Who We Help

Your organization is complex and unique, and you need thoughtfully tailored solutions to grow women’s support of your mission.

With that in mind, let me explain who we help best.

See if one of these scenarios resonates with you:

  • You are a leader who cares about diversity. You know the fundraising world is changing, donors are more diverse, and current practices are missing many potential donors. You’re juggling multiple priorities: attention to the bottom line, need to meet ever-larger fundraising goals, and the need to invest strategically to really see the changes you’re committed to.
  • You have just finished a campaign and realize, via analytics, that you did not significantly grow your pipeline with historically underrepresented donors, particularly women. You know that your future fundraising depends on a more diverse pipeline being cultivated now.
  • You’re under pressure to have more diversity on your campaign cabinet and you know that women are making or influencing more of the household charitable decisions these days. You don’t find many high-net-worth women in your pipeline to invite to be campaign leaders.
  • You already have an initiative that engages women, but they are not (yet) stepping up philanthropically. You are not able to show a clear financial return on investment for your efforts and need help in adapting the current approach.
  • You’ve begun reaching out to women donors, and your efforts are falling flat. It’s not from a lack of trying, but something isn’t clicking, even though you see other organizations doing well.
  • You are an aspirational leader who can see women are not being asked boldly. However, you need the attention from your organization’s staff and volunteer leaders to understand all the dollars and volunteer leadership support they are leaving on the table.

If your situation feels similar to one or more of those,
then we can really help you.

If your situation feels similar to one or more of those, then we can really help you.

“Thanks to Kathleen, the Alpha Phi Foundation Steering Committee kickoff weekend was a huge success! She took the time to truly understand our organization and our project and provide us with a remarkable workshop that has successfully launched our campaign.”
Amy Peebles
Executive Director, Alpha Phi Foundation

We’ve worked primarily with the following kinds of organizations:

We’ve worked primarily with the
following kinds of organizations:

  • higher education
  • social justice nonprofits
  • large affiliated nonprofits
  • private schools

Our clients do best when they share
the following values with us:

Our clients do best when they share the following values with us:

  • Diversity and inclusion make for a richer, happier, more successful organization and world.
  • Relationships matter. Building a trusted, authentic and honest partnership with historically underrepresented donors is a priority.
  • Listening deeply, learning and practicing new actions is a formula for long-term change.
  • Fundraising is an inclusive and relational long-term strategy, not just tactical and short-term wins.

Start by signing up below. And if you are still curious,
take a look at how our approach actually works.

Start by signing up below.
And if you are still curious,
take a look at how
our approach actually works.

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