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.

Ellen Bristol started her journey into process management in her mud pie factory, and then grew up. Now she's an expert in fundraising management and operations

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.

Strategic Partners

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Start your journey to transformative fundraising today.