Sand Associates
Business Name (DBA):     SAND ASSOCIATES
Business Address:              3560 Green Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania  17110
Business Phone:                717-238-5558
Email Address:                  MSand9999@aol.com
Website:                          www.sandassociates.com
Principal:                         Michael Sand

Categories of service:

• Administration/Management
• Advancement Program Development
• Advocacy and Public Policy
• Association Management
• Attorneys
• Awards and Recognition
• Board Development
• Capital Campaigns
• Church Fundraising
• Conflict Management and Mediation
• Constituency
• Consultants
• Crisis Communications
• Development Audits
• Diversity and Intercultural Understanding
• Donor Management and Stewardship
• Donor Recognition
• Endowment Development
• Executive Coaching
• Facilitators
• Feasibility Studies
• Focus Group Design
• Foundation Management
• Fundraising and Philanthropic Development
• Fundraising Opportunities
• Grants and grantwriters
• Interim Staff and Executive Directors
• Interview skills
• Leadership development
• Leadership transition
• Major Gifts
• Media Training
• Multi-agency collaboration
• Nondues revenue
• Nonprofit resources
• Organizational development
• Organizations serving nonprofits
• Presentation training
• Program development
• Program evaluation
• Public relations
• Research
• Resources for AIDS prevention organizations
• Speakers
• Special event/conference management
• Sponsorships
• Start-ups and mergers
• Strategic planning
• Succession planning
• Sustainability
• Synagogue services
• Team building
• Trainers/training
• Volunteer and professional development
• Workforce development
• Writing services

Description of services:

SAND ASSOCIATES is a nationwide management consulting firm based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that provides extensive services to nonprofit agencies. Our promise is to provide the highest quality services to nonprofit agencies at the lowest possible cost.

We pride ourselves in being able to meet nearly any need of nonprofit agencies. Many of our clients have used our grant writing, fundraising, board development and strategic planning services.  In order to keep costs low, we provide many services on line and by phone.  We can just charge a low hourly fee which would be our only charge.

Many clients participate in our Consultant on Call program. For a low annual fee, they receive unlimited consulting services by e-mail and phone.

We can provide on-site training and consulting as well.  Training has included such topics as board development, personnel management, effective supervision, volunteer management, fundraising and grant writing. Consulting has included a variety of topics including program evaluation, problem solving and staff evaluation.

Our more than one hundred consultants are located throughout the United States, so often we can keep travel and overnight expenses to a minimum. Because of the numerous specialties of these individuals, we can meet nearly any need of nonprofit agencies.

Background on you and/or your business:

Michael A. Sand, Esq.  graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1966. He was employed by many nonprofits including serving as Executive Director of the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania.  He founded  SAND ASSOCIATES  in 1982 to provide comprehensive management services to nonprofit agencies.

We ask potential clients to write us a memo outlining the services they request. In some instances, the services can be provided by Michael Sand.  He has the option of turning to more than one hundred Associates, each of whom has extensive backgrounds in helping nonprofit organizations.  He will provide the client with a detailed outline of the services to be provided and a specific fee.

Names of and/or links to your books, articles or blogs:


Michael Sand is the author of three books:
How to  Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization (Career Press 2005),The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook (Career Press 2009), and How to Manage an Effective Religious Organization (Career Press 2011).
For information about his books and services, see his website www.sandassociates.com.

Service area by country, state or zip code:

United States and international


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