Houston nonprofit fundraising consulting
Support for where you are.
A plan for what comes next.
Perhaps you need to understand why revenue has stalled. Perhaps you know what needs to happen but lack the people to do it. Or you are ready to grow and want to invest carefully.
LOVE helps you choose the right next step and put it into practice through experienced leadership, added capacity, and support for your staff and board.
Help me find a place to start →01 / Fundraising assessment & growth planning
Know what is possible before you invest.
Strong acquisition can hide weak retention. A busy gala can consume resources needed elsewhere. A large database can contain relationships nobody has had time to develop.
You want to know which investments deserve more support, which parts of the program need repair, and what growth could reasonably require.
LOVE examines donor retention and acquisition, giving patterns, revenue mix, event performance, staffing, and systems. We build one-, two-, and three-year scenarios at different investment levels, with assumptions and benchmarks for deciding when to take the next step.
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02 / Outsourced development
Give the work the capacity it needs.
Grant deadlines arrive, donor follow-up slips, and the CEO becomes the default fundraiser between everything else. Building and managing every development role may be more than your organization can support today.
You want reliable capacity, continuity, and clear responsibility for the work.
LOVE can build and operate an outsourced development function or provide targeted roles within your existing program. The scope can include development leadership, gift officers, grant writing, annual giving, stewardship, donor communications, and operations. We agree on responsibilities, reporting, and a rhythm for reviewing progress.
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03 / Fractional & interim leadership
Experienced leadership, at a scale you can use.
You may have ambitious goals without senior development leadership, or a vacancy that has left your team without direction. A full-time CDO may not yet be the right investment.
You want priorities people understand, a forecast leadership can use, and someone to guide the work.
LOVE provides a fractional chief development officer (CDO), fractional development director, or interim development leadership: setting strategy, managing staff, guiding donor relationships, building forecasts, and working with the CEO and board. We also help establish the roles, processes, and support that a future development leader will need.
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04 / Executive search
Find the right leader for the work ahead.
You have a development vacancy or a new role to fill. Titles alone will not tell you whether a candidate can lead the function your organization needs.
You want a thoughtful search grounded in the work, the organizational context, and clear expectations.
LOVE offers executive search as an independent engagement. We help define the position, write the job description, identify and assess candidates, and support a sound appointment. Onboarding and coaching for the new hire can be included.
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05 / Department restructuring
Design a department in which people can succeed.
Responsibilities overlap, essential work falls between roles, or one position has accumulated the expectations of several. Another hire may reproduce the same problems.
You want clear roles, appropriate authority, useful processes, and a team built around the work.
LOVE examines workload and organizational needs, recommends a department structure and hiring priorities, writes job descriptions, and clarifies responsibilities. We connect the design to your resources and fundraising goals.
Let’s talk about this support →06 / Coaching for fundraisers & leaders
A thinking partner for the decisions you carry.
A new leader is learning to manage up. A gift officer is unsure how to advance a relationship. A CEO needs to understand what fundraising requires from leadership.
You want confidence grounded in professional judgment and practical experience.
LOVE works with actual donor portfolios, solicitations, staffing decisions, forecasts, and leadership conversations. Together, we choose specific next steps, put them into practice, and review what happens.
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07 / Direct board training
Make board commitment practical.
Your board wants to help, yet the same few people carry the work. Lists of wealthy strangers take the place of useful introductions. “Everyone should fundraise” has not told anyone what to do on Monday.
You want a board that understands fundraising and knows how to participate.
LOVE trains boards directly in personal giving, introductions, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and advocacy. We develop practical actions, clarify staff and board responsibilities, and establish how leadership will support follow-through.
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08 / Speaking engagements
A conversation your audience recognizes.
Your conference, retreat, or professional gathering needs an experienced voice who understands what fundraising looks like inside an organization.
You want useful ideas that challenge assumptions and give people fresh confidence in the work.
Christine brings the candid, practical voice of For the LOVE of Fundraising to keynotes and speaking engagements. Topics include the discipline behind major gifts, opportunity in your existing donor community, investing in capacity, and making donor plans personal.
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09 / Team workshops
Give a worn-down team room to think again.
The calendar is full. People are tired. There is little time to question familiar routines, practice a new approach, or remember what drew them to the work.
You want renewed creativity and enthusiasm, supported by a plan people can use.
LOVE facilitates half-day, full-day, three-day, and weeklong workshops. Short sessions tackle a defined issue; longer engagements allow time for analysis, practice, and development of working plans. We agree on scope and takeaways around your audience and goals.
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You do not need every service.
You need the right support.
We begin with what needs to change and agree on the scope, responsibilities, timeline, and investment. Your priorities determine the engagement.
Start the conversation →Thoughtful relationships. Disciplined work. Consistent follow-through.