Our Mission
At Hope Primas & Associates, our mission is to help nonprofits in Pennsylvania and beyond realize their vision for a better community.
That's why we seek out a diverse client base to help them reach their full potential. With Hope Primas & Associates, you'll find the dedicated help you need to build sound strategic plans, marketing plans, and resource development plans. You'll also get the expert help you need to transform planning into results.
We know you have a lot of work to do to attract the resources you need, and we hope to make the journey efficient, cost-effective, and productive.
About Hope Primas
Hope Primas has spent most of her career personally managing fund-raising and communications campaigns, always learning and doing. She puts that knowledge in every service she provides.
She has worked as a campaign specialist for various organizations, both large and small. She worked with them to hone their marketing and fund-raising plans, while creating new ways to increase income. Because of her experience and continuous education in the field, Primas brings a wide range of fund-raising skills, from annual campaigns to capital campaigns to planned giving.
Primas believes that fund-raising is about more than money. It’s about bringing out the best in people and making positive community changes.
She encourages volunteers and staff to carry out a campaign with a culture of support, caring, trust, respect, discipline, and interdependence, and will go to great lengths to help organizations succeed.
. Background
Through the years, Primas has worked with a wide variety of organizations including:
Girl Scouts of Freedom Valley, Valley Forge, PA
Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
Urban League of Philadelphia, PA
Camphill Kimberton Hills, Kimberton, PA
United Way of the Capital Region, Harrisburg, PA
Houston Chamber of Commerce, Houston, TX
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, Harrisburg, PA
Her leadership positions include:
Past board member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
Certified peer reviewer for the Standards for Excellence Program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Past panel member on the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organization’s Standard of Excellence Committee
Primas currently lives and works in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region.
Testimonials
It has been a pleasure working with you on this campaign. I know that the road has not been smooth and I respect your ability to hang in there through thick or thin.”
“Thanks Hope! I enjoyed working with you too, and learned a lot!”
“I enjoy working with you and you were such an asset to the campaign. I admire your poise and professionalism.”
“You have done a wonderful job keeping everyone on track and informed. I know people appreciate that—I certainly do.”
“You did a great job of developing materials, organizing us, and most of all, patiently teaching us what we needed to do to reach our goals."
“I enjoyed working with Hope. We were lucky to have someone of her caliber.”
“You did a nice job for our Girl Scouts of Freedom Valley Capital Campaign. The whole idea of asking for money and raising money was illuminated and proved that people will give money and their time to support causes. By your talent and professionalism you always reminded us of that idea in so many ways.”
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