Replace your

nonprofit salary

with just 3 clients a year

A private conversation for experienced nonprofit folks ready to move from in-house work to a six-figure fractional consulting business.

September, 15 2026 | 6pm Eastern | 3pm Pacific

Hosted by Cindy Wagman, founder of the Nonprofit Fractionals Network, who has trained 100+ nonprofit fractional consultants since 2021.

  • "Six months of strategic networking later, I had my former employer as my first client and replaced my salary immediately."


     — Sarah Stuewe, Social Finance & Fundraising Consultant

  • "I was so burned out I couldn't imagine starting anything new. I gave myself the recovery time first. Now I'm fully booked, doing work I love, and Mondays don't wreck me anymore."

    — Marta Keller-Hernandez, Fractional Operations Consultant

  • "Within weeks of leaving my job, I had two clients signed and referrals flooding in. When you finally jump, the abundance is real."


     — Brandon Lenzi, Fractional Fundraiser

You just watched a consultant bill $15K for a strategy you wrote the bones of. Your salary band hasn't moved since 2019. You've been the person the organization leans on for 10+ years for “other duties as assigned” and just got asked to join another committee that should have been an email.

You're done waiting for your organization to value you the way you deserve.

But you don't know how to actually get out. What to charge. Who to “pitch”. What the first year really looks like.

Join me to see what is working right now with people who have made the transition and learn the 3-6-12 formula to replace your in-house salary with just 3 stable clients.

In just 30 minutes, you’ll walk away knowing:

// Why the math feels impossible to leave - and how the 3-6-12 model actually changes the equation

// The 5 reasons nonprofit professionals stay stuck

// How the fractional model compares to other consulting options

// Whether fractional consulting is a fit for where you are right now.

// How to land your first retainer client - without cold outreach or pitch-slapping anyone on LinkedIn

// What makes fractional work desirable for small nonprofits (and why they'll pay for it)

SPACE IS LIMITED

Most "start a consulting business" advice was built for people who don't know what a board meeting is, have never watched a grant deadline shift twice in a month, and think "your ideal client" means "anyone with a budget."

That advice doesn't work for you. 

Your clients are underfunded, board-run, and mission-driven. They buy differently. They decide differently. They need a consultant who's already spent a decade inside a sector like theirs. And one who doesn’t just hand over a plan and walk away, leaving it to sit on a shelf for 3 years.

This is the playbook built for that. A consulting business model that actually works for the nonprofit sector.

Join me to learn what’s working now for people like you:

  • You’re excellent at what you do. You've spent 10+ years building expertise in fundraising, program management, operations, communications, or whatever your corner of the sector is - and you know it's worth something outside your current job.

  • You’ve thought about consulting. Not idly. Seriously enough that you've Googled "how to start a consulting business" more than once. Serious enough to open this page.

  • You want a business, not a side hustle. You're not looking to freelance for extra cash. You want to replace your income with fewer, better clients.

  • You’re done waiting. For the promotion. For the raise. For the org to catch up to what you're actually worth. You're ready to build something that pays you like the expert you are.

From in-house, to consulting…

Hey - I’m your host, Cindy. I’m a former in-house nonprofit leader turned fundraising consultant turned business coach who's done with the nonprofit sector's toxic relationship with money and success.

After almost 15 years in-house, I built a $650K/year consulting agency and personally closed over $1M in fractional contracts before walking away to teach others how to do it. Now, as founder of the Nonprofit Fractionals Network, I've coached 100+ consultants to build six-figure businesses that leave room for both purpose and profit.

I've spent over two decades in the sector, I have an MBA in strategy, and I've sat through enough board meetings that should have been an email to last me a lifetime.

You've been thinking about this for a while.

take 30 minutes for yourself and your dreams.

The people who show up are the people who get the case studies, the model, and the answers to their questions in real time.

Come even if you're not sure you're ready to leave your job yet.

Come even if you've told yourself "next year" for three years running.

Come even if you're convinced consulting is for other people and you don't know why you're still reading this.

If you're curious about making this transition, be in the room.