Mission.
Money.
Movement.
A fundraising firm for the causes most consultants overlook — LGBTQIA+ movements, BIPOC initiatives, Appalachian advancement, creative parks, conservation, and arts and activism. We’ve helped raise more than $1 billion.
JP also serves as CEO of K9s4COPs and works with the University of Louisville among other anchor institutions.
We work at the intersection of arts and activism, LGBTQIA+ movements, Appalachian advancement, conservation, and BIPOC initiatives.
Five practice areas, one outcome — your organization fundraising at the level your mission deserves.
Campaigns.
Annual, capital, and planned giving — built around relationships, not asks.
Learn more →Strategy.
Organizational assessments and strategic plans that translate into fundable priorities.
Learn more →Leadership.
Board development, staff training, and executive director searches that stick.
Learn more →I want people to see me and our firm as a place championing change, acceptance, and a new way of approaching philanthropy that is rooted in equity, justice, and new voices.
Selected work.
A dozen engagements that show what we mean by fundraising at the intersection of cause.
K9s4COPs
Placing working dogs with police, fire, schools, and hospitals across the country.
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University of Louisville
Strategic counsel and fund-development support for one of Louisville's anchor institutions.
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onePULSE Foundation
Donor-centered fund development for the National Pulse Memorial & Museum.
Read the story →Field Notes.
Things I’ve learned about how money moves in nonprofit work.
What a quiet phase actually looks like.
Most boards I meet think "quiet phase" means private. It actually means the period where the campaign's success is decided — long before the public announcement.
Three reasons your board isn't fundraising.
Last month I sat with an ED who had run twelve campaigns and never once asked her board to give first. Here's how we fixed that.
How to pick a fundraising consultant.
A self-serving guide that's actually fair. The questions to ask, the answers that should worry you, and the work no consultant should do.
You have the mission.
We help you fund it.
Tell us about your organization. We’ll come back within two business days with whether and how we can help.