E. L. Freeman’s approach to strategic consulting is client-centered. Rather than subscribing to a single approach intended to achieve short-term results in fundraising, the firm is instead interested in developing relationships with clients and serving as a partner in the organization’s long-term growth. E. L. Freeman works with a client to determine current assets and weaknesses, then crafts an individualized plan for improving the organization’s capacity to grow gift assets and strengthen its board and staff.

E. L. Freeman works with clients in central and southeast Virginia, including Richmond, the Tri-Cities, Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck and Hampton Roads. By limiting its geographical focus, the firm has developed extensive knowledge of the region’s needs and the capacity of its citizens to support the nonprofit communities in the area.

Over the years, E. L. Freeman has worked successfully with more than a hundred clients, including the following:

Animal Welfare and Environmental Organizations

  • Better World Betty
  • Heritage Humane Society
  • James River Association
  • Richmond SPCA

Arts, Cultural and Historical Organizations

  • American Civil War Center at Tredegar
  • American Documentary Film Fund
  • American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriar's Playhouse
  • Bolling Haxall House Foundation
  • Children’s Museum of Richmond
  • Foundation for Historic Christ Church
  • Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library
  • Petersburg Area Arts League
  • Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts
  • Richmond Symphony Orchestra
  • Robert Russa Moton Museum
  • Science Museum of Virginia
  • Steamboat Era Museum
  • This Century Art Gallery
  • Virginia Foundation for Architecture
  • Virginia Holocaust Museum
  • Virginia Rep Theater (Barksdale/Theater IV)
  • Virginia War Memorial Foundation
  • Visual Arts Center of Richmond
  • West Point Performing Arts Center
  • Williamsburg Players, Inc

Educational and Literacy Organizations

  • All Saints’ Episcopal Day School, SC
  • Blue Ridge Montessori School
  • Chesapeake Academy
  • Communities In Schools Hampton Roads
  • Communities In Schools Richmond
  • Cristo Rey Richmond High School
  • Girl Scout Commonwealth Council
  • John Tyler Community College Foundation
  • Junior Achievement of Central Virginia
  • Lancaster Community Library
  • Library of Virginia Foundation
  • Literacy for Life
  • Marine Military Academy, TX
  • Mountaintop Montessori School
  • Orchard House School
  • Richmond Montessori School
  • Rita Welsh Adult Literacy Center
  • Sabot at Stony Point School
  • Saint Gertrude High School
  • Southside Health Education Foundation
  • St. Michael’s School
  • St. Paul’s College
  • The Louisa Education Foundation
  • The Rappahannock Community College Education Foundation
  • The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education
  • Trinity Episcopal Day School, SC
  • Virginia 4H Foundation
  • Williamsburg Montessori School

Health, Human Services and Retirement Communities

  • Al-A-Mo Recovery House
  • Augusta Free Clinic
  • Avalon – A Center for Women and Children
  • Bon Secours Richmond Health Care Foundation
  • Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia
  • Center for Children and Family Services
  • Charlottesville Free Clinic
  • Chesapeake Care Clinic
  • Circle Center Adult Day Services
  • Colonial CASA
  • Comfort Zone Camp
  • Commonwealth Catholic Charities
  • Commonwealth Health Clinic
  • Crater Community Hospice
  • CrossOver Health Care Ministry
  • Freedom House
  • Goochland Cares
  • Hospice of the Pee Dee, SC
  • Housing Families First
  • Legal Information Network for Cancer
  • Little Sisters of the Poor Virginia
  • Lloyd F. Moss Free Health Clinic
  • Manchester Family YMCA
  • McLeod Health Foundation, SC
  • MEDARVA Foundation
  • Northern Neck Free Health Care Clinic
  • Partnership for Families Northside
  • Pathways of Petersburg
  • Proclaiming Grace Outreach
  • Rappahannock General Hospital
  • Rebuilding Together Petersburg
  • Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity
  • Richmond Residential Services
  • Riverside Health System Foundation
  • Sacred Heart Center
  • Safe Harbor
  • Salvation Army of Williamsburg
  • St. Joseph’s Villa
  • Serenity Inc.
  • Shady Grove Family YMCA
  • Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
  • SOAR365
  • Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Foundation, SC
  • The Faison Center
  • The Salvation Army of Williamsburg
  • The Virginia Home
  • Virginia Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
  • Virginia Blood Services
  • Virginia Health Care Foundation
  • Virginia Home for Boys and Girls
  • Virginia Supportive Housing
  • Virginia Voice
  • Westminster Canterbury (Blue Ridge)
  • Westminster Canterbury Foundation (Richmond)
  • Williamsburg AIDS Network
  • YMCA of Greater Richmond

Public Benefit and Faith–based Organizations

  • Altria Employee Community Fund
  • Better Business Bureau Foundation of Virginia
  • Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE)
  • Congregation Beth Ahabah
  • First Things First of Greater Richmond
  • Girls Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
  • Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence (PNE)
  • Saint Francis Emma, Inc.
  • St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Goochland
  • The Tuckahoe Woman's Club
  • The Woman’s Club (Richmond)
  • Virginia Baptist Association/Camp Piankatank
  • Virginia Bar Association Veterans Issues Task Force
  • Weinstein JCC
  • Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Williamsburg Community Foundation