A seasoned and very successful major gift fundraising professional, Sarah Shrewsbury started Vineyard Consulting in 2013 to help nonprofits start or enhance their major gift programs and campaigns.

Working with Vineyard Consulting, clients will benefit from Sarah's three decades of major gift fundraising experience. For twenty two years, she directly raised tens of millions of dollars for nationally recognized nonprofits. This work included all aspects of raising thousands of 5, 6 & 7 figure major gifts from individuals and family foundations.  

As a consultant since 2013, Sarah has helped clients increase major gift revenue, plan and execute campaigns (from $500k to $5million), run audits of major gift efforts and much more.  Please see Services for more information.

Every organization is unique. Vineyard Consulting's counsel is tailored to each client's particular needs.

Current and Past Clients

4-CT.org (Westport, CT)
Animal Haven (North Haven, CT)
Aspetuck Land Trust (Westport, CT)
Canal Dock Boat House (New Haven, CT)
Cape Cod Modern House Trust (Wellfleet, MA)
Community Foundation of Greater New Haven (New Haven, CT)
Connecticut Arts Alliance (CT)
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative (CT)
Deep River Land Trust (Deep River, CT)
Denison Society (Mystic, CT)
Equitable Origin (NYC)
Foundation for Arts & Trauma (New Haven, CT)
Haddam Land Trust (Haddam, CT)
Intercommunity HealthCare (East Hartford, CT)
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Vergennes, VT)
Manchester Land Conservation Trust (Manchester, CT)
New England Forestry Foundation (Littleton, MA)
New Haven Farms (New Haven, CT)
New Haven Promise (New Haven, CT)
New London Maritime Society (New London, CT)
Pleasant Bay Community Boating (Chatham, MA)
Preservation Connecticut (formerly CT Trust for Historic Preservation -Hamden, CT)
Tolland Agricultural Center (Vernon, CT)
United Way of Greater Waterbury (Waterbury, CT)
University of New Haven (West Haven, CT)
VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice (Guilford, CT)
Wheeler Library (North Stonington, CT)
White Barn Foundation (Norwalk, CT)
Women & Family Life Center (Guilford, CT)
Yellow Farm House (Stonington, CT)