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Transform Your Fundraising Career: The Fractional Fundraiser Path to Freedom and Impact

Are you a seasoned fundraiser feeling trapped in a cycle of burnout and chronic underpayment? Are you craving more autonomy, better compensation, and a way to make a deeper impact with organizations you care about? The fractional fundraising model might be exactly what you've been searching for.

But as consultants and business owners, we rarely have that luxury.


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The Art of Transition: Navigating Your Journey from In-House Fundraising to Fractional Consulting

Are you a fundraiser contemplating the leap to consulting? Discover how to navigate this transition without burning bridges or burning out.

The path from in-house fundraising to independent consulting isn't always a straight line. In fact, for many experienced fundraisers, it's a winding road filled with questions, uncertainties, and that perpetual feeling of "just one more month" before making the leap.

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Why Fractional Executives Are Thriving When Everything Feels Unstable

The world feels pretty chaotic right now. The nonprofit sector is particularly feeling the squeeze, with organizations facing increasing demands while resources become more unpredictable.

In times like these, our natural instinct is to seek stability and consistency. We want to curl up, retreat, and wait for the storm to pass.

But as consultants and business owners, we rarely have that luxury.


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The Wild West of Nonprofit Consulting: Why Fractional Executives Are the New Sheriff in Town

Ever written a letter to Oprah because your board thought it was a brilliant fundraising idea? Sold holiday cards that barely covered the cost of printing them? Put coin boxes in liquor stores hoping for a windfall?

Welcome to the nonprofit sector, where brilliant staff are overshadowed by well-meaning but clueless leadership decisions, and where both small organizations and experienced professionals get the short end of the stick.

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Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: How Brooke Nearly Doubled Her Income as a Fractional Fundraiser

Ever been told that making good money and doing meaningful work don't go together in the nonprofit sector? That you have to choose between financial stability and mission impact?

Brooke Erickson's story proves that narrative dead wrong.

After building a fundraising program from scratch and hitting that all-too-familiar nonprofit salary ceiling of $75K, Brooke made a decision that transformed her financial reality while deepening her impact in the sector.

She became a Fractional Fundraiser.

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