Many nonprofits are run by good-hearted volunteers with the best intentions and no nonprofit training. This is why I consistently see nonprofits remain in a beginner's level of functionality, always reinventing the wheel and burning out their most devoted supporters.

I specialize in fortifying nonprofit boards, their processes, and structures. Firmly believing that a robust framework of policies and procedures underpins successful fundraising endeavors, I advocate for several key systems:

• Board Training and Development: Having trained neurosurgeons, retirees and many other well-intentioned volunteers who landed in their role with little preparation for the demands, I love to help those with little training in nonprofit management to become the leaders their nonprofit organizations and Executive Directors need.

• Gratitude-Focused Donor Retention: The word “fundraising” often elicits feelings of inadequacy and fear in many board members and nonprofit leaders who otherwise believe strongly in serving their organization’s mission. What if I were to tell you, there is a better way to strategically empower your fundraising systems? Starting with the sad truth that very few donors ever receive a personal communication of thanks, I’ll help you feel great about regularly connecting with your existing donors in a way that makes them want them to keep giving generously. You may never need to make a formal ask, as long as you engage in a systematized gratitude program.

• Legacy-Giving Fundraising: From simple upgrades on your website of tools that make it easy for your donors  to give from assets, to broadening your fundraising department's communications to include conversations that help your donors give more generously, let me help you take your fundraising to a higher, more productive level.

• Succession Planning: Ensuring the healthy and sustainable future of a nonprofit's mission, I advocate for systematic succession planning and strategic recruitment of new leadership including staff and volunteers.

• Data Retention and Management: Whether reviewing your existing protocol, or creating one from scratch, let’s put in place some systems that will help your nonprofit routinely know who your constituents and donors are, and how you can systematize a routine communication and outreach program. 

• Transparent Reporting: I promote the establishment of reliable and transparent reporting mechanisms, systematically generating and assessing metrics derived from donor-funded programs to demonstrate impact and accountability.