I can’t speak highly enough of Peter and Philanthropy Squared. He has helped guide Maine Woodland Owners’ fundraising program since coming on board in 2019. Working in his role as a consultant, Peter is collaborative, flexible, personable, dependable, trustworthy, and skillful.

I had come to know Betsy as the Chair of our Board of Directors when I was hired as Executive Director of the Hanover Conservancy in 2010.

The property we worked together to conserve had been a conservation target for a generation, but it was not until 2020 when the possibility of success became apparent through a major gift to our organization just as the landowner indicated a willingness to participate. As a Senior Philanthropy Director at the Trust for Public Land, Betsy capably supported the Town of Hanover and the Hanover Conservancy in setting up an effective approach to fund-raising for the $2.2 million project. She advised on how best to pursue the campaign and educated those of us who are not philanthropy professionals in how to create portfolios of potential donors, how best to approach each, and how to craft a more general public appeal. She researched capacity and found grant sources. She was clear and direct in her communications. She helped create a sense of partnership with our fundraising committee and responsibility without which the project surely would have failed.