Fundraising that reflects your community

Too often, fundraising gets boiled down to form letters and transactional asks. That approach might raise money in the short term, but it erodes trust and burns out staff.

I take a different approach. With 14 years of experience in development, campaign design, and organizational leadership, I help nonprofits build fundraising practices rooted in community, creativity, and justice.

My work is especially focused on high-touch individual fundraising: strategies that prioritize authentic relationships with donors and community members while honoring your organization’s values.

What I bring to the table

When you work with me, you don’t just get another consultant who hands you a plan and walks away. You get a strategist and partner who will:

• Think creatively about your fundraising: partnerships, incentives, and strategies that make your campaign stand out without compromising your values.

• Build campaigns collaboratively: often through a committee-style management model that distributes the work across board, staff, and volunteers — especially useful in emergency or high-stakes campaigns.

• Guide ethical storytelling: I’ve taught this at conferences and trainings nationwide, and it’s built into every campaign I touch. Your stories will inspire, not exploit.

• Design sustainable systems: so your fundraising can be repeated and scaled, year after year.

• Step in when you need capacity: sometimes you don’t need a consultant, you need a fundraiser. I offer fractional fundraising and campaign execution support when you need someone to run the campaign alongside your team.

• Center equity and redistribution: every strategy is grounded in community-centric and decolonizing principles, not extractive practices.

Services I offer

Here are some of the ways I can support your fundraising work:

• Development planning & strategy – Align your fundraising with long-term sustainability and equity goals.

• Fundraising coaching – Practical, relationship-centered coaching for development staff, EDs, or board members.

• Campaign & event design – From year-end fundraising to annual fundraising events, I’ll help you craft strategies that feel creative, ethical, and effective.

• Committee-based campaign management – A hands-on, collaborative model for emergency or high-touch campaigns.

• Crisis & emergency fundraising – Rapid-response campaign design and management when time and stakes are high.

• Ethical storytelling – Consulting and training to ensure your communications build trust and honor your community.

• Fractional fundraising & campaign execution – Need someone to actually run the campaign? I can step in to design, write, manage, and deliver it with your team.

Let’s do fundraising differently

Fundraising doesn’t have to rely on extractive practices or endless stress. With the right strategy, you can raise more money, stay aligned with your values, and finally feel confident about the plan in front of you.