve your marketability to sponsors and build your audience through strategy, potential sponsor list and marketing plan development as well as the often forgotten sponsor management elements.
Board Development
Board development and recruitment are critical components of a healthy and successful non-profit organization. Unfortunately, many non-profits do not view the Board as having an important business function and leave its growth and development to a reactive rather than proactive approach.  We have seen that developing a recruitment function while also working with the current Board to maximize their service greatly enhances an organization’s level of success.
Staff and Volunteer Training
Argitu Consulting partners with your fundraising team to design, implement and monitor a campaign that will be successful based on your organizational culture and realities. We do this by developing training programs specific to your needs as well as through one-on-one counsel. Our goal is to make your staff and volunteers successful and courageous fundraisers.

Clients

Argitu Consulting is pleased to work with some of the most impactful non-profit organizations, corporations and foundations. Our clients are both national and international in mission and reach.

Below are some organizations and institutions that we have already worked with in Boise, Idaho.

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