Backed by a 2013 national study of 2,700+ nonprofit leaders (CompassPoint / Haas, Jr. Fund): the real constraint is rarely one person's ability to fundraise. It's a lack of systems and shared ownership.
Systems
Sounds Like
"We have donors and a board, but no real pipeline, no consistent messaging, or nobody with the bandwidth to run it."
The Offer
Advisory retainer
Foundation
Sounds Like
"It's not just fundraising. Our leadership, board, and strategy need to be rebuilt before a pipeline has anywhere to stand."
The Offer
ACES Transformation Program
Skills
Sounds Like
Nobody on our board or staff has ever actually asked a donor for a gift."
The Offer
1:1 Fundraising Coaching
Tier 1 - Pipeline Builder
A spreadsheet is not a pipeline.
"We have an Excel sheet and good intentions."
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Prospect ID and qualification
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A donor movement plan with next steps assigned
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Monthly strategy session
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A dashboard tracking every prospect's stage
Solves: nobody's driving the next step with any given donor. We fix that.
6–12 months · Book a Discovery Call
Tier 2 - Fundraising Growth Engine
A pipeline can't outrun a silent board.
"Our pipeline moves sometimes. Our board doesn't fundraise. Our messaging is all over the place."
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Everything in Tier 1
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Board training — real asks, not "get more involved"
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Quarterly planning retreat
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CRM segmented by donor stage
Solves: an inactive board and inconsistent messaging cap a pipeline no matter how good your prospecting is.
12 months · Book a Discovery Call
Tier 3 — Executive Partnership
Some organizations don't need more ideas. They need someone who can execute.
"I need a fractional Chief Development Officer. The problem is capacity, not strategy."
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Everything in Tier 2
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Weekly executive check-ins
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Capital campaign readiness
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Quarterly KPI reporting to your board
Solves: this org doesn't need more ideas — it needs senior-level execution the team doesn't have the capacity for.
12–18 months · Book a Discovery Call
ACES Transformation Program
You can't build a fundraising system on a foundation that isn't there.
"It's not a fundraising problem, it's a clarity problem. We need our leadership, board, and strategy rebuilt first."
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Activate — where things actually stand
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Clarify — mission, impact, a real plan
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Execute — leadership and accountability, running
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Scale — board capacity and momentum that lasts
Solves: a pipeline built on a shaky strategy or a disengaged board won't hold. This fixes the foundation first.
12–18 months · Book a Discovery Call
1:1 Fundraising Coaching
You can't build a fundraising system on a foundation that isn't there.
You don't need a system yet. You need to make the ask without your stomach in your throat.
"Few people on the board or staff have ever actually asked a donor for a gift or need help relearning"
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Fundraising fundamentals
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Cultivation and stewardship
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Making the ask itself
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Hard conversations, handled
Solves: no one on your team has ever actually asked for a gift. This builds the skill and the confidence to do it, taught by someone who's closed six- and seven-figure gifts himself, not just advised on them.
6 sessions / 3 months · Book a Discovery Call
12–18 months · Book a Discovery Call
