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Achieve More, Stress Less:
Expert Fundraising Coaching for Nonprofits

Most fundraising challenges aren’t about working harder. They’re about working with better systems, clearer goals, and stronger alignment between leadership and the people doing the work. That’s exactly what fundraising coaching with Bristol Strategy Group addresses.

Ellen Bristol

Ellen Bristol

Strategic Fundraising Coach

Big-picture strategy, leadership alignment, and high-level fundraising systems

Ellen Bristol has spent more than 25 years helping nonprofits build fundraising operations that perform consistently, not just in a good year. Her background is unusual for the sector: a 20-year career selling mainframe computers for Fortune 50 companies gave her a rigorous, data-driven approach to managing performance that most fundraising consultants simply don’t bring.

She doesn’t just coach fundraisers — she coaches the leaders who set the conditions for fundraising success or failure: EDs, board chairs, development directors, and senior leadership teams who need their fundraising operation to work like a well-managed, high-performing system.

COACHING FOCUS AREAS

  1. Strategic Fundraising Management — building the systems and processes that drive consistent, predictable income rather than leaving results to chance or heroic individual effort.
  2. Board and Leadership Alignment — helping leadership teams get on the same page about realistic goals, appropriate investment in fundraising, and how to evaluate whether it’s working.
  3. High-Level Planning and Goal-Setting — developing fundraising strategies grounded in what the data actually shows, not what feels ambitious or what last year’s budget assumed.

 

If you need a strategic partner who can see the whole picture, hold leadership accountable, and help your organization raise more money more consistently — this is the coaching relationship you’ve been looking for.
 
Start with a free 30-minute discovery call — no commitment required. We’ll talk through where your organization is, where you want to be, and whether coaching is the right next step.
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We make it easier. If you're feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, or stressed because...

Your organization isn’t achieving its fundraising goals
Your staff and board of directors aren’t working as a team
Your organization can’t find new or right donors
You don’t have a safe space to vent or complain

Book an hour of one-on-one coaching to help you overcome your problem, issue, or dilemma.

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