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Donor Development Strategies

Is this your company?

These bros pay better than The Fund or GCI, but otherwise they're basically the same as those crappy companies. - Anonymous employee Donor Development Strategies Employee Review

2.0
28 Mar 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You'll probably like at least a couple of your coworkers. The canvassing world is filled with misfits and weirdos.

Cons

While these dudes (and everyone in any position of leadership/power is most certainly a DUDE, bro!) pay better than the crappiest of crappy for-profit companies that do canvass support for non-profits, they learned everything they know from the worst of them: The Fund for the Public Interest and Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. DDS is just like the rest of 'em because they prey on the naiveté of wide-eyed idealists and use them until they're used up.

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5.0
27 Jan 2026
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Pros

Fun laid-back work environment. Working for a good cause and helping make an impact in the community.

Cons

Door-to-door canvassing in the winter is pretty miserable.

3.0
21 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good money for what it is! I enjoyed working outside and meeting new people every single day.

Cons

Hours are tough. Upper management ranges from incompetent to downright malignant. In weekly all-director meetings, canvassers (i.e. the people who actually make this company run) are talked about in abhorrently demeaning terms. Turn over rate is insane and the company has zero will to fix this, which leads to an unstable-feeling work environment. The only people who are treated with any sort of respect at all are the brass in Denver.

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