Our Philosophy

“No money? No Mission!” Far too many nonprofits struggle to raise enough money to have true mission impact. We believe nonprofits improve their fundraising results by borrowing the most powerful disciplines of high-performing sales teams.

Let us show you how to do it without losing the charitable heart and philanthropic soul of your nonprofit.

Our focus is on making fundraising easier.

Regardless of your size, sector, or income, we have a unique path and plan:

For large, established organizations building their first philanthropy program, or enhancing their current program
For small to mid-sized organizations raising $5M+ annually
For start-ups that are volunteer-run or very small nonprofits
Ellen Bristol

About Ellen

Founder Ellen Bristol launched Bristol Strategy in 1995, after a 20-year career selling mainframe computers for Fortune 50 companies. She soon fell in love with the nonprofit sector and found her mission: repurposing the disciplines of high-performing sales teams to benefit the nonprofit sector.

Her major innovations include the Leaky Bucket Fundraising Assessment, the only popular long-term study of fundraising-team productivity, and Fundraising the SMART Way™, the methodology for managing nonprofit income generation on the continuous improvement model.

About Courtney

Dr. Courtney Laddusaw, MNLM, EdD, is the Lead Consultant at Bristol Strategy Group. Dr. Laddusaw has over 13 years of experience working as a fundraising professional with small, medium, and large-sized nonprofit organizations. She specialized in nonprofit databases and fundraising campaign processes and procedures. Dr. Laddusaw was also responsible for training and educating employees on using progressive systems and applications, including constituent relationship management systems (CRM), mass communication procedures, and donor relations management. Additionally, she was responsible for helping to develop, plan, and manage nonprofit fundraising strategies and campaigns. Dr. Laddusaw graduated from Pepperdine University with a Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership, the University of Southern California with a Master’s of Nonprofit Leadership and Management degree, and the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s in Science degree and a Bachelor’s in Arts degree.

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