Field Notes.
Things I’ve learned about how money moves in nonprofit work. Practical, opinionated, and never sponsored.
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. Here’s what those eighteen months should contain.
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.
How to pick a fundraising consultant.
A self-serving guide that's actually fair. The questions to ask, the answers that should worry you.
On working at the intersection.
What gay-owned, Appalachian-rooted, BIPOC-allied actually means in practice — and what it cost us.
The 90-day plan I run with every new ED I coach.
A boring, repeatable framework. Boring is the point.
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