You Weren't Taught This Part Of The Job
One-on-one coaching for fundraising leaders who inherited the mess, or who are leading it alone.
Build the systems.
Build your team.
Lead with a plan.
Sound Familiar?
NOBODY HANDED YOU A MANUAL.
You stepped into this role to lead.
And now you're leading alone.
I KNOW THAT FEELING.
You might recognize one of these:
You inherited a development office with no systems, and no time to fix it quietly.
Your team is capable, but nobody's building their skills the way someone once built yours.
You want a sounding board who has actually run a portfolio, not studied one.
You're the most senior fundraiser in the room, with no one to call when a decision gets hard.
You know AI could help. You don't have the bandwidth to figure out how, safely, on your own.
You want to lead with confidence instead of catching up in private.
Leadership shouldn't come with a solo mandate.
You can build this the hard way, or build it with someone who's already done it.
I've been in your shoes.
I've been the one cleaning up the mess. I've inherited chaos. I've been the most senior fundraiser in the room with no one above me to help.
I know what it's like to smile through a board meeting while everything behind the scenes is held together with tape.
I've also been the one to fix it.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
A communications hire with no fundraising background. Weak writing at month one. Within a year, strategic thinking and a lead role in a $4.2M campaign.
TEAM CAPACITY BUILDING
An event coordinator with zero experience. One year later, running galas independently and finding her own efficiencies.
PROCESS TURNAROUND
A gifts process stuck at 8 to 12 weeks for donor thank-yous. Rebuilt to 48 hours, even during 300 to 500-gift appeal weeks.
REVENUE GROWTH
A major gifts program with little activity for two years, sitting at $83K heading into Q4. Two years later, $3M raised in a single year.
CFRE. AFP chapter board service. ASAE NextGen Award. AFP ICON and AFP LEAD speaker. 15+ years leading fundraising teams through exactly this kind of turnaround.
THE LEADERSHIP COACHING PATH
Three Steps:
1
Start With What's Actually Happening. Our first sessions map where you and your team stand today: systems, skills, stress points, and where AI already fits.
2
Build Your Plan.
We set the real priorities for your six months together, whatever's most urgent: process, people, AI, or all three.
3
Lead It Yourself.
You walk away running your own systems. Not waiting on me to run them for you.
Fundraising + AI Leadership Coaching
$1,000/month · 6-month minimum
Includes
Two 45-minute one-on-one sessions every month
Fully personalized: fundraising strategy, team leadership, AI implementation, whatever the month actually calls for
No fixed curriculum. This is built around your organization, not a syllabus
Available for you, or for a member of your team
Want a curriculum alongside your coaching? The Major Gift AI System pairs well with six months of practitioner-built content with your personal coaching.
QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BOOK A CALL
No. Most sessions are about fundraising strategy and leading your team. AI comes up when it's actually useful, not because it has to.
That's normal, and it's the first thing we sort out together. You don't need an agenda to start.
Yes. Some leaders use this coaching to build up a gift officer or emerging manager instead of themselves. Book a call and we'll figure out who it's for.
Six months minimum, two sessions a month. Most of the real progress happens once a system has time to actually run.