Avista Philanthropy is led by Scott Decksheimer and Jolayne Davidson Gardner, who have over 50 years’ experience in fundraising development, having worked with 80+ clients directly and engaged in projects raising over $600 million.

We bring the full force of our expertise, experience and understanding to elevate charitable organizations’ visioning, strategy and campaign planning. Truly collaborative, creative and cause-focused, your Avista team will make sure you’re inspired, prepared, resourced and ready to reach your next goal, and beyond.

Scott and Jolayne’s primary goal in launching Avista is to inspire and equip the people who make organizations achieve - vision, goals and community impact.

We do this work because of the ripple we want to create in the sector and in the world. We realize doing this work, with organizations like yours, is a privilege that we take seriously and never for granted. 

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