Senior fundraising leadership for small nonprofits with big goals.
Strategy, planning, and fractional development leadership for organizations with budgets between $500K and $2M.
Does this sound familiar?
Most small nonprofits don't have a fundraising problem.
They have a strategy problem.
- Every year, fundraising feels like starting from a blank page.
- The big appeal (or the gala, or the grant deadline) rolls around, and it's a fresh scramble every single time.
- No two people on your team describe what you do the same way — including your board.
- Your board keeps saying "fundraise more," and it doesn't help.
You don't need more to do. You need the right strategy, and a partner to help you build it.
When an organization is clear about what it does and who it's for, fundriaising gets easier.
I spent fifteen years in your shoes, working inside nonprofits, before I started Wingspan Fundraising so nonprofits could have a hands-on fundraising partner in their corner.
I bring the fundraising strategy and the expertise.
You keep doing the work that matters.
How I think
Fundraising is strategy. How you fund an organization shapes it.
Everyone who supports a nonprofit wants the same thing: a story of impact they can believe in and repeat.
But they ask for it differently. Funders ask "should I back this?" — they want focus and financial discipline. Donors ask "does this move me?" — they want to see the people and a clear way to help. Most small nonprofits only answer one of them, and it comes at the cost of your fundraising.
That's where I come in! I help you decide your strategy, then build your case for support around it.
Want to learn more about my fundraising philosophy? Read my guide: Fundraising & Strategy (PDF)
How I work
Most engagements start with an assessment and a plan. Many clients keep me on.
I start with a deep-dive assessment, and build a fundraising plan that prioritizes fundraising that makes sense for your organization.
Who I work with
Nonprofits with big goals.
Organizations with budgets between $500,000 and $2 million, led by an executive director who is ready to make decisions and needs senior fundraising expertise but isn't ready to hire a full-time director. That includes interim leadership when a development seat is empty. I take on small number of organizations each year.