About
I Know The Mission From The Front Line.
My nonprofit work began in shelters for survivors of domestic violence. It taught me what a mission asks of the people who carry it, and how much hard work behind the scenes it takes to move it forward.
Both Sides Of The Work
Before I ever managed a nonprofit database, I worked in shelters for survivors of domestic violence, in homeless shelters for women and for men, and in transitional career services for women moving out of homelessness. I worked and volunteered with United Way. That work grounded me in compassion for the people a mission serves, in staying aligned with the mission, and in the relationships that keep it going.
Managing a nonprofit database taught me the other side: how good data drives decisions, how bad processes stall movement, how to streamline and improve operations, and how team collaboration and proper training are essential to growth and success. Since then I have worked with nonprofits from established organizations to community efforts at their very first meeting, helping their leaders see the whole picture and move the mission forward. I know what funders look for, and what nonprofits often miss.
The record
The Numbers, And The Work Behind Them.
Every engagement below is real and anonymized. No client is named on this site.
Established Organizations
- From Sinking To A Clear Plan To Grow
Reviewed everything with an executive director, from the board and the website to the systems and processes, and built a step-by-step action plan: what to fix, what to cut, and in what order. The work no longer rested on one person, and the organization had a clear path to grow its mission.
- New Funding And Partnerships
Mapped quick wins and new funding sources with a nonprofit’s leadership. The result: new partnerships that brought in space and funding, and a giving channel still bringing in donations years later.
- Operations Consulting
Advised a nonprofit on streamlining how the work gets done: spotting where it gets stuck, and bringing new help on faster.
New And Community Efforts
- 10 days
- from initial consult to community impact
- 6 weeks
- to partners, sponsors, donors, city officials, and space secured for a community event
- 6 months
- from a plan to a network of hundreds
- 100%
- of new community efforts that followed their first-consult action plan had partners or support in place within two weeks
- From A Food Access Plan To A Funded Nonprofit
Guided a food access effort to volunteers, donated food, and deliveries within two weeks, growing within about a year into a network of food banks, grocery stores, community gardens, and business sponsors, and a funded nonprofit.
- A Community Drive, Backed In A Month
A community action plan that secured a sponsor and a financial pledge in week one, and partners and city officials within a month.