Organizations our Founder And Associates Have Worked With
Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama
Feasibility Study, Internal Readiness Assessment, and $6.75Million Comprehensive Campaign
Raised $10Million+ to Date
Huntsville, Alabama
"I am thrilled to provide my highest recommendation for Melissa Gilliland. She and her team played a pivotal role in the remarkable success of our organization's Capital Campaign. Melissa's extensive experience in fundraising and campaign management brought invaluable insight needed to develop a vision and the plan needed to realize it. Her strategic foresight and meticulous attention to detail allowed us to navigate the complex landscape of non-profit fundraising and obtain the long-term sustainability we needed to continue to pursue our mission to inspire and enable young people to reach their potential."
- Patrick Wynn, President & CEO
Food Bank of North Alabama
$14.25Million Feasibility Study and Comprehensive Campaign
Huntsville, Alabama
Boys & Girls Clubs of West Alabama
$3.25Million Comprehensive Campaign
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Alabama
Feasibility Study
Birmingham, Alabama
Dick Fountain, Board Member, Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama
"GillilandMarks has provided an outstanding level of professional service to our Doors to the Future Campaign. The CEO, Melissa Gilliland, assured our Board that the results to be achieved in our Campaign would be transformational both in achieving our campaign goals and for future fundraising efforts, with benefits significantly outweighing costs. This has proven to be true. The Doors to the Future Campaign has met our original goal of $6,75 million, and currently we have surpassed $10,000,000, with multi-million-dollar and six-figure gifts received from organizations, corporations, and individuals, many of who have never given to the Boys & Girls Club before. Our campaign has far exceeded our expectations as has the GillilandMarks team in return on investment and talent."
Alabama Election Protection Network
Annual Giving
A statewide voter education, protection, and engagement initiative designed to build a more inclusive, accurate, and accessible electoral process.
Alabama Alliance and Alliance Network
A collective of high net worth individuals investing in permanent infrastructure for the purpose of moving forward progress and policy change in Alabama.
Andrews Research & Education Foundation
Comprehensive Capital Campaign
Gulf Breeze, Florida
GirlSpring
Annual Giving
Birmingham, Alabama
GirlSpring empowers girls by providing access to reliable information, inspiring events and positive role models so girls and young women are empowered to reach their full potential.
"GillilandMarks helped me develop a fundraising plan with limited past philanthropic giving. With their guidance, we raised more than had even been raised annually before! Melissa is an experienced professional, great to work with, and gets results. Melissa and her team care about their client's success."
- Kristen Greenwood, Executive Director
Westminster Christian Academy
$2Million Capital Campaign
“Melissa Gilliland is a highly skilled and experienced professional who blends a passion for people with her plethora of experience in campaigns, both capital and electoral, to provide one of the very best approaches to fundraising I have seen. She is highly organized and able to work with a diverse group of people in a way that molds everyone into one team, going in one direction to achieve stated goals.”
- Craig Bouvier, Ph.D., Former Head of School/Educational Consultant