Please feel free to contact previous clients of Opportunity Funding to learn how we’ve helped them reach their goals and achieve their visions.

“I worked with Opportunity Funding on an innovative public private education initiative in a community of 25,000 exceeding our goal of $2.5 million and raising over $3.3 million in a six-month campaign. OF was instrumental in guiding our efforts, and their professionalism played a key role in exceeding our goal. Throughout the campaign and in the following years, I have known Jerry and Doug to be professional in all of their activities and to provide great leadership to any campaign.”

Mita A. Bates

IOM, CCE, President
Ardmore Chamber of Commerce, Ardmore Tourism Authority, Chamber of Commerce Foundation (OK)

“Opportunity Funding completed a nine-month campaign for us. They had amazing impact on bringing a community together for a common cause. It was great to experience their very detailed process of working through a campaign that was designed for our individual area. "At the end of the day" the people at OF are ultimate professionals in what they do. They make believers out of naysayers and becomes a partner in ensuring a successful outcome for your fundraising efforts and a friend to the community for life.”

Susan Jagerson

Economic Development
“Junction City First"

“Opportunity Funding's many years of experience and knowledge helped us establish a strong foundation for our ‘Imagine Downtown’ campaign. Through its leadership, we not only met our goal, we exceeded it by over 35%!"

Vince Frye

President/CEO
Downtown Topeka Inc. (KS)

"Opportunity Funding has an uncommon talent for developing enthusiasm and financial investments for deserving economic development initiatives. OF helped our organization develop over one million dollars in private/public investments by 72 mainly private sector investors in only a few months. OF's guidance in our successful project followed its engagement with other successful initiatives within our region. Any economic development organization looking for expert guidance and leadership in securing new investments, should engage Opportunity Funding for assistance!"

Bob Cole

Former Director
Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation (Retired)

 

"The principals of Opportunity Funding have done three highly successful economic development funding campaigns for our Chamber. OF's success is their leadership, vision and listening style where they immerse themselves into your organization and community…they become much more than a consultant. I would absolutely recommend Opportunity Funding for your next funding campaign.”   

Lyle A. Butler

Former President/CEO
Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce (KS)

 

“Their expertise in feasibility studies, investor engagement, strategic planning, and campaign management was instrumental in advancing our community’s long-term vision. Thanks to their leadership, we have achieved significant growth in key areas, including our university, military base, downtown development, airport, and technology sector, along with many others. Opportunity Funding’s ability to build consensus and rally broad stakeholder support is unmatched. They took on the heavy administrative workload, which allowed our team to focus on big-picture goals while making the process not only successful but also enjoyable.”

Jason Smith, CEcD

President & CEO Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce

“I have worked with many organizations in my many years of business, but very few have shown the professionalism, knowledge, and expertise that we experienced with Opportunity Funding. To say that they knew what buttons to push, what to tweak and what not to tweak, and how to “twist arms, not break them” would be an understatement. Simply put, they made our job as volunteers introducing them to our business community easy. And, it was with pleasure and confidence that we could do so due to their efforts.”

Doug Smart

Campaign Co-Chair, Former Two-Time Chair of DKEDC, Former Interim Executive Director of DKEDC

“Through Opportunity Funding, a large contingency of community leaders were established to join with the Chamber to see our project to fruition. We exceeded our original ask significantly and were encouraged to make a second ask, of which we were pleasantly surprised by additional funds that resulted. From the moment Doug and David presented their organization, they have remained integrated within the Chamber community. Their promise to see the plan through to the end was delivered in full. As a result of their leadership, our community leaders have reached a consensus that will impact our region for generations to come.”

Steve Verheyen

Past Chair, Table Rock Lake Chamber of Commerce, Co-Chair, Launch Stone County

 

“I have been using Opportunity Funding to conduct feasibility studies and capital campaign management for a decade and have always been completely satisfied with their performance. Doug Kinsinger and his team do an excellent job. The Greater Morris County Development Corporation (GMDC) contracted with Opportunity Funding in 2022 to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the funding level of support that our entity could obtain. Based on a very positive feasibility study, we contracted with Opportunity Funding to conduct a nine-month capital campaign. The Opportunity Funding team makes this process very easy. The capital campaigns I worked with Opportunity Funding on were very successful and exceeded our original goals by over 35%.”

Chuck Scott

Director, Greater Morris County Development Corporation